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« on: April 19, 2014, 07:28:44 AM »

It's been awhile since I've seen it, and I think I have a tape somewhere but it would take me hours or days to find it...so can anyone tell me if the BBs actually appear in any part of the title sequence in the "Girls On The Beach" film? And if so, do they appear to be miming the actual workds to the song?
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« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2014, 07:31:16 AM »

I'm curious about this too!

Mike posted this on his facebook: "The Beach Boys shot their sequence for the movie - "Girls on the Beach" at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. They performed the title song "Girls on the Beach", "Lonely Sea" and "Little Honda". This was one of the few feature film appearances The Beach Boys made in their career."

Couldn't find any of the footage when I looked.
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« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2014, 08:36:58 AM »

It's been years, and my copy is also buried in stacks of VHS... Smiley

But *I think* the only full band performance they're shown miming is on "Little Honda", the one where Dennis is flirting with a very attractive beach bunny/dancer twisting away next to him. "Lonely Sea" was like a Brian solo spot where he's singing on the beach at night with a group of kids around a campfire, I don't think any other band members are shown playing in that sequence. And from memory, I don't think the band is shown playing the song in the opening sequence, which is the song cut to people frolicking on the beach.

I could also be remembering another compilation where the title sequence was re-cut to the song, like "American Band"...sorry I just can't remember! Someone who has the film handy can confirm, I'm sure.

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« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2014, 08:42:21 AM »

It's been years, and my copy is also buried in stacks of VHS... Smiley

But *I think* the only full band performance they're shown miming is on "Little Honda", the one where Dennis is flirting with a very attractive beach bunny/dancer twisting away next to him. "Lonely Sea" was like a Brian solo spot where he's singing on the beach at night with a group of kids around a campfire, I don't think any other band members are shown playing in that sequence. And from memory, I don't think the band is shown playing the song in the opening sequence, which is the song cut to people frolicking on the beach.

I could also be remembering another compilation where the title sequence was re-cut to the song, like "American Band"...sorry I just can't remember! Someone who has the film handy can confirm, I'm sure.



Yeah, sure, if anyone still has a VHS player hooked up...
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« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2014, 08:59:51 AM »

The only reference I can find is in the Badman book, for April 16-17: "Around this time the group shoots their sequences for the Girls On The Beach movie at Paramount studios in Hollywood...". Since he wrote "Around this time", and since neither Ian nor anyone else I checked with knows where he got those dates, I'd call them spurrious at best. Ian checked with the movie's producers years ago but got no response. The backing track to the song was cut April 10 (according to Capitol's files), but the vocals weren't added until May 19 (per the date on the tape box). Further confusing the situation is the fact that they changed the vocal arrangement prior to the final take (as heard from the session tapes on the SOT boot) - but that might have happened at the same session, rather than two different ones. I'm trying to determine if the title sequence shows them miming the song, which MIGHT mean they at least had SOME of the lyrics in mind prior to actually recording them (if the April 16-17 shooting dates are, in fact, correct).
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« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2014, 09:30:05 AM »

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« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2014, 11:08:36 AM »

It's been awhile since I've seen it, and I think I have a tape somewhere but it would take me hours or days to find it...so can anyone tell me if the BBs actually appear in any part of the title sequence in the "Girls On The Beach" film? And if so, do they appear to be miming the actual workds to the song?


I have this. The opening credits do eventually dissolve into the band lip-syncing the studio version at the beach club. Right at the lyrical point of "...on a summer day. As the sun dips out of sight...." The track goes on, but eventually fades early into the club members' applause (before the studio version's actual coda). Dennis then does his spoken "Crickets" introduction at the end.
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« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2014, 11:13:26 AM »

Sweet, issue solved! Saved us from digging through VHS and connecting a VCR... Grin

Just a thought, the April 16-17 shooting dates sound a little suspicious unless they mimed to a take that had an early scratch vocal...It's hard to mime to and then sync to audio that isn't there, obviously.  Cheesy
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« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2014, 04:28:57 PM »

Thanks, everyone! I just found my old VHS copy, taped from AMC circa 2000. I'd forgotten Gary Usher did the music and Nik Venet the music supervision!
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« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2014, 08:05:13 PM »

But *I think* the only full band performance they're shown miming is on "Little Honda", the one where Dennis is flirting with a very attractive beach bunny/dancer twisting away next to him. "Lonely Sea" was like a Brian solo spot where he's singing on the beach at night with a group of kids around a campfire, I don't think any other band members are shown playing in that sequence.

I found the "Lonely Sea" segment on YouTube.  Strangely all the boys are present but they don't appear to be doing anything, not even lipsynching, they're just sitting there around Brian.  Must have been an easy day on set for them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1slMY5ilRm4

I found the full opening sequence in black and white as well.  The Beach Boys are indeed seen miming to the title track but not the entire thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLXGqyVRrIE

And here's "Little Honda."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nDvA1pqP0U
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« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2014, 09:55:44 PM »

they had the whole movie on youtube and then they snatched it about a month ago .  the opening has the song with girls running and people on the beach and then it shows Dennis already on the stage drumming and the rest of the members walking on the stage singing.  then the other guys walk off and Denny tells everyone that their house band, the Crickets, are gonna be singing next and it shows Mike dancing in the crowd to "La Bamba"  then there's lonely sea later and right after that it's Little Honda.  Too bad they snatched it, the movie was starting to grow on me  Sad
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« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2014, 06:58:04 AM »

Seems like that movie was never distributed over here in Germany. But I think that in that Lonely Sea clip Brian looks more like his 21st century performing self than in any other 60s footage.
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« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2014, 08:08:11 AM »

That "Lonely Sea" clip is very emotional on a lot of levels.
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« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2014, 03:12:41 AM »

You can watch it here, apparently, but you have to sign up first:

http://timafilm.com/de/movie/102845/The+Girls+on+the+Beach-1965

Edit: Doesn't seem to work, but no matter, thanks to retrokid67 (see below). :=)
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« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2015, 03:55:47 PM »

Here's the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utmxpby83Ck
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« Reply #15 on: January 08, 2015, 05:23:27 AM »

I watched my copy of the film just 10 days ago, so I can confirm the following:

1. The title sequence starts with girls running on the beach. This then seques into the boys on stage in the Beach Club miming to the recorded song. The finish the song to applaus, Dennis intoduces the next act, the Crickets, and says, "...in fact we're going to join you" as the band exits the stage. (As Dave Modny pointed out above)

At a later stage:

2. The BBs perform lonely sea, again miming to the recorded song.

Then a bit later:

3. The BBs perform "Little Honda" (again miming to the recorded track with overdubbed claps from the audience).

These are the only times the band is seen in the film. Additional performances are done by the Crickets, Lesley Gore, and the quasi-Beatles group by the girls who play the main roles in the film.
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« Reply #16 on: January 08, 2015, 01:22:45 PM »

2. The BBs perform lonely sea, again miming to the recorded song.

One of the flat-out worst day-for-night scenes I've ever seen, and that includes silents.  Smiley
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« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2015, 12:21:21 AM »

Here's the record http://www.45cat.com/record/nc268037us
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« Reply #18 on: January 13, 2015, 02:58:59 AM »

Interesting: Dennis uses a brush instead of a stick and hits the cymbal with his right hand. Usually he used the left hand for the cymbal/hi-hat and the right hand for the snare.
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« Reply #19 on: January 13, 2015, 04:09:45 AM »

I'm guessing the set dressers placed the drum kit.  Smiley
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« Reply #20 on: January 13, 2015, 08:39:54 AM »

Interesting: Dennis uses a brush instead of a stick and hits the cymbal with his right hand. Usually he used the left hand for the cymbal/hi-hat and the right hand for the snare.
Actually Dennis played conventional, left on snare, during most ballads...see Surfer Girl TAMI show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL25lgUvPgs
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« Reply #21 on: January 13, 2015, 08:49:50 AM »


Wow. I've neither seen nor heard of this one before. I assume it's real, but is it really one of a kind? Can't believe more weren't pressed.
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« Reply #22 on: January 13, 2015, 09:13:54 AM »


Wow. I've neither seen nor heard of this one before. I assume it's real, but is it really one of a kind? Can't believe more weren't pressed.

Definitely not ONE of a kind. Talking the other day with another eminent collector we're certain of two, but that may really be three...

That it could have been given out at the Movie premiere, seems possible, meaning there may be a hundred copies floating around LA houses and landfills?  
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« Reply #23 on: January 13, 2015, 09:45:49 AM »

Was this movie supposed to be a parody mocking the Beatles and their fans or was this just a horrible script thrown together to jump on the bandwagon of the American International Pictures Beach Movies?  Because why would you need the Beatles with the Beach Boys there?  Huh
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« Reply #24 on: January 13, 2015, 10:54:20 AM »


Wow. I've neither seen nor heard of this one before. I assume it's real, but is it really one of a kind? Can't believe more weren't pressed.

More info: http://www.beachboys45.nl/USA-Regular-Capitol%20Promo%20EP.htm
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