I grew up with The Beach Boy's music & had a lot of their records. Brian Wilson was the genius songwriter of the group. They span many decades but I love their early stuff from the 60's-70's. Their music conveys such happy innocent days of youth (surfing, cars, romance). They had tons of hits such as "Surfin' U.S.A.", "Good Vibrations", "Surfin' Safari", "I Get Around", "California Girls", "Help Me, Rhonda", "Barbara Ann", "Heroes & Villains", "Sloop John B.", "Fun Fun Fun", "Little Deuce Coupe", "God Only Knows", "In My Room" etc.
@stanzaloan34542 жыл бұрын
He was his own worst enemy as well
@dianelockwood92822 жыл бұрын
Cruisin on Friday night in town while the Beach Boys blasted on your tape deck....
@zanethind2 жыл бұрын
@@dianelockwood9282 that must've been fun
@skeletor325 Жыл бұрын
Brian Wilson was never involved with kokomo
@sourgir-wh6xd2 жыл бұрын
I'm officially taking this as a sign that I have to go to the beach right now 🌴 lol
@glenjohnson93022 жыл бұрын
They have so many great songs. GOOD vibrations, Heros and Villains, 409. Just so many.
@Kerppu682 жыл бұрын
409... Really?
@glenjohnson93022 жыл бұрын
@@Kerppu68 it's a fun song.
@normaalexander272 жыл бұрын
I grew up with The Beach Boys music 🎶 love all their songs especially the 60s and 70s
@angelagoodwin57582 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Actor John Stamos plays drums with the Beach Boys on occasion.
@Pixiesmom2 жыл бұрын
He played in the video of this song.
@rethalockhart54522 жыл бұрын
Love love LOVE this song and The Beach Boys!!! 😊
@garylangley45022 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1954 and I grew up listening to the Beach Boys. This was released in July of 1988 so I was probably listening to Kokomo in my '86 Jeep Cherokee, which seems appropriate for the vibe of the song. Here is the complete recording kzbin.info/www/bejne/ravCdKyCrqmLmq8
@d.j.starling35592 жыл бұрын
Surfin' Safari was the Beach Boys' first hit, in 1962. Kokomo was the last hit the band had, in 1988. Lots & lots & lots of incredible music in between. A few of my favorites are God Only Knows, Wouldn't It Be Nice, & California Girls. Great music, great band, great feel-good vibes ALWAYS!!
@williamcalderon91582 жыл бұрын
I can see both of you now laying on the beach and with your piña colada’s listening to this song. As always just love your reaction. If you have not reacted to it please get to don’t worry baby also sloop J B. I know that’s a weird title for a song but it’s a great song they both are as are at the beach boys great job guys.
@keithespinoza20642 жыл бұрын
From the movie “Cocktail” with Tom Cruise, 1988. Love the Beach Boys
@skeletor325 Жыл бұрын
The song is better than the movie on my opinion lol
@Mr54nomore2 жыл бұрын
It's a 30-minute drive from Miami Florida to Kokomo in the Florida Keys. The place is real. I will make it a destination place when the weather gets a little warmer down here in Florida. We are experiencing a winter here in Florida. I'm from Central Florida and it's a 4-hour drive down to the keys. My wife and I will be heading down to the keys sometime in March when it gets a little warmer. Great upload of one of the greatest classic songs from the Beach Boys. Awesome! Note: There's a KZbin channel called [CB26] who has pictures of Kokomo with the Beach Boys singing this song. It is a gorgeous place. And one my wife and I will be heading to. You two must make it a destination.
@annajosullivan2 жыл бұрын
That’s not true. There’s not really a place called Kokomo.
@terra2742 жыл бұрын
It's in Indiana
@richardcramer16042 жыл бұрын
Mr54nomore, there is no island in the Florida Keys called Kokomo the only two places called Kokomo are a town in Indiana and there is a Tiki bar named Kokomo Island in honor of the song (it came after the famous song was released).
@jwb52z93 ай бұрын
@@terra274 There's also a Kokomo in Hawaii.
@djdelugach24022 жыл бұрын
One of my very favorite Beach Boy songs...With the beautiful harmonies, and the tropical vibe, who wouldn't want to go to Kokomo? The Beach Boys are a national treasure, and will be admired and enjoyed as long as there are folks around to listen to them...RIP Carl & Dennis Wilson
@donnaowens33492 жыл бұрын
You should watch the live version with John Stamos on drums.
@timothybush96332 жыл бұрын
Hi you two, The Beach Boys are a great band with many hits, one of my favorites is an early song called Surfin USA, what's funny is the only Brothers who actually surfed was Dennis Wilson who tragically died in 1983 RIP
@suedyment5112 жыл бұрын
Love this song ❤️ Afternoon Delight by Starland Vocal Band , This song will get your Juice's Flowing ( 1976 ) Uncut Video ♥️
@veronicapohlig72752 жыл бұрын
I Loooove me some Beach Boys! I grew up on the Jersey Shore. You'll Love "Califonia Girls"🏄♀️🇺🇲
@maryellenazack44662 жыл бұрын
Agree 100%-CALIFORN IA GIRLS, slso live at jersey shore🏖
@franktaylor24012 жыл бұрын
You two ALWAYS make me smile with your reactions. Thank you for being you and doing what you do.
@kimcutts4242 жыл бұрын
"God Only Knows" 1966, by The Beach Boys is my personal favourite..... Now, I'm not religious one little bit, but this song is just beautiful. I always get choked up when I hear it. 🎼❤🎤
@barrycohen3112 жыл бұрын
Kick up your donations people! We must fund this trip....
@theresareynolds31332 жыл бұрын
I love the Beach Boys, what's really funny is that I used to live in Kokomo, Indiana, which is nothing like the song lol
@IditaBugger2 жыл бұрын
Mel I LOVE your hair that way. Beautiful!
@ilovemydanes2 жыл бұрын
Married 38 years...went on one vacation...lmao....kid guilt I hear ya!!✌️
@mikemaricle99412 жыл бұрын
32 years, same story.;^}
@janetf232 жыл бұрын
The Beach Boys concert at Balboa Stadium in San Diego on 8/10/1975 was like a mini vacation for me and about 33,000 other fans, with the added bonus of the performance of another favorite of mine, Jesse Colin Young!! 🌴🌞🎶💞
@jacquiadams6741 Жыл бұрын
I was there 💕
@sarablack25472 жыл бұрын
Love this makes you think of summer,clear sky's with the occasional fluffy cloud.also can't hear this without seeing tom cruise and Elizabeth shue falling for each other in cocktail.
@sharonironman45472 жыл бұрын
I love this song 😍
@lizmoore21802 жыл бұрын
Go for it. We'll see you when you get back!
@ericlewis2172 жыл бұрын
1980s beach boys, one of those songs that just makes you want to get to a sunset beach party. LOVE IT
@Allthingswitchy1062 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of a beach party I went to in Devon UK in the late 90's. I love the beach boys, nothing better to listen to as you drive along on a hot summer day.
@keyrat17532 жыл бұрын
Time for a tropical joyride through the Florida Keys.
@judyhardy2752 жыл бұрын
I really need a vacation
@Grumpy_Rabbit2 жыл бұрын
This song was released in the late 1980s, long after we all thought the Beach Boys were just a 60's band that thad long ago retired. Wrong!
@tasossaros83752 жыл бұрын
Thank you ♥️❤
@princeofpcos98042 жыл бұрын
One good thing about the old Navy days was I got to see most of these places. Been to Aruba, Jamaica, Bermuda and Montego. Sent my parents to Bahamas for a wedding anniversary. No Key Largo. And Kokomo itself...I will scroll for the answer. Think it was a bar in Florida or something.
@darlas57622 жыл бұрын
Here's a cute little song, just don't judge it too soon, Escape (The Pina Coloda Song) - Rupert Holmes
@ronimartel2215 Жыл бұрын
My older sister played them like crazy when I was little......California Girls is the best song.....met them all when I grew bc my husband was john Stamos driver and I was able to go to a couple events with them.....he also invited us and the kids to the full house and he loved when I made him homemade tortillas....
@tomward8762 жыл бұрын
There is no island called Kokomo. There is a Kokomo poolside bar on the Florida Key - Islamorada. There is a Kokomo, Indiana, a Kokomo restaurant in Brooklyn, NY, a Kokomo Beach Club in Las Vegas. It's just a song.
@susanelkins30682 жыл бұрын
OMG Mel ! You look FABULOUS with that hair do!!!!!!!!!!!!
@BMetcalf822 жыл бұрын
I love this song so much because this was actually playing on the radio in the operating room when my son was born on 7/11/19...so surreal.
@t.s.96562 жыл бұрын
You may want to read upon the fabled location "kokomo" mentioned in this song.
@jessicamahoney46102 жыл бұрын
This song always reminds me of the movie Cocktail starring Tom Cruise and Elizabeth Shue.
@mustangbill652 жыл бұрын
Off you both go !!! I can see ya'll now !!!LOL!!!
@delorespetree32432 жыл бұрын
It makes me want a vacation to get away from all this covid
@otisroseboro56132 жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorite songs love it classic
@joyceholt72442 жыл бұрын
Why not watch the video of the band singing this,great.
@PrinceJediMaster2 жыл бұрын
Copyrite reasons probably
@marcat511582 жыл бұрын
You NEED to Book the trip!
@mommiimiyu.78982 жыл бұрын
I Been Listening To The Beach Boys And Elvis And All The Oldies But Goodies For A Long Time.Thank You Shawn And Mel.😊👍🏻😎
@PrinceJediMaster2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact. When this song was written. The only Kokomo was in Indiana. After this song came out a bar called itself Kokomo after the song.
@davidbaker69122 жыл бұрын
Had a bartender I knew, islanders girl, played this on the jukes for 50cents...scored a ripe 3dollar drink...then solve all the world's troubles ...yeah.
@williamjordan55542 жыл бұрын
This was written by the former leader of the Mamas and the Papas.
@michaellazzeri2069 Жыл бұрын
SUMMER OF '88, THE SONG WENT TO #1 ALL OVER THE WORLD. THAT THE LATE -GREAT, CARL WILSON HITTING THOSE EFFORTLESS HIGH NOTES ON THE CHORUS. --------------MJL, 76 Y/O
@stewartmatthews15512 жыл бұрын
Oh wow that was awesome!!!
@peridotdiamondruby2 жыл бұрын
This song was in the movie Cocktail with Tom Cruise 🎶
@hammer88092 жыл бұрын
Beach Boys Good Vibrations is a must, you will love it.
@zanethind2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you two finally did this song on your channel this song is just that great
@tinapatterson50222 жыл бұрын
I have to tell you something. When My Daughter & I were on our way to Jamaica ( Runaway Bay ) This song was playing on our Headset, 20 minutes before we landed in Montego Bay. 🏄♀
@TonyM1961 Жыл бұрын
I remember when this came out. So many people were shocked that The Beach Boys "still got it"
@mommiimiyu.78982 жыл бұрын
Thank you Shawn And Mel, You Got My Vote, And I'm Gonna Suscribe To You, Shawn And Mel, Thank You. You 2 Are Number 1 Beautiful People. Thank You.😎👍🏻
@trishahamilton58802 жыл бұрын
I comment to whoever does The Beach Boys that they were the first band I recall hearing when I was about 3. My mom had an 8 track tape and I still love them to this day!!. If you want something you wouldn't expect...listen to In My Room. It's an intimate side to a usual fun side they offer. God bless and enjoy! 😁❤
@hollywoodharriet132 жыл бұрын
Dig this; Written by John Phillips (Mamas and the Papas), Scott McKenzie (If you're going to San Francisco), Mike Love, and Terry Melcher (Doris Day's son), the song was released as a single on June 21, 1988 by Elektra Records and became a number one hit in the U.SA. From wikipedia. A tropical contact high sounds good to me.
@lindawhite50064 ай бұрын
I've been to the Keys...Key West, Key Largo, kokomo...THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PART OF AMERICA!!!
@randyem69102 жыл бұрын
I had a place in the Keys for a couple years. We had so much fun.
@cjturner370 Жыл бұрын
Love love love the Beach Boys
@joycewalbert14132 жыл бұрын
HaHa! Yeah!!!! Let's GO!!! Another "Take me away" beach song is Leon Russell's "Back to the Island".
@ramfanweber6322 жыл бұрын
They are talking about a house named Kokomo on Eluthera island in the Bahamas, first time to Eluthera we stayed there, had pictures of The Beach Boys and the Beetles staying there
@allofdeja2 жыл бұрын
Time for me to hit the beach! I should take a trip to Hawaii 🏖 👙 ☀️
@MrBonners2 жыл бұрын
This came out after a long absence from the music world. Father/manager and the son/song writer and brothers was tough.
@leahlister64742 жыл бұрын
Love you guys!
@jaycollins91552 жыл бұрын
My dad was Navy. I got to see all of those places. I have never seen water so clear and blue.
@corvus13742 жыл бұрын
This was a big hit from the Tom Cruise movie "Cocktail".
@MrEQ20092 жыл бұрын
When you get there please do Mozart at Sunset!
@tarotinthekichen18312 жыл бұрын
When I was in 6 and 7th grade a guy friend and I said this was our “song” He sang it to me when we both graduated high school
@T1625-w7d Жыл бұрын
Just saw them with John Stamos(Uncle Jessie) This song was in the Tom Cruise Elizabeth Shue movie Cocktail..
@IshiAndNomyJackson2 жыл бұрын
Yay!
@lestorhaslam2 ай бұрын
Great review, thank you. Greetings from England.
@ericnordstrom43352 жыл бұрын
You should watch the actual video with the Beach Boys in it as well as the clips from the movie Cocktail because that's what it's all about and you'll see an actual person from a different show in the band John Stamos from Full House playing the bongo drums he's a very talented musician as well as acting
@kennyrussell26632 жыл бұрын
You two are so Awesome
@hammer88092 жыл бұрын
Love this song, thanks guys :)
@maajorkv2 жыл бұрын
Has that Caribbean sound to it!
@MrEQ20092 жыл бұрын
Call Grandma and GO!
@po52832 жыл бұрын
If you need to beat the wintertime blues check out the group Morcheeba in particular their album Big Calm tracks The Sea, Blindfold, Fear & Love and The Music That We Hear; the entire album is the musical equivalent of a tropical vacation.
@memorast2 жыл бұрын
You guys are the Best …… Never Change
@nodak812 жыл бұрын
Still my favorite BB song. A lot of people seem to discount it because they were much older when it came out.
@johnnyhawkins432 жыл бұрын
This is the best song the Beach Bums ever done!
@jr.a83016 ай бұрын
check out the official music video. john stamos from full house was on the bongos. he actually toured with them
@robertdryden10022 жыл бұрын
You might also enjoy the song 'Camel Toe' same music as Kokomo with different lyrics.
@skeletor325 Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite song
@brianjones7660 Жыл бұрын
Top Down music in my Mazda Miata convertible.....this, Dazz by Brick, lots of Motown, music volume set on Stun and cruising the Blue Ridge parkway....😊
@crazydale10002 жыл бұрын
I spent alot of time in the Caribbean because of my job. The beaches are killer
@charlesklein12242 жыл бұрын
You really need to hear the muppets version of this song.
@peggyhopkins8022 Жыл бұрын
I was going to say the same thing lol
@bakercarl85182 жыл бұрын
If this don't make you feel like being on a beach... Somethings wrong. Call it out Mel!!!
@MrEQ20092 жыл бұрын
Don’t finish the review, get tickets & GO………… C’YA
@adam.44872 жыл бұрын
... and don't forget to be wearing those shorts and topical / Hawaiian shirts, you have to dress the part. LOL I live in south Florida and it's as close as I will want to be to Kokomo right now. I have that weather just not the relaxation to go with it.
@islandgurl49272 жыл бұрын
My official song of Winter 🍹🥂🏖🛬🏝
@waltw45372 жыл бұрын
So, take off this crew hat. And winter coat. People are listing hits. Now, check this power tune. "Long Promised Road". Well worth it.
@johnthegreek58362 жыл бұрын
I love this Beach Boys song and the video has John Stamos in it