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I love this version.  Is that Daryl D. on the bass?  http://youtube.com/watch?v=8nUIbh-z8dI&search=Brian%20Wilson

Ed Carter on bass.

I actually started laughing the first time I saw this.

Mike's "I have my jacket on but I'm not really wearing it so I look cool and laid back" thing doesn't help either.

That was so fodaing cool! No one can deny that the Beach Boys look their coolest in the early 70's. It hurts that within 4 years they went right back to dork city and started cranking out the oldies.

It's too bad the Beach Boys don't have....uh, what's the word?...oh yeah, INTEGRITY.

Ever since I saw a snippet of this clip on the Endless Harmony doc, I've wanted to see the whole performance. I thought they did a bang up job. Someone needs to put out a dvd with ALL of the Beach Boys tv appearances.

Man, that was amazing.  I never knew that they performed that song live.  God bless the Internet.

Does a video recording of the band performing Vegetables & Falling In Love/Lady on the David Frost show circa 70-71 exist anywhere? I have an audio, but have long wondered if any video is extant. Anyone seen it?

That was so F'n Great!
Hey gang,I know Carl was playing his Epiphone 12.But was was Al playing? Was that a Gibson ES-355?
Great video.Is Mike the "Marlboro Man"??  LOL
Brian

Groovy, man.

Here's another cool video from a little later on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNe5j_HW9D4&search=brian%20wilson

I don't think I've ever seen the band look cooler.

Mike's outfit is pretty funky in that one.

I like Al's toque phase.  Blondie's sweater-vest is pretty outrageous too.  And I'm not convinced that Carl's pants match his shirt.

Now, to go way off the timeline, for a bit of comparitive analysis, here is "In My Room" with live vocals.  Check out the matching suits.  And the string arrangement!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ71ZUueNMQ&search=%20The%20Beach%20Boys

And here is a totally live "When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ_TZIeTxFY&search=%20The%20Beach%20Boys

I love that rendition of When I Grow Up.

EDIT: Al looks the coolest, with his t-shirt underneath the striped shirt.

On the "Cool, Cool Water" clip, the band is rounded out by Ed Carter on bass, Daryl Dragon on piano and Moog, Dennis Dragon on percussion, plus their horn section is there.

An informed source tells me this is probably not early 1971, but rather late 1970. 
They did this song live well into early 1972, when Blondie & Ricky were in the band.

C-Man

That's the Ready Steady Go show in London in 1964.  I've had this on video for many years - absolutely wonderful rockin' performance of a great song.  They also do I Get Around.  In the interval between songs the presenter, Keith Fordyce, jokingly refers to Dennis as 'Ringo' and the group look a little disconcerted by it!

I think someone posted the I Get Around clip from youtube a while ago.

I thought When I Grow Up came out on the Today! album in 1965. I think the Brits had more taste and were a lot more hip in mid 60's. The Beach Boys don't look like dorks in the English appearances. Makes you realize the opportunities missed as a result of the Beach Boys image and marketing not handled appropriately.

It did.  Sneak preview.

It was a single in 1964. It went to Number 1 in Canada (how's that for good taste?). Today! is kind of a hodge-podge like that.

When I Grow Up/She Knows Me Too Well (Capitol 5245/17 August 1964) US: 9; UK: 27
Dance, Dance, Dance/The Warmth Of The Sun (Capitol 5306/26 October 1964) US: 8; UK: 24
Do You Wanna Dance/Please Let Me Wonder (Capitol 5372/8 February 1965) US: 12

Today! came out on Mar 8, 1965, so 5 of the tracks were already on singles.

Does anyone ever watch videos like this?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=U9tRB_diS8s&search=beach%20boys

If this is the public perception of a Beach Boys fan.. why are people like us grouped in with people like them?

I'd do them.

I'd do them too, but there'd be no love behind it, and then I'd feel real bad the next morning.

The Mess of Help video - live vocals over a backing track, right?  Didn't see a banjo or fiddle but could hear them - and the track faded, a sure sign it wasn't live.  Or were the vocals prerecorded too?

The Cool Cool Water clip looked all live to me.

I like the Cool Cool Water clip for the fact that it's all live.  And it's more listenable than the album track, since it sounds shoddily cobbled in comparison to the YouTube clip.

As long as you leave the one on the left for me.  Don't spoil the goods.

No problem. But I go first!  >:D

It sounds like maybe some of the backing vocals are prerecorded too, but Carl's lead seems to be live at least.  Too bad that it's mostly a mime, but either way, it's such a cool look at the band.  I love Al's Fender XII and toque.  Blondie's Gibson bass is pretty rad too, and Carl's non-bigsby tailpiece Tele is interesting as well.  Fun to see Daryl too.  Good times all around, I guess.

dey b lukin lyke fools 2 me,. beerds bad haircuts an bad fashion reeked up dat show so much yo. i feel for dem wit all ma soul. dat song be kinda cowny 2 u no? i hear lyke a banjo or some shiyat in it. seem pretty gay 2 me for a rock song 2 have. wat are dey banjo twiddlin fools

Just cause you're having a bad day doesn't give you the right to bash our favorite band!

 :old

dey be ma favrit 2 but i can steel bash dem wen i want 2.
i suprt da cool luk 2 but dey be doin it all wong. da onlee cool 1 be denis wilsone he looks lyke da epitimi of da cool in dis here video picture audio performance recerdin

...Right...

...Sounds like either someone's little brother or Prince hacked HeroesandVillains's Smiley account.  8)

http://www.thedavidfrostshow.com/order.htm

As much as I love Vegetables, there's no way I'd pay 95 dollars for it.

Come on - let's all chip in, buy the screening tape for $95, and then . . . share.

I think Alan Boyd told me that the master for the Forever-Lady-Vegetables episode of David Frost  doesn't exist anymore...it got destroyed somehow. Too bad, I have the audio, and some stills. Maybe some tech from the show made a copy way back when, and its in a closet somewhere.

It's interesting, on that Mess of Help video, it looks like Dennis is playing (well, pretending to play) a Baldwin organ of some sort, but it's definitely not the same Baldwin of Brian's used c.1967-1971.

I think it and the piano must have been supplied by the show they were shooting for.  I guess Old Grey Whistle Test?

Yes its definitely Old Grey Whistle Test...I have this video with the intro by the host.

Did they just do the one number?  And didn't OGWT usually feature live, ie not mimed, performances?  Surely that lineup could have handled it?  Maybe I'm just idealistic.

I don't see what's so incomphrensible that Dennis is actually playing the organ.. seems like he's only playing one or two chords, anyone can do that.

It's incomprehensible because they're miming the track, it's prerecorded, thus the organ isn't even on.  I think we all know that Dennis was plenty capable of playing keyboards.

Aeijtzsche...As far as I know that was the only song they did during that OGWT appearance. And yeah outiside of Carl's microphone being "live" I can't imagine why they mimed to the track...although I have seen OGWT performances by other artists that had the pre-recorded track w/live vocal set up. Speaking of that particular lineup...There is a tape in existence of an entire  BB's set recorded live at Winterland in '73 on the house audio/video system. I know who has a copy, and I have no idea whether it will ever be seen publically. But I'd imagine there are similar discoveries out there that we'll enjoy in the future.