Shutdown is in the classic early Beach Boys format i.e Surfing Song on the one side and Car Song on the other. The first of this genera was their first Top 40 Hit in 1962 (Surfin Safari on one side and 409 on the other). The Beach Boys are actually singing this live (no Dick Clark dubovers). They studied how to harmonize from older groups like the 4 Aces. A collector car magazine in the 1980's ran the models side by side and it wasn't close (the 413 won).
The little 327cid Fuelie in a little Stingray vs a big ole 413cid wedge in a big SS Dodge (probably a Polara)... Those were the days. I can never see a race between a Vette and a Super Stock-ish Dodge race, both of early 60s vintages I think of this...and I see it fairly often to my surprise, I expect Vettes to race Vettes.
I think that there is no band in the usa history which represents better the teenagers' likes wishes, interests like the beach boys, they sang about cars, first crushes, surf, the drive in, dance, the night life, all the things that all the american bands keep on singing today... the difference is that they wrote them forty years ago, that's the reason they sound so fresh today, probabley chuck berry was the pioneer, but the beach boys carried the torch better
ok. like i said since i don't play i don't know all the brand names of guitars and had never heard of the Jag, but seems to have been popular with the serf music crowd. found out from a friend who does play that a Jag was used on Pipeline.
wouldn't know that kind of Jag if it came up and growled at me. i'd never heard of one(since i only play in my mind) untill the last few months. whatever the make i have never heard one that sounded like the rhythum guitar. it was one of THE MAIN THINGS i loved about their music.
@oldermusiclover All three guitars are Fenders, the centre one is almost definitely a Fender Jaguar. You can Google a picture of one to check if I'm correct.
@oldermusiclover Since last answer I found this: *Carl Wilson used a '62 Jaguar on Surfin' USA, Shut Down, and I Get Around but he used a '61 Strat on Surfin' Safari.
I have a '63 Jaguar and it sounds exactly like that (both pickups on/strangle switch off).*
So my identification of "Fender Jaguar" was almost definitely correct
"he's hot with ram induction but its understood, i got a fuel injected engine sittin' under my hood."
I just love hot rod songs so much. nobody does hot rod songs anymore. i guess because cars nowadays aren't interesting. the cars had personality. look at the checkered flag crossed with a chevrolet flag emblem. then the engine size under it, like 427, 396, 327 etc. Mopar with the six-pack and the superbirds and roadrunners. cars used to be fun to work on too.
@RonsBestofHollywood And in reality, being 66 years old and SuperStock drag racer from the sixties, I can assure you, without a doubt, that a 1964 dual quad 413 SS/A Dodge/TorqueFlite would absolutely SHIT on an injected small block Corvette.
By the way this was taped March 14, 1964. I was 9 days old, that just blows me away. I think Fun, Fun, Fun was number 1 the week I was born, fascinating stuff.
Beach Boys songs, especially early ones tended to be short, always left you wanting to hear more. Pure genius at work here. I always like to watch Dennis play the drums, he did it with such passion, he's really into it, even in the later years. If you have ever seen video of their concert in Knebworth England, circa 1980 I believe, you will know what I mean.
just wanted to thank the guys who straightened me out on the nature of the drag race here... i knew a little, but misunderstood some too...thanks for the more informed folks who filled me and everyone else viewing this in....
@blinkjoeboy it is supposed to be ive got a fuel injected engine sitting under my hood but it sounds like he is singing ive got a fuel injected stingray sitting under my hood ask
I absolutely adore Brian, the BBs and all their music, but being a Scottish girl, have to admit I have absolutely no idea what they are singing about in this particular song! :S
@KreeshaMe it is a straight-line race between two automobiles on the public streets. these "drag races" or what the law calls "pre-arranged street racing" were very common in the 60's and 70's. generally the race was 1/4 mile long. a very short course to see whose car could achieve top speed first. an extreme version of this sort of racing was for "pink slips" which was a slang term for the Titles of Ownership of the vehicles. You lose the race, you lose your vehicle!
@revpgesq its not 2 corvettes its a vette verses a 413 dodge which wouldnt usually happen becaues they woudnt race in the same class the vette is a sports car unless it was a run off for top eliminator
@rhjh66 no, the engine in the Dodge was a 413. the song is describing a street race between a corvette and a dodge. in real life however, the dodge would have beaten the vette.
@KreeshaMe A drag race between two Chevrolet Corvettes is described in this song, with very specific and sometimes slang references to aspects of the vehicles and their engines, etc. I always thought someone would do a rap version of this song. it almost sounds like a rap to me.
@revpgesq I believe the race they are referring to is between a fuel injected Vette and a Dodge Dart with a 413... It had a "Ram inducted" engine, which you still find on Pontiac Grand Am and Grand Prix.. That's why he says, "Super stock Dart is flying out in mo, but my fuel injected Stingray's really startin' to go"... "He's hot with Ram Induction but it's understood, I got a fuel injected engine sittin' under my hood"
Was this from a British TV show? I notice they're clapping "on the beat" like they often do in England. Elton John even makes fun of this with his song "Bennie and the Jets."
Mike was the hot rodder of the group the 409 was tapped in front of the wilsons home on a sunday morning , we lived around the corner from them. I loved setting on the curb and just listing except when the oldman went off on the boys and he could be a ass he got my friend John Perky fired on his paper route couse he got a wet paper one time.
sorry, not too familiar with the Ramones music. I do believe they are in the rock and roll hall of fame for some reason. however Neil Sedaka isn't.. who said life was fair and just?.
@vettefool Ramones were essentially the beginners of punk but had a more leather jackets/chuck taylor sneakers geek look. Ramones in the early years really sounded like a 70s version of a 60s surf band.
@vettefool they played stuff live in "overdrive" when they had amped up crowds - they came *this* close to inventing Ramones style punk - like - if they added some distortion to this and sped it up just a touch more - but you can see the lineage for sure....
Funny part that really makes me laugh...Brian seems to be having fun on this one as @ 0:22, it looks like he really got "tickled" for a moment and giggled while singing...too cute!!!
Sounds very much like "Johnny B. Goode"
Korn1holio 5 days ago
Shutdown is in the classic early Beach Boys format i.e Surfing Song on the one side and Car Song on the other. The first of this genera was their first Top 40 Hit in 1962 (Surfin Safari on one side and 409 on the other). The Beach Boys are actually singing this live (no Dick Clark dubovers). They studied how to harmonize from older groups like the 4 Aces. A collector car magazine in the 1980's ran the models side by side and it wasn't close (the 413 won).
260SUNBEAMTIGER 2 weeks ago
The little 327cid Fuelie in a little Stingray vs a big ole 413cid wedge in a big SS Dodge (probably a Polara)... Those were the days. I can never see a race between a Vette and a Super Stock-ish Dodge race, both of early 60s vintages I think of this...and I see it fairly often to my surprise, I expect Vettes to race Vettes.
SCBianchi 3 weeks ago
denny>ringo
weareglaciers 3 weeks ago
I think that there is no band in the usa history which represents better the teenagers' likes wishes, interests like the beach boys, they sang about cars, first crushes, surf, the drive in, dance, the night life, all the things that all the american bands keep on singing today... the difference is that they wrote them forty years ago, that's the reason they sound so fresh today, probabley chuck berry was the pioneer, but the beach boys carried the torch better
jmactemin 4 weeks ago
ok. like i said since i don't play i don't know all the brand names of guitars and had never heard of the Jag, but seems to have been popular with the serf music crowd. found out from a friend who does play that a Jag was used on Pipeline.
oldermusiclover 1 month ago
wouldn't know that kind of Jag if it came up and growled at me. i'd never heard of one(since i only play in my mind) untill the last few months. whatever the make i have never heard one that sounded like the rhythum guitar. it was one of THE MAIN THINGS i loved about their music.
oldermusiclover 1 month ago
does anyone know what kind of rhythum guitar they used. never heard one quite like it
oldermusiclover 1 month ago
@oldermusiclover All three guitars are Fenders, the centre one is almost definitely a Fender Jaguar. You can Google a picture of one to check if I'm correct.
DelTangBrav 1 month ago
@oldermusiclover Since last answer I found this: *Carl Wilson used a '62 Jaguar on Surfin' USA, Shut Down, and I Get Around but he used a '61 Strat on Surfin' Safari.
I have a '63 Jaguar and it sounds exactly like that (both pickups on/strangle switch off).*
So my identification of "Fender Jaguar" was almost definitely correct
DelTangBrav 1 month ago
Yes they do write songs like this. You're just listening to the wrong station:
"'68 Camero Candyapple Red
4-speed transmission,
Chrome Heads.
Rev 'er up
And She casts a spell
Somethings under Heaven
Are Just Cooler 'N Hell"
"Cooler 'N Hell......... Ray Wiley Hubbard
TheTexasWestern 1 month ago
"he's hot with ram induction but its understood, i got a fuel injected engine sittin' under my hood."
I just love hot rod songs so much. nobody does hot rod songs anymore. i guess because cars nowadays aren't interesting. the cars had personality. look at the checkered flag crossed with a chevrolet flag emblem. then the engine size under it, like 427, 396, 327 etc. Mopar with the six-pack and the superbirds and roadrunners. cars used to be fun to work on too.
checkfoldcallraise 1 month ago
tight...
mcwhiteface 2 months ago
@RonsBestofHollywood And in reality, being 66 years old and SuperStock drag racer from the sixties, I can assure you, without a doubt, that a 1964 dual quad 413 SS/A Dodge/TorqueFlite would absolutely SHIT on an injected small block Corvette.
CrudeDude 2 months ago
hot rod music. sweet
rob99rst 2 months ago
this should be the theme song for the show bait car.
weareglaciers 2 months ago
By the way this was taped March 14, 1964. I was 9 days old, that just blows me away. I think Fun, Fun, Fun was number 1 the week I was born, fascinating stuff.
82pjs 2 months ago
Beach Boys songs, especially early ones tended to be short, always left you wanting to hear more. Pure genius at work here. I always like to watch Dennis play the drums, he did it with such passion, he's really into it, even in the later years. If you have ever seen video of their concert in Knebworth England, circa 1980 I believe, you will know what I mean.
82pjs 2 months ago 2
@82pjs Brian, was the Genius even though his DAD drove him crazy Bless his heart the only Wilson brother left ! R I P Dennis & Carl . Gone too soon
LeoNurse2007 2 months ago
The Beach Boys are effortless genius...they will never be duplicated
flgal88 3 months ago
no wonder so many groups say they don't try to cover Beach Boys stuff, it's too hard for them
michaelmayer94 4 months ago
Mike "do the mashed potatoes" Love
recordguy4321 4 months ago
I heard that giggle. Thanks for a great moment. Somehow I knew he would laugh like a girl :)
alburtise 4 months ago
just wanted to thank the guys who straightened me out on the nature of the drag race here... i knew a little, but misunderstood some too...thanks for the more informed folks who filled me and everyone else viewing this in....
revpgesq 4 months ago
1:12..."I got a fuel injected sittin sittin' under my hood." Thumbs up if you heard Mike Love eff up the lyrics on the first listen.
blinkjoeboy 5 months ago
@blinkjoeboy it is supposed to be ive got a fuel injected engine sitting under my hood but it sounds like he is singing ive got a fuel injected stingray sitting under my hood ask
spacepatrolman 4 months ago
beatles before beatles
1skullduggery 5 months ago
Nice seeing Mike on sax, simple as the break is.
peterp21 6 months ago
God, this fucking rocks.
onlinemonikers 6 months ago
Thanks very much for responding! :D
KreeshaMe 6 months ago
I absolutely adore Brian, the BBs and all their music, but being a Scottish girl, have to admit I have absolutely no idea what they are singing about in this particular song! :S
KreeshaMe 6 months ago
@KreeshaMe it is a straight-line race between two automobiles on the public streets. these "drag races" or what the law calls "pre-arranged street racing" were very common in the 60's and 70's. generally the race was 1/4 mile long. a very short course to see whose car could achieve top speed first. an extreme version of this sort of racing was for "pink slips" which was a slang term for the Titles of Ownership of the vehicles. You lose the race, you lose your vehicle!
revpgesq 6 months ago
@revpgesq its not 2 corvettes its a vette verses a 413 dodge which wouldnt usually happen becaues they woudnt race in the same class the vette is a sports car unless it was a run off for top eliminator
spacepatrolman 4 months ago
@spacepatrolman the 4.13s are the rear end
rhjh66 3 months ago
@rhjh66 no, the engine in the Dodge was a 413. the song is describing a street race between a corvette and a dodge. in real life however, the dodge would have beaten the vette.
aggieandkeith 2 months ago
@KreeshaMe A drag race between two Chevrolet Corvettes is described in this song, with very specific and sometimes slang references to aspects of the vehicles and their engines, etc. I always thought someone would do a rap version of this song. it almost sounds like a rap to me.
revpgesq 6 months ago
@revpgesq I believe the race they are referring to is between a fuel injected Vette and a Dodge Dart with a 413... It had a "Ram inducted" engine, which you still find on Pontiac Grand Am and Grand Prix.. That's why he says, "Super stock Dart is flying out in mo, but my fuel injected Stingray's really startin' to go"... "He's hot with Ram Induction but it's understood, I got a fuel injected engine sittin' under my hood"
37revmo 6 months ago
It just makes you want to dance! Now this is some rock 'n' roll everyone has to hear...
TheVividRainbow 6 months ago
Was this from a British TV show? I notice they're clapping "on the beat" like they often do in England. Elton John even makes fun of this with his song "Bennie and the Jets."
wftjet 6 months ago
Mike was the hot rodder of the group the 409 was tapped in front of the wilsons home on a sunday morning , we lived around the corner from them. I loved setting on the curb and just listing except when the oldman went off on the boys and he could be a ass he got my friend John Perky fired on his paper route couse he got a wet paper one time.
securitycat11 6 months ago
good fun, every song is a hit, totally awesome!!!
damanfrom808 7 months ago
going to see them on sunday the casino july 31
paul196249 7 months ago
I like the laughter of Brian hahahahaha <3 Aww I Love Brian :3
Beatlemaniacaa1 8 months ago
sorry, not too familiar with the Ramones music. I do believe they are in the rock and roll hall of fame for some reason. however Neil Sedaka isn't.. who said life was fair and just?.
vettefool 8 months ago
@vettefool Ramones were essentially the beginners of punk but had a more leather jackets/chuck taylor sneakers geek look. Ramones in the early years really sounded like a 70s version of a 60s surf band.
peterp21 6 months ago
EPIC Scream at 0:22
Hope2009pc 8 months ago
Stupendous!!
Hope2009pc 9 months ago
does anyone no what chords al is playing?
justinkendle 10 months ago
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does any ono what chords al is playing?
justinkendle 10 months ago
does no what chords al is playing?
justinkendle 10 months ago
there must have been a time limit on their appearance since they played twice as fast as the original record.
vettefool 10 months ago 4
@vettefool they played stuff live in "overdrive" when they had amped up crowds - they came *this* close to inventing Ramones style punk - like - if they added some distortion to this and sped it up just a touch more - but you can see the lineage for sure....
hellomcflyy 8 months ago
i turned my speakers all the way up and im BLARING it out my neighbors are dancing lol
PeteAndJakee 1 year ago 4
Funny part that really makes me laugh...Brian seems to be having fun on this one as @ 0:22, it looks like he really got "tickled" for a moment and giggled while singing...too cute!!!
cherokeeangel01 1 year ago 15
@cherokeeangel01 he was probably high as fuck!
crakker321 7 months ago
actually its a dance from the 60s called the pony
innerlightmarin 1 year ago
Mike love's dance is cool!!! :)
VagnerSinclair 1 year ago
Looks like Mike Love invented the moonwalk in 1964.......
1973teledeluxe 2 years ago 48
@1973teledeluxe
Looks more like the running man (dance from the 90's)
75DrummerBoy 1 year ago
@1973teledeluxe I know
valkour22 9 months ago