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Title: Monster Mash/Papa Oom Mow Mow on shindig Post by: Rocky on February 15, 2011, 10:18:52 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7etxsXuln8
I'm sure this has been seen by all here but man what a great video. The upload date is recent so I thought it was worth posting. Here we have the boys in their element; on television at the height of their national appeal, in the midst of the rock revolution. This is the essence of the Beach Boys. For whatever reason it is that we have all gathered here to share our obsession of their music, it all births back to moments like this. Forget, for a moment, all the history and events that followed. Mike Love: Mr Front Man, milking the camera and oozing his energy across teenage america. Dennis: pounding a strong California beat in the face of the british invasion, Brian Wilson: in charge, singing his heart out and driving the root of the music, with a glimmer of shyness and artistic moodiness. Al and Carl driving away with youthfull guitar strokes. It has that "rushed" quality that often occurs when a group is fighting to be heard. Forgive me if I melodramatize such things but as someone who at a young age grew to love the early Beach Boys and the 'Concert' album, this reminds me why i feel deeply in love with them |