Gettin' Hungry Live In Hawaii - August 1967

[18thofMay]

While its a song I'm not particularly fond of this is my favoured recording of Gettin' Hungry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhyP4J4accU

I like!

[bossaroo]

the Do It Again/Underwater riff is a fairly standard rock/blues/boogiewoogie phrase. I really wouldn't say Brian ripped off the Frogmen.

[guitarfool2002]

I don't know if it would pass a blind "listening test", though, to say Brian didn't at the least borrow the phrase from that record.

I'd bet if you were to play both the blues chorus heard at 44 seconds into the Frogmen video I posted, and then play the chorus/hook of Do It Again for a group of people who aren't familiar with The Frogmen, maybe 90 percent or more of those listening would say the phrases sound alike.

And if we were to notate them musically, the rhythms and notes of the scale used in that phrase would be very close.

Just sayin'...

[roll plymouth rock]

I think the whole Lei'd In Hawaii thing is the most fascinating (and to me, best) parts of The Beach Boys foray into psychedelic culture. If they weren't all baked, and Mike didn't make stupid jokes during songs and sh*t, then they coulda had a cool Magical Mystery Tour-style film. Speaking of that movie, I guess its flop kind of killed off lots of bands ideas for films (Hendrix's one - for which there is even a script, comes to mind). But yeah, I love the old tunes reworked into mellow Smiley Smile style. I get the aesthetic they were going for, and its really cool. The Letter is great. I love the Help Me Rhonda rework. God Only Knows is great. Surfin & Surfer Girl sound cool with the organ. First Good Vibes live performance. I just think stuff like Mike yelling "cool it" and stuff during songs kinda throws the vibe off. Also keep in mind that the act who played right before the organ Beach Boys at this show as Bobbie Gentry with orchestra....this is just conjecture, but I can see her lush set kinda blowing them off the stage. Add to that Bruce bailing and Carl having to play bass, and the hash smoking, kinda don't have them at the peak of their game. If they sounded as good as they did in the rehearsals (or better) live, it coulda been a cool release imo. And to bring things full circle, I've always loved Gettin' Hungry. Its so strange. Why was it credited to Mike & Brian as a 45? The live version is pretty sweet to my ears

[runnersdialzero]

Every time someone laments Brian "sabotaging" the Beach Boys' career with Smiley Smile and everything after, I once again begin considering downing a big ol' bottle of Windex.

[Newguy562]

Every time someone laments Brian "sabotaging" the Beach Boys' career with Smiley Smile and everything after, I once again begin considering downing a big ol' bottle of Windex.

i can't help but feel bad for the beach boys after smiley smile though i wish things happened a bit differently

[Puggal]

The performance has been taken down. 

[Aegir]

download it from the internet.

[guitarfool2002]

I think the whole Lei'd In Hawaii thing is the most fascinating (and to me, best) parts of The Beach Boys foray into psychedelic culture. If they weren't all baked, and Mike didn't make stupid jokes during songs and sh*t, then they coulda had a cool Magical Mystery Tour-style film. Speaking of that movie, I guess its flop kind of killed off lots of bands ideas for films (Hendrix's one - for which there is even a script, comes to mind). But yeah, I love the old tunes reworked into mellow Smiley Smile style. I get the aesthetic they were going for, and its really cool. The Letter is great. I love the Help Me Rhonda rework. God Only Knows is great. Surfin & Surfer Girl sound cool with the organ. First Good Vibes live performance. I just think stuff like Mike yelling "cool it" and stuff during songs kinda throws the vibe off. Also keep in mind that the act who played right before the organ Beach Boys at this show as Bobbie Gentry with orchestra....this is just conjecture, but I can see her lush set kinda blowing them off the stage. Add to that Bruce bailing and Carl having to play bass, and the hash smoking, kinda don't have them at the peak of their game. If they sounded as good as they did in the rehearsals (or better) live, it coulda been a cool release imo. And to bring things full circle, I've always loved Gettin' Hungry. Its so strange. Why was it credited to Mike & Brian as a 45? The live version is pretty sweet to my ears

The thing about Magical Mystery Tour is exactly how much of an impact was the film in the USA? It was made for TV broadcast in the UK, where it was premiered in black-and-white depriving it of the visual elements that were kind of cool in color (imagine the Sgt. Pepper cover in black-and-white). And Capitol ending up bastardizing the soundtrack tacking on singles rather than having it as an EP as it was released in the UK.

I'm genuinely curious, what was the reaction if any in the US?

As far as the Beach Boys coming on after Gentry and the orchestra, they had done several "Beach Boys Summer Spectacular" concerts in previous years, where they shared the bill with the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Lovin' Spoonful, and others - the gigs are listed on AGD's timeline and Eric Anniversario's website. Those bills are pretty incredible, as far as the quality of bands there with the Boys in 65 and 66.

It also says quite a lot about the stature of the Beach Boys in the mid 60's to have a series of concerts featuring some of the best and most hip bands of the day, all gathering under the name "The Beach Boys Summer Spectacular".

[roll plymouth rock]

As far as the Beach Boys coming on after Gentry and the orchestra, they had done several "Beach Boys Summer Spectacular" concerts in previous years, where they shared the bill with the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Lovin' Spoonful, and others - the gigs are listed on AGD's timeline and Eric Anniversario's website. Those bills are pretty incredible, as far as the quality of bands there with the Boys in 65 and 66.

It also says quite a lot about the stature of the Beach Boys in the mid 60's to have a series of concerts featuring some of the best and most hip bands of the day, all gathering under the name "The Beach Boys Summer Spectacular".

Definitely! They were tops!! Them, Stones, Beatles.....after Monterey you could say perhaps Mamas & Papas maybe took over their spot for the time-being (not in the long-run of course, but at the time in terms of sales etc.....). Monkees, too.

And yeah! My point was more that on this particular occasion with them coming on and not doing the surf-sound thing, rather a more minimalist stoned organ thing could have seemed a bit underwhelming in its sparseness. But you can also hear on the tapes that the teenagers didn't seem to mind and screamed throughout most of the shows anyways ha. I love the Hawthorne Blvd intro though in that one show, classic

[guitarfool2002]

As far as the Beach Boys coming on after Gentry and the orchestra, they had done several "Beach Boys Summer Spectacular" concerts in previous years, where they shared the bill with the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Lovin' Spoonful, and others - the gigs are listed on AGD's timeline and Eric Anniversario's website. Those bills are pretty incredible, as far as the quality of bands there with the Boys in 65 and 66.

It also says quite a lot about the stature of the Beach Boys in the mid 60's to have a series of concerts featuring some of the best and most hip bands of the day, all gathering under the name "The Beach Boys Summer Spectacular".

Definitely! They were tops!! Them, Stones, Beatles.....after Monterey you could say perhaps Mamas & Papas maybe took over their spot for the time-being (not in the long-run of course, but at the time in terms of sales etc.....). Monkees, too.

And yeah! My point was more that on this particular occasion with them coming on and not doing the surf-sound thing, rather a more minimalist stoned organ thing could have seemed a bit underwhelming in its sparseness. But you can also hear on the tapes that the teenagers didn't seem to mind and screamed throughout most of the shows anyways ha. I love the Hawthorne Blvd intro though in that one show, classic

Definitely The Monkees! I became a super-fan after MTV rebroadcast the shows in the mid-80's, then the Nickelodeon cable channel ran the episodes every night. For a show that only ran two seasons and had just over 50 episodes, the popularity that continues to this day is pretty incredible. But what amazed me once I started going back to the original media of the day was just how popular they were, especially on AM radio and related publications. Radio couldn't get enough of them, and the funny things are hearing very deep album cuts and even things the radio taped off the TV show when there was a lack of new songs to play! I have a tape of KHJ playing the original "Valleri" which they took right off the air a year or more before the official single came out...such was the demand.

And you are so right about the Hawaii audience, that aspect of the shows really surprised me. I can't quite explain it, but at that point The Beach Boys seemed to be heading far away from the teenage pop music image, with all the serious nature of the interviews, articles, and things like Inside Pop which happened the past 8 months or so...yet in Hawaii you hear the girls screaming and reacting like it was still 1963. I haven't put my finger on it quite yet, whether that means something more than just hearing enthusiastic fans screaming for the Boys.

I don't think that was the reaction from the crowd to the bands at Monterey that same summer, nor was it probably an expected reaction at Monterey from the bands on that bill. Whatever the case, until I figure out what I'm trying to say about that screaming, it was *very* interesting to hear.

[Rotat]

I've been listening to this show a lot lately (the 8.25th one) and it is certainly a very fascinating recording. So much mystery to this period that mystifies me to no end. The screaming you mention is a really interesting thing to think about. Apparently they were still well loved in Hawaii at the time. Anyways, while this show is certainly kind of sad at how lackluster the performance is, there are some really really good versions of songs here. "Heroes and Villians" is a huge highlight. I've also noticed a really great backing harmony part in Sloop John B during the verses that must have been buried in the mix on the original. Plus the cool Surfin' organ line.. And the only "Getting Hungry" live version on this thread.. also the fact that strangely, "You're So Good To Me" fits the Smiley sound like a glove. Tons of little highlights here and curiosities. The fact that Brian is on here and DOES seem in charge is incredibly priceless.