The Beach Boys - Keepin' The Summer Alive

20 Years of

[@mrsmacca126]

THE QUINTESSENTIAL LIVE MALE VOCAL/ GUITAR PERFORMANCE IN ALL OF EXISTENCE. NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN CARL

[@deenamccarthy1897]

Amen to That!!

[@Milesco]

Agreed. He did a great job here. 🎤 🎸 🎵

[@paulinegardner634]

Love this song especially Carl's vocals are perfection 🎸🎼 xx

[@mrsmacca126]

pauline gardner As EVER!!!

[@Milesco]

Agreed. He did a great job here. 🎤 🎸 🎵 🙂

[@billpressley2168]

I was 15, this was my first show. 56 total shows including Brian's solo career since. 55 years of beautiful music.

[@marthamorgan-silva6271]

Happy 71st birthday Carl!!! Love you

[@IainB1511]

It is Bobby Figueroa who played drums for the Beach Boys touring band through the 70' and 80's.

[@AprilShowers1955]

Wish these days would return! Miss them tremendously! Carl does an outstanding performance here!😊❤

[@peterpanassow7814]

Best version ever! Bobby rocks it.

[@davidgrose6349]

Love Carl’s voice on this. He has the band sounding enthusiastic. The guys sound good here. Meanwhile Brian can’t be bothered.

[@francescobotti3544]

Carl on lead with Al and Bruce doing backup is sure a godly sound

[@mrsmacca126]

“ How ‘ bout that CARL WILSON”!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@margaretmaskara9002]

"Broke a string on that one"

[@margaretmaskara9002]

oops wrong concert broke a string in Knebworth

[@sergio895]

This song is just under rated as hell.

[@Milesco]

Totally agree. It's one of The Beach Boys' best songs, but you never hear it anywhere.

[@67JLBlues19]

The album is shite though

[@VaclavRuzickaMonterey]

RIP Carl Wilson ... Great job on this tune! I have a VHS copy of this show, great stuff!!

[@marthamorgan-silva6271]

Have you converted it to DVD?

[@NewhamMatt]

Were Brian or Dennis at this show?

[@VaclavRuzickaMonterey]

NewhamMatt , yes, Brian and Dennis both played the entire concert.

[@VaclavRuzickaMonterey]

Martha Morgan-Silva , I did have it converted to dvd. Such a great show!

[@RaptureFilmz]

I remember this video and the dude rocking out in the crowd I laughed so hard when I was a kid.

[@irican01]

The drummer on this song is Bobby Figueroa

[@marthamorgan-silva6271]

Great song!!!!

[@Milesco]

Yes it is! One of their best! 😀 Criminally underrated.

[@1401minstrel]

RIP Carl Wilson, Glen Campbell and Daryl Dragon.

[@sarahklarkson3169]

1401minstrel and ofcourse Dennis

[@1401minstrel]

@@sarahklarkson3169 Yes, absolutely Dennis. I just didn't include him as he wasn't in this video clip. He was still with us then, though, and he performed with the group at that same concert.

[@sarahklarkson3169]

1401minstrel actually he was there this the 4rth of july 1980 he is at one of the pianos i believe

[@1401minstrel]

@@sarahklarkson3169 Yes, I know what concert it is, but I didn't see him in the clip, so that's why I didn't include him. He did an awesome job on the drums on "Darlin'" in that same 7/4/1980 concert.

[@GypsyRose2o0o]

~ Wonderful Video ~ I love to watch the Beach Boys in concert, Awesome band ~ I love "Keepin' The Summer Alive" sung by the Great late Carl!! I miss him and Dennis!! On the drums is one of the Cowsills!! I seen the Cowsills in concert long long ago, they were great also!! xx

[@robertfigueroa6013]

that is not John Cowsill. That is Bobby Figueroa. JC did not join the band until the late 1990's.

[@mrsmacca126]

GypsyRose2o0o it's Bobby Figueroa

[@GuitarsZnuff]

Great drumming!

[@NOWtheband]

All heroes, no villains. :-)

[@edpolk1262]

I have this concert on my Dad's old BETA tape. LOL

[@margaretmaskara9002]

I read somewhere that Bruce said he arranged a much bigger version of this song- "BTO meets the Beach Boys" and Carl stripped it down. Bruce said his version would have been a big hit. Dont think this song is stripped down, wonder if Bruce's version actually exists....

[@ms8596]

I'm skeptical of his claim. Go find Johnston's solo album. It sounds like some kid's first stab at producing and only was surpassed at sinking to the bottom by any Love solo album.

[@michaelr4063]

This entire show needs a complete and official release! 7-4-80, a few hundred thousand intimate friends, under the sun in Washington DC. I taped the live broadcast on AM radio. Still have the tapes. Considering all the turmoil the band was going through at the the time, this show is a sparkling triumphant masterpiece! ALL of the boys, on the same stage! Plus their fantastic road tested long time backing band. Brian sitting towards the edge of the stage playing along on his big white grand piano.., and soaking up the sun and the adoration for his music. Dennis, not in the best shape.., but he's THERE! NEW!! songs to showcase to the crowd! This may be one of the great last shows performed by the original Beach Boys. Too bad Blondie and Ricky weren't there. Many shows from this era moving forward would see the Boys take the stage without the full roster. Brian, Mike, Carl all would have increasing bouts with either personal issues, creative differences, squabbles, fights, band politics....., variously leaving, quitting, getting fired, rejoining..., Then of course Dennis left us. And brother Carl as well. This show is one of the last great moments of this great rock band, in it's original form and performing together as a cohesive unit. Not to mention it was just a flat out great rock concert. I still have the tapes to prove it. The show isn't perfect, but it's GREAT! There were a few technical glitches with the sound system part way thru the show which took around 10 minutes to straighten out. The crowd PA system had gone down. So to keep the crowd entertained during the lull, Bruce sits at the piano and sings his 'ode to Brian', 'I Write the Songs'!!! This show needs a proper release. Glitches, mistakes.., all of it.

[@gary1961]

Just a few weeks earlier, I saw the boys play at Knebworth in England. It proved to be the last time that all the original Beach Boys played together in England. It was shitty weather for mid-summer but there was a great atmosphere. That concert is available to watch on CD - and You Tube.

[@mrsmacca126]

Michael R ABSOLUTELY!!!

[@michaelr4063]

gary1961 Yeah man, Knebworth+++ I’ve got that one. ‘Too cold to whistle.’ Lol.

[@user-hj5nh1rl7t]

Carl Wilson Rockstar

[@Soulthinker2007]

Saw it on HBO back in 1980

[@TheCraig8754]

I'm so sick of all the Mike haters. Do you know how many years it takes to be a master tamborine player. Also I want you all to try this. With your right hand make a fist,now place the fist on your right hip and extend your right elbow out so that your arm is now in the shape of a vee. Now hop around like a chicken holding a microphone to your mouth with your left hand. NOT SO EASY IS IT. MIKE LOVE IS A DOUCHEBAG NO CARL DENNIS OR BRIAN = NO BEACH BOYS

[@kako1023]

Robroy, Love was so essential why did his solo album FLOP. In addition " integral " Dennis Wilson was so under rated, His solo album was a success . What about Al and Bruce who made the Bach boy harmonies. Mile Love could not even evolve with his tambourine. Brian wanted to go another level with the pop music in day. The fact Mike Love was inhibiting the BB from producing better music.

[@kako1023]

tambourine hahaha real talent

[@ms8596]

They could have replaced him in a New York minute.

[@djmammo9826]

Well, he did study with Ray Cooper so...

[@tompearson2486]

Having seen both the Beatles and beach boys I do believe the beach boys are better in concert.

[@CartersRemasters]

The Beatles stopped perfoming in concert in 66, if they stayed as a live band untill 70, they would be mindblowing

[@ImperialRadioYT]

@@CartersRemasters it's hilariously easy to say that after the fact. buddy, accept it: someone's better than beatles at something. they're not perfect

[@jlee2383]

Why do BB fans always have to compare them with the Beatles. I love them both, I appreciate both. Why not just recognize both as fantastic artists?

[@mrsmacca126]

HEATHER- I hope you are watching!!!!!

[@mrsmacca126]

CARL DEAN WILSON, ladies and gents. THE. QUINTESSENTIAL. MALE. VOCALIST.

[@weasleychick]

I heard that John Stamos told Bobby Figueroa he liked this cut a lot

[@almaflores1793]

👋 Cousin Bobby! 😊❤️

[@peterpanassow7814]

Bobby kills it! One of the best drummers in the business

[@BedlamAndBones]

Great shot of my uncle Bobby at 1:00!

[@peterpanassow7814]

Love Bobby! Killer drummer

[@trfesok]

Better than the studio version!

[@petestaint8312]

Agreed!! It rocks. 😎

[@almaflores1793]

I love all theBeach Boys! They are still very hot! ❤️

[@fanmaxis3004]

Ole Glen Campbell at the end :)

[@stewgotz1]

im not sure ,but i beleive JIMMY PAGE PLAYED A SONG AT THIS CONCERT!!

[@Metrobilbao]

who's that # 40 in the orange shirt holding the surfboard... WOOF !!!!!

[@davidhutton465]

What is the title of this video special? I ask as I originally thought it was "The Beach Boys 20th Anniversary Special", however my copy does not include this Washington DC concert footage, which is odd as it does include the same Al Jardine, Daryl Dragon and Glen Campbell interview snippets seen at the end of this video. Were there two similiar-but-different releases of the same special?

[@mrsmacca126]

This is Fourth of July, 1980.

[@davidhutton465]

Understood, however this is a clip taken from a larger video special. I'm trying to ascertain the name of the full special as there seem to be two versions of it.

[@juliepritchett5537]

Mike is living proof that only the good die young.

[@fredgien]

Julie Pritchett Stop this silly bashing, grow up..

[@mrsmacca126]

CARL DEAN WILSON.

[@Sansana]

0:16-0:20 did he get high????

[@fanmaxis3004]

napolean dinomyte on bass?

[@mrsmacca126]

fanmaxis3004 HahahahA

[@olsoneric1]

Ed Carter - Guitar

[@peterpanassow7814]

Lol!! Good one

[@relimes]

Richard Simmons on drums?

[@mustomax]

carly munoz

[@mrsmacca126]

relimes 4:30 put your shirt on, dear!! No one needs to see that

[@margaretawallberg5592]

It's Bobby Figueroa on drums.