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Post by kds on Apr 28, 2020 13:39:04 GMT
Originally aired on NBC in November 1976 as "It's OK," produced by Lorne Michaels of SNL, this 50 minute special mixes live footage, studio footage, interviews, and even comedy to promote the "Brian's Back" era of The Beach Boys.
The live footage is pretty good, but for my money, the Knebworth show is far better. The in studio version of That Same Song featured in the doc is, IMO, superior than the 15BO version. Carl, Dennis, and Brian singing I'm Bugged At My Old Man is pretty fun. It's a far better fit here than at the tail end of the SDSN album. The sketch with Dan Akyroyd and John Belushi "arresting" Brian and making him surf is pretty funny.
When released on DVD a few years ago, it was redubbed "Good Vibrations Tour," perhaps in an attempt to pass it off as a concert from the archives.
This documentary really brings home the point that The Beach Boys in 1976, despite pushing a new album with Brian Wilson at the helm, were very much a nostalgia act. Of the 13 live songs featured, only two are new (at the time), and 10 are 60s classics.
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Post by bellbottoms on Apr 28, 2020 14:19:57 GMT
I think I've seen most of this but in little clips on youtube, out of order and sporadically. I assume it's because they were taken out of context, but the Brian scenes came off as sad rather than comical, though there is a brief moment in the Bugged At My Old Man clip where the brothers all kind of smile at each other and giggle which is amusing and endearing.
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