The Official BB You Tube Thread

[Reverend Joshua Sloane]

Look at that "Little Cycle" thing! No wonder people think the BBoys were and always would be dorks! While Lennon was making hilariously sly jokes to the audience, the Beach Boys were changing the words of their own songs to suit sponsers!

Wait a minute, there.  Even those bad boys the Rolling Stones succumbed to pressure to change the lyrics to "Let's Spend the Night Together" when they appeared on Ed Sullivan.  And that was two years after the "Little Cycle" appearance.

Hmm good point.

Plenty of Brian's music was way cooler than anyone elses of the same time, in my opinion. Take "Here Today" for example. Think of those huge organ chops, the pulsating bass.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

About the David Frost performance...

1. Nothing but old people in the audience

and


2. Al kept getting the lyrics wrong.

[Jon Stebbins]

About the David Frost performance...

1. Nothing but old people in the audience

and


2. Al kept getting the lyrics wrong.

AND...Dennis Wilson's drumming kicks butt. This is the last LIVE footage I know of before his '71 hand injury...and he was good.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Oh yeah...that just goes without saying.

[Dancing Bear]

FINALLY! Love is a Woman (live in 76 at NBC studios) is posted, i believe it's the SNL version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AyUc5AvS8g

I expected something MUCH worse. Ok, his reactions were controlled by "SMILE MORE" cards that Landy was holding behind the camera, but it wasn't that bad.

[MBE]

That I Get Around in France was so cool. Does anyone know how to put yourtube videos on their hard drive

[Roger Ryan]

That's an awesome avatar, Jasper. Can you post the full picture?

Thank you! This is a snapshot from the CNN Larry King interview. Unfortunately I don't have the video cap on the HD anymore, the quality wasn't good anyway...

Isn't that picture of Brian as the "Good Humor Man" one of the photos of the band included with the Sunflower album?  (Including Al with an accordion, IIRC.)  The photos appear to have been taken at the "town square" location on the Universal Studios back lot (which was very prominently used in the movie "Back to the Future.")  Although one would have thought the pictures would have been taken on the Warner Bros. lot, given Sunflower was the Boys' first LP for Warners -- for all I know that lot belonged to Warners in 1970 and was later acquired by Universal.  The picture of Brian is included in the Sunflower/Surf's Up two-fer CD.

Actually, that photo is from the Warner Bros. backlot. It's still largely intact in Burbank and can be seen weekly on the WB's "Gilmore Girls" (the gazebo features in almost every episode). The Universal "town square" featured in the "Back To The Future" series is different.

[XY]

@windchimes: Thank you!!! - I think the "Bluebirds"-video is very rare too, did you see this one before?




Goin' On - Fridays, 1980
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BEdHc4kCIY
filmed June 20, 1980 @ ABC TV Studios, Los Angeles

[I. Spaceman]

That's in my Top 3 BB TV performances ever. Amazing, showing the band was capable of making incredible music up into the 80's.

[I. Spaceman]

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1iyuLQzKkk&search=beach%20boys

[Jon Stebbins]

That's in my Top 3 BB TV performances ever. Amazing, showing the band was capable of making incredible music up into the 80's.

Scary. Brian is near 300 pounds and within a year will be near death, spurring his reunion with Landy. Carl will be disgusted and gone from the band the following year. Dennis has already been temporarily kicked out, and while this TV performence is being filmed he's off somewhere shortening his life. And still they sound good. This is definitely a last hurrah in a sense...and in a sense its the begining of the end.

[Dancing Bear]

Who's on drums, bass and keybords in Goin' On?

[punkinhead]

i believe Bruce & Mike Meros is on Keys...i know the guy on drums, but never could remember his name...he's on Good Timin' in Knebworth too.

[punkinhead]

though where's Mike on the sax solo? didnt think he played it anyways...Mike Meros is a contender for looking like michael keaton in Mr. Mom...Brian looks awesome in this...better than in the BB 85 promo videos...though no healthy...this is when things were interesting...also...Al barely plays on this...

[Jon Stebbins]

That's Bobby Figueroa on drums.

[Aegir]

I just love how half the search results for "Beach Boys" on youtube are guys in speedos kissing each other on the beach.

[I. Spaceman]

I just love how half the search results for "Beach Boys" on youtube are guys in speedos kissing each other on the beach.

Boy peeing on guy's head is good too.

[Ron]

Sorry to bring an old topic up, but I just saw these.

I will never again critize Landy for having Brian do the Sweet Insanity album and "Smart Girls"... because I just watched the Fat Boys featuring The Beach Boys.  Looks like Brian wasn't the only one making a fool of himself around that time, I can't blame the illness for it anymore. 

[slickman9696]

Well, this is probably one of the worst collaboration songs of the 80s (ala do they know it's christmas). It's called spirit of the forest, and includes our boy Brian Wilson. Ringo Starr is there two, and actually a lot of big names (David Gilmour). So, I guess they were doing it for the cause and not the song.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=sxkbNpN8XM8&search=brian%20wilson

[Daniel S.]

Those group sing-a-longs from the 80's are always pure crap. I wonder if the participants are embarrased yet?

[Lorenschwartz]

Those group sing-a-longs from the 80's are always pure crap. I wonder if the participants are embarrased yet?

i completely forgot about this one. Ithink Ringo was still drinking at this time....Tottally an '80' excess footnote.

f*** the forest, now weve got the war on terrorism.
How about an all star collaboration against Bush and i administrations fuckups. I'll write it. Call Springsteen, Rem, and Eddie Vedder.

[Ron]

Yeah! that'd be great! Mixing music (God's gift to mankind) with Politics(man's evil creation to control and manipulate people)! Sounds like an awesome idea, glad to see you're hearts in the right place.

[Eric Aniversario]

Well, this is probably one of the worst collaboration songs of the 80s (ala do they know it's christmas). It's called spirit of the forest, and includes our boy Brian Wilson. Ringo Starr is there two, and actually a lot of big names (David Gilmour). So, I guess they were doing it for the cause and not the song.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=sxkbNpN8XM8&search=brian%20wilson

This came out a couple of years before I became a hard-core fan (1991).  I vaguely remember it from when it came out, but I wasn't aware that Brian was on it.

Thanks for the link...cool to see at least once....but what a terrible, terrible song.  I wonder how they got all those artists to participate without anyone walking out.  The cause seems like a good one...maybe that's what kept them there.

[Lorenschwartz]

Yeah! that'd be great! Mixing music (God's gift to mankind) with Politics(man's evil creation to control and manipulate people)! Sounds like an awesome idea, glad to see you're hearts in the right place.

Lets put our hearts together...good, i'm going to work

[Matt Howlett]

Check out this "Don't Go Near The Water" promo clip I uploaded. And also, don't forget to check out the Wipeout video with the Fat Boys (it's pretty ridiculous).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cTIYsvJOQk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt0LBlH3dAc