I first saw Endless Summer as a 9-year-old boy while on a family vacation at the Jersey Shore. The movie and this hypnotic, transcendental, and beautiful song became a lifetime part of my psyche. I remember my Hellish days at Army BCT and lulling myself to sleep by playing this song in my mind and imagining perfect waves. A few years later, I ended up in South Africa. I walked from Oyster Bay to Cape St. Francis. And, holy mother-bleeping bleep!- I retraced their steps from the sheep farms to the high, rolling sand dunes until, Cape St. Francis! Unfortunately, a strong easterly had blown the surf to a horrible and dangerous mess. Yet I went out anyway. Later I walked about ten miles along the shores of the St. Francis Bay and found the perfect wave at Jeffery's Bay. The perfect wave is elusive. Yet here you have found the perfect song.
Hi Dick, that is very well said - I have the same feelings and memories you shared with the community, Peace be with you, Ciao, L PS: Remember Annette and Frankie?
lancelot1953 As a native Philadelphian I will always be partial to Frankie Avalon. I, like many boys my age, had a crush on Annette. I was gravely disappointing in Disney for not doing more (They did next to nothing actually) to honor her on her passing. Walt Disney loved Annette like a daughter. No one short of Walt Disney himself did more for the company than Annette Funicello. Endless Summer is a docudrama and a totally different genre than the beach party movies. I agree with Bruce that the music of Frankie Avalon, Susan Ward (Linda Evans) and Donna Loren is not appropriate for what he wanted to achieve with Endless Summer. That does not mean that this old school surfer cannot also enjoy the fun and music of the Frankie and Annette's Beach Party movies. The timing of Beach Blanket Bingo is fascinating in of itself. The magic of it is temporal as it got wedged in those brief moments between the Fifties and radicalized Sixties
Hi Dick, I agree with you, I grew up in the same era - dairy land Vermont/Southern Quebec, we did not do much surfing up here but we did have drive-ins, stock-cars, the early Mustangs, and restaurants we could get served at the window - we enjoy our American Graffiti at least six months a year! But other movies that brought back great memories were the Warren Miller ski movies. Bunch of us kids, would gather up at a poorly known (i.e. not busy) ski resort called Burke, VT and we would play his movies at night, then try to hurt ourselves imitating the pros the day after - I did succeed! This is the America I remember, dressing up to invite your Sweetheart up (including cleaning your car)! I was heart broken when Annette got married. She was a great spoke-person for our innocence and values of the days. When I came back from war, I did not recognize my country - I do not recognize it now either. Take care Dick, thanks for this great video, Peace be with you man, Ciao, L
I saw this movie as well when I was about eighteen , my EP has been lost in many moves , the EP was made by The Ventures and had "Strawberry Fields Forever'' on it
DickAllen4HOF Hypnotic, transcendental . . . Perfect word choices, Dick. I first saw it when I was 10 or 11- some 5 years or so after it was released. It induced in me a dreariness and a yearning for the freedom and beauty of the beach and their lives. And that feeling's in the music and in no small way created by it.
I'm 62 and saw this movie when I was a young kid. So magical. The music is unforgettable. Takes you to the beach at sunset, your body tired from surfing all day, your body radiatinf heat from soaking up the sun for 12 hours. The sand in your sandals. A cold beer in your hand. And watching the sun dip below the horizon. And time stood still.
I was fifteen years old in 1965. Started surfing with a Hobie 7' 8" board. This was in Ocean City, Md. This song brings back many memories of days gone by. Surfed for over thirty years. RIP Bruce.
Sad how Ocean City Md. has become, Crime and gang fights on the Boardwalk. Was a Great place to go on vacation. Miss those days during the 60s and 70's.
If there is a piece of music with stronger association I sure don’t know of it. Brings a tear to my eye. And the cameo appearance - absolutely priceless.
This tune, in connection to the film, transports me back to a time when we had time, Time to live, instead of time to just exist. A time of more patience, acceptance, respect, listening, ambling, simplicity. with lighter bodies, haha. A time where I think we were improving and would continue to do that. But, here we are.....It wasn't perfect back then, but now? Thank you for this tune which takes me to a quiet space, a place I feel thankful for having experienced and a place that reminds me to slow down and look up and around at the simple things.Things that wave to me and tell me it's all still here if I just jump off the edge and float...Gods music, for sure........Cheers and Aloha.
The day I saw the movie and heard the song stands out in my mind like it was yesterday. I was in 6th grade. I'm 55 and have been surfing since I was 9 years old. It is my favorite song of all songs, period. Been playing guitar for 32 years and just last March in Costa Rica, learned to play it , rhythm and lead. Now I'm a happy man......Thanks guys for the joy in my heart.
surfing has allways been good to me,been in the water for 40 yrs now,we still have heros like these guy's. i wish our younger generation wouldget that.gerry lopez,rory russell ,greg noll,,fred van dyke,peter cole,pat curren,dale velzy,shaun thomson,mark richard's,robert august,randy lewis,sam &chris hawk tom curren... we are so bless to have surfer's like them.i'm so stoked that" jeff hakman" took sometime to take a picture together of him and i at the surfing hall of fame induction. and the best for last. " the duke" eddie aikua".there's more but you know who they are just don't forget them.
Had it on my 8 track, played it on the way to Huntington beach Ca. in 66-67-68 and back, life was bitchin then, we would sit and watch the sunset and listen to this song.
Unreal to find this here! One of my most favorite surf songs of all time. I remember handing out posters for Bruce in San Diego so that I could see this great movie for free. Thanks Bruce and thanks Sandals.Peace
This great song takes you back to different times when things were all good, simple and easy. The feeling this song still gives a sense of calm, beauty and serenity to this day in a world way different from which it was born. Thanks so much sandals!
Sad to see you go brother. Thank you so very very much. I sometimes play your film all weekend long in the winter hanging around the house. May you foever surf the perfect wave at Cape St Francis with Old King Neptune! 🌊
I love this song. It take me back to my old beach days from Newport Beach to Seal Beach. I would learn how to boogy board, body and sand surf. Now I live in the middle of Colorado. In July, I hope to visit my old stomping ground and do some body or boogy boarding surfing.
The Cape St Francis takes with this song and accompaniment of xylophone and clarinet are awesome. I watch this flick at least twice a year. A great feeling movie. I grew up with Bruce's On Any Sunday and didn't find this one until later. Love em both. You are one of my heroes Bruce. You Sandals too!
It was great to see John, Walter and Gus Playing The Endless Summer again. I grew up in San Clemente in the 1960s. John Blakely taught me how to play the Guitar. My brother graduated from High School with John and Walter.
Growing up in San Clemente we danced to the Sandals many, many weekends. Not just great musicians, but great guys to know. Although I was younger, they were always cool to talk to during our dances at the old Catholic church in SC.
I was a freshman at the University of Notre Dame in September of 1966. Breen-Phllips Hall. Room 247. It was a triple. Not much room for anything on the walls. I put my Endless Summer movie poster on the wall. When the snow piled high and the temperature dropped below zero, I saw that poster every time I left our room. I enjoyed being in South Bend, this California kid, and I didn't mind the cold. But this poster kept me warm inside.
The late Ward "Pally" Austin, a DJ on a several Sydney radio stations used this theme as his intro. I was just a tiny kid, but had fond memories of that.
This is one of my all-time favorite songs. The Summer of '66 was one of the best times of my life, thanks, in part, to this great movie and song. That song has remained in my mind all these years, and I was so happy to see it on youtube. You guys are awesome!
First heard this while sailing off the South Atlantic Coast and then over to the Western Gulf.......1967.........Yes, the song and the thoughts in that context (recall watching surfers off South Padre Island) are something surreal.
Probably the most Fitting and most Beautiful Surf song ever written. I saw Endless Summer when it opened, I was 16 years old at the time. This song was one of the main things I will never forget from the movie. Hearing this song always reminds me of sitting on the beach with my girl.... Thank you guys for such a wonderfull time. Oh yeah, I'm now 60 years old!!! Regards Sonny
when i hear this song i not only see the endless summer movie in my head, but i think to so many surfing sessions ive had. like the sunset session in puerto rico where the local bar had a band covering this song and it you could hear it in the lineup. i will be getting no work done for the rest of the day
Incredible song. The mellow rhythm progression accompanied by the soft, and hopeful lead melody reminds me of the sun coming over the water on a glassy, A-frame morning. One of my favorite songs of all time. Truly a masterpiece.
greets from costa mesa california, this is the best surf song ever! costa mesa is in between Newport and Huntington Beach Ca. We are blue skys and 90 today.
There are no words I can use to express how moving this song is and how great of a mood it puts me in! The Endless Summer just may be the best film along with one of the most purest surf tunes ever written. I hope I have the honor to see you all play one day!
I saw the film before there was a sound track. I was 18 and moved to Hawaii summer 1965 to attend UH in fall for what was going to be 5 heavenly years. That summer,non-surfers took me to (Punahou High School ?) to see "a film about surfing." Bruce Brown was on stage narrating with music the future Endless Summer sound track. I bought a new, custom made 8'10" board by Hobie's from a NY kid at UH in fall. Mentored by the best (new friends), I eventually rode 18' waves with Doyle, Pomar, Sweet.
RIP Bruce Brown - an inspirational man! "With enough time and enough money, you could spend the rest of your life following the summer around the world."......
This song is embedded in so many people's head...many like myself,who were stuck in The Midwest saw the flick,and them dreamed about surfing the world. just as powerful 45 years on.Many thanks!
First saw the movie on British t.v. in the seventies.I have loved this tune ever since It is great to lose your self in this and forget all the crap.....
This is the song and movie that changed my 45 year journey threw life. I'm a surf photographer living on the North Shore now with a surf video channel on RUclips as well. Thanks for the inspiration, I'll do what I can to carry the torch and inspire. Those were the days my friends. Aloha and mahalo...
This song is not only the best surf song ever but the best pop instrumental ever. This song made Bruce Brown's captivating saga much richer. I remember laying in my bunk after a hard day of Army basic training during the Vietnam era and playing this song in my mind to hypnotise me to sleep and take me to a better place. Endless Summer was more of a fantasy than a documentary. Both the movie and song were FANTASTIC at that. Endless Summer Forever, Bruce Brown, and the Sandals forever!
Every summer on the last night before school I watch this movie, just got done watching it. Thanks for something to look forward to during the school year :)
I can't tell you all how many times I have sat out in the water, waiting for the last wave to take me into shore with this song ringing in my mind - needless to say, I always have to paddle back out and enjoy a few more. Thanks Bruce.
One year ago I commented on this song. Now, I finally have the time to listen to it again. I first heard it during the late 1960s. It is timeless and BEAUTIFUL. Thank you for posting.
Being around the age of Bruce and the Sandals (generally) this brings me back to the halceyon days of my youth (LOL), Being from Bridgeport, Ct. I'm not trying to tell you I was a beach bum but I really liked this movie and soundtrack and have brought it with me thoughout my life in a way of whenever I need to shed myself of the daily accumulated stresses of life I put this track on and unwind totally. Which is what I'm doing right now. Thanks for that!
this comment goes out to all lovers.. i´ve been 4 weeks in south england and lived the typical livestyle as a surfer boy. after i bought the dvd "endless summer" this whole thing is much more fascinating to me and my pal... we saw so much old vw dubs and boys who still searching for the perfect wave.. this tune is dedicated to all lovers who livin or lived the dream.. my dream is to get a vw dub samba from back in the days and live the way of " the life is a beach"... greetz from germany !!!!!!
Thank you so much for posting this. I can remember the song way back when the movie first came out during the late 1960s. Great tune and I love it very much.
Hey John, your brother David taught me how to play guitar when I was in high school back in 1960's Minnesota, about as far from surfing as you could get. I have fond memories of learning how to play clean surf lines and melodies. I still use those techniques to this day. Say hi and thanks from me if you see him.
Your song influenced my surfing and skateboarding style. I started surfing in 1971 after watching Endless Summer in a theater in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. The theme song impressed me so much. Beautiful. I remember going skateboarding and thinking about the melody to inspire my skateboarding. I still listen to it these days and it just gets more beautiful as time passes by. Thank you!!!!
Super duper video and music. I remember seeing the original Endless Summer film in Boston back in the 60's when it first came out. I was fortunate to get the original Endless Summer 33-1/3 album on e-bay a few years back....still listen to it. I'm 65 and still surf in RI/MA. I'm glad that you three guys are still together and put out the good "tunes." Aloha - Tom...
The ALL-TIME signature surf instrumental tune for GENUINE surfers. Sounds just as gorgeous, played by the original guys, 4 decades later. And what a bonus in the clip - Bruce Brown talking with the guys about how it all began and how the Sandals' own composition influenced Bruce's filmed scenes in TES so powerfully. This whole clip is one unique experience. The ultimate de-stresser in these latter-day troubled times. Where's my old 9'5" ! - makes me wanna hit the beach and shoot the curl again.
I live in the Northern hemiosphere, so every spring/summer I watch/listen to this song.Because it gives me such a feeeling of summer and an endless one :) one the best songs ever. and as a Movie soundtrack : the best !!
I remember looking at the liner notes to Endless Summer. It seemed the Sandals would go on their way and Endless Summer to the bargain racks and rummage sales. 46 years and counting it's remained a classic. Thanks guys!
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I want this played at my funeral!
This was the theme song of my life and helped me to escape from Detroit! And follow the Surf for decades and decades! Thank you for that!
Surf lake superior
One of the most beautiful and soothing instrumentals I have ever heard......
After all these many years this movie still hypnotizes me and this theme is totally perfect. Every time.
play this at my funeral
Just give me the time and address my friend, and consider it done.
With you there my man. I'll be at yours if you come to mine. Failing that we'll have a dance and drink to it beyond the grave ✋. Legend.
I first saw Endless Summer as a 9-year-old boy while on a family vacation at the Jersey Shore. The movie and this hypnotic, transcendental, and beautiful song became a lifetime part of my psyche. I remember my Hellish days at Army BCT and lulling myself to sleep by playing this song in my mind and imagining perfect waves. A few years later, I ended up in South Africa. I walked from Oyster Bay to Cape St. Francis. And, holy mother-bleeping bleep!- I retraced their steps from the sheep farms to the high, rolling sand dunes until, Cape St. Francis! Unfortunately, a strong easterly had blown the surf to a horrible and dangerous mess. Yet I went out anyway. Later I walked about ten miles along the shores of the St. Francis Bay and found the perfect wave at Jeffery's Bay. The perfect wave is elusive. Yet here you have found the perfect song.
Hi Dick, that is very well said - I have the same feelings and memories you shared with the community, Peace be with you, Ciao, L
PS: Remember Annette and Frankie?
lancelot1953 As a native Philadelphian I will always be partial to Frankie Avalon. I, like many boys my age, had a crush on Annette. I was gravely disappointing in Disney for not doing more (They did next to nothing actually) to honor her on her passing. Walt Disney loved Annette like a daughter. No one short of Walt Disney himself did more for the company than Annette Funicello. Endless Summer is a docudrama and a totally different genre than the beach party movies. I agree with Bruce that the music of Frankie Avalon, Susan Ward (Linda Evans) and Donna Loren is not appropriate for what he wanted to achieve with Endless Summer. That does not mean that this old school surfer cannot also enjoy the fun and music of the Frankie and Annette's Beach Party movies. The timing of Beach Blanket Bingo is fascinating in of itself. The magic of it is temporal as it got wedged in those brief moments between the Fifties and radicalized Sixties
Hi Dick, I agree with you, I grew up in the same era - dairy land Vermont/Southern Quebec, we did not do much surfing up here but we did have drive-ins, stock-cars, the early Mustangs, and restaurants we could get served at the window - we enjoy our American Graffiti at least six months a year!
But other movies that brought back great memories were the Warren Miller ski movies. Bunch of us kids, would gather up at a poorly known (i.e. not busy) ski resort called Burke, VT and we would play his movies at night, then try to hurt ourselves imitating the pros the day after - I did succeed!
This is the America I remember, dressing up to invite your Sweetheart up (including cleaning your car)! I was heart broken when Annette got married. She was a great spoke-person for our innocence and values of the days.
When I came back from war, I did not recognize my country - I do not recognize it now either.
Take care Dick, thanks for this great video, Peace be with you man, Ciao, L
I saw this movie as well when I was about eighteen , my EP has been lost in many moves , the EP was made by The Ventures and had "Strawberry Fields Forever'' on it
DickAllen4HOF
Hypnotic, transcendental . . . Perfect word choices, Dick.
I first saw it when I was 10 or 11- some 5 years or so after it was released. It induced in me a dreariness and a yearning for the freedom and beauty of the beach and their lives.
And that feeling's in the music and in no small way created by it.
I'm 62 and saw this movie when I was a young kid. So magical. The music is unforgettable. Takes you to the beach at sunset, your body tired from surfing all day, your body radiatinf heat from soaking up the sun for 12 hours. The sand in your sandals. A cold beer in your hand. And watching the sun dip below the horizon. And time stood still.
I was fifteen years old in 1965. Started surfing with a Hobie 7' 8" board. This was in Ocean City, Md. This song brings back many memories of days gone by. Surfed for over thirty years. RIP Bruce.
Sad how Ocean City Md. has become, Crime and gang fights on the Boardwalk. Was a Great place to go on vacation. Miss those days during the 60s and 70's.
THIS MOVIE AND THIS SONG CHANGED MY LIFE......SURFING WAS IT
If there is a piece of music with stronger association I sure don’t know of it. Brings a tear to my eye.
And the cameo appearance - absolutely priceless.
This tune, in connection to the film, transports me back to a time when we had time, Time to live, instead of time to just exist. A time of more patience, acceptance, respect, listening, ambling, simplicity. with lighter bodies, haha. A time where I think we were improving and would continue to do that. But, here we are.....It wasn't perfect back then, but now? Thank you for this tune which takes me to a quiet space, a place I feel thankful for having experienced and a place that reminds me to slow down and look up and around at the simple things.Things that wave to me and tell me it's all still here if I just jump off the edge and float...Gods music, for sure........Cheers and Aloha.
My first surf album- I still have an original LP in RED vinyl...........
truly a collectors item in red
This song is Nostalgia at it's finest for me. I am there, there in the sunlight, in the Twilight and everywhere where else this song has reached.
The day I saw the movie and heard the song stands out in my mind like it was yesterday. I was in 6th grade. I'm 55 and have been surfing since I was 9 years old. It is my favorite song of all songs, period. Been playing guitar for 32 years and just last March in Costa Rica, learned to play it , rhythm and lead. Now I'm a happy man......Thanks guys for the joy in my heart.
surfing has allways been good to me,been in the water for 40 yrs now,we still have heros like these guy's. i wish our younger generation wouldget that.gerry lopez,rory russell ,greg noll,,fred van dyke,peter cole,pat curren,dale velzy,shaun thomson,mark richard's,robert august,randy lewis,sam &chris hawk tom curren... we are so bless to have surfer's like them.i'm so stoked that" jeff hakman" took sometime to take a picture together of him and i at the surfing hall of fame induction. and the best for last. " the duke" eddie aikua".there's more but you know who they are just don't forget them.
2022. I’m 40 years old and proud to say I’m still grooving to the sandals.
This is my safe place
Had it on my 8 track, played it on the way to Huntington beach Ca. in 66-67-68 and back, life was bitchin then, we would sit and watch the sunset and listen to this song.
Unreal to find this here!
One of my most favorite surf songs of all time. I remember handing out posters for Bruce in San Diego so that I could see this great movie for free. Thanks Bruce and thanks Sandals.Peace
love this song so much
R.I.P Bruce 🌊☀️✌🏼
This great song takes you back to different times when things were all good, simple and easy. The feeling this song still gives a sense of calm, beauty and serenity to this day in a world way different from which it was born. Thanks so much sandals!
2022. I’m 40 years old and proud to say I’m still grooving to the sandals.
Sad to see you go brother. Thank you so very very much. I sometimes play your film all weekend long in the winter hanging around the house. May you foever surf the perfect wave at Cape St Francis with Old King Neptune! 🌊
AMEN....Been loving this Song, and Movie for 55 years. None Better...RIP Bruce, you were and Amazing Man, and your Legacy lives on....
I love this song. It take me back to my old beach days from Newport Beach to Seal Beach. I would learn how to boogy board, body and sand surf. Now I live in the middle of Colorado. In July, I hope to visit my old stomping ground and do some body or boogy boarding surfing.
Bruce Brown finished this song's story off just right - Long Live Bruce Brown!
I want this to be my theme song, playing 24/7 where ever I go!
Just wanted to post a comment to say thank you for this song. I listen to it every day
The Cape St Francis takes with this song and accompaniment of xylophone and clarinet are awesome. I watch this flick at least twice a year. A great feeling movie.
I grew up with Bruce's On Any Sunday and didn't find this one until later. Love em both. You are one of my heroes Bruce. You Sandals too!
Endless summer still my favorite movie the music here is so perfect for this movie
I love this song sooooooo much.
Do musicians like these still EXIST?
I certainly hope so!
believe it or not all members are still alive older being 80
Is this including the members who wrote the music for endless summer
What an enchanting riff! Solid gold as a summer swell!
Beautiful song and performance!!!
It was great to see John, Walter and Gus Playing The Endless Summer again. I grew up in San Clemente in the 1960s. John Blakely taught me how to play the Guitar. My brother graduated from High School with John and Walter.
The movie and this song really brings me back...
Growing up in San Clemente we danced to the Sandals many, many weekends. Not just great musicians, but great guys to know. Although I was younger, they were always cool to talk to during our dances at the old Catholic church in SC.
what a mesmerizing song.....i listen to this all the time .......very peaceful and serene.. ...Thanks to the Sandals for this everlasting work of art
the movie is a CULT- the music also! simply a CLASSIC!!!
Saw this movie for the first time in the Surf Theater in down town Huntington Beach just a block from Robert Augusts surf shop.
Just about every time I surf, I think of this movie and/or the music from it.
I was a freshman at the University of Notre Dame in September of 1966. Breen-Phllips Hall. Room 247. It was a triple. Not much room for anything on the walls. I put my Endless Summer movie poster on the wall. When the snow piled high and the temperature dropped below zero, I saw that poster every time I left our room. I enjoyed being in South Bend, this California kid, and I didn't mind the cold. But this poster kept me warm inside.
To me, One of the greatest songs ever!!!!
The late Ward "Pally" Austin, a DJ on a several Sydney radio stations used this theme as his intro. I was just a tiny kid, but had fond memories of that.
This is one of my all-time favorite songs. The Summer of '66 was one of the best times of my life, thanks, in part, to this great movie and song. That song has remained in my mind all these years, and I was so happy to see it on youtube. You guys are awesome!
This has always been my fav since school days and surfing. Warm music. Never stop playing it. Fantastic to see all the guys on video....
I can listen to you guys all the time now just like back at Capo High. Thank you for your music.
April Jo Rogers
First heard this while sailing off the South Atlantic Coast and then over to the Western Gulf.......1967.........Yes, the song and the thoughts in that context (recall watching surfers off South Padre Island) are something surreal.
RIP Bruce Brown
Thanks for the music....for ever Sandals.
Probably the most Fitting and most Beautiful Surf song ever written. I saw Endless Summer when it opened, I was 16 years old at the time. This song was one of the main things I will never forget from the movie. Hearing this song always reminds me of sitting on the beach with my girl.... Thank you guys for such a wonderfull time.
Oh yeah, I'm now 60 years old!!!
Regards Sonny
when i hear this song i not only see the endless summer movie in my head, but i think to so many surfing sessions ive had. like the sunset session in puerto rico where the local bar had a band covering this song and it you could hear it in the lineup. i will be getting no work done for the rest of the day
This song takes to the the beach, surfing and the girls back then when life was free and easy. You have to still dream.
Amazing to see them still playing ...
"The Endless Summer" and "On Any Sunday," two of my favorites!
Incredible song. The mellow rhythm progression accompanied by the soft, and hopeful lead melody reminds me of the sun coming over the water on a glassy, A-frame morning. One of my favorite songs of all time. Truly a masterpiece.
Rest in Peace Bruce.
I'm watcing Endless Summer ll now.
That one brings so much JOY !
greets from costa mesa california, this is the best surf song ever!
costa mesa is in between Newport and Huntington Beach Ca.
We are blue skys and 90 today.
Ahh, my favorite song from my favorite album! Just awesome!!!
There are no words I can use to express how moving this song is and how great of a mood it puts me in! The Endless Summer just may be the best film along with one of the most purest surf tunes ever written. I hope I have the honor to see you all play one day!
I saw the film before there was a sound track. I was 18 and moved to Hawaii summer 1965 to attend UH in fall for what was going to be 5 heavenly years. That summer,non-surfers took me to (Punahou High School ?) to see "a film about surfing." Bruce Brown was on stage narrating with music the future Endless Summer sound track. I bought a new, custom made 8'10" board by Hobie's from a NY kid at UH in fall. Mentored by the best (new friends), I eventually rode 18' waves with Doyle, Pomar, Sweet.
One of my favourite tunes from one of my favourite films with a title I'd long for. Legends!
RIP Bruce Brown - an inspirational man!
"With enough time and enough money, you could spend the rest of your life following the summer around the world."......
This song is embedded in so many people's head...many like myself,who were stuck in The Midwest saw the flick,and them dreamed about surfing the world. just as powerful 45 years on.Many thanks!
I cannot praise this enough.
First saw the movie on British t.v. in the seventies.I have loved this tune ever since
It is great to lose your self in this and forget all the crap.....
Greatest movie theme of all time!
Some of the good things just never wear out.
This is the song and movie that changed my 45 year journey threw life. I'm a surf photographer living on the North Shore now with a surf video channel on RUclips as well. Thanks for the inspiration, I'll do what I can to carry the torch and inspire. Those were the days my friends. Aloha and mahalo...
Amazing song, and amazing movie. My top documentary/movie 😎👍👍
Good job great music never wil die lile gold
This song is not only the best surf song ever but the best pop instrumental ever. This song made Bruce Brown's captivating saga much richer. I remember laying in my bunk after a hard day of Army basic training during the Vietnam era and playing this song in my mind to hypnotise me to sleep and take me to a better place. Endless Summer was more of a fantasy than a documentary. Both the movie and song were FANTASTIC at that. Endless Summer Forever, Bruce Brown, and the Sandals forever!
Great film and great song. It really defines that era and generation. Wish we could return to those times. Thanks so much for posting this.
Every summer on the last night before school I watch this movie, just got done watching it. Thanks for something to look forward to during the school year :)
I can't tell you all how many times I have sat out in the water, waiting for the last wave to take me into shore with this song ringing in my mind - needless to say, I always have to paddle back out and enjoy a few more. Thanks Bruce.
love this so much life had no a holes back then
One year ago I commented on this song.
Now, I finally have the time to listen to it again.
I first heard it during the late 1960s.
It is timeless and BEAUTIFUL.
Thank you for posting.
Being around the age of Bruce and the Sandals (generally) this brings me back to the halceyon days of my youth (LOL), Being from Bridgeport, Ct. I'm not trying to tell you I was a beach bum but I really liked this movie and soundtrack and have brought it with me thoughout my life in a way of whenever I need to shed myself of the daily accumulated stresses of life I put this track on and unwind totally. Which is what I'm doing right now. Thanks for that!
Man, you guys inspire me :) Love this!
This really take me back to the 60s California beach days. I was born in the 80s nowhere near the beach.
Sometimes things happen because they were meant to be. Some call it synchronicity. It is a creative force that arranges things.
this comment goes out to all lovers..
i´ve been 4 weeks in south england and lived the typical livestyle as a surfer boy. after i bought the dvd "endless summer" this whole thing is much more fascinating to me and my pal... we saw so much old vw dubs and boys who still searching for the perfect wave.. this tune is dedicated to all lovers who livin or lived the dream.. my dream is to get a vw dub samba from back in the days and live the way of " the life is a beach"...
greetz from germany !!!!!!
Thank you so much for posting this.
I can remember the song way back when the movie first came out during the late 1960s.
Great tune and I love it very much.
This song made this movie! Thank you so much for great memories.
Hey John, your brother David taught me how to play guitar when I was in high school back in 1960's Minnesota, about as far from surfing as you could get. I have fond memories of learning how to play clean surf lines and melodies. I still use those techniques to this day. Say hi and thanks from me if you see him.
life changing....thankyou
First time I've ever heard this instrumental! Very smooth & relaxing! 🙂
saw it live at the Sant Monica Civic Auditorium in 1964 Bruce Brown narrated live
we were there The sandals band
LOVE IT!
i love this song and this movie
Your song influenced my surfing and skateboarding style. I started surfing in 1971 after watching Endless Summer in a theater in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. The theme song impressed me so much. Beautiful. I remember going skateboarding and thinking about the melody to inspire my skateboarding.
I still listen to it these days and it just gets more beautiful as time passes by.
Thank you!!!!
Best old school surf movie! This is one of the greatest songs of all time too, great job Sandals!
Super duper video and music. I remember seeing the original Endless Summer film in Boston back in the 60's when it first came out. I was fortunate to get the original Endless Summer 33-1/3 album on e-bay a few years back....still listen to it. I'm 65 and still surf in RI/MA. I'm glad that you three guys are still together and put out the good "tunes."
Aloha - Tom...
The ALL-TIME signature surf instrumental tune for GENUINE surfers. Sounds just as gorgeous, played by the original guys, 4 decades later. And what a bonus in the clip - Bruce Brown talking with the guys about how it all began and how the Sandals' own composition influenced Bruce's filmed scenes in TES so powerfully. This whole clip is one unique experience. The ultimate de-stresser in these latter-day troubled times. Where's my old 9'5" ! - makes me wanna hit the beach and shoot the curl again.
i kid you not.. this song is in my head everytime I paddle out.
I live in the Northern hemiosphere, so every spring/summer I watch/listen to this song.Because it gives me such a feeeling of summer and an endless one :) one the best songs ever. and as a Movie soundtrack : the best !!
Beautiful music...
man, on da last day of summer... i watched the movie twice, than learned this song, the perfect way to end summer
I remember looking at the liner notes to Endless Summer. It seemed the Sandals would go on their way and Endless Summer to the bargain racks and rummage sales. 46 years and counting it's remained a classic. Thanks guys!
These songs still give me goosebumps…and make me want to paddle out into a perfect wave and ride it all the way in.
So beautiful and gentle. Love it.
This song encompasses my entire summer mind set
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