Groovy Movies: The Cowsills "Good Vibrations" LIVE on U.S. TV 1969

[@kerrykoontz3299]

Jesus, that's a damn respectable cover of an all-time great tune.

[@marilynskrepich3238]

They sound great....most underrated band ever

[@Skylarking00]

Just discovered the Cowsills. These guys could kill! And half barely out of puberty. Impressive as hell.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

They were amazing. Had to believe Barry was around 15 yrs old and John around 14 yrs old.

[@ozzlzz7600]

Exacto.

[@BeautifulSpirit-kf5ld]

Welcome. This genius family started performing around Newport in 1964. Imagine working nights as a rock drummer -- at age 7,?? or being a working bass player at age 9???

[@patlarimore6960]

@@BeautifulSpirit-kf5ld, and I believe many of their gigs were in nightclubs/bars/pubs, places where Barry and John, and quite possibly the other boys (don't know old they all were at the time or the legal drinking age) would not have been allowed to even go into had it not been for them being in the band.

[@ronfisher5259]

You should have grown up with them on the radio and TV. Music was different and beautiful back then- but I never saw/heard them do this- it’s fantastic. Thank you- 55+ year old memories are the best

[@jalushy16]

…. and 35 years later John Cowsill plays this tune as the Beach Boy's drummer.

[@stephengiorgis7072]

Actually 45!

[@moemcgovern7345]

If it’s not John Cowsill……it’s John Stamos.

[@momischispas7283]

@@moemcgovern7345 John did play for the Beach Boys.

[@albertadriftwood3612]

We all love Susan and Mom, but this quintet given full creative control would have been unstoppable. Inspite of all the roadblocks the music business and "family management' threw their way these boys, and of course Mom and the charming, charismatic Susan are legendary.

[@bpettengill4589]

don't look now, all five brothers were performing

[@RickShort21]

@@bpettengill4589Don’t forget Richard.

[@lmsandy9154]

Great stuff. Barry is enjoying himself. He was becoming a great stage presence around this time. It's a heartbreak that we dont have Barry and Bill anymore. ++++ They both sang like angels . Making music in another dimension.

[@virginiawalters6174]

Barry danced like that in Indian Lake.

[@blackmore4]

I very much doubt that anyone's doing anything in any other dimension but while they were here, I agree, great singers.

[@blackmore4]

@@BeautifulSpirit-kf5ld Cool. Sounds like a nice thing to be able to believe. Unfortunately, I've never (genuinely and honestly) been able to.

[@nickiemartin1426]

It is more logical to me than any other religion's stab at spirituality explanation.

[@motorcityquig]

Great footwork by Barry the bass player. I can see why the young chicks dug him.

[@larrycourtney5638]

Great cover for a really hard song to cover. Loved the Cowsills then and now.

[@GenXwarrior]

That was freaking awesome!!

[@gairid]

Great rendition of the Beach Boys song---and how amazing that decades after John Cowsill plays drums and sings with the Beach Boys? Love it.

[@gokturk2383]

I wouldn’t expect that good live performance since it is quite difficult music to play. Well done, well done.

[@happymoogmanjohnson2292]

Not live. No microphones. Lip-synched, no big crime.

[@pstevenson5157]

In the 60s most of the 70s was all pre recorded buy the bands due to the sound was crap if filmed live on tv

[@BeautifulSpirit-kf5ld]

It's not live; the title of the film is false

[@MikeD_]

One of the best covers I've heard of this song. A talented group.

[@normankennith7919]

the remaining members should perform at glastonbury next year!!

[@bethullian-burton4640]

I love Barry and Paul’s dancing, so cute

[@debradunn109]

Love the Cowsills they can dance as well as they sing. John Cowsill still does this song in The Beach Boys. Love you Barry Bill RIP. Love you Bob Paul John.

[@dantauro4575]

This is a great video, and great harmony. Doing a song by a band that many believe had the best harmonies. The Cowsills also had great 3 and 4 part harmonies. Always fun to watch Barry perform , he had such great stage presence. You can see it here. So incredibly amazing to see live.

[@dino0228]

Even 5-part harmonies! This and Poor Baby are good examples.

[@builttrainer]

you know, for a band that is so often derided for their not being knee deep in hallucinogenics and true 'rock and roll', they really do acquit themselves remarkably well here. Good Vibrations is an deceptively complex song - especially as engineered by Brian Wilson - but bravo to the Cowsills for a tight performance here - and Live, at that!

[@CarenBoBearin]

One of the best "cover bands" ever, these guys were (and Bob, Paul and John still are) so VERY talented. It's hard watching Barry, lost to Katrina seven years ago, but so good that film like this has been preserved. Billy will always be the leader even though he's leading from rock n' roll heaven now with his brother. I like to think they get to hang with Carl and Dennis Wilson now. Rest in peace, brothers.

[@debradunn3146]

I love Cowsills . They can sing and dance very well indeed. Love you Barry Bill Bob Paul John. RIP Barry and Bill. My favorite family singing group. Love Susan too.

[@kathykay2010]

He certainly had his groove on and the music was in his soul. Gone too soon...RIP Barry...

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Miss Barry, he was born in 1954, myself 1955 and John 1956. I've been a big fan.

[@bettyparker3317]

Very nice clip. Thanks! And a very respectable cover👍🙏

[@SabrinaMRood]

This is one of the Cowsills' covers that I love the most! Great to see this clip.

[@DUCreativeMediaLab]

I cannot recall anyone else doing this song and, I've got to say, this rivals the Beach Boys' own live-on-tv rendition from around the same time.

[@nestaa49]

To sum it all up, the Cowsills were and ARE talented and nice looking!!! I hope to see them again in 2016!!! Such a great group!!!!

[@moorlock2003]

I love this! First time hearing.

[@kimworkman2425]

The only video I've seen of just the cowsill boys

[@Baci302]

The vocal blend these boys had was unique and impeccable.

[@Deer548]

Barry is SO ADORABLE!!!!! I can’t stand it! 💕💕💕🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@liesle.8909]

I know, right? I'm brokenhearted that he left us far too soon.

[@BillDeFalcoGFE]

Incredible version of this great composition - they sound almost exactly like the original studio recording by the Beach Boys.- Well Done!

[@daveyuke8]

Magic, great stuff

[@hugomananaya9967]

Si tienen el sonido de The beach boys

[@Tungadunger]

Great job on a very difficult song.

[@edwardmullin1966]

Best cover I've ever heard by far 😎🌞❤️

[@mckinleymorganfield8494]

They're not in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. Really, This needs to change.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

That was pretty darn good! One word, TALENT! And everybody had it but Richard.

[@rmick66]

From what I understand, he was never given the chance to develop any because the father and him hated each other's guts.

[@debradunn3146]

I love the Cowsills and had a big crush on Barry. I love them all and can't get enough of them. I now have a crush on all of them.

[@gladUcameAgain]

I had a big crush on Barry, too, and of course John, too!! John was/is my age.

[@timo1947]

My band, "The Torquays", opened for them in '66 in Newport, RI. When they performed this "LIVE" that night, I have always thought It was way better than the B-Boys original! It was truly an amazing cover interpretation!

[@jimmelanson2430]

I remember hearing a song called "Stolen Moments" by the Torquays. Same band?

[@gerrydooley951]

Ridiculous comment

[@dougsmith7083]

Kids with serious musical chops John is 13 here! Barry is a great bassist

[@lybrooks]

I’ll never appreciate the ‘Rock and Roll HOF’ because they haven’t considered the Cowsills for induction. They deserve a higher respect than they have ever received by being one of the best music groups of their generation! 💯!! Thank you Bill, Bob, Paul, Barry, John, Susan and Barbara! 👏

[@debradunn109]

Omg I love the Cowsills my favorite family band. They are so talented and I love them very much. I had a crush on Barry back then. I want to be a Cowsill.

[@arcade85_]

Happening '69: an ABC show on Saturday mornings, hosted by Paul Revere and the Raiders

[@tomcoss-connecticutusa3941]

Good Sounds From The Cowsills Band!!!

[@motorcityquig]

The Chambers Brothers. Talk about an underrated band. I saw them at an outdoor concert in Michigan in '70 or '71 and they were on fire.

[@jrlaven48]

Thanks for Sharing. I thought this video gem was lost forever. Many Thanks.

[@motorcityquig]

Man Rockshorts,I am glad you were able to dig this one out.This was from "Happening 69",a Saturday afternoon variety show hosted by Mark Lindsey.I watched the show every week and remember seeing the Doors and Canned Heat.I recall the week the Cowsills were on and I was pissed because I thought they were just a bubble gum band.Then I watched them do this rendition of this Beach Boys classic and was blown away,thinking,man these guys can play.Can anyone think of another band who covered this song

[@75DrummerBoy]

Now John Cowsill is the touring drummer for Mike Loves Beach Boys! This must have been a sign!

[@ChicagoBeaver]

I was so saddened to learn of all the deaths in the family. We miss you dearly. Your beautiful music will live forever..... "Hair," "The Rain and Other Things," "Silver Threads." You made this world more beautiful with your songs.

[@liesle.8909]

Wow. These guys could do ANYTHING.

[@hoovgroov1571]

10 times better than the Beach Boys could have ever done live back in the day playing their own instruments I love the Cowsills and they still kick ass ! I went to see the Beach Boys once just to see John Cowsill perform he's awesome!!

[@tonyshelton8397]

When you compare life to eternity its not even in Time as a Second, We all loose our youth at 16 The smooth skin,Silk Hair it all is down hill and as a former Paramedic that's seen the worst it might be a Plane crash car wreck or so many other ways but its over and the living is left broken heart and tears,We know that if we could we would stop age at 16 and live on looking 16 . The truth is there is no Pleasure in anyone's Death and we've all done things we regret,The Greatest Gift to give is Love and To all father's if you have a Daughter that you tell you love her Remember your Son has feeling's and a heart to,Be a real Father and Tell your Son you Love him to!

[@vootee1]

Beautiful thought, man. I have a daughter and telling her I love her really counts.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

The Cowsills nearly own that song! They are incredibly awesome! What it shows is that while the Beach Boys were one fantastic band, it was Brian Wilson, and Brian almost alone who was responsible for them becoming part of the soundtrack of our lives.

[@dottiemcwhiney2155]

Check out that fancy camera work at the end. hahahaaa

[@virginiawalters7841]

Love, love, love the Cowsills

[@gunnarbiker]

Barry is jamming on the bass. RIP man.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Great song..... 1969, love to be 14 years old again.✌

[@hdjohnson7951]

great job I love them

[@rgreene152]

And now John Cowsill is a Beach Boy!

[@lar7905]

John Cowsill has also filled in for Brian Wilson's band

[@rgreene152]

Larry Dutton He is the drummer!

[@tainbey]

nice cover, coincidence john would go on to drum with the beach boys...

[@jameshowland7393]

Beach Boy-esque harmonies

[@hugomananaya9967]

Gracias por compartir este video del gran grupo The cowsills, no son de mi epoca pero me agrada mucho su música, es fabuloso que después de tantos años sigan vigentes, mi canción, hasta hoy me di cuenta que la familia patridge, fué basada en este gran grupo 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@z512345]

Great job.

[@Tracey..H]

Great band for their age. Rock on

[@maricogan2903]

These guys are great. They can do covers for any song and pull it off. It's very tricky to succeed with Bech Boys harmonies.

[@jpmerrick8886]

Yes smart personable people with terrors as parents I hate abuse

[@lucyfoster4082]

John certainly was well-prepared to become an actual Beach Boy.

[@motorcityquig]

I'll need some help folks. I recall watching this on the Saturday afternoon variety show "Happening '68" hosted by Mark Lindsey. It seems at one point of the show, just Bill and Bob played accoustic guitars and harmonized to a Bob Dylan song. I want to say it was "It Ain't Me Babe" but that is why I need help from someone with a better memory than me.

[@bill99208]

What a great cover!

[@DefMode66]

One of the better covers.

[@janetmavis6796]

John Cowsills best drummer ever

[@holden190]

Uh, no. Not even close.

[@tomjones2348]

That song seams easy....until you try to do it. Wow. The Cowsills were just amazing.

[@corinneyaworski5274]

GREAT

[@ozzlzz7600]

Mas que eso!!!

[@DEKMAN99]

Really, they sound better than the Beach Boys. And they all can play their instruments.

[@williamnelson727]

you at the CM Lab @ DU have it right~ to some extent, young people and children can be fearless. we all know this. Music generally comes easy to children. Still~ this was a recent top-40 gold 'HIT' song. Everybody knew it. Veneta said it. one of them was & IS good enough to tour w/ beachboys now for 7 years. Just for fun. THEY asked HIM (John C) to play keyboard, then he switched to drums. I love it.

[@srm5723]

Sad, the Cowsills are gone, like a vapor here today gone tomorrow, as it is for us all. Pray, we love one another during our short trip with good vibrations! Hello Beach Boys!

[@duud6687]

Looks like that they are actually playing! Great!

[@Khultan]

Wow, thanks for this. First time seeing this. Amazing. I must say, Paul seems to do really well on the tams, yet strangely enough, is lost in the 'When I'm 64' rendition, lead by Susan C.

[@virginiawalters7841]

Barry liked to dance

[@janetmavis6796]

John Cowsills is the greatest drummer ever and, now he plays with The Beach Boys pretty fantastic

[@janetmavis6796]

How new and now John Cowsills is drummon for The Beach Boys these guys are fantastic.

[@ksbeditor]

Great clip.

[@Ladtdebbie53]

Kind of ironic that John now plays drums for the Beach Boys.

[@metv2363]

How is it ironic?

[@deptofthevols]

Because "Good Vibrations" was originally written and performed by the Beach Boys, credited to Brian Wilson.

[@Bevity]

Mark de Jure Still not the definition of ironic.

[@paulhinson8030]

Cowsills had the vocals.

[@petestaint8312]

Fantastic! 👍

[@philmccracken414]

I think I like this better than the Beach Boys original. Too bad Susan wasn't there dancing her heart out and looking straight into the camera. Why isn't this family in the rock hall of fame?

[@rjmcallister1888]

Done well in a live, TV studio environment (ABC's 'Happening '69"), with none of the studio wizardry from Gold Star and no Wrecking Crew (yes, they did the instrumentals on most of the Beach Boys' 60's recordings, then taught the band how to replicate it live). Watching John Cowsill drumming live behind the current Beach Boys recently was interesting, and his wife, Vicki (The Bangles) is also quite a guitarist. Lots of music around that house. BTW, the Wrecking Crew was primarily used not because the BB's were bad musicians; studio time back then in LA was rare and expensive, and the Crew was noted for quick reading and doing great work fast under various producers. If it sounds like assembly-line music, well, it was. The key was making it not sound like that. 'Good Vibrations" took dozens of sessions and cost Capitol Records over $50.000 (in 1965-66 dollars) to get it the way Brian Wilson wanted it.

[@gerrydooley951]

Brian started to use some members of the WC because his idol Phil Spector used them. He used them mostly between 1964-"66. AFM sheets indicate that the Boys played a lot on their records and the WC less then has been stated, meaning, it's been exaggerated.

[@ozzlzz7600]

Que padre cantaban Eso si era talento. Faltaron la mama y la hermanita.

[@virginiawalters7841]

Great job guys

[@ThatBobGuy850]

That boy sure did like to dance!

[@luisalejandromartinez6444]

Mil respetos demostrar este gran video en 2022 ! Una canción de oro atte Luis Alejandro Martínez Becerril

[@jackflack4253]

As much as I love the Cowsill, only 1 man could sing the lead on this song, Carl "voice of an angel" Wilson.

[@fionafinch348]

I bet Brian Wilson loved this if he saw it.

[@dennisdinorcia7407]

No way does the "Fake" Partridge Family come close to the Cowsills.

[@tonystephen6312]

cool version..

[@MrJoeybabe25]

I wonder if Brian or any of the boys opined about this cover?

[@jamesewanchook2276]

No body does a cover of this song because it is basically hard to do for amateurs. It's just family talent that is on another level. Cowsills were doing it before the Jacksons. [ both had evil daddy's. btw ] i

[@holden190]

So sad two of the brothers have now passed away.

[@ralex3697]

Three are gone, Richard too

[@billmartyn-smith1364]

Great sound I didn't know they had wireless for guitars way back then LOL

[@markwilliams4383]

If​it were up to me, I would put The Cowsills right next to the Beatles in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame where they belong

[@kathykay2010]

You're right, they deserve a place in RRHOF. No doubt the Beatles set a standard that everyone else is measured by but they broke up decades ago while the surviving Cowsills are still making music. The Beatles sure had the hits for years but in many ways I'd put the Cowsills before the Beatles because a large part of the Cowsills were paid professionals before/while in their teens. Bill and Bob were singing and playing at home by the age of seven. Not to mention the fact that they were doing all of that while being beaten by their Dad on a regular basis until they left home. This family is an amazing example to the strength of the human spirit to keep going in the worst of situations. They had the ability to make their lives look so perfect while being raised in a horribly abusive home. They often had to wear clothes that hid the bruises from the beatings they all got. John, Paul, George and Ringo were late bloomers compared to the Cowsill family. The Cowsills have been so seriously overlooked by the RRHOF in my opinion. It's a shame they have not been inducted...

[@samstevens7172]

kathykay2010 uh, no. I like the Cowsills, but as good as the Beatles? I mean this in a joking way, but that’s crazy talk. Name the five top Cowsills songs. Name five hits they wrote. They certainly had their moments, but they weren’t even as good as the band they’re covering here. They were a band that had some good moments, and that’s about it. Unless you argue emotionally, no rational argument puts them in contention. Are they better than America? I don’t think they are in the HOF, so no. An emotional wish that I appreciate, but even with the skewed system the HOF uses, they really don’t qualify.

[@DEKMAN99]

@@kathykay2010 Now your comment was complete bullSh#t . But yeah, the Cowsills were extremely underated. And their father was a demonic, assh@le, who ruined their career by kicking his own son , the leader , out of the family band.

[@josedan52]

buena versión del super éxito de los beach boys

[@thomasbaillie-carrigan3100]

TALENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dancingirl11]

Bob would have been a good replacement for Carl Wilson.

[@motorcityquig]

dancingirl11 Agree

[@robertthomas5578]

Actually, Billy had been offered the job. Brian warned him against accepting. Told him they would drive him crazy. Imagine merging the Cowsills with the Beach Boys. Pretty much have to call that band the... CowBoys.

[@pattibrooks1907]

Great song done by The Cowsills that is a Beach Boys song !

[@gunnarbiker]

Carl Wilson forever.

[@saintjosephterrorofdemonsp6132]

Cowsills rocked! Thanks be to God for John Cowsills Thank you, Catholic brothers and sisters in Christ! May the will of our Father made known by the Son through the power of the Holy Spirit triumph and reign in all hearts and minds through Ever Virgin Most Powerful Mother of God Mary! God knows your dad Bud rejected will of Holy Trinity. Bud should have met expectations set by Saint Joseph of the Holy Family! Freedom abused has brutal consequences. Dear reader, Praying you believe you are worth more than a billion worlds even if you don't feel the feeling of worthiness! Tuesday July 19, 2022 All ye Angels and Saints pray God to protect us for evil now and until our death! God did die than tell lie He didn't love you!