The Beach Boys - Surfin'

[ilovelucyfan12]

These is really great.I like the scatting.

[13thleos]

Good vibes duuuuuuuuuuuudes _\|/_

[coolsweetgroovy]

Happy 50th Beach Boys RIP Dennis and Carl Wilson

[sleepsurfsex]

to indo surfa depois dessa...

[coolsweetgroovy]

The Beach Boys Forever

[4201MAR]

Beach Boys!!!! Always makes me think of my uncle who took his own life 8 years ago, he would even dress like them he LOVED them sooo much. Here's to you Marcus, you're sorely missed & we love you!!!!

[SecsSells]

Brian played a snare drum with his fingers on this recording. Al played a stand up bass and Carl had an acoustic guitar. That was it. Oh yeah, and one mic.

[TheSuziclassof64]

@SecsSells They knew how to make music back then...didn't need all the new equipment they use today...suzi

[TJB63]

The best of the "Surfin" legacy, The others are OK ~ Thanks for Posting.

[ImDavidGurney]

Just heard that they're having a 50th anniversary tour next year.

[rockisheaven]

And so the legend began...

[marmify17]

dennis wilson<3

[deathwing7734the1st]

lol

[baughd2]

Ba Ba dit di-di di-di

[JordanIndiePop]

Happy 50th today "Surfin'"!! You're still rockin' as cool as ever...

[taydk1]

believe me when i say to that band created god only knows

[bobhedstrom]

Dexter, ya, back in the early days of surfing in Cali the surfers would paddle to the waves; now they wait for the waves to come to them. I still bodysurf around San Diego County and have observed that there are rules of decorum that when broken can turn violent. The surfing culture used to be so cool; but now it is the waves and the riding of them that is beautiful and awesome. I think surfing is one of the most beautiful sports there is. boB, still a beach bum at 64.

[distance6555]

xD

[alanhfrank]

Have the 45.....X records.

[joebstarsurfer]

fuck yes 

[bobhedstrom]

In '61 when this song came out, I was 14 and lived less than a mile from Redondo Beach, California. I was one of those surfers they were singing about; like, when the Beach Boys were popular I was ridin' those waves at Haggerty's and Swamis, Doheny, Redondo Beach, LA. Then the waves got too crowded 'cause those guys made it the most popular sport in the USA. So I traded my surfboard for snow skis, dropped out of college, and skiied until I got my draft notice. boB

[DexterHaven49]

@bobhedstrom Nice! You always manage to stay ahead of the trends. Two weeks after you wrote this, the Wall St. journal did a big article on this song and how The Beach Boys struggled to record it, spending their food money on instruments. This was the key song in their career, their toe in the door of the industry. I knew a guy who hung out on Santa Barbara beach int he mid-60s and said it was the best then. The girls were super friendly then. Hard to believe. They were straight too. Amazing!

[DarwinBlinks]

love how raw and primitive this toon is

[MegaVideogirl99]

This song makes me want to think seriously about learning to surf

[TheBenMor]

I can't even swim but wanna learn surfin'. Gotta make it one day. ♥ Beach Boys

[MegaVideogirl99]

I really need to look into getting a record player so I can collect all their records and play them:P

[DexterHaven49]

@MegaVideogirl99 Get some of the early Elton John vinyl records too, if you want to hear the good stuff, the best songs of the '70s, Tumbleweed Connection, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Caribou....

[Micklegard]

This song was recorded 50 years today. The band were called the Pendletones at the time, but soon became the Beach Boys.

[59771006]

This is the first song that the Beach Boys ever wrote here's the whole story:

All the the members of the band were at Brian, Carl and Dennis' house and their Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were out Dennis Wilson was hooked on the sport of surfing and he suggested that it would be a good subject for a song so Brian dusted of the piece of music that he failed he music exams with and wrote this song

[SuperRod88]

Happy Birthday Al Jardine (September 3)

[Iplaynakedable]

Cali Best state!!!!!!

[EvansvilleLT]

this song blows hahaha love the beach boys tho!

[mentalcap9]

Story of my life, and I just got out of the water @ 17th in Huntington.

[NVAKiller113]

Baba dipidip de baba dipidip!

[whyteay]

I was born in Coventry, UK in 1973 and grew up in the Warwickshire countryside. The climate was unsuitable for surfing and in any case we were at the furthest point from any coastline in the UK. Moreover most of the UK coastline is unsuitable for surfing, and I was born 20 or more years to late to take advantage of the California surfing boom. I have never tried to get my hair sunbleached, worn deck shoes or a vertically striped T shirt. I have never referred to a woman as a 'chick'.

[pdeifik]

@whyteay

Man your life sucks!

[adrekke]

it's their best song and it's not there on their best of CD!

WHAT A SHAME!

[kcsledge95]

This song so rocks, and yet it's about hardest BB song to find--album wise

[TYLERMORRIStech]

does anybody know where i can download this song



[barkpark1]

'His surfin knots were risin'. Do you know what that means? Only an old longboarder would know what that means is my guess.

[CackalicaBand]

i just watch a show today. about them and their start. so i went to youtube, and listen to their song. Now i LOVE THEM! :) and im only 15old :)

[MrMattaYo]

Bom bom dip di dit :D

[sirstarsalot]

These guys are real musicians and its too bad that we will never have another group like The Beach Boys and The Beatles and its a shame

[JoxisOi]

Im 16 now... And when they were popular, I wasn't even born... And to tell the truth, I have never heard of them before 2007 when watched a documentary, or a movie, don't know really, about them. And I was stunned :O. They were amaaazing. Their ups, and downs. And everything...

And their voices... Omg.

I wish nowadays we could have more boybands like them...

[MrMovie951]

@JoxisOi im 16 too hopefully this music will end up popular again.

[traceynla1]

When they recorded this song they were going by The Pendletons and before it went to air their name was changed to The Beach Boys:)

[VolareloverX]

@traceynla1 actually they went by The Pendletones, a play on the Pendleton shirt brand name

[TheBeachboys4ever]

@VolareloverX True, but without the group's knowledge, a promotions worker with Candix Records changed the name of the band on the first pressings of "Surfin'" to the Beach Boys.

[QueenBee2314]

Ohh how I wish I was born in this time period / :

back when artists actually had talent -_____-

[groundedsax]

It's crazy how they went from this to Pet Sounds in only five years. They only thing that didn't change was how great they were.

[kiddflirt]

cool =]

[lupieeda]

man i wish i was born in 1950s so i can be a teen in the 60s!

i would of seen some music history going on!

[sodapopnelson]

dennis is such a cutie!

[ddr122]

50 years!!!

[horsenaround]

@ddr122 Where the heck did the time go?

[Desiherzi]

ja ne is n guter groove ne!

[NcicHit2]

I should have kept my copy of this on .45 instead of trading for a Tiny Tim record.

[cudaj2]

@NcicHit2 Holy shit! I can't believe you've got the guts to fess up to that! Lol!

[bobluman4]

@NcicHit2 tiny tim ! what the hell man !

[NcicHit2]

@bobluman4 Not!

[bobluman4]

@NcicHit2 so you still got this record then ?

[NcicHit2]

@bobluman4 Actually I sold it a few years ago along with a Sun Elvis that I had. I don't collect Elvis and someday I will get another copy of Sufin' to just to have it. I had the Candix version not the X one. I also sold him a copy of Ten Little Indians with the picture sleeve. It had writing on one side, the name Dork was written on the back. I then went out and bought some garage stuff I didn't have.

[000PetSounds000]

hoo it's so hard to find because similar title

[robrod56]

Lived in Pasadena and couldnt wait to pile in the old station wagon and go to the beach on the weekends jamin to the beachboys....

[MVillani1985]

Not the first surf song ever made (Jan and Dean made some surf songs in the late 50s/early 60s) but the first one of that style explicitly about surfing. Also, I think it was the first song by the Beach Boys. Thanks for posting this.

[TheCody1813]

Bum bum dip te dip te dip

[kokomotoysonline]

Surf. Surf. With me.

[BeatleJim55]

1961...

[ImOverlyObsessed]

Wasn't this their first hit?

[ImOverlyObsessed]

THANK YOU for uploading the right version

[jwild611]

This is music magic right here. This is when bands had to actually be talented and special to pull of success. This song was recorded with limited tools and quality but it didn't matter. Real talent doesn't need studios to do the work for them

[mellamosean]

@jwild611

People say shit like that about every old band. I'm not defending today's music industry, but if you're using this song to put the Beach Boys on the pedestal of talent, then everything seems completely subjective to me. Later the Beach Boy's show real talent, but this was their debut album, and though it is fun and has glimmers of creativity, overall it's not that good or original, and is a display of mediocre talent. Plus it's dated as fuck. I enjoy it, but lets not get carried away

[B29Bomber]

all you old folks.

If you don't share your experiences, they'll never become known.

Sometimes that's a good thing though... '55-'75.

[sixnightsaweek]

It came out in 1961 and was the Beach Boys 1th # One

[Karateworm]

@sixnightsaweek No, it wasn't... it was a very minor hit. Surfin' USA was their first no.1, if I remember right.

[TheBeachboys4ever]

@Karateworm Not that the charts really matter, but "I Get Around" was the Beach Boys first No. 1 hit in 1964. "Surfin" was very popular on the West Coast but topped out at No. 75 in 1961 due to regional distribution. The classic "Surfin' USA" made it to No. 3 in 1963

[coolsweetgroovy]

nice this has been posted thanks

[Karateworm]

From this to Pet Sounds is just 5 years. Christ.

[bobareebop]

@Karateworm Great point.. Brian just blossomed in those five years. Truly a genius. And the others blossomed right behind him.

[Wolf251982]

This is one of The Beach Boys first big hits!

[loosenupx3]

lol someone should do a music video with this song and Mung Daal

[dimitrisrocket88]

I think is 1959 first #1 ,not 1961....,but freshhhh !

[TheClam88]

@dimitrisrocket88 this came out in late 1961

[dimitrisrocket88]

@TheClam88 οκ ! Ι was wrong.

[straightedgesteveo]

I have been looking for this song for ages! thanx heaps for posting!

[Tinker2e]

Ms Ellie Mae...Born Free Range Surf DJ!!! Zeuffie too!!

[Tinker2e]

Ellie Mae...Born Free Range Surf DJ!!

[dobrotnik]

just love it! classic...

[beatlejim64]

The beginning....1961....

[MsScottishPride]

i cant believe ANYONE would rate this song down!

[NiggerGotShot]

@MsScottishPride fck u

[nillyvanilla3]

we used to sing this in choir :)

[TicTacCarambar]

Panpantitilipi panpantitilipi ^^

[CaptainBones]

This is one of my favorite Beach Boys songs.

[alloyrat]

How many bo bo dippity in this song? 33!

[hockeygirl1031]

cant find this on limewire =( i <3 the beach boys =)

[Ubermensch18]

So embryonic, awesome.

[RandyAKing]

Who are the lead vocals on this? Is it Mike on lyrics? Who's doing the bo bo dippidy thing?

[borskyviolin]

Mike's doing the bo bo dippity thing.

[wftjet]

Mike is the lead vocal on the verses and the bo bo dippidy

[TheBeachboys4ever]

@RandyAKing Mike is singing lead vocals.

[guitarded78]

wasnt this the first beach boys song. i remember watching some beach boys movie years ago, and murray wilson was pissed at brian for putting the band together

[cottonceena]

@guitarded78 Yes, this was the very first song recorded by the Beach Boys. Carl was only 14 years old. Yes, Murray was often pissed for various reasons.

[landrykkb]

The Beach Boys might never have become icons if Murray Wilson had done it his way all along.

[TheBeachboys4ever]

@landrykkb Respectfully disagree. Murry, dispite all his faults, pushed the boys to get back in the studio to record after the release of "Surfin." Brian, himself, credits his father with their early success.

[landrykkb]

Perhaps Murray Wilson can be credited for the group's initial success,they would have eventually came irrelevant a hell of a lot earler than they did had Murray stayed with them right up until his death.While I respect your opinion,this is my educated opinion.

[TheBeachboys4ever]

@landrykkb Believe me when I say it pains me to have to defend Murry Wilson, but I take Brian at his word. Ultimately, I think Murry was jealous of Brian's talent and success and it became too much to bear for the boys. With that said, Brian invited Murry to numerous studio sessions after he fired him in 1964. Brian's respect for Murry is obvious.

[brabon1]

the very first

and for some reason, none of the guys like it very much

i think it is great

its the link between doowop and surfer music

[monarch1957]

Love this song. I wish todays music had this beat..

[protonenmuffin]

bom bom dippdedipp xD

[6silhouette5]

This song is the first popular song that the Beachboys sang. It was 1961, and everyone in Orange County Cal. wanted to be a surfer. We dressed like them, Pendleton shirts, white levis, and white Converse shoes. We bleached our hair, and started to grow it long. Man, we were cool. Seal Beach, Cal. was the place to learn how to surf. Huntington Beach was the next step, where the better guys surfed.

[Donutsmasher1]

Was the surf in huntington good back then? I just go to Redondo now

[6silhouette5]

@Donutsmasher1 Yes, it was good. Just as now, there were good days and there were not so good days. It was just close to where we lived and it was popular.

[Romulusorion]

@6silhouette5 Great info, man!

[NESherv]

@6silhouette5 No worries, man. None of the Beach Boys were real surfers, either.

:-P

[lamatoe]

@NESherv -- Dennis was, though the only one.

[TheBeachboys4ever]

@NESherv Not true. Dennis was a very accomplished surfer.

[VeryGoodMusicians]

@NESherv Dennis was

[schumickthegreat]

@NESherv in think denis and mike surfed

[sodapopnelson]

@schumickthegreat i watched a documentary on the beach boys and it said that dennis was the only one who surfed

[schumickthegreat]

@sodapopnelson i got 1 out of 2 right though

[Billymarkz]

@6silhouette5

must b pretty old

[SeattleLA]

@6silhouette5 those were the days. I was younger, but even in the late 60s it still was somewhat like that (Redondo)

[2000austins]

@6silhouette5 That's Awesome!

[McSonnyninator]

@6silhouette5 its not like it was just orange county, i remember a lot just in southern california, like LA Santa Monica

[nomiclas]

i've heard several versions of this all from 1962.different endings

[vycadin]

pom pom di di ri di ri

[ArchoSoma]

In my opinion this is the best song they made.

Makes me happy anytime I hear it.

[landrykkb]

It's their best one that is underrated and their best kept secret,I believe!

[5ummerbreeze]

Love this song <3 Thanks for the post!

[vipi120583]

this is the first beach boys' song! (1961)

[rousse61]

A great year, I was born in September of that year, and our great President was born in August...

[mandypjackson]

the beachboys would not exist without mike love

[makkek123]

GAAAAAAAH THIS SONG PWNZ!!

[emmiibaybee13]

this song made me laff so much i was nearly crying...i Love it!

[26highstreet]

a taste of things to come, in fact i think they hit the nail on the head with this there first single

[Hunpet]

Surfin' is the only life the only way for me Now come on pretty baby and surf with me

[stumptacular]

the most impact and money the beach boys ever made was with songs in the spirit of which is encapsulated in "surfin" their very first recording. it has the vocal harmonies, it has the sun sand and surf, and girls, AND cars.... and most of all it sounds great and you want to hear it again. i like the post Pet Sounds stuff just as well amazing artistic growth within such a short amount of time... BW was always working on the NEXT , BEST thing.hallmark of true artistry. thnx 4 posting this

[bigike62]

2 bad they stole this song from chuch berry

[stumptacular]

they took a few pages from the chuck berry book...

but they didnt steal from him, its just how music and art work... you take what works for you from the past and expand on it...

[bigike62]

chuck berry sweet sixteen was made maybe a year older so dont act like it was old aso they stole it if they didnt chuck berry would of never took them to court im just saying the beach boys are good just dont give them credit for this song because it not their song beccause they took it just like elvis and every other famous white artist back in the 60

[OropherThranduil]

you are a jerk, at first this song hasn't anything to do with any chuck berry song, those are surfin usa and fun fun fun, and still they gave those songs so much of their own surf rockin fun sound that they made them their own.

[OropherThranduil]

writing this under a song that has nothing to do with surfin U.S.A is just mundless and DUMB, so shut up shitpickle.

[dogkelp]

Fun, Fun, Fun was not drawn from any Berry song. Brian Wilson idolized Berry and incorporated so much Berry influence into his music that the case was very traumatic for both. Later, though, they reconciled.

[OropherThranduil]

right, that must be why wikipedia says this (and it's also quite easy to hear):

The opening electric guitar introduction of the original version of the song was based on Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode, which was released in 1958.

by the way, berry later told broan that he liked surfin usa.

[landrykkb]

I agree 100%,stumptacular!While Surfin',Surfin' USA,and the like were great songs,they did kind of pigeonhole them as just a California surfing band.The material that followed at least 3 years later had demonstrated their maturity as singers and songwriters.Brian Wilson was always one step ahead when the rest of the band was one behind with the exception of maybe Dennis,who never got the artistic credit he deserved from the masses.

[vynilistic]

I remember buying the "Best Of The Beach Boys, Volume 3" released in 1968 & there it was at the start of Side 2.

[MeAndMyRC]

We forget about THIS 'Surfin', which I happen to like better :)

[6unt3r]

Bom Bom Dit Di Dit Dip

[NiggerGotShot]

@6unt3r douche

[NiggerGotShot]

@6unt3r how about you bom bom dit di dit the fuck outta here

[6unt3r]

@NiggerGotShot aww, are the other kids mean to you?

[eclipse245]

The Beach Boys = Best ever

[Gaabbee1]

This was my favorite Beach Boys song when I would go on Road trips with my family... Goog good times!

[kellyelvis24]

I love this song:D. *sways in chair*!

[7beers]

How fascinating to hear the Beach Boys' first single!

[DickStainy]

The hodaddy's anthem.

[bill012150]

Doo wop surfing music that I haven't heard in decades. This record turned

an 11 year old kid from Brooklyn, NY into

average but avid 58 year old surfer that still manages at least one weekend per month in New Smyrna Beach, Florida . Thanks

so much masterchief601 for posting this.

[beatlejim64]

The beginning....1961...

[azinthalia]

I love this song =]

[Soxlotus]

theres another version of this but thanks for putting this up!

[bertverwoerd]

ilka!

[MrsOlliipop]

hoyyy

[MrsOlliipop]

did ya know that they actually had to cut off 50 seconds at the end of the record, because it was too big to fit on a single? and that this one song, or rather the recording of it, costed more than an entire album :P *they realized this afterwards obviously* Love the song <3 chinchin~

[Abergwyngregyn]

Wating ages for this to be put on,cheers mate!.

[Abergwyngregyn]

I've been waiting ages for someone to put this on,cheers mate!.

[masterchief601]

Anytime.