Maybe a hit here in Australia, I was only 4 yo but my older brother who was 14 played it a lot on his record player and it stuck in my mind for 50 years. It came to me out of the blue this morning and had to look it up.
If this would have been promoted properly, it would have been a hit, I'm sure. But maybe someone at Capitol saw Mike in his monk outfit and quietly closed the door.
@@bgbstrm2352 Seems that it was a big hit everywhere *_BUT_* in their home country. Such a shame. The hippie elite were in the process of ruining everything (here in America) at that time. The Beach Boys were collateral damage.
@@steveskouson9620 The Beach Boys post Pet Sounds was completely underrated, Steve. They barely sold any records in the States, and yet were producing some of the greatest albums in the history of music.
@@mikeymutual5489 Are you kidding me? Have you listened to "Friends", "Wild Honey", and "Sunflower"? Some of the best sounding records they made, and they barely made a dent in the United States.
Mike Love, don't you just not love him.. probably my favourite Beach Boys single, it pips Good Vibration for me with it's soaring harmonies & Carl Wilson main vocal. Can't be bettered. Perfect.
@@Irene-qe5hu Oh, the irony. No, Mike was very outspokenly anti-drugs. Supposedly even a teetotaler when it came to alcohol too. He had this crazy over the top countercultural image he liked to put out to the world, with the beard, the long hair, and in this instance, the oversized mumu that beckons to ‘come join my cult’… but it was all just for show.
Old man Murry wrote the lyrics, under a pen name. Since this would have been after they fired him as their manager, Brian, Dennis, and Carl probably weren't too keen on promoting it, and giving their abusive father claim to co-writing a big hit.
@@jamesmcmillan8610 You mean “Reggie Dunbar”? Nah, even though it was written during a turbulent period (between the Wilson boys and their pop), according to Brian it was completely Murry’s idea to use the pseudonym of “Reggie Dunbar”. Murry was a weirdo in his own right. From what I’ve learned, by this time (1969), Murry had lost all faith in the continued success of his sons’ and nephew’s band. That’s why he sold off the rights to the songs at a rock bottom price that same year. He really thought it was over for the Beach Boys. It really messed Brian up (even worse than he already was at that time). It sort of kicked off Brian’s whole ‘stay in bed’ marathon, which lasted a long time. Then Murry died a few years later. He had his own demons that were taking him down back then. As far as the promotion (of the single) issue goes, they did try to promote it just as much as they had put effort into promoting their earlier singles. Their efforts weren’t the issue, it was the fact that in ‘69 they had all but been blacklisted in their home country by both the hippie elite, who were really getting a leg up on the American music industry at the time, and FM radio programmers, who had been instructing DJ’s to _not_ play new Beach Boys music on the air. I know that sounds very ‘conspiracy nut’, but it’s the truth. After their big no show at Monterrey Pop, the BB’s had really fallen out of favor with the American hippie cognoscenti, who like I said earlier were basically in charge of pop culture in ‘69 and calling all the shots. They were still a big deal in other countries at the time though. This song was a high charting hit in both the UK and in Ireland, the Netherlands, and Australia. In America it only made it to #63 on the charts.
No. Someone overdubbed the original studio recording to the televised performance, and not very professionally I might add. This kind of thing happens a lot on YT uploads. If this was the actual audio from the original Beat Club televised performance, it would be much lower sound quality, albeit visually synced up.
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@@eghdf8888 I love the Bean Club. I even signed up for their “bean of the month” program. This month it’s Fava beans. Next will be Navy beans. I’m just hoping that chickpeas will qualify as beans. We’ll see. Fingers crossed. 🤞
It probably would have, had it been promoted (here in the states). It did very well in other countries where it was actually being promoted and played on the radio. In America during this time (late 60’s), the Beach Boys were blacklisted by both the industry and the hippie elite. I know how crazy that sounds, but it’s true. Those were very different times. The Beach Boys had fallen from favor during those heady days in their home country, for a number of reasons. The biggest reason being that they bailed last minute on the generation-defining Monterrey Pop festival, where they were scheduled to be the headlining band. There were also other reasons why they were excommunicated by the countercultural cognoscenti, but mostly it was because of their being a no show at Monterrey Pop. Like I said, they remained extremely popular in most other countries.
Well, that's because they're just lip syncing to their record. How would you feel if it didn't matter what note you played or sang, or whether you kept time on the drums? Kind of silly, right?
@@Irene-qe5hu Dennis Carl, and Carl Dean. I miss them both! Saw Brian, first show of his last concert tour, here in Phoenix. Played with some group from Chicago. Miss Terry Kath as well. Oh, listen to Darlin. th-cam.com/video/Lt2tvNzt1CU/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=ZinigoaZaa steve
One of the Gallagher brothers from Oasis, the sauncy one, dismisssed the Beach Boys as "barber shop quartet bullshit." I submit this song to the Gallagher brothers. They never came close to writing a song as good as this one, let alone the other Beach Boys songs.
I love The Beach Boys, but I love Oasis too. Both are two of my favorite bands... Calling The Beach Boys "barber shop quartet bullshit" is just his stupid opinion, but Noel is a great songwriter too.
Liam. Who cares what he has to say about, oh I dunno… *ANYTHING?* All that guy has ever done, besides playing in the most derivative and mediocre band of all time, is talk smack on just about everyone else. I have no problem with Noel, however.
Tatsuro Yamashita actually does quite an admirable job of it on his 'Big Wave' album which is a mix of originals and covers - but yes no one does it quite like them
Seriously, wtf was Mike Love playing at in those days? He’s the most square guy ever, extremely conservative… and from what I understand, a lifelong teetotaler. So, what was with all the heavy duty counterculture imagery? Especially here. Holy moly… he’s really pouring it on thick with that monster-sized mumu. Giving us some serious cult leader vibes. I wonder what his angle was.
Alan does an AMAZING job, with his falsetto voice. Matt Jardine should be so good. Dennis, well he is Dennis. Wish I had 10% of his singing skill. I have zero% of his drum skills. Carl, I think I've said enough. BEST voice I've ever heard! steve
The Beatles were great no question, but the Beach Boys were every bit as good. They could even carry on without Brian Wilson. The Beatles couldn't carry on without John Lennon. And Dennis Wilson, the only BB who could actually surf, delivers arguably his finest performance on this song.
@@jadentrez The Beatles never even attempted to carry on without Lennon, or any other original band member, so I’m not getting the comparison here. One thing the Beach Boys really did have over the Beatles was the ability to play all their more complicated, experimental songs live, note for note. The Beatles could make magic in the studio, but there was a good reason why they stopped playing live in ‘66.
@@Shikta-poobah67 The point is that the Beach Boys had the good fortune to find replacements and keep going through the rough times and managed to keep putting out good work post-1970. The Beatles could have given John and George a break and carried on with other musicians but unlike the Beach Boys they didn't have brothers or cousins to step in and help carry the load until John or George were ready to come back.
@@jadentrez I suppose. I dunno, comparing the individual stories of the Beach Boys and the Beatles is really a case of apples and oranges, from what I can tell. You already mentioned the one big difference, and that’s the fact that the Beach Boys were/are a family institution, from their inception. Sure, they carried on with only one Wilson brother for a while (really *NOT* my favorite era of the BB’s), and have had a revolving door cast of additional members over the years/decades. After ‘67 Brian was only marginally involved for the duration of their existence, with sporadic periods of major input, but they were inconsistent and typically short lived. And then then there was Dennis quitting and rejoining them a million different times in the first half of the 70’s. With the Beatles it was strictly the ‘fab four’ thing, and that was always non-negotiable. John, Paul, George, Ringo… end of story. Etched in stone. I respected them tremendously for that. I thought their breakup was well timed, and in my opinion ended on a high note. At least musically it did. I enjoyed much of what the Beach Boys did in their post-60’s years. At least most of their 70’s stuff was decent. Then there was this *_REALLY_* long gap between roughly 1978 and 2012 where I could only name about three songs they did in that entire period that I liked. If it hadn’t been for their redemption on “That’s Why God Made The Radio”, I would’ve continued to lament the fact that they didn’t just pack it in at the end of the 70’s. At any rate, my main point is that it has always been very difficult for me to compare those two bands when it comes to the way their stories played out. Two very different sets of circumstances.
@@Shikta-poobah67 I agree with you. The Beatles break up was probably right on time, and the four of them were irreplaceable. But at the same time that's what I admire about the Beach Boys. They had a certain durability that allowed them to keep going even when their guiding spirit, Brian Wilson, was on ice. I mean, Carl Wilson in particular stepped up big time.
Seeing Carl Dean bouncing like that, and his AMAZING voice, just awesome! I'd LOVE to see Carl bounce again! Now, can we do something about Sasquatch? Sorry, Sasquatch the Monk! (I'm pretty sure you know what Little DOUCHE Coupe I'm talking about.) steve
These old TV performances! The wobbly mics, the wireless (unplugged) electric guitars (no kids, these were not a real thing until the 1980s), the often not-quite-right miming and slightly embarassed looks of the artists, it all looks kind of odd now. But, sadly for a lot of this old stuff, these are the best quality surviving visual "performances" of these classic hits. So much concert footage from those days was done on the cheap and looks very poor now. "Breakaway" is a BB classic and - as I recall - it was their last single for Capitol (which fed into the song's sentiment no doubt). That might also explain why it was not a success in the US, as I doubt Capitol were much inclined to put much marketing and plugging into it. Nonetheless - as noted elsewhere in these comments - it was a big hit in several European geographies - and in many other places - so, clearly, most of Capitol's overseas affiliates (EMI in the UK for example) did work hard on it.
Who is the ID10T that looks like he escaped from a weird monastery? Alan, can you hit those notes? Can Matt? You guys were AWESOME June 7th. (My birthday present to me.) Still miss Dennis Carl, and Carl Dean! (Who named those Boys?) steve
God bless the Wilson Brothers. I was crushed when I read about Dennis' drowning in December of 1983. I had the opportunity to express my feelings about Denny to Carl in 1985 and his brother's passing was devastating to him and Brian.
I will say it again ..Mike was the easiest one to replace in the group and was incredibly fortunate that he didn’t get canned around this time when he was far past his usefulness.
Damn this is the type of music they should’ve went for through the 70s. If they would’ve done this sort of thing consistently it likely would’ve caught on. I cannot for the life of me understand how a band with so much talent even other than Brian floundered around so much and made so many terrible creative decisions
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@Fs1e, Your intuition is right on target. It's not just you. 99% of true Beach Boys Fans would agree with you. The only person impressed with Mike...was, Mike!
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A classic which should have been a hit.
It was a hit here in the uk
@@allanarmstrong4333 Got to number 6. Always stick this on the pub' jukebox!!!!
Here in the UK, we never fell out of love with the Beach Boys
Maybe a hit here in Australia, I was only 4 yo but my older brother who was 14 played it a lot on his record player and it stuck in my mind for 50 years. It came to me out of the blue this morning and had to look it up.
It was a hit in South Africa. The Beach Boys were GODS in our sunny country! Still legends.
If this would have been promoted properly, it would have been a hit, I'm sure. But maybe someone at Capitol saw Mike in his monk outfit and quietly closed the door.
None of their get ups looked cool even for 1968-69.
lol
LOL!! Funniest comment. You made my day 😄😁
The Dude on lead vocals 😂
@@kellyweingart3692, Carl. Best
vocalist on the band! Brian will
agree.
I wish Carl Dean was still here!
steve
This song transports me back to my childhood bedroom, lying on my bed.....doing homework, while listening to this song over and over.
Carl .what a.beautiful voice.
What an amazing song! Such an incredible band, what an era for classic music!
Lovely melody-so sweet!
Good, clean music, and super harmony!
Made it to No. 1 on Radio Luxembourg... Love this song.
@@bgbstrm2352 Seems that it was a big hit everywhere *_BUT_* in their home country. Such a shame. The hippie elite were in the process of ruining everything (here in America) at that time. The Beach Boys were collateral damage.
One of their best, and most underrated, songs
Mike Love’s doing his best to appear as a Californian version of Rasputin.
A Rasputin version of a Californian?
But, he FAILED at both attempts.
steve
lol
Maharishi Californian 😂
Hilarious?
Yes!!!
Wonderful song ! Incredible group!
This song was a huge hit back in june 1969 when it reached no 6 after huge promoting on radio one with kenny Everett 👏 🙌 😳 👌 💔 🙏 👏 😊😊❤❤
One of there best in my opinion 😊
Superb song superb band love it
One of their best and underrated songs...
Great lead vocals by Carl and Al.
The most underrated and greatest band of all-time.
Disagree, sorry.
Sorry, but I agree with Bob.
They are not underrated here.
(Well, for the last 55 years.)
steve
@@steveskouson9620 The Beach Boys post Pet Sounds was completely underrated, Steve. They barely sold any records in the States, and yet were producing some of the greatest albums in the history of music.
@@fshoaps No, they weren't "underrated." They just were not very good in the late 60's. Get it straight.
@@mikeymutual5489 Are you kidding me? Have you listened to "Friends", "Wild Honey", and "Sunflower"? Some of the best sounding records they made, and they barely made a dent in the United States.
Omg ... loving these Beach Boys songs on TH-cam. Memories!❤
Mike Love, don't you just not love him.. probably my favourite Beach Boys single, it pips Good Vibration for me with it's soaring harmonies & Carl Wilson main vocal. Can't be bettered. Perfect.
Mike was heavily influenced in the drug culture of that time...I think he saw himself as John Lennon / Charles Manson..😅😂😊
Mike and Al weren’t into the drug culture at all. Mike was into TM.
@@Irene-qe5hu Oh, the irony. No, Mike was very outspokenly anti-drugs. Supposedly even a teetotaler when it came to alcohol too. He had this crazy over the top countercultural image he liked to put out to the world, with the beard, the long hair, and in this instance, the oversized mumu that beckons to ‘come join my cult’… but it was all just for show.
Long live the memories of Dennis & Carl Wilson. xoxo The Clarences
Very Beatles-esque - reminds me of And I Love Her in parts. Great vocals by Carl and Al.
Nikhil Soneja@ - This tune is more like a song style of The Four Seasons.
I personally think it sounds more like the Bee Gees
I personally think it sounds like late 60’s Beach Boys. I guess that’s just me. 🤷♂️
Love this song❤
Thanks one of my favorite songs
I don't understand why this wasn't bigger; it has become my favorite by the Beach Boys!!
Old man Murry wrote the lyrics, under a pen name. Since this would have been after they fired him as their manager, Brian, Dennis, and Carl probably weren't too keen on promoting it, and giving their abusive father claim to co-writing a big hit.
@@jamesmcmillan8610 You mean “Reggie Dunbar”? Nah, even though it was written during a turbulent period (between the Wilson boys and their pop), according to Brian it was completely Murry’s idea to use the pseudonym of “Reggie Dunbar”. Murry was a weirdo in his own right. From what I’ve learned, by this time (1969), Murry had lost all faith in the continued success of his sons’ and nephew’s band. That’s why he sold off the rights to the songs at a rock bottom price that same year. He really thought it was over for the Beach Boys. It really messed Brian up (even worse than he already was at that time). It sort of kicked off Brian’s whole ‘stay in bed’ marathon, which lasted a long time. Then Murry died a few years later. He had his own demons that were taking him down back then.
As far as the promotion (of the single) issue goes, they did try to promote it just as much as they had put effort into promoting their earlier singles. Their efforts weren’t the issue, it was the fact that in ‘69 they had all but been blacklisted in their home country by both the hippie elite, who were really getting a leg up on the American music industry at the time, and FM radio programmers, who had been instructing DJ’s to _not_ play new Beach Boys music on the air. I know that sounds very ‘conspiracy nut’, but it’s the truth. After their big no show at Monterrey Pop, the BB’s had really fallen out of favor with the American hippie cognoscenti, who like I said earlier were basically in charge of pop culture in ‘69 and calling all the shots.
They were still a big deal in other countries at the time though. This song was a high charting hit in both the UK and in Ireland, the Netherlands, and Australia. In America it only made it to #63 on the charts.
So good!!! Dennis was playing another song 😅
As always...
No. Someone overdubbed the original studio recording to the televised performance, and not very professionally I might add. This kind of thing happens a lot on YT uploads.
If this was the actual audio from the original Beat Club televised performance, it would be much lower sound quality, albeit visually synced up.
This one took awhile to grow on me but grow on me it sure as heck did.
For Me In My Opinion This MUSIC, Is For Me A PHENOMENAL MASTER-PIECE, A HUGE NUGGE OF GOLD, A PRECIOUS JEWELL, Stupendous, Dazzling, Amazing, Stunning, Magnanimous, A Magnanimity, A WONDERFULL PERFECTION This Music!!!. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Love this song 🎵 ❤
Thank you Beant Club, best german TV Show ever...
@@eghdf8888 I love the Bean Club. I even signed up for their “bean of the month” program. This month it’s Fava beans. Next will be Navy beans. I’m just hoping that chickpeas will qualify as beans. We’ll see. Fingers crossed. 🤞
Poignant and introspective, at least for me. Beautiful song!
Absolutely loved this tune. Learned to play it on guitar Buzz!!!!!
Decent song should have been somewhere in the Billboard top 40
It probably would have, had it been promoted (here in the states). It did very well in other countries where it was actually being promoted and played on the radio. In America during this time (late 60’s), the Beach Boys were blacklisted by both the industry and the hippie elite. I know how crazy that sounds, but it’s true. Those were very different times. The Beach Boys had fallen from favor during those heady days in their home country, for a number of reasons. The biggest reason being that they bailed last minute on the generation-defining Monterrey Pop festival, where they were scheduled to be the headlining band. There were also other reasons why they were excommunicated by the countercultural cognoscenti, but mostly it was because of their being a no show at Monterrey Pop.
Like I said, they remained extremely popular in most other countries.
I Love how Dennis doesn't even try to drum in sync with the track. He even makes a funny face when he's completely out of sync 🙂
he was definitely too stoned to try & play in sync lol. Good ole Dennis the menace
Plus he didn’t even play on the actual song.
@@SlickNickVids he likely did. They weren't using the wrecking crew or other studio musicians anymore by 1969.
Dennis looks at the drums and the drums play
Well, that's because they're just lip syncing to their record. How would you feel if it didn't matter what note you played or sang, or whether you kept time on the drums? Kind of silly, right?
Working outside in the pouring rain. Playing this on loop. Stay positive.
Best band ever out of the U.S.
@@bobradford2637 *one of them.
@@Shikta-poobah67 do you think nirvana is better?
@@julianG1212 No.
I love it just as it is.
13 then, what a memory of growing up.
Great Song. Great Band.
One of Carl’s best vocals!
I agree 100%.
Can you post one of Carl's bad vocals?
Didn't think so!
steve
I love Carl singing this song and the other song I love to this day is God only Knows, his vocals just touch my soul.R.I.P. Carl and Dennis...🙏❤🙏❤🇬🇧
@@Irene-qe5hu Dennis Carl, and Carl Dean. I miss them both!
Saw Brian, first show of his last concert tour, here in Phoenix.
Played with some group from Chicago. Miss Terry Kath as well.
Oh, listen to Darlin.
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steve
Dennis @ 0:56 👍
I always thought this was their best work
Carl Wilson sings like an angel.
One of the Gallagher brothers from Oasis, the sauncy one, dismisssed the Beach Boys as "barber shop quartet bullshit." I submit this song to the Gallagher brothers. They never came close to writing a song as good as this one, let alone the other Beach Boys songs.
I love The Beach Boys, but I love Oasis too. Both are two of my favorite bands... Calling The Beach Boys "barber shop quartet bullshit" is just his stupid opinion, but Noel is a great songwriter too.
"Barber shop quartet bullshit" sounds hella good compared to that godawful grunge rock.
Liam. Who cares what he has to say about, oh I dunno… *ANYTHING?* All that guy has ever done, besides playing in the most derivative and mediocre band of all time, is talk smack on just about everyone else.
I have no problem with Noel, however.
@jonathanbirch2022It was Liam who said that.
Some of these boys are really high
@@marcthemusicmanjacoby9380 Nah. No one was getting high in 1969. 🙄
Without a doubt, their best track
Yes breakaway with a splif ..mike love showing the way ..great stuff ...
It's amazingly funny how Dennis is not able to hit the drums in time, not even ONCE.
I love him
It looks like made in 2009 with black and white filter, i really love German's technology
1:57 I had no idea Rutherford B Hayes could sing.
Live brilliant
Without question THE most influential, innovative band of the 1960's. Everything began with them
no
@@oldbeatpete yes
it’s crazy how similar Alan Jardine’s vocals were to Carl and Brian’s when he wasn’t related
That's Al lipping Brian's vocal.
@@evanwright9016 *carls vocal
@@evanwright9016 they are lipsycncing in this, but that is Al’s vocal on the original recording
Very useful
Al is originally from Lima Ohio, let alone California.
German beat club...often live...love it
Love the way Mike Love is taking the piss!
Mike Love, Earth calling.
“Come join my cult. You too can wear a giant oversized mumu and learn to chant”
Mike Love looks like he wearing the drapes from his room at the hotel where they're staying
CARL DEAN WILSON!!!!!!!!!!!💖💓❣️💕💝🌸
I've searched for cover versions of the beach boys !!!! Only beach boys can be beach boys
Tatsuro Yamashita actually does quite an admirable job of it on his 'Big Wave' album which is a mix of originals and covers
- but yes no one does it quite like them
in those days I was madly in love with Uschi Nerke.
Seriously, wtf was Mike Love playing at in those days? He’s the most square guy ever, extremely conservative… and from what I understand, a lifelong teetotaler. So, what was with all the heavy duty counterculture imagery? Especially here. Holy moly… he’s really pouring it on thick with that monster-sized mumu. Giving us some serious cult leader vibes. I wonder what his angle was.
He was cute who is doing the singing.
Carl had one of the best voices you’ll ever be privileged to hear.
Mike Love, the lovable Californian druid.
@@Milton1079 “lovable” 🤣🤣🤣
0:01 very cute hair style like "ronettes" !
Alan does an AMAZING job, with
his falsetto voice. Matt Jardine
should be so good. Dennis, well
he is Dennis. Wish I had 10% of
his singing skill. I have zero% of
his drum skills.
Carl, I think I've said enough. BEST
voice I've ever heard!
steve
Hey where's love haha!
Al’s not singing falsetto. He’s also the one 60 years later who sounds closest to what he did when they were young.
these guys had the most amazing sense of harmony. If Bach were alive today he's be a Beach Boy fanatic. Bach, Beethoven, Beach Boys the 3 b's
Youre forgetting Brahm.
But yea, I think Bach wouldve had a soft spot for the Beach Boys had he been alive in the late 1960s.
The Beatles were great no question, but the Beach Boys were every bit as good. They could even carry on without Brian Wilson. The Beatles couldn't carry on without John Lennon. And Dennis Wilson, the only BB who could actually surf, delivers arguably his finest performance on this song.
Also Dennis was a fantastic songwriter in his own right. So was Carl, Bruce and Al. The early 70s is just them flexing that.
@@jadentrez The Beatles never even attempted to carry on without Lennon, or any other original band member, so I’m not getting the comparison here. One thing the Beach Boys really did have over the Beatles was the ability to play all their more complicated, experimental songs live, note for note. The Beatles could make magic in the studio, but there was a good reason why they stopped playing live in ‘66.
@@Shikta-poobah67 The point is that the Beach Boys had the good fortune to find replacements and keep going through the rough times and managed to keep putting out good work post-1970. The Beatles could have given John and George a break and carried on with other musicians but unlike the Beach Boys they didn't have brothers or cousins to step in and help carry the load until John or George were ready to come back.
@@jadentrez I suppose. I dunno, comparing the individual stories of the Beach Boys and the Beatles is really a case of apples and oranges, from what I can tell. You already mentioned the one big difference, and that’s the fact that the Beach Boys were/are a family institution, from their inception. Sure, they carried on with only one Wilson brother for a while (really *NOT* my favorite era of the BB’s), and have had a revolving door cast of additional members over the years/decades. After ‘67 Brian was only marginally involved for the duration of their existence, with sporadic periods of major input, but they were inconsistent and typically short lived. And then then there was Dennis quitting and rejoining them a million different times in the first half of the 70’s.
With the Beatles it was strictly the ‘fab four’ thing, and that was always non-negotiable. John, Paul, George, Ringo… end of story. Etched in stone. I respected them tremendously for that. I thought their breakup was well timed, and in my opinion ended on a high note. At least musically it did. I enjoyed much of what the Beach Boys did in their post-60’s years. At least most of their 70’s stuff was decent. Then there was this *_REALLY_* long gap between roughly 1978 and 2012 where I could only name about three songs they did in that entire period that I liked. If it hadn’t been for their redemption on “That’s Why God Made The Radio”, I would’ve continued to lament the fact that they didn’t just pack it in at the end of the 70’s.
At any rate, my main point is that it has always been very difficult for me to compare those two bands when it comes to the way their stories played out. Two very different sets of circumstances.
@@Shikta-poobah67 I agree with you. The Beatles break up was probably right on time, and the four of them were irreplaceable. But at the same time that's what I admire about the Beach Boys. They had a certain durability that allowed them to keep going even when their guiding spirit, Brian Wilson, was on ice. I mean, Carl Wilson in particular stepped up big time.
Something, no massive underrated this tune, no play at any radio station. Awesome. Did they play it live, too?
Seeing Carl Dean bouncing like that,
and his AMAZING voice, just awesome!
I'd LOVE to see Carl bounce again!
Now, can we do something about
Sasquatch? Sorry, Sasquatch the
Monk! (I'm pretty sure you know
what Little DOUCHE Coupe I'm
talking about.)
steve
Damn D.J.'s wouldn't play their records or this song would have been big!
Our song in 69. We weren't ment to be. Still think of you.
Such a beautiful song! But I still don’t know what The Beach Boys ever saw in Mike Love…such a silly guy..
❤❤❤❤
Great song which was a hit in the UK along with a number of others at that time.
Mike Love wearing a robe, so silly.
These old TV performances! The wobbly mics, the wireless (unplugged) electric guitars (no kids, these were not a real thing until the 1980s), the often not-quite-right miming and slightly embarassed looks of the artists, it all looks kind of odd now. But, sadly for a lot of this old stuff, these are the best quality surviving visual "performances" of these classic hits. So much concert footage from those days was done on the cheap and looks very poor now.
"Breakaway" is a BB classic and - as I recall - it was their last single for Capitol (which fed into the song's sentiment no doubt). That might also explain why it was not a success in the US, as I doubt Capitol were much inclined to put much marketing and plugging into it. Nonetheless - as noted elsewhere in these comments - it was a big hit in several European geographies - and in many other places - so, clearly, most of Capitol's overseas affiliates (EMI in the UK for example) did work hard on it.
A on this essay.
Such a sweet voice al jardine has. On this and esp cottonfields i thought it was a lady singing!!
עוד שיר מקסים משנות השבעים העליזות.
An american treasure
Who is the ID10T that looks like he escaped
from a weird monastery?
Alan, can you hit those notes? Can Matt?
You guys were AWESOME June 7th. (My
birthday present to me.)
Still miss Dennis Carl, and Carl Dean!
(Who named those Boys?)
steve
God bless the Wilson Brothers. I was crushed when I read about Dennis' drowning in December of 1983. I had the opportunity to express my feelings about Denny to Carl in 1985 and his brother's passing was devastating to him and Brian.
👍❤🏄♂️
I cracked up when they did a close-up of Mike when he was supposed to be singing and his lips weren't moving.
How did the Beach Boys get such good harmony? Did they take some kind of lessons or something?
Brian Wilson learned it from the Four Freshmen
What was the point of Mike Love ?
MiKe Nobi Love
anyone know when/where this recording is from? thx
I will say it again ..Mike was the easiest one to replace in the group and was incredibly fortunate that he didn’t get canned around this time when he was far past his usefulness.
Mike Love always looks at the cameras, ready for his closeup 🙄
Love the beach boys…but why was Mike there?
Mike was so goofy, hehe
Harmony
Damn this is the type of music they should’ve went for through the 70s. If they would’ve done this sort of thing consistently it likely would’ve caught on. I cannot for the life of me understand how a band with so much talent even other than Brian floundered around so much and made so many terrible creative decisions
Mikey, Notre Dame wants their Quasimodo back!
To misquote the Beatles, "Get Back."
steve
Why Mike Love look like dat
‘That,’ not ‘dat.’ Grow up!
@@heli-crewhgs5285 thanks dad
He was into fake woke shit during this period. Like enlightened and what not. Basically hippy
He found Jesus
i need to break away. but the scariest part is will it be better or worse than now?
You won't know unless you try, it could be the best thing you have done in your life so far and if not.. it wasnt meant to be ...make a complete new start....what is for you, won't pass you by... good luck.,💯🙋🏼♀️👍🙏🇬🇧
@Irene-qe5hu weird coincidence, got a girlfriend with the name Irene half a year ago. and she has helped me out that way
Brian was on a different style, without support.
Where’s Brian?
Maury's last chance to have a hit. I like it despite it only made it to #63. Unfortunately it was the Swan Song at Capitol Records.
Mike Love left his Gandalf Wizard hat backstage..... Dude was a good singer, but such a Tool...
What the hell does Mike Love look like FFS?
I sometimes feel Mike let the band down…might be me ,,
@Fs1e, Your intuition is right on target. It's not just you. 99% of true Beach Boys Fans would agree with you. The only person impressed with Mike...was, Mike!
@@timford3599 hi ,,I suppose he contributed either vocally,,,but definitely not visually,,,