Newly surfaced 1978 Australian show?

[Jon Stebbins]

Someone (Steve Gaines ?) described his singing as "Elmer Fudd on valium": hilarious... and sadly, entirely accurate.

C'mon bro...credit where credit is due...that was my line...pg. 176 Real Beach Boy book.
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Oops... my considerable bad. I am abject. 
[/quote]Hey I'm just glad the line stuck in your head, considering all the stuff that's in there, that's a compliment.

[Jay]

I've heard that Carl fell into the drums during Darlin'. Listening to the recording, there IS a chunck of vocals missing. But why would Carl be all the way back by the drums during a song he was singing lead on? I don't know why I'm so curios about that.

There was probably some stumbling involved. It wasn't like he dropped straight down from where he was standing. One of the two Aus. '78 shows I have on video features a very unsteady Carl, his ability to balance on his feet is real shaky...and he does actually stumble more than once. I don't have the show in which he actually fell to the floor, however, from the footage I do have i can easily imagine him stumbling backwards, trying to get his balance and ending up near the drum riser as he fell. In these BB's concerts Dennis seems much healthier and physically together than his brothers, which probably only means he had a higher tolerance for the substances they were sharing.

Dennis isn't in near the shape he was for sat the Summer of 1976 special but you are right he is the picutre of health next to his brothers. Such an odd film. Anyhow listening to Darlin is wild. Honestly its the worst thing I ever heard Carl do by far. I think he does fall during it listening close.

I thought that Feel Flows from Maryland 1977 was bad...until I heard that version of Darlin'. Ouch.

[Jay]

I would do Mafia jobs to see that film. 

we all hope it doesn't come to that.

My understanding is that the film of Carl's infamous collapsing gig will never be shown... because it cannot be shown.

Unless there are safeties, of course.

Does that mean that the original film doesn't exist anymore?