Glenn W Love ✌❤

Carl was the greatest singer.

uh... I beg your pardon, Glenn? It actually *did* happen this way -- but in several different studios. The single cost $10K at a time when an entire album cost that much.

Well, we know, that the bass line was created by Carol Kaye...

@@surferpam1 From what I've read it was more like $50,000 to $70,000. But to make the most complex, beautiful, and influential pop song of the 20th century, probably worth it.

Dangit. Did not know that.

Hal was one of the best in the business. RIP

Noooooo

Pretty sure Blaine holds the record for performing on the most hit singles in history

I hope Hal believed in salvation through Christ.

Sure sounds like he never got a lot of credit for all the good he did.

Wow That’s amazing. I was just listening to some of the work he did with the band Love & was hearing fills that seemed 20 years ahead of their time. You were lucky indeed.

@@larrysproul9424 He is a titan and a legend among musicians.....he would have liked that and he did.

He seemed like a really cool and friendly dude.

Are you related to Steve Schaefer?

ABSOLUTELY.

I can imagine Brian along with John and Paul writing songs…

@@irgounemeth4645 I wish I could imagine those songs too! You should write those songs that you are imagining , you would be an international sensation!

agree

He was THE master at harmonic creativity, for sure

Out of interest, what are your other 4?

Absolutely !

“Be My Baby” by the Ronettes has gotta be in the top five pop songs of that time. I think Brian would agree..

I gotta say the same

Blue Monday Bohemian Rhapsody Helter Skelter Hound dog

It took a lot of balls for that band to come to the decision to use a group of musicians who they knew would put out a better product than they could.

Beatles are Better

Eliyahu Alpert absolutely huge back then compared to now ‘. Truly amazing

It's unfortunate he didn't have a George Martin, or George Martin himself, to keep his ideas organized and on track. He might've finished a contemporary version of SMiLe in 1966. In a documentary with Martin, he stated George 'fixed' the bass part' in California Girls the way Brian had always wanted it but couldn't seem to capture it. Lennon and McCartney were great writers and musicians, but not for George Martin in the middle years of Rubber Soul through the White Album, they might've not had the influence on modern music that they have now. It almost wasn't fair, Brian was doing everything and Love and Jardine were giving him so much shit abot the direction of the music when he needed their cooperation the most. They might have become an even greater band post SMiLe era, really adventurous and eclectic, not just a surf and car band. I guess the statement they made at the time up to that point was loud enough that it still has us talking about it 50 years later.

Eliyahu Alpert facts, through and through. In more ways than one, he’s untouchable in the world of focused harmonics

Totally quality arranged by a GENIUS.

Doctor who theme tune sounds a bit like it

Sure there is, thematically similar to things the Beatles and psychedelic Stones were doing. doesn't mean it isn't great. Should have kept that solo rhythm guitar at the end. One thing that neither Stones nor the Beatles had, those incredible zbeach Boys vocals.

You just explained exactly why it goes so good with that Vanilla Sky scene (which is set 100 years in the future), it sounds like it's from another time and place that is yet to exist.

@@chriscotton6644 the doctor who theme pre-dates it by a number of years!!

Lucy will do that to ya

​@@runescapedude47lol exactly

The pot helped him😊

You can tell he’s the conductor in that recording session.

yeah and out here in australia.

Pretty sure Paul’s on record saying this is the greatest song ever written

@@lukeotoole6970 pauls favorite is "god only knows" but hay lets not forget in the usa they had 8 track recorders from the late 50"S brain used an 8 track and bounced that onto a 4 track,,,when the beatles got 4 tracks in they made revolver and sgt peppers ,at last free to add things,,,but still no where what brain had,with several things on each track

Or. UNCLE CHARLIE!!!! it's core sounds like a Manson song!!!

@@lukeotoole6970 Paul said 'God Only Knows' was the best song ever written.

@@TheGeekTeacher you’re right, said he cries whenever he hears it

If anybody had a doubt about who was in charge, here's your proof

It's funny to see your comment here, ive followed you for years

Thomas the tank engine agrees

@@billw7417 No, no. If you listen to Mike Love tell it, the whole time he is pulling Brian's strings and feeding him musical ideas.

Wow, genius at work, legendary 1960s song

Well said. I agree completely.

They were brothers and cousins for crying out loud

Does mike love? I don't think so.

@@dalehood1846 Mike Love was what you call "getting your job because you're related to the boss". Hundreds of people could've done his part. Low-demand vocals and smacking a tambourine. LOL.

@@puntacanaman1 he wrote the bloody lyrics! Even Brian is on record saying this.

We always will my friend, we always will.

Actually 56 years ago but whos counting.

Never sit on ur dildo

Oh yeah.....

So do i ! ;-)

Kevin Arnold ?

Blew them away.

Blew me away, I was 18.

The song sounded like a Beach Boy song but the move to slow the song down in this video at about 2:50 set the song apart and made it special. I was turning 13. Still like the song as much now as in the 60s.

Goosebumps

I was 16yo & they were cool😎👌👍👅 feel good music 🎶🎼🎤

My friends dad is in a successful group. Told me years back after seeing Cream play live he and his band were so amazed they wanted to quit music altogether haha. I can imagine Good Vibrations had similar effect on many!

​@@surfohioCream wete an amazing rock combo but did you notice Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker are nowhere near as famous as Eric Clapton. And Bruce's,other work is pretty shit. Even Baker's "Airforce" was largely forgettable.

Genius is an understatement, brian was in another league, full stop.

he had a breakdown because his family made him work with Carl to agree to let him tour

It was pointed out that the Beatles had George Martin to produce and help with arrangements. Brian Wilson had to do it all himself. The Beach Boys music was harmonically more complex than the Beatles as well and one video on youtube argues their unreleased album Smile was the greatest album of the 20th century. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o89lpMKUsrTLYYk.html

None of us can know for certain why another person experiences mental health challenges, but the most likely explanation for his struggles sure looks like the abuse he suffered at the hands of his father who was treated him (and everyone else) brutally.

Hell yeah perfectly said. And to think most of Brian’s talent was suppressed by mental illness and drug use during what would have been his prime on the later sixties early seventies especially.

Per, you said the Key word, ART. Not all, but Many Musicians, Music Producers, Composers, and Music Arrangers Today. Have forgotten about the Artistry of Music.

I was in 6th grade, without any personal listening device..ie radio, stereo receiver etc. I was just a kid, but really liked this song, ON day I heard it and grabbed the keys to my Mom's 65 Olds Dynamic 88 parked in the driveway and jumped in the drivers seat turned the Key to Acc. and tuned in Good Vibrations..I could turn it as loud as I wanted. It was Wonderful..Such a Cool song. The Beach Boys had several Great songs.

I had a similar experience. Around 1980 I was finally allowed to use the stereo by myself and discovered my parents record collection. In the early 2000s my kids were completely shocked to learn that none of their classmates knew who The Beach Boys were. Poor deprived children. I play their music for my grandkids now.

'this song is way advanced from anything at the time'-- not true. See Sagittarius, My World Fell Down, recorded at the same time: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h9ldoqp2zaq0YHk.html

​@@BarryBumcheeks That hand was literally a band formed to sound like the Beach Boys lol

I've just found out he died last month. Oh my God. Rest in peace, Hal.

O No ! I didn’t know he passed! That just ruined my day 😢

yes he was the best age 90 when he died

Are you trying to say that the beatles were a real rock band and the beach boys were brian's solo project?

@@brianrocks2087 Comparing talent with quality of work made.

Wilson is a genius. The Beatles were just lucky.

@Ben Smyth i have to disagree i thin mccartney was the genius in the beatles . And after 3 years of listening to ABBA as a rock guitarist I cant believe how great they were too , the song SOS , dancing queen masterpieces

@@John-zt6yw as i reach 63 - i have to agree and as a rock guitar jimmy page worshipping guitarist i have been listening to ABBA for 2 years straight and have to say the song SOS is pure genius well I might be bias becuase I love Agnetha Faltskog

And his smile afterwards!

I’m thinking this is a glimpse of Brian Wilson when he’s in a universe where thrives on “vibes” we can’t feel. NOT saying Brian Wilson is autistic, but if you’ve spent time with people with autism (especially those who are actual geniuses), you realize that when completely free to operate in their universe, they are experiencing greater vibes than we are capable of ever knowing. It can be a gift and a curse. ☮️💟

@MichaelKingsfordGray Why do you have a problem with Brian?

Not only wrote the song, but was responsible for all the musical Arrangements,

@@karenfyhr2363 and producing.

@@karenfyhr2363 Mike Love wrote the words.

All of these amazing music and vocal parts came from Brian's head lol. Easy to imagine how gifted artists can be held hostage or even paralyzed by their creativity.

Rent Love and Mercy, the movie about Wilson, it will give you a whole new level of respect for the man. All he overcame (severe abuse as a child by his father, drug addiction, mental illness, etc.) to be the incredible artist he is, just very inspiring and touching!

Composed by a truly musical GENIUS.

I think that title goes to God Only Know

@@koshersalaami Exactly what I was going to say. Now I don't have to...👍

totally right!! Surfs up is up there too.

help me Rhonda!!!!!

its not brian.. its carl

@@tastylord it's Brian Wilson singing at the mike with his eyes closed, with Al Jardine and Bruce Johnson singing harmony, not Carl Wilson

@@eldiablo8580 brian got his brother carl to sing this. some of the songs were sang by carl cause brian was helping in the studio not singing.

and he looks nothing like brian

@@tastylord yes, I know it's Carl Wilson singing the verses of this song on record, but I'm talking about the section in this particular video from 1:53 to 1:59 where it's Brian Wilson that is singing the chorus' with his eyes closed and later still when its Brian Wilson singing at the mike with Al Jardine and Bruce Johnson around him from 2:58 to 3:10. That's definitely Brian Wilson, not Carl. I was saying how when Brian sings he sings with his eyes closed, as if he's connecting himself with a higher power. Great stuff!

Get in the queue

Well, because there is already one and only Brian Wilson. You could possibly have equal talent and never arrive at the same masterpiece as “Good Vibrations”, or more. He shared his genius so let’s be thankful for that too.

Why couldnt' Brian have been as talented as Bach? Because that isnt how it works. I do like his use of the theramin though.

I grew up in Hawthorne, ca where Carl was born and I went to the same school where most of the members of The Beach Boys graduated.

Brian Wilson, the Lion King!

Go away you fucking troll.

Well, Phil Spector's work was nothing to sneeze at either.

@@wannawatchu66 I agree. Brian basically wanted to be Phil Spector and when he finally got to meet him he was snubbed by him. IMO Brian far surpassed Spector. Yeah Spector made that wall of sound famous but it was so mushy sounding with way too much reverb. Brian on the other hand had the strangest collection of instruments and non instruments and turned it into something glorious.

Brian has also not murdered someone so I think we can put him ahead of Spector.

@@wannawatchu66 in my opinion Phil Spector ruined a lot great tunes with his oversaturation. Brian was the clear genius

JUST SIMPLY BRILLIANT.

I hate Bohemian Rhapsody

@@zerosoma33yes, me too… pastiche cringe… This Beach Boys stuff was in a league of its own

@@zerosoma33 Agreed. Absolute crap

​@MuckSpreader99 both songs are good you guys are just cringe.

Brian also sang as 'Tiny Tim' in late 60's. He even did appearances on TV with big moment the marriage to Miss Vicki on Johnny Carson Show

The scene where Hackenbush is on the phone pretending to be the dean at the school in Florida. And the fake tornado. Lol.

Brian is also channeling Spector from a sartorial perspective as well in this video.

Notice the lack of mics on the kit - one overhead, and probably one on the bass drum. A big part of the '60's sound. The drums blended together into one instrument.

Correction - three overheads, nothing close-mic'ed, except probably BD.

Hal is gone? I did not know that 😳

Cat's Cradle he was ok pretty average

@@barbarapope349 March 2019 at the ripe old age of 90. Natural causes. His family stated he'll "rest on 2 & 4" relating to the music measure commonly know with drummers.

If only they could have dumped mikey. Who knows how much MORE they could have been.

@@dalehood1846what the hell are you talking about? He literally wrote most of the lyrics in this song and his contribution to The Beach Boys is immeasurable obviously not as much as Brian though but still he played a crucial role in there success

Dennis was a lousy drumming, tone deaf drunk

@@madsjuul1350 : Thats Terrible. How Disrespectful. The mans dead.

@@xxvvkx9312 he drowned cause he was drunk

@@madsjuul1350 : I know his story, sad waste💔

@@madsjuul1350 lol no Dennis literally invented an entire drumming style, go listen to all the early beach boy records he was an amazing drummer

It was pop music perfection...and Brian knew he could never top it so off he went to his sand box in his living room, dope and lotsa cash to live off the next 40 years...

You gotta remember,they only had so many tracks to work with.

I always think back in time to when I first heard their songs... I was 10 in 64' and listened to AM radio with my friends while we played Whiffle ball or Football in the streets...Trips to Scarborough Beach in RI to watch the Babes dance to their music on the Boardwalk in Bikinis was ......?....fill in the blank.

Yeah computers weren’t always around. Nor was the method of reel and razor. I still do everything like this because I don’t know how to do it the “easy way”

Well said.

NONE BETTER, AND THAT INCLUDES LENNON/ MCCARTNEY.

It's called early hair loss from age 22.

@@brainscott8198 He’s Going Bald 😂

Genes is what it is

LoL 😹😆

Mike has been 50 for the last 35 years.

UNBEATABLE.

A total musical GENIUS.

Paul McCartney said "Pet sounds" was an inspirational album and a favorite.

he's an artist..gifted..an ARTIST..

He should capture the essence of the song since he wrote it.

Yea, even though they are all talented, you can tell that Brian is light years beyond anyone else there.

Other way around mate, everybody "attempted" to follow the Beatles, including Brian Wilson and the wreaking crew, er sorry the Beach Boys.

had to look it up. Good vibrations released 1966, sgt peppers 1967. It doesn’t matter, 2 different things. I do think fidelity wise Good Vibrations has always sounded amazing on every speaker I’ve ever heard it on in my life since 70s/80s. That’s because it’s written with production in mind. And amazing tools and engineers aiming toward clarity. Sgt peppers is a different animal, produced with distortion on purpose. No doubt this made all kinds of musicians open to exploring, as did earlier beatles

​@chalkandcheese1868 The beatles didn't write shit. Tavistock creation to program young morons.

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And the Beatles inspired Brian to make Pet Sounds, let's not pretend like they both weren't brilliant in their own right.

Good call on George Martian

I only read the first dozen comments, but I believe you nailed it with your assessment. Well written.

@philipatoz "When Beatles producer George Martin heard the recording, he knew that in Brian Wilson the Beatles had met their match, and for the moment-as “Good Vibrations” ruled over the airwaves-they may have even been bested by the Californian. After all, Wilson was accomplishing exactly what Martin and the Beatles aspired to do in the studio." (Quoted from www.culturesonar.com/everything-fab-four-good-vibrations-and-the-beatles/

To be fair this is the gold standard of pop from any decade. Ive heared Beach boys songs probably hundreds of times, but ive never really listened to them properly. Now that I am starting to listen to them properly I realise they are streets ahead of other groups from their era, their sound is unique and still hasn't really been matched.

It was MADE for that lo-fi playback on a cheap record player, AM car or transistor radio

And its sad to know his two younger brothers, Dennis and Carl, didn't get the chance to grow old.

@@1401minstrel I thought the same thing. It’s an absolute shame. Wish they were still all together ❤️

Musical genius doesnt get any better.

I hear ya, people don't have the patience for compassion.

Genius absolute, Brian was... as one might say in a Star Wars movie.

Sorry... is, not was.

but not a beatle

pure genius

Privilege mind, knowledge & wisdom. An unique composer.

The Wrecking Crew at their finest! I still can’t believe Hal Blaine is gone 😢

Although good music is often collaborative, there is a catalyst here named Brian...

Indeed. Rock history being made.

Yes , that’s is a statement!!

ZODFILM well said!

Totally agree ZODFILM.

There was no sampling and no loops. It´s all hand made but in the end you hear the first or another generation of the pure instrumental takes. I guess it was the first generation that Brian took for the fade out. The only new instrument was the Theremin which produced this Alien-sound in the end. The rest was just a very unique arrangement of a unique song.

​@@anonymusum mid-1960s, the ready availability of the most up-to-date multitrack recorders - which were by then standard equipment in the leading Los Angeles recording studios - enabled Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys to become one of the first pop producers to exploit the huge potential of multitrack recording. During the group's most innovative period of music-making, from 1964 to 1967, Wilson developed elaborate techniques for assembling the band's songs, which combined elements captured on both 4-track and 8-track recorders, as well as making extensive use of tape editing.

New Instrument? The Theremin was invented in 1919. 13 years before the Electric Guitar.

Yes there is something oddly attractive about him in his element where he is the king of the jungle. Coming from a straight guy.

@@dungeon-wn4gw I agree! He's mesmerising to watch when he's in action.

Brian was a genius, will never see his like ever again.

Ah yes, I used to buy the latest 45 hit single records for $0.45 cents, at the local drug store. That was the early 1970's; a lot of Elton John, Paul McCartney, Captain and Tenille and Chicago, the big stuff back then. And some Beatles re-releases on Apple Records too; the 45 had a big green apple on the label.

@@larrylanberg3552 I was 8 when did in 1962.

To say 'only' they could produce the sound might be stretching things a bit.

Oh my GOD. They had HAL BLAINE on the drums.

And yet Mac said the only song he wished he'd written was Friday on my mind. He KNEW he wasnt as talented as Brian.

From Russia with love!! I love The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson. Brian is a genius!!

Who are those musicians. And who sings the high part?

Thank you for posting. .

Agree, watch those old videos, they are AMAZING and tight musicians. Brian just had to bring it up to another level for Pet Sounds and Smile to express what he was hearing :)

Letting Blaine and Co. handle the instruments allowed them to tour. They'd do what they did here- go into the studio and add vocals- then go back out on tour.

If you loved the music of the 1960s and 1970s, then Hal Blaine played percussion for the soundtrack of your life. The number and quality of the other musicians he's worked with and the songs that they created together are simply mind-boggling and too many to list here. He's part of a lot of people's lives, whether they know it or not.

The Wrecking Crew is pretty much synonymous with the Wall of Sound. The 'Crew' produced the 'Sound' for Spector, may he rest in.......well.......you know.

Completely agree!

Interesting you mention Gaudio. He did some great stuff.

yes, so glad you did mention Gaudio.

You forgot a bunch of people, but Winwood for one, McGuinn for two, Harrison, Garcia. Need I go on? You will note that they all had their starts in the 1960s. An overwhelming decade musically.

Barry Spencer...Yes ...and Carl was playing bass with them . He was ahead of the other Boys musicaslly I believe.

eardrum buzzer sound absolutely massive

THANK YOU DRIVING ME CRAZY thought is that a mellotron doing that on a tape loop or the real McCoy what a great amazing chug and perfect part to that tune... you can clearly count it trip o let trip o let trip o let ooo aahhh aa ahhh ooo aahhh aa aaa ahhh Imagine what a learning experience that was and humbling experience I listened to Jardine speaking about the imperfections. well geesh that made me feel almost human again cause I just thought they always sound that awesome imagine my joy when I see everyone busted ass really hard for months to get it that perfect.. I like cranking the song loud.

Like a locomotive.

What you are hearing is a Theremin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin

Mike-hat- no one must know ur Terrible secret

Incredible

Thanks so much for the technical explanation .. I've been listening to this over & over again for an hour.. ready to die now &be born again a musician..I need to learn the language of music just to understand what.. I'm really hearing..

You damn right. I was 10. Hearing this song and God Only Knows,... there was nothing, *nothing* like it. To alot of us kids then, and there was alot of good music around then, but this was like God himself making music. Still is to me after all these years, and unsurpassed.

You're right. I gotta agree with you. Sometimes I'm embarassed

Delivering papers, transistor radio taped to handlebars, WABeatleC..77am.

Yes, my little transistor radio was tuned to 89 WLS, Chicago..awesome. I still sing the jingle in my head..."89, WLLLLLLLLLS, Chicago!" Awesome...they would play the long version of In- a- Gada-di- Vida(In a Garden of Eden.) several times a day. 17 minutes...lol

This one, Do it Again, God Only Knows, In My Room, every 3rd song out of Motown it seemed, what an era!!

Is that a chord or a harmony?

A chorus of notes that make up a chord. I’m sure serious sheet music would show all the notes that have to be hit perfectly. And Brian heard them all in his head before this song existed. Sounds like 5 or 6 part harmony. Choir directors hope they grow up to be Brian Wilson.

I believe it's a V11 chord or V7sus2,4. In this song that's basically Eb triad (1st inversion) over F bass. (Could throw a C in there too).

@@williamwilson6499 chord- F7

@@williamwilson6499 Note: a single toned sound, like when you sing “aah” Melody: notes in sequence Chord: 3 or more notes played together Harmony: not easily defined, but is a word for an aspect of music made up by the chords and melodies (as opposed to rhythm, for example) Vocal harmonies: two or more voices singing different notes together, creating brief chords that alternate when the melodies climb up and down

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so do I... love the studio capture of the guys and Carol > on the session in "God Only Knows" n No wonder Good Vibrations" was the most explensive to produce $75,000 ... wow

You must get the Pet Sounds memorial album full of studio moments, creative process in spades

@@JamesBanfield1 Fun fact. They didn’t use Carol’s take on GV. Brian played the take used.

we had the best music, EVER.

Fortunate in that I saw Beach Boys about 1965 or 66. Sadly Brian was no longer touring. The Lonely Sea was my fav song by them. Saw Paul McCartney & Wings about 1989 & in 2003 saw The Rolling Stones. Love the good old days of rock music.

quite obvious this is the greatest song they ever did

I thought Mike Love said "Excite-Tations" sounded dumb? I had heard that at first, he WASN'T supportive of this.

+funktron4 In the movie Love and Mercy, there's a scene where Mike tells Brian this is not a Beach Boys type song. Mike wanted to stick to the same song formula they had always used.

funktron4 Mike Love wrote the chorus

God only knows is about as close to this song in terms of awesome songs...

I remember when I was eight years old and I first heard Good Vibrations in the car on my dad’s CD of the Very Best of the Beach Boys and I was blown away by it! To this day it blows me away; Brian Wilson is a freaking genius!

@@daniellavaladez7820 That’s so cool, it’s important for kids to know where REAL music comes from. Back in the day they WORKED for it and it was real and meaningful. Now days it’s all done for them and it’s just not the same as it used to be

@@nataliarobinson9514 I absolutely agree!

This clip is of the rehearsals. They were not allowed to film during actual takes. Dennis plays the organ in the middle section. And to this day the song has never been truly mixed in stereo! It’s only in mono as they lost some of the vocal tapes. Hard to believe.

From what I've heard over 64 years you are correct, rock on friend.

Bunny Carlos from Cheap Trick said something like that. He said out of my five favorite drummers I found out three of them were Hal Blaine and the other two were Earl Palmer

One of Hal's favorite drummers was Karen Carpenter.

@@russblack443 I love Bun!

while it does get better then this this is absolutely a masterpiece

All this fuss for a song about masturbating.

Kanye did the same thing on the 21st century

Amen!!

@@sheddingmyvelvet There's been a few. Strawberry Fields Forever and Day in the Life to name two. But that is not to denigrate the brilliant Good Vibrations - or Surfs Up or Heroes and Villains - in any way. We're talking about the absolute pinnacle of pop/rock music in the 60s, composed by legit geniuses. Stupid to say one is better than the other.

Indeed. A great film.

And I was privileged to see them in concert when they first started out in about 1964

Talk about Lennon and mccartney, NO CHANCE of ever being better than brian.

As Brian is happily bouncing up and down, I thought it was John Lennon!

anywhere sunkist is sold, Brian will be there

@@finster909 Yes, Doubtful anyone will be left on the planet 200 yrs. from now..

@@tommayberry9682 No people...maybe. But I hope their music survives elsewhere, somewhere...don't ruminate on that.

But lost the NASA footage....

TheReUploadChannel .lll,.l,,,.l....

TheReUploadChannel who is Bruce Johnston

@@theresaakins2317 you can see his 1st solo close-up at 3:25.