The Beach Boys' Saga of Shortenin' Bread

TIMESTAMPS:
1) 0:00 - Shortenin' Bread on Adult/Child, backing track and brian's bass vocals originally recorded in 1973. carl's lead being recorded in '77
2) 2:45 - Alternate Ding Dang, unsure on the date, early mix of ding dang
3) 4:01 - Rollin' Up To Heaven, November 1974. interesting lyrical additions here fellas. good work!
4) 7:37 - Ding Dang (It's OK NBC Rehearsal), summer of 1976
5) 10:01 - Ding Dang on Love You, released 1977 - originates from 1973 or 1974
6) 10:54 - Shortenin' Bread on LA (Light Album), released 1979 - shortenin' bread deserved a better official release! carl on lead vocal and dennis on bass vocal
7) 13:41 - Shortenin' Bread (Live), recorded sometime in 1979
8) 15:58 - My Solution/Shortenin' Bread, also known as Song Within a Song, recorded May 21st 1980
9) 17:27 - snippet of Too Much Sugar, released 1987. the B side to "Let's Go To Heaven In My Car" of... police academy 4 fame
10) 17:42 - snippet of Walkin' The Line, released 1988 on Brian's Self Titled 1988 album
11) 17:58 - a good chunk of Metal Beach, released 1989 on Paul Shaffer's Coast to Coast record. fun fact: landy is the guy saying METAL BEACH
12) 20:37 - Shortenin' Bread from the Lost Hotel Tapes, recorded either July 2nd 1990 or July 4th 1990 - brian, bruce, jeff foskett and john stamos all present
13) 21:02 - Ding Dang from the Lost Hotel Tapes, exact same as above
14) 21:28 - snippet of Proud Mary from the Andy Paley Sessions, recorded 1992. may have never been released but at least we got stars and stripes volume 1 right? : ~ )
15) 21:47 - coda of Fantasy is Reality/Bells of Madness, a collaboration with Rob Wasserman + Carnie Wilson - on the album Trios - released 1994
16) 22:32 - snippet of South American, released 1998 on Imagination. not even Joe Thomas could stop shortenin' bread
17) 22:53 - coda to No Wrong Notes in Heaven, released 2004 on The Dotted Line's self titled album - written by Scott Bennett and brian
18) 23:46 - section of Goin' Home, released 2008 on That Lucky Old Sun
19) 24:50 - coda to Sugar Shack, released 1983 on Rock 'n' Roll City - a collaboration between mike and dean torrence, the tainted wilson blood must give a strong attraction to shortenin' bread
20) 25:10 - Reason for the Season, released 2018 on Reason for the Season - please watch the lyric video it is incredible. thanks for the festive shortenin' bread
note: the years on official releases of songs are of the release date and not of the recording date - the video is ordered accordingly.
if there's any shortenin' breads i've missed or any mistakes in the video/description please let me know!
making this video has caused me to hallunicate this riff in every song.
@mike love if you take this video down i will steal your hats

[@officialFredDurstfanclub]

I really don’t know what’s funnier. The fact Brian kept reworking the fucking song for 30+ years or the fact that Mike started using the melody too

[@mikogale]

the funniest shit ever lmao

[@StratocastRS]

Unbelievable... Hilarious

[@MidosujiSen]

I'm crying hahaha, Mike got infected.

[@youthofyesterdayrecords]

I don't get it.

[@greatwhiteflash1645]

@@youthofyesterdayrecords Be cool and just pretend you know you Beach Boys. You'll pull it off. No worries.

[@goo894]

finally lengthening bread

[@SpaceShowFeature1]

Nice to see an Aphex twin and beach boys fan

[@breakingglass27]

This is the perfect comment wtf

[@jonathanmanuel5461]

A Baguette

[@famousashtray]

Two geniuses from their respected genres.

[@downthehighway]

I love how Mike just gave into it at the end.

[@iampicasso1811]

🤣

[@toastertwo1602]

Maaan, I've just listened to it and that's the corniest and stupidest thing I ever heard in my life!😂. I thought Summer In Paradise is the worst piece of work Mike Love ever did in his life, but this shit just beats it. Mike Love is the most unhip guy in the world.

[@Paul-dw2cl]

Haha

[@ifeelafool]

@@toastertwo1602 are you kidding? this is the best sound ive heard

[@AyupME]

@@toastertwo1602I went to go see him live around the holidays and when that song came on, it was my first time listening and it was second hand embarrassment 😂

[@magik4353]

Brian played it for Mike so much that now it's the only song he can write.

[@lolojopp]

Lol

[@brandonbreitkreuz1549]

this is correct’ mike love could only do songs that brian wrote for him ‘

[@msoileau83]

🤣

[@ahcapella]

@@brandonbreitkreuz1549 Yep. But it never stopped Mike from taking credit for the songs, lol! 😄

[@Paul-dw2cl]

@@ahcapella if the only thing Mike Love ever did was write & sing, “I’m pickin’ up good vibrations” on Good Vibrations that’s good enough for me cuz that’s one of the best songs ever

[@ElliotRobertsVideos]

You're doing the lord's work, Elora!

[@milkmanchristian9859]

I loved your Love You video! Huge Beach Boys fan so I was ecstatic when I found out you uploaded that video! Keep up the great work!

[@Danieru-San]

Your Love You video introduced me to this song, you better unintroduce me to it because I can't get it out of my head now, Elliot

[@blackbacon08]

Elliot Roberts understands real music 💪

[@Lazyguy22]

RIP Brian Wilson's sanity 1942-1971

[@notoriousblt1038]

What child abuse, addiction, schizophrenia, overworking, isolation, and Mike Love does to a MF

[@Nick99306]

That's generous

[@kickoverthetraces]

*1942-1966

[@Gabriel-ki7uj]

​@@kickoverthetraces paul mccartney reference

[@Yakkymania]

I think he lost it way before 1971

[@MidosujiSen]

I'm crying at the description. "Not even Joe Thomas could stop shortenin' bread" lmfao.

[@sallybrown4947]

if you are any kind of musician you will know how normal this is. You'll get hooked on something that is fun to play and you'll play it all the time appropriate or not.

[@elrondhubbard9127]

Honestly, "The Entertainer" is that way for me. Unfortunately, I'm not a pianist.

[@profile2047]

@@elrondhubbard9127Fortunately*?

[@m0012]

💯i love to sneak in a silly little reprise

[@marlabeard5352]

@@elrondhubbard9127true, it’s so bouncy. It’s as old as the hills, but it’s still a bop.

[@stevebeye1585]

Humans have a tendency to re-use musical ideas, because, there’s truly only SO many of them.

[@NateRuvin414]

Man, these guys are obsessed with Shortenin Bread

[@TheScripflipNetwork]

U ever hear the story where Brian was doing coke all night with a guy playing this on piano. The dude got tired and left Brian at the piano still playing shortnin bread. When he woke up the next day, Brian was still making shortnin bread. 😟

[@bjenny]

Roger McGuinn of The Byrds!

[@Jacobongcam]

Brian was

[@SearedBite]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortnin'_Bread#The_Beach_Boys_version

[@JDrevolver66]

@@bjenny McGuinn tells the story in "Echo in the Canyon"; Brian wanted some speed, Roger gave him a couple Biphetamine 20s, and away he went (and Ding Dang was born)...

[@tommytwomommy]

Brian’s funniest obsession

[@alittleguy8114]

Be my baby is up there.

[@grapefruitjuice9473]

@@alittleguy8114 "I really like a record called be my baby"

[@Paul-dw2cl]

“What kind of music do you listen to, Brian?” “I listen to a record called “Be My Baby” by The Ronettes”

[@jerryseinfeld9815]

Brian’s basically an NPC at this point.

[@damienf.7543]

scariest if you're iggy pop

[@johnnyringo3254]

Am I the only one that finds Rollin' Up To Heaven (1974) weirdly captivating? My favorite of the bunch, wish it was included on some official BBs album.

[@GarrettAtterberry]

Oh 100% something about the melody is just really fun (especially the “WOOO”)

[@johnnyringo3254]

@@GarrettAtterberry Agree! It just seems like an ultimate party song.

[@breakingglass27]

Man, they're just going nuts by the end. Super infectious

[@sstevenbishopp]

The adult child version has such great production!

[@toastertwo1602]

I like it better than the la version.

[@john_smith_john]

Adult child has a lot of really awesomely produced tracks

[@AccurateCrabLegs]

I have found that putting this video on near the end of a party will invigorate the setting and make the guests start dancing or socializing in a manner that is new and interesting. Regardless of age, occasion, or alcohol/drug intake. Please give it a try and leave a comment with your description of what happened.

[@paynemi1992]

Iggy Pop thought I was a retard

[@someoneelse293]

It's that fuzzing dirty base line... ... that jump up rhythm... ... those piano interjections... ... and as always the beach boys' genius use of their harmonious voices as an extra part of the band... funky as fuck❤

[@bigsatanloaf]

The problem is you are assuming anybody at my home for a party hasn't already been subjected to hours of interrogation about Shortenin' Bread by the Beach Boys. I think I triggered PTSD for multiple guests by playing this.

[@CuriousCritter17]

Conversely it’s also a good way to clear the house🎉

[@greatwhiteflash1645]

Tried it. I lost an arm and my wife is still in therapy. My guests seemed charmed though. Oh - but my goldfish took his own life. I'd call it a qualified success.

[@jamestulk5111]

There's a story gioing around that back in the early 80s a friend drove Alice Cooper to Brian's hpuse so he could meet him. During the evening Brian had Alice and friend singing 'Shortenin' Bread' over and over as Brian played it on the piano. Alice later said the Brian was quite 'scarey'!

[@John-pm1hk]

I had heard that story with Alice and Iggy Pop. The punchline was they left because it was just too weird.

[@jonsrecordcollection7172]

@@John-pm1hk If you can scare off Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop at the same time, your shit is seriously cray.

[@shecklesmack9563]

You forgot the part where Brian assigned parts to different house guests and forced them to do it for hours lol

[@goopyhead]

ding dang rehearsal goes so unbelievably hard

[@finnthesafetypin6142]

god only knows has nothing on this baby

[@jmua8450]

The Iggy Pop and Alice Cooper story is hilarious in relation to this song.

[@jonathanmanuel5461]

Imagine Brian's Discography, but only with different versions of shortenin' bread

[@noahnewhouse7795]

this is basically that lol

[@slimkickens]

God only knows what I'd be without shortenin' bread I'm picking up shortenin' bread Wouldn't it be nice if we were shortenin' bread Hanging down from my window, this is my shortenin' bread Well, east coast girls are shortenin' bread Don't worry baby, everything will turn out shortenin' bread I'm waiting for the day when you can love shortenin' bread These things I'll be until shortenin' bread Shortenin' bread, that's what you need tonight

[@JDrevolver66]

⁠she’s not the shortenin’ bread I once knew, you still believe in shortenin’ bread, add some shortenin’ bread to your day, this whole shortenin’ bread, when a man needs a shortenin bread, let’s go away for a shortenin’ bread

[@greatwhiteflash1645]

You don't have to imagine.

[@BrendanJSmith]

I can't believe I'm just now learning that Brian contributed to the Police Academy 4 soundtrack...

[@beetlehorn]

Rollin' Up to Heaven actually sounds amazing

[@bezoekers]

DING DING DANG WOOO

[@Blubatt]

It's the greatest song ever written.

[@burlingtonbill1]

Yeah, beats the hell outta "God Only Knows" or "Let It Be" or "Imagine."

[@Blubatt]

@@burlingtonbill1 Yes. It's the greatest song ever written.

[@codybeaudreau3026]

Why is it the greatest song of all time? I don’t know it just is.

[@duhreetohs2103]

No Wrong Notes in Heaven as long as those notes are the ones to Shortenin' Bread

[@JustinHoenke]

This is one of my favourite videos on the internet. I listen to it almost daily.

[@ScradeCottontail]

My Solution/Shortenin' Bread is WILD

[@holyspacemonkey]

I move to give Brian Wilson all the shortnin’ bread!

[@evanfayne9410]

This video is the best thing since sliced shortenin’ bread

[@superstimulatedminotaur3681]

My conspiracy theory is that Brian Wilson's secret agenda of the Beach Boys was to get Shortnin' Bread stuck in everyone on earth's head. He's probably so disappointed that most people would rather hear Good Vibrations instead

[@fchampd4512]

Warm vibrating bread is the best

[@squirq]

fucking crazy that the final rendition is mike love singing about jesus

[@themagnanimous1246]

The '79 live version fucking rips. Great stuff

[@GoodGamer3000]

Thank you Elora, very cool.

[@H-mu4bo]

I like the Wiggles version of Shortin' Bread. I am sure Brian is a big fan.

[@gameboycat05]

The Wiggles also covered Brian's song, "Little Children". It would've been cool if he made an appearance on one of their videos

[@markclowe]

Thanks for this!! Certain aspects of a Catholic funeral hymn reminded me of the Shortnin' Bread riff, and I had Light Album back in high school in the early 80's. That brought me here. I never knew of Brian's fanaticism for this song until today!! 😀

[@boatofcar3273]

I’ve got to know what hymn you’re talking about.

[@zeus_2001]

Same, what's the hymn?

[@shawntoner42]

This is the best KZbin video

[@WildBuster]

Good work... So much style from Brian and the Boys.

[@AlsatianFever]

One of the finest 'videos' i've ever 'watched' on this website.

[@estelleaeon]

'wtf'

[@brainwashalpha5495]

get a life

[@mikogale]

thank 'you' for your 'comment'.

[@MrIveyIsBonkers]

Can you blame him for being obsessed? It's a great song.

[@mikogale]

it's quite late at night and this must be the most amused i've ever been in my life

[@chromecitadel]

listen to the intro to brians rendition of "you've got a friend in me" for even more shortenin bread

[@warrengamameilhardin]

My Solution / Shortnin Bread - what's the story with that one? I've always loved it. The energy is insane.

[@levioftelie9405]

Trying to get to my happy place here. THSNK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK…instant joy :))

[@bettyf8616]

This is a hell of a thing...thanks for this. Pretty cool for sure

[@bmcmolo]

I have to commend you on your annotations here. Thanks for compiling this - a treasure trove for BB fans.

[@doyoulikeveggies]

there's one version of shortenin' bread missing, and that's the Curt Boettcher Disco remix. That's available on youtube on another video tho

[@EloraBB]

yeah i realised i forgot the disco mix like immediately after i rendered everything lol

[@EloraBB]

curt erasure never sleeps we must always be vigilant 😭

[@doyoulikeveggies]

@@EloraBB fr like the time when jiggy immediately removed his production credit from looking back with love and when i told him he had one he was like "uhhh no it was jim studer doe" and i had to fucking get a screencap to convince him otherwise like smh my head

[@JoshuaWoshua]

this vid also misses Clangin and the Cocaine Sessions and and you could consider that one section of marcella to be the earliest in some ways

[@thejiggy22]

who else is here from elliot robert's video?

[@morbid_corner]

Thank you for making this piece of art!

[@johnmitchelljr]

Great channel. Always love discovering “new” Brian rare ones. Thanks for you work.

[@will2741]

AHAHAA I LOVE that this exists, nice work

[@GB-ip4dm]

Should've added the end part of the song Airplane, another clear homage

[@genburke2656]

Someone should send this to Iggy.

[@JoshuaWoshua]

DING

[@JoshuaWoshua]

DANG

[@DiamondDawgsRuleOK]

DANG WOOOO!

[@deonm.2420]

DING IN A DING DONG

[@Themothenandmoneyflow]

I LOVED A GURL

[@nimusehno]

I LOVED HER SO MADLY

[@malcolmtent5186]

I guess Brian wasn't kidding when he said this was one of his favorite Beach Boys songs.

[@barfortmax2095]

Groovy!

[@fn456A]

Thank you Vinylchum!

[@SarahAlyssa]

I really like rollin up to heaven 🫡

[@bethetraveler7123]

Genius knows no bounds.

[@izzigogo]

this recording peps up my day....♠

[@kevingibson3881]

Amazing assemblage. Thank you!

[@TheYajrennat]

Thank you for this compilation.

[@shemp_]

blessed video

[@bigredradish]

i watched the Reason for the Season lyrics video and apparently the reason is Bitmoji Mike Love

[@sebastianrojas7534]

Mike love

[@scotttaylor7220]

This is so awesome. Thank you!

[@RoddyMacLeodBlog]

Thank goodness for long songs by Bri

[@themagnanimous1246]

The live version kicks absolute ass

[@terivaara]

Great stuff, thanks for the upload!

[@Sjarlatanen]

Thank you for doing this.

[@julesnominal1804]

thank you

[@werwolvez]

GREAT SONG

[@barrington6151]

like with everything brian tried to do, mike killed it

[@GradualErase]

Brians smile betrayal payback

[@mikewilson1006]

Sounds like Brian fell asleep on his car horn

[@PahaLukki]

That's gotta be some good bread, or a real mama's boy.

[@evanfayne9410]

Shortenin’ Bread

[@federicorodriguez4565]

At the end Mike got infected too, lol

[@phishphrenzi5551]

If ya cut the shortnin bread horizontal instead of vertical

[@kibelkibel7497]

Wow!!

[@InParticularNobody]

Further required shortenin' bread listening.... Clambake by Elvis (awful), Aviatrix by The 3 Clubmen (genius).

[@justinvanfleet1514]

I ❤️ Carl

[@videogeekin]

I think The Grasshoppers should sing backup for The Beach Boys.

[@bethetraveler7123]

Like the tempo and feel on the Fantasy is Reality version.

[@prezdabeast6264]

i love this, but also would "morning beat" from TLOS fit into this?

[@prezdabeast6264]

Ooh I don’t even know if this counts but: is “I’m the Pied Piper” a shortnin bread?

[@Deezboyofficial]

@@prezdabeast6264it sounds like it

[@JDrevolver66]

Mah-wah-me-om-ah glory shortenin’ bread-ya

[@PRDewhurst]

Morning Beat is a good call, it’s got some Shortenin’ Bread DNA but is also in large part a rewrite of Walkin’, a song Brian wrote with Al around the Sunflower sessions but never finished to his satisfaction. There is a version with half a vocal on the Feel Flows box set. Brian sings a verse and a bit then says “I don’t want to sing this!” And takes his cans off!

[@thatluckyoldsun]

LOL, all his hats?

[@rodbottomley4514]

Gotta get me some Shortnin Bread. Fast!

[@jasmined7233]

I love Brian!😂❤

[@baronvonlichtenstein]

Don't think I've ever heard this version.

[@SeahorsesJay]

An incredible video, Elora! ❤ How about Night Time to go with Walking The Line? 🤔

[@burlingtonbill1]

You actually listen to all 28:14 of this recorded insanity and you'll be as "crazy" as Brian is....

[@tjdalyjr1]

@elora you missed metal beach, thats an incredible version of shortenin bread!

[@SaluteToTheLost]

17:58

[@inci0078]

😍

[@eratic0311]

you forgot the Clangin' outtake which is an alternate version of Ding Dang dating from 1975 i think. its from a bootleg called THE BEACH BOYS - Brother Rarities (1969-1976) by captain acid

[@EloraBB]

clangin' wasn't in common circulation in 2018 when i made this youtube video. those who had it were certainly not sharing it freely and it did not get leaked outside of more closed beach boys trading circles until recently!

[@douglasennis7291]

Besides Schizo Effective Disorder I think he had a good dose of ADHD and OCD.

[@Yakkymania]

Dennis definitely had ADHD, Brian probably not. OCD I can totally see, maybe autism as well considering his obsessions seem to be more in line with autistic special interests than ADHD/OCD hyperfixations (hyperfixations tend to only last for a few months or a year, special interests can last a very long time, & Brian’s obsessions with Shortnin’ Bread and Be My Baby have lasted like 30-40 years)

[@MrFreeeflower]

George Semper version is best one!

[@hellomcflyy]

did they rehearse anything else for the It's Ok special - is there a video of that?

[@kevinr.3542]

Pretty sure Shortnin Bread is the only song they rehearsed from 1973-1987

[@Deezboyofficial]

@@kevinr.3542ah yes of course, the bread boys replaced the beach boys during that time

[@ShadowEl]

7:37 where did you find this? Is there more audio of this?

[@ShadowEl]

I love how Brian's hotel tapes show the difference between Shortnin and Ding Dang, even though they're similar at their core.

[@notanotherjamesmurphy5574]

When & where was the version @ 0:00 recorded ? it sounds like a demo

[@john_smith_john]

Not sure, but since adult/child never came out a lot of the songs on that are bootleg quality

[@MoonyB]

Is there any chance we can get a separate upload with clanggin'? I saw you saying it wasn't available when you made it when you originally uploaded, so i think an updated version of the video would be warranted.

[@msoileau83]

Sugar shack is shockingly blatant.

[@brandonbreitkreuz1549]

mike love, haha’ hard sell out

[@guitarbassdrumsetc]

You forgot Clangin' lol

[@EloraBB]

clangin' wasn't in common circulation in 2018 when i made this youtube video. those who had it were certainly not sharing it freely and it did not get leaked outside of more closed beach boys trading circles until recently!

[@guitarbassdrumsetc]

​@@EloraBB Gotcha! I guess I'll keep my fingers crossed for more goodies from the closed beach boys trading circles lol I still wonder about those durrie parks acetates