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Title: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: The_Beach on January 31, 2016, 07:12:07 AM
Does anyone have any info on the Beach Boys Convention 90? I never heard of that before!? What was it? All I know is that this unreleased beach boys song Down South To San Diego was featured there. Any info on the song too? https://youtu.be/aOExL4YcYZU


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: Andrew G. Doe on January 31, 2016, 07:20:09 AM
Written and performed by Alan Boyd. Not a Beach Boy in sight. Earshot. Whatever.

Edit: um... obviously you didn't bother to actually read the description of the video, or you'd not have asked the question you did. Here it is, and I've highlighted the relevant bits to assist your comprehension:

"In the early 1990s, Alan, an award-winning documentary filmmaker who had also been writing and producing music for a series of children's videos, was asked to write and record an original theme song for a Beach Boys fan convention. The result, 'Down South (In San Diego)' quickly became something of an 'underground' hit, with copies passing along amongst Beach Boys' fans all over the world - and the song itself was even included on a bootleg CD of unreleased Brian Wilson tunes. Subsequent recordings soon found their way into the hands of Beach Boys associates Jeff Foskett, Mike Kowalski, Gary Griffin, and Brian Wilson biographer David Leaf... which, in a very strange twist of events, led to Alan becoming directly involved with The Beach Boys as a documentary filmmaker and archivist."

... and folk wonder why, rarely, I get slightly piqued.  ;D


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: The_Beach on January 31, 2016, 07:27:43 AM
That really sounds like Brian Wilson doing some vocals on this song! What was beach boys convention 90


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: Andrew G. Doe on January 31, 2016, 07:30:30 AM
It was a Beach Boys convention in San Diego. In 1990.


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: mikeddonn on January 31, 2016, 12:50:27 PM
This song was on the first version of Sweet Insanity I heard in 1992.  I found out later it wasn't Brian but Alan Boyd.  It does sound very like Brian.  Alan, if you read this, maybe you could tell us the story behind it.  Who sang on it, wrote it for example?  Was it all you and do you have any more like this?

Cheers.  ;D

Edit:  I wrote this before I noticed AGDs edit in his earlier post.


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: Pretty Funky on January 31, 2016, 01:02:48 PM
http://albumlinernotes.com/Channel_Surfing.html


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: The LEGENDARY OSD on January 31, 2016, 01:35:08 PM
Written and performed by Alan Boyd. Not a Beach Boy in sight. Earshot. Whatever.

Edit: um... obviously you didn't bother to actually read the description of the video, or you'd not have asked the question you did. Here it is, and I've highlighted the relevant bits to assist your comprehension:

"In the early 1990s, Alan, an award-winning documentary filmmaker who had also been writing and producing music for a series of children's videos, was asked to write and record an original theme song for a Beach Boys fan convention. The result, 'Down South (In San Diego)' quickly became something of an 'underground' hit, with copies passing along amongst Beach Boys' fans all over the world - and the song itself was even included on a bootleg CD of unreleased Brian Wilson tunes. Subsequent recordings soon found their way into the hands of Beach Boys associates Jeff Foskett, Mike Kowalski, Gary Griffin, and Brian Wilson biographer David Leaf... which, in a very strange twist of events, led to Alan becoming directly involved with The Beach Boys as a documentary filmmaker and archivist."

... and folk wonder why, rarely, I get slightly piqued.  ;D

We got boldface, italics, and yellow on this post! Holy crap man, it's a piqued, pissed and petulant overreaction goin' on here.  >:(


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: SMiLE Brian on January 31, 2016, 01:38:06 PM
Holy crap, it's quizmaster schooling us mere mortals with lives without the internet!


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: The_Beach on January 31, 2016, 01:45:10 PM
Thanks for the info sbout the song but what was beach boys convention 90. A conert?? Who all was there? Was it more of a convention not a concert at all etc.


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: Andrew G. Doe on January 31, 2016, 02:08:27 PM
convention noun (MEETING)

a ​large ​formal ​meeting of ​people who do a ​particular ​job or have a ​similar ​interest, or a ​large ​meeting for a ​political ​party


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: The_Beach on January 31, 2016, 02:12:12 PM
convention noun (MEETING)

a ​large ​formal ​meeting of ​people who do a ​particular ​job or have a ​similar ​interest, or a ​large ​meeting for a ​political ​party
ok thanks i take it no one preformed music. Then i asked did the beach boys were they there?


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: SMiLE Brian on January 31, 2016, 02:16:13 PM
It's AGD being a quizmaster ::)


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: Andrew G. Doe on January 31, 2016, 02:26:40 PM
convention noun (MEETING)

a ​large ​formal ​meeting of ​people who do a ​particular ​job or have a ​similar ​interest, or a ​large ​meeting for a ​political ​party
ok thanks i take it no one preformed music. Then i asked did the beach boys were they there?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPwnJ07cJjY  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPwnJ07cJjY)


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: The LEGENDARY OSD on January 31, 2016, 02:58:03 PM
It's AGD being a quizmaster ::)

 :lol And all the while hiding behind that big rock which has The Hickey Script painted on it. Nothing to hide, huh?


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: SMiLE Brian on January 31, 2016, 03:09:17 PM
Damn right OSD! A fraud for sure...


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: The_Beach on January 31, 2016, 04:04:06 PM
convention noun (MEETING)

a ​large ​formal ​meeting of ​people who do a ​particular ​job or have a ​similar ​interest, or a ​large ​meeting for a ​political ​party
ok thanks i take it no one preformed music. Then i asked did the beach boys were they there?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPwnJ07cJjY  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPwnJ07cJjY)

Thanks for the link!!!  :afro


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: SurfRiderHawaii on January 31, 2016, 06:04:15 PM
I was at that convention. Picked up some real goodies.

Brian was heavily rumored to make an appearance but never showed.


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: Andrew G. Doe on January 31, 2016, 10:26:37 PM
So.... either...

1 - that's not Brian on the video, or...

2 - that's the 1992 ESQ Convention misdated... or

3 - you're confusing ESQ Conventions.  ;D


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: adamghost on January 31, 2016, 11:00:35 PM
Alan, incidentally, does read this board from time to time, so maybe he'll chime in himself.

In the meantime, here's a nice performance:

https://youtu.be/tuHWSyDGn5k


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: LeeDempsey on February 01, 2016, 05:13:30 AM
Brian most certainly did appear and perform at the 1990 ESQ convention.  I was there.  Alan Boyd submitted "Down South in San Diego" as the theme song (he couldn't be there in person).

The Honeys appeared and performed at the 1992 ESQ convention.  Brian did not appear.  I was at that one as well.  Alan submitted "Everybody's Waiting" as the theme song for that convention.

Lee





Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: Robbie Mac on February 01, 2016, 08:43:59 AM
In defense of the OP, that description on  the YouTube video is misleading.


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: Andrew G. Doe on February 01, 2016, 09:58:41 AM
Not if you read all of it. :)


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: LeeDempsey on February 01, 2016, 11:50:11 AM
In defense of the OP, that description on  the YouTube video is misleading.

But based on other threads in the Media section, and the YouTube links they point to, I believe Tim K who posted the YouTube video and The_Beach, the OP who started this thread, are the same person.  So he wrote that description...


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: SurfRiderHawaii on February 01, 2016, 12:03:41 PM
So.... either...

1 - that's not Brian on the video, or...

2 - that's the 1992 ESQ Convention misdated... or

3 - you're confusing ESQ Conventions.  ;D

Possibly 3. But I was there late morning and had to leave at like 2 pm for work. Arll these years I thought Brian didn't show. From the video, that certainly was the room I was in.


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: Andrew G. Doe on February 01, 2016, 12:59:26 PM
In defense of the OP, that description on  the YouTube video is misleading.

But based on other threads in the Media section, and the YouTube links they point to, I believe Tim K who posted the YouTube video and The_Beach, the OP who started this thread, are the same person...

Excuse me ? Did I just read that right ? The guy who started this thread asking about the convention is possibly the same guy who posted the video ?  I know this is the world of The Beach Boys, but that's bizarre on about 17 different levels.


Title: Re: What Was The Beach Boys Convention 90 and Down South To San Diego song?
Post by: LeeDempsey on February 01, 2016, 02:10:39 PM
So.... either...

1 - that's not Brian on the video, or...

2 - that's the 1992 ESQ Convention misdated... or

3 - you're confusing ESQ Conventions.  ;D

Possibly 3. But I was there late morning and had to leave at like 2 pm for work. Arll these years I thought Brian didn't show. From the video, that certainly was the room I was in.

Yeah it was in the afternoon; Brian and Landy had to make an appearance first at the Hard Rock in La Jolla because Brian was getting a star on their Walk of Fame:

http://articles.latimes.com/1990-07-30/entertainment/ca-701_1_beach-boys

Lee