The Beach Boys - You Need a Mess of Help

[Josuost16]

Sounds like The Rolling Stones but it's better because of their harmonies

[Jvct3579]

Carl & His Passions is so underrated, oh god.

[HardcorePartyMonster]

Jon la joe singing hahahahah! Jk awesome song

[carmichael2411]

Why the heck 2 keyboard players???

[asr53]

Too bad this is a lip sync, it would have been great live. The Blondie & Ricky era, (although very short) added some needed punch. Blondie did a nice job on Wild Honey too.

[mangoshakess]

@asr53 lip sync?? pretty sure at least Carl is live in this.

[rocksinger45]

Carl Wilson the voice of the Angles 

[MrJoeybabe25]

This is from an underrated album Carl And The Passions: So Tough, from 1972. This album was paired in release with "Pet Sounds" because the record company did not think "Tough" could stand on it's own.

With songs like this and a little encouragement from the power brokers, the Beach Boys would have been the American Beatles long past the time the Fab Four broke up.

This era's stuff is so good! It should be heard by those who frequent the Mike Love and Bruce Johnston show. This was prime!

[YouMuseMe]

@MrJoeybabe25  Really good video and Carl close-ups, coming from nearly 39 years ago.

[diskochimp]

Mike Love's dressing gown / pimp hat combo is gonna be a big look in 2014, trust me....

[StanKindly]

...and of course Stig O'Hara on drums :)

[musicluver326]

@StanKindly Of course! :-) Ricky rocks and it's cool that he's so talented. I was shocked and stunned this clip was here (didn't know it existed).

[weing]

So do you think that the bathrobe Mike Love stole from the Hotel ended up on the bill?

[RayNDeere]

@weing Now to be fair, that type of sweater was popular in the 70s. It's not the worst-dressed I've seen Mike (there was that phase he wore turbans before giving up the ghost and not worrying about the hairline)

[rwk1983]

@RayNDeere dude he's wearing a freakin robe. BUT i cant decide if its extremely cool or extremely gay. I cant lie i rocked stuff like that only girlier and flashier when i was in a art shock band called Lauve (big in our own minds....... LOL!!! not really, we were the only local garage band that knew the deal, we knew there was a bigger chance of hell freezing over then us striking it big or any other local garage trash band from Hampton for that matter)................Sorry for rambling

[ppetracco]

Carl: "You know what? I'll just wear my pijama pants."

Mike: "O YEAH?! FINE! JUST WATCH."

[janejetsonbot]

is that Daryl Dragon on the piano?

[RayNDeere]

@janejetsonbot Yep. "The Captain" was a studio/touring member of the group in the 70s. I believe his brother Dennis Dragon also toured as a percussionist for the Boys as well

[itsme111478]

That Mike Love sure can dance!

[ppetracco]

Too bad this is a half-playback performance. Ricky's drumming in this track is so tight, I'd love to see him actually playing it...

Fender XII''s rule!

[YouMuseMe]

@ppetracco True, but I'm still pleased with the overall video/sound quality, this being early 70's.

[CaptainCharismaY2J]

what programme was this?

[stevenjromero]

Truer words...

[arhatyellow]

You can't buy that kind of character! Never thought I'd say this, but, the Beach Boys rock. O.K. just kidding, sort of. But really, why didn't we ever hear this on the radio, or anything like it from them, even on "freeform" FM?

[NESherv]

Carl was my favorite Beach Boy.

[280553vs]

just wonderful. the BB's were amazing in the 70's / 80's. i have all their albums from this period and wow, they are soooooooo amazing. Thank you for loading...

[benkarm]

Is that the Captain, Daryl Dragon, on the keyboards?

[Wolfsky9]

@benkarm Sir, Yes, it's The Captain Of The Keyboards & this WAS the era of The Beach Boys, the early to mid-70's. They were wild, totaly unpredictable, & sensational. By this time Carl had become THE Beach Boy--musically, & Dennis was the forever, Sex symbol. They were young, handsome, & like me--sure they'd live forever. Wolfsky9

[jcook51]

The Beach Boys were at their tightest in the early 70's.

[BeachBoysGuy1]

LOVE this song !!

[clubmate80]

Spitzen Auftritt. Waren DIE hei-eß!

[relimes]

did Carl still have his beard w hen he died?

[Wolfsky9]

I saw ther guys do this at the Palladium here in Hollywood, June '72, & it seriously kicked ass!! By this time Carl was not only dominating onstage,he was the one people looked at when it came to the music. Yes, DW was the " sex symbol", but Carl was the heart of the Beach Boys by this time. Note Daryl Dragon, The Captain of The Keyboards! Wolfsky9

[dumbangel75]

Mike Love looks like a total dingleberry.

[himself801]

I don't know what a dingleberry is, but Mike looks like a bath ago he was homeless.

[surffdog55]

Great song from a very uneven yet very underrated album. Real interesting time for the Beach Boys as their sound and style evolved into something quite different from anything that came before or after. Carl at his creative best and the band finally looking very cool after some very awkward years. Loved the addition of Blondie and Ricki.

[himself801]

It was that period of time when their sound was evolving into something more contemporary 70's and building a new audience. In two years after the "Endless Summer" compilation was released and renewed people's interest in their mid-sixties hits, Mike, Al, & Bruce finally got their way in making The Beach Boys an oldies act.

[surffdog55]

Yes, I've often heard it was the success of Endless Summer that convinced Mike Love that it was OK to return to the old formula and bring the oldies back to the forefront. Don't know if Al was so much into it though. And Bruce was long gone already, having left the band after Surf's Up. After Holland it seemed the band kind of ran out of ideas and they started to look to bring Brian back.

[himself801]

@surffdog55

Bruce didn't leave the band, their then manager Jack Reilly fired him to deprive Mike & Al of another allie to force turning the Beach Boys in to a hit playing human jukebox even before "Surf's Up". Mike never liked any new songs that didn't stick to the successful formula until they were hits.

They eventually brought Bruce back after Jack quit.

[surffdog55]

@himself801 Bruce and the Beach Boys went their separate ways "by mutual agreement" according to "Catch a Wave, The Rise, Fall & Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson." I haven't read that he was fired, though it was clear he no longer fit in with the addition of Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar. Bruce didn't come back until long after Jack Reilly had left. He was called back to take over production of L.A.: Light Album.

[himself801]

@surffdog55

My information is from an interveiw with Jack Reilly which I think appearred at The Smile Shop. A quick check shows The Smile Shop doesn't exist anymore. The URL now goes to Smilely Smile dot net, a message board.

[dumbangel75]

@himself801 Exactly and Carl and Dennis were pissed at the fact the Beach Boys became a travelling jukebox that didn't focus on writing strong new material. The band was then divided into two camps, Mike and Al who were all about clean living, TM and turning the Beach Boys music into a disposable commodity and Carl and Dennis who were heavily into drug and alcohol abuse but wanting to make good art.

[fuzzalicioous]

Is that the Captain on the keyboard?

[TTyuyTT]

why the fck mike love is dressed like a weirdo and why cant he play an instrument at all?

[Paipaso]

@TTyuyTT Hey played the saxo

[relimes]

@TTyuyTT Because he is a fucking loser!

[bfouts33]

@TTyuyTT  Mike plays a bit of saxophone. That's probably him on "Shut Down".

[relimes]

Do Brian Wilson and the rest of the Beach Boys have to do their taxes every year like we normal people do?

[relimes]

Dennis went bloup bloup bloup bloup!

[BustardBuzzard]

Rock On!

[gazzymodo]

I love this amazing 'not too well known' track. saw it's premier on OGWT in 72'. if you like this, check out "Marcella".

[hunnagazunna]

well spotted that man. I did too!!! Bob Harris's favourite band. Remember about 12-18 months before when he previewed Surfs Up to a film of a lone surfer riding this massive wave. He just stroked his beard after it had finished, shook his head and said "Excellent !". His fave song of all time is Long Promised Rd

[lise56]

Still miss Carl.

[JustaSideOrderOfLove]

@lise56 i do 2!! :-(  <3

[relimes]

Mike has a bunch of tics and fleas in his durty beard.

[Revmd]

Is that the captain on piano?

[BillMcE]

It is indeed.

[jakenstein77]

Very motherfucking good performance, 'cept for Mike Love.

[relimes]

Wow I didnt know that there were African Americans in the beach boys??

[relimes]

Holy Shit at 2:39 is Dennis's piano full of shots of beer and trays of ciggarates? Did this guy have a problem?

[TillthebreakoftheDON]

@relimes ... looks like coffee mate

[miggon]

This is my favorite Beach Boys era ... the wild, wooly, hairy freewheeling rock 'n' roll vagabonds who toured relentlessly. After becoming a studio band from 66 thru 69, this began the band's own "never ending tour" that pretty much continues to this day. When are the Beach Boys NOT playing out there ... ??

[surbmal]

@miggon

I do agree. My favourite era too, a lot of energy, they were wonderfull on stage!

[himself801]

@miggon

Now it's Mike Love's Beach Boys featuring Bruce Johnson, and a pickup band, sometimes with David Marks and/or John Stamos.

[BigChiefLtd1]

@miggon I agree. I was very blessed to hang out with them during this particular time. I wouldn't trade that time for the world. I had a blast with Ricky, Blondie, Billy Hinsche, Carly Munoz, Denny, Carl... Glory Days as Bruce Springsteen would say. Life has gone on and been great in most ways, but I'll always look back fondly on those days. Sure with Carl and Denny were here still. Such a loss even after all this time.

[relimes]

I love this video just looking at Mike Love standing there dancing like a yoyo while the others are playing their instruments!

[relimes]

Were they purposly trying to sound like the Rolling Stones here?

[dlpine71]

You obviously don't know this great era of the Beach Boys' music, relimes. The Stones' wished they sounded so good.

[relimes]

Is that the Old Grey Whistle Test?

[MrJeeples]

Yep, I think it's the OGWT. Great programme.

[jody808]

teaturing the Captain from Captain and Tennell fame a few years later

[Metrobilbao]

YOu don't happen to have one of We Got Love Live do you???

[Metrobilbao]

What a great rarity clip!!! BTW Dennis is there... and This isn't a Lip synch.... theyr'e sining to playback live it seems to me

[BillMcE]

I think all vocals except for Carl's lead are lip synched.

[Metrobilbao]

I don't think so... Mike is a notoriously AWFUL lip syncher.... and he's right on.... and if you listen to the SHE DONT... SHE DON"T SHE DONT KNOW>>..... base bridge... the singing is very different than on the record

[asr53]

The best BB's live era, early 70's. Daryl (the Captain) Dragon on piano. where is Dennis? Another clip of this song on a roof top has Dennis on piano. Too bad there isn't a true live version of this (not lip sync). After Blondie & Ricky left they went into their pure oldies act.

[MrJeeples]

Dennis is on the other piano

[1jimbones]

This is a great era in Beach Boys history and brought to an end with the endless summer double album. Why all the piling on for Mike Love? His weirdness and schtick only add to persona of this multidimentional great group.

[baldyholly79]

Gotta love The Beach Boys

[orionedwin]

GREAT! Whose the bassist (Kenny Gradey?)?

[BillMcE]

Blondie Chaplin, who usually played guitar.

[bigeeezy]

they were the best. no risk.

[RythmnMaster2009]

This is great ,thanks for the share David,5*****

Colin.

[weeyin1155]

Excellent video! They don't get much better than this. Thanks to you and David who shared. ☺

[dlpine71]

the beach boys could play all kinds of musical styles, and i love them like this, too. great sound! and carl wilson could really rock! and had a bluezy voice. great post, fnordius!!  five stars!!

[CDmagz]

Thanks for this super share

We love them

x

[omitnot]

thanks, david.

[manfreadstraw]

Thanks again for sharing - nice! They were down here last Xmas and Brian was very philosophical in an interview conducted by the Archibald Fountain, right in the heart of Sydney - thanks again David!!

[mozelly1963]

It's not lip synched.

[Chimbo65]

great song,even though there is only four Beach Boys here.

Brian Wilson and Bruce Johnston seem

to be missing.

Good to see Dennis on the piano.

[PTmayotte]

That's Daryl Dragon aka The Captain (and Tenille) on piano.

Blondie Chapin on bass, Ricky Fataar on drums . Carl recruited Blondie and Ricky from the South African group The Flame.

Ricky Fataar went to play Stig O'Hara in The Rutles.

[BillMcE]

Everyone here was a Beach Boy at the time. Bruce had left the band & Brian didn't travel. I think this was filmed in the UK.

[Wolfsky9]

This is what they looked like & sounded like, in LA, '72, at The Palladium, when I saw them. DW was not on drums, Ricky Fataar was, so he stood onstage, adding harmonies. Carl had taken over leadership of the group by this time, & his strong vocals were always the high point, as they would be until his final performace, 8/3/97. Wolfsky9

[nexusofthecrisis]

take out mike love being a douchebag, and this is amazing

[kudinurse]

always loved the bass line in this song

[ronnierythm]

Check out "The Captain" on keys. His work is all over Surf's Up, Carl and the Passions, and Holland. Great, great stuff

[dumbangel75]

CATP was a criminally underrated album, this track and Marcella are easily some of Brian's best 70s compositions, plus Dennis's ballads and Blondie and Ricky's contributions make for a kick ass album.

[mike94pietrobon]

are they really playing?

[wildsmiley]

they are singing mostly live to the backing track. Carl, Mike and Al's vocals are live here, you hear Brian's gruff voice in the background on the studio track.

[roddymoore]

Its a lip synch

[CDH41057]

BTW - that isn't a bathrobe that Mike is wearing. It's a sweater. That was the style back then.

[radioelargentino]

It listens to this hits and other songs in RADIO DISCOTEQUE. It enters in GOOGLE the words RADIO DISCOTEQUE and it discovers a new dimension of radio in Internet.

[thefonz003]

In response to radioelargentino:

It rubs the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again.

[paisleygerry]

If it was my band I would never have allowed Mike Love to appear wearing a bath robe............he looks like a tramp in the street !!!

[wbrinegar]

Ugh. How useless is Mike Love?

The answer is very. Mike Love is very useless.

[BeachBoysGuy1]

This is a more clear mix of the audio than other videos I've seen of this song previously. I like this BB era, with Ricky and Blondie there too. and the Captain on piano Was this filmed in Holland ?.

JHP

[at0miklust]

Carl Wilson was one smooth operator. RIP :(

[biscayne427]

This song rocks and so does this video!

[BeachBoysGuy1]

I did a cover of this song on my Cd "It's About Time"

JHP

[CDH41057]

I LOVE THIS SONG!! I never heard it before, but it's really a great, funky little song. They all look like they're having a blast doing it, too.

[BeachBoysGuy1]

From The 1971 Carl and The Passion - So Tough LP Always loved this !!

JHP

[littlejonnyfrost]

Said it before and I'll say it again, Mike Love is a strange, very uncool mutha! I really like 'So Tough', the band was tight and the songs were mostly pretty sweet. Blondie and Ricky added another dimension... shame about the scarecrow making everyone look bad! Apologies Mike Love fans, dude gets up my nose.

[mlball77]

Great song. I really dig on this tune at times.

[TwistofLemon12]

i think the headsinger looks like christian bale oO

[manus211]

what's a headsinger?

[TwistofLemon12]

the leader singer...

[ronnierythm]

Carl, one of the great voices of rock. And this lineup is so cool. Some of Surf's Up, Carl and The Passions, and Holland from these guys are on the ipod. LOVE IT

[ronnierythm]

Carl and the Passions  was a very cool, organic little group.. Surfs Up, So Tough, Holland. I love it, and thank you for the post.

[The001Singer]

not good for me. I dont like this song

[snoops71]

I've come to really appreciate this lineup more and more as I've gotten older. They were terrific!

Excellent performance;-) Thanks so much for posting.

[JoannaBrynn]

love it!

[yanek108]

it's half=playback. lead vocals are live

[Horsemanray]

STUDENT DEMONSTRATION TIME

[Vegas01973]

It sounds just like the album because they're not playing & their lip-syncing. Interesting clip though. Thanks!

[iwojima654]

COOL!!!!!!

[rtupin1956]

Why is Mike in a bathrobe?

[fiftyfootant]

Because he was a millionaire with a lot drugs in his body.

[mdefil23]

Mike wasn't on drugs. Thats Brian Wilson!

[ghonzalo]

the beach boys should have been just the 3 wilson brothers. enough. or at least they should have recorded one album like that.

[Horsemanray]

Imagine the beach boys with no Mike Love or Murray Wilson Abuse? It would've been the super-beatles.

[helenaZZZZirlandaise]

@Horsemanray

Not so sure.  Could it be adversity that provokes creativity?

[jonchapple]

@Horsemanray Yeah, apart from the fact Love was their lead singer when people actually bought their records.

[Horsemanray]

@jonchapple name 5 beach boys hits from the 1970's because I can name about 50 from the 1960's.

[jonchapple]

@Horsemanray Uh... Is this related to my comment about Love being their lead singer during their 'hit' period? Because in that case I'd agree with you, almost all their hits were in the 60s. And Mike Love sung lead on most of them.

[Horsemanray]

@jonchapple And he's still a miserable piece of garbage. Congratulations on being the worlds only Mike Love Fan with the exception of Bill O' Reily.

[jonchapple]

@Horsemanray When did I say I'm a Mike Love "fan"? I don't particularly like the guy. I do recognise, however, that he was an integral part of the trademark BBs sound that made them famous. Why don't you go out and become the lead singer of a band that goes on to become one of the biggest selling of all time? Dare ya.

[Horsemanray]

@jonchapple Because I already did. Ever heard of a little group called David Bowie?

[jonchapple]

@Horsemanray I knew it! Can you sign my copy of 'Omikron'?

[RetinendParadox]

It sounds just like the album version. Great performance.

[rothofo]

Mike is such a dork.

[IThinkYouLookLarvely]

This was on the same episode of the Old Grey Whistle Test as the middle-aged beardy Jerry Lee Lewis attempting a career revival with a Big Bopper song! This explains the piano player mock-banging the lid at 2:54 onwards!

[Chrisdrumz]

Great song,great era. I DO feel that Blondie and Ricky(in spite of their talents) did dilute the band and should never have allowed to sing lead(i.e SAIL ON SAILOR).

[jenesaispas82]

To be fair, Mike Love had a better voice than most other deep-cover FBI agents of this era in rock subterfuge(Dickey Betts, "Uncle Ted" Nugent, Neil Diamond, Elvis (most, not all.)

Agent Hubbard ("Love") is a legend in US black-ops theory classes. By 1965 Hoover re-dubbed him "OSCAR," for Hubbard's ability to maintain his cover after years of mistakes: never learning an instument, not reading "Hippy-Leftist Disguise Manual: Level I(BASIC Level)" until it was declassified in 1991.

[slightlyperturbedmax]

Every man up there is THE MAN. With the exception of Mr. Mike Love, who can sing very well but just has a slimy presence and NEVER seemed to belong in The Beach Boys.

[slightlyperturbedmax]

Mike Love is a jackass.

[stenwald]

Easily (EASILY!!!) my favourite Beach Boys era. I know Brian has all his little fanboys but this is my favourite line-up. Shame Carl rarely gets much attention.

[nobunsylvia]

my favourite Beach Boys era　too!!!

[kabosht]

Of course, Brian's little fanboys would know that Brian *wrote* this song...

[stenwald]

Your point being? It's academic who wrote it (even though it was co-written by Jack Rieley). I like the video and the line-up.

[slightlyperturbedmax]

What do you mean "academic" in this context? You're weird.

[stenwald]

I fail to see how that makes me 'weird', but fair enough :)

[kabosht]

My point being that Brian has all his little fanboys for good reason.

[bigzach1000]

On Piano none other than Daryl Dragon, aka. The Captain of Captain and Tenille.

[RayNDeere]

The Captain was a veteran of the studio recordings and the touring group before teaming up with Toni Tenille.

[lbatabata123]

great, great, great. Carl & the Passions was so cool when it came out... a whole new feel to the group, followed by Holland. A cool era, alas ended with the popularity of Endless Summer...

[ascrodin]

My favorite BB era, aside from Pet Sounds/SMiLE. Why did Blondie and Ricky have to leave the band? WHYYYYY?

[mrperez666]

damn dude, mike love is so fucking cool. Between wearing a bathrobe for a live performance, to the lameass dancing, ML sure is cool as shit.

What a fucking tool.

[STJ]

fataar was also in the rutles

[surbmal]

Among my favourite songs of the "Boys"-great performance with the newcomer drummer Rick Fataar and bass player Blondi Chaplin (currently performing with the Rolling Stones)