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I once heard it said that "the best part of becoming a music fan is realising The Beach Boys are the weirdest fucking band ever"

iggy pop being weirded out by brian is insane lol

Anyone brave enough to dig past the surface of the Beach Boys’ classic hits and even Pet Sounds/Smile eventually realizes they were one of the coolest, weirdest and most innovative bands ever, and this album is peak obscure beautiful Beach Boys wackiness

There's something about the line "honkin' honkin' down the gosh darn highway" which I find inexplicably enjoyable.

This album is the pure definition of “It shouldn’t work, but it does”. And it’s true, this album is great.

We definitely need more people discovering post-Smile Beach Boys. So many narratives (including the great Love and Mercy) gloss over their late 60s and 70s stuff. Beach Boys Love You isn’t one of my favorites but it does highlight Brian’s creativity and mental state. Great stuff.

pointing and clapping at the screen when my name is mentioned

During the worst part of my depression I listened to this album over and over. I really related to the music.

Elliot you’ve outdone yourself. Your presentation style, comedic moments, and overall understanding and love of this album, for all its trials and tribulations, is truly remarkable. You’ve come such a long way, keep up the amazing work. Great video ❤️

YOU CAN’T AVOID RINGO FOREVER, ELLIOT PEACE AND LOVE 😎☮️✌️🕊️

'Holland' is a great LP and such a shame it bombed, well worth a listen if you've not heard it .

Mike’s reaction to hearing the middle 8 of “I’ll Bet He’s Nice” for the first time always makes me smile.

Did not expect a video on Beach Boys Love You, but I’m here for it. It’s such an interesting album I haven’t heard anything like it, love your content!

My favorite album of all time. It’s weird, it’s funny, it’s sad, it’s sweet, and most of all, it’s just so Brian. Coming out of anyone else those lyrics would sound self aware and ironic but you can just feel that every word no matter how silly comes from the bottom of his heart and is delivered with an earnest sincerity that few artists have ever been able to capture. How a person who struggled so much could put this much love into an album will always amaze me. Thank you for making this video and introducing more people to this album :)

I had never head Ding Dang. The amount of detail you put into the making of this song made it infectious. A whole history. And then... All that effort and then the punchline. 56.seconds! All that work to explain a sub minute song that is lyrically sub par. Bravo!

The 8-bit rendition of "Ding Dang" playing over the credits is easily the cherry on top of this cake of a video. Well done yet again, Elliot!

Since Patti Smith's poem is a sort of center piece for the video. I thought itd be worth highlighting the end of it; "I think they [the Beach Boys] make records and stroll off into the sunset with their hands in their pockets. And i think after everyone's gone. When he's all alone. For no apparent reason. Brian Wilson bursts into tears. Not nessecarily unhappy ones. Manic and monotone. In the privacy of his own barbeque. Maybe it won't last But what do we care My baby and I just want a good time."

I almost feel like Love You is like the Pinkerton of The Beach Boys discography- this strange black sheep of an album that definitely has some super weird and uncomfortable moments lyrics wise and I can totally see why some would be turned off by it, but is also such vulnerable and earnest musical odyssey through someone’s mind and mental state that I can’t help but to appreciate it. Easily one of the most underrated things that Brian Wilson or The Beach Boys ever made and perhaps their last true artistically great moment, great work as always breaking this album down Elliot!

You can't really believe Brian when asking him "what's the meaning of this song" because he has on multiple occasions given different answers for the same songs. So take the "I wanna pick you up" answer with a grain of salt, haha. It's probably just about him taking care of his daughters (i hope). Anyways, best video I've seen in a while, very heartfelt.

"Mike Love...teaching TM" Good lord.

Brian’s slight vocal fry in his voice when he first sings “ *god* please let us go on this way” is dead on perfection

I remember bumping into Patti Smith in a crowded street the day after seeing The Beach Boys live. We tried the same short cut and collided. It made for a very funny moment.

saw the title and instantly clicked... Then I noticed it was you Elliot! Fantastic! edit: Also, if we want to take 'punk' album way of seeing Love You, Ding Dang would be that song on every punk album that last no longer that 50 seconds or so which makes it a pure blast of power and energy.

Love this album, same with the other "forgotten" Beach Boys albums from 1967-1974. Everything from Wild Honey in 1967 to The Beach Boys in Concert from 1974 is all top tier, and behind the Pet Sounds - Good Vibrations - SMiLE period, it's my favourite stretch of music from them.

I think this album goes really well with McCartney 2 and I don’t think I need to explain why.

The first thing I noticed about this album was how much Brian’s voice reminded me of Bill Murray.

i used to collect pictures of the blondie and ricky era beach boys, so seeing a few of the photos pop up here felt like seeing old friends!

I could have sworn that ‘Good Time’ was sung by Al! Unreal that it was Brian. The timbre and inflection are so Al!

I bought the album, it had a hole punched in the corner, put it on Side 1 for a few seconds, thought oh no, then put it on Side 2 and laid down on the couch and fell asleep in the afternoon sun. The record played on repeat, and as I woke up I was filled with it-- it had seeped into me and I was swept up. Side 1 must have come easily. Then I would sing the whole album in order by heart.

Elliot, you should absolutely do more Beach Boys videos!! I know the Beatles ones are the ones that get the views but I really really enjoy the Beach Boys videos. I'd love to see more documentary-style videos from you like this one :)

OMG, the saga of "Shortenin' Bread" is hilarious! " The Night Was So Young" has always tugged at my heartstrings, beautiful.

22:16 "I know you're gonna love Phil Spector" on Mona, Has to be the Most Brian Wilson thing ever. Also, The Night Was So Young is an easy 10 out of 10 song in my book

Some people just don't get this album and that's fine. When the great Alex Chilton died a man reminisced about an encounter he had with him. He was a musician in a local opening band and he invited Alex over for a beer. Alex looked through his albums, stopped at Love You and said "you have this piece of crap?" as the guy looked on sheepishly. Alex then proceeded to pick up the guy's guitar and play the whole album.

It's only been a day and I still have Ding Dang/Shortenin Bread stuck in my head Thanks for that Elliot

this might already be the best video i've watched in 2024. my god that review poem is beautiful. she really gets it also your research and analysis are incredible and perfectly paced - i don't feel anything dragging out unecessarily. it feels like really the most amount of interesting, meaningful information about the album humanly possible. in general, your commentary gives so much insight, and is also hilarious at many times as well

"Mona" is top tier Beach Boys for me. Marvellous little song.

Ngl you got me into the Beatles more and I love it, I know across the universe (movie) because of you and now it’s one of my favourite’s

Of the post-Love You Beach Boys albums, I think one that deserves reevaluation is LA (Light Album). It has virtually no songwriting or production input from Brian and is bogged down by the 12-minute disco version of "Here Comes the Night" (which I even think is pretty good, great vocals from Carl, it just didn't need to be 12 minutes...) but has Carl and Dennis contributing some really beautiful songs like Angel Come Home, Full Sail, Love Surrounds Me, and Baby Blue. There's also Good Timin' which is Carl dusting off an unfinished Brian song, and then there's Al Jardine's Lady Lynda, a corny ode to his wife at the time but which still has some amazing vocal harmonies and a spirited lead from Al (who I've always thought is such an underrated singer, I've seen him in recent years on tour with Brian and he can still sing like that!) Mike Love's only major contribution is Sumahama which is pleasant even with its clumsy Japanese-inspired lyrics. And then it wraps up with Shortenin' Bread which is just silly fun and the only rocker on the album. I guess that's part of why its reputation isn't great, it's really an album of all ballads to that point (plus the over-long disco interlude which doesn't help) but the songs that are good are really good.

I LOVE the line in Mona "i know you're gonna love phil spector" It really sums up EVERYTHING to me. Great video!!! Do more beach boys, simply not enough..

Thank you for this Elliot. Your analysis is good and often spot on. I thank you for giving this brilliant album some attention, however you omitted one KEY important factor: Brian's notorious deadpan sense of humour and dry wit This record is often HILARIOUS. Johnny Carson, for example is everything you said it was, but it is also playful and very funny, even in the almost robotic way they sing Jaw-nee Car-son. And I'll Bet He's Nice is self deprecating humour at its finest. In I Want To Pick You Up, Brian was certainly laughing to himself when he wrote "I want to pat pat pat her on her butt...BUT...she's going to sleep. be quiet" And the baby analogy is very insightful and accurate. After all, what is the most commonly used word in rock n roll? Baby (always in reference to an adult) ! So there is indeed a collective unconscious comparison we all take for granted here: a lover generates the same feelings of pure love and protectiveness we experience with a baby. And also, this was the 70's, the sensibilities and sense of humour were different from today. We were less cynical and more innocent then. People weren't offended by such things, because (whether right or wrong) we believed that overall, people were good. And our minds did not immediately jump to Pedoland when we heard these things. So context is extremely important here.

Their best lyrics have just got to be: "Cool water... cool, cool water... really cools you down." ... JUST TRANSCENDS THE FUCKING UNIVERSE

Being a child of massive Beach Boys fans, I became a fan myself as far back as I can remember by listening to all my parents Beach Boys albums over and over. Brian inspired me to pursue music. Even saw Brian play live back in '15 on his Pet Sounds Tour. Thank you for this honest but sensitive video, by acknowledging Brian's mental illness that was certainly exacerbated by his heavy drug use

I'd love to see you do a video on That Lucky Old Sun. I personally think it's one of Brian's best albums.

Yes! Please more Beach Boys coverage! Great job on the complicated research and dynamics that are The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson.

This video was excellent as always, Elliot! I’d looove to see a video on “Orange Crate Art,” that thing is so insanely under-appreciated and under-explored.

Whenever I visit a record store, I always look for this album. 7 and counting.

The editing for this video had me rollinggggggg. I love you dude. You literally talk about everything I love. Can't tell you how eagerly I was waiting for you to talk about one of my faves.

Im so glad you picked this one to review. One of my favorite albums

Wow, thank you for this analysis. A lot of records get slapped with the “underrated classic” label, but this has to be my #1 by a country mile

Thank you for this awesome beach boys video! This album was dying for a well put together video like this! Keep up the amazing work!

Elliot your videos are so dang good they make me jealous, loved how you set the topic up in the intro especially. Thanks for making this

The beach boys love you 1977. Never heard about any of it until today.

One of the best Beach Boys album reviews I have seen. Thank you Elliot

Love these videos, Elliot Roberts makes a 50 minute video go by in what feels like 15. Great Video, Great channel

Thanks for all the effort and quality put into all of your videos

Man you've made me watch a 48 minute video and I didn't even notice! You're real good =) I hadn't listened to this album until watching this but everything you explained flowed seamlessly.

Oh, I never clicked on a video so fast. your video on Love & Mercy inspired me to check out the movie. Well not only is it one of my favorites, but I've fallen down SUCH a Special Interest Hole regarding all things Brian Wilson. Thank you for all your wonderful output & research! I love your videos.

Good to see you show love to the Beach Boys! So much more to them then the fun and nostalgia of California, summers, surf, and teenage love. Thank you! You did a good job breaking their history down :)

Amazing! Glad you're covering one of my favorite beach boys records!

Love You is my favorite BBs album (well, probably tied with Pet Sounds) so seeing this in my sub feed from you was like the happiest fever dream, another amazing video Elliot! This album is the reason why I started learning synthesizers, and those have been an obsession of mine ever since 😭

Brilliant video! Great work, Elliot! Please, do more videos of The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson as a solo artist.

Hell yeah thanks for doing a video about The Beach Boys!! I freaking love The Beach Boys, Beatles and your channel :)

This is some of my favorite content and stop everything whenever i see a new upload keep it going!

This is an album I have loved for a long time. I must say I learned some new facts via your cited research, and your perspective on some of the albums themes were ones I hadn’t considered before. I truly believe you’ve made me love ‘Love You’ more than I already had. Thank you sir!

Bru, the only thing I know of this album is THE 4 PART HARMONY ON “THE NIGHT WAS SO YOUNG” IS PEAK

Awesome video man. Your presentation and editing are top notch. "Love You" has always been a dark horse favorite of mine from The Beach Boys catalog.

Such a well made video from the editing, researching, footage used. Very nice!

Finally, my favourite album released by the Beach Boys covered!!!

Thank you for this documentary. Very well done. When his book "Wouldn't it be Nice" came out, I waited in line for hours at an Illinois book store for his autograph. When I finally met him, I told him my favorite song was "I want to pick you up". He looked up and smiled stating " yeah, that's a good one". I asked who sang on it and he stated "Me and Dennis". I sang that song to my new born son for years and now I sing it to my wife when she goes to sleep. And yes, I pat her on her Butt, butt.

Oh I love that you reviewed this. A personal fav of mine

Never heard any of these songs but know of the group. Thank you, did not know what to expect, I could not stop watching and loved the journey, favorite KZfaq video of the year so far!

This is gonna be good! I love this Brian Wilson comeback after all he's been through in the 70s. Sometimes I catch myself humming Mona

This is a really great video. You looked at this record from pretty much every possible angle, and you did a fine job of celebrating the album’s strengths without excusing its…uh, weirder parts. I think I understand Brian Wilson a lot more now than I ever did before. By the way, if you ever did a video on Dennis Wilson’s “Pacific Ocean Blue,” I’d watch that in a heartbeat. I’ve always loved that album and wished it would get more attention outside of diehard Beach Boys fans, which is what I am. (And for my money, it’s less…embarrassing to listen to than some of the songs from Love You.)

I’ll never forget seeing this punk dude with a pin and patch filled jean jacket. On the flap of his left breast pocket was a little black pin that said, “Mike Love Sucks”

It's always such a nice surprise to watch a new Elliot video :) thanks

Thank you for posting this video!

If I'm obliged to comment on one KZfaq video it surely has to be this one. I've been openly declaring my love for this record for years. I've probably listened to "The Beach Boys Love You" more than any other in their entire catalog. Personally, I like to think of it as being from another band completely rather than approach it as your traditional Beach Boys release. When compiling playlists I tend to replace "Good Time' with "Still I Dream of It", "It's Over Now" and Brian's excellent cover of "You've Lost That Loving Feeling". The later of which remained unreleased until 2013, a shame because it happens to be a phenomenon in itself. With it you get to hear Brian Wilson of the famous Beach Boys, a mainstream act who are known by millions, single handedly inventing post-punk way back in 1977. I was happy you mentioned Mike Love's overwhelmingly positive response to Brian's demos. Universally renowned for his negative feedback regarding Brian's work, it proves he's not all bad. Though I was surprised you didn't mention "Rolling Up To Heaven" when discussing "Ding Dang." How could you miss out on the opportunity to inform the public of it's catchy hook? "Alley-oop, wooh! Suck a big dick." (For the record, I can verify those are the actual lyrics) It's comforting to know intelligent people like yourself can see past the rough edges and recognize this record for it's originality, humor and charm. I've watched most of your Beatles related content but this was all the confirmation I needed that our tastes are very much like mine. Even though I do consider "Let's Put Our Hearts Together" as my favorite by a long shot. Great job.

Oh, a video about one of my favourite albums, thank you, Elliot!

This is a really great video. This is one of those mystery albums I own. Not sure how I got it or where it came from but once every few years I’ll put it on…and that will do me. It’s not my jam, but to have a deeper understanding of why it is what it is is appreciated and frankly speaks to the strength of your own content. Thanks!

great video! you're the reason I started listening to the Beach Boys (now one of my very favorite bands) after watching your video on Love & Mercy a few years ago 🙂

Absolutely great video. As messy as this album is, I think 'The Night Was So Young' is essential, honestly. It's one of those rare moments post Pet Sounds and Smile where you can hear Brian's harmonically complex songwriting in full swing. Especially that chorus, God. On the other hand, it's important to be critical of the band's work and I'm glad that you were here. Their discography is so much more complicated than most classic rock bands. Again, excellent video!

Thanks for this suggestion. I never knew this album.

This is the first Elliot Roberts video I've watched, and it took me 40 minutes to finally realize who he looked like: Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords. (A compliment!)

Happy New Year Elliot. So good to see another Beach Boys video.

I feel completely different about „I wanna pick you up”, I understand it as a man loving his woman so much, and she is co cute for him and he look at her like she was delicate as a little baby The lyrics mostly are just symbolic about that feeling It is just mine understanding though

Nice job, Elliott- you,are really growing as a filmmaker.

Brilliant! Always a fan of your videos! Glad to see another Beach Boys video ❤

This was great. It has me more interested in diving into the beach boys catalogue. Keep up the great stuff Elliot

This is why I love your channel so much, Elliot: I get to revisit albums and films that I thought I knew, and see them in a whole new light. I only became a huge Beach Boys fan a few years ago (they were one of my "pandemic bands"), and I had always known that "Love You" is a polarizing album, but I never really knew the reason why. The fact that it was all three Wilson brothers working together made my heart melt. Brian and his brothers loved each other so deeply and profoundly, even if they were purposely kept apart from one another by various factors. Fantastic job again!!

I've never really understood why time seemed to have passed the Beach Boys by when they were making such amazing music. Everyone know that Pet Sounds was a masterpiece but Sunflower, Surf's Up and Holland remain among my favourite albums ever by anybody. Then, of course, they became a nostalgia act, which was sad. Great video, by the way.

It's a credit to Brian how he can turn covers into something of his own. Making Short'nin Bread into a stomping rocker. Or "Do You Wanna Dance". When the Chorus hits.... Pure endorphins.

I just got the record on vinyl last week, knowing some background and the songs, but still got blown away. You said in the ending part of the video, Brian’s one of the pioneers of such extended usage of synths for pop songs. I’m so glad he managed to proof his critics wrong at the time, with many considering his brain totally gone. He still had a lot of music inspiration and you can feel how much he had been frozen or trapped to many years before with his mental state, we’ve likely lost an almost entire decade of potential top 100 albums of all time. Thanks for the great video Elliot, cheers from Italy.

Fantastic! Been hoping for another beach boys video since your love and mercy review, fantastic to see, would love more beach boys content further down the pipeline! Maybe an album ranking? ;)

This video just made me a beach boys fan! …finally.

Another great and thorough retrospective on one of my favorite albums by one of my favorite artists. Very well done.

Brilliant work on this review Elliot!

Great video Elliot! Awesome to see you cover this overlooked and often forgotten album, it’s a fascinating look into Brian’s mind at the time, and as you quoted in the video it’s cool how autobiographical and personal it is. Not sure if you plan on doing any other Beach Boys videos in the future but I would love to see you cover Sunflower sometime too, as I feel it’s the band’s strongest group effort and features some of their best songs they ever recorded. (most of which remain relatively unknown unfortunately) Thanks again for making this! -Jake

Elliot, I ADORE your Paul, John, and George vids; and I'd 100% love anything else you'd do in regards to Brian Wilson. Possibly my favorite artist of all time. Thanks for this wonderful vid!

Elliott: this is the second time I've watched this. Your appraisal of Love You is essential to understanding this 'imperfect' album. And it has brought a smile to my face, with its presentation both of footage and lyrics, lively script, Witty interventions (eg. the cops, your asides.. ). It also has bought tears to my eyes with the insights contributed by Earle Mankey (key component of early Sparks) and Patti's loving poetry. Mostly because now that I understand the album much better, (it is Not merely a bunch of Early synths with iffy lyrics) and you sum it up all so well in the last ten minute Aftermath section. "Love You" is Art, in that it provokes a reaction in the listener beyond that of merely melody. Thank you again, and ❤to all Beach Boys fans, from Spain.