this was the first concert I was ever at. I was 14 and my parents took me. , I remember it still. I am 45 now and I have been going to shows ever sence. thanks mom and dad.
I remember seeing this on HBO and I love the Beach Boys, but...this is such a screwed up time for them...Brian was rough, Dennis was 2 years away from death..Carl was trying to keep the band together...the band seemed to be going through the motions amid the chaos...I mean look at poor Dennis standing on the piano! I understand they would often have to mute out the microphones as Brian and Dennis would sing some strange things. Good concert but sad circumstances...
@gladimmeandnotyou That's Bobby Figueroa, who played with them for years. Bobby came in because Dennis injured his hand years before and liked to come up front during the shows at times. Bobby still plays with Al Jardine
Hi, Thanks for these Awesome Clips. Do you have a beach boys performance from 1981 on a cheerleaders competition in which they performed Be True to your school? it was outdoors on a beach in florida i believe. Would love to see it if ya do. Thanks, sharon & eric
@ericp22 I can't say for sure, but I think I do have that somewhere among my hundreds of old VHS tapes I used to throw in whenever something I'd only see once was on.
coked the f up at 00:03 - 00:06 lol
god i wish i was in my teens and early 20's during this period
davidallenroth 4 days ago
11:39.. Soloing with a capo sucks doesn't it? Hahaha
paul7703 6 days ago
this was the first concert I was ever at. I was 14 and my parents took me. , I remember it still. I am 45 now and I have been going to shows ever sence. thanks mom and dad.
thedyemaster 1 month ago
I remember seeing this on HBO and I love the Beach Boys, but...this is such a screwed up time for them...Brian was rough, Dennis was 2 years away from death..Carl was trying to keep the band together...the band seemed to be going through the motions amid the chaos...I mean look at poor Dennis standing on the piano! I understand they would often have to mute out the microphones as Brian and Dennis would sing some strange things. Good concert but sad circumstances...
GREGMCKEE 3 months ago
@GREGMCKEE Saddest is the existence on johnston on the stage playing his toy piano
BeachBoysGuy1 1 month ago
@BeachBoysGuy1 Care to elaborate; Bruce sad existance?
willsrings 3 weeks ago
good thing dennis kept sober for the performance
HarveyBacktheBeatles 3 months ago
I am actually on that video and I am trying to get a copy of it
26bassdrum 3 months ago
What was the name & Date of the HBO special that this was on ?
26bassdrum 4 months ago
i believe Jimmy Page played a song during this concert
stewgotz1 4 months ago
Both Brian and Dennis are there, Dennis didn't play drums on all the songs, he's on Good Timin' here and on piano for Help Me Rhonda.
massF1 6 months ago
Its wrong I was there. Brian was there. Dennis was there. Who is that dude on drums ain't Dennis! Just sayin...
gladimmeandnotyou 6 months ago
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That person on the drums was the great Bobby Figueroa! What a talented guy! Still playing drums for his own band.
Okiemom50 5 months ago
@gladimmeandnotyou That's Bobby Figueroa, who played with them for years. Bobby came in because Dennis injured his hand years before and liked to come up front during the shows at times. Bobby still plays with Al Jardine
weasleychick 3 weeks ago
That's what it said on the credits, I taped it off HBO in 1981.
massF1 6 months ago
This is not the 1980 show. Bullshit
gladimmeandnotyou 6 months ago
Wow! How about that performance by Carl on Good Timin'? Fantastic!
jchapman1975 6 months ago
this is a great "live" band...blow todays geeks and ignorant rappers off the map
ChiroQuacker 6 months ago
Great Historical Performance...Those were The Best 4th Of Julys in DC...Beach Boys are America's Band.
musicmatty67 6 months ago
The Beach Boys, America and the 4th of July -- how could it get any better???
dlpine71 7 months ago
This is great. I grew up going to the Beach Boys 4th of July shows on the National Mall, brings back good memories.
mamaygr 7 months ago
I probably do have that clip, I taped everything they were on when Brian was back on board.
massF1 9 months ago
@massF1 cool. could you upload it if ya come across it? Thanks.
ericp22 9 months ago
Hi, Thanks for these Awesome Clips. Do you have a beach boys performance from 1981 on a cheerleaders competition in which they performed Be True to your school? it was outdoors on a beach in florida i believe. Would love to see it if ya do. Thanks, sharon & eric
ericp22 9 months ago
@ericp22 I can't say for sure, but I think I do have that somewhere among my hundreds of old VHS tapes I used to throw in whenever something I'd only see once was on.
massF1 6 months ago
cool stuff - what other Beach Boys concerts do you have?...
hellomcflyy 9 months ago