History Music / MikeLove

* BassoProfundo: The Beach Boy with the lowest register.

Before considering a musical career with his three cousins, Mike was expected to take over his father's business in the steel industry. Along with Brian Wilson, he wrote songs which were key elements in the foundation of the Californian music scene with themes such as summer, hot-rod and love. He is also known for his stage presence where his banter antics made him the showman of the band. Compared to founding members who have been on and off the band, he is the most consistent Beach Boy and was rarely absent for a live show.

[[caption-width-right:350: [[Horrible/MusicAlbums The]] [[Horrible/MusicSongs serial]] [[Horrible/MusicCovers offender]] himself.]]

[[caption-width-right:350: [[Horrible/MusicAlbums The]] [[Horrible/MusicSongs serial]] [[Horrible/MusicCovers offender]] himself]]

* {{UsefulNotes/Meditation}}: Transcendental meditation played a big part in his life, to the point that he organized TM classes along with bandmate Al Jardine. This obsession inspired him to [[Music/MIUAlbum record a Beach Boys album at a meditation center]].

* UpdatedRerelease: "Rock 'n' Roll City" was first released to no commercial success until it got reissued with The Beach Boys' cover of "[[Music/TheMamasAndThePapas California Dreaming]]". It was also released under the title "Listen To The Air" with an additional track.

* YoungerThanHeLooks: Despite only being in his twenties during the band's most successful period, Mike Love had a receding hairline and a much more mature face than the baby faced Wilson brothers. As such, he looked much older than he actually was (hell, in some pictures he looked like he could've been the Wilson brothers' ''uncle'' rather than their cousin). When he grew his beard out in the late 60s, he could've passed for a man in his early to mid fifties. Once he lost the beard in the 80s, though, he actually looked much younger and has barely aged at all since then.

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-> ''"For those who believe Brian walks on water, I will always be the Antichrist."''
-->-- '''Mike acknowledging his polarising status.'''

-> "For those who believe Brian walks on water, I will always be the Antichrist."

* [[SiblingRivalry Cousin Rivalry]]: He had moments of tension with Music/DennisWilson, mostly for artistic reasons (which at one point led to an incident at a tarmac and almost caused a split in the band)

* NiceHat: Due to his receding hairline, Mike Love kept wearing hats from the 70s to today, though he is now sporting a cap during any event.

!!His work provides examples of:

* PrematurelyBald: Starting in his mid-twenties (coincidentally, this was during the same era where the Beach Boys recorded a song called "[[Music/SmileySmile She's Going Bald]]")

Michael Edward Love (born March 15, 1941), famously known as '''Mike Love''', is an American singer/songwriter who remains known for being part of Music/TheBeachBoys as one of its lead singers and lyricists. Contrasting with the falsetto vocals of Music/BrianWilson, his tenor/bass-baritone singing made his voice recognizable on classic songs such as "Surfin' USA" and "I Get Around".

* 2001 - ''Music/SummertimeCruisin''

* ChristmasSongs: He played and sang in a christmas special along with [[Music/JanAndDean Dean Torrance]] and recently released the christmas album ''Reason For The Season''.

* PunBasedTitle: Album titles such as ''Looking Back With Love'' or ''First Love'' prove that you better use your last name if it involves caring or romance.

* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: On some Beach Boys concert banters, Mike and Bruce Johnston would sometimes joke about the meaning of ACappella and the fact that Bruce was the only Beach Boy to have a grammy.

* UpdatedRerelease: "Rock 'n' Roll City" was first released to no commercial success until it got reissued with The Beach Boys' cover of "[[Music/TheMamasAndPapas California Dreaming]]". It was also released under the title "Listen To The Air" with an additional track.