That dude is better than some rock drummers today. Never lost the pace with all those runs. Even in some of my favorite bands today, sometimes the drummer can't replicate his studio drumming live, and sometimes they lose the beat when the song changes tempo.
Look at what can be done on such a small, ordinary drum-set. It's not the drum-set, it's the drummer ...... the same is true of any instrument ...... you could have given Jimi Hendrix a generic, $200 electric guitar, and he would have sounded great. If you give a beginning guitarist a brand-new Gibson Les Paul guitar with a 350-Watt amplifier that has reverb, tremolo, and a distortion pedal, he's going to sound like a beginning guitarist.
My dad was based in Okinawa during most of the 60's. I was 11 years old when he took me to this concert. It was so memorable I will never forget it. Dad served 2 tours in Vietnam and retired in 1979. He went on to live another 20 amazing years before passing in his sleep in 1998. Thanks dad, will never forget what you did for your country or for mom and me. RIP Lt. Colonel Robert J. Arbuckle III.
@@downtownbillyandthenewjivefive He was a medic in Korea, and became a doctor. He served 2 tours in Vietnam saving lives and reattaching arms, legs, feet and hands. Anymore questions?
That is one TIGHT band! Even to achieve that is incredible given the complexity of what they are all doing. Even the bass player is shredding! I've known this tune all my life but had never seen them. This really is incredible stuff.
Yea I'd hate tp be an all you can eat restaurant owner after these guys got off stage. I just turned60 and my brain no longer moves that fast, but my hearing still does!
In 1966, I went this tour in Japan (Kousei-nenkin Kaikan in Shinjyuku, Tokyo) when I was a Junior in high school. The Ventures have making tour in Japan for almost 60 years even members have changed. I go back to Japan couple times a year and in 2015 at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo, I saw Don Wilson in person. We had short but great conversation and he presented to me a pack of guitar picks with the Ventures name on it which became my treasure. Later, I found that 2015 was Don’s last tours in Japan before he retired. The Ventures composed many songs for Japanese singers and almost all of those became big hit in Japanese market. I wish those great songs should be released in the U.S.A.
When kids still listened to great music! I wish I was born in these great days.. Now it’s a bunch of guys who seemingly ate their own tongues and call it rap „music“.
As an amateur longtime jammer I’m always amazed how few actually look at the drummer who really in most cases is leading the band. Someone else can be band leader but the drummer literally drives and stears the tune.
@@tjsogmc 2 to 1 in the 60s, but the fabs have probably sold more there since. However Japan chose one foreign rock band to honor for the contributions to Japanese culture, and it wasn’t John Paul George and Ringo it was the V’s!
When "Wipeout" first came out, it was the goal of every drummer in the high school band to play it. They were constantly practicing in the cafeteria, hallways, classrooms, parking lot....drove the rest of us crazy !
@@edwardgarner1299 you are brain injured? This is a surf song but it's NOT using a surf guitar sound.. it's using a rock,rock a Billy sound. Go listen to the original surfaris doing wipeout. The ventures always like to change sounds. BTW,what ARE you talking about? You ai?
Back in 67 when I was playing drums in my band it was this version of wipeout I did. The surfaris got the band to learn the song but in the end it was the Ventures Wipe Out we loved best. 🥁🎶
Yes, it is but please don’t give The Ventures credit for the song. It goes to a bunch of teenaged boys from Glendora, California called The Surfaris. I’m so tired of The Ventures getting credit for the song.
@Leon thecat I absolutely love finding walkers like you who act like you have left your mark in music history..... What do you mean you've done fuck all ????
and you forgot 1 ride. when this came out nobody had done a drum solo yet in the new rock n roll (which predates rock and metal).they all did a great job on this. we tried to play the drum solo on everything, car hoods, desks in school, stop signs, little brothers...
jUST lOVE IT! Venture Forever My first LP was Walk Don't Run 64. That was 60 years ago as a 14 year old and I still LOVE them at 74! Sixties music ROCKS!
I've known of the song and have heard it, but it's taken me 10 years (ok, 1 day less) since it was posted here to see it and hear it like this. Now I have to look up the band and match the names to the performers. As for the staging, you are absolutely correct. I think the main camera was probably just locked into position. These days with all the cuts in a video you can't focus on the performer b4 the camera cuts away.
And the best part is that this number was originally improvised in the recording studio after they were asked what they wanted to put on the B-side of the single.
Yep……suit and tie and playing for the love of the craft not the money……..way to little of that. Good to see some classic R/R…..This is definitely classic R/R at its finest!!!
Totally agree ... 70-80s were the worst where they excessively over-laced cheap visual effects to probably try and simulate intoxicated hallucinations ... totally ruined the visual live performance
Excellent job of cinematography, but if you watch Japanese samurai films from the 60s they are pristine over 50 years later, even by today's standards.
@Nikol S. Ervant i don't see how is that so. I both like black metal and surf rock and to be real it sounds very similar. If you play some black metal riffs without distorsion it sounds like surf rock and vice versa.
Crazy how ahead of it's time this is. Listen to that bass line and his tone is unbelievable! Drumming is fantastic. Very heavy distorted sound for 1965. Crazy good rhythm guitar player. I might have watched this video 100 times. This is not a silly surf rock song, this is incredibly influential music that showed how the scene would be changing in the years to come. Hard to believe this was recorded in 65. Just outstanding!
Andrew Velonis I think all TV shows like this Japanese Tv show always have guest who play live just have pretty much clear stage as to only focus on the performers.
This is the best version of Wipeout ever recorded, between Nokie's insane guitar playing, Mel's intense drumming, Wilson's abrasive raking, and Bob's almost 'sonic youth' sounding bass parts, nobody was playing like this in 1966. This is really the first Punk music.
@@firestriker3580 You are joking, right? What "artist" today plays their own instruments. 100 years from now, they'll be listening to this. Today's "artists?" LOL
There is no over-driven bass. That's just the way a Mosrite sounds. Bogle, after switching to bass, ended up being the first great, aggressive rock bass player. John Entwistle was on the scene at the same time, but he wasn't quite as good as Bogle yet. Bob's double-picking segments here make the song. Also, go and listen to the original recording of "Walk, Don't Run" from 1960 when Nokie Edwards was still on bass, and then listen to the version from this 1966 concert with Bogle on bass. Edwards may have been twice the guitar player Bogle was, but Bogle was ten times the bass player Edwards was, so the two of them switching instruments was a stroke of genius.
@@ebookpioneers It sounds overdriven because he was using a guitar amp and cab like every bassist did back then. You had to dime everything so you could be heard and a open back guitar cab let the speakers shred. Through a SVT and cab a Mosrite can sound mellow
@@hdracerr Putting a bass through a guitar amp does not make it distorted. Yes, many bass guitarists used regular guitar amps in the 60's. Almost none of them are over-driving the signal. Do you know how hard it is to get a Showman to distort? I'm sorry, but this _is_ the Mosrite sound. Can you cut the highs and mellow it out? Sure, but that certainly wouldn't work in surf music.
Because of the Ventures I was the only kid on my block who could play Wipeout until I was fourteen and I saw Jimi Hendrix then I decided I wanted I wanted to play guitar. I still listen to The Ventures to this day at the ripe age of 61. I've had all of their albums and Actually got to see them in Detroit I and got each one to sign their album for me. They were a fantastic live band.
One of my brothers is a drummer and he was part of an arts programme that brought musicians to teach in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory in Australia. He was astounded that the children in every community wanted to learn to play Wipeout!
The most universal drum solo of all time. In the 60"s everybody aspired to play Wipeout. It's almost cliqued,,we 'd play it on our desks at school ,in the drum & bugle bands everywhere. If someone had a drumset the question was always, can you play Wipeout?
Buddy Rich fans who may look down their noses at simple, single-stroke rolls like these would be totally missing the point. For one thing, it's not easy to play those showcase-type solo rolls smoothly enough to sound impressive, and the touch has to be just right- heavy-handed, yes, but it must be absolutely consistent. It's a major feature of the piece, and Mel Taylor is totally in the groove, here.
Good drumming is good drumming whoever or whatever the music. I thought there were paradiddles being played also which are mixing double strokes with single strokes and make for a more musical beautiful dynamic ..!
Yes, I believe you're right, during at least one of the many drum breaks, Taylor breaks from the simple single strokes to keep it interesting and fresh. He holds the sticks jazz-style; not match-stick, so he's likely to have had some jazz training, although, of course he's rockin' it here, and this is strictly a rock band- although a VERY tight one.
@@catkeys6911 "He holds the sticks jazz-style; not match-stick" Jazz Style? Are you serious? No, that's the traditional drum grip that we are all taught, and teach to beginners. It originated from playing Field Drums, which makes it easier to play a drum when you are carrying it at your side, like in a parade. The overhand grip would just not be practical.
@@legion1a Yes, I'm serious. It's just a way of distinguishing that snare style from "match stick" (as the OTHER way of playing the snare is often referred to). I know it wasn't actually CREATED for jazz, but it's commonly associated with that type of music. More rock drummers play match-stick than do jazz drummers.
Fire-breathing virtuosity, not a single note out of place and time, groove blowing the roof off... I must find my lower jaw, should be somewhere on the floor
@IngLouisSchreurs I'm curious, which notes are you referring to? I'm a musician who plays all of the above instruments and I listened very closely (although just two times and not more).
@Leon thecat From Wikipedia: "Due to semantic widening, a broader sense of the word "song" may refer to instrumentals, such as Mendelssohn's 19th century Songs Without Words pieces for solo piano." So eat a sack, you argumentative little stain. Genres
In '66 it was dirty R "n" R that counter culture beach bums & hippie types would listen to. In 2020 its innocent & kinda light weight music that squares would listen to.
I lived in Yokohama when The Ventures played in Tokyo. I was just 9 years old. I literally cried because my parents would not let me go to this show. After all these years I finally get a glimpse of what I missed.
that's all one needs, remember it's the drummer not the kit so Neal Peart can go to hades where he belongs. My hero since i was 15 in 65 was Mel Taylor R I P
His brother, of course, is Larry Taylor, of Canned Heat. Larry has also done a lot of work with Tom Waits. There's a good Larry Taylor interview floating around on the soundcloud these days.
@buck ewer The Ventures drummer has more talent in his hands then you do in your tennie weenie. - DRUM! Magazine --50 Most Important Drummers Of All Time - MEL TAYLOR. "Keith Moon cited The Ventures In Space as one of his favorite records". I'll take Keith Moon's opinion over some moron named Buck. Who's NOT on the list..? Some moron named Buck.
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@Doug Fernandes Yea man I couldn't agree more. War is wonderful. Think about how many friends America could make if we just started by dropping nuclear bombs on everyone.
On everyone?? really? is that the best you've got? i can think of a few places that would make the world a better place if a nuke or two was dropped on them.
Man I love this music, very grateful for this post - some people hear them and say “what no lyrics?” (I normally don’t speak to them again) but they influenced so many great great musicians, they deserve far more credit than they get, even in most rock roots type reviews. Nothing like em.
I agree - when I hear vocals, in general, it is just a minor instrument in the overall sound. In my opinion, vocals hardly ever 'make' a song, but often can cheapen a song. If you hear something different, then, you are probably more into singing and less into the overall music. There is nothing wrong with that, just not me.
Some people say “what no lyrics?” WTF? are they unfamiliar with the CONCEPT of an "instrumental". Just in rock, are they unaware of Link Wray's "Rumble"? Booker T & The M.G.'s "Green Onions" or The Shadows' "Apache"?!? SHIT, Don't let them know about Ragtime, Jazz or Classical music. 🤦♂️
@@Zuxiasunicorn yes, i always thought that was the lyric. Never use more words than you need to create the image was what I was always taught in poetry classes.
Mosrite city with a blonde Fender backing wall, and Gretsch drums getting the $hit beat out of them...what's not to like? Nihonjin was hontou ni gitaa ongaku ga dai suki mitai...
I owned a 1966 Mosrite Venturers model with a Mosrite/Bigsby trem. Used to play it through a 64 super reverb. In 1978 I got the amp for $200 and the gtr for $75. After owning them for 10 years, I got $200 for the amp and $75 for the gtr. Worth a bit more now.
Taking what you said out of romanji as well as a few quick fixes and a translation for those who dont know. 日本人は本当にギターのおんがく大好きです. The みたい doesnt quite work there iirc. And quick translation: Looks like the japanese love guitar music :p
Had the great pleasure of meeting Mel Taylor in '65 during a break midway through their show. I was with a couple buddies and he just came over to us and started chatting like we were old friends. What a warm, genuine and interesting guy and we still talk about that night all these years later. Well, at least the two of us that are still around.
@@vernonsteinkamp1088 Cool. I love the sound of the old maple set that Charlie Watts plays. It takes at least a couple grand to get thatsound in DW, which are great drums. Charlie's have never been touched.
68 as well. I remember when this came out, all of our friends tried to play whatever we had around because nobody had drums. A few of us could do it but ran out of gas before the end of the song. Fond memories.
The original theme used in the show was written by Morton Stevens and recorded by the CBS Orchestra, you can hear it here: th-cam.com/video/KR8RHBXjMlE/w-d-xo.html. A later version recorded by The Ventures was used on the show and was also hugely successful in the charts. Even in that version, the bass is actually played by Carol Kaye - the greatest bass player you never heard of!
1:38 the guitarist looks to the other guitarist and smiles. They musta been feeling proud of themselves. Playing in Japan had to have a been a massive deal back then. Most people couldn't even afford to travel there.
Back in the 60's there was a garage band in my neighborhood that used to practice every Friday night. They would always play "Wipeout" and "G-L-O-R-I-A, Gloria."
@Andreas Sims It's known as Surf Music. And during that time period it was what defined the "California Sound". The sun and surf scene that is and WAS California in '63. I'm not sure what you mean by " that rhythm section". 🤔They were an instrumental group. They were their own "rhythm section" I grew up in the 60's with this music playing in the background. Guess you had to be there. ✌🏻😎
George B in saying “rhythm section” I was referring to their incredibly tight drum and bass rhythm. Also, I wasn’t around in the 60’s but I’m very familiar with surf music. I play surf guitar myself
George B the rhythm section in the Ventures is the drums and bass. It’s the part of the band that keeps time and establishes the beat or rhythm. The guitars are chordal, they mark the chord progressions.
Van Halen was the same. Everybody went nuts over Eddie's guitar, but it would have been nothing without Alex and Anthony laying down a solid rhythm. Bob is often the most underrated member, but without his base it all falls apart.
@@liamconroy3731 I'm Independent, and there is no one as stupid as the gullible, f[R]ightened Bigots that elected Orange "[R]etarded Hitle[R]" the lying [R]apist, President.
It’s very sad to think that all four of the musicians on stage are no longer with us. Nokie Edwards (Lead Guitar): 1935-2018 Don Wilson (Rhythm Guitar): 1933-2022 Bob Bogle (Bass): 1934-2009 Mel Taylor (Drums): 1933-1996
"Oh, you're in a band? What do you play?"
"Lead drums."
And do so wearing a suit!
Lol😂
That dude is better than some rock drummers today. Never lost the pace with all those runs. Even in some of my favorite bands today, sometimes the drummer can't replicate his studio drumming live, and sometimes they lose the beat when the song changes tempo.
This sounds exactly the same in Japanese!
Agreed, lol
Roflmfao
Not quite right, in Japan they use chopsticks. Not the same sound at all, more choppy.
I would have preferred it with subtitles
A good laugh thanks
Look at what can be done on such a small, ordinary drum-set. It's not the drum-set, it's the drummer ...... the same is true of any instrument ...... you could have given Jimi Hendrix a generic, $200 electric guitar, and he would have sounded great. If you give a beginning guitarist a brand-new Gibson Les Paul guitar with a 350-Watt amplifier that has reverb, tremolo, and a distortion pedal, he's going to sound like a beginning guitarist.
You are absolutely right!
The captains of obvious observations. Well done gentleman.
@@chrisdraughn5941 52 people gave the post a thumbs-up. Unfortunately, you seem to have a thumb up your ass. Good luck getting it out.
Best set in Rock. Charlie Watts!
Buddy rich@@ImOnAJourney
My dad was based in Okinawa during most of the 60's. I was 11 years old when he took me to this concert. It was so memorable I will never forget it. Dad served 2 tours in Vietnam and retired in 1979. He went on to live another 20 amazing years before passing in his sleep in 1998. Thanks dad, will never forget what you did for your country or for mom and me. RIP Lt. Colonel Robert J. Arbuckle III.
How cool of your dad to make these memories with you. God Bless HIM!!!!
@@downtownbillyandthenewjivefive He was a medic in Korea, and became a doctor. He served 2 tours in Vietnam saving lives and reattaching arms, legs, feet and hands. Anymore questions?
@@downtownbillyandthenewjivefive do you pay taxes? then you're a financer of death and destruction. welcome aboard!
Share your military experience with us.
@@dennisobrien2415 read my memoir.
The drummer's energy is phenomenal, great clip, talented musicians all.
Hi Sue
Yeah, but they didn’t originate this musical piece; it was the Surfaries.
Yes phenomenal energy🥁🥁🥁
@@danheitkamp506 but still it’s pretty awesome
@@ClownfishV2 yes it is, good band.
Thank the rock gods someone captured this on film for all time!!
I agree, this film is priceless and many generations will able to see this awesome performance.
Early live show in Japan. 1965 I think.
Rock on 😎!
I was stationed in Japan and was sitting 11 rows from the front with my girlfriend. RG
tell more :)
That sounded like an unusually enthusiastic audience for a concert in Japan.
Damn your old
@@370530e The Ventures were a bigger hit, in Japan, than the Beatles.
@@peabody3000 ザ・ビーとるず一人ぼっちのあいつ
That is one TIGHT band! Even to achieve that is incredible given the complexity of what they are all doing. Even the bass player is shredding! I've known this tune all my life but had never seen them. This really is incredible stuff.
Dude rlly came back 11 days to reinforce his point lol
@@MrJoeFlorida Do, please refer us to your many guitar practice and theory videos.
Wow, an ignorant pretentious punk , all in one sentence.
@@MrJoeFlorida Show us how it's done, then Maestro!
Have you noticed what the guy is doing on that little drum set?
Fucking big..
and THAT, dear children, is how to burn 4,000 calories in just under 4 minutes.
LOL.. very good :-)
Tellstar album?
that username though
Yea I'd hate tp be an all you can eat restaurant owner after these guys got off stage. I just turned60 and my brain no longer moves that fast, but my hearing still does!
🤣
In 1966, I went this tour in Japan (Kousei-nenkin Kaikan in Shinjyuku, Tokyo) when I was a Junior in high school. The Ventures have making tour in Japan for almost 60 years even members have changed. I go back to Japan couple times a year and in 2015 at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo, I saw Don Wilson in person. We had short but great conversation and he presented to me a pack of guitar picks with the Ventures name on it which became my treasure.
Later, I found that 2015 was Don’s last tours in Japan before he retired. The Ventures composed many songs for Japanese singers and almost all of those became big hit in Japanese market. I wish those great songs should be released in the U.S.A.
Well Said.
Cool story. Thanks for sharing it.
Very cool story. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing that is a great story ❤️
Thank you for sharing your wonderful story.
So many people were drumming this on their desks in 7th grade, or trying to.
Exactly...I was one of them trying!
And you and your buddies doing it at the same time earned you a trip down the hall.
Exactly to every reply!
When kids still listened to great music!
I wish I was born in these great days..
Now it’s a bunch of guys who seemingly ate their own tongues and call it rap „music“.
Yea Buddy 👍👍👍
I love the glances at each other. Like even they can't believe how great the moment is. So pure.
Actually, they were looking at each other because the drummer played it so fast that they wondered how they were going to keep up.🤣
As an amateur longtime jammer I’m always amazed how few actually look at the drummer who really in most cases is leading the band. Someone else can be band leader but the drummer literally drives and stears the tune.
By this time, Japan was experiencing the first electric guitar boom. I was in the middle of it. The Ventures are still the king of summer.
I've heard aometime in the past, that The Ventures are for Japan what the Beatles are for the rest of the world, is that correct?
@@lenikt3560 yes. and they love that Oklahoma Cherokee picker Nokie.
@@lenikt3560 I think The Ventures outsold the
Beatles 4 to 1 in Japan and even today are still posting decent sales numbers
@@tjsogmc 2 to 1 in the 60s, but the fabs have probably sold more there since. However Japan chose one foreign rock band to honor for the contributions to Japanese culture, and it wasn’t John Paul George and Ringo it was the V’s!
Beatles o tabemasen. Ventures wakarimasu, cho daisuki.
When "Wipeout" first came out, it was the goal of every drummer in the high school band to play it. They were constantly practicing in the cafeteria, hallways, classrooms, parking lot....drove the rest of us crazy !
Kids used to play that opening solo on the sides of their desks with their two fingers......until teacher said, "That's enough!"
@@thewestpointrouteguy8611 Guilty as charged.
Ever get it? Asking the real question haha
@@thewestpointrouteguy8611 talent???
I got a belly slapping version, but this song caused bruises! ha ha 🤣
Drummer burned 6000 calories during this performance. Love that 60s California surf sound.
That's why they always say feed tha drummer.
Actually they are not using the surf sound..no reverb,and more of a rock sound.
Mel Taylor ! He was the Hal Blaine of Surf Music.
@@jquest43 : incorrect. "Wipeout" is a surf term, and this tune was meant for the surfing fans.
@@edwardgarner1299 you are brain injured?
This is a surf song but it's NOT using a surf guitar sound.. it's using a rock,rock a Billy sound.
Go listen to the original surfaris doing wipeout.
The ventures always like to change sounds.
BTW,what ARE you talking about?
You ai?
That drummer is living his best day and loving every minute of it!
The late great Mel Taylor. What a beast.
Back in 67 when I was playing drums in my band it was this version of wipeout I did. The surfaris got the band to learn the song but in the end it was the Ventures Wipe Out we loved best. 🥁🎶
And getting in a good workout, too.
Damn good!
This is one of the defining songs of the 60's. The drum and guitar solos are just incredible.
This is the drum piece that all other drummers were measured against.... in the early '60s
Yes, it is but please don’t give The Ventures credit for the song. It goes to a bunch of teenaged boys from Glendora, California called The Surfaris. I’m so tired of The Ventures getting credit for the song.
These are some seriously talented musicians. But holy shit, that drummer....what a fiend.
you obviously are not a drummer
@Leon thecat wow that's really interesting keep saying more please its soooooo fascinating you know so much you must be a master drummer
@Leon thecat Haha, someone is pretentious. No, Taylor was obviously a fantastic drummer. Maybe you're jealous?
@Leon thecat why are you so bitter?
@Leon thecat I absolutely love finding walkers like you who act like you have left your mark in music history.....
What do you mean you've done fuck all ????
Look at that kit - 1 snare, 2 toms, 1 cymbal, 1 bass, 1 hi-hat, and it f-in ROCKS!!!
It's the man, you give him buckets and hell rock the heck out of em
and you forgot 1 ride. when this came out nobody had done a drum solo yet in the new rock n roll (which predates rock and metal).they all did a great job on this. we tried to play the drum solo on everything, car hoods, desks in school, stop signs, little brothers...
It's not the size of the kit, but how you play it!
Dave M (ride/crash) one cymbal
I was amazed by the tiny kit also.
jUST lOVE IT! Venture Forever My first LP was Walk Don't Run 64. That was 60 years ago as a 14 year old and I still LOVE them at 74! Sixties music ROCKS!
We have XM in all four of our vehicles so wife and I can enjoy the 60's channel. I graduated from high school in 1964, she's class of 1966.
Well I'm 80 and agreeeeeee!
I was 8 and this has always been a favorite. I was amazed the first time I heard it and still am.
Me too! I still have all there original albums! Have always been one of my favorit groups from the 60s! 😎👍❤️
The rhythm section is the bottom of any band the guitars just surf on it.
the bass is a bit weak it would sound great i imagine.
Nothing but pure talent on stage, no fancy lights, backlit screen. Just four guys who know their craft. Awesome!
Yes sir!
I've known of the song and have heard it, but it's taken me 10 years (ok, 1 day less) since it was posted here to see it and hear it like this. Now I have to look up the band and match the names to the performers.
As for the staging, you are absolutely correct. I think the main camera was probably just locked into position. These days with all the cuts in a video you can't focus on the performer b4 the camera cuts away.
And the best part is that this number was originally improvised in the recording studio after they were asked what they wanted to put on the B-side of the single.
Yep……suit and tie and playing for the love of the craft not the money……..way to little of that. Good to see some classic R/R…..This is definitely classic R/R at its finest!!!
@@stephencannon3140 Wow! Amazing how you deduced all that from this video :rolleyes:
This is the way live performances should be. Show the band. Not the crowd and not changing camera angles every 3-5 seconds.
I couldn't agree more!!!!
My son is in Tokyo. I want to see the audience. 🎶🎶🎶🎶
I absolutely agree 100%! The continual quick jumps give me a headache, and it doesn't really achieve much.
@@ExcalibursEdge Hmm... it's possible that this choppy, vertigo-triggering camera style was the inspiration for "The Blair Witch Project." 🎥😱😂
Totally agree ... 70-80s were the worst where they excessively over-laced cheap visual effects to probably try and simulate intoxicated hallucinations ... totally ruined the visual live performance
This music makes me want a cheeseburger, strawberry milkshake and fries.
Check in to "Bob's Big Boy" drive-in on Van Nuys Blvd!
I want Jimmy John's.
Served from roller skates
please hold the ketchup..lol
Makes want to go surfing
The drummer is a wee bit good!
Just a wee
The Japanese did a great job on taping this....
Live Wyre the cinematography is impressive
@kidcharlemagne76 it would be safe to assume that it was filmed by Japanese people on Japanese equipment because they are in Japan.
This was recorded on original 3-track tape in Japan 1965. I have the actual cd and it says so in the notes.
Excellent job of cinematography, but if you watch Japanese samurai films from the 60s they are pristine over 50 years later, even by today's standards.
@@emptyhand777 zaitochi
Band to Drummer: "We want you to do a drum solo."
Drummer: "Cool! How long should it last?"
Band to Drummer: "Three minutes and thirty-nine seconds."
On the record it was around 2:22. The pop AM stations (that's all there was) would't play a record any longer than that.
How did that dude not cramp up after all that pounding??
@@TucsonDude ... He's a drummer.
@@JW...-oj5iw not just a " drum owner".
Drummer: "Hold my beer."
Can we please add this video to the Smithsonian Institute??????????
It should be declared by the Library of Congress to be aesthetically and historically significant to modern culture.
This is cool as hell. I was 13 in 1960 when this first came out. It rocked then, better now. Yes, put it in the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian.
This song actually plays when you walk through the door. true story
Hell Yeah!!!
Genius comment, Ross! I agree wholeheartedly.
この映像は１９６５年夏のものである。ベンチャーズが日本で最高の人気があった頃です。
This was the equivalent to Slayer back in the sixties.
🤘✊♥️☝️🤘
@@christopherseat9871 🤘🤘🤘🤘😈😈🤘🤘🤘🤘
black metal is really just surf rock blasted through distortion pedals so yeah I can see the comparison
@Nikol S. Ervant i don't see how is that so. I both like black metal and surf rock and to be real it sounds very similar. If you play some black metal riffs without distorsion it sounds like surf rock and vice versa.
Except that Slayer is a shit 👍
he's beating those drums like they owe him money!
Perfectly put
And EVEN if they weren't owing him anything, it's pretty obvious they finally paid...
They actually made him money
No synths. No lights. No big Grand anything. Just three dudes on strings and the most badass drummer flex in fucking history.
Right on!
No need to lower yourself and curse.
That's right and no guitars hanging down at their knees with holes in the jeans.
don't say fuck.
@@gillenwat blue cheese has mold in it
No bass guitar.
Crazy how ahead of it's time this is. Listen to that bass line and his tone is unbelievable! Drumming is fantastic. Very heavy distorted sound for 1965. Crazy good rhythm guitar player. I might have watched this video 100 times. This is not a silly surf rock song, this is incredibly influential music that showed how the scene would be changing in the years to come. Hard to believe this was recorded in 65. Just outstanding!
The bass is sick!! It sounds like it's tuned slightly higher. Gives it that dynamic feel
People were smarter and more talented back then. Ok, lady ga ga ?
@@eggsmann594 Bass cover: th-cam.com/video/P_JXyRnmC14/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Roccia%27sGroovin%27
The distorted sound was because of the Mosrite guitars they played! Last I knew they are built by hand in Las Vegas!
The quality of this video is insane
Cool wide shot got the whole band!
It probably was originally shot to film, telecorded from video. No way videotape in the 60's was this sharp.
@@2whl4re I'll take your word for it
like a 3D without glasses ...
You know, you're right! Didn't even cross my mind till I saw your comment! Stereo to boot!
I've heard this song alot at a roller rink, but I never relized how amazing this drummer is. WOW!
The 3 guitarists turning toward the drummer at each break: now THAT my friends is choreography! Show biz!!!!
Os músicos da época faziam muito com pou recursos .tinha que tocar de verdade
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Notice how bare the stage is. Goes to show, all you need is the performance
Lockstep performance
Andrew Velonis I think all TV shows like this Japanese Tv show always have guest who play live just have pretty much clear stage as to only focus on the performers.
That Flippin Guy I don’t get what you mean. Rockers still perform live.
Apparently you don't need to mic the drums either. Or the amps.
How stupid. At that time they were all bare.
The drummer & his kit laid back and shared a cigarette after this.
This is the best version of Wipeout ever recorded, between Nokie's insane guitar playing, Mel's intense drumming, Wilson's abrasive raking, and Bob's almost 'sonic youth' sounding bass parts, nobody was playing like this in 1966. This is really the first Punk music.
the best. period.
The first punk song? Man you are more braver than me! But I agree.
Try out Dea Matrona version
Punk might be stretching it. I would say that this falls closer to Prog-rock or even a proto acid-rock.
proto breakcore
I love how they all turn to watch the drummer during the breaks 😂 as if to say "and now... this"
They got no stage presence and they know there's nothing to this song. It's actually pathetic.
Shredding guitar, unreal drums, in full blown suits.
Don’t forget the bass solo
Great! This is the kind of vídeo that makes TH-cam worth for something.
These, and David Attenborough nature documentaries. Also Mark Felton's history channel.
Oh, man, that drumming. You can keep your drum machines - give me that kind of super-human skill every time! Thanks for posting.
best drummer ive heard
Indeed
@@prestonphelps1649 keith moon*
@@genfmfranz Possibly
You got that right...drum machines will NEVER replace the best part of drums!
50 years later.....and still better than most artists today. WHOOOOOOO🤘🤘🤘🤘
It's a novelty piece that is repetitive to the point of being tedious.
@@bguen1234it isn’t repetitive nor is it tedious
Wouldn’t say better than most artists today
@@firestriker3580 You are joking, right? What "artist" today plays their own instruments. 100 years from now, they'll be listening to this. Today's "artists?" LOL
@@bguen1234 Your comment is tedious.
Can we talk about the bass player for a sec? Please talk about this guy rolling overdriven pick-bass in 66 while wearing a suit and tie?
There is no over-driven bass. That's just the way a Mosrite sounds. Bogle, after switching to bass, ended up being the first great, aggressive rock bass player. John Entwistle was on the scene at the same time, but he wasn't quite as good as Bogle yet. Bob's double-picking segments here make the song. Also, go and listen to the original recording of "Walk, Don't Run" from 1960 when Nokie Edwards was still on bass, and then listen to the version from this 1966 concert with Bogle on bass. Edwards may have been twice the guitar player Bogle was, but Bogle was ten times the bass player Edwards was, so the two of them switching instruments was a stroke of genius.
@@ebookpioneers It sounds overdriven because he was using a guitar amp and cab like every bassist did back then. You had to dime everything so you could be heard and a open back guitar cab let the speakers shred. Through a SVT and cab a Mosrite can sound mellow
@@hdracerr Putting a bass through a guitar amp does not make it distorted. Yes, many bass guitarists used regular guitar amps in the 60's. Almost none of them are over-driving the signal. Do you know how hard it is to get a Showman to distort? I'm sorry, but this _is_ the Mosrite sound. Can you cut the highs and mellow it out? Sure, but that certainly wouldn't work in surf music.
@@Mrmidtown1 I've heard Frank Zappa say exactly that.
doesn't miss a note
The rhythm guitarist is doing some amazing stuff. He's not just accompanying, he's playing counterpoint in a lot of places.
Up until '61, he was the lead guitarist and the other guy played rhythm. Kind of like Jimmie Vaughan stepping aside for Stevie Ray.
that's don Wilson on rhythm and Bob Boggle on bass Original 2 members they brought in Mel and Nokie
i saw that too
They're not playing live.
Hope someone told the audience
Because of the Ventures I was the only kid on my block who could play Wipeout until I was fourteen and I saw Jimi Hendrix then I decided I wanted I wanted to play guitar.
I still listen to The Ventures to this day at the ripe age of 61. I've had all of their albums and Actually got to see them in Detroit I and got each one to sign their album for me.
They were a fantastic live band.
Wipeout is originally by the Safaris
@@kimmontgomery6671 That's true. I remember it well. The 45 flip side was "Surfer Joe."
It was so good, it took them a few minutes to write as a throwaway side 2 of a 45 they were recording, lol
Holy Shit! Mel Taylor! What a Drummer!!
One of my brothers is a drummer and he was part of an arts programme that brought musicians to teach in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory in Australia. He was astounded that the children in every community wanted to learn to play Wipeout!
..now THAT is cool!!
The only surprise is that he was astounded!
The most universal drum solo of all time. In the 60"s everybody aspired to play Wipeout. It's almost cliqued,,we 'd play it on our desks at school ,in the drum & bugle bands everywhere. If someone had a drumset the question was always, can you play Wipeout?
This should be in the library of Congress for classic surf American rock!
Yes this drummer as well as Hal Blaine too. Both American classics at their best...
This version of wipe out is probably the best version to ever put out by any band. The solos, bass plays drumming, its just too good.
Buddy Rich fans who may look down their noses at simple, single-stroke rolls like these would be totally missing the point. For one thing, it's not easy to play those showcase-type solo rolls smoothly enough to sound impressive, and the touch has to be just right- heavy-handed, yes, but it must be absolutely consistent. It's a major feature of the piece, and Mel Taylor is totally in the groove, here.
Good drumming is good drumming whoever or whatever the music. I thought there were paradiddles being played also which are mixing double strokes with single strokes and make for a more musical beautiful dynamic ..!
Yes, I believe you're right, during at least one of the many drum breaks, Taylor breaks from the simple single strokes to keep it interesting and fresh. He holds the sticks jazz-style; not match-stick, so he's likely to have had some jazz training, although, of course he's rockin' it here, and this is strictly a rock band- although a VERY tight one.
@@catkeys6911 "He holds the sticks jazz-style; not match-stick"
Jazz Style?
Are you serious?
No, that's the traditional drum grip that we are all taught, and teach to beginners.
It originated from playing Field Drums, which makes it easier to play a drum when you are carrying it at your side, like in a parade.
The overhand grip would just not be practical.
Cat Keys *In The GROOVE, totally!*
@@legion1a Yes, I'm serious. It's just a way of distinguishing that snare style from "match stick" (as the OTHER way of playing the snare is often referred to). I know it wasn't actually CREATED for jazz, but it's commonly associated with that type of music. More rock drummers play match-stick than do jazz drummers.
Fire-breathing virtuosity, not a single note out of place and time, groove blowing the roof off... I must find my lower jaw, should be somewhere on the floor
@IngLouisSchreurs I'm curious, which notes are you referring to? I'm a musician who plays all of the above instruments and I listened very closely (although just two times and not more).
Just rock steady drumming with timing you could set your watch to. Mind blown....
You know the song is good when they don’t even have to sing
@Leon thecat it is a song...stop being such an ass.
Leon thecat what
@Leon thecat Nah, this is a song. A chanson. And The Ventures are a band of Chanteuses. Quit being pedantic.
Songs can be vocal or instrumental, you pretentious schmuck
@Leon thecat From Wikipedia:
"Due to semantic widening, a broader sense of the word "song" may refer to instrumentals, such as Mendelssohn's 19th century Songs Without Words pieces for solo piano."
So eat a sack, you argumentative little stain.
Genres
So many great drum-centered songs. This one makes you want to get a drum set.
This is the best version of Wipeout I have heard. Period.
I agree
Yes you are 100% RIGHT
Absolutely. Everything is just perfect
If there's a better version out there, I MUST hear it before I die.
Our Mk 1A fire control computer played in its geartrain, a tune very close and similar to "Wipeout". Never will forget this song....lol
If you played this to your parents i 66 they would think you`re were crazy, play to your kids i 2020 and they think you`re crazy 🤪🤪
In '66 it was dirty R "n" R that counter culture beach bums & hippie types would listen to. In 2020 its innocent & kinda light weight music that squares would listen to.
Speed Metal in the cover of Surf Rock!!! Clever got me hooked
It was the music of my time and it was, and still is, brilliant.
Grandkids
I am 20 yrs old....but still love this music...I think I came in wrong era as a musician ..
I lived in Yokohama when The Ventures played in Tokyo. I was just 9 years old. I literally cried because my parents would not let me go to this show. After all these years I finally get a glimpse of what I missed.
Ed Price you missed out bro
your japanese and you have the name ed price, really?? ま、とにかく残念な時ですね
Ed Price
Hawaii 5-O Bro.
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The Ventures are STILL big in Japan.
That 1 song alone was worth the price of the ticket.
back in the 1900s...
Must have heard this a million times, never seen it performed.
Well every high school band plays this at basketball games but not nearly this well.
"seen" it? Sheesh!
@@Steveorino123 p sure this audio doesn't match the video
This version by The Ventures or the most commonly played version by the The Surfaris? Pop radio overwhelmingly played The Surfaris' version.
This is actually a cover
"Mel Taylor-san, Nokie Edwards-san, Don Wilson-san and Bob Bogle-san!" From "Ventures On Stage",
Mel Taylor, most underrated drummer in music. He was great!
Mel Taylor’s brother is Larry Taylor ( the mole) from canned heat ( bass player)
@@jonathanharootunian297 Really? He borrowed my bass once in Holland...
Underrated to you...to most others he is a legend!
@@kokokyoushi It was a reply to the original poster, not you.
Jonathan Harootunian great fact
The drumming is sensational, the guitarists are breathtakingly good.
@@soulcrewblue8629 They make a great sound. The guitarists, it should be said, are along for the ride.
Is anyone paying any attention to that bass player?
Yes, great job, especially in the solo. Great tone too👍
Yep, those 16th patterns are nuts 🤘🏻🤘🏻
As a drummer, yes
Yeah, using a pick.
Did Carol Kaye influence him, or vice versa?
Naturally.
Mel Taylor is totally rocking it with that simple drum kit.
I couldn't do what he does without breaking something. He's just amazing.
that's all one needs, remember it's the drummer not the kit so Neal Peart can go to hades where he belongs. My hero since i was 15 in 65 was Mel Taylor R I P
His brother, of course, is Larry Taylor, of Canned Heat. Larry has also done a lot of work with Tom Waits. There's a good Larry Taylor interview floating around on the soundcloud these days.
That kit sounds so good too
Was always amazed how Mel rocked a Sears Partridge Family Drum Kit!
This band is smokin'! The bass player is all over the fretboard and Mel Taylor has never sounded better.
@Leon thecat And the end of you. Buh-bye.
I own his bass case!
Someone will need to explain to anyone under 25. Those are called "musicians" and they are playing "instruments".
And we called it real music.
10 strings and a drum set.
After all these years, this is still a classic.
lol 😝 really…
Our parents thought it was horrible.
Considering how good their music was, they weren't wrong. 😆
This song was so unreal you couldn't believe your ears back then everything was kool
Still is cool.
Yup still is !!!
When I was in my first group in 1966, the mark we always used to tell a good drummer, was if they could play Wipeout!
LOL as long as you could do the same on your instrument (guitar I'm guessing).....without dropping a beat, then fair call.
Absolutely
And play jazz and blues.
Always someone to yell. Wipeout. Lol
and play it with a classic grip, not matched grip.
Three great guitarists eclipsed by one drummer.
Amazing performance by all four gentlemen.
R. W. Smith one guy was the bass player not a guitarist
Buck OFF
@buck ewer The Ventures drummer has more talent in his hands then you do in your tennie weenie.
- DRUM! Magazine --50 Most Important Drummers Of All Time - MEL TAYLOR. "Keith Moon cited The Ventures In Space as one of his favorite records".
I'll take Keith Moon's opinion over some moron named Buck.
Who's NOT on the list..?
Some moron named Buck.
@buck ewer Your so fuck'n great, you should of taken Mel's place then. Wait they were too classy to hire an asshole!
@buck ewer The key to success in the music business is to play the way everyone else plays?
One forgets just how good that drummer was. 😄😄👍👍👍
Mel Taylor was one of a kind, for sure. His son Leon played with the group remnant in recent years.
no forgets here
This has all the rock swagger of Led Zeppelin. These guys were ahead of their time.
No, they were of their time.
Stairway to Heaven surfer style.
Jimmy Page was a fan. 2000 lb bee ~ Black Dog
I don’t like to compare anyone great with.......led zeppelin.
Alf Ching show us how it's done master💩
This video makes me want to have a party on the beach!
Hell yeah.
lets go... where is Annette and Frankie?
LOS straightjackets played wipeout/Batman on a Spanish beach..it's on you tube
In the 1960's, musical bands would compete with each ('battle of the bands'), and almost all the time, they would compete using this song.
I'll pick up some wieners at CostCo
And they didn't need dancers and a light show.
...or a singer...
BACK IN MY DAY WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE FANCY ELECTRIC GUITARS
Yeah. Poor fuckers had to rely on...talent. Shame, eh?
Strobe lights and fog
or a bass
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Calm down, Soviet man. Communism is bad.
...это очень просто,если они -
V E N T U R E S !!!
Ваш Ромчик из Саратова 🎩🇷🇺🎧
When I was a kid learning to play I worshiped these guys! I know now how ahead of their time they actually were.
This is 55 years old and sounds better than most bands that I hear play in 2021.
Fact!
absolutely; and no lyrics sounds much better than all of the current lyrics put together;
You are right, makes one want to scream "Bring back old times", regards.
Artists used to have real talent, not just a pretty face. Music today is actually depressing.
It's because people today can make music so easily, so real talent is much harder to find.
It's pretty chill of Japan to invite American rock bands only 20 years after America dropped nuclear bombs on their cities.
Pretty "chill" of America the leave a Japan that the Ventures could play in after they slaughtered ten million people.
@Doug Fernandes Only if you win!
@Doug Fernandes Yea man I couldn't agree more. War is wonderful. Think about how many friends America could make if we just started by dropping nuclear bombs on everyone.
On everyone?? really? is that the best you've got? i can think of a few places that would make the world a better place if a nuke or two was dropped on them.
You're really rude.
Has anyone ever measured the speed per minute of that hand. He is so amazingly fast
Man I love this music, very grateful for this post - some people hear them and say “what no lyrics?” (I normally don’t speak to them again) but they influenced so many great great musicians, they deserve far more credit than they get, even in most rock roots type reviews. Nothing like em.
I agree - when I hear vocals, in general, it is just a minor instrument in the overall sound. In my opinion, vocals hardly ever 'make' a song, but often can cheapen a song. If you hear something different, then, you are probably more into singing and less into the overall music. There is nothing wrong with that, just not me.
Some people say “what no lyrics?” WTF? are they unfamiliar with the CONCEPT of an "instrumental". Just in rock, are they unaware of Link Wray's "Rumble"? Booker T & The M.G.'s "Green Onions" or The Shadows' "Apache"?!? SHIT, Don't let them know about Ragtime, Jazz or Classical music. 🤦♂️
On the 45 there was one word, a giggle then 'wipeout' at the beginning.
@@Zuxiasunicorn yes, i always thought that was the lyric. Never use more words than you need to create the image was what I was always taught in poetry classes.
I was one of those people forty years ago. I matured.
Mosrite city with a blonde Fender backing wall, and Gretsch drums getting the $hit beat out of them...what's not to like?
Nihonjin was hontou ni gitaa ongaku ga dai suki mitai...
dai suki yo!
Yes.... I love the white Tolex Fender amps... Wonder if they are Showman amps ??
Yeah!
Wnat you said.
Whatever that was...😉
I owned a 1966 Mosrite Venturers model with a Mosrite/Bigsby trem. Used to play it through a 64 super reverb. In 1978 I got the amp for $200 and the gtr for $75. After owning them for 10 years, I got $200 for the amp and $75 for the gtr. Worth a bit more now.
Taking what you said out of romanji as well as a few quick fixes and a translation for those who dont know. 日本人は本当にギターのおんがく大好きです. The みたい doesnt quite work there iirc. And quick translation: Looks like the japanese love guitar music :p
Had the great pleasure of meeting Mel Taylor in '65 during a break midway through their show. I was with a couple buddies and he just came over to us and started chatting like we were old friends. What a warm, genuine and interesting guy and we still talk about that night all these years later. Well, at least the two of us that are still around.
If you don't love this, are you even alive?
Oh wow, the drums really do make the whole song. It's almost mesmerizing to watch the drummer go at it.
The late Mel Taylor on drums...
How do you mean, "almost"?
Dang, I have never heard (or seen) this live version before. It blows away the studio version which was already a classic.
..me either!..FAN-TASTIC..
The studio version was NOT the Ventures. It was some of the Wrecking Crew guys on that song. That’s why it is so wimpy on vinyl.
To see this guy playing on what looks like a kids Sears set of drums blows my friggin mind!!
That set of vintage Gretsch drums would cost you in excess of $3000 today. Gretsch drums were, and still are, superb.
The drummer for the Electric Prunes was good friends with Sandy and inherited his drum kit
@@vernonsteinkamp1088 Cool. I love the sound of the old maple set that Charlie Watts plays. It takes at least a couple grand to get thatsound in DW, which are great drums. Charlie's have never been touched.
@@dd-vm1hs Probably. Just the four shell kit, not the cymbals or stands.
Back in the 50 -60s they didn't have big drum set like the last 49 years, I know a lot about it because of my age
The good ole days. 68 and still loving it.
77 here.
68 as well. I remember when this came out, all of our friends tried to play whatever we had around because nobody had drums. A few of us could do it but ran out of gas before the end of the song. Fond memories.
Always will!😮
@mrknotthall Somewhere in between here...
Don't forget the Hawai five o theme song came from these guys...
Same band?Woow.
They played it, but it was composed by Morton Stevens. Great, iconic tune.
... the Ventures
The original theme used in the show was written by Morton Stevens and recorded by the CBS Orchestra, you can hear it here: th-cam.com/video/KR8RHBXjMlE/w-d-xo.html.
A later version recorded by The Ventures was used on the show and was also hugely successful in the charts. Even in that version, the bass is actually played by Carol Kaye - the greatest bass player you never heard of!
@@ianrayner7522 Yes! Carol Kaye was bad a$$ on ba$$. Love her work.
That drumming doesn't look easy, and I can assure you its not! Great performance all round with minimal kit.
True. The kit doesn't make the drummer; the drummer makes the kit.
1:38 the guitarist looks to the other guitarist and smiles. They musta been feeling proud of themselves. Playing in Japan had to have a been a massive deal back then. Most people couldn't even afford to travel there.
👍🤠Drummer went to my High School, didn’t know that till many years later, enjoyed this song my whole life. He was there many years before me.
The playing is way ahead of it's time for 1966. They attack the shit out of this song!
Exactly as you say my friend!
surfcollector ... no way! Average band! 1966! Cream - stones- eight miles high by the Byrds way ahead miles ahead of this! And I like this!
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No it isn't.
The Bass Player is a BEAST!! =D
Back in the 60's there was a garage band in my neighborhood that used to practice every Friday night. They would always play "Wipeout" and "G-L-O-R-I-A, Gloria."
Yeah, that was us. ✌
That was me yelling "Learn some new tunes".
It’s funny how people remember the Ventures for their guitar sound in spite of Holy Shit, that rhythm section
@Andreas Sims
It's known as Surf Music. And during that time period it was what defined the "California Sound".
The sun and surf scene that is and WAS California in '63. I'm not sure what you mean by " that rhythm section". 🤔They were an instrumental group. They were their own "rhythm section"
I grew up in the 60's with this music playing in the background. Guess you had to be there.
✌🏻😎
George B in saying “rhythm section” I was referring to their incredibly tight drum and bass rhythm. Also, I wasn’t around in the 60’s but I’m very familiar with surf music. I play surf guitar myself
George B the rhythm section in the Ventures is the drums and bass. It’s the part of the band that keeps time and establishes the beat or rhythm. The guitars are chordal, they mark the chord progressions.
Van Halen was the same. Everybody went nuts over Eddie's guitar, but it would have been nothing without Alex and Anthony laying down a solid rhythm.
Bob is often the most underrated member, but without his base it all falls apart.
One of the best drummer songs ever.Look at him go.
Go, cat, go! 😎
for those who disliked this video
they didn't know how to play drums and guitars
Or they are just stupid ass morherfuckers.
Plenty of those cocksuckers around ; mostly democRATS.
@@liamconroy3731 Lil Wayne shits on yew
And yet it sounds just like music!
Hai "(^ . ^)" ↑ I like drums but never tried any "(¬ . ¬)"
@@liamconroy3731 I'm Independent, and there is no one as stupid as the gullible, f[R]ightened Bigots that elected Orange "[R]etarded Hitle[R]" the lying [R]apist, President.
Classic, wherever it's played!!!...AMAZING ENERGY AND STAMINA!!! LONG LIVE THE GREAT MUSIC FROM THE 50's and THE 60's!!!
It’s very sad to think that all four of the musicians on stage are no longer with us.
Nokie Edwards (Lead Guitar): 1935-2018
Don Wilson (Rhythm Guitar): 1933-2022
Bob Bogle (Bass): 1934-2009
Mel Taylor (Drums): 1933-1996
😔
Вечная память! Кровь как и прежде бурлит после них!
It is sad, but, by God, they left their mark; They set the standards that every other serious musician will have to live up to.
Yes but look at what they left us great sound.
Yes, that is too bad they have all passed away. Very talented musicians that came up with many unique songs.
The absolute legend that was Mel Taylor. RIP Mr. Taylor.