Beach Boys Rock Pitt, Love Still Loves TM
By DJ M on August 31st, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE "During a recent Capitol Records event that celebrated double-platinum sales for our 'Sounds of Summer' compilation, Brian must have asked me a dozen times if we're going to get back together," Mike Love says. "I'm very open to doing that with Brian. There are still some legal issues with Al, though, and he's focused on a solo career."
During a performance last week in the Hamptons on Long Island, N.Y., that featured a fashion show for his wife's "Jacqueline Love" clothing line, Love says "there were 100 kids, teens and preteens dancing on the runway while we played. My daughter, Ambha, who's 10, told me her fourth-grade class's favorite song is 'Wouldn't It Be Nice.' To see that your songs are appreciated four decades after you began writing them is a really good thing."
Love says his latest tune, "Cool Head and Warm Heart," encourages people "not to get all stressed out, especially when there are things you can do nothing about." Reciting a portion of the lyrics, he adds, "You need a cool head and a warm heart to get you through the day without coming apart. You need a cool head and a warm heart and that's how every day should start."
He says the song is based on a phrase he heard Maharishi Mahesh Yogi say a decade ago at a transcendental meditation gathering in The Netherlands.
Love meditates every day. "It gives me energy and clarity," he says. "As long as I'm healthy and still have a fan base, there's no reason for quitting."