"Rockin' Out at the Beach Party
Blast with The Beach Boys"
Concert
Review by FTV
8/9/06
We
went up to the Mohegan Sun Resort Casino where the Beach
Boys would be performing in the large Mohegan Sun Arena that
can hold
over 10,000 people. The concert began around 7:00pm but the
doors
were open at 6pm. The place was packed as showtime
neared. The
show started right on time. The Beach Boys took the stage and
immediately jumped into their amazing classic songs such as
“Do It Again, Surfin’ Safari, Surf City
and Hawaii. It’s amazing how they would sing song
after song, not taking even one break in between.
They performed ten songs before they took a break.
This was when the lead singer, Mike Love began talking to the
audience and joked about the long set they just played. He
tells everyone the band will take a short intermission
followed by a….nap haha.
They
then jumped into another set of their fabulous songs with
timeless hits like “Surfer Girl” and
“Be True to your school.” Everyone was
really feeling the energy. Mike Love then dedicated
the next song to all the women in the audience,
“Don’t Worry Baby,” a sweet and soothing
ballad. During this song, he chose one of the women
to dance with him on the stage during the song. They
got the audience pumped again soon after as they jumped into
their legendary songs like “Getcha Back” and
“Darlin’.” Then
the Beach Boys stopped to talk to the audience
again. They said “Believe it or not, there
once was a time when the Beach Boys were not out there, yes, it was
the time of Doo Wop.” So as a sign of
showing their unlimited versatility, the Beach Boys went right
into a number of Doo Wop songs like “Come Go With
Me” and “Duke Of Earl” but put
their own Beach Boys slant on it. The crowd loved
it and this crowd of close to 10,000 people was filled with
men and women of every age group, all having a great
time! After they finished their Doo Wop set, it was
time for some more Beach Boys music!
As soon as one
of their hits “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” began
with that well
known start, the crowd jumped up with tons of excitement and
energy.
Beach balls were tossed into the crowd and it became like one
major
beach party. It was then time for “Help Me
Rhonda” which was performed with incredible energy
as John the Beach Boys keyboardist certainly had the crowd
going. After that, a number of girls were chosen from
the audience to dance on stage with the Beach Boys during
“Barbara Ann.” The crowd went
wild and the party continued. As they
closed “Surfin’ USA,” the Beach
Boys said their goodbyes and started walking off
stage. Nobody wanted the show to end and they all stayed
there clapping and cheering for them to come back!
Surprise! The Beach Boys walked right back out on
stage and said “You didn’t think
we’d leave without doing
“Kokomo” did you??” They jumped
into their
huge hit and biggest seller from 1988. Then they invited the
girls
back up on stage for their 40th!!!! and very
last song, “Fun Fun Fun.”
That title doesn’t describe how much fun the audience was
having!
We all walked out of that arena full of energy and we could see
smiles
on so many faces. The Beach Boys rocked the house and are a
must-see no matter how many times you’ve seen
them!
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