{"id":100831,"date":"2025-08-22T02:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T02:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/100831\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T02:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T02:46:07","slug":"al-jardine-rips-beach-boys-mike-loves-speech-at-brian-wilsons-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/100831\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Jardine rips Beach Boys&#8217; Mike Love\u2019s speech at Brian Wilson\u2019s funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Al Jardine didn\u2019t sense good vibrations from Mike Love.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/11\/entertainment\/how-beach-boys-co-founder-brian-wilson-the-original-boy-of-summer-transformed-music-as-we-know-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Beach Boys co-founder<\/a> revealed that he wasn\u2019t impressed by his bandmate\u2019s speech at Brian Wilson\u2019s funeral on Aug. 6.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/al-jardine-beach-boys-interview-brian-wilson-tour-1235402933\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rolling Stone<\/a>, Beach Boys biographer David Leaf and Jason Fine, an editor for the outlet, gave formal eulogies at Wilson\u2019s funeral after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/11\/entertainment\/the-beach-boys-brian-wilson-dies-at-82\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he died at age 82 in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beach Boys members Brian Wilson, David Marks, Bruce Johnston, Al Jardine and Mike Love appear together in 2006. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>Musician Brian Wilson performs on stage in 2015. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">Jardine, 82, and Love, 84, also delivered their own speeches in honor of Wilson at the repass, held at the Beverly Hills Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMike wanted everybody to know that he wrote every single word of \u2018Good Vibrations,\u2019\u201d Jardine explained about Love\u2019s post-funeral tribute, while referencing their 1967 hit track. \u201cI didn\u2019t feel the compassion, let\u2019s put it that way. Mike\u2019s got some serious megalomania problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMike, I\u2019ve written some songs with Brian myself. We wrote one called \u2018Surfin\u2019 Down the Swanee River.\u2019 It just wasn\u2019t as big as \u2018Good Vibrations,\u2019\u201d the artist said at the beginning of his own speech.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Wilson poses for a portrait at his home in Los Angeles on Monday, July 28, 2008. AP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was focusing on Brian, and Mike was more focused on Mike,\u201d Jardine added. \u201cI think that is what it boiled down to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, a representative for Love told\u00a0Rolling Stone, \u201cThat\u2019s not true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\">\u201cMike\u2019s focus has always been on uplifting audiences around the world through the music he helped create with his bandmates and cousin Brian,\u201d they stated. \u201cHis commitment has been to preserve and share this great American songbook while providing resources to fellow Beach Boys shareholders, including Al Jardine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brian Wilson and Mike Love of The Beach Boys perform onstage at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2012. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\">\u201cIn addition, Mike and The Beach Boys have dedicated significant time and support to nonprofit organizations using their platform to give back to communities in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post also reached out to Love\u2019s rep for comment, but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson founded the Beach Boys in 1961 with his brothers, Dennis and Carl. He played bass, Carl led guitar, and Dennis was on the drums.<\/p>\n<p>The Beach Boys on \u201cFull House\u201d in 1988. Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Mike Love of The Beach Boys, performs during a concert at the Starlite Music Festival. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The group also included Love, who was Wilson\u2019s cousin, and Jardine, a close friend.<\/p>\n<p>Love also penned a heartfelt tribute to his cousin on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DKxscKEB10n\/?igsh=MWEzY2kyenRxd2sybA%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> after Wilson\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, the world lost a genius, and I lost a cousin by blood and my partner in music,\u201d he began. \u201cBrian Wilson wasn\u2019t just the heart of The Beach Boys\u2014he was the soul of our sound. From the first time we sang together as kids in my living room, I knew there was something otherworldly in him. His musical gifts were unmatched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, Middle: Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, Bottom: Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson. Redferns<\/p>\n<p>Love added, \u201cOur journey together was filled with moments of brilliance, heartbreak, laughter, complexity and most of all, LOVE . Like all families, we had our ups and downs. But through it all, we never stopped loving each other, and I never stopped being in awe of what he could do when he sat at a piano or his spontaneity in the studio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilson\u2019s family announced <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/11\/entertainment\/the-beach-boys-brian-wilson-dies-at-82\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the news of his passing<\/a> on June 11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are heartbroken to announce that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away,\u201d they<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKxHMogupsf\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=c7a9d6d4-78b7-41dc-8ecd-04692476d64c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0said on Instagram<\/a> at the time. \u201cWe are at a loss for words right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease respect our privacy at this time as our family is grieving,\u201d their statement continued. \u201cWe realize that we are sharing our grief with the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Beach Boys circa 1964. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n<p>The message signed off with the phrase \u201cLove &amp; Mercy,\u201d which was the title of the opening track from Wilson\u2019s debut solo album in 1988.\u00a0It was also the name of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2015\/06\/03\/john-cusack-and-paul-dano-strike-good-vibrations-in-brilliant-biopic-love-mercy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2014 biopic,\u00a0<\/a>which saw Wilson portrayed by both John Cusack and Paul Dano at different stages of his life.<\/p>\n<p>Following his death, Wilson\u2019s former entertainment lawyer, John Mason, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/17\/entertainment\/the-beach-boys-brian-wilson-regretted-he-wasnt-involved-with-hit-song-due-to-weak-mental-state-book-reveals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spoke about the late star\u2019s mental health.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrian was in a weak mental state,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/beach-boys-founder-brian-wilson-regretted-being-blocked-from-bands-hit-song-book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fox News Digital<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Eugene Landy and Brian Wilson. Mark Sullivan<\/p>\n<p>Mason explained, \u201cBrian often said to me, as sad as it sounds \u2026 \u2018I fried my brain. I took too many drugs.\u2019 Brian couldn\u2019t get up in the morning without somebody getting him up. He couldn\u2019t eat healthily without somebody giving him something healthy to eat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, Wilson turned to a doctor for help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, the good and bad of Dr. Eugene Landy in Brian\u2019s life was that he motivated Brian to become a participant in his own life,\u201d the attorney shared. \u201cBut the bad part was that, as time went by and years went by, Dr. Landy expected more and more to replace Brian in the Beach Boys\u2026 Brian wasn\u2019t allowed to do anything without a Landy handler being with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By 1984, Mason was hired as Wilson\u2019s attorney.<\/p>\n<p>The Beach Boys after being inducted into the Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.  AP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was asked . . . if I would be Brian\u2019s lawyer, and I agreed,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cAt that time, Brian was, I think, doing better, but he had a lot of issues. . . . Brian came to my office at least once a week. We started having Beach Boys meetings at my office once a month, and we all insisted that Brian come to those meetings without Landy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrian was my client. . . . [But] Brian did check in with Landy after our meetings, after our phone calls. Too often I would get a call back from Brian saying, \u2018I know I said that, but I have to change my mind.\u2019\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/17\/entertainment\/the-beach-boys-brian-wilson-regretted-he-wasnt-involved-with-hit-song-due-to-weak-mental-state-book-reveals\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/17\/entertainment\/the-beach-boys-brian-wilson-regretted-he-wasnt-involved-with-hit-song-due-to-weak-mental-state-book-reveals\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Al Jardine didn\u2019t sense good vibrations from Mike Love. 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