The Beach Boys–Videos

Posted on January 22, 2009. Filed under: Art, Blogroll, Life, Links, Music, People, Quotations, Video | Tags: Beach Boys, Music, Songs, Videos |

We’re somehow confined to our name, the Beach Boys; it confines you to a certain image, but there’s so much there that’s so rich.

~The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys lost concert – Fun, fun, fun

The Beach Boys – Little Deuce Coupe

The Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA [Live]

The Beach Boys lost concert – Surfer girl

The Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA/Things We Did Last Summer

The Beach Boys – Wouldn’t it be nice

The Beach Boys – Sloop John B (Original Video)

Beach Boys – I Get Around

The Beach Boys – In My Room (instrumental backing)

The Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby

Beach Boys – I can hear music 1969

the beach boys barbara ann live

The beach boys -good vibrations

Help Me, Rhonda Live At Long Beach

Beach Boys California Girls

The Beach Boys – Kokomo (Soundtrack Cocktail)

Beach Boys Medley

4TH OF JULY

Endless Summer 1989 (16/16)

The Beach Boys with President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy

Background Articles and Videos

The Beach Boys

“The Beach Boys are an American rock band. Formed in 1961, the group gained popularity for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California youth culture of cars and surfing. Brian Wilson’s growing creative ambitions later transformed them into a more artistically innovative group that earned critical praise and influenced many later musicians.^[1]

The group initially comprised singer-musician-composer Brian Wilson, his brothers, Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. This core quintet, along with early member David Marks and later bandmate Bruce Johnston, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1988. The Beach Boys have often been called “America’s Band”^[2]^[3]^[4], and Allmusic.com has stated that “the band’s unerring ability… made them America’s first, best rock band.”^[1] The group has had thirty-six U.S. Top 40 hits (the most of any U.S. rock band) and fifty-six Hot 100 hits, including four number one singles.^[1] Rolling Stone magazine listed The Beach Boys as one of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.^[5] According to Billboard, in terms of singles and album sales, The Beach Boys are the No. 1 selling American band of all time.^[6]

Many changes in both musical styles and personnel have occurred during their career, notably because of Brian Wilson’s mental illness and drug use (leading to his eventual withdrawal from the group) and the deaths of Dennis and Carl Wilson in 1983 and 1998, respectively. Extensive legal battles between members of the group have also played their part. After the death of Carl Wilson, founding member Al Jardine was ousted by fellow-founding member Mike Love. As of 2008, The Beach Boys continue to tour, with a lineup of Love, Johnston and a backing band of new musicians. Love retained the rights to the Beach Boys name after a legal dispute.^[4] Al Jardine and Brian Wilson also continue to tour with their own respective backing bands, as of 2008. All three groups continue to play Beach Boys hits.