after all the lawsuits between Mike and Al
and you and Mike, that you guys could
put the bad blood aside and make music
again. In retrospect, would you say it was
successful?
BW: Oh yeah, it went well. It was like 72
concerts. It was a good tour.
IE: Were you upset that Mike Love did not
want it to continue and you all went back
to touring separately in various combinations?
BW: Not really. We wound up on the
reunion tour and we realized that it would
Smile. right?
IE: Not necessarily, any of the various
periods of the Beach Boys, really, is what
I am asking about…
BW: No, not really.
IE: The Beach Boys are still a functioning
corporation, right? Are you still involved?
Do you go to board meetings about the
future of the band and its brand?
BW: No, that is taken care of for me by
someone else. That’s not my trip.
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probably be the last time we would work
together.
IE: Why is that?
BW: Well, I like touring by myself. I had a
good time on the reunion tour and recording but I think it will likely be the last time
we work together again.
IE: On this album there were really 2 kinds
of songs: upbeat, pop songs like “Tell Me
Why,” and stuff that was a little more esoteric, and spacey, as with “Our Special
Love.” It almost seems like you were
making two different records. Were you?
BW: Well I planned it that way. I learned a
lot from The Beatles, about music. I did the
job in the studio with the guy who helped
me with the music; then we did the voices.
I had a mellow feeling in the studio so
some of the music had that feel to it, which
is what I was feeling.
IE: Are there any recordings lying around
in the Beach Boys archives that feature
Dennis and Carl that we still haven’t
heard? Is there a chance of something like
The Beatles did with Anthology where a
lot of rare outtakes finally surfaced?
BW: No, not really. You are talking about
IE: What can we expect to hear on the
upcoming tour? A lot of Beach Boys classics? How much material from No Pier
Pressure?
BW: We do a lot of The Beach Boys classics,
and some material from this new album,
but not the ones that the guest artists sang.
IE: So is it possible there could ever be
another proper Beach Boys studio album
again?
BW: Probably not, no.
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