The Beach Boys - Surfin' USA/Things We Did Last Summer

1963 with David Marks instead of Al Jardine. Hope you like it!

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Music

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• beach
• boys
• surfing
• USA
• summer
• 1963
• wilson
• love
• marks

[blackngoldgal65]

Love those Beach Boys!!! FAR OUT!!

[alnot01]

This clip does a great job of showing the two roots of the Beach Boys: 1950s rock 'n roll (e.g., Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry), sure, but also the 1950s men's singing groups, specifically the 4 Freshmen and the Hi-Los, singing jazz standards, of which Things We Did Last Summer is a beautiful example. The tune is by a real giant: Jules Styne.

[RaPerSiJr]

From left to right: David Marks, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love and Brian Wilson. A super band.

[beatlettese]

I love them ♥ ♥ ♥

[5433429]

the greatest group

[coolsweetgroovy]

David was brought in as Al Jardine's replacement while he was in dental school

[409442]

In the new book The Lost Beach Boy it says that this was an appearance on the Red Skelton show, and they were forced to wear "sailor suits". Murry Wilson also suggested that they choose an "adult" song for their second number so they could capture that audience segment also.

[bwsmyhero]

In an interview, David Marks said that he and Murry Wilson didn't get along. He said he didn't think he should have to carry his own equipment, which was a rule in the band. There was a story about Pete Best being fired from The Beatles because he was good-looking and the others were jealous of the attention he got from girls. But Sir George Martin said Best was fired because he couldn't keep a good beat, and would slow down and speed up too much--in other words, that he was a lousy drummer.

[snoops71]

Very cool!

[LonesomeRob]

Much like Pete Best, It's never been clear about David's departure from the group. Some say he left after a fallout with Murry Wilson,(first manager and father of 3 founding memebers). Others say his folks took him out because he was falling behind in his schoolwork. There's even a story that the others fired David because he was too charming with the girls and hogging all thier attention.hmmm! but unlike Best, Marks has made good amends with his former bandmates and sometimes plays with them.

[laminage]

In his Book Brian Wilson said that he was planning to Fire David Marks and had secretly called Al Jardine from the Road to ask him to rejoin. When David & Murray Wilson (Brian's, Carl's & Dennnis's Father & Manager), kept harassing David, he said "You'd like for me to quit, wouldn't you!" and Murray said: "You heard him say it, he quit!" Yet unlike Pete Best who came out of The Beatles with nothing, David came out of it with something, in the 1980's he got Royalties of $300.000.00 Per Year.

[MOSFET2288]

I guess I should not be surprised. The Beach Boys are great and this video proves that.