The Beach Boys make their return on the Grammy stage with Maroon 5 and Foster the People

It’s been a while since they were in the sun together, but the Beach Boys are back, and they did it on the biggest stage music has to offer.

The long-estranged quintet graced the stage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for a run through some of their biggest hits, which also happen to be some of the most iconic songs in rock history. They didn’t have to do it alone, either; Maroon 5 and Foster the People joined them to both collaborate and pay homage.

Maroon 5 kicked it off with a faithful rendition of “Surfer Girl.” They seemed to struggle a bit with the song’s complex harmonies in the beginning, though by the end they managed to find a groove. Frontman Adam Levine seemed genuinely jazzed to be performing a Beach Boys song.

Levine threw to Foster the People, making their Grammy debut with a run through “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.” Already a breezy California combo themselves, Foster the People seemed a bit more comfortable with their song than Maroon 5, though frontman Mark Foster had a hard time shaking off his natural jittery charisma, which didn’t service the song all that well. Still, it was faithful and sweet.

Finally, the Boys themselves ripped into “Good Vibrations.” Though the group can hardly be called “Boys” any more, they still managed to capture the youthful exuberance of the song. Eventually, Levine and Foster joined in, creating a surprisingly on-point multi-part harmony that did the song and the reunion proud.

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