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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCe-K6NiTm8

There have been lower points..  ;)

Comment from a different youtube upload of the same clip:

Hands down :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBFsJk6PWu0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfmH2wHTQZ8

This too!

I just sh*t my pants.  Unfortunately, the ghost of those lyrics can be heard on the new album.

Haha, true

The Keepin' the Summer Alive album.

Pretty much a stinker (but I'd keep Santa Ana Winds).  The cover is definitely the worst, however...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYxAqHIff2g (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYxAqHIff2g)

 :o

Absolutely love this comment: "This is like something you'd dream after eating a big meal at Taco Bell at 2 a.m. Surreal, bizarre, and not in a good way"

Long Beach concert 1981

Wow, never seen that first GMA clip.  Did Dennis often act that strange?  The rolling around the couch and not talking and burrying his head in hands...clearly he needed a fix, but geez, that's hard to watch.

Nah, this isn't the lowest point. Seeing Mike quietly seething, nostrils full of cigarette smoke, compensates for the tragedy of Dennis.

In the clip of "Imagine," I'm surprised to see Dennis playing drums. I would have thought he'd take that song off and let <Mike Kowalski handle on it on his own.

Nothing spectacular going on here, Denny's just tired from a sleepless night of drinking - and he's still got the buzz. I wonder how I would look if you'd force me onto a morning TV show on a Saturday or Sunday... Denny, always the trooper.  :)

The fact that they recorded a Culture Club outtake.

not the lowest point, but lame, very lame:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWAh_2BJn9A

Oh Lord...the dancing...make it stop.

That's definitely ONE of the low points. Awful.

No way that's a hangover. He is so drunk. (or, more likely, a mixture of drunk and high).

And people wonder why I feel the way I do about the egotesticle myke luhv. :o

I didn't say "hangover" - "he's still go the buzz", that's what I said. Obviously he's still drunk. If you drink all night and you got a TV appointment at 7pm of course you're still drunk. Like I said, nothing too spectacular here (especially regarding other public shenanigans of Dennis)... merely a lack of discipline.

What would you do if you met Mike Love?

1. The aborted Marharishi tour in 1968
2. Early September, 1977 on an airport tarmac in Newark, New Jersey.
3. Dennis' decline and death
4. Carl's death

There comes a time in every man's life when he must ask himself that very question.

He wouldn't do a damn thing. Yes, I'm calling him out. I think he's a lot of mouth.

Been there, done that several times-was not impressed-stand-off-ish would be the word.

Amazingly all by the same band still rolling out the good stuff today!

This is the first time I've ever got around to listening to Mike murdering this song despite a heartening endorsement from Jon Stebbings. Without a doubt, a real low point.

I will give Mike this: He sings the lyrics of "Imagine" as written and doesn't alter "and no religion too" or leave out the first verse, as some current interpreters are known to do.

Two points that may not be the lowest but are contenders:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbX3rKMHYy4

Lip-synching to the 45 Medley on Bandstand. Dennis looks drunk and Brian looks as if he wishes he were. I could have sworn I found a clip of the same number, from Merv Griffin, that was worse, but I don't see it on YT right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHUCdXiGFOQ

Here Comes The Night, in a TV performance. Dennis's expression says it all. There might have been a way for the guys to make a good disco but Bruce and Curt Becher/Boettcher didn't quite find it.

You know, there have been a lot of them, many of which I experienced as they occurred.  Thankfully (and near miraculously) they have redeemed themselves.

1994 when they gave up the progressive songs again

That's it! You're out of the will. Hmmm, calling me out? Sounds like your goat has been gotten. :p

You can't just get away like that man, gives us names, now! i shall exterminate them.

I would ask him to autograph my copy of BWPS, talk gushingly about the Beautiful Dreamer documentary and then ask him for my bicycle back.

Least you got the Surf's up signed poster. 8)

Baywatch and the Summer Of Love.  I don't have the heart to link it....

Someone already did...it's truly horrendous. It's very hard to watch.  Hard to argue against that as a low point.

Already did it for SOL baby, no worries.


Oh and almost forgot this, man it really killed a part inside of me when i first watched it :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d46sWCdmees

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNV-eve42M0

(I feel like my only contribution to the board today is posting bad videos of Don't Worry Baby)

Adrian Baker himself might qualify as a low point in the Beach Boys history.

Speaking of Dennis playing the drums at that gig, I just saw this clip from the same show, where the spotlight is on Dennis for sure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohZX8bQ6VaM&feature=related

I'm not saying this qualifies as a "low point;" I'm simply sharing it because I, coincidentally, happened upon it. Then again, I'm not saying it's a particularly high point, either.

Buuut it's not a low point

My first thought when I saw this thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBgipKCTmkM

Well, no Sh#t!

Looking at it from Myke's shoes, it can't be comfortable meeting (several times) a guy who is absolutely seething with red-hot insane hatred for you. What was Myke supposed to do: see the barley restrained violence in your eyes and give you a hug?

BTW, why the hell would you bother meeting a guy whom you hate with all your might several times??

wow that's my city i wish i was alive to actually witness it :) my mom's friend told me she seen them perform at the pike i'm not sure if it was this year or not though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBgipKCTmkM

i love those adrian baker era videos.  So bad it's good.

Right you are John.

Hey, there have been a LOT of low points, but WOW there have been so, so many high points, including TWGMTR.

One thing that sets Adrian Baker apart from the others who have messed up the BBs over the years: he didn't have to join the band, or even meet them, before he started screwing things up, as the 1981 Medley proves.

 :lol

thanx i'm totally gonna ask me mom's friend and this clip saddens me :/ poor brian ..his voice now is a better then back then!

I think his voice was better then. He just hadn't figured out how to use it yet - yet meaning after he scorched it on cocaine.

Also, the mix for that TV concert was a disgrace.

I LISTEN TO A RECAWD CALLED BE MY BABY BY THE RONETTES.

1981-82 was easily the worst era for the band in concert. Seriously. Firing on absolutely no cylinders, totally phoning it in, the only one who seems to be a good sport about it is Bruce.

Help Me Rhonda from the Long Beach concert is even creepier just to hear Dennis scream "I LOVE SHAWN" during the song.

Yeah, this era was a trainwreck. Not even Mike and Bruce in 1998 or Brian in 2003 were this bad.

i wish i was alive it looks like my city was in for a treat :) lol..they even performed at the pike now that's fuckin awesome!

Hmm, Really?  Haven't listened to this in a long time. BUt I liked this comment from the video:  >>this version is fucking awesome. he at least gives his falsetto the old college try, and then switches to a lower register. he ends up singing a killer harmony part and basically nails it. not an easy song to sing my friends. love it<< 

Funny, I was thinking along those lines right before I read his.  Different strokes...

Of course that period (without Carl) was not one the group's finest hours; I can't defend it. But, specifically, as far as Brian is concerned - vocally - it wasn't as bad as you might think - IMO.

I saw a concert during that time, and, maybe because I was so excited to hear Brian doing so many lead vocals, I thought he did OK. It had been five years since he was "back", and a lot of the "deer in the headlights" look was gone, he was more relaxed (maybe he was stoned, I don't know, probably was), he wasn't croaking out his vocals, and, it appeared that he was trying to sing the songs instead of rushing them. I mean, there was even some phrasing and ad libbing. His voice was strong and he was projecting. Yeah, he wasn't hitting the high notes, but I don't think he was trying to hit them. Or, maybe more specifically, I don't think he had his damaged voice figured out yet, like he finally does now in 2012.

I know now that he was regressing. I didn't know it then. He was getting heavy again (in 1981), but in some interviews he appeared relaxed and normal. I was still optimistic for his future. Of course, that was all shot to hell a year later when Landy got a hold of him, and his voice was never the same again.

There is another 1981 Long Beach video floating around where Brian sings "God Only Knows". If you can catch that video, it might explain what I'm getting at. Or not.

Only because he was there with Brian, Carl, Al, Dennis and Brewcee. With the exception of the P/S and Smile episodes, Myke hadn't pulled alot of his sh*t yet.

What was wrong with Brian's 2003 shows?

My question exactly. Wasn't that the year they added the Wonderful/Cabin Essence medley into the set? I saw this show in NYC (The Beacon Theatre, right?) and I thought it was great. It was coming on the heels of the Pet Sounds tour, and things were getting more interesting by the minute.

I'd give him a big hug and say thanks for the music!
Everyone knows Mike is just a big teddy bear!

 :hat

The Wonderful/Cabin Essence medley was played as early as 2002 during Brian's second tour of the British Empire; it was also played during the late summer mini-tour of the United States and also during the Australian winter tour.

Compared to 2002 and 2004, Brian's 2003 period is a clear low point. He just didn't seem into it, in my opinion. Of course, Darian being missing for most of the shows didn't help (listen to bootlegs of gigs where Darian is not present and you can hear the difference).

Oh and almost forgot this, man it really killed a part inside of me when i first watched it :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d46sWCdmees
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Last summer, I was driving down a highway in Virginia when I saw a dude in a white cadillac, on an adjacent lane, drive right over the carcass of a dead deer.  The deer exploded and its innards sprayed out all over the place...including on the front of my car.  I could have turned away at the last second, but I was afraid that if I did, I might not be able to avoid any new obstacles created by the impact.   Even today, I still wished I could get that image out of my head.

Thankfully, now I have something even more horrifying with which to replace it.

Eeek.
The only thing worse than that is Bruce's "Big Dog" shirt.

I'm too scared to watch this video.

Is it Bruce's legs?

It's the John Stamos version of Forever.

Honestly, you can't say that it's not a respectful cover. Sure, the video is absolute sh*t. The man is a true fan; as much as that statement will irk the uber-fans on here, it's the truth. He respects the source material and he's not trying to one-up Dennis.

On a related note, David also sang Forever during Michael and Bruce's 2008 UK tour. He also does it very well.

You could do a lot worse than Bruce Johnston's thighs and shins.

To me a low point was indeed the Stamos "Forever". It wouldn't have mattered half as much (IMO) had they not included it on "Summer in Paradise". Coming from someone who enjoys SiP I find the inclusion of "Forever" (and also "Summer of Love") to be a big low point.

Gee, wait. That wasn't the Beach Boys, that was "Jesse & the Rippers"
Some of the members of the  BBs just sang backing vocals.

Stamos and his appreciation and performance of "Forever" drew thousands of new fans to The Beach Boys, so it couldn't be all bad.