The Beach Boys at their most intense.

Look at Dennis pounding those drums.
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Impossible to keep your eyes dry at this one.

great stuff. thanks for posting those...those are the best live performances i've heard from the BBs. Carl and Dennis sure are missed these days.

I'm sure I've got the DVD of this concert, is it Knebworth?

Love the vocals!

I was blown away when I saw them live.
I didn't know they could pull those harmonies off.

I'm sure I've got the DVD of this concert, is it Knebworth?

Love the vocals!

+1 It looks like from Knebworth DVD which I have too. :wink:

Embarrasing Beach Boys, cringe :oops:

great stuff. thanks for posting those...those are the best live performances i've heard from the BBs. Carl and Dennis sure are missed these days.

Amazing! That sounds so fresh. Who said Dennis couldn't play the drums ... ?

I watched this concert again yesterday and for the umpteenth time loved every minute of it.

The way Dennis was pounding the skins reminds me of Animal from the Muppets :mrgreen:

My mates missus was impressed with Mike Love's " Spinal Tap " impersonation :shock:

Mike Love at his most bat guano craziest.

http://www.mollenkramer.nl/the-flames/baam.jpg

Mike Love at his most bat guano craziest.

http://www.mollenkramer.nl/the-flames/baam.jpg

I'm more interested in that strange guitar with the Wide range pickups and Starcaster neck with block inlays, what's up with that? A Fender prototype of some sorts?

Amazing! That sounds so fresh. Who said Dennis couldn't play the drums ... ?

oh, Dennis could play drums. he just preferred surfing, etc when the band were recording. so in the studio it was Hal Blaine. but live, Dennis rocked it

I'm more interested in that strange guitar with the Wide range pickups and Starcaster neck with block inlays, what's up with that? A Fender prototype of some sorts?

check the headstock shadow. not a Fender....i'm sure someone here can ID it from the headstock shape

oh, Dennis could play drums. he just preferred surfing, etc when the band were recording. so in the studio it was Hal Blaine. but live, Dennis rocked it

I'm not exactly convinced it was his own decision though ...

I think he brings a raw energy to the band that they need live, but at the same time I clearly hear that his timing is slightly off at certain points during all songs.

But I still prefer his energetic drumming to a more perfect, but slicker drumming style - especially in a live situation where they'd played a lot of the same stuff for a couple of decades.

I'm not exactly convinced it was his own decision though ...

I think he brings a raw energy to the band that they need live, but at the same time I clearly hear that his timing is slightly off at certain points during all songs.

But I still prefer his energetic drumming to a more perfect, but slicker drumming style - especially in a live situation where they'd played a lot of the same stuff for a couple of decades.
He certainly did get his running shoes on didn't he. :mrgreen:

check the headstock shadow. not a Fender....i'm sure someone here can ID it from the headstock shape

If you guys are referring to the lucite one Carl is playing, it was a Fender prototype. The guitar was on ebay awhile back:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BEACH-BOYS-ORIGINAL-FENDER-STARCASTER-PROTOTYPE-GUITAR-/130472186089?pt=Guitar&hash=item1e60bf90e9

http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=43096

That picture is from a Fender photoshoot they did.

You mean to tell me that David Lee Roth didn't write or sing

the original "California Girls"???????

:shock:

Say it ain't so, Joe!