What's your favorite Beach Boys song live?

[smile-holland]

2/25/72 Grand Gala du Disque TV show - an amazing performance on Dutch TV and probably the only (if it's ever found) video evidence of the band in their heyday playing the song in concert.

Good Vibrations from Central park - July 2nd 1971: H&V was performed as well, and that TV broadcast has been preserved. 


And I hope as well that one day the Grand Gala Du Disque will once resurface on video.

[shelter]

And how could I forget that amazing live version of Forever that is floating around on YouTube... Central Park I believe? That version needs to be released on CD.

[Jon Stebbins]

And how could I forget that amazing live version of Forever that is floating around on YouTube... Central Park I believe? That version needs to be released on CD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hyp9b72jSE

[shelter]

And how could I forget that amazing live version of Forever that is floating around on YouTube... Central Park I believe? That version needs to be released on CD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hyp9b72jSE

That's the one. I might even prefer that version over the original.

[Mark H.]

Marcella from the "Concert" LP with Funky Pretty and Caroline No coming in right behind.  That LP is one of the best live albums ever released IMO.

[Jay]

GOK, H&V, Gettin' Hungry, Surfer Girl, GV, You're So Good to Me and Surfin' (with the Do it Again BW/vocal/riff) on Lei'd In Hawaii---Brian's organ makes these performances awesome!
Aren't You Glad and Wake the World on live in London
Do it Again (Live in London and Knebworth)
Aren't You Glad, Country Air (live in Big Sur 70)
It's About Time (as an encore)
All I Want to Do (live in London/Rarities)
Sail On Sailor, Darlin, Marcella, Funky Pretty, Leaving This Town, Fun Fun Fun (In Concert)
Lady Lynda, Good Timin', Santa Ana Winds, Cotton Fields, KTSA (Knebworth)
In the Back of My Mind (74 or 75?)
Melt Away, Night was So Young, Meant For You/Friends, Marcella, Good Timin', Wonderful/Cabinessence, Your Imagination (BW in RFH, mid 2000s, I think...what makes a lot of those songs is Jeff Foskett's voice!)
I Know there's an Answer, Here Today, Pet Sounds, That's Not Me, I'm Waiting for the Day (PS Live) (especially with Taylor dancing...only she can dance to any song from Pet Sounds)
Don't Worry Baby, Please Let Me Wonder, Brian Wilson/Til I Die, Back Home, Be My Baby, All Summer Long (Live at the Roxy)
Wendy, Time to Get Alone, Keep an Eye on Summer, Soul Searchin, Marcella, You're So Good To Me, Hawaii, City Blues, Darlin, The whole Smile album (from the first 6 Smile Concerts in Feb of 2004)
WonderBill (Wonderful/Don't Worry Bill)
Feel Flows and All This is That in Nassau, NY, 74 and in 78 with those fantastic flute/sax solos.
Your Song (oh wait, Bruce ruins it by trying to hush up the crowd) FAIL!
Long Promised Road (live in New York in 72 from EH soundtrack)
Merry Minet (Washington DC--1980)
Airplane (London in 77)
Jumpin' Jack Flash (that needs to be released from the original In Concert album!)
It's Just a Matter of Time (Brian with the guys)
Happy Birthday America
Sister Golden Hair
Girl Don't Tell Me, Breakaway, I Can Hear Music, Do you Wanna Dance (from Al's live album)
Wild Honey (with Blondie on vocals)

When and/or where did they do Sister Golden Hair? I'd love to hear that. 

[hypehat]

Difficult.... an early 70's H&V, off the top of my head. Maybe the '72 Carnegie Hall one, because of the full 'woos' during the second verse and the entire thing being just propulsive as hell.

Either that, or the GOK from that same show cos of Dennis' vocals on the fade.... should have done that in '66, really.

[bossaroo]

I love the live versions of Don't Worry Baby and Heroes and Villains that were bonus tracks on the Concert/Live in London 2fer.

Brian's live rendition of Little Girl I Once Knew>This Whole World was a real one-two punch to start the show with.

Busy Doin Nothin at the Roxy was a dream come true. and The Night Was So Young.


I like Wonder/Bill a lot too... kind of a guilty pleasure.

[smile-holland]

When and/or where did they do Sister Golden Hair? I'd love to hear that. 

It was part of the setlist briefly in 1990, when Mike Love was absent. Gerry Beckley (America) played a few gigs with the Boys, and for doing that (I guess) he played his group's Sister Golden Hair.

[runnersdialzero]

And how could I forget that amazing live version of Forever that is floating around on YouTube... Central Park I believe? That version needs to be released on CD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hyp9b72jSE

That's the one. I might even prefer that version over the original.

YEAH MAYBE IF JETHRO TULL WASN'T IN IT

[Lookit]

Aren't You Glad and Wake the World on live in London

Came on to post this! Both sound awesome, and in the case of 'Aren't You Glad' one of the rare instances where I favor the live take over the studio version.

[Magic Transistor Radio]

I love Wild Honey with Blondie Chaplin. I also think the tv performance of Do It Again in the late 60s rocked better then the record. Cool Cool Water performance is also great. Feel Flows in Australia in 77  too.

[punkinhead]

Aren't You Glad and Wake the World on live in London

Came on to post this! Both sound awesome, and in the case of 'Aren't You Glad' one of the rare instances where I favor the live take over the studio version.

Listen to Aren't You Glad on Live in Big Sur (1970), it's a tad different with a louder organ part, which I love!

[southbay]

Also need to add Sail On Sailor with Carl singing lead

[punkinhead]

I'd like to add Denny singing lead on Good Timin', which I think is on the Bamboo/Dumb Angel Vol. __?

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Leaving This Town from In Concert always knocks me me out.

[punkinhead]

GOK, H&V, Gettin' Hungry, Surfer Girl, GV, You're So Good to Me and Surfin' (with the Do it Again BW/vocal/riff) on Lei'd In Hawaii---Brian's organ makes these performances awesome!
Aren't You Glad and Wake the World on live in London
Do it Again (Live in London and Knebworth)
Aren't You Glad, Country Air (live in Big Sur 70)
It's About Time (as an encore)
All I Want to Do (live in London/Rarities)
Sail On Sailor, Darlin, Marcella, Funky Pretty, Leaving This Town, Fun Fun Fun (In Concert)
Lady Lynda, Good Timin', Santa Ana Winds, Cotton Fields, KTSA (Knebworth)
In the Back of My Mind (74 or 75?)
Melt Away, Night was So Young, Meant For You/Friends, Marcella, Good Timin', Wonderful/Cabinessence, Your Imagination (BW in RFH, mid 2000s, I think...what makes a lot of those songs is Jeff Foskett's voice!)
I Know there's an Answer, Here Today, Pet Sounds, That's Not Me, I'm Waiting for the Day (PS Live) (especially with Taylor dancing...only she can dance to any song from Pet Sounds)
Don't Worry Baby, Please Let Me Wonder, Brian Wilson/Til I Die, Back Home, Be My Baby, All Summer Long (Live at the Roxy)
Wendy, Time to Get Alone, Keep an Eye on Summer, Soul Searchin, Marcella, You're So Good To Me, Hawaii, City Blues, Darlin, The whole Smile album (from the first 6 Smile Concerts in Feb of 2004)
WonderBill (Wonderful/Don't Worry Bill)
Feel Flows and All This is That in Nassau, NY, 74 and in 78 with those fantastic flute/sax solos.
Your Song (oh wait, Bruce ruins it by trying to hush up the crowd) FAIL!
Long Promised Road (live in New York in 72 from EH soundtrack)
Merry Minet (Washington DC--1980)
Airplane (London in 77)
Jumpin' Jack Flash (that needs to be released from the original In Concert album!)
It's Just a Matter of Time (Brian with the guys)
Happy Birthday America
Sister Golden Hair
Girl Don't Tell Me, Breakaway, I Can Hear Music, Do you Wanna Dance (from Al's live album)
Wild Honey (with Blondie on vocals)

To add to the list of Brian performing rare and not so rare tunes (in the past five years or so) such as:
-Breakaway
-Salt Lake City (great sax part by Paul)
-Marcella (I know I mentioned it but I wanna point out how much I love the piano intro with Taylor's vocals and Jeff's vocals "Marcella HEEEEEYYYYYY")
-She's Leaving Home (FANTASTIC! I wish this was recorded professionally...I love the Penny Lane-like vibe)
-Then I Kissed Her
-Roll Around Heaven
-When I Grow Up To Be a Man
-She Knows Me Too Well (great Jeff lead vocal)
-I'd Love Just Once to See You (more than welcome to add more rarities)
-Heroes and Villains (In the Cantina version & added intro with Gee)
-Morning Beat
-California Role
-Going Home
-California Girls (Live @ Roxy, love the added ending vocals only)
-Do it Again (BW On Tour dvd, I love his interaction with the crowd on clapping "That's it, you got it!")

[punkinhead]

GOK, H&V, Gettin' Hungry, Surfer Girl, GV, You're So Good to Me and Surfin' (with the Do it Again BW/vocal/riff) on Lei'd In Hawaii---Brian's organ makes these performances awesome!
Aren't You Glad and Wake the World on live in London
Do it Again (Live in London and Knebworth)
Aren't You Glad, Country Air (live in Big Sur 70)
It's About Time (as an encore)
All I Want to Do (live in London/Rarities)
Sail On Sailor, Darlin, Marcella, Funky Pretty, Leaving This Town, Fun Fun Fun (In Concert)
Lady Lynda, Good Timin', Santa Ana Winds, Cotton Fields, KTSA (Knebworth)
In the Back of My Mind (74 or 75?)
Melt Away, Night was So Young, Meant For You/Friends, Marcella, Good Timin', Wonderful/Cabinessence, Your Imagination (BW in RFH, mid 2000s, I think...what makes a lot of those songs is Jeff Foskett's voice!)
I Know there's an Answer, Here Today, Pet Sounds, That's Not Me, I'm Waiting for the Day (PS Live) (especially with Taylor dancing...only she can dance to any song from Pet Sounds)
Don't Worry Baby, Please Let Me Wonder, Brian Wilson/Til I Die, Back Home, Be My Baby, All Summer Long (Live at the Roxy)
Wendy, Time to Get Alone, Keep an Eye on Summer, Soul Searchin, Marcella, You're So Good To Me, Hawaii, City Blues, Darlin, The whole Smile album (from the first 6 Smile Concerts in Feb of 2004)
WonderBill (Wonderful/Don't Worry Bill)
Feel Flows and All This is That in Nassau, NY, 74 and in 78 with those fantastic flute/sax solos.
Your Song (oh wait, Bruce ruins it by trying to hush up the crowd) FAIL!
Long Promised Road (live in New York in 72 from EH soundtrack)
Merry Minet (Washington DC--1980)
Airplane (London in 77)
Jumpin' Jack Flash (that needs to be released from the original In Concert album!)
It's Just a Matter of Time (Brian with the guys)
Happy Birthday America
Sister Golden Hair
Girl Don't Tell Me, Breakaway, I Can Hear Music, Do you Wanna Dance (from Al's live album)
Wild Honey (with Blondie on vocals)

To add to the list of Brian performing rare and not so rare tunes (in the past five years or so) such as:
-Breakaway
-Salt Lake City (great sax part by Paul)
-Marcella (I know I mentioned it but I wanna point out how much I love the piano intro with Taylor's vocals and Jeff's vocals "Marcella HEEEEEYYYYYY")
-She's Leaving Home (FANTASTIC! I wish this was recorded professionally...I love the Penny Lane-like vibe)
-Then I Kissed Her
-Roll Around Heaven
-When I Grow Up To Be a Man
-She Knows Me Too Well (great Jeff lead vocal)
-I'd Love Just Once to See You (more than welcome to add more rarities)
-Heroes and Villains (In the Cantina version & added intro with Gee)
-Morning Beat
-California Role
-Going Home
-California Girls (Live @ Roxy, love the added ending vocals only)
-Do it Again (BW On Tour dvd, I love his interaction with the crowd on clapping "That's it, you got it!")

Then I forgot to add a great version of 409 that's on the U.S. Singles boxed set (live in Chicago 3-27-1965)

and while I'm mentioning that concert, I'm not sure if it's the same concert, but I feel it is...the cut of Shut Down that appears on the Hawthorne CA

[punkinhead]

Leaving This Town from In Concert always knocks me me out.

Yeah, it is really good....besides when the crowd thinks it's over and starts clapping 

[metal flake paint]

Feel Flows in Australia in 77  too.

Pretty sure they didn't play Feel Flows or in Australia in '77.

[smile-holland]

Feel Flows in Australia in 77  too.

Pretty sure they didn't play Feel Flows or in Australia in '77.

He probably meant Largo, January 21st 1977

[ApolloSkye]

The performance i saw next to brian's sandbox  but seriously god only knows 1967.

[Christoph]

God only knows: Carnegie Hall 1972, Dennis singing the tag line is amazing.
Keepin' the summer alive: Knebworth, really rocked and should have been in the set much longer
Marcella: Much better live than on the album
Funky Pretty: Really wins with the live drumming
Don't worry baby: 1987 version with Carl & Jeff Foskett
The trader: Shine on Carl
It's ok: Good song for Mike
This whole world & forever from 1988 are stellar performances aswell.

[Awesoman]

Anything Carl sings live in particular works pretty well for me.

[punkinhead]

Anything Carl sings live in particular works pretty well for me.

except drunkenly in 78?