Brian was ADAMANT that they would play Rock N Roll Music!!!!

Yes, and the best part is Carl's "You got it, buddy!" at 25:01 

When did Bruce transition from playing an electric piano (a wurlitzer i believe) to a synthesizer on stage?

Around 1985 I guess

A couple of years ago, Stamos posted a video that featured Carl but also had Al and a few other guys.  Carl was playing an acoustic guitar as they rehearsed a familiar Beach Boys tune in a very informal setting.  For the life of me, I can't recall what song it was, but I do remember the harmony was beautiful.  Can anyone help me remember the song?

YouTube pulled the video after a few months and I haven't been able to find it since.

That was Forever as well, sadly the video seems to be gone… I remember Carl jokingly asking if they were supposed to "aah" or "ooh" at the end of the chorus.

Absolutely, especially Dennis singing the tag always gives me goosebumps. I like the drumgroove as well with the half-time feeling, makes the whole song very relaxed. Best live version I know!

if anyone has this video please put on youtube, for history's sake!

Here you go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx3eD9KU7C0

Enjoy!

You're very welcome, I luckily saved it last time it was on youtube.

Thanks so much for the quick response! You are a credit to the community!

if anyone has this video please put on youtube, for history's sake!

Here you go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx3eD9KU7C0

Enjoy!

Here's something I've always wondered-

Could Bruce handle singing thei falsetto parts today? He still does on Fun, Fun, Fun and God Only Knows (when Carl isn't on the screen)

http://youtu.be/L5b9mByFgO0

Suggests he can still cut it…

That's Jeff doubling him off stage

No Jeff here. Brian Eichenberger on falsetto lead, Bruce and Scott Totten in the middle.

Do any recording of "In the Back of My Mind" live from 1975 exist?

Yes, St. Louis, May 19th 1975. Audience recording.

I had no idea there was a live recording of "Some Of Your Love" out there. I'd love to hear that.

This is not from Knebworth, but actually the first time they played SOYL live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_o4f2GdD-I&feature=youtu.be
Hope you like it! 

First time I saw this, complete encore from the 1989 Beachago show. I don't even mind the bad quality since it's so rare.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLexPbKNf6Q

Here's one:

Which song is it that Bruce sings the first part, then Carl steals the song and makes it great?

Or...

Which song is it that Dennis knows you know you are?

1) She believes in love again
2) Be still

Correct about the Bb5. But even the live performances required some damn high stuff, like G5 in Good Vibes and Little GTO. They didn't change too many keys for their concerts (I can hear music is one example I can think of a song they lowered). Many bands at least tune down a semitone.

One thing that amazed me about their ranges is that Brian has quite a strong bass register, even in the old days (Don't talk demo). Al had a lower speaking voice than Carl, but didn't use the lower singing range often.

Another great rangy singer was Blondie, Wild honey live is quite a challenge that not many can live up to.

With the 30th anniversary of Dennis' death coming near, I am even more thankful for all the stuff we got on MIC. Seems he finally got the recognition he deserves.
On december 28th I am gonna do a special tribute concert with my favourite Dennis songs, I hope this can help to show Dennis art to some more people.

That's an interesting question. Obviously ranges change with the years, but let's see what we can say from the recordings:

I remember a quote from Brian, stating he could hit high D, Mike goes from bass to E, Dennis, Carl and Al go up to G, A and B.

Mike and Dennis seem to have the lowest registers. I heard low E's from both, not sure about any lower notes.
In terms of high notes, both have high A's on record (All I want to do for Mike, In the back of my mind for Dennis)

Al and Bruce both seem to go to Bb, with Bruce you can hear him sing Bb in full voice on "Going on", after the key changes he goes to falsetto for the B. Bruce has the weakest lower range though, I guess.

Carl's voice changed the most I would say, although his range stayed pretty much intact ever after his voice got rougher. "Wild honey" seems to be a good example of his early range, going to high C regularly. "Darlin" is another killer one, peaking at Bb. Same goes for "What you do to me", "Wishing you were here" and so on. From memory the highest full voice note I heard from Carl was a C# at the end of "Of the times"(around 3:01)

That's from memory, someone probably can come up with more accurate examples.

And I guess that sound clip cannot show up on YouTube with 1971 BB pics on the background... ??
Emh... 

You mean like that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9fx81wKt-g&feature=youtu.be 

The bass is probably a Gibson Ripper, the other Chicago guitar seems to be a Gibson Firebird, on the right is one of Carl's 12-string Epiphones.

In terms of drums, I always hear it more as a 6/8 instead of the regular 3/4, the usual waltz rhythm sounds too happy in my ears. I guess Brian would have put some Pet Sounds style percussion on it rather than a full drum set, or at least simply a bassdrum-snare beat without many cymbals or hats.

Thanks for this thread, first time I've seen the movie and I was quite impressed by the overall mood of it. I didn't realize it was Idle's dub voice though Now I want to watch the original version.

And we still need info on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roLCnndKnIY

Carl hurt his hand at 1:15? Man do they look bored...

Still one of the best deals I made was 200 bucks for an old Yamaha YC 20. Beats every Vox or Farfisa for my taste. If you're looking for that classic transistor organ sound, it's all there. In terms of Hammond, I like the new XK3c very much.

Here's a demo of the Yc 20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDC_CQMC4Co

This tracklisting works for me right now:


1) Sound of free
2) Don't go near the water
3) 4th of july
4) Feel flows
5) Disney girls
6) Lady (Fallin in love)
7) Looking at tomorrow
8  Long promised road
9) A day in the life of a tree
10) Til I die
11) Wouldn't it be nice to live again

I tried to keep all smile-songs and fragments from later albums, so of course "Surf's up" had to go. Also no real rockers on the album since I eliminated SDT, but I like to overall mellow and darker feel of the new running order.

Landlocked 1970

1) Loop de Loop
2) Susie Cincinnati
3) H.E.L.P: is on the way
4) Take a load off your feet
5) I just got my pay
6) Good time
7) Games two can play
I'm going your way
9) San Miguel
10) Over the waves
11) Big sur
12) When girls get together
13) Soulful old man sunshine

Sunflower the way it was released

Surf's up (retitled since the title track is gone?)

1) Sound of free
2) Don't go near the water
3) 4th of july
4) Feel flows
5) Disney girls
6) Lady (Fallin in love)
7) Looking at tomorrow
Long promised road
9) A day in the life of a tree
10) Til I die
11) Wouldn't it be nice to live again

I just got Ian and Jon's book, and that picture of Carl at one of his last shows really hurt. I had read it was bad, but...damn.  If there are other pictures of him looking like that, I'm glad I haven't seen them. Same with any audience videos that may exist.

Yeah, got the book today and that photo really made me sad. What a brave man to play a show under these circumstances.

can't help but think of this ...



Maybe Mike is a dark Sith lord and Bruce his pupil??

It sure does fit on PS. Since it follows Lets go away for a while, I imagine it as some kind of regression into childhood, since it can be seen as some kind of children song (my grandfather and me). So maybe we can argue Brian wanted to get away from the pressure of growing up for a while and just be a kid again?