{"id":109834,"date":"2025-08-25T22:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T22:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/109834\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T22:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T22:01:08","slug":"i-didnt-feel-the-compassion-beach-boys-al-jardine-slams-mike-loves-speech-at-brian-wilsons-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/109834\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Didn\u2019t Feel the Compassion\u201d: Beach Boys\u2019 Al Jardine Slams Mike Love\u2019s Speech at Brian Wilson\u2019s Funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"

Al Jardine was not a fan of Mike Love\u2019s speech at Brian Wilson\u2019s funeral. Days after Wilson\u2019s June 11 death<\/a> at age 82, Jardine spoke to Rolling Stone<\/a> about his late bandmate\u2019s funeral, slamming Love\u2019s speech at the somber event.<\/p>\n

\u201cMike wanted everybody to know that he wrote every single word of \u2018Good Vibrations,\u2019\u201d Jardine said of The Beach Boys\u2019 1966 hit. \u201cI didn\u2019t feel the compassion, let\u2019s put it that way. Mike\u2019s got some serious megalomania problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

By contrast, Jardine said that his speech at Wilson\u2019s funeral was \u201cfocusing on Brian\u201d while Love\u2019s \u201cwas more focused on Mike.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what it boiled down to,\u201d Jardine said.<\/p>\n

In response to Jardine\u2019s comment, Love\u2019s rep provided a statement to the outlet, insisting, \u201cThat\u2019s not true.\u201d<\/p>\n

\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 Love\u2019s rep said. \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

The rep added, \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

Al Jardine Is Carrying on Brian Wilson\u2019s Legacy<\/p>\n

Wilson and his brothers, Carl and Dennis, found The Beach Boys alongside their cousin, Love, and their school friend, Jardine, in 1961. The band famously had spats over the years, including recent litigation over who owns the right to The Beach Boys\u2019 name.<\/p>\n

While complicated family dynamics were at play, Jardine often stood off to the side. Wilson, however, didn\u2019t it see it that way. He told Jardine as much at their last meeting before his death.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe looked at me and he said, \u2018You started the band,\u2019\u201d Jardine recalled. \u201cI said, \u2018Well, Brian, thank you, but I think you had a little to do with it, too.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

In Wilson\u2019s honor, Jardine recently set off on a tour, during which he\u2019s decided to play nearly all of the The Beach Boys\u2019 under-appreciated 1977 LP, The Beach Boys Love You. It\u2019s an album that Wilson initial intended to be a solo outing, but, at the label\u2019s request, it became a Beach Boys record.<\/p>\n

After performing a show Massachusetts with his The Pet Sounds Band, Jardine reflected on Wilson\u2019s presence throughout the night.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s too bad Brian couldn\u2019t be here to see this tonight. What a shame,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it\u2019s almost like he\u2019s not gone. I never really saw him much anyway, even though we talked on the phone. But now he\u2019s always here, in the music.\u201d<\/p>\n

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