The Beach Boys - Live in Washington DC, July 4 1980 

Congratulations, George Melchor, and thanks for sharing your story. Stay safe!

Great story. I think I saw you in one of the clips. You sure were out of it!!! :)

Hey bud, Great job. I am almost two years free from benzodiazepines. 40 years is amazing.

Don't take all that 12 step bullshit seriously George. You recovered on your own. Fuck the group. A/A is good at first but anyone who stays with them more than a year is headed for trouble. All kinds of 12 step side effects can occur like. Anxiety Depression Thoughts of suicide Suicide etc. The oldtimers in A/A can be some really sick fucks. I said to one. "You've got thirty years sober but STILL go to meetings"? Like WTF is up here? I say that these people are weak. Twelve Steppers are told the same scam. "We all tried it on our own and failed. If you ever leave the group you're going to slip right back to Shitville only it'll be even worse". THe perfect subliminal prescription for anxiety disorders Depression and of course slips. Incidentally! Take note here I'm very serious about the following!!! EMT's and paramedics answering suicide attempt calls have long noticed a whole bunch of poor fuckers lying dead or dying over their own lengthy handwritten life stories. THE POOR FELLERS WERE WRITING THEIR 4TH STEP and their Depression worsened so they took their own lives. Basically, A/A is a cult. Just quit. Fuck those sick bastards. If you want spirituality (which is just another name for "religion"?) Go to church or synagogue. And I'm completely serious about this. In Christianity and Judaism, we see congregations genuinely concerned over their fellows. The whole basis of Western civilization rooted from these two paths. Notice that I didn't include Islam. As there's some really sorry ass child molesting fuckers.

Well done george your amazing person god bless u x

He saved this show.

To me he was the best Beachboys.

That man is the greatest

Agree a million percent! God bless everyone

Agree a million percent God bless everyone

❤

They will live on through eternity!

I’d take me in 1980 to 2024 as well. We all get older. They are still pretty good performing in their 80s.

He really did have such an incredible voice. Always stands out in the harmony stack for me.

He was very good looking also.

Carl was needed to get the heavenly choir of angels sound perfect, excellent. Insurmountable.

True, all of our loved ones were taken too soon from us, regardless of how old they were, we all still need them here with us!😢

@@BobSebring Roger Moore visited Muppets Sings Talk to The animals,

Damn cigarettes...

Agreed! He inspired me to take up the guitar. 😎

Miss him so much

I agree with with you but dont forget Al Jardine this two was together with Brian the most importent in this group

Loved the Beach Boys

Your mom is a part of music history, even if she didn’t realize it at the time. Totally worth getting in trouble over!

Your Mom rocks That's a great anecdote I bet she has tons of stories like that BlessingsANDRespect

Indeed. Carl is credited as the glue. But Al is as well.

The glue ? The wrecking crew played every song of theirs no ?

@@garyhillman4993 Not always and he's talking about live performances.

Bruce nailing falsetto on Good Timin'

@@garyhillman4993 Not seeing the wrecking crew here buddy!

Im in 🎶🎶🎶❤

​@@sross54see you next Thursday 👍

Yes! Let's do it

He had a tendency to rush.

@@yesterdayproductions1019 Sloop John B being an egregious example of this. Still love this footage. Great stuff.

Poor guy. He looks like hell, he'd be dead in three years, but he really gives those drums hell.

Love Dennis!

A tendency to rush is a good thing for a rock drummer in live performance. Time isn’t actually supposed to he static. Dennis was playing on pure feel. They definitely were at their best with Denny on drums because those songs were an actual part of his being

I saw them twice in concert! I liked Mike the best!

Amen💙

And Dennis x

*incredible

@@jennifersutton6786 Roger Moore Visit to The Beach Boys

I wondered what Mike was doing

... yeah, Dennis was "shredding" but the drummer was keeping time.

Brian's there too ❤️ Just not front and center -right where he's always wanted to be.

@@BeachBoysSummerPartyget real dumbass

What a handsome man❤️

Yeah he particularly was so super-talented.

I'm in the process of writing a memoir to focus on Carl. Not just his great guitar playing and voice. Would you like to participate? Share your memories?? Need input. Respond through YT!!

Hi ya

His style is unorthodox to say the least. But, he gets the job done! Love his intensity.

i 100% agree

What about Chicago, Doors, Temptations, Guns and Roses, Steely Dan! etc?

yikes, America has an issue then, a lot of this performance was shouting and out of tune, just sayin........

@@tc9992 this is 1 outdoor concert! Surely you know about how great the Beach Boys are and what their music stands for!? If not, sad you don't.

@@silvabrothersmusic ummm- no harmonizing in the Doors, Guns and Roses, Chicago or Steely Dan and no comparison to the Beach Boys! Temptations yes but that was Motown sound not the same as what the Beach Boys music represents to ppl.

Linda Ronstadt and Roger Moore Visiting The Beach Boys, 1980

Agreed. I read that this was the fittest Carl ever was during his life. He and Bruce followed a strict fitness regime in preparation for this concert, you can see in some of the shots how fit Bruce looks too. Sadly for Carl it would all be a downward spiral following this concert..... both family life and health wise.

Carl reminds me of Eric Clapton---the good aspects of his personality. They both took their music very seriously and both very HUMBLE!

Absolutely ! Very melodic and angelic in a kind of Roy Orbison way , only different.

Was just thinking the same thing, Carl looks really fit and healthy. Same can’t be said for Dennis sadly

@@helenaville5939 probably wasn't for just " this" concert, more likely was an entire Tour!

Linda Ronstadt Visiting The Beach Boys. on it on Tonight's Linda

The Beatles were the better band with better PR and better image, but they were essentially just a rock band who experimented with instruments and goofy lyrics. The Beach Boys weren't prolific as a band unit, for their first 11 albums, they relied on Brian Wilson for everything - that's just one man writing producing and singing almost everything they did - compared to The Beatles who shared writing credits and had to have a producer come in and help them out. However the most important thing to me is that The Beach Boys were all gifted singers, even Mike Love could hold a tune - whereas nobody in The Beatles had a particularly refined voice, and they couldn't harmonize for shit.

The truth is...the Beach Boys were blown away by The Beatles; not vice versa. Though Paul and Brian highly respected each other.

@@thomasvee329 I don't agree . The Beach boys were much more talented . Paul and John were liked by the girls better . Looks matters to girls . The Beach boys Mike Love , the worst of the group was as good as the Beatles .Where are the Beatles now , no where their music , no where .

@@charleswesley9907 Disagree. How can it be said Beach Boys were more talented if they didn't even play the instruments?

@@golfwesty They did play their instruments . They incorporated help especially after Brian stopped touring .

Yeah he had really special talent and is generally underrated across the board.

So many times just before his untimely death, like Brian, he was kind of half-heartedly involved in the Beach Boys, and you wouldn't even see him at most gigs. But for one moment in 1980, it was like 1964 all over again, and Dennis made a decision he was not going to give his drumsticks over to some random member of the "road" band--he was going to be an active participant in the music he helped create all those years ago--and it was a wonderful thing to see!

Dennis Wilson inspired the initial surf music for the group.. Dennis also stared in a movie with James Taylor " Two Lane Blacktop" Dennis was a drag car racer "Mr, X" . In addition ,wrote ,produced music. The best is Dennis wrote one of the best songs with no credit." YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL"

@@kako1023 In short, a true Renaissance Man, in every sense of word. A jack of all trades, and a man of many talents. With his cinematic good looks, he could have contiued to pursue that career in pictures without saying as many words, much like Clint Eastwood

Personally I think he’s really sloppy. Timing fluctuations all over the place. Granted he’s in much better form here than the Knebworth show, but it’s hard to go from Hal Blaine’s solid hits on the classic records to the more raw style he has.

@@JTCurtisMusic They used to say the same thing about keith moon. Of course Dennis is not in that league of Moon, Bonham, Palmer. But he like moon played and lived with indomnible spirit. It was in their music and people felt it. Sometimes art is more than technical perfection. Besides that, Dennis would give his shirt to any poor stranger that would ask for it. So sad the latter chapter of his life.

I love your comments !!! I have been listen to them since 1966 , for 55 years !! and have seen them in concert about 125 times . I never get tired of listening to them either. PLEASE check out you tube videos of THE FENDERTONES, BOOTLEG BEACH BOYS AND SAIL ON, all amazing tribute bands.

Lucky you!

@@gracebussey2291 For sure. Hopefully The Beach Boys reunite for a 60th anniversary tour. Hopefully one of those concerts can be another outdoor show and another concert with cars although the coronavirus is starting to go away.

I was there. I was working in DC and lived in Foggy Bottom. My friends would gather at my apartment and we'd walk to the monument grounds each July 4 for about 3-4 years. This was the first year we began that ritual. Great concert, great crowd, great weather, great day!

It's funny because I was 15 or 16 at the time and I took the bus down from Philly to see this concert. I was 5 ft from the stage dead center and I have been looking for myself in this film for 40 years and I still can't find myself

I was 16 and there with my parents, they kept complaining about the marijuana filling the air and I kept wishing I could sneak away for a toke. 😂

Richard ..THIS was classic live Beachboys, post 60s, right here.this DC show tremendous. Saw 'em 16 times..

Well, except for that WEIRD cousin! steve

I miss those days.

Why did LOVE always have a hat on?

@@dabneyoffermein595 Love's hair was thinning

Best I've ever heard.

God Only Knows.

PostScript: after 44 years I finally found myself in the crowd, I can now die happy

​@davidasher8718 how hammered was dennis?

I was 4 feet from the stage, beat cha

Yeah, YT was recommending this, finally watched it, and was very happy to see all 5 of them there, even though all of them weren't totally there...

Brian, out of all the Wilson brothers iss till alive.

@@motherdear3733Cool

Carl Wilson was in my homeroom @ Hollywood Pro 1964. The very shyyyy redhead in the front rows, he and his buddies in the back and I had such a CRUSSHHHH on him I could barely speak above a whisper....he never knew. I was too shy to even say 2 words to him😶🙃 I can't even think about it without tears....something about his unassuming nature and gentle spirit. I had no idea he had passed at such a young age...I'm 75 now and it still seems like yesterday.God Bless the Beachboys!! The World was a better, kinder place then...you guys contributed to that...just wish those damned drug pushers were never let into this country...THEY R the worst thing to happen to our country and our talented Musicians and Entertainers!!! God help our Youths...give them STRENGTH to RESIST the temptation...Amen🙏😇💕💕💕💕👏👏👏👏🌈✌️with Love and Admiration, Sherry 😘

@@sjschwartz1278 What a beautiful memory and a hopeful thought for the future. The Beach Boys Were, Are, and Always Will Be "The Great American Band." No one is even close!

I wish America was still like this... but it's only a dream now.

ありがとうございます。超感謝‼

Awesome 😎 Love them all!❤

Thank you

Have you seen the Australia show from 78 where Carl went on national tv the day after for his terrible performance?

@@dangermuz 😂doing the press conference drinking a screwdriver!

Totally

​@@disco76which press conference

Yep

And John Lennon said it couldn't be done that's why he refused to reform with the Beatles

Yes amazing live, but they use a lot of extra musicians. Even a 2nd drummer. Still, amazing performance. I like to imagine how raw they would sound though, if they cut out all the extra stuff. Like just bass, guitar, drums, vocals, and.. keyboards (when necessary). Regardless , this is one of my favorite concerts.

I was there. 🎉

A real better time was 1965 when they were putting out hit after hit! I was 14, my heart actually hurt when I heard all these songs. So sentimental; this concert is amazing!

@@sherrymcmullin1914So you are

You're main concern should be: Where will the next 40 years go? (Nonetheless, I understand your question)

If you find a Delorean Time Machine that works good luck. Dont mess with the future.

@@arthurprevill4877 - You're right but at least find John Lennon and warn him about some nut named Chapman who will be gunning for him come December.

If John Lennon was alive today what kind of music would he write?

Would Mark Chapman try to do some other crazy thing?

He could at first, but not later. For various reasons, from about 1974 until his death, the Beach Boys always had a second drummer onstage when Dennis was playing. Usually it was Bobby Figueroa.

He is plays with a ton of energy and force. He is incredibly stiff but it’s pretty good playing for someone who was drunk half the time. No comparison but his energy reminds me of Moons playing especially on Sloop John B. Loved seeing so many shots of Dennis in this!

​@@1401minstrel Just saw them. They still had two. Stamos and Cowsil.

@@1401minstrel Knebworth has that other guy, but they're not playing together Dennis rocked on his own, and HELD his own

@@ImperialRadioYT Dennis played drums on a lot of the songs at Knebworth, but Bobby was needed for when Dennis played piano or keyboards. Also, Dennis came up front and sang with the group on Surfer Girl. Often Dennis would just need a break for a song or two, though, as he put so much energy into each performance.

Roger Moore Tonight's guest James Bond Visit the Beach boys

What about mike 😆

@@chrissmith8469 Mike deserves credit he was a really great MC for this show

@@surfohio, yes, Shure mikes, Sennheiser mikes as well. "Love" mikes? Do they even work? You have ANY proof? About 6 minutes, 40 seconds, Brian is singing into a Shure SM58. steve

@@chrissmith8469, Yes, they were singing into microphones. Not the "mike" you were looking for, kindly take a look at the new "beach boys." Fourth best Beach Boy tribute band. Behind Jan and Dean, Papa doo run run. and a distant competitor to cousin Brian's band. steve

I love them I saw them in the 70s in bham alabama the wilson brother r excellent I love Mike love and al jarder they r perfect me brain wilson he's a genius we have mental health issues I love them my songs r God only knows love and mercy when I die I wane God only knows love and mercy played at my funeral I was.raised on beach boys music I can get antixey and depressed all u got to do is listen to beach boys music I get to feeling bettr

I was there too. Great, fun and HOT day. I have pictures packed away. 400,000 people there. I don't remember hearing of any trouble.

Sound better then Ever!!!

Lucky!! I saw them at Six Flags over St. Louis in 81??

check out videos of THE FENDERTONES, BOOTLEG BEACH BOYS and SAIL ON , all fantastic Beach Boys tribute bands

... the actual drummer was keeping time. :)

​@@BeachBoysSummerPartyPeople don't mention the other drummer.

​@@toomuchinformationBobby Figueroa

Any BB fan who is bashing the Beatles are losers.

Brian was barely there. Sang very little and his facial expression was flat. At times I couldn't locate him on stage. It was sometime the following year that his family brought back Eugene Landy, his quack psychologist, for what turned out to be about 9 years of overinvolvement in his life before they finally got an injunction preventing Landy from contacting Brian. Dennis got better on drums over the years, but he knew his limitations and did not resent it when studio drummers played on the recordings.

@@kahlesjf I said he looks "alright", not great. I am happy to see the original band all there, even if Brian was present but subdued.

Greg is that definitely Dennis on drums mate? I'm just getting into this band and they sound fkn amazing

@@deerhunter2218 Dennis is in the yellow T-shirt. He is on drums most of the set, but he plays piano on at least one song: "Help Me Rhonda". Not sure who fills in on drums for that one.

@@kahlesjf thanks mate 👍

That's funny Ed because I was there to, right before I joined the US Army and spent the next decade or so flying around with the army

Thank you for your service, Ed. Wish I coulda been there with y’all. God Bless America and The Beach Boys

I was at the July 4 concert in Atlantic City 1983 because the Interior Secretary James Watt band rock groups from the DC mall. Even Pres. Reagan was mad. Lucky for me I was on vacation at the Jersey shore so it was real easy to go. The Board Walk and beach was packed. Many casinos were still under construction.

Watching again a month later. 😢 wish i could go back in time snd watfh this

Love you Dennis❤. See you in heaven!

Same here, I am 70 atm, I loved him too, I keep watching the God only knows, clips he was the cutest one of all of them

@@rondellthreadgate8092 Wow, Rondell we all love them America's Band I am 70 also! Please send me a friend request?

Actually, the band tightens up noticeably when the other drummer takes over. Dennis flails away unnecessarily, trying to keep up, and always did. This makes him play to the back of the beat, essentially following the band, rather than driving it, which creates a sloppier sound -- the drums stick out sounding busy rather than in sync as an felt but not heard part of the music.

@@Da_Mick Actually, you are expressing your perception and your opinion, and God bless you for your right to it. Dennis Wilson is about the least "busy" drummer in rock that wasn't named Moe Tucker or Meg White. As for behind the beat making for a sloppier sound that doesn't drive the band, Al Jackson Jr. would like a word. Nobody ever drove a band harder than Dennis on the '68 live version of "Do It Again." To be fair to your point though, Dennis was past his peak in 1980 (I think he'd only been back with the band a short while here) and Bobby F. is a fine drummer (but they had many other more techy replacements not nearly as good).

More cowbell. !

@Rob Droog What's that you say? Speak up, laddie. *Hic*

@Rob Droog They said that about Abe Lincoln too!

I met Brian once and didn’t know it. The wife and I were in a shop on 3rd St in Santa Monica in 1993. I think it was called Jurassic, had fossils and such. There was a tall, long haired guy and his girlfriend standing at a display case, looking at an item for sale. I didn’t look at his face, as I was interested in an item next to him. He completed his transaction with the sales person and started to walk out. The sales person stepped over to me and said, “Do you know who you were standing next to?” I said no, who? He said “Brian Wilson”. I turned and looked, and yup, it was him. Missed my chance to at least say hi. I have loved those guys since day one.

To : Susan McClellan, I was lucky to get a chance of taking a photo of them getting out of a grey limousine at this concert! I've been to 900+ concerts of seeing them, I'm somewhere in the middle of the crowd with my sister and I introduced her to see the BEACH BOYS in concert and we've seen several concerts together before she was killed in Afghanistan by a sniper ( 1 shot /1 kill ) that finished her off! But she was a huge BEACH BOYS fan, and the whole neighborhood and our family thanked her for her service for our country and will be sadly missed by everyone.

I'm 52 it started with me threw jan and dean i never got to see the beach Boys but did see Jan and dean

I was a fan of these guys way back when I was 8 Years old and had hair on my head

As a boy in Holland i listend to them at a friends home. I liked ad a lot!! Then my youth in the seventees was all abouth this: surfing, sailing and waterski ! A amazing time !!! Now, i still love it and enjoy their music on my boat

Me too😊

All you need to know about Dennis is Keith Moon, Mick Fleetwood, Ringo Starr, and John Bonham all accepted him as a peer. That's good enough praise for any drummer

Interestingly, all three Wilson brothers were/are left handed, but Carl and Brian played/play their instruments right handed. I understand Dennis's drum set was left-handed.

Just TALENT, and GOOD VIBES❤

Music is no longer actually music!

Yes So TRUE🎉

boomer ass comment, shut up dork

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well,Brian is not here at this concert not seeing Jardine either.

@@eddygsmusicworld1708 al is in the red shirt beside Bruce

@@eddygsmusicworld1708 Brian is there he sang the first verse to sloop John b

@@wildspowell196 thanks Wilds

@@eddygsmusicworld1708 Huh? Isn't Al in red shirt and Brian on piano?

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@@НатальяСмирнова-в4п Linda Ronstadt Visit The Beach Boys

U got it ! Always great to be alive, those were amazing times.

End of Carter era and start of REAGAN era.

The 80's were about as dead of a decade as you can get , unless you're a kid and missed the 60's. Take it from someone who was lucky to experience that time . Went down hill since the early 70's . ✌.

@@andrecartier8126 EVERYONE thinks THEIR decade was the "best". Although I think 60's-early 70's music was the best, I could live without the Vietnam War, Assassinations, etc etc

@@TurboMountTV I was in the Marine Corps .I was hit at Khe Sanh 2/23/68 . The 60's also had the Cuba crisis , President Kennedy was assassinated , Robert Kennedy was killed , Martin Luther King Jr. was killed , We had the first man in space , we landed on the moon , Woodstock , Charles Manson . I'd definitely say the 60's wasn't a boring time to be alive . If you watched the movie " Dazed and confused " the year was 1976 and a girl is talking with her friends on the last day of school at a party . She was saying how that time sucked. She said " well the way I see it every other decade is good , she said " the 40's swung , the 50's were boring as hell , the 60's definitely rocked , and the 70's , well , they obviously sucked, so the 80's should follow suit and be really cool . But they obviously were really boring , unless you liked the song " Disco Duck " and Molly Ringwald's movie " Pretty in Pink " and 16 candles . The 90's and over , forget it , BUT one thing for sure. You will always be in the history books until the Earth explodes , they will say LONG , LONG TIME AGO there was this VIRUS all over the Earth that killed ######## many people . That my friend you can COUNT ON , and you will always be part of that terrible time !! Be safe my friend and I hope you see many good decades that I won't be around to see............

Even without the genius Brian Wilson, America's answer to the Beatles is the beach boys! They play live with USB or minus computer machine similar to Beatles live concert!

Yeah, Al Jardine. Just ask him.

Carl casted his own shadow, Babe Root. I typed, deleted and re-wrote many arguments and they were ALL great...yet I could only come up with one conclusion 😎

I never understood what Bruce contributed. I'm not sure how he stepped in or what he brought to the table.

@@iambertpertel Starting with 20/20, he wrote and co-wrote various songs per album.

@@iambertpertel Bruce is to be commended for making so much money on absolutely no talent; that's a talent in itself!

No way, that’s amazing you saw them! Man I would give anything to witness and be there

Me too😊