A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys (2023) Movie Script
TOM HANKS:
If you close your eyes and thik
of California,
you can't help but picture
the waves, the sun and the san.
And if you listen closely
over the crash of the surf,
you can hear a guitar riff
and the vocal harmonies
of three brothers who grew up
singing in the South Bay.
In 1961, those brothers--
Brian, Carl and Dennis--
their cousin Mike
and their friend Al
formed a band called
"The Beach Boys."
They weren't just making music.
They were exporting
good vibrations
to the rest of the world.
For those of us lucky enough
to grow up in California,
they were the soundtrack
to our lives,
blaring
from the transistor radio
on the beach blanket,
pumping from your car
as you pulled into the diner
for a late-night burger,
and turning every outing
into a surfing safari.
-Let's go surfin' now...
-As they put out hit after hit,
their music and their spirit
developed until something
pulled us offshore,
further and deeper
into a musical landscape
that was no longer
just the California sound,
but a symphonic
transcendent trip into places
that no band had ever dared go.
The love for their music
has endured
and grown for over 60 years.
They have sold
over 100 million records,
influenced countless artists
and staked a claim
on the entire season of summer.
Tonight, we celebrate
their legacy,
as musicians who love
The Beach Boys come together
to perform
their most iconic songs.
So, grab a board,
a towel and some shades
because this is A Grammy Salute
to The Beach Boys.
-ED SULLIVAN:
Here are The Beach Boys!
-[applause and cheering]
ANNOUNCER: This isA Grammy
Salute to The Beach Boys
with performances
by Andy Grammer, Beck,
Brandi Carlile, Charlie Puth,
Fall Out Boy,
Foster the People,
Hanson, John Legend,
Lady A, LeAnn Rimes,
Little Big Town, Luke Spiller,
Michael McDonald,
Mumford & Sons,
My Morning Jacket,
Norah Jones, Pentatonix,
St. Vincent, Take 6,
Taylor Momsen, and Weezer,
with appearances
by Bruce Springsteen,
Drew Carey, Elton John,
Jimmy Jam, John Stamos,
Tom Hanks and The Beach Boys.
ANNOUNCER:
Performing "Help Me, Rhonda,"
here are three-time
Grammy winners,
-Little Big Town.
-[cheering, applause]
Since you put me down I've
been out doin' in my head
I come in late at night
and in the morning
I just lay in bed
Well, Rhonda,
you look so fine
-Look so fine
-And I know
It wouldn't take much time
For you to help me, Rhonda,
help me
Get her out of my heart
Help me, Rhonda,
help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda,
help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda, yeah
Get her out of my heart
She was gonna be my wife
and I was gonna be her man
Oh, Rhonda
But she let another
guy come between us
And it shattered our plans
Oh, Rhonda
Well, Rhonda,
you caught my eye
-Caught my eye
-And I can give you
lots of reasons why
You gotta help me, Rhonda
Help me get her
out of my heart
-Come on!
-Here we go!
Help me, Rhonda,
help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda, yeah
Get her out of my heart
-Hey!
-Here we go!
Oh!
Help me, Rhonda,
help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda, yeah
Get her out of my heart
Yeah.
-[song ends]
-[cheering, applause]
ANNOUNCER:
Please welcome John Stamos.
Good evening, everybody.
[cheering, applause]
[laughs]
I am so thankful
that the Recording Academy has
devoted an entire night
to celebrating my heroes,
the true legends,
America's Band, The Beach Boys!
[cheering, applause]
You know, some people call
their music "surf music."
I call it "heart music"
because it bypasses the mind
and goes straight to the heart,
reminding us
about the things that matter.
Life, love, friends and family.
That's what makes it
so multigenerational.
Whether you're five or 75,
The Beach Boys' music is part
of our DNA, isn't it?
[cheering, whooping]
I am so honored and so lucky
to be on the same stage with The
Beach Boys from time to time.
And I always
take that opportunity
to thank all of The Beach Boys.
So, please, tonight,
will you join me
in thanking Brian Wilson...
[cheering, applause]
Michael Edward Love.
[cheering, applause]
And Al Jardine,
Bruce Johnston...
[cheering, applause]
David Marks.
[cheering, applause]
And the dearly missed
Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson.
[cheering, applause]
Now, when we listen
to The Beach Boys,
we tap into
our collective innocence.
Their music unifies us
around a California dream
that everyone
can agree on, right?
Sun, fun, freedom and love.
[audience whooping]
And speaking of that California
dream, I don't think anything
captures that feeling better
than our next song.
Playing one of The Beach Boys'
biggest hits,
"California Girls,"
here is Weezer!
[cheering, applause]
Well, East Coast girls
are hip
I really dig
those styles they wear
And the Southern girls
With the way they talk,
they knock me out
When I'm down there
The Midwest
farmers' daughters
Really make you
feel all right
And the Northern girls
with the way they kiss
They keep their boyfriends
warm at night
I wish they all could be
California girls
Wish they all could be
California
I wish they all could be
California girls
The West Coast has
the sunshine
And the girls all get so tan
I dig a French bikini
On Hawaiian Island dolls
By a palm tree in the sand
I've been all around
this great big world
And I've seen
all kinds of girls
Yeah, but I couldn't
wait to get
Back in the States back to
the cutest girls in the world
I wish they
all could be California
- Girls
-I wish they
all could be California
I wish they all could be
California girls
I wish they all could be
California
-Girls
-Wish they all could be
California
I wish they all could be
California
-Girls
-Wish they all
could be California
I wish they all
could be California
-Girls
-Wish they all
could be California
I wish they all
could be California
-Girls
-Wish they all
could be California
I wish they all
could be California
-Girls
-Wish they all
could be California
Girls.
[cheering, applause]
ANNOUNCER:
Coming up, Brandi Carlile,
Norah Jones, Beck,
Lady A, LeAnn Rimes.
Hanson performs The Beach Boys'
singalong classic,
"Barbara Ann."
And John Legend.
The music is so distinctive.
The harmonies are so beautiful.
There's such a light, uh,
around the music.
I'm a big Beach Boys fan.
WhenA Grammy Salute
to The Beach Boys returns.
This is CBS.
Right now we'd like
to show you how
The Beach Boys go about
making a record.
We start with
Denny Wilson on the drum.
[cheering, screaming]
Followed by Al Jardine
on rhythm guitar.
Helped out
by Carl "Lead Guitar" Wilson.
And filled out instrumentally
by our leader,
Brian Wilson on the bass.
When we're ready to sing,
we step up to the microphones
and it comes out
something like this.
Little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
-Little deuce coupe
-You don't know what I got
She's my little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
Little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got.
[cheering, applause]
ANNOUNCER:
Please welcome Former Chairman
of the Recording Academy
and Rock and Roll
Hall of Famer, Jimmy Jam.
-Whoo!
-[cheering, applause]
Thank you.
Now this next song
is one of The Beach Boys'
most optimistic
expressions of hope.
It's called "Sail on, Sailor."
-[cheering, whooping]
-Yeah.
And it's a deep,
inspiring anthem
set on the high seas
about carrying on
in the face of adversity.
Now the song is beloved
by fans and artists alike.
And one of my favorite versions
is when Ray Charles sang it
at The Beach Boys
25th Anniversary Concert.
-[cheering, whooping]
-Yeah.
Now tonight we have
another great singer
taking the helm
on "Sail on, Sailor."
Here's 12-time
Grammy Award winner,
John Legend!
[cheering, applause]
I sailed an ocean
Unsettled ocean
Through restful waters
And deep commotion, yeah
Often frightened
Unenlightened
Sail on, sail on, sailor
I wrest the water
Fight Neptune's waters
Sail through the sorrows
Of life's marauders
Unrepenting
Often empty
Sail on, sail on, sailor
Caught like a sewer rat
Alone but I sail
Bought like a crust of bread
But, oh, do I wail
Seldom stumble,
not to crumble
Try to tumble
Life's a rumble
Felt the stinging
I've been given
Never ending, unrelenting
Heartbreak searing,
always fearing
Never caring, persevering
Sail on, sail on, sailor
I work the seaways
The gale-swept seaways
Past shipwrecked daughters
Of wicked waters
Uninspired
Drenched and tired
Wail on, wail on
Sailor
Always needing,
even bleeding
Never feeding
all my feelings
Damn the thunder
Must I blunder,
there's no wonder
All I'm under
Stop the crying
and the lying
And the sighing and my dying
Sail on, sail on, sailor
Sail on
Sail on, sail on
Sailor
Sail on
Sail on, sail on
Sailor
-Sail on
-Sail on, sail on
-Yeah
-Sailor.
-[song ends]
-[cheers, applause]
The Beach Boys were
a huge influence on us.
I mean, it was the first concert
we ever went to.
-Yeah.
-Was a Beach Boys concert,
-and, uh...
-We actually have a photo of us
standing in front
of a white limousine.
We're not sure if it was their.
[laughs]
They're amazing singers.
I mean, brothers
singing together.
-Mm-hmm.
-We've been lucky
to experience that
firsthand now for three decades.
Being related
makes a huge difference
in how your voices sound
when you sing together.
You create something that is
really, really hard to replicate
if you don't have that history
and you don't have that DNA.
[cheers, applause]
[playing "Barbara Ann"]
Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Barbara Ann
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Take my hand
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Barbara Ann
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
You got me rockin'
and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin',
Barbara Ann
Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
Went to a dance,
looking for romance
Saw Barbara Ann, so I thought
I'd take a chance
On Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Barbara Ann
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
You got me rockin'
and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin'
Barbara Ann, Ba-Ba
Ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Barbara Ann
-Take my hand
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Barbara Ann
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
You got me
Rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin'
Barbara Ann
Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann...
-Take it away, y'all.
-Whoo!
TAYLOR:
Give me a little more.
Whoo!
Tried Peggy Sue,
tried Betty Lou
Tried Mary Lou,
but I knew she wouldn't do
Barbara Ann,
Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Barbara Ann
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
You got me rockin'
and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin',
Barbara Ann
Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Barbara Ann
-Take my hand
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Barbara Ann
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
You got me rockin'
and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin',
Barbara Ann
Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann,
Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann,
Barbara Ann
You got me rockin'
and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin'
Barbara Ann,
Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann.
-[song ends]
-[cheers, applause]
Thank you.
ANNOUNCER: Coming up,
Charlie Puth performs
"Wouldn't It Be Nice."
Take 6 joins Michael McDonald
for a soulful rendition
of "Don't Worry Baby."
Plus, Brandi Carlile.
We chose to do, uh,
"In My Room."
It's three-part harmony
all the way through.
Our lifeblood is our love
for three-part harmonies,
so, obviously,
we have a huge penchant
-and respect for The Beach Boy.
-ANNOUNCER: This is CBS.
Brian's great ballads,
they always spoke
to your loneliness.
He was just incredible
at reaching in
and touching those feelings.
His insight into
the adolescent heart
was really
the deepest
of anybody out there,
and it was the most relatable,
you know,
by speaking so directly to it,
it made you feel, obviously,
a lot less alone.
The voices, the tone
of the voices was so beautiful.
Um, bit like
a classical choir, in a way,
used in a,
in a rock and roll way.
And it just had this incredibly
evocative feeling.
It just took you
out of where you were
and took you to another place.
It's dark and I'm...
That one killed you
when it came out.
And, of course, you know,
I had my room,
and I played that thing
a thousand times. [laughs]
You know,
just over and over and over,
on a loop, on a loop,
on a loop, on a loop.
In my room
-In my room.
-[cheers, applause]
ANNOUNCER:
Performing "In My Room,"
nine-time Grammy winner
Brandi Carlile.
[cheers, applause]
There's a world
Where I can go
And tell
My secrets to
In my room
In my room
In my room
In this world
I lock out
All my worries
And my fears
In my room
In my room
In my room
I do my dreaming
And my scheming
Lie awake
And pray
Do my crying
And my sighing
Laugh at yesterday
Now it's dark
And I'm alone
But I won't
Be afraid
In my room
In my room
In my room
In my room
-[sustaining note]
-In my room
In my room
-[sustaining note]
-In my room.
[song ends]
[cheers, applause]
The first time I heard
The Beach Boys,
I believe I was on
a family road trip
in a 1999 GMC Suburban,
and my dad put onPet Sounds,
and the first song on
Pet Sounds
is "Wouldn't It Be Nice."
It feels very special
to play the song that's
track one on the CD
that I grew up
listening to the most.
The fact that I get to play it
in front of all The Beach Boys,
I'm still kind of taking it in.
It's very overwhelming.
I'm sweating.
[cheers, applause]
[playing "Wouldn't It Be Nice"]
Hey!
Wouldn't it be nice
if we were older?
Then we wouldn't
have to wait so long
And wouldn't it be nice
to live together
In the kind of world
where we belong?
You know it's gonna make it
that much better
When we can say goodnight
And stay together
Wouldn't it be nice
If we could wake up
In the morning
when the day is new?
And after having spent
the day together
Hold each other close
the whole night through
Happy times together
we've been spending
I wish that every kiss
was never
Ending
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?
[cheering]
Maybe if we think and wish
And hope and pray,
it might come true
[vocalizing]
Maybe then there wouldn't be
A single thing
we couldn't do
Oh, we can be married
We can be married
-And then we'd be happy
-And then we'd be happy
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?
[vocalizing]
You know it seems the more
we talk about it
It only makes it worse
To live without it
But let's talk about it
Hey
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?
[vocalizing]
Goodnight, my baby
Sleep tight, my baby
Goodnight, my baby
Sleep tight, my baby
Goodnight, my baby
Sleep tight, my baby.
[song ends]
[cheers, applause]
[whistling]
I'm doing, uh,
"Don't Worry Baby,"
uh, with Take 6,
who are gonna be covering
those Beach Boy kind of
harmonies in the back,
and I'm sure
they'll bring something
totally different to it, too.
Uh, we've been fans of Michael
and the Doobie Brothers forever,
so being able
to perform with him,
uh, for The Beach Boys, it's
just a match made in heaven.
[cheers, applause]
[vocalizing]
Well, it's been building up
inside of me
For, oh, I don't know
how long
I don't know why,
but I can't help feeling
Something's bound
To go wrong
But she looks in my eyes
And help me realize
When she says
Don't worry, baby
Don't worry,
baby
Don't worry, baby
-Everything
will be all right
-Don't worry, baby
Don't worry, baby
Don't worry,
baby
Baby
I guess I should've
kept my mouth shut
When I started to brag
about my car
But I can't back down now
Because I pushed
the other guys too far
She makes me come alive
And makes me realize
-When she says
-Don't worry
-Baby
-Don't worry, baby
Don't worry, baby
Everything will be all right
Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry, baby
Baby
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
She told me
"Baby, when you race today,
just take along
My love with you
And if you knew how much
I loved you, baby
Nothing could go wrong
with you"
Oh, what she does to me
When she makes love to me
Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry
-Baby
-Everything will be
-All right
-Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry, baby
Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry, baby
-Yeah, baby
-Don't worry, baby
-[vocalizing]
Don't worry, baby
Don't worry
Baby
[vocalizing]
Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry, baby
Don't worry, baby
Don't worry,
baby
Don't worry, baby
[vocalizing]
-[song ends]
-[cheers, applause]
Take 6, everybody.
Michael McDonald.
ANNOUNCER:
Coming up, John Legend returns.
Plus, Foster the People
performs "Do It Again."
And Norah Jones feels
the warmth of the sun.
Such a beautiful song.
There's so many good songs,
it was kind of hard
to choose. [laughs]
ANNOUNCER: WhenA Grammy Salute
to The Beach Boys continues.
This is CBS.
ANNOUNCER:A Grammy Salute
to The Beach Boys will return.
This is CBS.
LOVE: One of the most
emotional songs for me
was "The Warmth of the Sun."
"The Warmth of the Sun"
was written
in the early morning hours
of the same morning
that President Kennedy
was killed in Dallas.
JOHNSTON: I still get
chills when we sing it.
The harmonies just soar.
It's so simple and so complex.
And Brian Wilson, musically,
is just exercising
the most amazing
musical gift ever.
BRIAN: We heard about Kennedy's
death, so Michael goes,
"You want to write a song, you
know, to commemorate his death"
And I start playing
some chords and the melody.
And it took us 45 minutes
to write.
It came so quick.
That's how fast we work.
Some of the best songs
come pretty quick.
Yeah, they're
the most divinely inspired.
[cheering, applause]
Here to sing
"The Warmth of the Sun"
is an artist
who first won five Grammy Awards
for her debut album,
the great Norah Jones.
[cheering, applause]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
What good is the dawn
That grows into day
The sunset at night
Or living this way
For I have the warmth
-Of the sun
-Warmth of the sun
Within me
At night
Within me at night
The love of my life
She left me one day
I cried when she said
I don't feel the same way
Still I have the warmth
-Of the sun
-Warmth of the sun
Within me
Tonight
Within me tonight
I'll dream of her arms
And though they're not real
Just like she's still there
The way
That I feel
My love's like the warmth
-Of the sun
-Warmth of the sun
It won't
Ever die
It won't ever die.
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
-[song ends]
-[cheering, applause]
I was probably six years old
and I was on my way to T-ball
practice, my mom was driving.
I heard this song and it was
like a light bulb went off.
And I was like, I,
you know... and I loved
music already,
but I was like, "What is this?"
And she's like,
"I think it's The Beach Boys."
And it was "I Get Around,"
and I went home
and my dad bought me
a cassette tape that week
with "I Get Around"
and "Fun, Fun, Fun."
And that was kind
of the beginning of
my long love affair
with The Beach Boys.
[cheering, applause]
It's automatic when I talk
with old friends
The conversation turns
to girls we knew when
Their hair was soft and long
And the beach was
the place to go
With suntanned bodies
and waves of sunshine
The California girls
and a beautiful coastline
And warmed up weather,
let's get together
And do it again
Ho!
[vocalizing]
With a girl,
the lonely sea looks good
With moonlight
Makes your nighttimes warm
And out of sight
Been so long
Ho!
[vocalizing]
It's been so long
Hey now, hey now,
hey now, hey now
Hey now,
hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now
Well,
I've been thinking 'bout
All the places
we surfed and danced and
All the faces we've missed,
so let's get
Back together
and do it again
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[song ends]
[cheering and applause]
ANNOUNCER: Coming up,
more Beach Boys classics
when Lady A
performs "Surfer Girl."
Plus, Beach Boys superfan
Drew Carey.
And Fall Out Boy rocks
with "Do You Wanna Dance?"
It's like the human voice
becomes a symphony or something
on-on those Beach Boys records.
As little punk rock kids,
we were trying to emulate that
as best we could, you know?
ANNOUNCER:
This is CBS.
ANNOUNCER:A Grammy Salute
to The Beach Boys will return.
This is CBS.
So, let's hear
about the original Surfer Girl,
-Judy Bowles.
-WOMAN: Yeah.
No, she was not Surfer Girl.
-There is no Surfer Girl.
-What? Who was it?
Come on! There was, too!
I know what girl
you're talking about.
-Yeah.
-Yeah, it was about her.
-[laughter]
-LOVE: See?
I was in my car,
my '57 Ford, right,
-cruising around. And I said...
-'57 Ford. I'm impressed.
And I started humming along
to a song that was on the radio.
But I went into
my own little composition.
-[vocalizing]
-That was the song?
Like that. And then I got home,
went to my piano,
doctored it up a little bit.
-And it goes like this.
-[chuckling]
Little surfer
Little one
Made my heart
come all undone
Do you love me?
Do you, surfer girl?
-Surfer girl, surfer girl
-Ooh.
ANNOUNCER:
To perform the title track
off The Beach Boys'
Surfer Girl album,
here is five-time Grammy-winnig
country group Lady A.
[cheering and applause]
-
-[vocalizing]
Little surfer
Little one
Made my heart
Come all undone
Do you love me?
Do you, surfer girl?
Surfer girl
My little surfer girl
I have watched you
On the shore
Standing by the ocean's roar
Do you love me?
Do you, surfer girl?
Surfer girl, surfer girl
We could ride the surf
together
While our love would grow
In my woody
I would take you
Everywhere I go
So I say from me to you
I will make your dreams
Come true
Do you love me?
Do you, surfer
-Girl?
-Surfer girl
-My little surfer girl
-Ah-ooh...
Girl, surfer girl
My little surfer girl
Girl, surfer girl
My little surfer girl.
[cheering and applause]
ANNOUNCER:
Please welcome comedian,
TV host and huge Beach Boys fan
Drew Carey.
-[cheering and applause]
-Hi, everybody.
Hello.
I'm so excited to be here,
uh, part of this special night.
This next song was sung by
the late, great Dennis Wilson.
-[cheering]
-Now-- Yeah.
Dennis wasn't just the original
drummer of The Beach Boys.
He was the beating
rock-and-roll heart of the band.
He was the rebel,
the sex symbol.
-Let's be honest. Uh...
-[laughter]
[Carey laughs]
The hot-rodder.
And, yes, he was also the surfer
in the band.
Now, Dennis left behind
an incredible legacy.
And right now,
we got a world-famous,
kick-ass band from Chicago
here...
[cheering and applause]
...to perform
a Bobby Freeman hit
that Dennis turned
into a Beach Boys classic.
Playing "Do You Wanna Dance,"
here is Fall Out Boy!
[cheering and applause]
Do you wanna dance
and hold my hand?
Tell me, baby,
I'm your lover man
Oh, baby
Do you wanna dance?
Do you wanna dance
under the moonlight?
Kiss me, baby,
all through the night, oh
Baby
Do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you, do you,
do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you,
do you, do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you, do you
Do you wanna dance?
[cheering]
Do you wanna dance
under the moonlight?
Kiss me, baby,
all through the night, oh
Baby, do you wanna dance?
Do you wanna dance
under the moonlight?
Squeeze me, squeeze me
all through the night
Oh, baby
Do you wanna dance?
Oh, oh, oh
Do you, do you, do you,
do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you,
do you, do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you, do you
Do you wanna dance?
Oh, oh
Do you, do you, do you,
do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you,
do you, do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you, do you
Do you wanna dance?
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Do you, do you, do you,
do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you,
do you, do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you, do you
Do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you
Want
Do you wanna dance?
Dance
Do you wanna dance?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[cheering and applause]
ANNOUNCER:
Coming up, LeAnn Rimes soars
with her beautiful version
of "Caroline, No."
And Beck performs thePet
Sounds hit "Sloop John B."
It's very rare
when music is wildly popular,
experimental, and innovative
and brand-new at the same time.
The Beach Boys
were able to do that.
They're one of the few.
ANNOUNCER:
This is CBS.
ANNOUNCER: Please welcome the
CEO of the Recording Academy,
Harvey Mason Jr.
Hey, everybody.
What a night, huh?
Incredible. Wow.
Beach Boys.
On behalf of the
Recording Academy,
I want to thank all
of the incredible artists
who have brought their talents
to create this Grammy salute
to The Beach Boys.
We appreciate it.
We appreciate it.
Thank you for
the good vibrations tonight
and everything you do
to bring people together
through the power of music.
Thank you.
[cheering, applause]
We come on the sloop
John B...
BRIAN: "Sloop John B."
What can you say about that?
It's like an old folk song
that Carl Sandburg
wrote the lyrics to,
the Kingston Trio adapted
an arrangement for it,
and Al Jardine came to me
and said,
"Why don't we do 'Sloop John B'
you know?"
And he taught me the song.
JARDINE: I played Brian
what I thought would be
a really cool idea
for a Beach Boys song,
and I played the straight thre-
chord little song that it is.
And of course Brian
took it to heart,
and he put a beautiful
brass band arrangement on it.
BRIAN:
I'm telling you, it's one
of the best records we ever cu.
It had two 12-string
guitar parts
playing and wailing together.
[imitating guitar]
The vocals were, like,
lilting and high-pitched.
Well, I feel so broke up
I want to go home...
JARDINE:
Very few people understand
his arrangement skills
and how he took
a John Philip Sousa,
put it over that folk song,
and transformed it
into a Beach Boys song.
[cheering, applause]
ANNOUNCER:
Performing "Sloop John B"
off the 1966 albumPet Sounds,
here is eight-time
Grammy winner Beck.
[cheering, applause]
["Sloop John B" playing]
We come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town
We did roam
Drinkin' all night
Got into a fight
Well, I feel so broke up
I want to go home
So hoist up
the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home
Let me go home
I want to go home
Yeah, yeah
Well, I feel so broke up
I want to go home
[vocalizing]
The first mate, he got drunk
And broke in
the captain's trunk
The constable had to come
and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
[vocalizing]
Why don't you
leave me alone?
Well, I feel so broke up
I want to go home
One, two.
So hoist up
the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home
-Let me go home
-Let me go home
Let me go home
Why don't you
let me go home?
[vocalizing]
Hoist up the John B's sail
I feel so broke up
I want to go home
Let me go home
The poor cook,
he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took
and he ate up
All of my corn
Let me go home
[vocalizing]
Won't you let me go home?
Yeah, yeah
This is the worst trip
I've ever been on
One, two.
So hoist up
the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
-Let me go home
-Let me go home
Want to go home
Let me go home
Yeah, I want to go home
Yeah, yeah
Well, I feel so broke up
I want to go home
I feel so broke up
I want to go home.
-[song ends]
-[cheering, applause]
I do have kind of a catalog
that pulls at the heartstrings,
so when I look for songs,
when I think that's
u-ultimately, like,
what I'm looking for, is
something that will move people,
and "Caroline, No," it's, like,
oh, this is just a different
side of The Beach Boys.
I wanted to put
my own spin on it and
just break your heart
a little tonight.
[laughs]
That's what I'm here for.
[cheering, applause]
["Caroline, No" playing]
Where did your long hair go?
Where is the girl
I used to know?
How could you lose
That happy glow?
Oh, Caroline, no
Who took
That look away?
I remember how
You used to say
You'd never change
But that's not true
Oh, Caroline, you
Break my heart
I want to go and cry
It's so sad
To watch
A sweet thing die
Oh, Caroline, why?
Why
[sustaining note]
Could I ever find
In you again
The things that made me
love you
So much then?
Could we ever
bring them back
Once they have gone?
Oh, Caroline, no
Break my heart
I want to go and cry
It's so sad
To watch a sweet thing die
Break my heart
I want to go and cry
It's so, so, so, so sad
To watch a sweet thing die
Oh, Caroline
Why?
Why?
[sustaining note]
Could I ever find in you
Again
The things that
made me love you
So much then?
Could we ever
bring them back
Once they have gone?
Oh, Caroline
No.
[sustaining note]
-[song ends]
-[cheering, applause]
ANNOUNCER: Coming up,
Brandi Carlile returns.
Plus, Andy Grammer sings
Carl Wilson's classic "Darlin'"
And Mumford & Sons
go unplugged with
"I Know There's an Answer."
That's the sign of a
great song in our minds.
If you can strip away
all the bells and whistles.
So we've loved rehearsing it
and then playing it tonight.
ANNOUNCER:
This is CBS.
The most striking thing
about The Beach Boys isn't just
their orchestration and
harmonies, it's their courage.
Brian has always been regarded
as a pop music genius,
who, along with The Beach Boys,
created the masterpiece
Pet Sounds.
One of the most
important albums of all time.
For me, the heart of
why the music is so impactful is
that he was so genuine and
so vulnerable in his writing.
Brian didn't just change
the way music sounded,
he changed the way it felt.
He pushed the band to evolve
from singing
about girls and cars,
and he took us on a journey
into deep and even dark places.
So many artists have been
inspired by The Beach Boys
in the past 60 years,
including this next group.
Here with "I Know There's
an Answer" from Pet Sounds,
in a performance featuring
Sam Gendel, is Mumford & Sons.
[cheering, applause]
Thank you.
Uh, it's a complete privilege
for us to be here
to sing in front
of those fellas up there
all the songs
they wrote and gave to us.
Thank you.
Gonna try and destroy one
for you.
It's gonna be real quiet.
I know so many people
Who think they can
do it alone
They isolate their heads
And stay in their
safety zones
-Ooh
-Now, what can
you tell them?
[vocalizing]
And what can you say
That won't make them
defensive?
I know there's an answer
I know now, but I have
to find it by myself
They come on
like they're peaceful
But inside they're
so uptight
They trip through their day
And waste all
their thoughts at night
How can I come on
And tell them
the way that they live
Could be better?
I know there's an answer
I know now, but I have to
Find it by myself
Now, how can I come on
And tell them the way that
they live could be better?
I know there's an answer
I know now, but I have
to find it by myself
I know there's an answer
I know now, but I have
to find it by myself.
-Thank you.
-[cheering, applause]
I'm singing "Darlin',"
and pretty much
just 'cause it's so fun to sing.
Specifically because the melody
is, like,
it's all over the place,
and I found myself
rehearsing for it,
just, like, smiling.
[laughs]
He wrote a lot of different
songs, and this one is just so
joyous in how weird
and unique it is.
It's really fun to sing.
Ooh, keep dreamin'
of darlin'
Oh, oh, my darlin',
you're so fine
Oh, oh, oh
I know if words could say
But, darlin',
I'll find a way
To let you know
what you mean to me
I guess it was meant to be
And I'll hold you
in my heart
As life's most precious part
Oh-oh-oh, darlin'
I dream about you often
My pretty darlin',
I love the way
You soften my life
with your love
Your precious love,
uh-huh, yeah
I was living like half a man
Then I couldn't love,
but now I can
You pick me up
when I'm feeling sad
With more soul
than I ever had
Gonna love you
every single night
'Cause I think you're
too outta sight
Oh-oh-oh, darlin'
-I dream about you often,
my pretty darlin'
-You're so fine
I love the way you soften
my life with your love
Your precious love,
uh-huh, yeah
I said now, every night
Oh
Every night, oh, darlin'
Love you every single night
'Cause I think you're
too doggone outta sight
Oh-oh, darlin'
Oh, keep dreamin'
of darlin'
I dream about you often,
my pretty darlin'
I love the way you soften
my life with your love
Your precious love,
uh-huh, yeah
Yeah, yeah, I said, now
Every night, oh
Every night
Oh, darlin'.
Thank you so much.
[cheering and applause]
I love you guys,
I really appreciate you.
ANNOUNCER: Coming up,
My Morning Jacket performs
The Beach Boys favorite
"I Get Around."
Plus, St. Vincent
with a powerful version
of "You Still Believe in Me."
The reason I think
The Beach Boys
are so timeless is
melody, melody, melody.
They've written
some of the best melodies
that will ever be written.
ANNOUNCER:
This is CBS.
We've been hearing a lot
about Brian and Mike tonight,
and for good reason.
I'd like to take a moment now
to acknowledge
Al Jardine, David Marks
and Bruce Johnston.
[cheering, applause]
Give it up.
Al is a founding member.
He's an incredible vocalist
who sang
their number one hit
"Help Me Rhonda."
David Marks grew up
alongside the Wilson brothers.
And his guitar interplay
with Carl Wilson
helped shape the sound of the
first four Beach Boys albums.
Bruce Johnston, the incredible
multi-instrumentalist,
joined in 1965.
Bruce was actually the one
who played Pet Sounds
for John Lennon
and Paul McCartney.
[cheering, applause]
And now, here to perform
"You Still Believe in Me"
from that iconic album,
please welcome three-time
Grammy-winning artist
-St. Vincent.
-[cheering, applause]
[vocalizing]
I know perfectly well
I'm not where I should be
I've been very aware
You've been patient with me
Every time
We break up, you bring back
Your love to me
And after all
I've done to you
How can it be
You still
Believe
In me
I try hard to be more
What you want me to be
But I can't help how I act
When you're not here with me
I try hard to be strong
But sometimes I fail
Myself
And after all I promised you
So faithfully
You still
Believe
In me
I want to cry...
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
Cry...
[vocalizing]
[cheering, applause]
Cry...
[vocalizing]
Cry.
[vocalizing]
-[song ends]
-[cheering, applause]
The Beach Boys brought
the beach to us, you know?
It's like, in Kentucky,
we didn't have beaches.
We had lakes, but, uh,
we still had The Beach Boys.
That was, like, the soundtrack
of summer, you know?
Of going to the lake and...
that vision of The Beach Boys
kind of slowly changes
with you as you grow older.
And slowly their music
changed and got deeper
and wilder and crazier,
as I got crazier
and grew up, and, uh...
so I feel like they've kind of
been at every turn in my life.
[cheering, applause]
Round, round, get around,
I get around, yeah
-Get around, whoo
-Round, round, I get around
I get around
From town to town
I'm a real cool head
I'm makin' real good bread
Get around, round, round,
I get around
I'm gettin' bugged driving up
and down the same old strip
I gotta find a new place
where the kids are hip
My buddies and me are
getting real well known
Yeah, the bad guys know us
and they leave us alone
I get around
From town to town
I'm a real cool head
I'm makin' real good bread
Get around, round, round,
I get around
I get around
[vocalizing]
Whoo!
We always take my car
'cause it's never been beat
And we've never missed yet
with the girls we meet
None of the guys go steady
'cause it wouldn't be right
To leave their best girl home
on a Saturday night
I get around
From town to town
I'm a real cool head
I'm makin' real good bread
Get around, round, round,
I get around
I get around, round
[vocalizing]
Round, round, get around,
I get around, yeah
-Get around, whoo
-Round, round, I get around
I get around
From town to town
I'm a real cool head
I'm makin' real good bread
Get around, round, round,
I get around
I get around.
[vocalizing]
-[song ends]
-[cheering, applause]
ANNOUNCER: Coming up,
John Stamos returns.
Plus, Pentatonix hits
the harmonies
on "Heroes and Villains."
And the Struts' Luke Spiller
rocks two Beach Boys hits
with Taylor Momsen.
WhenA Grammy Salute
to The Beach Boys returns.
This is CBS.
ANNOUNCER:A Grammy Salute
to The Beach Boys
will return. This is CBS.
[vocalizing]
BRIAN: Basically,
our forte is harmonics.
There's a certain family blend
'cause we're brothers
and a cousin
and our good friend Al Jardine.
We all have different voices,
but, nevertheless,
we blend well.
CARL:
I think when I was about nine,
Brian would ask me to sing.
And if I didn't want to,
he'd have my mom
make me sing with him because
he'd be making up arrangements.
So it's like,
"Mom, make Carl sing."
LOVE:
Carl and Brian and myself,
we'd sing Everly Brothers song,
and they were done
in two-part harmony.
We'd do three-part harmony.
That was when Brian began
to really study harmony.
DENNIS: He was able
to organize his thoughts
to a point
where they were hypnotic
but yet entertaining,
meaningful and spiritual.
Spring.
[cheering, applause]
The voices of The Beach Boys
are always in the air.
And Brian Wilson loved
to use their voices
as though they were
instruments themselves.
In the studio or even
while just driving around,
Carl, Dennis, Mike,
Bruce and Al would sing
melodic ideas
that Brian had and eventually
they'd create
a compelling musical soundscape.
You can still hear that magic
on "Heroes and Villains,"
the central song on
The Beach Boys' wildly ambitious
and long delayed album Smile.
To sing "Heroes and Villains,"
here are
three-time Grammy winners
and multiplatinum artist
Pentatonix.
[cheering, applause]
I've been in this town so long
that back in the city
I've been taken
for lost and gone
And unknown
for a long, long time
Fell in love years ago
with an innocent girl
From the Spanish
and Indian home
Of the heroes and villains
Once at night
Cotillion squared the fight
And she was right in the rain
of the bullets
That eventually
brought her down
[vocalizing]
But she's still dancing
in the night
Unafraid of what a dude'll do
in a town
Full of heroes and villains
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
My children were raised,
you know they suddenly rise
They started slow long ago
Head to toe
healthy, wealthy and wise
Boys and girls and
Boys and
Girls and
I've been in this town
so long
So long to the city
I'm fit with the stuff
To ride in the rough
And sunny down snuff,
I'm all right
By the heroes and
Heroes and villains
Just see what you've done
Oh
[vocalizing]
Heroes and villains
Just see what you've done.
[vocalizing]
-[song ends]
-[cheering, applause]
-Thank you, guys.
-Thank you.
Thank you.
All right, the two songs
that you're about to hear are
not just simple pop tunes.
They are powerful rock anthems
that capture the spirit
of a generation and evoke
memories of a simpler time.
They both start
with legendary guitar licks.
Right, David? And they're
instantly recognizable.
I mean, the second
you hear 'em, you know
your life's about
to get a little bit better.
Now, don't take my word
for it because right now
we've got a pair of rockers here
to play these massive hits
back-to-back.
Performing "Surfin' U.S.A."
and "Fun, Fun, Fun,"
here is Luke Spiller
from my second favorite band,
the Struts, and from the
Pretty Reckless, Taylor Momsen.
[cheering, applause]
If everybody had an ocean
Across the U.S.A.
Then everybody'd be surfin'
Like Californ-I-A
You'd see 'em wearin'
their baggies
Huarache sandals, too
A bushy, bushy blonde hairdo
Surfin' U.S.A.
-You'd catch 'em
surfin' Del Mar
-Inside, outside U.S.A.
-Ventura County line
-Inside, outside
-Santa Cruz and Trestle
-U.S.A., inside
-Australia's Narrabeen
-Outside U.S.A., inside
-All over Manhattan
-Outside U.S.A., inside
-And down Doheny Way
-Outside U.S.A.
Inside, outside
Everybody's gone surfin'
Surfin' U.S.A.
We'll all be planning
that route
We're gonna take real soon
We're waxing down
our surfboards
We can't wait for June
We'll all be gone
for the summer
We're on surf-ari to stay
Tell the teacher
we're surfin'
Surfin' U.S.A.
-Haggerty's and Swami's
-Inside, outside
-Pacific Palisades
-U.S.A.
Inside, outside U.S.A.
-San Onofre and Sunset
-Inside, outside U.S.A.
-Redondo Beach, L.A.
-Inside, outside U.S.A.
All over La Jolla
At Waimea Bay
Everybody's gone surfin'
Surfin' U.S.A.
All right!
["Fun, Fun, Fun" playing]
She got her daddy's car
And she cruised through
the hamburger stand now
Forgot all about the library
Like she told
her old man now
With the radio blasting
She goes cruising
just as fast
As she can now
And she'll have
Fun, fun, fun
Till her daddy takes
the T-Bird away
-Fun, fun, fun till her daddy
takes the T-Bird away
Well, the girls can't
stand her
'Cause she walks
and talks like an ace now
You walk like an ace now,
you walk like an ace
She makes
the Indy 500 look like
A Roman chariot race now
-You look like an ace now,
you look like an ace
A lot of guys try to
catch her
But she leads them on
a wild-goose chase now
And she'll have fun,
fun, fun
Till her daddy
takes the T-Bird away
Oh!
You knew all along
That your dad was getting wise
to you now
You shouldn't have lied now,
you shouldn't have lied
And since he took
your set of keys
Well, you think
your fun is all gone now
You shouldn't have lied now,
you shouldn't have lied
But you can
come along with me
'Cause we've got a lot
of things to do now
You shouldn't have lied now,
you shouldn't have lied
And we'll have fun, fun, fun
Now that daddy took
the T-Bird away
Fun, fun, fun, now her daddy
took the T-Bird away
And we'll have fun, fun, fun
-Now that daddy took
the T-Bird away
-Fun, fun, fun
Now her daddy took
the T-Bird away
-Ooh-ooh
-Fun, fun, fun
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Fun, fun, fun, now her daddy
took the T-Bird away
-Ooh-ooh,
ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
-Fun, fun, fun now her daddy
took the T-Bird away.
-Yeah!
[cheering, applause]
ANNOUNCER: Coming up,
two amazing duets
as Jim James and Beck
give us "Good Vibrations."
And Brandi Carlile
and John Legend perform
"God Only Knows."
I was walking down the aisle
of my wedding with my wife,
and the twins sang it
on a ukulele,
so it's really special to us.
ANNOUNCER: This is CBS.
-"Good Vibrations," take one.
-We're rolling, let's go.
["Good Vibrations" intro
playing]
Okay, now, so I'd like
to start it out now, this time.
Let's hear the guitars,
please, in B.
Okay, that's fine.
Let me hear the organ.
Perfect. Okay.
We'll go with that.
Let's go again, please.
And watch me on that part.
Are we ready?
Let's go.
Take five, "Good Vibrations."
Oom-bop-bop
Exci... tations.
Hold it, please.
Really felt good, let's play i.
[cheering, whooping]
I
I love the colorful clothes
she wears
And the way the sunlight plays
upon her hair
I hear the sound
of a gentle word
On the wind that lifts
her perfume through the air
I'm picking up
good vibrations
She's giving me excitations
-Oom-bop-bop
-I'm picking up
good vibrations
-Good vibrations, bop-bop
-She's giving me
-Excitations
-Excitations
-Oom-bop-bop
-Good, good, good
Good vibrations
Bop-bop, excitations
-Good, good, good
-Bop-bop
Good vibrations
-Bop-bop
-Excitations
Close my eyes
She's somehow closer now
Softly smile,
I know she must be kind
When I look in her eyes
She goes with me
to a blossom world
I'm picking up
good vibrations
She's giving me excitations
Oom-bop-bop
Good vibrations, bop-bop
-Excitations, bop-bop
-Good, good, good
Good vibrations, bop-bop
-Excitations, bop-bop
-Good, good, good
Good vibrations, bop-bop
Exci... tations
Ah
Oh, my, my, what elation
I don't know where,
but she sends me there
Oh, my, my, what a sensation
Oh, my, my, what elation
Oh, my, my, what
[band playing softly]
[cheering]
Got to keep those
Loving good vibrations
a-happening with her
Got to keep those
Loving good vibrations
a-happening with her
Got to keep those
loving good vibrations
Ah
-Good, good, good
-Oom-bop-bop
Good vibrations
Bop-bop
Excitations, bop-bop
-Good, good, good
Good vibrations, bop-bop
Exci...
[vocalizing]
-[song ends]
-[cheering, applause]
It has been such a privilege
tonight for us
and all the other artists
to share our love
of The Beach Boys
with you and to celebrate
their legacy and their music.
So, for the last song, we've
chosen one that Brian Wilson
wrote for his brother Carl
to sing.
His vocals epitomized
all the love and the spirit
that The Beach Boys' music
represents.
Brian, Mike, Al, Bruce,
David, Dennis and Carl,
we want to say thank you.
-Thank you.
-[cheering]
Thank you for all
the wonderful gifts
that you've given the world.
-One more song from us tonight.
-[cheering, applause]
["God Only Knows" playing]
I may not always love you
But as long as there are
stars above you
You never need to doubt it
I'll make you
so sure about it
God only knows
what I'd be without you
If you should ever leave me
Well, life would still go on,
believe me
The world could show
nothing to me
So what good
would living do me?
God only knows
what I'd be without you
Ah
[vocalizing]
Well
God only knows
what I'd be without you
If you should ever leave me
Well, life would still
go on, believe me
The world could show
nothing to me
So what good
would living do me?
God only knows
what I'd be without you
Sing it.
Yeah
God only knows
what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be
without you
-What I'd be
-God only knows what I'd be
Without you
God only knows
what I'd be without you
-What I'd be
-What I'd be
Without you
God only knows
what I'd be without you
-What I'd be
-What I'd be
-Without you
-God only knows
What I'd be
-What I'd be
-God only knows what I'd be
Without you
God only knows
what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be
Without you.
-[song ends]
-[cheering, whooping]
Brandi Carlile, everybody.
John Legend!
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If you close your eyes and thik
of California,
you can't help but picture
the waves, the sun and the san.
And if you listen closely
over the crash of the surf,
you can hear a guitar riff
and the vocal harmonies
of three brothers who grew up
singing in the South Bay.
In 1961, those brothers--
Brian, Carl and Dennis--
their cousin Mike
and their friend Al
formed a band called
"The Beach Boys."
They weren't just making music.
They were exporting
good vibrations
to the rest of the world.
For those of us lucky enough
to grow up in California,
they were the soundtrack
to our lives,
blaring
from the transistor radio
on the beach blanket,
pumping from your car
as you pulled into the diner
for a late-night burger,
and turning every outing
into a surfing safari.
-Let's go surfin' now...
-As they put out hit after hit,
their music and their spirit
developed until something
pulled us offshore,
further and deeper
into a musical landscape
that was no longer
just the California sound,
but a symphonic
transcendent trip into places
that no band had ever dared go.
The love for their music
has endured
and grown for over 60 years.
They have sold
over 100 million records,
influenced countless artists
and staked a claim
on the entire season of summer.
Tonight, we celebrate
their legacy,
as musicians who love
The Beach Boys come together
to perform
their most iconic songs.
So, grab a board,
a towel and some shades
because this is A Grammy Salute
to The Beach Boys.
-ED SULLIVAN:
Here are The Beach Boys!
-[applause and cheering]
ANNOUNCER: This isA Grammy
Salute to The Beach Boys
with performances
by Andy Grammer, Beck,
Brandi Carlile, Charlie Puth,
Fall Out Boy,
Foster the People,
Hanson, John Legend,
Lady A, LeAnn Rimes,
Little Big Town, Luke Spiller,
Michael McDonald,
Mumford & Sons,
My Morning Jacket,
Norah Jones, Pentatonix,
St. Vincent, Take 6,
Taylor Momsen, and Weezer,
with appearances
by Bruce Springsteen,
Drew Carey, Elton John,
Jimmy Jam, John Stamos,
Tom Hanks and The Beach Boys.
ANNOUNCER:
Performing "Help Me, Rhonda,"
here are three-time
Grammy winners,
-Little Big Town.
-[cheering, applause]
Since you put me down I've
been out doin' in my head
I come in late at night
and in the morning
I just lay in bed
Well, Rhonda,
you look so fine
-Look so fine
-And I know
It wouldn't take much time
For you to help me, Rhonda,
help me
Get her out of my heart
Help me, Rhonda,
help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda,
help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda, yeah
Get her out of my heart
She was gonna be my wife
and I was gonna be her man
Oh, Rhonda
But she let another
guy come between us
And it shattered our plans
Oh, Rhonda
Well, Rhonda,
you caught my eye
-Caught my eye
-And I can give you
lots of reasons why
You gotta help me, Rhonda
Help me get her
out of my heart
-Come on!
-Here we go!
Help me, Rhonda,
help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda, yeah
Get her out of my heart
-Hey!
-Here we go!
Oh!
Help me, Rhonda,
help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda
Help, help me, Rhonda
Help me, Rhonda, yeah
Get her out of my heart
Yeah.
-[song ends]
-[cheering, applause]
ANNOUNCER:
Please welcome John Stamos.
Good evening, everybody.
[cheering, applause]
[laughs]
I am so thankful
that the Recording Academy has
devoted an entire night
to celebrating my heroes,
the true legends,
America's Band, The Beach Boys!
[cheering, applause]
You know, some people call
their music "surf music."
I call it "heart music"
because it bypasses the mind
and goes straight to the heart,
reminding us
about the things that matter.
Life, love, friends and family.
That's what makes it
so multigenerational.
Whether you're five or 75,
The Beach Boys' music is part
of our DNA, isn't it?
[cheering, whooping]
I am so honored and so lucky
to be on the same stage with The
Beach Boys from time to time.
And I always
take that opportunity
to thank all of The Beach Boys.
So, please, tonight,
will you join me
in thanking Brian Wilson...
[cheering, applause]
Michael Edward Love.
[cheering, applause]
And Al Jardine,
Bruce Johnston...
[cheering, applause]
David Marks.
[cheering, applause]
And the dearly missed
Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson.
[cheering, applause]
Now, when we listen
to The Beach Boys,
we tap into
our collective innocence.
Their music unifies us
around a California dream
that everyone
can agree on, right?
Sun, fun, freedom and love.
[audience whooping]
And speaking of that California
dream, I don't think anything
captures that feeling better
than our next song.
Playing one of The Beach Boys'
biggest hits,
"California Girls,"
here is Weezer!
[cheering, applause]
Well, East Coast girls
are hip
I really dig
those styles they wear
And the Southern girls
With the way they talk,
they knock me out
When I'm down there
The Midwest
farmers' daughters
Really make you
feel all right
And the Northern girls
with the way they kiss
They keep their boyfriends
warm at night
I wish they all could be
California girls
Wish they all could be
California
I wish they all could be
California girls
The West Coast has
the sunshine
And the girls all get so tan
I dig a French bikini
On Hawaiian Island dolls
By a palm tree in the sand
I've been all around
this great big world
And I've seen
all kinds of girls
Yeah, but I couldn't
wait to get
Back in the States back to
the cutest girls in the world
I wish they
all could be California
- Girls
-I wish they
all could be California
I wish they all could be
California girls
I wish they all could be
California
-Girls
-Wish they all could be
California
I wish they all could be
California
-Girls
-Wish they all
could be California
I wish they all
could be California
-Girls
-Wish they all
could be California
I wish they all
could be California
-Girls
-Wish they all
could be California
I wish they all
could be California
-Girls
-Wish they all
could be California
Girls.
[cheering, applause]
ANNOUNCER:
Coming up, Brandi Carlile,
Norah Jones, Beck,
Lady A, LeAnn Rimes.
Hanson performs The Beach Boys'
singalong classic,
"Barbara Ann."
And John Legend.
The music is so distinctive.
The harmonies are so beautiful.
There's such a light, uh,
around the music.
I'm a big Beach Boys fan.
WhenA Grammy Salute
to The Beach Boys returns.
This is CBS.
Right now we'd like
to show you how
The Beach Boys go about
making a record.
We start with
Denny Wilson on the drum.
[cheering, screaming]
Followed by Al Jardine
on rhythm guitar.
Helped out
by Carl "Lead Guitar" Wilson.
And filled out instrumentally
by our leader,
Brian Wilson on the bass.
When we're ready to sing,
we step up to the microphones
and it comes out
something like this.
Little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
-Little deuce coupe
-You don't know what I got
She's my little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
Little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got.
[cheering, applause]
ANNOUNCER:
Please welcome Former Chairman
of the Recording Academy
and Rock and Roll
Hall of Famer, Jimmy Jam.
-Whoo!
-[cheering, applause]
Thank you.
Now this next song
is one of The Beach Boys'
most optimistic
expressions of hope.
It's called "Sail on, Sailor."
-[cheering, whooping]
-Yeah.
And it's a deep,
inspiring anthem
set on the high seas
about carrying on
in the face of adversity.
Now the song is beloved
by fans and artists alike.
And one of my favorite versions
is when Ray Charles sang it
at The Beach Boys
25th Anniversary Concert.
-[cheering, whooping]
-Yeah.
Now tonight we have
another great singer
taking the helm
on "Sail on, Sailor."
Here's 12-time
Grammy Award winner,
John Legend!
[cheering, applause]
I sailed an ocean
Unsettled ocean
Through restful waters
And deep commotion, yeah
Often frightened
Unenlightened
Sail on, sail on, sailor
I wrest the water
Fight Neptune's waters
Sail through the sorrows
Of life's marauders
Unrepenting
Often empty
Sail on, sail on, sailor
Caught like a sewer rat
Alone but I sail
Bought like a crust of bread
But, oh, do I wail
Seldom stumble,
not to crumble
Try to tumble
Life's a rumble
Felt the stinging
I've been given
Never ending, unrelenting
Heartbreak searing,
always fearing
Never caring, persevering
Sail on, sail on, sailor
I work the seaways
The gale-swept seaways
Past shipwrecked daughters
Of wicked waters
Uninspired
Drenched and tired
Wail on, wail on
Sailor
Always needing,
even bleeding
Never feeding
all my feelings
Damn the thunder
Must I blunder,
there's no wonder
All I'm under
Stop the crying
and the lying
And the sighing and my dying
Sail on, sail on, sailor
Sail on
Sail on, sail on
Sailor
Sail on
Sail on, sail on
Sailor
-Sail on
-Sail on, sail on
-Yeah
-Sailor.
-[song ends]
-[cheers, applause]
The Beach Boys were
a huge influence on us.
I mean, it was the first concert
we ever went to.
-Yeah.
-Was a Beach Boys concert,
-and, uh...
-We actually have a photo of us
standing in front
of a white limousine.
We're not sure if it was their.
[laughs]
They're amazing singers.
I mean, brothers
singing together.
-Mm-hmm.
-We've been lucky
to experience that
firsthand now for three decades.
Being related
makes a huge difference
in how your voices sound
when you sing together.
You create something that is
really, really hard to replicate
if you don't have that history
and you don't have that DNA.
[cheers, applause]
[playing "Barbara Ann"]
Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Barbara Ann
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Take my hand
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Barbara Ann
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
You got me rockin'
and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin',
Barbara Ann
Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
Went to a dance,
looking for romance
Saw Barbara Ann, so I thought
I'd take a chance
On Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Barbara Ann
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
You got me rockin'
and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin'
Barbara Ann, Ba-Ba
Ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Barbara Ann
-Take my hand
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Barbara Ann
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
You got me
Rockin' and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin'
Barbara Ann
Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann...
-Take it away, y'all.
-Whoo!
TAYLOR:
Give me a little more.
Whoo!
Tried Peggy Sue,
tried Betty Lou
Tried Mary Lou,
but I knew she wouldn't do
Barbara Ann,
Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Barbara Ann
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
You got me rockin'
and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin',
Barbara Ann
Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Barbara Ann
-Take my hand
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
-Barbara Ann
-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
You got me rockin'
and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin',
Barbara Ann
Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann,
Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann,
Barbara Ann
You got me rockin'
and a rollin'
Rockin' and a reelin'
Barbara Ann,
Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann.
-[song ends]
-[cheers, applause]
Thank you.
ANNOUNCER: Coming up,
Charlie Puth performs
"Wouldn't It Be Nice."
Take 6 joins Michael McDonald
for a soulful rendition
of "Don't Worry Baby."
Plus, Brandi Carlile.
We chose to do, uh,
"In My Room."
It's three-part harmony
all the way through.
Our lifeblood is our love
for three-part harmonies,
so, obviously,
we have a huge penchant
-and respect for The Beach Boy.
-ANNOUNCER: This is CBS.
Brian's great ballads,
they always spoke
to your loneliness.
He was just incredible
at reaching in
and touching those feelings.
His insight into
the adolescent heart
was really
the deepest
of anybody out there,
and it was the most relatable,
you know,
by speaking so directly to it,
it made you feel, obviously,
a lot less alone.
The voices, the tone
of the voices was so beautiful.
Um, bit like
a classical choir, in a way,
used in a,
in a rock and roll way.
And it just had this incredibly
evocative feeling.
It just took you
out of where you were
and took you to another place.
It's dark and I'm...
That one killed you
when it came out.
And, of course, you know,
I had my room,
and I played that thing
a thousand times. [laughs]
You know,
just over and over and over,
on a loop, on a loop,
on a loop, on a loop.
In my room
-In my room.
-[cheers, applause]
ANNOUNCER:
Performing "In My Room,"
nine-time Grammy winner
Brandi Carlile.
[cheers, applause]
There's a world
Where I can go
And tell
My secrets to
In my room
In my room
In my room
In this world
I lock out
All my worries
And my fears
In my room
In my room
In my room
I do my dreaming
And my scheming
Lie awake
And pray
Do my crying
And my sighing
Laugh at yesterday
Now it's dark
And I'm alone
But I won't
Be afraid
In my room
In my room
In my room
In my room
-[sustaining note]
-In my room
In my room
-[sustaining note]
-In my room.
[song ends]
[cheers, applause]
The first time I heard
The Beach Boys,
I believe I was on
a family road trip
in a 1999 GMC Suburban,
and my dad put onPet Sounds,
and the first song on
Pet Sounds
is "Wouldn't It Be Nice."
It feels very special
to play the song that's
track one on the CD
that I grew up
listening to the most.
The fact that I get to play it
in front of all The Beach Boys,
I'm still kind of taking it in.
It's very overwhelming.
I'm sweating.
[cheers, applause]
[playing "Wouldn't It Be Nice"]
Hey!
Wouldn't it be nice
if we were older?
Then we wouldn't
have to wait so long
And wouldn't it be nice
to live together
In the kind of world
where we belong?
You know it's gonna make it
that much better
When we can say goodnight
And stay together
Wouldn't it be nice
If we could wake up
In the morning
when the day is new?
And after having spent
the day together
Hold each other close
the whole night through
Happy times together
we've been spending
I wish that every kiss
was never
Ending
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?
[cheering]
Maybe if we think and wish
And hope and pray,
it might come true
[vocalizing]
Maybe then there wouldn't be
A single thing
we couldn't do
Oh, we can be married
We can be married
-And then we'd be happy
-And then we'd be happy
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?
[vocalizing]
You know it seems the more
we talk about it
It only makes it worse
To live without it
But let's talk about it
Hey
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?
[vocalizing]
Goodnight, my baby
Sleep tight, my baby
Goodnight, my baby
Sleep tight, my baby
Goodnight, my baby
Sleep tight, my baby.
[song ends]
[cheers, applause]
[whistling]
I'm doing, uh,
"Don't Worry Baby,"
uh, with Take 6,
who are gonna be covering
those Beach Boy kind of
harmonies in the back,
and I'm sure
they'll bring something
totally different to it, too.
Uh, we've been fans of Michael
and the Doobie Brothers forever,
so being able
to perform with him,
uh, for The Beach Boys, it's
just a match made in heaven.
[cheers, applause]
[vocalizing]
Well, it's been building up
inside of me
For, oh, I don't know
how long
I don't know why,
but I can't help feeling
Something's bound
To go wrong
But she looks in my eyes
And help me realize
When she says
Don't worry, baby
Don't worry,
baby
Don't worry, baby
-Everything
will be all right
-Don't worry, baby
Don't worry, baby
Don't worry,
baby
Baby
I guess I should've
kept my mouth shut
When I started to brag
about my car
But I can't back down now
Because I pushed
the other guys too far
She makes me come alive
And makes me realize
-When she says
-Don't worry
-Baby
-Don't worry, baby
Don't worry, baby
Everything will be all right
Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry, baby
Baby
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
She told me
"Baby, when you race today,
just take along
My love with you
And if you knew how much
I loved you, baby
Nothing could go wrong
with you"
Oh, what she does to me
When she makes love to me
Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry
-Baby
-Everything will be
-All right
-Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry, baby
Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry, baby
-Yeah, baby
-Don't worry, baby
-[vocalizing]
Don't worry, baby
Don't worry
Baby
[vocalizing]
Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry, baby
-Don't worry, baby
Don't worry, baby
Don't worry,
baby
Don't worry, baby
[vocalizing]
-[song ends]
-[cheers, applause]
Take 6, everybody.
Michael McDonald.
ANNOUNCER:
Coming up, John Legend returns.
Plus, Foster the People
performs "Do It Again."
And Norah Jones feels
the warmth of the sun.
Such a beautiful song.
There's so many good songs,
it was kind of hard
to choose. [laughs]
ANNOUNCER: WhenA Grammy Salute
to The Beach Boys continues.
This is CBS.
ANNOUNCER:A Grammy Salute
to The Beach Boys will return.
This is CBS.
LOVE: One of the most
emotional songs for me
was "The Warmth of the Sun."
"The Warmth of the Sun"
was written
in the early morning hours
of the same morning
that President Kennedy
was killed in Dallas.
JOHNSTON: I still get
chills when we sing it.
The harmonies just soar.
It's so simple and so complex.
And Brian Wilson, musically,
is just exercising
the most amazing
musical gift ever.
BRIAN: We heard about Kennedy's
death, so Michael goes,
"You want to write a song, you
know, to commemorate his death"
And I start playing
some chords and the melody.
And it took us 45 minutes
to write.
It came so quick.
That's how fast we work.
Some of the best songs
come pretty quick.
Yeah, they're
the most divinely inspired.
[cheering, applause]
Here to sing
"The Warmth of the Sun"
is an artist
who first won five Grammy Awards
for her debut album,
the great Norah Jones.
[cheering, applause]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
What good is the dawn
That grows into day
The sunset at night
Or living this way
For I have the warmth
-Of the sun
-Warmth of the sun
Within me
At night
Within me at night
The love of my life
She left me one day
I cried when she said
I don't feel the same way
Still I have the warmth
-Of the sun
-Warmth of the sun
Within me
Tonight
Within me tonight
I'll dream of her arms
And though they're not real
Just like she's still there
The way
That I feel
My love's like the warmth
-Of the sun
-Warmth of the sun
It won't
Ever die
It won't ever die.
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
-[song ends]
-[cheering, applause]
I was probably six years old
and I was on my way to T-ball
practice, my mom was driving.
I heard this song and it was
like a light bulb went off.
And I was like, I,
you know... and I loved
music already,
but I was like, "What is this?"
And she's like,
"I think it's The Beach Boys."
And it was "I Get Around,"
and I went home
and my dad bought me
a cassette tape that week
with "I Get Around"
and "Fun, Fun, Fun."
And that was kind
of the beginning of
my long love affair
with The Beach Boys.
[cheering, applause]
It's automatic when I talk
with old friends
The conversation turns
to girls we knew when
Their hair was soft and long
And the beach was
the place to go
With suntanned bodies
and waves of sunshine
The California girls
and a beautiful coastline
And warmed up weather,
let's get together
And do it again
Ho!
[vocalizing]
With a girl,
the lonely sea looks good
With moonlight
Makes your nighttimes warm
And out of sight
Been so long
Ho!
[vocalizing]
It's been so long
Hey now, hey now,
hey now, hey now
Hey now,
hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now, hey now, hey now
Hey now
Well,
I've been thinking 'bout
All the places
we surfed and danced and
All the faces we've missed,
so let's get
Back together
and do it again
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[song ends]
[cheering and applause]
ANNOUNCER: Coming up,
more Beach Boys classics
when Lady A
performs "Surfer Girl."
Plus, Beach Boys superfan
Drew Carey.
And Fall Out Boy rocks
with "Do You Wanna Dance?"
It's like the human voice
becomes a symphony or something
on-on those Beach Boys records.
As little punk rock kids,
we were trying to emulate that
as best we could, you know?
ANNOUNCER:
This is CBS.
ANNOUNCER:A Grammy Salute
to The Beach Boys will return.
This is CBS.
So, let's hear
about the original Surfer Girl,
-Judy Bowles.
-WOMAN: Yeah.
No, she was not Surfer Girl.
-There is no Surfer Girl.
-What? Who was it?
Come on! There was, too!
I know what girl
you're talking about.
-Yeah.
-Yeah, it was about her.
-[laughter]
-LOVE: See?
I was in my car,
my '57 Ford, right,
-cruising around. And I said...
-'57 Ford. I'm impressed.
And I started humming along
to a song that was on the radio.
But I went into
my own little composition.
-[vocalizing]
-That was the song?
Like that. And then I got home,
went to my piano,
doctored it up a little bit.
-And it goes like this.
-[chuckling]
Little surfer
Little one
Made my heart
come all undone
Do you love me?
Do you, surfer girl?
-Surfer girl, surfer girl
-Ooh.
ANNOUNCER:
To perform the title track
off The Beach Boys'
Surfer Girl album,
here is five-time Grammy-winnig
country group Lady A.
[cheering and applause]
-
-[vocalizing]
Little surfer
Little one
Made my heart
Come all undone
Do you love me?
Do you, surfer girl?
Surfer girl
My little surfer girl
I have watched you
On the shore
Standing by the ocean's roar
Do you love me?
Do you, surfer girl?
Surfer girl, surfer girl
We could ride the surf
together
While our love would grow
In my woody
I would take you
Everywhere I go
So I say from me to you
I will make your dreams
Come true
Do you love me?
Do you, surfer
-Girl?
-Surfer girl
-My little surfer girl
-Ah-ooh...
Girl, surfer girl
My little surfer girl
Girl, surfer girl
My little surfer girl.
[cheering and applause]
ANNOUNCER:
Please welcome comedian,
TV host and huge Beach Boys fan
Drew Carey.
-[cheering and applause]
-Hi, everybody.
Hello.
I'm so excited to be here,
uh, part of this special night.
This next song was sung by
the late, great Dennis Wilson.
-[cheering]
-Now-- Yeah.
Dennis wasn't just the original
drummer of The Beach Boys.
He was the beating
rock-and-roll heart of the band.
He was the rebel,
the sex symbol.
-Let's be honest. Uh...
-[laughter]
[Carey laughs]
The hot-rodder.
And, yes, he was also the surfer
in the band.
Now, Dennis left behind
an incredible legacy.
And right now,
we got a world-famous,
kick-ass band from Chicago
here...
[cheering and applause]
...to perform
a Bobby Freeman hit
that Dennis turned
into a Beach Boys classic.
Playing "Do You Wanna Dance,"
here is Fall Out Boy!
[cheering and applause]
Do you wanna dance
and hold my hand?
Tell me, baby,
I'm your lover man
Oh, baby
Do you wanna dance?
Do you wanna dance
under the moonlight?
Kiss me, baby,
all through the night, oh
Baby
Do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you, do you,
do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you,
do you, do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you, do you
Do you wanna dance?
[cheering]
Do you wanna dance
under the moonlight?
Kiss me, baby,
all through the night, oh
Baby, do you wanna dance?
Do you wanna dance
under the moonlight?
Squeeze me, squeeze me
all through the night
Oh, baby
Do you wanna dance?
Oh, oh, oh
Do you, do you, do you,
do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you,
do you, do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you, do you
Do you wanna dance?
Oh, oh
Do you, do you, do you,
do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you,
do you, do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you, do you
Do you wanna dance?
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Do you, do you, do you,
do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you,
do you, do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you, do you
Do you wanna dance?
Do you, do you
Want
Do you wanna dance?
Dance
Do you wanna dance?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[cheering and applause]
ANNOUNCER:
Coming up, LeAnn Rimes soars
with her beautiful version
of "Caroline, No."
And Beck performs thePet
Sounds hit "Sloop John B."
It's very rare
when music is wildly popular,
experimental, and innovative
and brand-new at the same time.
The Beach Boys
were able to do that.
They're one of the few.
ANNOUNCER:
This is CBS.
ANNOUNCER: Please welcome the
CEO of the Recording Academy,
Harvey Mason Jr.
Hey, everybody.
What a night, huh?
Incredible. Wow.
Beach Boys.
On behalf of the
Recording Academy,
I want to thank all
of the incredible artists
who have brought their talents
to create this Grammy salute
to The Beach Boys.
We appreciate it.
We appreciate it.
Thank you for
the good vibrations tonight
and everything you do
to bring people together
through the power of music.
Thank you.
[cheering, applause]
We come on the sloop
John B...
BRIAN: "Sloop John B."
What can you say about that?
It's like an old folk song
that Carl Sandburg
wrote the lyrics to,
the Kingston Trio adapted
an arrangement for it,
and Al Jardine came to me
and said,
"Why don't we do 'Sloop John B'
you know?"
And he taught me the song.
JARDINE: I played Brian
what I thought would be
a really cool idea
for a Beach Boys song,
and I played the straight thre-
chord little song that it is.
And of course Brian
took it to heart,
and he put a beautiful
brass band arrangement on it.
BRIAN:
I'm telling you, it's one
of the best records we ever cu.
It had two 12-string
guitar parts
playing and wailing together.
[imitating guitar]
The vocals were, like,
lilting and high-pitched.
Well, I feel so broke up
I want to go home...
JARDINE:
Very few people understand
his arrangement skills
and how he took
a John Philip Sousa,
put it over that folk song,
and transformed it
into a Beach Boys song.
[cheering, applause]
ANNOUNCER:
Performing "Sloop John B"
off the 1966 albumPet Sounds,
here is eight-time
Grammy winner Beck.
[cheering, applause]
["Sloop John B" playing]
We come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town
We did roam
Drinkin' all night
Got into a fight
Well, I feel so broke up
I want to go home
So hoist up
the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home
Let me go home
I want to go home
Yeah, yeah
Well, I feel so broke up
I want to go home
[vocalizing]
The first mate, he got drunk
And broke in
the captain's trunk
The constable had to come
and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
[vocalizing]
Why don't you
leave me alone?
Well, I feel so broke up
I want to go home
One, two.
So hoist up
the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home
-Let me go home
-Let me go home
Let me go home
Why don't you
let me go home?
[vocalizing]
Hoist up the John B's sail
I feel so broke up
I want to go home
Let me go home
The poor cook,
he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took
and he ate up
All of my corn
Let me go home
[vocalizing]
Won't you let me go home?
Yeah, yeah
This is the worst trip
I've ever been on
One, two.
So hoist up
the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
-Let me go home
-Let me go home
Want to go home
Let me go home
Yeah, I want to go home
Yeah, yeah
Well, I feel so broke up
I want to go home
I feel so broke up
I want to go home.
-[song ends]
-[cheering, applause]
I do have kind of a catalog
that pulls at the heartstrings,
so when I look for songs,
when I think that's
u-ultimately, like,
what I'm looking for, is
something that will move people,
and "Caroline, No," it's, like,
oh, this is just a different
side of The Beach Boys.
I wanted to put
my own spin on it and
just break your heart
a little tonight.
[laughs]
That's what I'm here for.
[cheering, applause]
["Caroline, No" playing]
Where did your long hair go?
Where is the girl
I used to know?
How could you lose
That happy glow?
Oh, Caroline, no
Who took
That look away?
I remember how
You used to say
You'd never change
But that's not true
Oh, Caroline, you
Break my heart
I want to go and cry
It's so sad
To watch
A sweet thing die
Oh, Caroline, why?
Why
[sustaining note]
Could I ever find
In you again
The things that made me
love you
So much then?
Could we ever
bring them back
Once they have gone?
Oh, Caroline, no
Break my heart
I want to go and cry
It's so sad
To watch a sweet thing die
Break my heart
I want to go and cry
It's so, so, so, so sad
To watch a sweet thing die
Oh, Caroline
Why?
Why?
[sustaining note]
Could I ever find in you
Again
The things that
made me love you
So much then?
Could we ever
bring them back
Once they have gone?
Oh, Caroline
No.
[sustaining note]
-[song ends]
-[cheering, applause]
ANNOUNCER: Coming up,
Brandi Carlile returns.
Plus, Andy Grammer sings
Carl Wilson's classic "Darlin'"
And Mumford & Sons
go unplugged with
"I Know There's an Answer."
That's the sign of a
great song in our minds.
If you can strip away
all the bells and whistles.
So we've loved rehearsing it
and then playing it tonight.
ANNOUNCER:
This is CBS.
The most striking thing
about The Beach Boys isn't just
their orchestration and
harmonies, it's their courage.
Brian has always been regarded
as a pop music genius,
who, along with The Beach Boys,
created the masterpiece
Pet Sounds.
One of the most
important albums of all time.
For me, the heart of
why the music is so impactful is
that he was so genuine and
so vulnerable in his writing.
Brian didn't just change
the way music sounded,
he changed the way it felt.
He pushed the band to evolve
from singing
about girls and cars,
and he took us on a journey
into deep and even dark places.
So many artists have been
inspired by The Beach Boys
in the past 60 years,
including this next group.
Here with "I Know There's
an Answer" from Pet Sounds,
in a performance featuring
Sam Gendel, is Mumford & Sons.
[cheering, applause]
Thank you.
Uh, it's a complete privilege
for us to be here
to sing in front
of those fellas up there
all the songs
they wrote and gave to us.
Thank you.
Gonna try and destroy one
for you.
It's gonna be real quiet.
I know so many people
Who think they can
do it alone
They isolate their heads
And stay in their
safety zones
-Ooh
-Now, what can
you tell them?
[vocalizing]
And what can you say
That won't make them
defensive?
I know there's an answer
I know now, but I have
to find it by myself
They come on
like they're peaceful
But inside they're
so uptight
They trip through their day
And waste all
their thoughts at night
How can I come on
And tell them
the way that they live
Could be better?
I know there's an answer
I know now, but I have to
Find it by myself
Now, how can I come on
And tell them the way that
they live could be better?
I know there's an answer
I know now, but I have
to find it by myself
I know there's an answer
I know now, but I have
to find it by myself.
-Thank you.
-[cheering, applause]
I'm singing "Darlin',"
and pretty much
just 'cause it's so fun to sing.
Specifically because the melody
is, like,
it's all over the place,
and I found myself
rehearsing for it,
just, like, smiling.
[laughs]
He wrote a lot of different
songs, and this one is just so
joyous in how weird
and unique it is.
It's really fun to sing.
Ooh, keep dreamin'
of darlin'
Oh, oh, my darlin',
you're so fine
Oh, oh, oh
I know if words could say
But, darlin',
I'll find a way
To let you know
what you mean to me
I guess it was meant to be
And I'll hold you
in my heart
As life's most precious part
Oh-oh-oh, darlin'
I dream about you often
My pretty darlin',
I love the way
You soften my life
with your love
Your precious love,
uh-huh, yeah
I was living like half a man
Then I couldn't love,
but now I can
You pick me up
when I'm feeling sad
With more soul
than I ever had
Gonna love you
every single night
'Cause I think you're
too outta sight
Oh-oh-oh, darlin'
-I dream about you often,
my pretty darlin'
-You're so fine
I love the way you soften
my life with your love
Your precious love,
uh-huh, yeah
I said now, every night
Oh
Every night, oh, darlin'
Love you every single night
'Cause I think you're
too doggone outta sight
Oh-oh, darlin'
Oh, keep dreamin'
of darlin'
I dream about you often,
my pretty darlin'
I love the way you soften
my life with your love
Your precious love,
uh-huh, yeah
Yeah, yeah, I said, now
Every night, oh
Every night
Oh, darlin'.
Thank you so much.
[cheering and applause]
I love you guys,
I really appreciate you.
ANNOUNCER: Coming up,
My Morning Jacket performs
The Beach Boys favorite
"I Get Around."
Plus, St. Vincent
with a powerful version
of "You Still Believe in Me."
The reason I think
The Beach Boys
are so timeless is
melody, melody, melody.
They've written
some of the best melodies
that will ever be written.
ANNOUNCER:
This is CBS.
We've been hearing a lot
about Brian and Mike tonight,
and for good reason.
I'd like to take a moment now
to acknowledge
Al Jardine, David Marks
and Bruce Johnston.
[cheering, applause]
Give it up.
Al is a founding member.
He's an incredible vocalist
who sang
their number one hit
"Help Me Rhonda."
David Marks grew up
alongside the Wilson brothers.
And his guitar interplay
with Carl Wilson
helped shape the sound of the
first four Beach Boys albums.
Bruce Johnston, the incredible
multi-instrumentalist,
joined in 1965.
Bruce was actually the one
who played Pet Sounds
for John Lennon
and Paul McCartney.
[cheering, applause]
And now, here to perform
"You Still Believe in Me"
from that iconic album,
please welcome three-time
Grammy-winning artist
-St. Vincent.
-[cheering, applause]
[vocalizing]
I know perfectly well
I'm not where I should be
I've been very aware
You've been patient with me
Every time
We break up, you bring back
Your love to me
And after all
I've done to you
How can it be
You still
Believe
In me
I try hard to be more
What you want me to be
But I can't help how I act
When you're not here with me
I try hard to be strong
But sometimes I fail
Myself
And after all I promised you
So faithfully
You still
Believe
In me
I want to cry...
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
Cry...
[vocalizing]
[cheering, applause]
Cry...
[vocalizing]
Cry.
[vocalizing]
-[song ends]
-[cheering, applause]
The Beach Boys brought
the beach to us, you know?
It's like, in Kentucky,
we didn't have beaches.
We had lakes, but, uh,
we still had The Beach Boys.
That was, like, the soundtrack
of summer, you know?
Of going to the lake and...
that vision of The Beach Boys
kind of slowly changes
with you as you grow older.
And slowly their music
changed and got deeper
and wilder and crazier,
as I got crazier
and grew up, and, uh...
so I feel like they've kind of
been at every turn in my life.
[cheering, applause]
Round, round, get around,
I get around, yeah
-Get around, whoo
-Round, round, I get around
I get around
From town to town
I'm a real cool head
I'm makin' real good bread
Get around, round, round,
I get around
I'm gettin' bugged driving up
and down the same old strip
I gotta find a new place
where the kids are hip
My buddies and me are
getting real well known
Yeah, the bad guys know us
and they leave us alone
I get around
From town to town
I'm a real cool head
I'm makin' real good bread
Get around, round, round,
I get around
I get around
[vocalizing]
Whoo!
We always take my car
'cause it's never been beat
And we've never missed yet
with the girls we meet
None of the guys go steady
'cause it wouldn't be right
To leave their best girl home
on a Saturday night
I get around
From town to town
I'm a real cool head
I'm makin' real good bread
Get around, round, round,
I get around
I get around, round
[vocalizing]
Round, round, get around,
I get around, yeah
-Get around, whoo
-Round, round, I get around
I get around
From town to town
I'm a real cool head
I'm makin' real good bread
Get around, round, round,
I get around
I get around.
[vocalizing]
-[song ends]
-[cheering, applause]
ANNOUNCER: Coming up,
John Stamos returns.
Plus, Pentatonix hits
the harmonies
on "Heroes and Villains."
And the Struts' Luke Spiller
rocks two Beach Boys hits
with Taylor Momsen.
WhenA Grammy Salute
to The Beach Boys returns.
This is CBS.
ANNOUNCER:A Grammy Salute
to The Beach Boys
will return. This is CBS.
[vocalizing]
BRIAN: Basically,
our forte is harmonics.
There's a certain family blend
'cause we're brothers
and a cousin
and our good friend Al Jardine.
We all have different voices,
but, nevertheless,
we blend well.
CARL:
I think when I was about nine,
Brian would ask me to sing.
And if I didn't want to,
he'd have my mom
make me sing with him because
he'd be making up arrangements.
So it's like,
"Mom, make Carl sing."
LOVE:
Carl and Brian and myself,
we'd sing Everly Brothers song,
and they were done
in two-part harmony.
We'd do three-part harmony.
That was when Brian began
to really study harmony.
DENNIS: He was able
to organize his thoughts
to a point
where they were hypnotic
but yet entertaining,
meaningful and spiritual.
Spring.
[cheering, applause]
The voices of The Beach Boys
are always in the air.
And Brian Wilson loved
to use their voices
as though they were
instruments themselves.
In the studio or even
while just driving around,
Carl, Dennis, Mike,
Bruce and Al would sing
melodic ideas
that Brian had and eventually
they'd create
a compelling musical soundscape.
You can still hear that magic
on "Heroes and Villains,"
the central song on
The Beach Boys' wildly ambitious
and long delayed album Smile.
To sing "Heroes and Villains,"
here are
three-time Grammy winners
and multiplatinum artist
Pentatonix.
[cheering, applause]
I've been in this town so long
that back in the city
I've been taken
for lost and gone
And unknown
for a long, long time
Fell in love years ago
with an innocent girl
From the Spanish
and Indian home
Of the heroes and villains
Once at night
Cotillion squared the fight
And she was right in the rain
of the bullets
That eventually
brought her down
[vocalizing]
But she's still dancing
in the night
Unafraid of what a dude'll do
in a town
Full of heroes and villains
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
My children were raised,
you know they suddenly rise
They started slow long ago
Head to toe
healthy, wealthy and wise
Boys and girls and
Boys and
Girls and
I've been in this town
so long
So long to the city
I'm fit with the stuff
To ride in the rough
And sunny down snuff,
I'm all right
By the heroes and
Heroes and villains
Just see what you've done
Oh
[vocalizing]
Heroes and villains
Just see what you've done.
[vocalizing]
-[song ends]
-[cheering, applause]
-Thank you, guys.
-Thank you.
Thank you.
All right, the two songs
that you're about to hear are
not just simple pop tunes.
They are powerful rock anthems
that capture the spirit
of a generation and evoke
memories of a simpler time.
They both start
with legendary guitar licks.
Right, David? And they're
instantly recognizable.
I mean, the second
you hear 'em, you know
your life's about
to get a little bit better.
Now, don't take my word
for it because right now
we've got a pair of rockers here
to play these massive hits
back-to-back.
Performing "Surfin' U.S.A."
and "Fun, Fun, Fun,"
here is Luke Spiller
from my second favorite band,
the Struts, and from the
Pretty Reckless, Taylor Momsen.
[cheering, applause]
If everybody had an ocean
Across the U.S.A.
Then everybody'd be surfin'
Like Californ-I-A
You'd see 'em wearin'
their baggies
Huarache sandals, too
A bushy, bushy blonde hairdo
Surfin' U.S.A.
-You'd catch 'em
surfin' Del Mar
-Inside, outside U.S.A.
-Ventura County line
-Inside, outside
-Santa Cruz and Trestle
-U.S.A., inside
-Australia's Narrabeen
-Outside U.S.A., inside
-All over Manhattan
-Outside U.S.A., inside
-And down Doheny Way
-Outside U.S.A.
Inside, outside
Everybody's gone surfin'
Surfin' U.S.A.
We'll all be planning
that route
We're gonna take real soon
We're waxing down
our surfboards
We can't wait for June
We'll all be gone
for the summer
We're on surf-ari to stay
Tell the teacher
we're surfin'
Surfin' U.S.A.
-Haggerty's and Swami's
-Inside, outside
-Pacific Palisades
-U.S.A.
Inside, outside U.S.A.
-San Onofre and Sunset
-Inside, outside U.S.A.
-Redondo Beach, L.A.
-Inside, outside U.S.A.
All over La Jolla
At Waimea Bay
Everybody's gone surfin'
Surfin' U.S.A.
All right!
["Fun, Fun, Fun" playing]
She got her daddy's car
And she cruised through
the hamburger stand now
Forgot all about the library
Like she told
her old man now
With the radio blasting
She goes cruising
just as fast
As she can now
And she'll have
Fun, fun, fun
Till her daddy takes
the T-Bird away
-Fun, fun, fun till her daddy
takes the T-Bird away
Well, the girls can't
stand her
'Cause she walks
and talks like an ace now
You walk like an ace now,
you walk like an ace
She makes
the Indy 500 look like
A Roman chariot race now
-You look like an ace now,
you look like an ace
A lot of guys try to
catch her
But she leads them on
a wild-goose chase now
And she'll have fun,
fun, fun
Till her daddy
takes the T-Bird away
Oh!
You knew all along
That your dad was getting wise
to you now
You shouldn't have lied now,
you shouldn't have lied
And since he took
your set of keys
Well, you think
your fun is all gone now
You shouldn't have lied now,
you shouldn't have lied
But you can
come along with me
'Cause we've got a lot
of things to do now
You shouldn't have lied now,
you shouldn't have lied
And we'll have fun, fun, fun
Now that daddy took
the T-Bird away
Fun, fun, fun, now her daddy
took the T-Bird away
And we'll have fun, fun, fun
-Now that daddy took
the T-Bird away
-Fun, fun, fun
Now her daddy took
the T-Bird away
-Ooh-ooh
-Fun, fun, fun
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Fun, fun, fun, now her daddy
took the T-Bird away
-Ooh-ooh,
ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
-Fun, fun, fun now her daddy
took the T-Bird away.
-Yeah!
[cheering, applause]
ANNOUNCER: Coming up,
two amazing duets
as Jim James and Beck
give us "Good Vibrations."
And Brandi Carlile
and John Legend perform
"God Only Knows."
I was walking down the aisle
of my wedding with my wife,
and the twins sang it
on a ukulele,
so it's really special to us.
ANNOUNCER: This is CBS.
-"Good Vibrations," take one.
-We're rolling, let's go.
["Good Vibrations" intro
playing]
Okay, now, so I'd like
to start it out now, this time.
Let's hear the guitars,
please, in B.
Okay, that's fine.
Let me hear the organ.
Perfect. Okay.
We'll go with that.
Let's go again, please.
And watch me on that part.
Are we ready?
Let's go.
Take five, "Good Vibrations."
Oom-bop-bop
Exci... tations.
Hold it, please.
Really felt good, let's play i.
[cheering, whooping]
I
I love the colorful clothes
she wears
And the way the sunlight plays
upon her hair
I hear the sound
of a gentle word
On the wind that lifts
her perfume through the air
I'm picking up
good vibrations
She's giving me excitations
-Oom-bop-bop
-I'm picking up
good vibrations
-Good vibrations, bop-bop
-She's giving me
-Excitations
-Excitations
-Oom-bop-bop
-Good, good, good
Good vibrations
Bop-bop, excitations
-Good, good, good
-Bop-bop
Good vibrations
-Bop-bop
-Excitations
Close my eyes
She's somehow closer now
Softly smile,
I know she must be kind
When I look in her eyes
She goes with me
to a blossom world
I'm picking up
good vibrations
She's giving me excitations
Oom-bop-bop
Good vibrations, bop-bop
-Excitations, bop-bop
-Good, good, good
Good vibrations, bop-bop
-Excitations, bop-bop
-Good, good, good
Good vibrations, bop-bop
Exci... tations
Ah
Oh, my, my, what elation
I don't know where,
but she sends me there
Oh, my, my, what a sensation
Oh, my, my, what elation
Oh, my, my, what
[band playing softly]
[cheering]
Got to keep those
Loving good vibrations
a-happening with her
Got to keep those
Loving good vibrations
a-happening with her
Got to keep those
loving good vibrations
Ah
-Good, good, good
-Oom-bop-bop
Good vibrations
Bop-bop
Excitations, bop-bop
-Good, good, good
Good vibrations, bop-bop
Exci...
[vocalizing]
-[song ends]
-[cheering, applause]
It has been such a privilege
tonight for us
and all the other artists
to share our love
of The Beach Boys
with you and to celebrate
their legacy and their music.
So, for the last song, we've
chosen one that Brian Wilson
wrote for his brother Carl
to sing.
His vocals epitomized
all the love and the spirit
that The Beach Boys' music
represents.
Brian, Mike, Al, Bruce,
David, Dennis and Carl,
we want to say thank you.
-Thank you.
-[cheering]
Thank you for all
the wonderful gifts
that you've given the world.
-One more song from us tonight.
-[cheering, applause]
["God Only Knows" playing]
I may not always love you
But as long as there are
stars above you
You never need to doubt it
I'll make you
so sure about it
God only knows
what I'd be without you
If you should ever leave me
Well, life would still go on,
believe me
The world could show
nothing to me
So what good
would living do me?
God only knows
what I'd be without you
Ah
[vocalizing]
Well
God only knows
what I'd be without you
If you should ever leave me
Well, life would still
go on, believe me
The world could show
nothing to me
So what good
would living do me?
God only knows
what I'd be without you
Sing it.
Yeah
God only knows
what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be
without you
-What I'd be
-God only knows what I'd be
Without you
God only knows
what I'd be without you
-What I'd be
-What I'd be
Without you
God only knows
what I'd be without you
-What I'd be
-What I'd be
-Without you
-God only knows
What I'd be
-What I'd be
-God only knows what I'd be
Without you
God only knows
what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be
Without you.
-[song ends]
-[cheering, whooping]
Brandi Carlile, everybody.
John Legend!
CBS
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