I was 11. We are all getting on.Incidentally, and this is my last knowledge show off (sorry) ,look up the fabulous Tony Burrows and especially that appearance on Top of The Pops in 1970- they banned him after that. Anyway- I'm going to listen to this great song again. Enjoy!
Sibelous 5th Symphony, eh? Wikipedia didn't mention that, though anyone can edit that. Not surprsing given the unqiue expnsive production. THis, btw is NOT the actual single which is only 3 minutes long.
Whatever happened to the boy next door: the sun tanned crew cut all American male.... or the girl next door: "The beat up sneakers and the pony tail" ? These are excellent questions.
@jamo387 He moved to a squat, the other grew his hair and had a baby with the girl next door. He left her and she got a lovely flat on welfare and had even more children by different fathers, to milk the system, and claim even more money. Well that is certainly what happened in the U.K. Is America similar? Or did something different happen.
@jamo387 Oh and they where trainers and jogging pants with a hoody top. Usually the same ones day in and day out. They all look like they have come from another planet. They are usually, well the girls quite obese, the drugs generally, apart from those that look like bulls on steroids, keep the lads skinny. What did we start in the 60's?
every time that i hear this song it brings me back to my 8th grade school year Where and when I had a major crush on my art teacher. she was deffinetely a beach baby . only to be crushed when finding out she had just gotten engaged. This is one wholesome tune like my art teacher aka the ivory girl . Good clean fun .
I was 8 when this song was out and I wore my 45 out. 1974 is one of my favorite years in music with this, billy don't be a hero, the night chicago died, seasons in the sun, rock my gently and many others. Thanks for posting!!!
This is first class, remind me so much of the summer of '74 when myself and three friends went to Puckpool in the Isle of Wight for a fortnight . . . . what a great time we had. Very nostalgic ~ been searching for ages for thie tune. Thank you x x
What a wonderful homage to the great California sound, almost a tribute to Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys (including the instrumental interlude)....from the teen music memories, to the Beach Boys mature sound on "Wouldn't it be Nice", and then...."Beach Baby" keeps the soul of the sound alive....and it has stayed alive right up to this day with Best Coast and other fantastic young bands....such a truly American sound :-)
Some of the people commenting that got to be in their 20s in the 70s make me sort of ashamed that I was born in 1989. As often as I text and facebook, I still like to do all the fun summer stuff! I often wish certain people could live without their cell phones/texting for just 5 minutes, especially at the beach.
My wife would call it 70's bubblegum music. It was a great song and still is. I was just out of HS at the time and it was so upbeat and fun. Just like HS and those summers. Rock on...
Memory Song from the greatest time ever to be a teen. The 70's were action packed and young love was a blast. Parking on dirt roads listening to 8 tracks and cold beer or two. Have sweetie home by 12 or face her dad at the door. WOW I would love to go back and do it all over again. It would probably kill me this time and came close the first time but I would have died with a big smile on my face. Memories on my brain for a life time and many lessons learned in the 70's.
@hotstuffandicecream Man, you make me feel ashamed to be born in the 90s. Everyone craps on for yonks about how good morning tv and cartoons and pokemon cards were in the 90s, but I'm gonna be honest, you guys would have had a blast compared to us. I would have loved to be there :)
@pyurmassacur It was a great time! Great music, great friends that have carried with me through life. I would love to go back and relive it all again. Nothing like the 60's and 70's.
This version is too long. The stripped down American radio version was better. It's a great song - but the master of vocal surf music 'Brian' - would not of released a single in this form. Too much filler and it becomes a bit tedious by the end.
I'm a 16-year-old metalhead and I think this is frigging awesome :D
The orchestration and stuff is ingenious, such clever songwriting... it's just a shame that this kind of composition and writing skill seems to have been forgotten in pop music recently...
What a great song that reminds me of the great songs I would hear from my mom's radio as we were traveling in the car--and even sometimes when we were driving to or from the beach, whether it was my mom, or in my best friend's mother's car! So, I love this song, and always will! Peace and Love, BobbyK
It is such a clever piece of work, so much a tribute to the whole California beach sound, almost an ode to Brian Wilson in its way, but musically very inventive...it was greatly underrated at the time. It is so forlorn in its own way, a "swan song" for the whole era of sunshine, youth and just plain joy...and then...."I guess you don't remember anything..." almost brings a tear, and that wonderful close...classically beautiful fun California rock.
About ~20 years ago my wife and I were taking ballroom dancing lessons, and our instructor would play this song (great swing beat). But whenever the horn theme would start, I would often stop and just listen, as it was so beautiful. I asked my (now late) father about this passage. I hummed it for him, and right away, he knew it was from Silbelius' 5th symphony.
This brings back memories of our ballroom dancing. my late father's knowledge of classical music, and my introduction to Sibelius.
@grahamatube Yes, and the same can be said of 'murmaid' by popsicles and icicles, 'since yesterday' by strawberry switchblade, and others. Can't say I blame them.
Great song. I was just a kid in the 70's but this song brings back memories of summers long past. If I wasn't down at the beach, I was at the local pool always having fun. We'd play cricket or kick the footy around at the park and wouldn't come inside until it would start to get dark. It was a good time to be growing up and I'd give anything to go back, even for a short time, I reckon it would be awesome!
Thank you bosquig for uploading this 70's classic.
@MrRockabilly70 I was 13.Brings great memories back to what I was doing,where I was in 1974.The summer came to an end with a president announcing he was resigning
Yes, you are right. You're a bit older than me and as result you probably would remember more of the turbulent political/world events happening at the time. The 70's were are great time for music but on the political front it was tough (eg. Vietnam war, oil crisis) etc.
As a kid at the time, none of those things really mattered to me I was just enjoying my childhood and this particular song just takes me back to that enjoyable time in my life.
I'm 41 and I listen to a lot of the songs on youtube that I grew up with and the memories just come flooding back into my mind. I get very nostalgic. There was a real sense of community back then that is sadly lacking these days. It was a different time that we'll never get to experience again, but I enjoyed every moment of it and I wouldn't trade it for anything!
@MrRockabilly70 I grew up in Miami. Lived there over 40 years. I'm 55 now, and live just outside Tallahassee, FL. The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, Dick Dale, Jimmy Buffett,.... Yeah, those were the days!!
@MrRockabilly70 I never got into drinking. My dad was a drunk, so I never touched the stuff. But I had a cherry 69' Ford Galaxy 500 with a 351 under the hood. I did more than my share of burn-outs when the traffic light turned green. And I'm sure plenty of people wish I hadn't made those nice donuts in their front yards! Used to crank up some good crusin' toons, get that old Ford rollin' at about 95 headed south on U.S.1 into the Keys. Good times!!!
Sounds like you had a lot of fun and some great memories, good times for sure! You wouldn't be able to get away with half that stuff today, the cops would be onto you like a flash! ha, ha
I'm glad you agree. I listen to a lot of the songs on youtube that I grew up with and the memories just come flooding back into my mind. I get very nostalgic. It was a different time that we'll never get to experience again, but I sure would love to go back and do it all again!!!
... yes, I get very nostalgic too. Especially at night, when all is quiet and a certain oldie-but-goodie song comes on the radio and it just hits you ....
.... yes, I get very nostalgic too. Especially at night, when all is quiet and a certain oldie-but-goodie song comes on the radio and it just hits you. Your mind and memories just flood back into the past ....
@nonsuchfabio 'The best of times' - no it wasn't. Paranoid lunatics in charge (Nixon, Kissinger, Mao, Idi Amin, Harold Wilson, Pol Pot etc). The threat of nuclear war, Vietnam, Jim Jones. Shit, it was grim. But DAMN the music was GREAT!
For those wanting the Regents version: do a search at authorstream-dot-com for Regents / Beach Baby (Youtube won't let me post a link...)
NB - the Regents version was a cover - First Class had the original. It's likely the Regents recorded this as 'filler' material for a best-of album - and it started getting included in 'sounds of summer' type packages because it was cheaper - or the record compilers didn't know :-)
@omarskats3000 It's ok ,omar but ,it may have been a fraudulent one.... Because the regents couldn't sing back in the olden days..Or about sock hops.. they still would've been going at the time
@Freyja1133 yeah maybe..lol did you just call me omar? I made up this user name when I was ten and omar skats was some fictional character a friend and I made up. lol, nice to meet you i'm Amy :)
@countmeoslo referring to where you heard it growing up? 'cuz the line " ..we drove to San Jose" suggests it's about some girl on the beach in Santa Cruz (that's where I grew up hearing it). just a thought.
This takes me back to Tri-C Western Campus in Parma, Ohio, weekends at the Rathskellar, where we would drink 3.2 beer and dance like crazy. I was 18 at the time, never mind how old I am now ! God Bless all my old friends.
i dont know where you people get your ignorant info but it is not the beach boys, the band is first class with the lead singer is tony burrows who also sang love grows[where my rosemary goes]and a few other tunes in the early 70s under different band names.you would be surprised how many hit tunes burrows was involved in during the early 70s.do your research."all my loving" ringo ruotolo
@4FAQSSAKE No , not the Beach Boys, but the song is done in a similar style. They were most likely great fans of the great Beach Boys and wanted to do something that sounded like them and the result was excellent. Great song !!! Enjoy. Think summer.
True bubblegum classic, overdosing on optimism and fun. Ubergummer Tony Burrows doing the honours on lead vocals, backed by the sturdiest crew of session musicians you could imagine, If this doesn't make you think of sun, sea and .... well, anything else nice beginning with s ....
Billboard's #94 song for '74. Hit #4 pop, and #38 AC. Never really discoverd the full version 'til I got the 'sounds of the '70s collection' from Time-Life. God bless!
Man, I got the video for this song - if you know the era, you'd love it. Unfortunately it will never be made so I just roll it through my head. It's plain as day.
@SuperDivinemusic Yes, and the same can be said of 'murmaid' by popsicles and icicles, 'since yesterday' by strawberry switchblade, and others. Can't say I blame them.
Nothing can bring those days back, you have to make your own endless summers. Many times as I look back, it was happening to me, and i did'nt even know it. I can remember looking into that hot blue California sky, and wanting to break the chains that held me down. The music is unforgettable. Could you imagine watching the Seekers on Ed Sullivan, then out of nowhere 15 years later you're standing and talking to Judith "Georgie Girl" Durham herself ! Enjoy your life , just let it happen.
Nothing can bring those days back, you have to make your own endless summers. Many times as I look back, it was happening to me, and i did'nt even know it. I can remember looking into that hot blue California sky, and wanting tobreak the chains that held me down. The music is unforgettable. Could you imagine watching the Seekers on Ed Sullivan, then out of nowhere 15 years later you're standing and talking to Judith "Georgie Girl" Durham herself ! Enjoy your life , just let it happen.
der war damals schon geil!
natchimaus 1 week ago
It to roczzz i liked it .awesome ji abhi a ganna sunlogo hacha raktha chaeya . . . . . . .
Sujitmouni 1 week ago
One of my favorite songs of the decade.
ilovebobgunton 2 weeks ago
I was 11. We are all getting on.Incidentally, and this is my last knowledge show off (sorry) ,look up the fabulous Tony Burrows and especially that appearance on Top of The Pops in 1970- they banned him after that. Anyway- I'm going to listen to this great song again. Enjoy!
allantony1 3 weeks ago
Sibelous 5th Symphony, eh? Wikipedia didn't mention that, though anyone can edit that. Not surprsing given the unqiue expnsive production. THis, btw is NOT the actual single which is only 3 minutes long.
SteveCarras 4 weeks ago
So catchy. I'll be hummimg this all week now. The melody is from Sibelius 5th Symphony ( The horn interlude gives it away).
allantony1 1 month ago
As a tribute to 60s surf music, unmatched. Also better than most of the original stuff...
rickr442 1 month ago 2
"Just like before, we can walk by the shore in the moonlight" Lovely lyric; guess I'm just a sentimentalist.
LarryRickenbacker 1 month ago
Nice.
AKB48Saechanoshi4 1 month ago
i was 14 when this song came out. love this song!!!!!!!!!!
MultiSmiley5 1 month ago
@MultiSmiley5
Guess what? I was,too.
SteveCarras 4 weeks ago
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mollysangelique 1 month ago
Magic!
Wildfox01 1 month ago
I love this song. This would've been a chart topper in the early to mid-60s, hands-down.
gassenjunge 2 months ago
Quality. A band who came together to take the mick and show the Yanks up with all their crap Beach Boys Bilge. Well done chaps.
willmurphy1951 2 months ago
@willmurphy1951 lol?
BigTuna1994 2 months ago
Do you remember back in East LA when everyone was born in the USA!
1967mustanggta 2 months ago
Do you remember back in Whitley Bay when everybody drove a Chevrolet? Well maybe not........................
charlie8355 3 months ago
I still miss 70's music.
hotstuffandicecream 3 months ago
Classic....I was living in San Diego, almost as good.
Thanks for posting this.
harmgb1 3 months ago
Classic. A quality of music writting and production that was as rich in spirit as the time that spawned it.
turloghtheblack 3 months ago
'Beach baby, beach baby, give me your hand' keeps going on in my head!
astrosquirrel08108 3 months ago 2
This is one of those songs that makes me sad because it reminds me I'm not a kid anymore.
JTZissman 3 months ago
I had a chevy
VADERSF1ST501ST 3 months ago
Sung by Tony McCauley, singer of "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Grows."
oceantracks 4 months ago
A TRUELY AMAZING SONG FOR THE LAST DAY IN SEPTEMBER. FROM THE FALL OF 1974. I WAS JUST A KID
conraddabrowski 4 months ago
Great writing by Shakespeare
SeattleLA 4 months ago
Such an upbeat song, sounds just as good as it did back in 1974. Totally cool.
It's too bad it gets so little air time.
cheeriosinabowl 4 months ago 2
Not heard this in ages until now (great stuff)
Hondanissanman 4 months ago
Whatever happened to the boy next door: the sun tanned crew cut all American male.... or the girl next door: "The beat up sneakers and the pony tail" ? These are excellent questions.
jamo387 4 months ago
@jamo387 He moved to a squat, the other grew his hair and had a baby with the girl next door. He left her and she got a lovely flat on welfare and had even more children by different fathers, to milk the system, and claim even more money. Well that is certainly what happened in the U.K. Is America similar? Or did something different happen.
TheDavidjoy 4 months ago
@TheDavidjoy Nope, that's about right on either side of the Atlantic.
jamo387 4 months ago
@jamo387 Oh and they where trainers and jogging pants with a hoody top. Usually the same ones day in and day out. They all look like they have come from another planet. They are usually, well the girls quite obese, the drugs generally, apart from those that look like bulls on steroids, keep the lads skinny. What did we start in the 60's?
TheDavidjoy 4 months ago
i remember this in my high school days i drove a 1965 chevy then great times
dburkssr 4 months ago
What great song (:
KiraKisa100 4 months ago
every time that i hear this song it brings me back to my 8th grade school year Where and when I had a major crush on my art teacher. she was deffinetely a beach baby . only to be crushed when finding out she had just gotten engaged. This is one wholesome tune like my art teacher aka the ivory girl . Good clean fun .
cerasuolojoe 4 months ago
Love this song. Thought it was a Beach Boys song first of all when I heard it though.
ALIVEUNALIVE 4 months ago
I was 8 when this song was out and I wore my 45 out. 1974 is one of my favorite years in music with this, billy don't be a hero, the night chicago died, seasons in the sun, rock my gently and many others. Thanks for posting!!!
garymuzik 4 months ago
Written by Carter and Shakespeare.
nutleyguitar1968 5 months ago
You can't beat the '70s....
litenslick1 5 months ago
Superb track from a brilliant summer even here in the uk. 16 YO and on my first moped. Spent it riding around and down the beach most days.
kieranlarking667 5 months ago
This is first class, remind me so much of the summer of '74 when myself and three friends went to Puckpool in the Isle of Wight for a fortnight . . . . what a great time we had. Very nostalgic ~ been searching for ages for thie tune. Thank you x x
GeorginaDaniels 5 months ago
Who is the sun tanned kook? And why is he kookie?
Kevin90028 5 months ago
What a wonderful homage to the great California sound, almost a tribute to Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys (including the instrumental interlude)....from the teen music memories, to the Beach Boys mature sound on "Wouldn't it be Nice", and then...."Beach Baby" keeps the soul of the sound alive....and it has stayed alive right up to this day with Best Coast and other fantastic young bands....such a truly American sound :-)
gurlsingerfan 5 months ago
13 people had sand kicked in their faces on the beach
7beers 5 months ago 14
Some of the people commenting that got to be in their 20s in the 70s make me sort of ashamed that I was born in 1989. As often as I text and facebook, I still like to do all the fun summer stuff! I often wish certain people could live without their cell phones/texting for just 5 minutes, especially at the beach.
stevarino1989 5 months ago
The first time I heard this, I thought it was Billy Joel.
stevarino1989 5 months ago
What a great memory! Thanks for posting.
bethel98 5 months ago
Betta than the beach boys.....
56DOBO 5 months ago
Do your ringtone right!
The711coffee 6 months ago
I like this song and the picture on this video
JamesBurdin2010 6 months ago
wow...I had forgotten this song. Thanks for posting it. LOVE IT!! got to put it on my IPOD.
nancynurse1112 6 months ago
Lol... I use Bret Easton Ellis' twitter page as a kind of de-facto pop-culture-vulture. All the cool stuff I don't have to time to look for myself!
mlawren7 6 months ago
Lol... I use Bret Easton Ellis' twitter page as a kind de-facto pop-culture-vulture. All the cool stuff I don't have to time to look for myself!
mlawren7 6 months ago
Bret Easton Ellis sent me too! Never heard this song before, I like it!
SteveKlein31 6 months ago 2
Bret Easton Ellis sent me.
horsepire 6 months ago 17
@horsepire me too.
hochland13 6 months ago
@horsepire yes! Thumbs up if B. Easton Ellis sent you!
isaul07 6 months ago 2
@horsepire What is Bret Easton Ellis?
1967mustanggta 5 months ago
Great great song, love it and are very tempted to get a group together and do this song at the next concert for our school
Spocky730 6 months ago
I remember it being better...
fxtrader92 6 months ago
Great song, this song has to be heard in its entirety IMO, I always hate it when the radio only plays the shortened version of this song.
Doobie1975 6 months ago
i hav 2 sing this 4 my skoolz stupid skool fair!!
wish me luck!!
TheStreetdancer13 6 months ago
My wife would call it 70's bubblegum music. It was a great song and still is. I was just out of HS at the time and it was so upbeat and fun. Just like HS and those summers. Rock on...
cm400 7 months ago
12 people are tone-deaf and brain-dead!
jonnyreb82 7 months ago
From Anna,
Hi Bosquig, Just heard this song on the radio for the first time. I thought it was the Beach Boys so I looked it up. Catchy tune. Your friend, Anna
Anna9563 7 months ago
Memory Song from the greatest time ever to be a teen. The 70's were action packed and young love was a blast. Parking on dirt roads listening to 8 tracks and cold beer or two. Have sweetie home by 12 or face her dad at the door. WOW I would love to go back and do it all over again. It would probably kill me this time and came close the first time but I would have died with a big smile on my face. Memories on my brain for a life time and many lessons learned in the 70's.
hotstuffandicecream 7 months ago
@hotstuffandicecream Man, you make me feel ashamed to be born in the 90s. Everyone craps on for yonks about how good morning tv and cartoons and pokemon cards were in the 90s, but I'm gonna be honest, you guys would have had a blast compared to us. I would have loved to be there :)
pyurmassacur 6 months ago 3
@pyurmassacur It was a great time! Great music, great friends that have carried with me through life. I would love to go back and relive it all again. Nothing like the 60's and 70's.
boxerdogs11 6 months ago
Always liked this song as a teen in the 70's + I am from & still in San Jose.
Edward600406 7 months ago
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Edward600406 7 months ago
Summmatime on Cape Cod beaches. =) Pray for warm sun and no traffic on 6! lol
juliadennehy 7 months ago
Was 19m yrs old,what good dayz they were bring em back miss em vry much
shaed38 7 months ago
In addition to comment by superdivinemusic also spotted the horn theme from 3rd movement of Sibelius's 5th Symphony, some years ago now.
mjmcc4r7 7 months ago
im so glad i was a around when this was first played. you never forget the good times
2656paul 7 months ago
im so glad i was a around when this was first played. you never forget the good times 1974 what a year
2656paul 7 months ago 2
I wish I lived in the 7
's :(, but Sublime saved me from listening to the garbage nowadays
yankees3936 7 months ago
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coltarmadillo 7 months ago
Great song. One of my favorites when I was growing up. It's too bad feel-good songs like this one aren't made anymore.
reaganite 7 months ago
12 people don't like the beach :(
cardiff1984 8 months ago 3
This song reminds me of Summers gone by.
JOSECHETATRIBUTE 8 months ago
This version is too long. The stripped down American radio version was better. It's a great song - but the master of vocal surf music 'Brian' - would not of released a single in this form. Too much filler and it becomes a bit tedious by the end.
wondermint2 8 months ago
One off the most epic summer hits ..!
Roberto9722 8 months ago
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I'm a 16-year-old metalhead and I think this is frigging awesome :D
The orchestration and stuff is ingenious, such clever songwriting... it's just a shame that this kind of composition and writing skill seems to have been forgotten in pop music recently...
ConnorFGuitar 8 months ago
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ConnorFGuitar 8 months ago
ahhhhhh good stuff!
gstokes13 8 months ago
Ah, I can almost smell the salt water!!!
lovetrain442 9 months ago 2
My dad sings this song to me all the time. Gotta love it<3
paylorlovesmakeup 9 months ago
A great retro tune from '74, very American Grafitti era. Love this.
mowm88 9 months ago
This song makes me smile so :' )
peacelovebeatles 9 months ago
What a great song that reminds me of the great songs I would hear from my mom's radio as we were traveling in the car--and even sometimes when we were driving to or from the beach, whether it was my mom, or in my best friend's mother's car! So, I love this song, and always will! Peace and Love, BobbyK
bobby7771117 9 months ago
Great song. The summer this song was out, was one of the best of my life. Working, great pay, a very hot 17 year old babe on my arm, what a time.
GroomLeader 10 months ago
Beach Baby!!!!
That's me right now.
sherilyn1977 10 months ago
It is such a clever piece of work, so much a tribute to the whole California beach sound, almost an ode to Brian Wilson in its way, but musically very inventive...it was greatly underrated at the time. It is so forlorn in its own way, a "swan song" for the whole era of sunshine, youth and just plain joy...and then...."I guess you don't remember anything..." almost brings a tear, and that wonderful close...classically beautiful fun California rock.
gurlsingerfan 10 months ago
About ~20 years ago my wife and I were taking ballroom dancing lessons, and our instructor would play this song (great swing beat). But whenever the horn theme would start, I would often stop and just listen, as it was so beautiful. I asked my (now late) father about this passage. I hummed it for him, and right away, he knew it was from Silbelius' 5th symphony.
This brings back memories of our ballroom dancing. my late father's knowledge of classical music, and my introduction to Sibelius.
grahamatube 10 months ago 2
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@grahamatube Yes, and the same can be said of 'murmaid' by popsicles and icicles, 'since yesterday' by strawberry switchblade, and others. Can't say I blame them.
whyteay 10 months ago
BITCH BABY BITCH BABY
eddusfledermaus 10 months ago
I heard this song on the oldies station the other day. It was the first time I ever heard the song. I LOVE it!
araann10 10 months ago
After a long time it sounds like Bitch Baby
Piglet0123456789 10 months ago
Great song. I was just a kid in the 70's but this song brings back memories of summers long past. If I wasn't down at the beach, I was at the local pool always having fun. We'd play cricket or kick the footy around at the park and wouldn't come inside until it would start to get dark. It was a good time to be growing up and I'd give anything to go back, even for a short time, I reckon it would be awesome!
Thank you bosquig for uploading this 70's classic.
MrRockabilly70 10 months ago 48
@MrRockabilly70 I was 13.Brings great memories back to what I was doing,where I was in 1974.The summer came to an end with a president announcing he was resigning
NoIDidunt10 8 months ago
@NoIDidunt10
Yes, you are right. You're a bit older than me and as result you probably would remember more of the turbulent political/world events happening at the time. The 70's were are great time for music but on the political front it was tough (eg. Vietnam war, oil crisis) etc.
As a kid at the time, none of those things really mattered to me I was just enjoying my childhood and this particular song just takes me back to that enjoyable time in my life.
MrRockabilly70 8 months ago
@MrRockabilly70 If only we could turn back time I'm 45 and they were great times
TheCoon1967 5 months ago
@TheCoon1967
Mate, they sure were good times.
I'm 41 and I listen to a lot of the songs on youtube that I grew up with and the memories just come flooding back into my mind. I get very nostalgic. There was a real sense of community back then that is sadly lacking these days. It was a different time that we'll never get to experience again, but I enjoyed every moment of it and I wouldn't trade it for anything!
MrRockabilly70 5 months ago
@MrRockabilly70 I grew up in Miami. Lived there over 40 years. I'm 55 now, and live just outside Tallahassee, FL. The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, Dick Dale, Jimmy Buffett,.... Yeah, those were the days!!
dmoninger1 5 months ago
@dmoninger1
Wow, so you were a teenager and in your early 20's right through the 70's.
What a great age to be during a great era in music, I'm a little envious of you. ha, ha
What was Miami like in the 70's? Did you get out much to the clubs and bars at the time?
It must have been a lot of fun!
MrRockabilly70 5 months ago
@MrRockabilly70 I never got into drinking. My dad was a drunk, so I never touched the stuff. But I had a cherry 69' Ford Galaxy 500 with a 351 under the hood. I did more than my share of burn-outs when the traffic light turned green. And I'm sure plenty of people wish I hadn't made those nice donuts in their front yards! Used to crank up some good crusin' toons, get that old Ford rollin' at about 95 headed south on U.S.1 into the Keys. Good times!!!
dmoninger1 4 months ago
@dmoninger1
Sounds like you had a lot of fun and some great memories, good times for sure! You wouldn't be able to get away with half that stuff today, the cops would be onto you like a flash! ha, ha
MrRockabilly70 3 months ago
@MrRockabilly70
.... yes, agree 100% with you. It would be great to go back to the 70's in a time machine even for just 1 day. Just fantasizing ....
cheeriosinabowl 4 months ago
@cheeriosinabowl
I'm glad you agree. I listen to a lot of the songs on youtube that I grew up with and the memories just come flooding back into my mind. I get very nostalgic. It was a different time that we'll never get to experience again, but I sure would love to go back and do it all again!!!
MrRockabilly70 3 months ago
@MrRockabilly70
... yes, I get very nostalgic too. Especially at night, when all is quiet and a certain oldie-but-goodie song comes on the radio and it just hits you ....
cheeriosinabowl 3 months ago
@MrRockabilly70
.... yes, I get very nostalgic too. Especially at night, when all is quiet and a certain oldie-but-goodie song comes on the radio and it just hits you. Your mind and memories just flood back into the past ....
cheeriosinabowl 3 months ago
the Archies after rehab, but still good
justhavingmydinner 10 months ago
The 70s were not the best of times by any means, but DAMN the music was great!
nonsuchfabio 10 months ago
@nonsuchfabio 'The best of times' - no it wasn't. Paranoid lunatics in charge (Nixon, Kissinger, Mao, Idi Amin, Harold Wilson, Pol Pot etc). The threat of nuclear war, Vietnam, Jim Jones. Shit, it was grim. But DAMN the music was GREAT!
killie04 10 months ago
boss
TheMerseylad 11 months ago
Brilliant, happy, fun, sexy, romantic, foottapping, dancing just about everything needed to start a party....!!!!
TheDavidjoy 11 months ago
Ahh the memories of this, young and lazy....love it. Ed
nedthebed07 11 months ago
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nedthebed07 11 months ago
Last try - that's beachbaby (no spaces) at authorstream.
sadimgnik5 11 months ago
For those wanting the Regents version: do a search at authorstream-dot-com for Regents / Beach Baby (Youtube won't let me post a link...)
NB - the Regents version was a cover - First Class had the original. It's likely the Regents recorded this as 'filler' material for a best-of album - and it started getting included in 'sounds of summer' type packages because it was cheaper - or the record compilers didn't know :-)
sadimgnik5 11 months ago
i used to roller skate to this over 30 years ago....holding hands with my gf....the good old days for sure.
markwicklund 11 months ago
This is cool!
Blechzwerg04 11 months ago
could someone PLEASE post the original by The Regents!?
omarskats3000 11 months ago
@omarskats3000 the regents originally recorded BArbara Ann,not beach baby
Freyja1133 11 months ago
@Freyja1133 well whether it's the original or not, i still want someone to post their version. itunes only gives a short preview.
omarskats3000 11 months ago
@omarskats3000 It's ok ,omar but ,it may have been a fraudulent one.... Because the regents couldn't sing back in the olden days..Or about sock hops.. they still would've been going at the time
Freyja1133 11 months ago
@Freyja1133 yeah maybe..lol did you just call me omar? I made up this user name when I was ten and omar skats was some fictional character a friend and I made up. lol, nice to meet you i'm Amy :)
omarskats3000 11 months ago
@omarskats3000 I'm Sorry ,Amy..it's nice to meet you
Ande
ps :If you want to know what name that's short for .let me know
And it's pronounced Andae
Freyja1133 11 months ago
@omarskats3000 I'm Sorry ,Amy..it's nice to meet you
Ande
ps :If you want to know what name that's short for .let me know
And it's pronounced Andae ( An Day)
Freyja1133 11 months ago
making out in junior high under the old oak tree at the campgrounds to this song in the 70's was way cool!
DonegalOD 11 months ago
The full version, no less. Love those french horns!
brianmartin557 11 months ago
well i like first class and im 9!
nebulus1967 11 months ago
One of my gramma's favorite songs. I'm only 20, but I know every word, and can't help but cry every time I hear it. RIP Patricia
ProvocativeStranger 11 months ago
Once heard The Ivy League singing this and it was brilliant...
marms1111 1 year ago
im 11 and this is awesome
likamuffin 1 year ago 2
yes sir,now that bring back some great memories.thnx for sharing.
keylago220 1 year ago
aaaahhh Scotland,PA..........great music!
countmeoslo 1 year ago 4
@countmeoslo referring to where you heard it growing up? 'cuz the line " ..we drove to San Jose" suggests it's about some girl on the beach in Santa Cruz (that's where I grew up hearing it). just a thought.
mocha4paws 11 months ago
@mocha4paws well actually I was referring to the movie "Scotland, Pa". Well worth seeing.
countmeoslo 11 months ago
This takes me back to Tri-C Western Campus in Parma, Ohio, weekends at the Rathskellar, where we would drink 3.2 beer and dance like crazy. I was 18 at the time, never mind how old I am now ! God Bless all my old friends.
Rustina61 1 year ago 2
Bring back memories when I was young
dgrh31 1 year ago 2
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This was SOOOO 1974, w/ the American Graffiti craze going on at the time. Thank you for posting this. I rememeber it well.
mowm88 1 year ago
This was SOOOO 1974, w/ the American Graffiti craze going on at the time. Thank you for posting this. I rememeb3r it well.
mowm88 1 year ago
This was SOOOO 1974, w/ the American Graffiti craze going on at the time. Thank you for posting this. I rememebr it well.
mowm88 1 year ago
When It came out I thought it was the Beach Boys, It is well done and fits in with the songs the Beach Boys put out in the 60s
nutballgazette 1 year ago
Never forget this song fading away on my '65 Bonneville convertible car radio in '74 driving north on the 101 from Santa Cruz Ca.
Completely agree with pinkyrulesthe!!!!
ronfb1946 1 year ago 2
Possibly the #1 SURFROCK song EVER!!!!! :)
fidoshark 1 year ago
i dont know where you people get your ignorant info but it is not the beach boys, the band is first class with the lead singer is tony burrows who also sang love grows[where my rosemary goes]and a few other tunes in the early 70s under different band names.you would be surprised how many hit tunes burrows was involved in during the early 70s.do your research."all my loving" ringo ruotolo
riingo5xover 1 year ago
Who is first class..this is the beach boys.
4FAQSSAKE 1 year ago
@4FAQSSAKE Its obviously not the beach boys
drewdudessss 1 year ago
@4FAQSSAKE No , not the Beach Boys, but the song is done in a similar style. They were most likely great fans of the great Beach Boys and wanted to do something that sounded like them and the result was excellent. Great song !!! Enjoy. Think summer.
lakeladymel 1 year ago
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I thought that This was a beach boys song the first time I heard it
Freyja1133 1 year ago
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Freyja1133 1 year ago
Right you are 7stylecreek7, age does non matter when it comes to recognizing good tunes.
aandrus7 1 year ago
superb memories of 74 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MICK C
mickcc 1 year ago
Totally agree with pinky!
garwento 1 year ago
I still remember Summer time 1976 and all the beach babies at the beach. Long live the 70's.
polarisathena 1 year ago
Einfach ein geiler Hit von denen!!!
Müsste man mal wieder neu uffnehmen lassen und dann beim Ballermann abspielen. Käme bestimmt ganz gut an.
germane1983 1 year ago
True bubblegum classic, overdosing on optimism and fun. Ubergummer Tony Burrows doing the honours on lead vocals, backed by the sturdiest crew of session musicians you could imagine, If this doesn't make you think of sun, sea and .... well, anything else nice beginning with s ....
SouthCoastMackem 1 year ago
@SouthCoastMackem Snickers
doobeedoo58 1 year ago
@doobeedoo58 Not quite what I had in mind, but yes, Snickers are nice. Not as nice as what I was thinking of, though.......... :-)
SouthCoastMackem 1 year ago
@SouthCoastMackem s'mores??? wink wink
doobeedoo58 1 year ago
It was more like from JUNE to EARLY SEPTEMBER (when school again started). And we didn't wear crew cuts. Still a pretty good song though.
4teepee 1 year ago
@4teepee But we all drove Chevrolets then, and i still do today
Mr1979pontiac 1 year ago
@Mr1979pontiac There were Ford cars.
4teepee 1 year ago
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@4teepee Maybe they were waxing nostoligic about the early 60s
Freyja1133 1 year ago
One of my faves from the 70's. Love it, thanks!
8jojobeans 1 year ago
Billboard's #94 song for '74. Hit #4 pop, and #38 AC. Never really discoverd the full version 'til I got the 'sounds of the '70s collection' from Time-Life. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
Man, I got the video for this song - if you know the era, you'd love it. Unfortunately it will never be made so I just roll it through my head. It's plain as day.
1967mustanggta 1 year ago
The horn theme at the end is taken from the third movement of Sibelius's 5th Symphony.
SuperDivinemusic 1 year ago 17
@SuperDivinemusic Yes, and the same can be said of 'murmaid' by popsicles and icicles, 'since yesterday' by strawberry switchblade, and others. Can't say I blame them.
whyteay 10 months ago
@SuperDivinemusic really!? I gotta check that symphony out even though I dont know the guy. Thanks thats interesting
2tuque2 7 months ago
Nothing can bring those days back, you have to make your own endless summers. Many times as I look back, it was happening to me, and i did'nt even know it. I can remember looking into that hot blue California sky, and wanting to break the chains that held me down. The music is unforgettable. Could you imagine watching the Seekers on Ed Sullivan, then out of nowhere 15 years later you're standing and talking to Judith "Georgie Girl" Durham herself ! Enjoy your life , just let it happen.
redr1150r 1 year ago
Nothing can bring those days back, you have to make your own endless summers. Many times as I look back, it was happening to me, and i did'nt even know it. I can remember looking into that hot blue California sky, and wanting tobreak the chains that held me down. The music is unforgettable. Could you imagine watching the Seekers on Ed Sullivan, then out of nowhere 15 years later you're standing and talking to Judith "Georgie Girl" Durham herself ! Enjoy your life , just let it happen.
redr1150r 1 year ago
Fluff, but still a very nice Pop song.
Pretty sure some of the Ramones liked this one.
psychkoala 1 year ago
Love this song and always will. Some songs never fade away.
43Cully 1 year ago 2
goin to Myrtle Beach from Fort Bragg with the boys from the 325, 82nd ABN man them days was fun
NEWTVIC 1 year ago
@NEWTVIC I was 4/325 over in Vicenza way back in 83 to 86! Airborne!!!
cagekicker18 1 year ago