The Sad Truth About The Beach Boys

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  • čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
  • When the Beach Boys first came onto the music scene in the early ‘60s, their music encapsulated summer fun and surf culture. However, their music quickly took a turn for the mellow and introspective, pointing to the inner darkness that many members of the band were feeling. Brothers Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson had grown up with an abusive father who acted as their manager in the early days, while Brian had mental health struggles that put him out of commission for long periods of time. From the lawsuits between band members to the infamous Charles Manson connection, let’s take a look at the sad truth about the Beach Boys.
    #BeachBoys #Music #Truth
    Murry Wilson | 0:00
    Brian's demons | 1:40
    The Mansons | 2:40
    A day at the zoo | 3:59
    Dennis' death | 4:50
    Love and hate | 6:01
    Kokomo | 7:06
    Carl's death | 8:01
    Hindsight | 8:49
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  • @GrungeHQ
    @GrungeHQ  Před 4 lety +123

    What other bands do you want to learn more about?

    • @hippielove3100
      @hippielove3100 Před 4 lety +5

      Grunge
      Blood Sweat & Tears
      The Band.
      Groups that seemed to
      disappear when they were
      in top .
      Or it’s 50 yrs since Woodstock
      maybe highlight each one.
      I just saw Santana a month ago and his son has his own
      band .

    • @nathhekzz
      @nathhekzz Před 4 lety

      Dreamscape

    • @drew9719
      @drew9719 Před 4 lety +7

      Bob dylan?

    • @trafalgerd.waterlaw3084
      @trafalgerd.waterlaw3084 Před 4 lety +6

      Red hot chilli peppers please :)

    • @Paul020253
      @Paul020253 Před 4 lety +2

      Jan and Dean, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem

  • @JulioLeonFandinho
    @JulioLeonFandinho Před 4 lety +420

    The worst about it is that the video is only showing the surface of the whole picture, the ugly, nasty, depressing, sad picture...
    What fascinates me the most is how besides all that darkness and evil, The Beach Boys were able to produce the brightest and most beautiful music ever made by a rock artist. Somehow, ironic to say the least

    • @teksal13
      @teksal13 Před 4 lety +1

      @@johnlinnon2629 Susan Cowsill said he 'tried'. Where do you get your information?

    • @nataliarobinson9514
      @nataliarobinson9514 Před 3 lety +1

      I was waiting for this comment thank you

    • @SeahorsesJay
      @SeahorsesJay Před 3 lety +1

      I'd have said the worst thing is the incorrect chronology and misinformation.

    • @mikesterloc
      @mikesterloc Před 2 lety

      Too profound in my current state of mind….

    • @pervenchemusic
      @pervenchemusic Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah it's called LSD

  • @AirSoftFattyIsMyDaddy
    @AirSoftFattyIsMyDaddy Před 4 lety +242

    The Beach Boys are my favorite band. Their 70's music was pure beauty.

    • @tivolidream9655
      @tivolidream9655 Před 4 lety +4

      Songs like Good Timing, Student Demonstration time and Break Away are GREAT!

    • @nikokaapa
      @nikokaapa Před 4 lety +18

      You must mean their 60s music, right? 70's for real? Even their greatest output of the 70s was written in the 60s.

    • @thomaskemer8109
      @thomaskemer8109 Před 4 lety +2

      Marcella!!👍.... Good timing👍...Johnny Carson👍🎵Its OK👍🎸DingDang👍🎵🎶

    • @shirtymop6463
      @shirtymop6463 Před 4 lety +3

      @@nikokaapa I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and guess that you never listened through their 70s output

    • @nikokaapa
      @nikokaapa Před 4 lety

      @@shirtymop6463 Good guess! I have not listened to all the albums. I really enjoyed "Surf's Up" obviously, but I really wouldn't count that as true 70s output, because most of the good stuff was written in the 60s. Same goes for "Sunflower". "Holland" and "Love You" are obviously highlights of that decade (and I have a mega soft spot for "Had to Phone Ya" off "15 Big Ones") but it's nothing that touches their 60s output. MIU and LA I have never listened to at all apart from some songs. They sucked.

  • @spishyofficial
    @spishyofficial Před 2 lety +29

    It's strange how happy their songs make me, but how gut wrenching and brooding all these facts are.

    • @nicholasgarcia6402
      @nicholasgarcia6402 Před 11 měsíci

      Right? I couldn't have imagined they're stories were this fucked up

  • @scottdurning4251
    @scottdurning4251 Před 3 lety +25

    Dennis Wilson’s “Pacific Ocean blue” is a masterpiece.

  • @pedropolin
    @pedropolin Před 4 lety +82

    My favourite band by far , so immensely under appreciated for their later work

  • @dkirk5814
    @dkirk5814 Před 4 lety +428

    I like this narrator's voice as it doesn't sound affected and doesn't grate. Also, the background music is not intrusive.

    • @joedivita7469
      @joedivita7469 Před 4 lety +14

      nah, it's just repetitive and annoying (background music).

    • @onceIhadalove
      @onceIhadalove Před 4 lety +1

      Fantastic point! Completely agree ~

    • @Kalle72
      @Kalle72 Před 4 lety +1

      You MUST be trolling?!

    • @teenspirit9012
      @teenspirit9012 Před 4 lety

      Uber witty response!

    • @bluestar9463
      @bluestar9463 Před 4 lety

      Endured the voice and music for as long as possible, which was 2:00. No way making it 8 more minutes.

  • @dylanwesley3964
    @dylanwesley3964 Před 4 lety +151

    If you haven't listened to the SMiLE sessions yet, I beg you to find a way to listen to that record. Brian was years ahead of his time.

    • @calumbshark5904
      @calumbshark5904 Před 4 lety +3

      The unreleased beach boys record?

    • @stevebradley704
      @stevebradley704 Před 4 lety +1

      It was released a few years ago.

    • @calumbshark5904
      @calumbshark5904 Před 4 lety +2

      @@stevebradley704 ohh yeah, i thought it wasn't released because they began work on it in 1967 mb

    • @kookadams85
      @kookadams85 Před 3 lety +1

      Out of all the bootlegs I made 1 years ago based on the original track listing. 3/4 of Smile had been heard by '71 combining smiley smile-20/20&surfs up; then in 93 w/ do you like worms; the remaining 2 songs were the classic old master painter (only sunshine) & I'm in great shape which was the only 1 unfinished from what I heard.

  • @janetduncan87
    @janetduncan87 Před 3 lety +19

    When you have a mother or father who belittle you all your life, this voices don't go away. It's been said emotional and mental abuse is worse than physical, and I agree. I truly believe that they were all fighting demons, and Dennis somehow couldn't face them. They did have good music for that era, and boasted California was the place to be. I watched the movie last night, and it was very good. They didn't want to have anything to do with their dad and fired him from being their manager. He was very controlling. Dennis was a player and left behind 6 children. Brian cleaned up according to the film, but Dennis couldn't find peace. It's truly sad how such creative good looking men could self destruct. It's almost like the letter their father sent them, was a curse.

  • @williammccollom6847
    @williammccollom6847 Před 4 lety +109

    The Beach Boys are the greatest American rock and roll band ever. Its sad when you learn the history of the members, how they were traumatized as children and how that affected their adulthood, well with the Wilson brothers anyway.
    Mike Love has killed the band in recent years, its not the Beach Boys anymore, its the Mike Love band

    • @bluenosemassmedia2996
      @bluenosemassmedia2996 Před 4 lety +16

      William McCollom Mike’s contributions to the band were minimal at best. No talent compared to Brian.

    • @cabterrot3574
      @cabterrot3574 Před 4 lety +16

      Love was poison to the dynamics of the band. He was ego driven from day one.

    • @jasonvoorhees1765
      @jasonvoorhees1765 Před 4 lety

      William McCollom no it the Beatles

    • @gigid9606
      @gigid9606 Před 4 lety +6

      Brian, Al Jardine, and Blondie are still touring and traveling. I saw them a few months back and they were like the old time beach boys band.

    • @keta6518
      @keta6518 Před 4 lety +4

      Yeah, I did think it sounded unfair that Brian May or may not have taken credit for songs he didn’t write yet who knows what’s true besides them and God. I honestly can’t say I blame any of them for the things they did wrong as it seems they were always held back and well their childhood was how they learned to live life so sour and sadly, I feel bad for them and honestly this will always change my perspective on their music, while the music is great I now won’t be able to forget the tragedy that went on behind those closed doors

  • @suzannevilicich7637
    @suzannevilicich7637 Před 4 lety +165

    Dennis DID NOT destroy Christine's home!? I remember an incident with the small guest house. Saying he "destroyed" Chris' home is embellishment. Even as his life spiraled out of control Dennis was fairly neat. Boat was pristine. Spent many days at Christine's and he was respectful of her belongings. She did buy him a car he could drive around and crash into things yet the home was never destroyed.

    • @spacepatrolman
      @spacepatrolman Před 4 lety +4

      this is a lot of gossip

    • @Thedailysideshow
      @Thedailysideshow Před 4 lety +11

      That’s awesome, appreciate you setting things straight for him.

    • @spacepatrolman
      @spacepatrolman Před 4 lety +4

      right he just did a little landscaping in the front

    • @abcdefzhij
      @abcdefzhij Před 4 lety +12

      That's super interesting to hear. Did you know him personally?

    • @elizabethmcleod246
      @elizabethmcleod246 Před 4 lety +1

      spacepatrolman What do you mean?

  • @Happy_HIbiscus
    @Happy_HIbiscus Před 4 lety +89

    dude, this is sad

    • @thomaskemer8109
      @thomaskemer8109 Před 4 lety +1

      Just listen to "catch a wave", and you forget all about this BS

    • @jerrysmith2354
      @jerrysmith2354 Před 4 lety +4

      why catch a wave? why not something nice and relaxing llike Cool Cool Water?

    • @gregghorner9107
      @gregghorner9107 Před 4 lety +1

      @@jerrysmith2354 Love that song. It sort of encapsulizes why I ended up there as a young man.

  • @tmi6495
    @tmi6495 Před 3 lety +11

    So sad and heartbreaking.. that they experienced so much violence and no love from their parents. The Beach boys gave so much beautiful happy music to the world.

    • @tylertbone9
      @tylertbone9 Před 2 lety +1

      To my understanding, they had a good mother. It was the father

    • @jKLa
      @jKLa Před 7 měsíci

      They experienced love from their mother and while their father was often cruel abusive and controlling, he was also caring, supportive in his way, and by no means detached from his son's or their success. Actually that made it all the harder then if he had simply been a cruel but cold and uncaring distant figure. Having a deeply disturbed and abusive parent or other relitave who is ALSO very emotional, and shows signs of genuinely caring and deep love is incredibly hard. I know all about this personally! Yes, this seeming contradiction is posible without any of it being pretend or faked. It may be hard to understand or not believed by most who only see sociopathy, but I am familiar with such self countrodictory figures from my own extended family! 😢😡❤

  • @truebluebears76
    @truebluebears76 Před 4 lety +137

    Not one word about the genius of Al Jardine

    • @Not_A_Tourist
      @Not_A_Tourist Před 4 lety +4

      Do tell

    • @The59thHooh
      @The59thHooh Před 4 lety +32

      True, but the video is about sad events in Beach Boys history so in a way Al’s lucky he wasn’t mentioned in it.

    • @Not_A_Tourist
      @Not_A_Tourist Před 4 lety +19

      I can't tell if you're joking or not. Al was always one of my favorites but making an important contribution and being a nice guy isn't really genius. Unless we want to throw the word around loosely, there was only one genius in that band.

    • @truebluebears76
      @truebluebears76 Před 4 lety +15

      The59thHooh I just think Al should be given a bit more credit for being part of the band and his contribution . Yea and your right the Wilsons were a pretty fuked up bunch because of there dad

    • @truebluebears76
      @truebluebears76 Před 4 lety +9

      D ooonot kidding he's a genius in my eyes .in fact he's a fuking Einestine compared to Mike Love

  • @carolcanuso8636
    @carolcanuso8636 Před 4 lety +44

    I love The Beach boy's it's so sad what they went threw!May thier music live forever

  • @donkeydump63
    @donkeydump63 Před 4 lety +97

    When one adds up all the dama, tragedy, highs and lows, and the bizaare (i.e. Dennis's brief relationship with Charles Manson) and you've got a story that rivals any fictional account.

    • @Caldostanite19
      @Caldostanite19 Před 4 lety

      donkeydump63 that’s why they’re a better band than the Beatles

    • @doctorfeinstone6524
      @doctorfeinstone6524 Před 4 lety

      Truth is stranger than fiction

    • @BlacklightSummerOfficial
      @BlacklightSummerOfficial Před 4 lety +1

      John Lennon’s life was crazier

    • @vernonpennington8896
      @vernonpennington8896 Před 4 lety

      @@BlacklightSummerOfficial ,
      No John Lennon's had a good family ! Paul taught him every thing he knew about writing music and Lyrics ! They met when they were very young kids! Paul taught both George And John! How to play guitars! Paul came over to hang out with the guys! He
      Was new in school! John invited Paul Over to hang out! Paul varied his guitar
      On his back every where he went! John's mom was at work so he asked Paul if he would play his guitar so he could
      Listen ! So he did ! John was awed over how very good Paul could play like a professional ! So John's mom had an old family piano. sitting there! He told Paul he could play a little bit ! Paul also had mastered the piano! He began to help John get more confidence then they begin playing to eatch other till John got better ,! George decided he wanted Paul to teach him the guitar! The then John also wanted to learn to play guitar ! Paul would go over every day. After they got out of school . They would all sit down and George and John
      Had bought them selves second hand guitars ! And Paul would teach them both! Actually Paul
      Should have been the leader not John,! Because he was the most level headed !
      And unselfish of all.
      .Paul was the master of lyrics music And like a pro! As young as they were ! They
      Owed all their best. knowledge in Bering a band to Paul! But the better John became the bossier he became ! John got
      Heard headed the more gigs they got. John took over as boss . Paul loved the music and so did George ! And they were both realy layed back people! Easy going easy to get along with! So they continue to try to keep the peace!
      And let John take the
      Band leader image! John knew with out Paul their never wod have been the band The Beatles ! The big record deals come along John would ways ask Paul .What should he tell the. Record labels and publishing comp.
      He was never realy sure of his self. Paul
      Would help but him
      Make the right decisions! But still John had that ego
      Problem had to be the big band leader !
      Later his ego would cause more unrest in their Iives! All the guys settled down and got married All was c great with the family's Then Jon got a divorce and met Yoko Ono things changed very fast ! She stopped John from seeing his son
      From his X wife! Paul
      Would go pick him up and take Julian home to ay with his kids ! Paul couldn't stand that John let Yoko keep him from his son! Paul had a talk with John,! Shamed him over this! Paul told him You never get so big that you can forget your kids!
      So reset up a meeting place so Yoko Ono couldn't , wouldn't find out! They had a great time of it! But Yoko found out had a investigator find out by following John around! Paul would bring his kids to pay ball with Julian in the park ! Yoko is How put the wedge between John and Paul! Even with the music! The sound Magic was co written by Paul and John She convincedJohn to take Paul to court over the rights to All
      The music that the Beatles ever made! But Paul was the main writter lyrics and they shared in the music! That both owned the writes ! They were CO writers! John hung onto ever word Spoken by wife YOKO ! No matter wrong or right! So Paul got fed up through his hands up.
      Walked away let them play their crazy games Big Boss and MoMA boss! Washed his hands on it .Yoko
      Still kept putting wedge between the Band and John till all broke up! Yoko to this day tries to steal all the writes to the Beatles songs Catalogue! Cruel woman perhaps it a blessing that Julian made his career in music ! Like his Dad! The rest is History! 🥀🤗💕🌟

    • @itsbeyondme5560
      @itsbeyondme5560 Před 4 lety

      @@vernonpennington8896
      What book you are reading. He does not.
      Lennon have a horrible life and personality. Read lennon's half sister book.

  • @generalkhan5569
    @generalkhan5569 Před 4 lety +9

    God I hate when I hear stories about guys being abused by their father when they were kids and we always stress the fact that kids need a man at home.Sometimes having a man at home is just as bad as not having a man at home at all.

  • @dostuffwithbac488
    @dostuffwithbac488 Před 4 lety +16

    Brian's life was incredibly sad. He had a wife that he married when they were about 16, but when he got into the drugs and voices and such, he stopped caring for his wife and family. Then he got a doctor. But this "doctor" was evil, and made him stay away from everyone he loved, and made him do prescription drugs. Way more than he needed. He would yell and hit him when he was trying to write songs, and he even wrote himself into Brian's will without his permission. Eventually Brian fell in love with a girl who helped to get rid of the doctor, and got his license taken away. Brian then got proper care and started recovering properly. Very sad. But he's doing better now, even though he went through all of that.

  • @gilbertramirez6626
    @gilbertramirez6626 Před 4 lety +21

    Beach Boys produce some of the best harmonies ever.❤️

  • @Zeldarw104
    @Zeldarw104 Před 4 lety +35

    Wow!! And I guess being around Charles Mansion would drive anyone nuts! Now that relationship, rabbit hole goes deep!!😵 Poor Dennis Wilson. 😟

  • @buckjohnson1119
    @buckjohnson1119 Před 4 lety +17

    Brian, We loved your harmonies. You are a genius. Thank you, to
    All the gifts of music, from all of you. Days Youth; listening and
    Singing, to the beach
    Boys. God Bless, each of you.

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 Před 4 lety +37

    Not a non stop 🏄 safari for The Beach Boys. Good Vibrations is the greatest song ever ! There is an eerie atmosphere about it. Ultimately , The Band perservered over Manson , drugs & death.

  • @nimomaniachannel
    @nimomaniachannel Před 4 lety +30

    I like the beach boys. There music is so creative

  • @davidreilly3
    @davidreilly3 Před 3 lety +5

    I had read about all of these harsh times quite a while back. Remember the involvement of Dennis and Manson when it was going on. So sad

  • @normadesmond6017
    @normadesmond6017 Před 4 lety +14

    The Wilson father was a real prize. Like the jackson father, the Whitney Houston father, the Amy Winehouse father..... In the end, t's really just about the money, isn't it?

    • @johnlinnon2629
      @johnlinnon2629 Před 4 lety +1

      And the Cowsill's father- dickhead

    • @rokyericksonroks
      @rokyericksonroks Před 4 lety +2

      I would ask actor Macaulay Culkin what he thinks about that but he’s on a pretty bad heroin bender at the moment.

    • @user-uw8dy5lz7p
      @user-uw8dy5lz7p Před 3 lety +1

      And Beethoven's father .

  • @merickbrother2122
    @merickbrother2122 Před 4 lety +32

    That’s not Brian in the Kokomo video. That was Carl.

    • @Parasmunt
      @Parasmunt Před 3 lety +3

      And Kokomo is an excellent song with incredible lead vocals by Carl, don't like to see it dissed.

  • @annetteslife
    @annetteslife Před 4 lety +33

    So sad. I knew things were bad but I never knew how bad the situation was.

  • @jonah215
    @jonah215 Před 2 lety +3

    I LOVE THE BACKGROUND MUSIC AND NARRATION OF THIS QUICK BEACH BOYS SUMMARY!! RIP DENNIS & CARL WILSON !!🙏🙏

  • @angelicwolf909
    @angelicwolf909 Před 4 lety +7

    Dad was a fiend, but dad's prophetic words ended up becoming a curse that came to fruition sounds like to me.

  • @Emtmiller
    @Emtmiller Před 3 lety +7

    Atleast they can prove their father wrong. They made something of themselves. I’m proud of them and for them.

  • @arthurschwartz2755
    @arthurschwartz2755 Před 4 lety +67

    I've read both of the Brian Wilson biographies as well as Mike Love's book. I've also watched a bunch of their interviews. Nowhere did I read or hear that Murray Wilson hit Brian with a "lead pipe" causing Brian's hearing loss in one ear. I did read, however, the Murray hit or slammed Brian very hard with a punch or open hand to his ear. If Brian was hit with a lead pipe as described it probably would have killed him. I'd check my BB facts on that one.

    • @michaelfoster5970
      @michaelfoster5970 Před 4 lety +11

      First I've heard this "lead pipe" story. I believe that is what it really is...just a story made up by someone seeking their 15 minutes of fame. The lead pipe story is fabricated!!

    • @gimmeahorse
      @gimmeahorse Před 4 lety +20

      I just found the passage in Brian's book:
      "When I was out playing in my neighborhood, between my house and another, a kid hit me in the head with a lead pipe. His name was Seymour, I think, either his first or his last. The feeling was just shock at first, but the next day I realized that I couldn’t hear as well out of my right ear. I told my mom and she took me to the doctor, who examined me and said that the eighth nerve in my head was severed. I say that my right ear’s completely deaf, though doctors are more specific. Some say 98 percent and some say 95 percent."

    • @hyzercreek
      @hyzercreek Před 4 lety +1

      They don't make pipes out of lead anyway, not in hundreds of years. Pipes are made of steel, copper, or PVC but never lead. It's just stupid.

    • @NoLanConnection
      @NoLanConnection Před 4 lety +1

      He was hit by a lead pipe later on, not that young, and it wasnt by his father but some neighborhood goon.

    • @hyzercreek
      @hyzercreek Před 4 lety +1

      @@kevincurry6159 I've never seen any, but even if it was true, it would never hurt. Lead is soft and if the pipe was truly made of lead, it would be thin walled like copper pipe, if they hit you in the head with it, the pipe would bend and not hurt you at all

  • @marissabones
    @marissabones Před 4 lety +14

    You learn something new everyday. Thanks for this video 🙃

    • @jerrysmith2354
      @jerrysmith2354 Před 4 lety +5

      some of the stuff the mention is wrong. The stuff about dennis's wife is over exagerated. Also, they only mention their popular surfing songs, rather than their great songs that are just fantastic pieces of art.

  • @bensherman1628
    @bensherman1628 Před 4 lety +16

    man i love the beach boys and carl wilson

    • @jasona9
      @jasona9 Před 4 lety +5

      I love the Beach Boys, but I think Carl had the most beautiful voice of anyone in the group. Brian was smart to assign him lead vocals on GOD ONLY KNOWS.

  • @joshmatthewcereghino
    @joshmatthewcereghino Před 4 lety +27

    Manson taught Denis Wilson to play guitar, in spite of footage of him playing guitar with his brothers? Please.

    • @garyr7027
      @garyr7027 Před 3 lety +11

      I cought that too, it's total bullshit, Manson tought him nothing. Manson swore one time the beach boys stole one of his songs, and that's also BS. I know they did hang out some, but once they knew how manson was, they had nothing to do with the idiot.Manson was a freak cause of his past, Beach boys got over theirs and went forward.

    • @petersonlafollette3521
      @petersonlafollette3521 Před 2 lety +1

      @@garyr7027 Unfortunately the Manson episode was a a sign of the times then- crazy, inspiring, not a lot of intelligence...

    • @jend80
      @jend80 Před 8 měsíci

      *cough* Never Learn Not To Love *cough*

  • @danielh1830
    @danielh1830 Před 4 lety +15

    Mike Love appears to be the most stable of the original members, and the trials and tribulations of the Wilson brothers can be attributed to one thing - a shitty father.

    • @fozzieatdetourbillnye5514
      @fozzieatdetourbillnye5514 Před 4 lety

      I'd say Murray and Carl's relationship with Charles Mansion that combined to make that happen

    • @rejectionisprotection4448
      @rejectionisprotection4448 Před 8 měsíci

      I think Al Jardine is. Mike Love has had his moments (the "apple juice" incident) and five marriages is not not to be sniffed at.

  • @sisterearthful
    @sisterearthful Před 4 lety +15

    I remember one of my late brothers was crazy about the Beach Boys and their music. He played the LPs out. My friends and I thought some of their songs were cool. Good Vibrations, In My Room, etc. 🎼 🏄

    • @C0maT0ast
      @C0maT0ast Před 4 lety +2

      In my Room was a beautiful song. Definitely my favourite of theirs.

    • @sisterearthful
      @sisterearthful Před 4 lety +1

      @@C0maT0ast Thank you for reading my comment. The song, "In My Room" seemed to be personal to my late brother. When he went to the military, I began listening to the song and understood why it was special to him. My Beloved Dad heard me getting emotional, and told me to stay over my best friend's house.

  • @nidumite
    @nidumite Před 4 lety +5

    I am reading the comments while looking at Brian Wilson and Al Jardine's autographs in a frame on my wall. "God only knows" now that is some song.

  • @annetteelliott1494
    @annetteelliott1494 Před 4 lety +4

    It's so sad to hear about child abuse........I'm so sorry....

  • @thezoots
    @thezoots Před 4 lety +5

    I love the Beach Boys and enjoyed watching this. Kokomo was a real place, I was lucky enough to go there in the early 2000s before the name got changed. Its now called Sandals Cay. Amazing small island and very inspiring!

  • @carlorachel
    @carlorachel Před rokem +3

    While the vein of tragedy threads itself through the entire Beach Boys story, I proffer that it is this very angst from which the peace, fun, and light of their greatest work emerged. Its easy to write and sing about tragedy; that's called entertainment. But it's a whole different experience to live that tragedy and then turn it into music. That's called art.

  • @christreadaway5197
    @christreadaway5197 Před 4 lety +3

    They still got it. Got the opportunity to watch them live a few years ago

  • @mauricemzwinila8041
    @mauricemzwinila8041 Před 4 lety +4

    Thanks guys for your wonderful music.thanks Brian for discovering our Flames band members:Blondie and Rick

  • @stephenpowstinger733
    @stephenpowstinger733 Před 4 lety +5

    In the 60s I new a sure fire way to feel good was to listen to some Beach Boys songs. I saw the movie about Brian but I found he had more problems than I imagined. Which came first, the heavy drug and alcohol use or the schizophrenia? Anyway, good vid here and it shed some light on the strange relationship with Charles Manson. Well, time to go back "in my room".

  • @elpfanjahrling4668
    @elpfanjahrling4668 Před 4 lety +2

    My First Love in Rock n Roll ..
    Love them To This Day .

  • @IBader-vi9br
    @IBader-vi9br Před 4 lety +2

    So sad, such an AMAZING BAND, AMERICAN MADE! WONDERFUL young men, Thank God they showed up and just at the right time, bless them all

  • @toastertwo1602
    @toastertwo1602 Před rokem +2

    When you look at The Beach Boys history and The Beatles, it seems that sometimes it's better break up when it comes for the right time and stay just as friends. If The Beach Boys would've disbanded after Holland album, they would've been considered much more serious and respected band nowadays and relationship between them could've been much better. Being in a band, playing rock and roll and all that stuff, it's fun when you're young. But after you became older, your personality grows up and your demands too. The Beach Boys problem was that they were all too much talented and independent as artists to continue together after about 1974-75. But they all found compromise, probably because they were relatives and old friends. But it costed them a lot. The best thing Beatles did was breaking up. And now they're legends. There's very few occasions when band can continue together after all of the years and stay more/less friends, like The Rolling Stones.

  • @KariIzumi1
    @KariIzumi1 Před 4 lety +7

    Damn, Murray Wilson makes Joe Jackson look like Mike Brady in comparison :(
    And of course, that stuff also contributed to the infamous eating disorder his daughter Carnie suffered.

  • @scottgroves3814
    @scottgroves3814 Před 3 lety +3

    Murray and manson deserve each other!

  • @qg3726
    @qg3726 Před 3 lety +2

    That PHRASE "There's A Fine Line Between Genius & Madman" .. It FIT Brian to a tee...

  • @epg96
    @epg96 Před 4 lety +7

    Are you gonna make video about Miraculous Ladybug & Chat Noir? I heard it's one of the most popular tv show in France. Some people said that it's kinda Nightwing & Spider-gwen version of Paris

  • @indiansfaninpa
    @indiansfaninpa Před 4 lety +28

    Dennis and Shawn Love weren't second cousins, they were first cousins once removed. Yes, there is a difference. They are more closely related than second cousins are.

    • @doctorfeinstone6524
      @doctorfeinstone6524 Před 4 lety +1

      Will someone please explain what that difference is?

    • @indiansfaninpa
      @indiansfaninpa Před 4 lety +4

      If your first cousin has a kid, you and the kid are first cousins once removed. If *you* then have a kid, then your kid and your first cousin's kid are second cousins to each other.

    • @stevequinn9617
      @stevequinn9617 Před 4 lety

      Regardless it's still kinda sick in my opinion.

    • @sloopfan3706
      @sloopfan3706 Před 2 lety +2

      @@stevequinn9617 it’s even more sick. second cousins would be way more acceptable.

  • @BackSeatHump
    @BackSeatHump Před 4 lety +4

    That was a heart-breaker. 😨

  • @ronchrisman
    @ronchrisman Před 4 lety +4

    Hal Blaine was the studio drummer. I worked for him for 15 years.

  • @geoycs
    @geoycs Před 4 lety +1

    Great video! Brian did write most of the lyrics too.

  • @WhoWhoandZulu
    @WhoWhoandZulu Před 4 lety +6

    I saw them Live a half dozen times A.C. , Philly and D.C. ... Z

  • @claudemcwhorter
    @claudemcwhorter Před 2 lety

    great info, THX

  • @cartervail4910
    @cartervail4910 Před 4 lety +16

    The darkest backgrounds always seem to produce the most inspiring content. The beachboys suffering so much from within, produced some of the happiest brightest greatest songs. Robin Williams, a man full of emotion, humor, and wit on the outside, was plagued with a deep depression. This may be weird to say, but without the continuous mental health struggles and the abusive stepdad, I don't think that the beach boys would have reached the same success. Not a fact but a theory.

    • @jKLa
      @jKLa Před 7 měsíci

      Not their step dad, their biological father Murry Wilson. Also, Mary while a very disturbed and abusive struggling blue collar man, was also quite artisticly talented himself but never found much success (most such people never do) except through his son's, which he began to exploit and become jealous of. Yet by all reports he also cared deeply about his son's success and was a very sentpsitive and emotional man with an oftdn hair trigger temper, -he was in other words a simultaneously horribly abusive and disturbed and also loving and deeply caring person. This is not a contradiction, but it's controversial to say this as it sounds to many like sympathy for abusers. It's not, but it is empathy for a very real and extremely difficult type of situation with only dificult answers and decisions to make. I know it all too well and this can lead to different and seemingly ( to the mainstream) irrational priorities at times.

  • @oldenweery7510
    @oldenweery7510 Před 4 lety

    I stopped only long enough to Like the video and a few of the comments---and typed in "kokomo." Had to hear it again!

  • @richardgerlach5156
    @richardgerlach5156 Před 4 lety +46

    Couldn't help but notice that Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston were not mentioned at all. I guess the problems were all in the family and relatives.

    • @Paul020253
      @Paul020253 Před 4 lety +5

      I once heard Al being described as "boring" just because he did not enter into the groups shenanigans, THis video is not done by a fan, it only talks about the bad things, not the good things. FWIW I don't think that there would have been The Beach Boys without Murry (sold his business to invest in the group, knocked on every recording studio door to get them a recording deal-what a bastard!)< MIke for his business sense and Melinda his wife for encouraging the Pet Sounds tours, the Smile tours and the actual release of Smile. Three people who so-called "fans" love to slag off. Without them, The Beach Boys would be an obscure garage band whom nobody had ever heard of, and Brian's music probably never written or heard of. Fun fact: What do The Beatles and The Beach Boys have in common? They were both turned down by Decca Records!!!

    • @richardgerlach5156
      @richardgerlach5156 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Paul020253 I guess everyone has issues with their parents. I certainly did. Good points though.

    • @jasona9
      @jasona9 Před 4 lety +5

      @@Paul020253 , the late Murry Wilson had ambition and tenacity. I'll give him that, but hitting your son with a lead pipe and causing him to become hearing impaired? I wouldn't of wanted him for my Dad. Murray paid the price in the end. Once Brian learned to produce, Murry was OUT! BTW, I liked your fun fact about Decca. Here's another Fun Fact: Murry Wilson sold the Beach Boys publishing company "Sea of Tunes" for 700K in 1969 without the consent of Brian Wilson or Mike Love. Today the Sea of Tunes catalog is estimated to be worth around 68 M. Was Murry a worse Dad or business man?

    • @jasona9
      @jasona9 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Paul020253 , At least Al could handle Murry. That's something David Marks couldn't do.

    • @Paul020253
      @Paul020253 Před 4 lety +1

      @@jasona9 FWIW I think Murry sold Sea of Tunes out of spite. There are several versions of what caused BRian's deafness-I've been a fan since 1967 and have heard the story several times in many incarnations. The lead pipe is the latest, interestingly Brian in one account denied his father had caused it. For me, I now prefer to listen to the Beach Boys in mono, because that is how Brian would have produced it. A so called fan once told me he preferred to listen in stereo because it was better. Not sure if a real fan would want to "improve" on Brian's work. Btw whatever you may think of Murry, in his memoir Brian paid tribute to his dad, saying that without Murry, there would have been no Beach Boys.

  • @gabrieltravassos9065
    @gabrieltravassos9065 Před 4 lety +1

    what is the name of the video music song playing all video'?

  • @Basil_Kehoe
    @Basil_Kehoe Před 4 lety +6

    The fire wasn’t a forest it was the building across the street.

  • @Ingentiy
    @Ingentiy Před 4 lety +8

    I was under the impression Kokomo was the one of the tiki bars at the Holiday Isle resort in Islamorada in the Florida Keys.
    It seemed pretty
    definitive in the song.

    • @leonandrews7180
      @leonandrews7180 Před 4 lety +1

      I thought it was about the town in Indiana.

    • @matthewcaldwell5853
      @matthewcaldwell5853 Před 4 lety +3

      Ken Jacobsen Kokomo video was shot at the grand Floridian hotel in Disney world Florida, but the actual place “Kokomo” seems to be an idea of a place, at least that’s why understanding. That song is my guilty pleasure

  • @cardboardheadguy7814
    @cardboardheadguy7814 Před 4 lety +2

    I saw The Beach Boys during the reason for the season in late 2018. Aka mike love solo Christmas album. And I was mad that the rest of the surviving were gone. And if mike love didn’t kick them out we could have a new live album or a new studio album.

  • @SUScorporation
    @SUScorporation Před 4 lety +5

    Im glad to see this really does cover a lot ground

  • @sherryirbvin7448
    @sherryirbvin7448 Před 2 lety

    Loved the Beach Boys. Still play their CD',s

  • @Turtlemannnn90
    @Turtlemannnn90 Před 2 lety +1

    The grand piano in the sandbox is so cool

  • @vassa1972
    @vassa1972 Před 4 lety

    Great video and great info

  • @sjk6101983
    @sjk6101983 Před 4 lety +4

    My uncle saw them in concert many years ago

  • @MsPixi66
    @MsPixi66 Před 4 lety +1

    Great video but sad ty

  • @dianapease643
    @dianapease643 Před 4 lety +4

    Enjoyed the genius of their music.

  • @marlanaedwards5296
    @marlanaedwards5296 Před 4 lety +3

    Since The Jackson 5 & The Beach Boys went through such a horrible abuse. I wonder why they didn't meet up & become friends.

  • @QuickZ_
    @QuickZ_ Před 4 lety +2

    Some of the best pop of the 60s.

  • @GeoffPace7734
    @GeoffPace7734 Před 4 lety +3

    Brian Wilson is without a shadiw of a diubt the EMPEROR of musical harmony. Now if it could have been duplicated with his brothers and Mike Love and Al Jardine it would have been perfection personified

  • @Kalle72
    @Kalle72 Před 4 lety +2

    7:37 “Landy forbade Brian’s initial involvement with the song...” CUT TO CLOSE-UP OF CARL “...although he did show up in the video”.

  • @fozzieatdetourbillnye5514

    Dude how about a happy story about them? Jezz Brian turned into a good husband and father and Mike has managed to be a good activist. It's sad about Dennis and Carl. I guess there's no happy ending there

  • @neneshubby
    @neneshubby Před 4 lety +1

    Success can be more destructive than failure.

  • @eighthgate1420
    @eighthgate1420 Před 3 lety +3

    Why don’t people speak up for others? I learned things in my later years that I wish I had known when I was a child.

  • @ryderrocks9668
    @ryderrocks9668 Před rokem +1

    When he was talking about Kokomo he says "It's probably playing in head right now" No, it isn't. Never even heard of the song.

  • @jennypiper377
    @jennypiper377 Před 4 lety

    GENIUS TRAGIC HONEST WISE AND BRAVE THANK UTUBE FOR SHARING ALL THESE GREAT AND SMALL, THATS ALL.

  • @jackw3235
    @jackw3235 Před 4 lety

    Very interesting I love the Beach boys music it's you some the best music out there I started listening to it when I was 8 years old my parents let me listen to the music. before I knew what music was it was the greatest thing ever and still is to this day it brings me back to time where there's new problems no troubles just great fun and my friends I hung out with too . I don't care who wrote the music I care what's about the perfect harmony that made 😁

  • @elephantsmemory3142
    @elephantsmemory3142 Před 4 lety +25

    If Mike Love is their first cousin that makes her a first cousin once removed An offspring of Dennis would be her second cousin

    • @wazzup233
      @wazzup233 Před 4 lety +1

      And that's really strange, no wonder they have two relatives who'd played in the NBA & not having a singing career or creating a rock band. You search that on google on what I'm talking about.

    • @doctorfeinstone6524
      @doctorfeinstone6524 Před 4 lety +1

      @@wazzup233 stan love

  • @whiskeytangofoxtrot5244
    @whiskeytangofoxtrot5244 Před 2 lety +1

    I met with Brian by chance and had a great talk with him. Remember the Marine on Ocean Beach Brian ? I'm still here minus both legs , shit happens Bro.

  • @limeyosu2000
    @limeyosu2000 Před 4 lety

    You could make a movie out of all this craziness! hey band biomovies are back in!

  • @stevenperrell7217
    @stevenperrell7217 Před 2 měsíci

    I understand that the Beatles are forever going to be more well known and appreciated than the Beach Boys, but being a California kid that grew up alot of times alone "In My Room" (get the reference?); I always felt closer to the Beach Boys and their Sweet/Happy music....I connected with them more than a bunch of Mop Tops from Liverpool...

  • @davidgrose6349
    @davidgrose6349 Před 4 lety +5

    Same sad old story that’s been told over again and again. Some interesting clips of Brian. They even pulled Charlie( Manson )out of the bag just for good measure.

  • @markanthony3275
    @markanthony3275 Před 4 lety

    Yes ...Rock and Roll produces only good things...and great people!

    • @roseloose1013
      @roseloose1013 Před 4 lety

      Carl Wilson was the best of the Beach Boys.

  • @mikeclark1830
    @mikeclark1830 Před 4 lety +5

    The greatest band!!!! I’m a beach boys fan!!!!

  • @floridaboy.californiaman.649

    Love Beach boys ! / Thier music.

  • @kirstenhaldrup5219
    @kirstenhaldrup5219 Před 8 měsíci

    This just makes me so sad!

  • @geminiaempress
    @geminiaempress Před 3 lety +1

    🥺😔I def feel them on the parental abuse I love the beach boys n still slap them on itunes

  • @stevenmoirey2j367
    @stevenmoirey2j367 Před 4 lety +6

    this band isn't the first nor the last with issues..love and hate never dies..

  • @devinmccreery8003
    @devinmccreery8003 Před rokem

    My top 15 Beach Boys Songs: 15. Barbra Ann 14. Little Deuce Coupe 13. Surfing Safari 12. Don't worry baby 11. Do it Again 10. Wouldn't it be Nice 9. God only Knows 8. Fun, Fun, Fun 7. I get Around 6. Little Saint Nick 5. Surfing U.S.A. 4. Help Me Rhonda 3. Kokomo 2. Californa Girls 1. Good Vibrations

  • @johnmcgowan770
    @johnmcgowan770 Před rokem +1

    His Breakdown over the Fire music was NOT because it caused forest fires.The building next to the studio burnt down the same night they recorded it and their were more fires in LA than usual which made Brian think he had tapped into some form of black magic.That for many people is were he started to lose control and was the beginning of the end of the "Smile"album

  • @katarinakrnjevic8183
    @katarinakrnjevic8183 Před 4 měsíci

    The beach boys where one best 1960s bands yet all off members had most tragic life.

  • @codybluetarp
    @codybluetarp Před 27 dny

    Would appreciate more context about the lesser known Beach Boys projects, for example - Dennis Wilsons "Pacific Ocean Blue". There are aspects to that album that relate to the theme that comes to mind after seeing this video - that frequently great artistic work is significantly the product of adversity.

  • @iffybakker7440
    @iffybakker7440 Před 2 lety

    Good to know! Awesome Brian, you rock!

  • @kennethdileo6578
    @kennethdileo6578 Před 4 lety

    I like the full harmonies too 👍

  • @claytonschiller8664
    @claytonschiller8664 Před 4 lety +5

    Amazing what life of rocker can do to people

    • @lisasmith7530
      @lisasmith7530 Před 2 lety +1

      It's not the life of a rocker but their evil fathers serious mental and physical abuse. It kills a person.

  • @jenneacoleman-cubero2365
    @jenneacoleman-cubero2365 Před 4 lety +1

    Wasn't Denis's daughter on "Supernanny" a few years back?

  • @delavalmilker
    @delavalmilker Před 2 lety +2

    The dads of "The Greatest Generation" were NOT known for a touchy-feely parenting style. I grew up in the sixties, and while my Dad wasn't at all like Murry, I knew plenty of fathers who were. "Dad" was the KIng of the house. And there was widespread of what we would call abuse today, of both wives and kids.