The Beach Boys - "God Only Knows" - Melbourne, March 1978

[ufzerg50]

love the beach boys, hope brian and mike can work things out cause life is too short. Let's surf

[ncarolinaluv]

miss you my Carl

[davidallenroth]

at 2:18 on Carl really shows how hes under the influence. great vid to actaully see the craziness of the beach boys person life at the time. very rare vid!!! .. I'M just as fascinated with the BB's crazy excessive life style as i am with their music this is the first vid Ive ever seen of them around a period of dark times for the BB.. people go on and on about bands like motley crue, van halen , ozzy, led zep. and so on but the BB WOULD have gave any of them a run for their money backstage!

[peterp21]

I'd heard about this tour, and finally get to see footage. Carl looks TERRIBLE here. I know he was drunk but he looks really heavy here. Carl was usually a heavy-ish guy, but look at him 3 years later when he got his act together...a world's difference. Looks real bloated in his face, from the booze.

[laportama]

Alcohol is a great catalyst.

[rickram1961]

You can really tell that Carl was under the influence of something judging by the way he was singing this song!

[RazrHack]

It's amazing that this is Carl's "worst" that I've ever heard him at, because this is still pretty amazing, especially when you consider what he was going through at the time. Not many singers can say their "worst" was even a fraction as good as this performance.

[gittahfiend]

Carl:the drunk concerts.

[Verniegirl9]

What is Carl singing at the end before the sings "everybody" is it "father", like an acknowledgment to his dad?

[Okiemom50]

@Verniegirl9 yes

[sgtBilko75]

what an amazing voice.... 

[helenaZZZZirlandaise]

They never hid behind dark glasses, nor hid themselves away as self-important untouchables, nor surrounded themselves with protection from fans. Even through their darkest days they still sang through their demons, always remaining accessible to their fans, and were not afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeves.

All of this just adds an extra dimension to their music which sets them apart from their peers.

In inspiring later generations (like mine) their vulnerabilities are their strength.

[Verniegirl9]

I got to put flowers on Carl's grave today. I cried while I was there.

[squarepeg85]

The BBs were going through a difficult patch during this tour. Carl, in particular, was having a hard time of it. His long marriage to Annie Wilson (nee Hinsche) was disintegrating and he was abusing drugs and alcohol. Usually the consummate performer, it is widely known that during several of these Aussie appearances, he was inebriated to varying degrees. Luckily for all, he got it all together and pulled himself up out of the trouble he was in. Great man, unmatched voice, still deeply missed.

[3422849]

@squarepeg85 that good q carl tell me more ..

[3422849]

@squarepeg85 love carl...foreverrrrrr

[christianphi]

for the love of god what happened! why are the beach boys ruining their own song? cause the beach boys usually sound amazing. but in this video they sound terrible. once again what happened!

[MrSKINFLICK]

@christianphi:Your comment is/was funny.Most Germans(like me)don´t understand such"differences"in the Anglo-Saxon world at all,we just listen to the music+all this though our two languages are so related...isn´t that sad-once again?

i love almost all different kinds of music - and certainly even the Beach Boys or who the fuck else can be overrated - but still even this live performance is great. If you - e.g. - should prefer to listen to such a horror like Barry Manilow or Liberace,well then...

[Okiemom50]

@christianphi Pretty tough to go out and do 150 to 200 concerts per year, through all of their darkest hours and even show up...much less sound good. As someone else said....people had paid to see them and they didn't want to cancel. They were professionals. Carl did get himself together and became himself again on stage. RIP Carl.

[rugeta]

7 minutes to write!

[BeachGirlLaw]

Thank you for adding this clip...greatest voice of rock and roll...and the loveliest song ever composed...