Mr Nice GuyThe Beach Boys - Sydney Concert Review
February 4th 2010 23:31
Featuring all their hits - the vocal harmonies are still there - albeit without the legendary Brian Wilson, his brother Carl or original BB - Al Jardine, the boys performed all their greatest hits including “Good Vibrations”, “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” and “Kokomo” with the full rich sound of the Symphony.
With a smattering of Hawaiian shirts and Seniors Discount cards infiltrating the iconic concert venue - it would be a harsh critic that would choose to have anything other than admiration for the two front men - who played a key role in helping earn the group the title "America's Band".
With thirty-six U.S. Top 40 hits (the most of any U.S. rock band) and fifty-six Hot 100 hits, including four number one singles - the The Beach Boys are still the No. 1-selling American band of all time.
And so it was.
A packed Sydney Opera House - with fans of all ages once again proving that feel good music (no matter which era) transends both social and cultural genres, dancing, singing and generally losing their inhabitions in the aisles as both Love and Johnson (along with their polished though much younger Beach Boys Band) turned back the clock for those who lived through the bands first coming and reignited the legend for those of us who feel an affinity with a simplier, harmonious time.
Bands will come and go - today's stars no doubt will be tomorrow's gossip sheet fodder - few if any will produce music and lyrics which in 40 years will still be remembered with reverance - even fewer will still pull a capacity crowd of all ages at venues around the world - and hold their own.
The Beach Boys, in Mike Love and Bruce Johnson are all that and more (in spite of their 69 years - yes that's right) and still crusin after all these years.
To get just a taste of what transpired at the Opera House last night - check out this clip from their concert last week in Melbourne.
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