In 12 years watching KZfaq every day, this is the single most self-important, arrogant comment I've ever read. Please, "Jimmy Dee," post a link to your analysis of an important work of pop art. If you cannot do that, don't bother replying.

@@jakemitchell1671 Anyone who has even a minor knowledge of emotional turbulence and/or Brian Wilson's arc, already knows this. Nothing new here, speaking of "analysis"/lack thereof.

Okay, BOOMER Cheers, Father Heinrich

@@OfficialACIBFanClub That's clever. Did you make that up all by yourself.....Karen?

@@jimmydee5243 How did you decide in all your brilliance who his audience was? Is it possible he was providing a primer or introduction for countless BB fans who have absolutely no idea about these matters? I know many fans of the Beach Boys who haven't read biographies or delved into the history of the group. Why would you criticize someone for a well-intentioned video? Again, I ask: Please provide a link to YOUR superior effort. Until you do that simply take your seat in the back and stop pretending you can do better.

Made me smile ear to ear and my heart melt.

I love Smile. it's such an out there listen. and while I think it's a more interesting listen than Sgt Pepper, I think it holds a similar place in the Beach Boys catalogue. probably in the top 5, but not the top 3.

ABSOLUTELY 💯

Brian Wilson!! A definite genius IMHO. He lost his mind with years of abuse from his father and then self medication. I agree regarding the release of Smile would've changed history yet I have to add that I don't think Sgt Pepper's would have been any less epic. I hope I'm saying this the way I'm trying to say it. Good video , 15-20 minutes seem to be a good length to keep people's attention .

Would it? Pet Sounds is superb of course, but unlike Sgt Pepper, it never really transcended beyond being loved by genuine music fans. Likewise Smile may have found a niche audience who adored it, but still it would never have had the impact or reach that Pepper had, and as for which would have been the better album, is subjective. As an adult, I refuse to get into this playground stuff of pitting these albums against each other as though they are rival football teams. I wouldn't want to be without any of those records. Sgt Pepper's popularity has gone against it in the long run, as even Beatles fans tend to prefer other Beatles albums, and certain magazines deliberately create controversy, and therefore attention, by placing it lower on the list than it's always been.

Not even remotely true. Wilson was a pandered, mentally damaged drug addict who never heard the word “no” in his life. Lyrics like “I threw away the candy bar and I ate the wrapper” ain’t Eleanor Rigby. Capitol would have dropped them, the band would have stumbled on without him eventually ending in his early death from a heroin/coke overdose. The only mystery would have been whether it was accidental or deliberate. I love Pet Sounds, and got really into Smile stuff in the late 80’s. But as an adult, Smile is really, really bad. Cabbinessence is the best thing they ever done. Everything else is..... interesting. The songs were too short, with no real hooks. It’s an example of the myth of the production is greater than what was released or existed on tape. The Beatles were Titans of lyricism, arrangement, performance and artistically miles ahead of man-child Wilson

Sgt. Pepper was never as cohesive as Abbey Road or Rubber Soul, etc. The Beatles (except maybe Paul) didn’t care much for it.

@@5roundsrapid263 Abbey road was pieced together with bits and outtakes. Also my favorite

need a good root.

It's misunderstood that Brian wrote a load of lyrics but Mike got credited with being the writer ,when in reality Brian was creative but preferred collaboration in words,

:I have no doubt Mike contributed lines, here and there, but left to his own devices, his total production is dwarfed by Brian's. Carl gave as much, I suspect, as Al and Bruce did, if less so. The albums credit only the boys in the band, with the music, so a lot of credit was not attributed "fairly". Tommy Tedesco was incredibly talented, as were Carole Kaye (who made Help Me Rhonda zing -- just listen to the differences between the Today LP version, and the single version), and Hal Blaine. It took a half-deaf musical genius to put all their talents to their best uses, to produce a stunning run of singles (and scattered album tracks amid the teenage angst and posturing) that few artists were able to match, in breadth and scope, as well as numbers. From Surf City, to Good Vibrations, Fun, Fun, Fun, to God Only Knows, the Beach Boys took a backseat to no one. I'd have been proud as a peacock, to be part of such an outfit, and I have some experience in that area, but "familiarity breeds contempt", and Mike's and Denny's attitudes reveal their true feelings about lucking into one of the best gigs ever! Claiming credit is the equivalent of proclaiming "I have a right to be here!" The sad fact is, Mike's vocals, especially on I Get Around, bring the words to life. Brian was similar to David Crosby, who made everyone sound better. He sang a high tenor into falsetto that helped define the sound he "heard" in his head, but Mike carried the weight. It's hard to divide credit fairly. Humans don't do it naturally, and in competitive arenas (and few have ever been more competitive than Top 40 in the '60s), it becomes a blood sport. The band is in the Hall of Fame, and was touring until just recently, despite the deaths of Carl and Denny, and the on-going problems between Mike and Brian. It boils down to "How much validation does he need?"

Gee, congratulations to all of you who have replied to my comment and totally missed its point.

@@johnwhat5398nope you are very wrong there. You are correct in the fact that Brian and mike did a lot more collaboration than it’s credited for, but Brian did most of the lyrics and the melody, and mike usually added a hook of some sort. For instance “I’m picking up good vibrations, she’s givin me the excitations” (Good Vibrations), and “maybe if we think, and wish, and hope, and pray it might come true” (Wouldn’t it be Nice), those are mike written parts, but everything else is Brian. It’s like 90 percent Brian, and then mike sprinkles in that extra 10 percent little hook that brings it to 100.

It's one of my theme songs.

Agreed. This version of Surf's Up is truly sonic heaven. Those chords, that melody - so sublime.

One of my favorite songs.

I think strained is the wrong word. Brian’s vocal performance is effortless, including that high F note.

Be very interested in your take on an album from my Scottish friend Chris Rainbow who created several albums over the years as an homage to Brian who he knew a little bit. A successful artist on Polydor and my old company EMI in UK. "White Trails" ( of planes) I'm sure it's on here somewhere.

Alone? Good God no.

Oh you’re far from alone.

I totally agree. The album was a trip.

You no longer have your mind?

I interpreted Surf’s Up differently. Surf’s Up is another day in the life. No matter how hard love beats you down, join the rest. Surf is a metaphor for the ups and downs of life, and you know you’re gonna get knocked down, but there is beauty, and By the way, surf’s up. Time to board the tidal wave.

Holland is excellent, my #1 choice for a Beach Boys album.

@@montag4516 Sail On, Sailor is the song I put on if I need to relieve stress. There’s nothing else like it.

The Beach Boys went tie-dyed, groovy-as-sunshine-hippie, in 1966, with Good Vibrations! Brian's acid diet led to Smiley Smile (the variant of the canned Smile), as unlistenable (unless you're tripping on Owsley's finestkind) assortment of "songs" as, well, Tiny TIm's 1st (and only) LP, Surf's Up stands as an integral LP, the songs working together to keep the listener engaged, leading up to the closing tracks, much the way Jackson Brown's first two LPs, from the same period as SU and Holland. Holland, however, is typical of the mess the band had been in since the Smile sessions, unable to surmount the incapacity of their leading light. There are two good songs, Sail On, Sailor, and Funky Pretty, and a lot of filler. Other bands have faced similar losses and died, the Doors (Jim "wrote" the poetry), Spencer Davis Group (Winwood left, taking the talent), Eric left Mayall (he was wasted there), left Cream (ditto, and too many drugs!), Deep Purple, etc, etc. Fleetwood Mac is the best of the survivors, "surviving" the loss of founding members Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer, and later guitarists Danny Kirwan, Bob Welch, Lindsey Buckingham, all of whom contributed to the "sound of FMac", the touring monster still on the road, after 56 years, missing only late '95 through early '97 for a band hiatus. Christine McVie, so crucial to the band's recovery in 1970, from the freak-outs of Peter and Jeremy, died recently, but the band soldiers on with new guitarist Mike Campbell, whose band with Tom Petty didn't survive Tom's sudden, and far-too-soon passing.

Love The Beatles Love Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys but he is one man composing could never be as eclectic as 3 or 4 guys composing as on Sergeant Pepper

@@JeddorianJalapeno Very good point. Although, Harrison said he found it borning because he, and Ringo, didn't have much to do. I think Sgt. Pepper was the point Paul became the 'leader' of the Beatles. And, curiously, it was around this time that Brian's confidence was shattered after the collapse of SMILE. Art and music is personal. So, much fascinating stories from the music history. But, our lives are all songs and stories? David

Agreed

He showered, shaved, and talked to people. He wasn’t 100% out of it.

Dennis was at his best on Sunflower! It seems like a crime, all these years later, that for whatever reason his songs were omitted from "Surf's Up." Your theory makes a LOT of sense. I wonder why those two songs never made it to either "Pacific Ocean Blue," or his final album, "Bambu," though?

Carl and the Passions was the follow up album to that

I should have said "1960s & 70s", of course.

Wikipedia says this about the album cover: The album's title and cover artwork (a painting based on the early 20th-century sculpture "End of the Trail") are an ironic, self-aware nod to the band's early surfing image. Originally titled Landlocked, the album took its name from the closing track "Surf's Up",