Van Dyke Parks sings "The Four Mills Brothers" at Haruomi Hosono tribute

Van Dyke Parks performs "The Four Mills Brothers", which he originally recorded on the album "Discover America", with Haruomi Hosono & The World Shyness (Yuzo Kayama AKA Dr. K. (guitar), Miharu Koshi (accordion), Ren Takada (steel guitar), Wataru Iga (bass), Motoya Hamaguchi (drums), plus Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboard) during a concert tribute to Hosono.

[@SeahorsesJay]

Seeing this crossover of two totally juxtaposed fandoms of mine that I honestly never thought would meet (Yellow Magic Orchestra and The Beach Boys) is actually mind blowing. Yes, I know VDP has worked with Hosono but seeing really is believing... AND this is one of my favourites from an album I surely thought was to obscure to be covered 🤯

[@Lambert1386]

There ain't nobody like him. So glad I got to see him 24 years ago.

[@phonepunk7888]

Always loved this song, but this arrangement is extra special!

[@DavidCKendall]

Take the bow, Van Dyke. Too painfully modest an exit, o exalted one.

[@harvey1954]

I showed Morton Downey, Jr. the lyrics that mention his dad's name. For some reason Van chops out a line from the original version.

[@wallacelovecraft8942]

Harry said "great but short" and then said that it was a gorgeous day at the end.

[@tednugent1100]

insane crossover. love it

[@RobbiesVideoArchives]

What a treasure! Thanks for posting this.

[@barbaraeffros4804]

Magnificent! 🎶🎺🎻🎷🎶

[@michaeloiii]

Cool, two of my favorite americana musicians from two opposite sides of the world. And how about Ryuichi Sakamoto's mustache?

[@OngoingBox]

awesome!

[@akikomuramatsu6561]

Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!

[@terminalpictures]

Fantasticness on ice!

[@user-kw8bg4js2s]

あまりにも良すぎる

[@xtraceex]

An excellent reinterpretation of a VDP original!!!

[@fractuss]

That's what I thought too. ua-cam.com/video/mSurb6a0i_U/v-deo.html

[@AlexDeLarge1]

All of the songs on Discover America are public domain, actually.

[@SNottingham]

six years and nobody got it right... VDP didn't write one song on _Discover America,_ but not all were public domain. This one in particular is credited to Roaring Lion as "The Lion" and features a quote from "I Ain't Got Nobody", itself written by Roger Graham (lyrics) and Spencer Williams (music).

[@sunkintree]

@@AlexDeLarge1 They're written by Calypso artists in the first half of the 20th century. They're public domain, but don't say it like we don't know who wrote it. This was written by Roaring Lion. The question at hand is not the legal status of the music...the question at hand is who wrote it!

[@jonbonjovi_is_happy]

amazing performance, is there anywhere i can see the full show?

[@Popow2]

Missing the right credits again; this song isnot by Van Dyke but by Roaring Lion

[@xt2252983]

バックバンド含め　何ですか　この豪華な出来事は

[@shawnfranklin9581]

VDP rules!

[@brandonmatuja6498]

Does anyone know what year this was filmed?

[@the_sonny7759]

Concert is dated July 28, 2007