The Beach Boys, The Return of Brian Wilson

Brain Wilson returns to the stage with the Beach Boys performing his first solo with the band since the 60's.

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[Helen25243]

Good to hear personal accounts of stories of the BBs. The buzz must have been incredible

[dpeters]

@Helen25243 thanks! it really was a night to remember... I wish I had remembered all facts. hehe! Luckily other commenters here have done a great job of getting the story right. I think many of us felt the buzz of something special happening and the BB didn't disappoint. I wanted to get this on video before I lose what's left of my memory! :-))

[BeachBoysGuy1]

The late Dr. Eugene Landy was the guy putting his shirt on. James Watt was the Sec of the Interior, who didn't want the group to play in DC on 7/4 because they were a ' hard rock" band !! Raegan came to the group's defense. Raegan also gave special permission to bury Dennis at sea in 1983.He drowned in Marina Del Ray after having jumped off his old boat, "Harmony". Are you sure Dennis sang " He Ain't Heavy" ?? He rarely sang anything except " You are so beautiful".

John Hunter Phillips

[dpeters]

Thanks for filling in the blanks. Maybe I need Dr Landy to help me too. You may be right about the song... in my mind it was Aint He heavy but you know how memories are. The reason I recorded this is so that i will remember in the future and have something my daughter can watch after I join Dennis at sea.

[RonRizzy]

It was cabinet member and Secretary of the Interior James Watt. He wanted "Wayne Newton" in for a July 4th D.C. beach parties as he felt he was more of a "cleaner" image. He thought the BB's would draw "wrong crowds" and "druggies" and the like, obviously NOT knowing them. It was Ronald and Nancy that basically stepped in, went PUBLIC about it, and told James Watt to, in a sense, go fuck himself, WE'RE bringing in the Beach Boys! And, what a day it was - but that's what TRULY happened.

[dpeters]

You're right! Thanks for getting the facts straight. I missed most of that show as I was in a helicopter shooting completely unusable footage.

[frankietrent]

It was Reagan who praised the Beach Boys after his Secretary of the Interior, James Watt, said they attracted the wrong element to the National Mall. I also remember as a teenager watching one of Reagan's fireside chats and he was chastising the repressive Soviet government while at the same time stating that our two peoples had much in common. As an example of the "best of American culture" he referenced "the music of the Beach Boys".

[spacepatrolman]

@Helen25243 it was james watt the secretary of the interior who stopped the beach boys from performing at the capitol on the 4th of july nancy reagen liked them and ronald reagan told watt to cool it [ millions of votes could be lost ] and invited the beach boys to the white house [ they were invited before, for tricia nixons wedding but they were booked someplace else so the turtles did it ] .

[denniswilsonfan]

I came looking for a beach boys video, maybe you should change the title. I mean it is rather misleading.

[IainB1511]

@BeachBoysGuy1 If my memory serves it was not Harmony that Dennis was diving off. He had lost Harmony due to not meeting the payments, his manager apparently had worked something out for Dennis to get the boat back and he visited his dock mate at Marina delRay and began diving off his boat retrieving things he had thrown off Harmony. RIP Dennis you were the beach boys heart, Carl their soul and Brian their brain, 

[alienhuman]

Instead of telling the story, why not show the tape?

[pmoyer50]

As I recollect, it was Nancy (just say no) Reagan who defended them by saying her children were weaned on their music. Even people I dislike can sometimes agree with me. And I agree with the Hmmmmmm person. However! A big one too . . . their popularity increased before the Reagan years. A few good songs from that era. Mainly Funky Pretty and a few other Brian endeavors. The new ears to be reached got off on what they heard. That new generation enjoyed Brian's creations too. We and they live.

[ianmcgeachy]

Thanks for this ....interesting stuff.

[iferraro]

yes, not sure what this dink is talking about but Reagan loved the Baech Boys and his stupid Secretary is the one who banned them from playing the National Mall.