In glorious stereo, as nature intended.
This must have been one of the last shows Brian played with the band before he left the road after his famous nervous breakdown. (I saw them at Asbury Park in June or July of that year, with Glen Campbell filling in).
In any case, the next time somebody tells me these guys were whitebread and a crappy live act, I swear to Jeebus I'm gonna take a hostage.
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Very interesting! I thought Brian didn't make any live "concert" appearances after the breakdown on that airplane (which IIRC was December '64), though he did do major TV appearances (Sullivan, "Hollywood Palace") which were still at least partially "live" performances. I always thought the band gave a MUCH better performance in "The TAMI Show" than the Stones. Of course, the Stones got cold-cocked by Jagger's insistence that James Brown go on before them!
They certainly were not a crappy live act from the early 60's until around 1965 with Brian. Check out their Lost Concert video from 1964 just before I Get Around broke, it's a gem.
Unlike The Beatles, the screaming girls overwhelmed the music. I think both bands worked hard back then in Live performance.
That Beach Boys show I saw summer of 65 was the only Teen Scream concert I ever attended. It was quite bizarre. We could tell which girls were going to be dragged out by the cops half an hour before it even started.
A great performance of a great song! Even if its about a car, it still makes me teary.
I've read that (as a single) this was something of a template for Mr. Tambourine Man. This performance must have been just a few months before Mr. TM was released.
Their array of standardized Golden Oldies sometimes obscures how seriously innovative and good the BB's were in 64-65.
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Terry Melcher said that the model for the rhythm track for "Tambourine Man" was absolutely the studio version of "DWB."
I suspect that's the reason he was loathe to use Hillman and Clark, who at the point were a little green, on the record, and utilized all those LA studio pros, many of whom had worked with Brian, instead.
I never knew the connection between "Don't Worry Baby" and "Mr. Tambourine Man". Amazing to learn that the two possibly greatest singles of all time are that closely related -- yet not at all alike.
My buddy and I were there - they sound better than I remember (who remembers 1965 anyway) ... WHere did you get this track?
Phil
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WHAT WAS THE NEXT SONG THEY WERE GONNA DO???!!!
Fun, Fun, Fun.
The amazing thing is that the stage monitors were probably non-existent.
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