Dennis Wilson/Mike Love - 10,000 Years Ago 

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but Keepin the Summer Alive kicks ass...

I'm not hearing vocals?

Really? Hal Blaine did all the drumming on their recordings.

@@MajorWolfgangHochstetter wrong , Dennis drummed on the first 4 albums , the wrecking crew was used after Brian's melt down .

@@MajorWolfgangHochstetter "Hal Blaine did all the drumming on their recordings". No, he didn't. This is a myth, and one that has long been disproven. Dennis was the primary drummer on the Beach Boys first SIX albums and the drummer on the majority of early classic Beach Boys singles (it's Dennis you're listening to on Fun, Fun, Fun, I Get Around and Don't Worry Baby, for instance). Around 1965, Brian started to incorporate the Wrecking Crew more frequently, but the Beach Boys still regularly played on their own records. It is Dennis and the other Beach Boys who you can hear on When I Grow Up to Be a Man and She Knows Me Too Well on Beach Boys Today! (1965), both of which feature fiendishly complex drum parts. And it is Dennis and the boys on Girl Don't Tell Me and You're So Good to Me on Summer Days and Summer Nights (1965). The only two Beach Boys albums on which the Wrecking Crew almost entirely took over instrumentally were Pet Sounds and the unreleased Smile. After that, the band resumed instrumental duties in the studio once again for Smiley Smile, Wild Honey, etc. And, of course, it was always the band playing live on the road. So, yeah, Dennis was a very talented musician - a gifted pianist especially. And also a songwriter of genius.

@@MajorWolfgangHochstetter first of all Hal did not. Blaine didn't become more involved until 1965-1967. Get Dennis's 1977 solo album

Good observation.

Can you imagine a hypothetical scenario where John Deacon actually heard this?

Well said, you nailed it.

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The difference is one track was recorded by Dennis Wilson (unreleased and unbooted) and one is a cover by the Endless Summer Beach Band (this one right here).

@@spaggy4134 wow thanks i had no idea!!! so i guess they're both the same song in two different versions

​@@spaggy4134 what?

@@jackthayer1289 unsure what the confusion is, can you be more specific?

My question too

It's hard to tell because there's a "10,000 Years Ago" recorded in 1976 and a "10,000 Years" recorded between 1977 and 1978.

This is the 1978-79 10,000 Years Ago recorded by Dennis during the Bambuu Sessions, i think!

@@Angelvelaty Thanks!

Firstly, Mike wrote the lyrics to 10,000 Years, which are obviously absent in this version, but he clearly does sing them on his versions from Not War and Unleash The Love. Secondly, there were more Mike and Dennis collaborations than you think. They collaborated on Sounds Of Free and Pacific Ocean Blue title track, which Mike was originally going to sing on.

They hated one another only part of the time, and mostly towards the end.

When watching video of the boys, they normally seem very friendly with each other. I think when drugs became a bigger issue and the philosophy of the band became strained begin in the mid 70s. But after 76 was when it was it's worse.