The Dream Is Still Alive

I had a chance to see Wilson Phillips in concert and they can sing!  I wasn't sure if they were like many artists whose best work is recorded; and mixed, and fixed.  But I enjoyed the banter and the songs.  It was a good show.

For some reason, I had felt that as children of Beach Boys and Mamas and Papas, that the girl group was watering down a legacy.  I don't feel that way now.  Everybody is a child of some mama and papa, and these girls stayed in the family business and they've proven themselves, whether I knew that or not.

I enjoyed hearing their version of California Dreamin'.  It sounds good to hear old songs again in a new way, and if the singers are related, good for them.

According to Wikipedia, The Beach Boys had over eighty songs chart worldwide, thirty-six of them US Top 40 hits (the most by an American rock band), four reaching number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[3] The Beach Boys have sold in excess of 100 million records worldwide.

The Mamas and the Paps released five studio albums and seventeen singles, six of which made the top ten and sold close to 40 million records worldwide.

In 1992, Wilson Phillips also made history as Billboard declared their debut album the best selling album of all time by an all female group, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and selling over 5 million copies in the US and over 10 million copies worldwide, which also made Wilson Phillips, at the time, the best selling female group of all time for a single album, breaking the previous record set by The Supremes.

I think anybody who compares to The Supremes is doing alright.  Wilson Phillips also have 5 studio albums, and 13 singles, of which 3 went to #1.  After 25 years, they're still singing and sounding great and thanks to Spotify, I can listen any time.