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Beach Boys

Post by jdrobbo » Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:11 pm

Bringing a bit of Californian sunshine to your Wednesday evening....


https://youtu.be/X9E1by7PocE


Your selections are very welcome here.
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Re: Beach Boys

Post by tiger76 » Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:24 pm

Hmm! plenty of feel good tunes, I'll plump for this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcrbDYe4qL4

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Elizabeth » Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:32 pm

Saw them at Wembley , ‘73 I think it was . Stole the show from Elton John and The Eagles

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Re: Beach Boys

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Vino blanco » Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:40 pm

I went to see them live at the DeMonfort Hall in Leicester in 1967 when they were in their pomp. I was a big fan but I wasn't expecting their live show to reflect the complex harmonies and music of their albums. I was wrong, they were absolutely fabulous, even performing songs like like Good Vibrations and and God Only Knows just like the recordings. They were on stage for about an hour and a half...absolute magic.

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by jdrobbo » Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:42 pm

I’m only in my mid-to-late thirties but was fortunate to see them twice at GMex in the very early 90s. Superb harmonies.

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Elizabeth » Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:49 pm

Isn’t it great when music can be warmly enjoyed by different generations. Music is one of the few remaining links between young and older generations

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Funkydrummer » Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:51 pm

Brian Wilson - Our prayer/Gee.

Not quite The Beech Boys but it'll do me !!!

Really wish I could have got tickets for that gig.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wWBV3Q ... yE&index=2

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Re: Beach Boys

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by huw.Y.WattfromWare » Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:01 pm

If you want Beachboys it has to be this. God Only Knows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOMyS78o5YI
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Re: Beach Boys

Post by ClaretTony » Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:07 pm

This one used to be my ring tone

https://youtu.be/2s4slliAtQU
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Re: Beach Boys

Post by spadesclaret » Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:13 pm

I love The Beach Boys. This is my over all favourite -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPnBrK6D26g
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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Aclaret » Wed Dec 09, 2020 10:24 pm

I can hear music and Lady Linda probably my favourites, what a great band.

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by tim_noone » Wed Dec 09, 2020 10:27 pm

spadesclaret wrote:
Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:13 pm
I love The Beach Boys. This is my over all favourite -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPnBrK6D26g
I knew Rhonda... :D
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Re: Beach Boys

Post by JohnDearyMe » Wed Dec 09, 2020 10:37 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:
Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:51 pm
Brian Wilson - Our prayer/Gee.

Not quite The Beech Boys but it'll do me !!!

Really wish I could have got tickets for that gig.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wWBV3Q ... yE&index=2
I saw him do the Smile album in Liverpool probably around 14 years ago. His backup band carried him through the gig but it was great to see the album performed as intended
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Re: Beach Boys

Post by TheFamilyCat » Wed Dec 09, 2020 10:42 pm

Can't believe nobody has posted this yet. Obvious but their absolute best:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mdt0SOqPJcg
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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Cirrus_Minor » Wed Dec 09, 2020 11:01 pm

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn0A8HOC8a8

This always reminds me of my youth and freedom long gone.

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Inchy » Wed Dec 09, 2020 11:08 pm

One of the greatest. Pet sounds is in my top 3 albums of all time.

Crazy, I’m only 33 and I have to rely on music from way back when

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Vintage Claret » Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:46 am

jdrobbo wrote:
Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:11 pm
Bringing a bit of Californian sunshine to your Wednesday evening....


https://youtu.be/X9E1by7PocE


Your selections are very welcome here.
So many great songs to choose from but Don't Worry Baby is my favourite.

Seen them live twice, in 2008 at The Apollo and in 2017 at Scarborough Open Air Theatre.

It was only 2 days after the Manchester Arena attack and it was a strange atmosphere to begin with as there were lots of armed police present.

Onstage Mike Love paid a very emotional tribute to the victims of the attack and the band dedicated this to everyone effected by the atrocity:-

The warmth of the Sun

https://youtu.be/L_TcWUslfvE
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Re: Beach Boys

Post by jdrobbo » Thu Dec 10, 2020 8:00 am

Mike Love is my favourite member of the band.

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by jdrobbo » Thu Dec 10, 2020 8:01 am

My two favourite songs are Surfer Girl and In my Room.

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by the_magic_rat » Thu Dec 10, 2020 8:17 am

Some great choices here. I saw them at the Indiana State Fair in the early 80's . My recollection is vague but I think only Mike Love and Al Jardine were in the line-up I saw.

This is my favourite Beach Boys song. Brian Wilson - a flawed genius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJWuQV2u9ns

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by ashtonlongsider » Thu Dec 10, 2020 9:37 am

Heroes and Villains has always been my fave Beach Boys track from the first moment I heard it on Simon Dee's Midday Spin way back when.
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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Dark Cloud » Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:23 am

Some great songs and as mentioned, they span the generations and never seem to age. I Love Barbara-Anne, Fun, Fun, Fun, Help Me Rhonda and the much underrated Kokomo.

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Dec 10, 2020 11:09 am

Thanks for this thread - currently listening to Pet Sounds
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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Top Claret » Thu Dec 10, 2020 11:53 am

I think it was the first cassette I ever bought back in the 70s after a trip to Southern California

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by jdrobbo » Thu Dec 10, 2020 12:48 pm

This is an absolute gem off the ‘Still Cruisin’ album.

Somewhere Near Japan

https://youtu.be/bAdeXsyIvE4
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Re: Beach Boys

Post by TheFamilyCat » Thu Dec 10, 2020 4:41 pm

Not the Beach Boys but is mentioning Dennis Wilson's Pacifiic Ocean Blue allowed on the thread?

Great album.
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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Funkydrummer » Thu Dec 10, 2020 5:37 pm

I've always preferred the album, "Holland"

Here's one of many cracking tracks from that album. All quite a departure from the norm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdzC-3U ... Ay&index=1
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Re: Beach Boys

Post by claretblue » Thu Dec 10, 2020 5:47 pm

Spijed wrote:
Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:59 pm
I get around:
mine's a pint Spijed! ;)

cheers! :D

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Stayingup » Thu Dec 10, 2020 5:49 pm

Without wishing to conflate topics 'Good Vibes' Almost

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by 1968claret » Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:59 pm

Sorry, don't know how to post links. My favourites are,
I just wasn't made for these times and
Time to Get alone.
Hard to choose as so many great songs.
Saw them live 4 times in the 80s and 90s and more recently saw Brian Wilson on the Pet Sounds Tour at Manchester Apollo. An incredible show. The production was amazing. The instrumentals were pretty near perfect and although Brian's voice is obviously fading, the way they merged his vocals with Matt Jardine's (al's son) was just brilliant. Hope he is back next year.

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Vintage Claret » Fri Dec 11, 2020 2:06 pm

And as it's only 2 weeks until the 'big day' , a festive choice (only 2 mins long but guaranteed the chorus will stay in your head all day) :-)

Santa's Beard

https://youtu.be/OYzHM5_o6g8

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by 1968claret » Fri Dec 11, 2020 6:41 pm

the_magic_rat wrote:
Thu Dec 10, 2020 8:17 am
Some great choices here. I saw them at the Indiana State Fair in the early 80's . My recollection is vague but I think only Mike Love and Al Jardine were in the line-up I saw.

This is my favourite Beach Boys song. Brian Wilson - a flawed genius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJWuQV2u9ns
Thanks for sharing. Not seen this video version before. Gorgeous song.

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by 1968claret » Fri Dec 11, 2020 6:46 pm

jdrobbo wrote:
Thu Dec 10, 2020 8:00 am
Mike Love is my favourite member of the band.
Always been more of a Brian fan but don’t like the way that Mike was marginalised by the music historians. Whilst Brian is a musical genius in my opinion, Mike Love definitely played his part, certainly in the early years.
Special mention for Carl though. Voice of an angel!

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by JohnDearyMe » Fri Dec 11, 2020 7:55 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:
Thu Dec 10, 2020 5:37 pm
I've always preferred the album, "Holland"

Here's one of many cracking tracks from that album. All quite a departure from the norm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdzC-3U ... Ay&index=1
They did so really inventive and sometimes unusual stuff over the course of their career.

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Bin Ont Turf » Sat Dec 12, 2020 1:18 am

For me probably the best band to come out of America (not including Motown).

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Dazzler » Sat Dec 12, 2020 1:38 am

Originally by The Ronettes,some would say The Beach Boys version was a better sound...

I Can Hear Music
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sOsial01K0g

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by jdrobbo » Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:03 am

Another thing I like about their songs: they produce classics in just two and a half minutes!

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by conyoviejo » Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:39 pm

What were their original group name ?

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Vino blanco » Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:04 pm

Without googling (honest) they were originally called the Pendletones. Or something very similar.

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by conyoviejo » Sun Dec 13, 2020 12:52 pm

Vino blanco wrote:
Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:04 pm
Without googling (honest) they were originally called the Pendletones. Or something very similar.
Correct Vino. Why did they call themselves that? And what is a Pendleton ? 8-)

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Post by Vino blanco » Sun Dec 13, 2020 1:01 pm

I don't know, conyoviejo, but I'll guess it is something to do with their high school. What is the real answer?

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by conyoviejo » Sun Dec 13, 2020 1:31 pm

The Beach Boys were originally called the Pendletones, an homage to the Pendleton Woolen Mills flannel shirts, a surfer-favored look that was extremely popular at the time (they're popular again today, but expensive).
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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Funkydrummer » Thu Dec 17, 2020 10:47 am

Just received notification of a mini tour - well, London only !!!! Details below.

https://www.eventim.co.uk/artist/the-be ... 50f1a4d9d2

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by dermotdermot » Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:05 pm

But which Beach Boys will that be? My guess is that it will just be Mike Love and other musicians. Now if it was Brian Wilson, that would be a different matter.

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by 1968claret » Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:33 pm

If it is called the Beach Boys then it will be Mike Love, Bruce Johnston and band. As he has the rites to the name.
However Brian has also been touring with Al Jardine and Band.
They did have some dates in Manchester and Leeds this summer which got cancelled. I am hoping they may do them this next year. Fingers crossed.

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by Silkyskills1 » Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:59 pm

conyoviejo wrote:
Sun Dec 13, 2020 12:52 pm
Correct Vino. Why did they call themselves that? And what is a Pendleton ? 8-)
I went to grammar school in Pendleton in Salford in the 1960's. ;)

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by jdrobbo » Fri Mar 04, 2022 7:04 pm

Massive childhood favourite…

https://youtu.be/Uqp-Mdz4-xY

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Re: Beach Boys

Post by longsidetrumpet » Fri Mar 04, 2022 7:24 pm

New film out with Brian Wilson featured as never before, Long Promised Road. He’s driven around reminiscing about places, music, his brothers. The preview clips show him almost relaxed and chatty
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