This is a gem. Serious BB fans know the off and on estrangement the band members have had. To see all of them enjoy each other's company in this situation is so cool.
Yes great stuff, always been a fan. Those harmonies just jump out at you. My happiest memories were playing BB songs in my old Land rover along the west coast of Wales looking down at the beach and surf, everyone singing and just having a great time.
All the controversies, disagreements, and animosity just effortlessly disappear as soon as they start singing together. These beautiful young lads will live forever. God bless each and every one of them.
Carl had to be some kind of guitar genius to play all these songs pretty much unaccompanied. These are not simple I-IV-V progression songs. Very impressive!
After a while you can just hear it Also - they probably edited out any bits where they worked it out or he just couldn’t get it. Maybe even discussed the songs before the day
Like the Beatles, even though they started in late teens/early twenties, they are professional musicians on a technical level, not lip syncers and fakers on the instruments.
Brian’s voice is loud and clear here and he sings tons of falsetto, despite some of the comments. Foskett is shadowing him for sure but Brian is doing it.
I totally didn't realize Fockett was even there until I read this. Thank you, kind person. Holy moly, that guy always looked approximately 53 years old.
22:00 Brian is the first to react when the little girl gets too close to the fire. For some reason this really got me super emotional. People write him off as having all those problems, and he did, but this is a really awesome moment of how aware he really is. Just a beautiful moment!
Brian strikes me as somewhat like Asperger's Syndrome in his years after 1977 where he was over medicated and talking more out the side of his mouth, with that brassy flat tone to his voice. I saw his first solo tour (2nd show he did on the tour, Ann Arbor MI 1999) and it was a GREAT show but he was still acting a bit drugged.
@@leannmeixner8073 I have Asperger's and I'm definitely picking up on those vibes too! Even when I watched "Love and Mercy", Dano's characterization of Brian made me go, "Huh. I think he might be in my crew." The way he relates to music, the way he sees the world. Even the sand in the living room screams "sensory needs" to me. Really makes you wonder how different his life would have been if he could have been A) diagnosed and B) received the proper therapy/tools to live with it
@@hannahmoran3660 - What an excellent comment. So much food for thought. We'll not see the likes of BDW ever again. Hope I get a chance to meet and thank him before it's too late.
Brian’s life has provided me more inspiration than any other person, but at the same time, every time I see him I want to cry. Whether it’s his younger concerts/interviews or older. Just knowing his life. I love you Brian ❤
For sure, he was under ill-prescribed medication at the time, but I think it really is just his inherent shyness when he's in front of cameras or before strangers. Drugs or no, Brian Wilson is the kind of individual who has a lot going on in his mind emotionally, so I figure it takes more to keep himself together when he's out of his comfort zone. All the more, I'm sure Brian was glad to be singing right beside his brother.
I think Carl was very conscious about his weight in his later years and tried to dress to cover it. He wasn't always heavy - was actually downright thin in the early '80's after he had kicked drugs.
I love how they all instinctively knew what harmonies they could contribute with unexpected songs like Be My Baby and Smoky Joes Cafe, just from having worked together so long and all Brian’s arrangements and working with them in the 60s
Al Jardine and Bruce are great!!! Mike sounds great here too! Lovely to see Brian and Carl jamming together like this! Just listened to the album Surfs Up and it’s amazing!
Take all about movies was in history books documentary about biography and legend legends tour guide Legends of view of TV show on doing live in line life story ture life movie all day long story about being back in before full house in 1988
This should be put on TV again as a prime time special for all of us that grew up with these guys in the 60's to see that for a time in the late eighties they really still could be amazing together .
gotta appreciate how Brian (despite his damaged voice) goes for pretty much all the high parts. though the early end of their hearts were full of spring is a shame.
Looks like Al has his son Matt with him when he was little... Now he sings falsetto for Brian Wilson's band with his dad, that's so cool. Matt has chops too... I'll be seeing them all in 10 days in Atlantic City....can't wait !!
This is such a wonderful treatise on love and harmony. Brian was just becoming “Brian” again around this time and you can see the gratitude by the band. Their harmonies take barbershop to a whole different plane. Great hearing the spontaneous oldies. Awesome!
It was good to see thin Brian and the band together, minus Dennis because of the accident. The vid I watched before this was 1980 obese-bearded Brian. It would still be a few more years before Landy was fired.
Indeed. It’s quite special to see the magic happening here that made them such a killer group. That family connection/harmony is just too great to match for us mere mortals. But also a lot to put up with.
Yes they are all happy like little children happy,creative and in wonderment of singing songs they made so successfully. You mental people ,picking on Brian as autistic,are crazy.We should all be nuts or different because Brian was the Bach or Mozart of my growing up.People still love his music when I went to the BB 50th Anniversery at Phoenix College. The amazing thing is I saw 4 generations in love and happy with Brian's and Mike Love's simple and deep lyrics. Beach Boy's music is timeless. My regret is Brian stopped writing and composing. His first wife helped him as a muse,IMO. Dr. Landy helped him because he simply was a junky and out of balance.Real creative and productive artists are different and dance to their own drummer.
@@drjeffeger If you are refering to the comment I think you are, no one was "picking" on Brian for possibly being autistic. They were in fact simply relating to him as well as praising him
There was magic in the air this night long ago. You can still feel it all these years later. How many "bands" could pull this off? I am biased, I suppose. I am 63, the first time I saw them live was Anaheim stadium in the summer of 1976. Brian had not toured in a while, and at some point in the show Mike stepped up to the microphone and said, "ladies and gentlemen, we'd like to welcome to the stage our brother, cousin, and the heart of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson. The place erupted. It was festival seating, the stage was in center field, my girlfriend and I got there in the wee hours and set our blanket down on second base. When they got rolling with Brian on the keyboards, the big electronic sign flashed "Club level patrons please refrain from dancing and stomping". I turned around, and you could see that level of the stadium moving up and down as people moved with the music. I can still see that in my memory. That girlfriend? We were high school sweethearts. Class of 1976. We married in in 1980. She is still my girl, and we still smile and dance at 63 when we hear these guys sing. They are a big part of the soundtrack of our lives, and our love story.
Jeff Foskett, a long time BB touring member and toured with Brian solo, covers Brian's vocals. He is to Brian's right and playing guitar. Sang many of Brian's parts on the 50 year tour I think as well. He has a very smooth falsetto
I'm reading the comments and everyone feels the same. This is an amazing find. I never heard of this or saw it anywhere. I'm 57 and a Beach Boys Fan. WTH. Hearing everyone including Brian in the late 80's sing like this is great. It's like a legit sit at the campfire and wing songs with the freakin Beach Boys. Thanks for the post...
@@dmer-zy3rb that's because " everyone" for some reason was into focusing and exaggerating on his negatives ( some that aren't even real !) same phenomena as with trump ( except with trump it's also by design ie democrat party , fake news media , establishment republicans etc. )
@@dmer-zy3rb I worked at a venue once that the current Beach Boys lineup was playing at, and Mike was extremely polite and friendly and was happy to indulge peoples' questions. I told him how much I adore his old unreleased version of Big Sur. He clashed with Brian a lot, but let's not forget that he was one of the main people who got Brian away from Landy. The movie skips over that detail.
I'm 45 and I'm a big Beach Boys fan. This was really cool to watch. They were truly a very talented band. The Harmony of their voices together is Amazing. I wish Dennis the only surfer of the group was there. RIP Dennis and Carl.
The nearest thing to this regarding their main competitors - The Beatles (albeit they admired each other) was when the 3 surviving Beatles sat on George's lawn with a ukulele and instantly remembered some song George had written in India. Made me think as I watched it ''The little buggers like friends again - what was the stupid break up about?'' - similar emotions come to mind watching these guys.
this made this 64 year old guy tear up. Some of the best songs of my youth from the best group of my youth.... the guys enjoying each other, the families smiling and singing along. This was Americana, the one I grew up in,not the one we have now. How sad to have lost it. Play the Beach boys at my funeral. I loved their music and the mourners will too,lol.
If Heaven has a clambake this is how I imagine it Gosh--how beautiful was Carl Wilson's voice. World class harmonies coming through. Brian's falsetto was always in that fine register that required scrupulous discipline to keep in check--especially considering his partial deafness. He pushed it early on and I am sure it was harder as he got older with even more hearing loss that comes with aging, but he is willing to go for it every time here. His love of music shines through. Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston have obvious talent. And that very interesting guy, Mike Love, with his wit and perfect singing voice, musicality the perfect complement to his cousins' guarded personalities and delicate dreamlike falsettos.
They were never at war, but they had some financial matters that needed to be settled. Some are inclined to hate for life, but there's no need for that.
So beautiful!! Listening to them talk about their childhood of singing together at their parents' parties; it is easy to see why they have that wonderful harmony. They have been singing together since they were kids and have perfect confidence in each other.
@@marymagdalene3004 Yes, but I don't think either of them had much choice either. The Beach Boys' story is one of interdependence and the pressures which result from it.
Dennis is missing. I assume he had already died. And so young. My family used to sit around doing this kind of thing. My daddy is gone and the family has since fractured. This is a bittersweet reminder.
It's so wonderful to share this hour with them. Knowing the heartbreaking things they have all been through it's easy to see their love for each other got them through it all. Brian looks so proud to have the family all gathered around. Then there's patient and loving Carl who gave stability to his brothers. I love his songs most of all.
Are you kidding me most groups couldn't sound half as good in a studio these guys are on a beach with out electricity no amps 'microphones or studio tricks
This clip is a genuine cultural video time capsule. For those of us who grew up on the Beach Boys' music, it is a precious gem, significantly better even than the many BB concert videos out there. I watched the "Endless Summer" TV series when it aired originally in the summer of 1989. It already felt nostalgic even back then. Now, having found this video on RUclips, I'm sure I'll watch it repeatedly. Very many thanks to DanThomasMusic for posting.
A friend of mine, Ron Coleman.. was a member of The Delroys, who recorded "Bermuda Shorts". He was also one of the writers. I told him it was one of the first songs The Beach Boys sang when they were forming. He was very happy to hear that.
This is the first band I ever heard. I was 3 years old. I used to borrow the Beach Boy 45’s from my sister and blast them from her record player. I still like them as much now as I did in 1960, maybe even more.
First time I heard the Beachboys was 1962 I was in 2 grade..a group of us were hanging around the corner on a busy street ..when the cars stopped for the light we would listen to the car radios…heard ..409..I was hooked..still cruise today listening to them.
The Beach Boys troubled ingenious leader, Brian Wilson, at age 8, insisted to his parents that he be allowed to force younger brother Carl Wilson to learn harmonies when he was just 5. IT WORKED!!!
Yeow !!! Never saw this before...brings me back a long way...lived on a lake, but thought it was the Coast, sat at campfires singing the Boys songs, sang Warmth of the Sun to a cutie, it lasted 4 years, thanks for the memories !!!
WHO NEEDS A STUDIO?!!??! THIS WAS AWESOME.. LOLLL SO FUN... GOOD COMPANY. Brian is one heck of a good looking man. Wow so so talented, beautiful voice....brian & carls voices..harmonizing one of the best ...along side of the carpenters
I grew up in the 60's. Low key, I always kind of liked the Beach Boys, but I was more of a British invasion fan. A month ago, I watched the movie and then played a live Beach Boys concert on You Tube. I woke up with a smile on my face. Since then, I've been You Tubing the band through the State of Washington, Washington, DC, Paris, Costa Rica, England, etc. My family gets worried now when I (living in Missouri) say things like "take your shoes off because it's not cool to wear shoes while you're surfing." They are like WTF? I am currently happily lost in a Beach Boys time machine. Belatedly, I realize, they weren't just "fun" ... they were groundbreaking geniuses who created a definitive style of music. And nobody could stop them. Not the Beatles, the drug culture or even Charles Manson. The mesh of brothers and cousins was God-ordained. Even the evil father reminds me of a scripture ... "What was intended for bad was turned into good." This year, I have had spinal surgery and two brain surgeries, but my heart is, nonetheless, lately lighter because of the BB's!!!
a guy was very sick - even worse than what you described ? , he was into the marx brothers like you're into the beach boys. he made it his business to make watching marx bros.his main business and he got better !! be well !!
Really great job on piecing all this together. I'm an old guy and I've never even seen clips from this before. There isn't much out there with the guys mingling together like this. Amazing
It’s nice to see their families there - is carls wife and kids here? And which one of the ladies sitting either side of Mike Love is his wife? Just put of curiosity?
I remember when this was televised back in the 80s. These are historic Beach Boy gems of them sitting around a campfire with even Brian lucid and relaxed.
Grew up on big bros album collection. My favorite was always endless summer. I loved the harmonizing. For some reason it always seemed like Carl was the humble level headed one of the group. I miss him, they will never be the same without him.
What a great performance. Brian sounds amazing; and yu have to love him scolding the little one as she is getting too close to the fire during Barbara Ann
Could this be any more wholesome but also kinda hip and addictive! Look at all the kids there--they knew most of the songs but it was fun for everyone. It wasn't all goody two shoes either with Smokey Joe's Cafe and some others. What a happy family group, and the music is infectious! Is that a gas fireplace? There was no smoke.
This is basically Beach Boys Party, Vol. 2 and I absolutely adore it
When Brian starts singing Be My Baby in A, then Carl starts playing and it's perfectly on pitch haha
Right what the heck lol they were both geniuses 😂
@Nashpeyton Wonder if all the members could read sheet music!?@
This is a gem. Serious BB fans know the off and on estrangement the band members have had. To see all of them enjoy each other's company in this situation is so cool.
Is that a young Matt J.there.
Yes great stuff, always been a fan. Those harmonies just jump out at you. My happiest memories were playing BB songs in my old Land rover along the west coast of Wales looking down at the beach and surf, everyone singing and just having a great time.
All the controversies, disagreements, and animosity just effortlessly disappear as soon as they start singing together. These beautiful young lads will live forever. God bless each and every one of them.
It seems Brian was in a good place this Night....
Was this made after Dennis’s death?
Carl had to be some kind of guitar genius to play all these songs pretty much unaccompanied. These are not simple I-IV-V progression songs. Very impressive!
He was probably the most under-appreciated guitarist of the era.
After a while you can just hear it
Also - they probably edited out any bits where they worked it out or he just couldn’t get it. Maybe even discussed the songs before the day
Like the Beatles, even though they started in late teens/early twenties, they are professional musicians on a technical level, not lip syncers and fakers on the instruments.
There is another guitar player present, almost looks like Lukather.
What year was this done?@@DanThomasUK
Brian’s voice is loud and clear here and he sings tons of falsetto, despite some of the comments. Foskett is shadowing him for sure but Brian is doing it.
I totally didn't realize Fockett was even there until I read this. Thank you, kind person. Holy moly, that guy always looked approximately 53 years old.
Fockett is his name? Brian: I can't do it anymore... FOCKETT.... get fuck it in here!
@@drewcramer3216 but man could he sing...anything..,effortlessly
@@gb-jg1ud Definitely, he was super good.
22:00 Brian is the first to react when the little girl gets too close to the fire. For some reason this really got me super emotional. People write him off as having all those problems, and he did, but this is a really awesome moment of how aware he really is. Just a beautiful moment!
Brian strikes me as somewhat like Asperger's Syndrome in his years after 1977 where he was over medicated and talking more out the side of his mouth, with that brassy flat tone to his voice. I saw his first solo tour (2nd show he did on the tour, Ann Arbor MI 1999) and it was a GREAT show but he was still acting a bit drugged.
@@leannmeixner8073 I have Asperger's and I'm definitely picking up on those vibes too! Even when I watched "Love and Mercy", Dano's characterization of Brian made me go, "Huh. I think he might be in my crew." The way he relates to music, the way he sees the world. Even the sand in the living room screams "sensory needs" to me. Really makes you wonder how different his life would have been if he could have been A) diagnosed and B) received the proper therapy/tools to live with it
@@hannahmoran3660 - What an excellent comment. So much food for thought. We'll not see the likes of BDW ever again. Hope I get a chance to meet and thank him before it's too late.
I have that same “ startle reflex”.
@@hannahmoran3660 I have Aspergers as well and couldn't agree more with your sentiments
Brian’s life has provided me more inspiration than any other person, but at the same time, every time I see him I want to cry. Whether it’s his younger concerts/interviews or older. Just knowing his life. I love you Brian ❤
You can see Brian was still heavily medicated at the time.......and even tho he had his issues...you can see how much Carl adored his older brother
For sure, he was under ill-prescribed medication at the time, but I think it really is just his inherent shyness when he's in front of cameras or before strangers. Drugs or no, Brian Wilson is the kind of individual who has a lot going on in his mind emotionally, so I figure it takes more to keep himself together when he's out of his comfort zone. All the more, I'm sure Brian was glad to be singing right beside his brother.
Gotta love Carl wearing a black suit to the campfire.
They always looked like they’d received 6 different memos
I think Carl was very conscious about his weight in his later years and tried to dress to cover it. He wasn't always heavy - was actually downright thin in the early '80's after he had kicked drugs.
Really loved Carl, miss him!!
@@BlueEyes-gp8lg he also wore fully white suits often though and they dont really hide anything.
@@DanThomasUK 5. RIP Dennis
If you grew up with the Beach Boys, how can you not love them? They were us, and we were them.
So true, Gene.
Brilliant comment
I miss Carl so much! I'll be 69 next month. I still remember my crush!
And we are the walrus..kaakachoo.
When they broke into Surfer Girl, I think every hair on my body stood on edge. Amazing what they can do with basically just their voices.
Adding this comment in years later. I am 72 years old and surfer girl was the first record I ever bought.
Carl! RIP gorgeous man
I thought it was just me crying 💔
The way they just went into Surfer Girl gave me chills.
I love how they all instinctively knew what harmonies they could contribute with unexpected songs like Be My Baby and Smoky Joes Cafe, just from having worked together so long and all Brian’s arrangements and working with them in the 60s
Love hearing Carl play acoustic guitar. A rarity!!!
Crying 😢 ❤❤❤❤❤
Great to Brian having a great time!!!
he truly does seem to enjoy himself here. shame that the band coudlnt always be this wholesome together.
I think you may have been been having some help in having a good time that evening
I’ve never felt joy the way Brian did when they broke in to Be My Little Baby.
Saw Billy Hinche in there too. RIP Carl, Billy and Dennis. We miss you guys! ✨✨✨🎶🎶🙏💙🙏🎶🎶✨✨✨
Seeing Brian joking with Mike is great. It's sad when a group like this, especially a family group, has grudges against each other. Great video.
I suspect Brian had some help here
Al Jardine and Bruce are great!!! Mike sounds great here too! Lovely to see Brian and Carl jamming together like this! Just listened to the album Surfs Up and it’s amazing!
Take all about movies was in history books documentary about biography and legend legends tour guide Legends of view of TV show on doing live in line life story ture life movie all day long story about being back in before full house in 1988
This should be put on TV again as a prime time special for all of us that grew up with these guys in the 60's to see that for a time in the late eighties they really still could be amazing together .
I agree- but seeing them on line is a gift❤
Brian brings the brothers together in song every time ❤
this must've been the best campfire music company you can EVER get
Yeah, for sure.
9:37 Brian Wilson falsetto!
gotta appreciate how Brian (despite his damaged voice) goes for pretty much all the high parts. though the early end of their hearts were full of spring is a shame.
A lot of it is Jeff Foskett too
@@DanThomasUK i hear mostly Brian honestly. i think jeff was holding back.
Looks like Al has his son Matt with him when he was little... Now he sings falsetto for Brian Wilson's band with his dad, that's so cool. Matt has chops too... I'll be seeing them all in 10 days in Atlantic City....can't wait !!
Who is the blonde kid in the pink shirt? He is totally into this campfire thing.
And Drew in Maryanne’s lap he had twin boys
Matt would've been much older at this point.
This is such a wonderful treatise on love and harmony. Brian was just becoming “Brian” again around this time and you can see the gratitude by the band. Their harmonies take barbershop to a whole different plane. Great hearing the spontaneous oldies. Awesome!
Yess this is around the time when Brian became " cured, or himself " so speak
It was good to see thin Brian and the band together, minus Dennis because of the accident. The vid I watched before this was 1980 obese-bearded Brian. It would still be a few more years before Landy was fired.
@@jimmykarlsson2567 I think he had possibly had some sort of cure that evening
Brian was becoming modern day Brian at this point, there's birth to 67 Brian, 68-74 Brian, 75-82 Brian, 83 to early 90s Brian, and "Modern day Brian.
@@KeizerHedorah Theres a rather quiet Brian after all that
This is wonderful, deserves a DVD release!
You can buy it on bootleg, but it’s the same quality as this
Brian, under the control of Landy here or not, has some great energy to him. Love the way he tells stories here
Unfortunately Landy the quack was still pumping Brian full of meds.
@@scothohl4586 he knows that...did u read the comments or no??
Brian has such a beautiful spirit than not even all the drugs can mask that.
This was probably about a year or two before he escaped Landy.
New "Beach Boys Party album" completed, Awsome!
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This is the most heart warming and wholesome video I've ever seen! Its so nice to see them all so happy, reflecting back on their memories:)
Indeed. It’s quite special to see the magic happening here that made them such a killer group. That family connection/harmony is just too great to match for us mere mortals. But also a lot to put up with.
Yes they are all happy like little children happy,creative and in wonderment of singing songs they made so successfully. You mental people ,picking on Brian as autistic,are crazy.We should all be nuts or different because Brian was the Bach or Mozart of my growing up.People still love his music when I went to the BB 50th Anniversery at Phoenix College. The amazing thing is I saw 4 generations in love and happy with Brian's and Mike Love's simple and deep lyrics. Beach Boy's music is timeless. My regret is Brian stopped writing and composing. His first wife helped him as a muse,IMO. Dr. Landy helped him because he simply was a junky and out of balance.Real creative and productive artists are different and dance to their own drummer.
@@drjeffeger The intro to California Girls if nothing else demonstrates just how talented Brian is.
@@drjeffeger If you are refering to the comment I think you are, no one was "picking" on Brian for possibly being autistic. They were in fact simply relating to him as well as praising him
Good grief this is AWESOME! The real Beach Boys Party! Didn't even know it existed!
It makes me feel so happy knowing there are so many people who love this as much as I do. Truly makes me believe in the world 🌍
There was magic in the air this night long ago. You can still feel it all these years later. How many "bands" could pull this off?
I am biased, I suppose. I am 63, the first time I saw them live was Anaheim stadium in the summer of 1976. Brian had not toured in a while, and at some point in the show Mike stepped up to the microphone and said, "ladies and gentlemen, we'd like to welcome to the stage our brother, cousin, and the heart of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson.
The place erupted. It was festival seating, the stage was in center field, my girlfriend and I got there in the wee hours and set our blanket down on second base. When they got rolling with Brian on the keyboards, the big electronic sign flashed "Club level patrons please refrain from dancing and stomping".
I turned around, and you could see that level of the stadium moving up and down as people moved with the music. I can still see that in my memory.
That girlfriend? We were high school sweethearts. Class of 1976. We married in in 1980. She is still my girl, and we still smile and dance at 63 when we hear these guys sing.
They are a big part of the soundtrack of our lives, and our love story.
Brian Wilson’s falsetto was still there!! I love this video!!
I don't think he ever lost it...
The best
@@bls8959 I think same now
@@Carolina-cb6hp right it seems it was always there it just sounded a lil different
Jeff Foskett, a long time BB touring member and toured with Brian solo, covers Brian's vocals. He is to Brian's right and playing guitar. Sang many of Brian's parts on the 50 year tour I think as well. He has a very smooth falsetto
I'm reading the comments and everyone feels the same. This is an amazing find. I never heard of this or saw it anywhere. I'm 57 and a Beach Boys Fan. WTH. Hearing everyone including Brian in the late 80's sing like this is great. It's like a legit sit at the campfire and wing songs with the freakin Beach Boys. Thanks for the post...
I recorded most of it when it was originally broadcast back in the 80's.
I and a few others are trying to keep it alive
This was a great moment caught in time between all the guys it shows the real love and harmony in the group God Bless Them
You can just see the admiration Mike has for Brian and is just totally in the moment😊
And vice versa too! I saw Brian looking admiringly at mike surprisingly
this is pretty much the first time i see Mike coming off as just a chill, decent guy. wish he was more often like that.
@@dmer-zy3rb that's because " everyone" for some reason was into focusing and exaggerating on his negatives ( some that aren't even real !)
same phenomena as with trump ( except with trump it's also by design ie democrat party , fake news media , establishment republicans etc. )
@@dmer-zy3rb I worked at a venue once that the current Beach Boys lineup was playing at, and Mike was extremely polite and friendly and was happy to indulge peoples' questions. I told him how much I adore his old unreleased version of Big Sur.
He clashed with Brian a lot, but let's not forget that he was one of the main people who got Brian away from Landy. The movie skips over that detail.
I'm 45 and I'm a big Beach Boys fan. This was really cool to watch. They were truly a very talented band. The Harmony of their voices together is Amazing. I wish Dennis the only surfer of the group was there. RIP Dennis and Carl.
This is great...is this all family I wonder? Al's a lovely Dad.
The nearest thing to this regarding their main competitors - The Beatles (albeit they admired each other) was when the 3 surviving Beatles sat on George's lawn with a ukulele and instantly remembered some song George had written in India. Made me think as I watched it ''The little buggers like friends again - what was the stupid break up about?'' - similar emotions come to mind watching these guys.
There’s a lot of tension on George’s part in those Anthology videos. He needed whatever Brian was on on this day
this made this 64 year old guy tear up. Some of the best songs of my youth from the best group of my youth.... the guys enjoying each other, the families smiling and singing along. This was Americana, the one I grew up in,not the one we have now. How sad to have lost it. Play the Beach boys at my funeral. I loved their music and the mourners will too,lol.
If Heaven has a clambake this is how I imagine it Gosh--how beautiful was Carl Wilson's voice. World class harmonies coming through. Brian's falsetto was always in that fine register that required scrupulous discipline to keep in check--especially considering his partial deafness. He pushed it early on and I am sure it was harder as he got older with even more hearing loss that comes with aging, but he is willing to go for it every time here. His love of music shines through. Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston have obvious talent. And that very interesting guy, Mike Love, with his wit and perfect singing voice, musicality the perfect complement to his cousins' guarded personalities and delicate dreamlike falsettos.
Right at the end Brian said ..Hey, Dennis is good.. he still heard his voice singing too...lovely )))
I love this. It's so wholesome, especially considering the animosity between them today
They were never at war, but they had some financial matters that needed to be settled. Some are inclined to hate for life, but there's no need for that.
So beautiful!!
Listening to them talk about their childhood of singing together at their parents' parties; it is easy to see why they have that wonderful harmony. They have been singing together since they were kids and have perfect confidence in each other.
When u have talent at the level these guys have and put it together this is what u see and hear 5 voices sounding as one
Carl put up with so much from Brian but you could see how much he loved his brother.
How much they loved each other!
@@marymagdalene3004 Yes, but I don't think either of them had much choice either. The Beach Boys' story is one of interdependence and the pressures which result from it.
my little brother once told me that love is willingly putting up with someone
Yeah, Carl "put up with " a career made possible by Brian's musical talent. Carl could have defended Brian from Mikes abuse, but he didn;t.
Dennis is missing. I assume he had already died. And so young. My family used to sit around doing this kind of thing. My daddy is gone and the family has since fractured. This is a bittersweet reminder.
I DREAMED THIS last night and NOW I'm here singing along on my kitchen counter. I'M so HAPPY ! We've been having fun all summer long !
Brian is hilarious here, that windscreen story cracked me up😂
Brian always had a great sense of humor!
It's so wonderful to share this hour with them. Knowing the heartbreaking things they have all been through it's easy to see their love for each other got them through it all. Brian looks so proud to have the family all gathered around. Then there's patient and loving Carl who gave stability to his brothers. I love his songs most of all.
1:31-1:47 Brian's look to Mike🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hearing them sing together on In My Room had me sobbing, and The Hearts Were Full Of Spring broke me ...
Are you kidding me most groups couldn't sound half as good in a studio these guys are on a beach with out electricity no amps 'microphones or studio tricks
Dead ass tho, there definitely up there with The Beatles and Bob Dylan imho
PURE TALENT
Calm down.
Man, those vocals and harmonizing, years later at that.
This clip is a genuine cultural video time capsule. For those of us who grew up on the Beach Boys' music, it is a precious gem, significantly better even than the many BB concert videos out there. I watched the "Endless Summer" TV series when it aired originally in the summer of 1989. It already felt nostalgic even back then. Now, having found this video on RUclips, I'm sure I'll watch it repeatedly. Very many thanks to DanThomasMusic for posting.
Songs of my youth. God Bless them Beach Boys!
Literally started smiling while watching this. Magical to see them all together, relaxed, just jamming and having fun.
This is excellent, they are relaxed, great harmonies yeah! 👍😄👑✅🎶🎤🎸🕺💯
What a group of talent they all have clear voices
This is awesome. Everyone sounds great and everyone is in good spirits!
I've been a Beach Boys fan since 1964, but I have never seen this. Amazing!
A friend of mine, Ron Coleman.. was a member of The Delroys, who recorded "Bermuda Shorts". He was also one of the writers.
I told him it was one of the first songs The Beach Boys sang when they were forming. He was very happy to hear that.
Love to Brian after all those years light up at the suggestion of be my baby if I'm not mistaken he's obsessed with that song 😊
This is the first band I ever heard. I was 3 years old. I used to borrow the Beach Boy 45’s from my sister and blast them from her record player. I still like them as much now as I did in 1960, maybe even more.
So cool...especially Be My Baby.
First time I heard the Beachboys was 1962 I was in 2 grade..a group of us were hanging around the corner on a busy street ..when the cars stopped for the light we would listen to the car radios…heard ..409..I was hooked..still cruise today listening to them.
Great songs. Great voices. Great memories.
15:56 Brian still getting a kick out of his youngest brother's guitar playing after all that time together is a lovely, genuine moment.
Absolute gold! What a joy to see them all together (minus Dennis of course RIP)
What a treasure.....I've never seen this campfire version
I remember watching this when I was younger Sunday nights I believe it was back then
It is so good to see and hear Carl! In a relaxed setting these guys were having fun.
The Beach Boys troubled ingenious leader, Brian Wilson, at age 8, insisted to his parents that he be allowed to force younger brother Carl Wilson to learn harmonies when he was just 5. IT WORKED!!!
Yeow !!!
Never saw this before...brings me back a long way...lived on a lake, but thought it was the Coast, sat at campfires singing the Boys songs, sang Warmth of the Sun to a cutie, it lasted 4 years, thanks for the memories !!!
Nice Brian falseto!!!
WHO NEEDS A STUDIO?!!??! THIS WAS AWESOME.. LOLLL SO FUN... GOOD COMPANY. Brian is one heck of a good looking man. Wow so so talented, beautiful voice....brian & carls voices..harmonizing one of the best ...along side of the carpenters
my God, was Carl Wilson such an underrated guitarist. 👏👏👏
With those awesome pipes, it is
easy to overlook his guitar skills.
Carl Dean had it all. (And, Brian
knew it.)
steve
21:35 Carl laying it down
I just saw some of that footage on the Grammy salute special tribute concert.
Raw talent on display.....singing, acoustics, nothing to hide behind.
raw sewage
I grew up in the 60's. Low key, I always kind of liked the Beach Boys, but I was more of a British invasion fan. A month ago, I watched the movie and then played a live Beach Boys concert on You Tube. I woke up with a smile on my face. Since then, I've been You Tubing the band through the State of Washington, Washington, DC, Paris, Costa Rica, England, etc. My family gets worried now when I (living in Missouri) say things like "take your shoes off because it's not cool to wear shoes while you're surfing." They are like WTF? I am currently happily lost in a Beach Boys time machine. Belatedly, I realize, they weren't just "fun" ... they were groundbreaking geniuses who created a definitive style of music. And nobody could stop them. Not the Beatles, the drug culture or even Charles Manson. The mesh of brothers and cousins was God-ordained. Even the evil father reminds me of a scripture ... "What was intended for bad was turned into good." This year, I have had spinal surgery and two brain surgeries, but my heart is, nonetheless, lately lighter because of the BB's!!!
a guy was very sick - even worse than what you described ? , he was into the marx brothers like you're into the beach boys. he made it his business to make watching marx bros.his main business and he got better !! be well !!
I hate British bands
Really great job on piecing all this together.
I'm an old guy and I've never even seen clips from this before.
There isn't much out there with the guys mingling together like this. Amazing
How great to bring back these memories in such times as these, when we really need something to lift our spirits.
What a great concert....acoustic Beach Boys sitting around the 🔥 campfire
BBoys own many of the greatest moments in music history. This is one of them.
It’s nice to see their families there - is carls wife and kids here? And which one of the ladies sitting either side of Mike Love is his wife? Just put of curiosity?
This was a great time with these guys. After all the fighting through the years.
How good is this 👏👏👏
Lol. Brian gets a dig in at Mike's solo album, Looking Back With Love. Great stuff.
I remember when this was televised back in the 80s. These are historic Beach Boy gems of them sitting around a campfire with even Brian lucid and relaxed.
Saw these guys in 1967. They are so good live I was blown away.
Grew up on big bros album collection. My favorite was always endless summer. I loved the harmonizing. For some reason it always seemed like Carl was the humble level headed one of the group. I miss him, they will never be the same without him.
Great Recollections Brian was Great in this!
Thank you for posting!! Classic and priceless for Beach Boy fans !
wonderful!!! what a gem, thanks so much for posting, couldn't have imagined them all sitting together like this and reminiscing.
This is better than today music
What a great performance. Brian sounds amazing; and yu have to love him scolding the little one as she is getting too close to the fire during Barbara Ann
This is terrific
This is great, thanks for posting this.
I can’t believe this video exists, thank you!
So family oriented!! Love it!!
Could this be any more wholesome but also kinda hip and addictive! Look at all the kids there--they knew most of the songs but it was fun for everyone. It wasn't all goody two shoes either with Smokey Joe's Cafe and some others. What a happy family group, and the music is infectious! Is that a gas fireplace? There was no smoke.
It made my heart full of spring