Beach Boys - The Little Old Lady From Pasadena Lyrics

Knew a beautiful lady. She drove a car...

They sound just like Jan and Dean!

Jan and Dean - not the Beach Boyz

One of my favorite songs staying up all night Ralph Williams Ford watching your pictures at night Ralph Williams Floor will put you to sleep but it was it was a good thing back in the days put a Dodge in your garage honey you know everybody supposed to be so smart where are the good commercials put a Dodge in your garage honey loved it

What a classic from a great time in America

Jan and Dean folks. Song by Brian but it’s J&D.

Hmm - not convinced this is the Beachboys. Just sounds too much like J&D !

Beach Boys sound great ... The best🎶

This is Jan and Dean.....not the Beach Boys. Nice guess though, Dude.

Granny got a hemi

Go Granny go Granny go Granny go !!! LOL !
She's the terror of Colorado Blvd !!! LOL !
Great song!
Thanks to Jan Berry, Roger Altfeld, and Roger Christian :))

This Jan and dean

This is NOT The Beach Boys but it sure sounds like them. This is Jan and Dean

Thanks a bunch. :D

This is Jan and Dean's version of the song, written by Don Altfeld, Jan Berry and Roger Christian. Recorded here using 'The Wrecking Crew' studio musicians. The Beach Boys recorded a live version and included it on the 'Beach Boys Concert' album in late 1964, there was never a studio or single release version. Brian Wilson did write and produce songs for Jan and Dean and helped with their understanding of 'Surf music', but didn't write 'The little Old Lady From Pasadena'. On The Beach Boys live version, you can clearly here Mike's great voice, Brian's falsetto and in the middle eight, Carl's Fender jangles through' as only Carl can' ...amid the screams of the mainly girl audience.

What a great song! Great production at Gold Star studios featuring Leon Russell, Hal Blaine, Tommy Tedesco, Carol Kaye, etc.) Amazing!

Doug.....didn't you notice that this is NOT the Beach Boys, but Jan and Dean???

This is the Jan and Dean version. Brian Wilson wrote, or cowrote it. There is a "live" version of this song by the Beach Boys...but, this one ain't it.

Actually, Brian Wilson did not co write on little old lady ftom pasadena like he did a few of their other songs. Jan Berry, Don Altfeld, and Roger Christian wrote all lyrics and composed all music & melodies for this peticular song.

I have the live (Beach Boys) version on cassette tape, lyrics are a tiny bit different at certain parts

This is JAN AND DEAN, this is NOT The Beach Boys.

I agree hey you idiots who posted to that it was the beach boys you are WRONG it is JAN and DEAN

Yes. Doesnt sound like the Beach Boys.

Although I have heard the Beach Boys sing this in concert. You can tell it's Jan & Dean because the lead vocals are definitely not Mike Love singing.

Definitely Beach Boys!

No it's Jan and Dean

This is the original record by Jan & Dean. The photo is The Beach Boys at the Hollywood Bowl.

Not a Hemi, but a 413

and I'm listening to this same exact toon now and it does j and d t

this is Jan and Dean I got this record with this exsame vocals the moron who post this needs to Reed the label

Jan and dean is singing this song

And I got this record Jan and dean it seis not the BeachBoys

All so for people who thinks this is the BeachBoys look up the deanmarton staring Jan and dean and you'll here this song just like what your hearing here

That's Jan and dean singing that I can tell the difference from Jan's voice and mikes

this is the Jan and Dean version.

Somebody been testing us . If we bite it , then they is been TEASING us . So let's be careful . There's a lot of danger out there in them wild parts !

and the cheap "stereo version" to boot

This sounds exactly like the Liberty 45 I have with Jan and Dean's name on the label. Perhaps it's a mis-print.

Super stock Dodge bet it was a Hemi!

It was a 426 super stock wedge. The 426 Hemi was not sold to the public until 1966. This song came out in 1964.

Gavin, Nope....not the Hemi...it was a "Max Wedge" back then. They came in 413 and 426 versions.
https://www.enginelabs.com/news/the-magnificent-mopar-max-wedge/

Did anyone else notice the Marines in the background?

+Noah Tiemann Probably ready to ship out to 'Nam or just returned.

Noah Tiemann I never did. .

Noah Tiemann no

Semper Fi

Jan and Dean sung the song first but I think the Beach Boys do it better.  What do you think?  By the way, not putting Jan and Dean down, they were excellent.  To me their best songs were Surf City and Baby Talk.

+Jack A ...... right ..... and Dead Man's Curve

+Jack A Yes. I like both groups but this song definitely sounds better by the Beach Boys. Sounds like a song Brian Wilson would have written.

+Jack A Yes. I like both groups but this song definitely sounds better by the Beach Boys. Sounds like a song Brian Wilson would have written.

@Oscar Robinson Brian didn't rite this tune it was don roger and janberry and that's Jan and dean I've got this copy of them although in63 Brian wrote surf city and gave it to Jan and he finished the lyrics but look up original cut of this song and you'll here this tune from Jan and dean same sound that you here this feller playing now and claiming its the BeachBoys

Jack A nigga paleze dis is jan and dean

Can't the poster check who recorded this before posting?

I agree that's Jan and dean I'm a big fan the guy who post it must not be

what the hell, does it matter

@Joseph Vreatt Yeah it kinda fuckin' matters - pay attention to details, like WHO IS ACTUALLY SINGING THE FUCKING SONG.

@Mike Jones Wow....off your meds long?
Ya this is Jan and Dean, but your response is off the hook.

What a great song. I love the beat that I can't stay still.

i cant think of the one - it had a car in it

Jan berry

Ha Ha Love both The Beach Boys and Jan And Dean

yay and that's Jan and Dean

This song describes my Grammy because she used to go 75 in a 55 and got lots of speeding tickets and she couldn't keep her foot of the gas

spirit1435 go granny go 😂😂😂

When I'm 80 I'm going to be going 80

brian co wrote this one with j &d

This is the original Jan & Dean version. Look at bertverwoerd's channel for the BB version, it's quite obviously different.

the original was by jan and dean. then the beach boys preformed it and put it in thir album Beach boys Concert.

Anyone who grew up with the Beach Boys and Jan and Dean will know that this is Jan and Dean, not the Beach Boys.

So, who's going to win in the BB vs J&D debate? :p

@beach37554
Yes, I think you're right. Jan and Dean with BB in the background.

@beach37554 Yes you can definately hear Brian's high pitched falsetto.

Jan and Dean are singing lead on this and you can hear the Beach Boys harmonies in the background. They collaberated on this song.

@merkx yw!

Defiantly Beach Boy's version.......My Dad is laughing at all the people who think its not, he was at 4 shows when they sang it. sorry guys....

You're wrong.

you're rong I'm a die hard fan of bb and Jan Dean look up Dean Martin show with j and d and you'll here them sing this exact version

Johnny Blade is clearly wrong. His dad can laugh all he wants, but he's just as wrong.

Jan & Dean...Original...Might have been on the BB and J&D greatest hits CD...And Yes we all know that the BB (or some of them ) backed vocals on many Jan & Dean studio recordings...Ripple Red rules lol

@notlazy99 Brian Wilson had nothing to do with writing or recording The Little Old Lady from Pasadena. As halbie71 said below, it was written by Don Altfeld, Jan Berry, and Roger Christian. Jan sang lead, with Bones Howe on falsetto and the Fantastic Baggies on the background vocals.

@rgarcia77 It's the original Jan & Dean rendition.

@SoulKiller7Eternal Here, compare this version to the one in this link, trust me, it's Jan and Dean. Remember to add the youtube.com to the link first.

/watch?v=xGdLDOXyWsg

@ClarkeMarek Well mismarked or not, I follow from what I heard. :D

@SoulKiller7Eternal Then the CD was mismarked. It happens.

@ClarkeMarek Actually no it is the Beach Boys version. I heard this song on a Billboards CD several years ago. This is the version that was on the CD and the CD did infact say Beach Boys. :)

@rgarcia77 This is the beach boy's version. It is from a Billboards CD not exactly sure which year though. I do know it is the beach boys version. :)

what fuckin idiot posted this as beach boys?

JAN & DEAN. NOT THE BEACH BOYS.

@AdamMitchyCat Yeah, except it's not the Beach Boys version in the video. It's the Jan and Dean version.

lawl animaniacs

I've always been scared of the little old lady from pasadena..

Geez guys, it's called a COVER. They're just singing this song, but they didn't write it!

This Is bullshit. Jan and dean wrote and performed this song.

Jan and Dean not Beach Boys

The Beach Boys sang this on a concert album, but I don't know that they ever released a studio version of this song on any album.

@Yoganao The track " The little Old Lady From Pasadena " iIs on the albums Jan and Dean Golden hits Vol 2 .. And the Beach Boys can be found on alubum The Beach Boys/ Jan Dean

I heard, that originally, it went; " Go Gramma, Go Gramma, Go Gramma, Go!"

Jan and Dean were the original singers and the Beach Boys sang it later after a law suit against Jan and Dean for the rights to it.. Die hard Beach Boy Fan

This was played alot in concert (their first live LP, for example) by The Beach Boys, and they even did a TV version with Ruth Buzzie (from Laugh-In) as the little old lady. But this is the Jan and Dean hit version you've got her.

This is Jan & Dean.

Um, "Surfin'" was recorded in 1961 in a cheap studio, before the Beach Boys were signed to Capitol Records. Of course it sounds bad. However, the quality their records got better very quickly, starting with "Surfer Girl" in 1963. The production quality is not any worse than the Jan & Dean of that period. "Baby Talk" sounds bad, but that's because it wasn't recorded in the 1960s.

My family had several little old ladies in it like this song describes...Great Grandma had a '68 Chevelle Malibu, Grandma had a 1969 Camaro RS, my dads mom had a '70 Chevelle SS. Heck, even grandpa had a '71 Monte Carlo. It's no wonder I grew up to be a gear head.

shiny
ricketty

Jan and Dean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol. No problem man!!

Super STOCK Dodge. Thanks.

Yes you're right, Now the kids likes japanese cartoons they sucks.

it was a long time ago, i still remember that video from animaniacs

Wasn't this also on DTV? DTV was a bumper on The Disney Channel that uses clips from classic Disney cartoons to fit the song.