The Pyramids - Bikini Drag

The Pyramids - Bikini Drag - 1964

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11 жыл бұрын

The Pyramids formed in Long Beach, CA in 1961. In early 1964, they made the Billboard Top 20 with their instrumental hit "Penetration." "Bikini Drag" is from the film, "Bikini Beach." In a FILMFAXplus (April/June 2004) interview, director William Asher revealed that the script was originally written for The Beatles but they dropped out as their rapidly growing fame caused their fee to exceed the film's budget. Asher was forced to rework the script. Frankie Avalon's dual role as an English singer named "The Potato Bug" was created to replace the four Beatles in the story.

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@StratBurst92 2 жыл бұрын

Penetration was a surf classic and one of my all time favorites.

@ja7880 Жыл бұрын

Long beach has a long history of creating music legends.

@davidwesley2525 5 ай бұрын

I Saw This Movie a Number of Years ago on TV. The Movie is Bikini Beach Starring Annette Funicello , Frankie Avalon & Don Rickles . SPOILER ALERT the Man in the Red Jacket & Black Hat Looking at the Painting @ 1:07 is BORIS KARLOFF . 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

@RaBob 7 ай бұрын

Greatest guitar move EVER (Pete Townshend knee dive are no comparison), is The Pyramids skin-head surfer dude guitarist doing a backflip stage dive from 1:24

@loujones7472 Жыл бұрын

i remember seeing them at millikan high's canteen several times..cost .50 cents..little willy and the pyramids...big hits penetration and pyramid stomp....

@CosmicPowerCP 6 жыл бұрын

that flip lmao

@davidcudlip6587 2 жыл бұрын

Kind of like the Devo of their time. Minus the flower pot hats. And apparently had wireless instrument cables 30 years before anyone else. How cool is that?

@RaBob 7 ай бұрын

Only as cool as your best backflip stage dive in the middle of your guitar solo at 1:25

@davidcudlip6587 7 ай бұрын

Epic. And no mosh pit to land in.@@RaBob

@johnmitchelljr 2 жыл бұрын

Great clip from a great group. Thank you.

@thejupiter2574 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@ronaldabrams1147 2 жыл бұрын

To be their time travel 👍

@djjllbc 2 жыл бұрын

These cats were from Long Beach 🏖 California!

@divingduck1970 6 жыл бұрын

Beach movie checklist: Don Rickles, Chimpanzee, surf group, biker gang, monster. Oh, girls.

@jaycee330 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the girl with the hips.

@frankwallace5934 4 жыл бұрын

The bald headed band the Pyramid s got there start at Poly High School in Long Beach CA

@yardwurx6441 6 жыл бұрын

Willie Glover!! Woo-Hoo!

@rossonero9536 2 жыл бұрын

When I first saw this I wondered if he and I were the only black surf instrumental fans in the world. Decades later I think the answer may be yes...

@kookadams85 Жыл бұрын

@@rossonero9536 that'd be a bummer if there weren't more man.

5 жыл бұрын

and the left handed black guitarist left the pyramids, grew an afro and changed his name to jimi hendrix.

@arbarb7204 2 жыл бұрын

The cordless tech was way better back then.

@Petemonster62 4 жыл бұрын

That is an intriguing thought - having The Beatles appear in this movie, having a cultural clash with Frankie & Annette's crowd, & being " fish out of water " around the surf music scene!

@shafts2447 2 ай бұрын

Death Metal of the early 60s

@mmeyers111 6 жыл бұрын

I love the background dancers, they have No Rhythm

@indifferent-nightmare991 6 жыл бұрын

Where The Pyramids in the army?

@bsmack66 5 жыл бұрын

College students.

@ansias77 5 жыл бұрын

No, they weren't in the Army. They shaved their heads in response to the British invasion and hair styling that they disliked. They also wore Beatles sort of wigles that they all removed at the same time showing their heads. I love 'em, they were terrific.

@michaelmckenna6464 3 жыл бұрын

No. But the members of The Essex who scored with “Easier Said Than Done” and “Walking Miracle” were all in the Marines at the time. The Del Vikings met while they were in the USAF. Buddy Knox, during part of his recording career, was in the Army as a Captain.

@StratBurst92 2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmckenna6464 The Essex based their song from the sound of a teletype machine.

@michaelmckenna6464 2 жыл бұрын

@@StratBurst92 The sound of a teletype! That was so clever. Rodney Vickers and Walter Taylor of The Essex were also musicians (guitar and drums). I wonder if Roulette ripped them off or if they were ever able to get back royalties on their records? Taylor was killed in 1966 and Anita Hines died in 2010.

@zoltanszokev.zoltan9065 6 жыл бұрын

First skinhead music XD

@MrPunkforlife 5 жыл бұрын

Actually, the 2nd as The Eggheads were around earlier. 8^)

@SumNumber 2 ай бұрын

Even though these movies were comical , the darker side is that they were made to make hippies look like idiots and of no avail. I will say PSY warfare. Some will understand and some will not. The thing I don't get is who the hell are the PYRAMIDS ? ! :O)