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May 11, 2012 11:55 AM ET
Bruce Johnston
Larry Busacca/Getty Images For The Recording Academy
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beach-boys-bruce-johnston-blasts-obama-20120511
The Beach Boys' Bruce Johnston had some heated words for President Obama while signing autographs for fans in New York on May 10th, according to TMZ.
"Obama? Unless you're interested in never having any money," said Johnston in a video clip when asked about the President. Johnston reportedly called Obama "an asshole" and suggested the president was a Socialist, but the exact quotes are hard to decipher from the clip.
Johnston was also unhappy with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, asking fans, "And who's the Republican asshole? Our guy isn't any good."
He finished with a barb towards a fan expressing support for Obama. "Wait until Obama doesn't have to try anymore," said Johnston. "You're fucked."
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)Johnston is free to say what he wants.
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)If you think I did, point it out to me. The exact quote.
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)I am just expressing my opinion on the subject.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)In your post. Somewhere. You did. Have you no shame? Why do you hate freedom?
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)I've beern busted by you and bigwillq...two proud and perceptive Americans.
By Rolling Stone
May 11, 2012 11:55 AM ET
Bruce Johnston
Larry Busacca/Getty Images For The Recording Academy
Hi, this is Amerigo Vespucci, and this is the portion of the post you CANNOT read UNLESS you are wearing your special DU Super Secret Subliminal Goggles©, or you are simpy SO BRILLIANT and PERCEPTIVE that you can READ and COMPREHEND words that, for the other 99.9% of the population, DO NOT EVEN APPEAR ON THIS PAGE.
YES, I DO have an agenda in this post, and it is to DENY Bruce Johnston his right to FREE SPEECH! It's not the idea that I DISAGREE with him...I just feel like messing with Bruce Johnston. After all, he wrote Barry Manilow's "I Write The Songs," and for that reason alone, he should be denied ALL of his rights.
So please respond to my post CONDEMNING Bruce Johnston as a human being, as a musician, and I PRAY TO GOD bigwillq isn't reading this post, because if there is ANYONE on DU smart and perceptive enough to discover my SUPER SECRET HIDDEN AGENDA, it is bigwillq. If bigwillq sees this thread, I will most vertainly be exposed for the fraud that I am. He truly is SMARTER and more PERCEPTIVE than ALL of us put together.
That is all. Remember to vote for Mitt Romney in November.
*****END SUPER-SECRET SUBLIMINAL TEXT*****[/font]
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beach-boys-bruce-johnston-blasts-obama-20120511
The Beach Boys' Bruce Johnston had some heated words for President Obama while signing autographs for fans in New York on May 10th, according to TMZ.
"Obama? Unless you're interested in never having any money," said Johnston in a video clip when asked about the President. Johnston reportedly called Obama "an asshole" and suggested the president was a Socialist, but the exact quotes are hard to decipher from the clip.
Johnston was also unhappy with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, asking fans, "And who's the Republican asshole? Our guy isn't any good."
He finished with a barb towards a fan expressing support for Obama. "Wait until Obama doesn't have to try anymore," said Johnston. "You're fucked."
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Happy Friday
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Amerigo, here's to you:
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)your true agenda. Few have the guts.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)LOL
Ha Ha Great post.
for having a great sense of humor. with you. Hey, we should have a group smiley
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Methinks I am starting to see just where your Commie loyalties lie, while trying to stifle the Free Speech Rights of a RED-BLOODED AMERICAN.
Funny how you never got around to mentioning that use of your Commie color.
Just who is your 'handler' here?
Probably some poster from Cooking & Baking.
Never trusted that lot.
Bunch of subversive radicals.
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)oops
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)...then they'll BAKE you. They don't mess around. They expect you to read the sign over the door BEFORE you enter.
Mika
(17,751 posts)HarveyDarkey
(9,077 posts)LMFAO
zeemike
(18,998 posts)I wanna see it too....Just think of all the great stuff i miss without them...
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)One more example of the sooper-secret technology developed for Project, well, you know...
redqueen
(115,103 posts)I'd love to use something like that the next time someone reads a whole load of random crap into one of my posts. Some people seem to find me an irresistible subject to practice their nonexistent mind-reading talents on.
tinymontgomery
(2,584 posts)Can't believe I haven't been able to find them. Do I need secret glasses to find the super secret glasses?
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)Trust me, I wasted $29.95 on the "secret" glasses and I was STILL missing out on MOST of the good stuff.
Serve The Servants
(328 posts)Holy crap! I need those.
No wonder I haven't been able to figure out just what the Hell "Beer and travel money" means.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)self deleted messages and can determine the entire conversation from one half of the replies. DUers are smart like that, yanno.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)A nice spankin'
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)disrespectful period. Obama isn't perfect but he sure is no socialist.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)CreekDog
(46,192 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)They copied their sound from Jan and Dean. And were just a pop band with shitty music.
Mutiny In Heaven
(550 posts)They were Beach Boy collaborators and worked extensively with Brian Wilson.
Wilson at his best is genius and also a very vulnerable man, so it's kind of a shame to see him reunite with idiots like Mike Love and Johnston, who treated him poorly.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)the rock era. Lennon and McCartney had each other and George Martin. Brian had, well, Brian.
Also, Brian wrote songs for Jan & Dean and produced a few of their records. They were all buds back in the day.
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)I've always considered Johnston to be a hack at best. He's spent the last couple of decades playing Mr. Smithers to Mike Love's Mr. Burns as the two of them...and NO OTHER ORIGINAL MEMBERS...toured state fairs, casinos, and wineries as the oldies act known as "The Beach Boys."
I've always considered Johnston to be a lucky barnacle on the hull of the good ship Beach Boys. I didn't develop that attitude because of his Pbama remarks. I've never cared for him, period.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)one of The Beach Boys is an asshole,doesn't take away the incredible contribution Brian Wilson has made to music through the Beach Boys. Yeesh.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)to retire.
Zambero
(8,964 posts)Hopefully after this they will call it a day.
"Pet Sounds" is awesome by the way.
rug
(82,333 posts)Zambero
(8,964 posts)He is missed, as is Carl.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)Let me know when he drops dead. Only time a Beach Boy should be in the news
Zambero
(8,964 posts)Johnston is a born silver-spooner (and consumate one-percenter) whose musical career consisting of B-grade early 60's car songs would have faded out decades ago had he not gotten the call to be an onstage stand-in for Brian Wilson, who had retired as a touring member in 1965. Oh, I almost forgot that he wrote Barry Manilow's "I Write the Songs". Great stuff, huh? Bruce does not have a rock & roll bone in his body, and contributes nothing noteworthy to the band's repertoire ("Disney Girls" was a tragic waste of vinyl groove space and almost ruined the "Surfs Up" album). Given his recent remarks, it comes as no surprise that he has been able to co-exist with fellow asshole Mike Love as part of their bogus Beach Boys road show during the past 15 years or so. At least Love has an arguable degree of talent, as a lyricist, front man, and key element of the classic BB's vocal blend. Why bring all of this up? Because by virtue of being there Johnston was in a position to spout out his stupid remarks, and not because he is a Beach Boy of any standing as are the other 4 performing members on the current tour. For remaining dates, I'm hoping that Johnston gets a loud chorus of well-deserved boos during the band intros. Some in the audience may well believe that he is indeed "fucked".
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)with no other real members is like Ringo recruiting some buddies and touring as "The Beatles."
Zambero
(8,964 posts)Every couple of years he goes out on tour with "Ringo's All Stars", featuring a different line-up of rock star "who's who's" from the 60's, 70's and 80's.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)He has toured with some heavyweights, including Jack Bruce, Gary Brooker of Procol Harum, Peter Frampton and other top-shelf musicians.
LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)I thought Obama wanted to give away money! Because that's what Socialists *do*, right?! If he's giving us all money, how will we never have any money?
I'm confused now. Who's got the Kool-Aid? Hit it and pass it, dude.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)Which is longer than it took me to tire of the suffer scene...and all those idiot surfer movies...
Besides there was really much better music coming out at that time..fare better and far more memorable.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)music behind.They were also the only surfer band to do it successfully,nothing they did after 1966 would be considered "surf music".There would be no Sgt. Peppers without Pet Sounds,ask Paul McCartney. Most musicians of that era would disagree with your assessment.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)I tired of the music quickly...
But it was the technical part that influenced SPLHCB...not the sound...and that took music in a whole different way and it did not sound like the Beach Boys.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)I love the album so much. I've just bought my kids each a copy of it for their education in life ... I figure no one is educated musically 'til they've heard that album ... I love the orchestra, the arrangements ... it may be going overboard to say it's the classic of the century ... but to me, it certainly is a total, classic record that is unbeatable in many ways ... I've often played Pet Sounds and cried. I played it to John so much that it would be difficult for him to escape the influence ... it was the record of the time. The thing that really made me sit up and take notice was the bass lines ... and also, putting melodies in the bass line. That I think was probably the big influence that set me thinking when we recorded Pepper, it set me off on a period I had then for a couple of years of nearly always writing quite melodic bass lines. "God Only Knows" is a big favorite of mine ... very emotional, always a bit of a choker for me, that one. On "You Still Believe in Me", I love that melody - that kills me ... that's my favorite, I think ... it's so beautiful right at the end ... comes surging back in these multi-colored harmonies ... sends shivers up my spine." - Paul McCartney
"I consider Pet Sounds to be one of the greatest pop LPs to ever be released. It encompasses everything that's ever knocked me out and rolled it all into one." - Eric Clapton
zeemike
(18,998 posts)And I don't like it any better now than I did then....I guess it is just me....but it is the sound that is tiresome to me. and every song has that same sound.
And at the time there were much more interesting music out there than that...coming out of Motown and from across the waves.
And those songs had soul and variety.
panader0
(25,816 posts)and every Friday night was surf movies at Roosevelt High. Great stuff, Bud Brown, Bruce Brown, on stage with a stereo record player, narrating the movie. Every good surfer in town was there. 'Slippery when Wet'., 'Surfing Hollow Days', man that was fun times.
You must be refering to the Annette Funicello style movies.......
zeemike
(18,998 posts)they were a waste of film....like most of the Elvis ones.
hlthe2b
(102,283 posts)and always will be the Beach Boys.
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)First, David Marks? He bailed out VERY early in the game (February 1962 to October 1963). He performed on the albums Surfin' Safari (1962), Surfin' USA (1963), Surfer Girl (1963), and Little Deuce Coupe (1963). He may have been one of the "original members," but you can bet your bottom dollar that if Dennis and Carl were still alive, he wouldn't have gotten his invitation in the mail. With two Wilson brothers down, he has marquee value. As far as his being a creative force in the band, that never happened.
Second, without Dennis and Carl, it's really not a reunion. ESPECIALLY Carl. Brian may have been the "creative genius" behind the band, but Carl was the heart and soul.
Third, Brian's band "The Wondermints" is INFINITELY better than the Mike Love / Bruce Johnston edition of "The Beach Boys." In the IDEAL sense, the "reunion" would have been Brian, Dennis Carl, Al Jardine, Mike Love, and any members of The Wondermints needed to fill in the sound. Instead, we got Mike, Bruce, and John Stamos.
Fourth, at least Brian gets to put his stamp on "The Beach Boys" one final time, and Al Jardine...royally and unfairly screwed over by multiple lawsuits from Mike Love...gets one final Beach Boys payday. Let's hope he deposits / invests the money wisely.
Zambero
(8,964 posts)David Marks lived across the street from the Wilson clan in Hawthorne. At the age of 12, Marks began taking rock & roll guitar lessons from local musician John Maus, who later went on to greater glory as one of the Walker Brothers. Carl heard Marks playing and got bitten by the rock & roll bug, and on Marks' recommendation Carl was also tutored by Maus. So Carl and David became guitar jamming buddies and developed their own cohesive sound before the Beach Boys even existed. During this time, Brian was into the Four Freshmen sound and their intricate vocal harmonies. Dennis had not even expressed a musical interest, until he suggested that Brian write a song about surfing, which turned out to be "Surfin", a regional top 40 hit. Marks was not even on that record (Al Jardine was but he quit the group shortly thereafter). Brian eventually had the good sense to incorporate Carl & David's more aggressive rock & roll element with his own pop-oriented songwriting. Finally Brian honed his bass skills and Dennis learned drums, and the Beach Boys sound was born. Manager Murray insisted that Carl be the lead player, but they both traded leads onstage and by all accounts were a top notch performing band during this time. With his brief time in the band, David Marks tends to get overlooked but his musical influence in developing the BB's sound is on par with the others (an he's a damn fine guitarist going all the way back).
Zambero
(8,964 posts)He was there on the first 4 albums during the classic "Surf & Car Song" era, and his formidable guitar skills along with fellow axe-man Carl Wilson made them a a live surf band to be reckoned with, albeit briefly. After Marks quit in late '63 (he didn't get along with manager Murray Wilson), Alan Jardine rejoined and was the better vocalist but basically a strummer on guitar.
ascrodin
(12 posts)THANK YOU for giving props to Dave Marks. He and (guess who???) Bruce Johnston are the only two BBs that are classically trained musicians. The difference being Bruce was a rich kid who got the classical training as just another aspect of his privileged upbringing, and Dave, after being out of the Beach Boys for 8 years and struggling in several bands that went nowhere (Dave and the Marksmen, Band Without a Name, the Moon, a VERY brief, 2 weeks at most, stint with Delaney and Bonnie before being replaced by none other than Eric Clapton-Marks also turned down an offer to join Paul Revere and the Raiders), had to figuratively beg the Berklee School of Music and later the Boston Conservatory to let him in.
Greybnk48
(10,168 posts)They were known for their music which I love to this day. Their political opinions, I would say, are not worth much if anything so why repeat them.
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)...and Charlie's "family" gave the clap to the entire band.
One night Dennis came home and found all of his furniture rearranged. There was a note from Charlie that said "We did this just to show you that we could."
Greybnk48
(10,168 posts)between the Beach Boys and the Manson Family. This was when they were all heavily into drugs. I don't know if it was mentioned in the papers, or the book Helter Skelter, which I read a few years after. I don't remember this detail, just a vague connection. They did a made-for-tv movie about the band and it may have been alluded to there. Scary, huh?
vankuria
(904 posts)Dennis Wilson was friends with Charlie and used to hang out at the Manson ranch. Charlie wanted to get into the music scene and Dennis arranged for him to audition for Terry Mercer ( son of Doris Day) a record producer. Terry and his girlfriend at the time Candace Bergen lived in the same home as Sharon Tate and Roman Polansky having rented it previously. Mercer was not interested in Charlie's music and blew him off. At some point he returned to Mercer's home and was not treated kindly. When Charlie set out on his deadly rampage with his followers he targeted Terry Mercer but by this time it was rented by the Polanski's.
That's how I remembered it, from a book I read.
ascrodin
(12 posts)That's Terry MELCHER.
vankuria
(904 posts)liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)Time to grow up Bruce.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Veeeeeery sneaky!
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)Last edited Fri May 11, 2012, 03:54 PM - Edit history (1)
"I got mine. The hell with rest rest of you."
Ed: (snap) ... I know what it is. His feelings are hurt because
he wasn't invited to George Clooney's dinner party.
[big] "WAAAH!! No fair!!" [/big]
Solomon
(12,310 posts)Last edited Sat May 12, 2012, 11:38 AM - Edit history (1)
money.
GoCubsGo
(32,084 posts)I had money until the republicans took over. And, if they get control again, I anticipate losing what little of everything else I have that is left.
You want to see "fucked", Bruce? Look in the mirror. You're about as fucked up as it gets.
Johonny
(20,851 posts)I must be doing something wrong?
I totally agree if Obama loses and doesn't have to try any more than under President Romney "I'm totally fuck'd".
msongs
(67,413 posts)Zambero
(8,964 posts)THEE Wilson Brother, although there is no replacing Dennis and Carl.
So that begs the question, since Johnston was originally hired on as an onstage stand-in for Brian, what's the point of including him for this tour?
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)I suppose The Luckiest Coattail-Rider Ever Bruce will be just fine.
I think the term for the rest of us will be "impaled and sliding down ass-first on boiling hot spikes".
hatrack
(59,587 posts)okieinpain
(9,397 posts)haven't lost anything. so they say wait till he doesn't have to run for re-election. then when those four years are up they will be saying that hillary is a socialist and we'll all lose our guns, money and freedom. I'm pretty sure they will start saying that four years of president hillary will make president obama look like president reagan. lol.
when you sit down and think about it, it's really sad that people are that ignorant.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)Initech
(100,079 posts)Guess I'll be crossing them off my list!
frylock
(34,825 posts)first off, you're not even an original member, so nobody really gives two shits what you have to say, dickwad. secondly, you're 100 years old and playing state fairs because, evidently, you have no other life skills. so fuck you, you irrelevant piece of excrement.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)and added nothing that a session player couldn't have done for the Beach Boys.
everything you like about the Beach Boys is because of people other than Bruce Johnston.
Great Caesars Ghost
(532 posts)In all reality, this great man pulled The Beach Boys of their annual July 4 show and replaced them with Wayne Newton.
Solly Mack
(90,769 posts)mac56
(17,569 posts)spanone
(135,841 posts)you boys need to hang it up, i saw you in your hey day and you suck now.
donheld
(21,311 posts)that made the whole world sing.