none of the other beach boys are able to play instruments, mike is actually puppeteering them with his hands and feet through a complex network of fishing line
Even in his twenties he moved liked your grandpa at a wedding dance. I will give this to him, he made a long successful career riding on his cousins coat-tails.
Chris Eisenhower Please, his 'co-writing' credits are laughably minimal, including one or two line changes. As for the songs he wrote, what can you cite that compares to anything that Brian wrote? Kokomo? He's a joke.
Vreenakthesenator Mike Love's solo album with some of the worst songs ever written is very clear proof that he had nothing to do with the genius Brian's songs. Mike bullied his way into getting half credit for songs when he only contributed a cliche line or two.
he wrote it with john p from m and p and mike love would do a grandpa impression for the gang before they were a band.. its meant to be a joke! also john performed it on howard stern before it was released and they thought it was weird and it was in a good way haha yes!!!! oh yah he see him moon walk in place here pretty cool and ahead of its time for white guy pffffff people lol have a great day!!!!!
Those Wilson brothers should count themselves very lucky that they were the cousins of the legendary Mike Love. I love Mike Love with all my love nearly as much as Mike Love loves Mike Love. The love Mike Love has for Mike Love is a loving love that is unmatchable.
Since you asked for my take...The Wilson brothers were collectively traumatized from an abusive father and lacked assertiveness skills. Mike Love is arguably one of the greatest beneficiaries of group PTSD in popular culture. That's not necessarily to take a swipe at him. Just a average dude in the right place at the right time. Life is such a strange thing. Love happened to pull a straw larger than his native talent. No great catastrophe. Mao Tse Tung murdered 70 million people. Mike Love didn't even murder songs. He sort of passed through them inconspicuously.
BS. Literally can't tell the difference between deliberate murder and deaths caused by negligence. If you think that China never had any famines prior to the Communists you're deluding yourself.
Full Spectrum Domino that’s true, and he also did play a part in the early beach boys sound so he deserves credit for that, but he also asked for much more credit than he did deserve, and sued Brian unreasonably, and is always trying to bring attention to himself which makes him very easy to dislike
Wow! This video contains some amazing footage! Specifically, the video of Mike squatting and doing the rapid hand moves. It reminds me of my dear departed cat, Baryshnikov, when he would pull toilet paper off the roll. Mike was way ahead of his time.
@@seleykosanikatwr9272 If you think my comment is mean, you're *really* not going to like the Entire Comment Section under this video. Or a good portion of Every Comment Section of videos containing Mike Love. You should just skip them. The man's a notorious pariah, and with ample, documented reason.
Y'all remember that scene from the Booze Cruise episode of the Office when Michael takes over the dance floor? Every time I see Mike Love dancing, I remember that scene. 😂
A story I heard, and I hope it's true, is that when the Beach Boys visited Britain, everyone did their thing, saw the sights etc. Mike Love however would troll the streets of London at night, trying to impress chicks and take them back to his room and was soundly rejected. Maybe he tried to dance for them.
@@angelicaquirarteno talent, giant ego, treated his cousins (who WERE talented and the cornerstones of the band terribly....there are so many reasons to not like Mike Love
Someone told him to “dance to the words you’re singing”, but he thought they said “dance the words you’re singing”. 😂😂🤣🤣🤣 I’ve never seen anyone do the chariot race or the drive like an ace.😂😂😂😂Damn! I stopped the video to write before I saw him do the wild goose chase🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mike Love inventor of the twerk. They wanted to name it "the jerk", but that didn't make any sense, with Mike being the complete opposite of a jerk. 😉 😜.
If Mike Love fell off the side of the stage and Al and Carl took over all the lead vocals nobody would have noticed or cared. Ironic that he is now the "owner" of the Beach Boys.
Great sense of moving. Sex symbol of the band. Can you believe this guy never learnt how to dance ??? I love his art of doing windmills with his hands. Very convincing during barbecue parties. And Mike can hold a saxophone without playing one note on stage ! Yes he can !
Whenever I feel bad about myself I watch Mike Love dance and realize I have nothing in my back pages nearly as embarrassing as this. They're all really cool except for Mike, who's trying SO HARD to be cool. You gotta be born with it Mike. Hint: don’t act out the words.
@superego8405 I don't understand why they give him maracas or a tambourine in those early TV appearances. He doesn't even look like he's part of the band when he's not singing lead vocal- he literally has nothing to do
Despite the lawsuits etc etc there wouldn't still be the Beach Boys without Mike Love. The others all had great talent but none of them had the chutzpah (sp?) to be front men. Dennis might have done without booze, girls and whatever else he indulged in. But Mike has it, and he's still there.
in my early 70s now and was the age to be a huge beach boys fan - but i wasnt due to the creepy mike love. i have always loved their beautiful singing and still sing along in the car but mike love made me and still makes me cringe. ladies, can you imagine a date at a high school dance with those moves?? shiver
When I think of 60s dance moves, I think of Mike Love. Maybe he's a jerk, but the Beach Boys and the 60s music scene wouldn't have been the same without him. Let's just enjoy the music.
They stood so they didn't have any eye contact or interaction with him. It's fascinating to watch. A normal person would pick that up pretty quickly. Not Mike. He's not normal and could be why they didn't fire him.
