Beach Boys mull ideas for 50th anniversary

The Beach Boys will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first single in 2011, but the group's Mike Love said that any specific reports about how they'll do that are premature.

"There have been a lot of ideas floated, but nothing decided," the senior remaining Beach Boy told Billboard.com. "So far it's just conversation. There are no big plans yet . . . But so far nothing's firm."

Former group member Al Jardine recently said the group - including Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston and early member David Marks - would reunite in 2011 for at least one reunion show, probably free. And an early suggestion was made that Wilson and Love would be collaborating on some new material, but that was rebuffed by Wilson's management, who cited his focus on his upcoming "Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin," due Aug. 17.

"I've had a few conversations recently with my cousin Brian . . . about doing some musical projects together," Love said. "But we're busy touring, he's busy recording and doing some dates, so in the fall we'll get more focused on it."

Love said he himself has recorded "18 to 20 songs that I have yet to come out with," including tunes inspired by his experiences with Transcendental Meditation and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and a song called "Pisces Brothers," which Love describes as "a reminiscence about George Harrison."

Meanwhile, Love said he's getting his head around the idea that it's been 50 years since the Beach Boys released their debut single, "Surfin'."

"It's a pretty remarkable landmark," he said. " . . . It's pretty amazing to still have our music in films and people coming to see us five decades after we started. Initially the subject matter was so unique - songs about surfing, great cars, being true to your school, California girls. And the subject matter is still in vogue - just ask Katy Perry."