Their music is what summer would sound like if it was a song.

Their harmonies are the musical equivalent of pure sunshine.

Brian Wilson's songwriting and musicianship would and did make even The Beatles jealous, he's a legend.

You have such a sweet smile and your personality just adds more to your show. I enjoy it very much.

Listen to Wouldn’t It Be Nice and God Only Knows. Two of their greatest hits.

That song was written in answer to the Beatles who said something like they couldn't write psychedelic songs. Songs were short because the AM radio stations wouldn't play them if the were too long.

Possibly the greatest production ever done. Genius Brian Wilson: songwriter, producer, musician

I was raised on The Beach Boys...they’re so great 🥰 Sloop John B. is my special Beach Boy song - I think you’d like it

I really like that you only pause songs at the end of sections (verse chorus etc) and not right in the middle of one. You're one of the only reaction channels I've seen who consistently does that.

There is a theremin instrument in the mix.The Beach Boys even impressed the Beatles with their sound. Perfect beach and summer songs.

Wow! What a great memory this brings me. The Beach Boys was my first concert. I saw them in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the City Arena when I was 11 years old. I love rock and rock, and the Beach Boys were great at feel good surfing music. They were a lot of fun. Their music and harmonies have held up really well over time. Also good is Help Me Rhonda, Little Deuce Coupe, I Get Around and a much more recent song of theirs is Kokomo. They're all great!

“Sloop John B” is another classic from the “Pet Sounds” album. BTW, there is a longer version of this song which you should check out.

This is one of those songs that makes you smile! Love the Beach Boys, they don't have a bad thing to say!

If you love their harmonies, give a listen to God Only Knows, the outro of the song is just crazy

"Sail On, Sailor" is a great one. Early tunes "I Get Around" "Surfin' USA" and "California Girls" are all great as well.

Very innovative song for its time, Brian Wilson was truly a musical genius! “God Only Knows” is another great one, or if you want more like this one, “Kokomo” is another chill song.

Theramin... love to hear it. Sounds like 50's B Movie sound effects. They finally learned to play it in music.

The Beach Boys album "Pet Sounds" had a major influence on The Beatles. The result was "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".

You can't help feeling happy hearing a Beach Boys song. Brian Wilson said "music is God's voice."

Sounds exciting and fresh as the first time I heard it back in the 70's.

Man oh man! Your selections are so on point. The stuff I grew up.and loved! I.bet you would have loved to have grown up.late 60s and 70s. The best music ever!!

You might also like "Wouldn't It Be Nice?," "California Girls," "Fun, Fun, Fun" and "Kokomo" by the Beach Boys.

I LOVE Brian Wilson.....a real genius! Thank you for playing BEACH BOY music....glad you're enjoying them too...like ALL their MANY FANS....for a LONG TIME too......for over 50 years!!!

Sloop John B....another one of theirs that is awesome! 😉👍

Brian Wilson is my favorite songwriter of all time, and this song was incredibly innovative when it was released in 1966. The Beach Boys had just released Pet Sounds, one of the most influential albums ever, and were looking for the next big thing. Nobody had done a single like this before. This was not only one of the longest running time singles ever released at that point, but it was the most expensive single ever released that time (took almost six months to record) and one of the biggest hit singles of all time. A true mini-masterpiece in 3 1/2 minutes. Unfortunately, Brian was under such intense pressure from everybody involved (and his own growing drug and mental problems) that he was not able to finish the followup album Smile, which would become the most famous/infamous unreleased album of all-time. He would finally release his own solo version of Smile in 2004 which would give an insight into how amazing the album would have been if it had been released as planned in 1967. Then the original Beach Boys version was finally released in 2011 as part of the Smile Sessions massive boxed set. Some of the most mind-blowing music ever recorded.

Brian Wilson wrote and orchestrated groundbreaking music, props to the Wrecking Crew for doing all the backing instrumentals on this song and many others of theirs. Watch The wrecking Crew documentary 🤘 Carol Kaye played the bass on this song and almost every hit song that was on the radio in the 60’ and 70’ as the wrecking crew bass player. She wrote the most memorable and iconic bass lines in modern music history🤘

As an amateur bass player I love playing this song on bass. There were actually 2 bass guitars used in this song. One was the opening riffs that are used in the first 2 verses and then for the rest of the song. The bass that was played on the studio recording was written by the famous Carol Kaye.

I knew you would like the changeovers. That's my favorite part, too. That's TALENT for you!

Such a great group ...saw them live in 1965 and 2008. Amazing.

Brian Wilson. Genius.

This song is a masterpiece. The first 24 seconds of this song is pure gold.

I love your channel. So glad you’re digging The Beach Boys! Here’s another Beach Boys suggestion: “I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times.” It’s from Pet Sounds.

I’ve just subscribed today. I love your reactions. Most of the records of the 60/70s were only about 3 minutes long, due to the technology of the time. A time when music relied upon the tunes harmonies and words to entertain and record on vinyl.

Gotta smile and sing along whenever you hear this one. Nice reaction.

"When I Grow Up To Be A Man" is another Beach Boy Great! Hope you listen to it.

"Beachy Tune" The Raspberries doing Cruising Music and The Beach Boys version of Hushabye

Please do God Only Knows. It's short but beautiful. The Beach Boys' album Pet Sounds was a huge influence on Paul McCartney btw.

This is my favorite song in the history of rock and roll. This and anything by Al Green.

For a treat, listen to this song and focus specifically on the bass guitar. You'll hear the legendary Carol Kaye at her absolute best. She was a genius on bass guitar.

I was about 10 when this song was out, had no clue what they were singing about 😂

Imagine when this was first released a couple years before I graduate from high school and he’s coming on the bus loudspeaker and being absolutely stunned by the musicianship and the orchestra backing which by the way it was done by a group call the wrecking crew which was a huge amount of famous people quitting Glenn Campbell and I can’t even name them all they were the studio musicians and Brian Wilson was a genius

Great reaction. I knew you'd enjoy this song. Alot of cool parts and change-ups. Good harmonies and a nice sound in this

The song is truly amazing.

The last spacey sound effect is a Theremin. It was a staple in the 50s Sci-Fi movies. It was easy to make them yourself with parts from Radio Shack.

I think it is so cool that this young man gets excited about the same things that we got excited about when we heard the song for the first time...the new rifts from Jimmy Page to the mesmerizing performance by Freddy Mercury and Queen at Wimbley...I've subscribed to your site and love watching you reaction to a lot of the music I grew up with in the 60's and 70's...your a breath of fresh air dude...keep up the awesome work...👍

This song started what eventually became "Bohemian Rhapsody" and all of the mini-symphonic works produced by rock artists. It's quite a journey especially considering that it was created on a 4 track recording machine with a razor blade and scotch tape. Brian Wilson's genius is astounding.

One of the few who's reactions seem genuine liked and subscribed, this guy is wholesome and cool

Obviously millions loved their music. But, I think you had to be from, Southern California to truly get the full impact of their songs and how Brian Wilson came up with it. He took a portion of a state (Southern California) and turned it into a genre, a movement, he turned it into a style, that included, suntans, white lipstick, bright colors, Woodies, and surfboards. My dad was in the military, so we moved around. In my years and my siblings years, we grew up everywhere, the most formidable years for us were the years we lived in, Kansas. ( 6 years ) I was just getting ready to turn, 11 in 1962. July 1962. As I said, " we were from California, Southern California, ( Rte 66 to be exact ) every time my dad was stationed onto a new base we always came back to, SoCal. In 1968 my dad got orders overseas so he moved us back to SoCal, to be with family while he was gone for a year. Then he retired, so, of course, we stayed in SoCal after he retired. Picture, 4 teenagers, coming into their own in, 1968 in Southern California. What did we have, We had it all, Beaches, mountains, Deserts, and more Beaches...We had the Beach Boys, and it made sense there. God love the teens during the '60s in a midwestern state, ( for us it was, Kansas, the land of Oz )guess how many were jealous that we were native Californians, that's where we would vacation when school let out, and that is where we were going back to, but the dumbest thing of all were all the kids (our friends, etc...) that liked to pretend they were from there, too. Keep in mind that only lasted through the Beach Boy invasion..." Imagine " for so many it was only a dream. Some did end up in California and stayed there for good reason. Yes, California is a dirt hole now, it's pathetic, but it was awesome then and for many more years to come...and we still had the Beach Boys and Kokomo...We came back to California for vacation, to visit family in 64/65 and it was everything a Beach Boys song was. The woodies, the blonde hair, fake or not, the suntans, real. dark tans, real, the beaches, the mountains, etc...They were awesome. It was an awesome time. I'm so impressed all of you young men especially appreciated the old school groups, like the Beach Boys.

Brian Wilson...... 200% pure genius ! The sounds of summer forever.... Thank-you BB !

So I just recently discovered that the Beach Boys did an album with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. This song of course was on there and it was AMAZING. Everyone should listen to it.

They were famous for different elements by different singers melding together in a song like in layers. It's fun listening to each section as it comes in and it totally works for them. Another similar group you need to check out is The Association.

Hands down my fave song of theirs since childhood, I'm so glad you loved it too Though they have sooo many good songs

"Help Me Rhonda" from these guys is a great song you need to react to.

Listen to "In My Room" the the Beach Boys. One of their classics from Pet Sounds.

A #1 hit way back in 1966, it was their last one until "Kokomo" came out in 1988. Lead vocals are Carl Wilson on verses and Mike Love on the chorus. Definitely check out the "Sunflower" album, highly regarded as their best work after "Pet Sounds".

This wonderful song is full of surprises, and I'm not surprised that you have really enjoyed listening to the Beach Boys, I remember this playing on the jukebox in the pub. Everyone even the elderly people in there were tapping their feet lol. They had never heard it before and asked if there were anymore of their records on there. Such a happy song that if I could I would have danced lol. Take care and stay safe please my friends Mary-Ellen UK

"Kokomo" "Wouldn't it be Nice" "Little Deuce Coupe" "Little Saint Nick" The Beach Boys have so many great songs!

I love watching your reactions and the appreciation you have for all genres of music. It’s nice to see someone so young appreciate the music I loved when I was your age.

The Beach Boys so called wall of sound cannot be bettered! This was Brian Wilson’s finest hour!! In the studio for weeks using technology that would seem archaic now. We forget these guys didn’t have the access to the computer tech we have now. Awesome 😎

This song still holds the record for the most expensive song recorded, even close to 60 years since its release.

It’s just makes you happy

Awesome song, harmonies .. beach boys!!!

Best song ever written. There is so much going on in this song you could teach a music class on it.

That first “I” I could listen to over and over again

Try In My Room. One of my favorites.

"VIRBRATIONS" LOL Jovaughn!

To say that this song was their Crowning Achievement is an Understatement. It took Months to record without any of the technology we take for granted. Brian has only 6% hearing in his Right Ear but he knew if someone played wrong. He drove the fellows up the wall but the results speak for themselves. It was their Third Number One Hit after (I Get Around & California Girls) but it was also their greatest burden. It would be their last Top Ten Hit for the next 10 Years and their Last Number One for the next 22 Yers when they came back with Kokomo that Brian didn't play on. They tried to get in touch with him but his Psychiatrist aka Controller prevented Brian from getting the Call. It sold over 3 Million Copies and Art Garfunkel told his Partner Paul Simon "I Think I've Just Heard The Greatest Rock & Roll Song Of All Time".

I used to play my Mom old 45 records and sing this for her to cheer her up if she was down. It worked every time

The production on this was completely jaw dropping at the time. It hints at the psychedelic and Brian Wilson (name corrected thanks to KellyAB77) spent a lot of time recording little bits and knitting it together. The attention that he devoted to this track annoyed the other members. Legend has it that it inspired the Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper' album. There was a little unspoken one-up-manship between the groups. For myself, I see the imagery of a night on the beach with a couple sitting across from each other, an orange camp fire between them and he's watching the flickers of the flames dance across her beautiful face. A gentle breeze brings her perfume to him. He moves over to her side of the fire to be closer to her. Etc.

How genius do you have to be to create a whole new sound, you can hear it in your head. Brian Wilson was nothing but pure genius to create this and it was the 60's Just sat down and created a whole new Genre, amazing. They say genius is next to insanity, and knowing the decade, And Brian Wilson heard something different. Freaking awesome pulled this out of his head. in that part of the '60s artists were changing the face of music. The Beatles, The Beachboys, and then rock and roll. Brian Wilson also knew what all instruments sounded like, things none of us had ever heard. He created a sound that you could actually visualize, and as you said, it just sounds like you have to be at the Beach. In such a short period of time, the 60's Brian Wilson wrote more songs and the music

There is nothing in the world like family members singing together. “The Bee Gees” are well known for harmonizing amazingly. And so many people have said that they are capable of doing that because they are brothers,.. they are kin. In the new movie documentary out, about the Bee Gees life “How can you mend a broken heart.”💔 If you haven’t seen it see it it is Awesome. But they are another musical group that wrote fabulous songs from the late 60s into the 2000s. And now Barry Gibb the oldest brother of the Bee Gees the last remaining BeeGee, Has a new album out called 🎶”Green fields”🎶 It came out a year ago and it is magnificent check it out!😎

You definitely gotta listen to “God only knows” now!

Hey Jayvee, trust me on this!! Electric Light Orchestra - "Last Train To London", "Shine a Little Love", "Turn To Stone" Sorry if I put this request in the wrong spot.

Another fantastic band and song a great summer song

For harmonies: Cowsills - The Rain, The Park, and Other Things Mamas and Papas - pretty much anything

Hey! Thank you for introducing this song to more people. It’s like three or four different songs in one. Just a beautiful trip.

Carl had the smoothest voice ever

Besides melodic songwriting and harmonizing vocals, one of the significant vibes in this song is the bass. Surprisingly, the bass guitar player is a women named Carol Kaye and she's one of the greatest bass player of all time.

Reportedly, the Beatles were blown away by this album (Pet Sounds) and by this song in particular. Beach Boys meant Summer and youth and good carefree times. I grew up with their songs and they all take me back to a simpler, happy time.

This song was considered in the top 4 or 5 pop songs from the 1960’s all the way to the mid 1980’s

This song is for me top of the heap musically. Brian Wilson was a music genius still is!

That song is a whole experience.

One of my favorite Beach Boys songs

In the past, I might be depressed, but then I would go to a Beach Boys concert! And the depression just went away!

Classic rock from the 60s

Try "I Get Around" and "Fun, Fun, Fun" by the Beach Boys too. That's a nice high energy song.

Without Pet Sounds, there’s probably no Sgt. Pepper.

They did a good job on their "The Sloop John B."

Back then most all songs were short like this(3 minute songs they were called). Because the radio stations could get in alot of songs in an hour plus have tons of avert space.

My number one beach boys song.🎸🎵😎👌 I love playing this in the car as you drive to the beach.👌😎

You might enjoy The Turtles, another Sixties group. They had several hits including “Happy Together,” “Elenore,” and “She’d Rather Be with Me.”

A GREAT Beach Boys audio "Sound-Scape" : )

Yes Kevin Hayden has picked two of my favourites: Wouldn't it be Nice and God Only Knows (which gets you right in the heart). Please do those!

Beach Boys were masters of harmony ..... together with Mamas and Papas.

Brian Wilson understood the use of varying rhythms and dynamics. He also collaborated with other artists to cover his own songs ... the 1996 recording of Don't Worry Baby, with the Beach Boys backing up Lorrie Morgan (a country artist) ... in the live recording of the session, she is grinning so wide, it's hard to believe she was able to sing at all.

The beginning of the Cali sound! Love the B.Boys! Summertime: the widows rolled down, driven down the road blasting the Boys.

Great band ,great music.

The Beach Boys were on tour without Brian Wilson. When they got off and went into the studio, Brian presented them with this song. They rejected it. Thought it was off the wall. Brian had turned the page and went into the stratosphere. They didn’t understand what he was doing. He was done with Surf music.

I emigrated from the UK to live in California based in part because of the Beach Boys. To me, tey epitomize the SoCal surfer sound. Their harmonies are perfect.

Good Vibrations went to No. 1 on the charts in December 1966.