Carol Kaye is quite possibly the most underrated bassist and guitarist ever..

Having come of age in the 1960's, Carol truly played on the soundtracks of our lives. She's a great guitarist/ bassist!

To be alive and be able to hear this on the radio when it first came out was a gift.

Killer bass player ... that lady really rocks it out... such an amazing player... and Wilson is a genius ...

Just watched "The Wrecking Crew" documentary directed by Denny Tedesco. I had no idea band musicians didn't play on their own records. This doco was fantastic and well worth a watch.

Still one of the best songs ever put to vinyl.

What a great bass line!

"Would you like me to use my Beach Boys pick?" I've always loved that line.

I think it was one of the British pirate stations, probably R. Caroline, who announced that, finally (we'd been waiting for this for months), this would be played for the first time on a given time and date. I was waiting. . . . I could not believe what I was hearing! Absolutely way beyond anything I'd ever heard. Tears rolled down my face. It remains, for me, the greatest song of all time. Thank you Brian. We're the same age, so you've brought me joy for my whole life.

Real good seeing Carol getting respect for the style she invented. Her chops are still solid. I have been blessed to meet and talk with Carol since my High School Days. She is a proud talented gift to the music world.

Good Vibrations is a remarkable recording, especially when you consider it was 1966.

One of a handful of songs that STOOD THE WORLD ON ITS EAR!

The first time I heard Good Vibrations it totally blew me away. It was 1967 and the end of my freshman year at university. We played it over and over and over. It still blows my mind today. And I love Carol Kaye!

She was the original Ace of Bass...I so admire her, and not for her musicianship alone but for the fact that she stood up in a time when women were relegated to a lower plateau. There was a marvelous interview with Carol on NPR some years ago - don't know if it's still available but worth the hunt if you're looking for insight on her take on making music. And today we're seeing more women playing bass than ever before. Lake Street Dive's Bridget Kearney comes immediately to mind...but there are many others and it's heartwarming to see more and more women taking on traditional male roles in the performing arts and blowing prejudice out-of-the-water with their sheer virtuosity. Viva la Femme.

What I love about Brian as great a genius as he was he always praised others over himself.

Good Vibes is one of the most perfect songs ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Normally I like hearing other versions of songs but not this one. It was perfectly done by the Beach Boys & no other version will ever match/top it.

This was such a gift. I was always a harmony freak, and this was absolutely wonderful.

Incredibly talented group of musicians that Wrecking Crew was. Played on hundreds of hit songs.

Love Carol Kaye she's like a genius funky Grandmother.

I never get tired of this clip. Have to agree with Glenn Campbell, the first time I heard "Good Vibrations" it blew me away. It was released two weeks before my 14th birthday.

Wonderful ensemble playing and every element vital to the soundscape envisioned by Brian Wilson. Superb.

Liked The Beach Boys, back in the day, but appreciate even more after listening to a lot of outtakes etc and finally realized what a lot of effort went into Pet Sounds.

I grew up in the 1970s my folks listed to all this music back in the Bay Area on the KYA the Emperor Gene Nelson Show, “Royal Commandos”all! I love this music to this day! Caught this on Netflix.... and later my wife gifted me a copy. One of my favorite music documentaries of all time... the Wrecking Crew are the sound track to my life! Thank you to those brilliant musicians for making this music what it is!

She definitely deserved hundreds of thousands of dollars. She was recording gold.

What a team of legends. Hope i meet them all in heaven when my time comes.

I remember the 1st time I ever heard this song in 1966 I was 12 yrs old and sitting in the snack bar @ the beach in Panama city Florida. It was the NCO beach on Tyndall AFB. I became one BIG CHILL BUMP from that day to this day Sept 15 2014 it is still my favorite song ever. I really don't think this song will ever be topped it sends me into the Heavens when I hear it. Thank you Brian Wilson.

Thank you wrecking crew for using your wonderful talents to help everyone enjoy great music. God bless you

What a special person! So talented and original and that bass tone is just so wonderful. Tough to replicate too. :)

Brian Wilson's genius should never be underestimated, incredible that he wrote & arranged these songs at such a young age. One of the greats of our time, right up there with the very best song writers.

I saw the film, The Wrecking Crew a few years ago and I sat behind Gary Lewis of the Playboy's fame. It was a heartfelt blast from the past musically! For the music lover of 60s, 70s, 80 music, this is a Must-See, so buy it or rent it!

I never knew who Carol was until I read about her about a year ago. And OMG what a woman.. She's the Queen of talented musicians, people. This is why I can't praise her enough. As Brian Wilson said; "A musician before her time". And I agree. I'm sure she inspired meany of people.

Good Vibrations....One of the greatest songs in history! Carol was the great bass genius! The Wrecking Crew were extraordinary! Thanks for the memories!

I saw the Beach Boys do this song with Dennis on drums. He and the rest of the group played the song perfectly. The Beach Boys were the "real' Beach Boys

I remember seeing the trailer for this documentary and the proceed to wait a full year for it to actually be released... But it's SO good, watched it more than almost anything else.

As a long time, musician, it blew me away that so many groups did not play on their albums. People put groups like the Monkees through hell even though it was known they were actors. The Byrds, beach boys, and too many groups to name were all recorded using the wrecking crew who until now got no recognition for their incredible talent and hard work.

I bloody *love* Carol Kaye....Having recently "found" her through a documentary on The Wrecking Crew, I can't listen to the Bass Line in "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (and countless other songs) without thinking about her, yet, over the years, I've often heard people saying there are no decent female bassists, or drummers, for that matter! 😉

God bless Carole Kaye for playing one of my favorite and one of the world´s best bass-lines of all time on the Grass Roots´ Midnight Confessions.

one incredible song ,mastered by a musical genius !this song never ceases to amaze me every time I hear it !

now, how cool is this...

Carol Kaye was absolute brilliant.

And "The Wrecking Crew" movie is totally great. **** and on Netflix streaming.

The Beach Boys, Emerson Lake and Palmer and the Moody Blues were and still are my top 3.

Carol Kaye's fusion jazz walking bass line on this song is wonderful, and she is too.

Yall gota watch the movie . Wilson was a genius aception that helped write his albums .,lol! . Wrekin crew wrote whole albums for bands . Some bands never even played at all . Just posed on the cover and the crew did all the rest . Wilson was the only "beach boy " on "Pet Sounds " . And to think a woman "Carol Kaye " did the bass on all those albums .

It is said that everything old becomes new again. I sure hope music comes back around the way it was during the 60’s and 70’s. So many different styles, so many different artists. It was impossible not to like what was on the radio back then. They didn’t pigeonhole music into categories. You got to hear everything on one station. It was an exciting time to listen to music and that’s what got me started playing. I know every generation has to find its own way to express themselves with music. But having grown up in the time I did, today everything just sounds the same now and you just don’t get the wide variety on one station like you did back then. I still have a ton of old top 40 play sheets from my old local radio station from the mid to late 60’s and you could hear everything from Sinatra to Hendrix, Creedence to the Beatles, Sly and the Family Stone to Mantovani. It sure widend your horizons rather than just listening to the stations we have today that are just rap, just country, just yesterdays hits, etc. As I said earlier, it was a great time to be alive!

great artists, great song, great Brian Wilson

The world should thank these guys for making music so vibrant and bodily time-lapse

It's like Brian could " hear " an orchestra or choir in his head . He KNEW what he wanted it to sound like . He just had to bring these musicians along till he could hit that sound . It may not have been easy to EXPLAIN it . It's like a great composer trying to TELL you what it would sound like . I'll know it when I hear it !

Carol Kaye One of if not the Bass player of all time lite years ahead

After all these years, I finally realized that that high-pitched sound on Good Vibrations was a theremin!

What a time for music. Amazing people.

I was 5 when this song came out and I remember it. The other songs that stand out from my childhood were sugar sugar the archies god I still love that one. Yellow submarine and obladi oblada, I guess they would appeal to kids big time.

Some of my favorite lyrics ever: Close my eyes, she's somehow closer now Softly smile, I know she must be kind When I look in her eyes She goes with me to a blossom world Oh, that teenage mind. Romance is real, love is everything, and all your feelings are bigger.

When it comes to beautiful melodies It's quality not quantity. That's why they last forever.

Amazing musicians. Thank you.

"sometimes we worked 5 minutes sometimes we worked 4 hours" ...simply incredible..4 entire hours of musical work...and these guys did that. From time to time. ... Im proud of them.

Yep. I bought a bag of Carol's bass picks.

I’m 66 years old and I am blessed to have grown up during the 60’s and 70’s when all the BEST music was created. It’s a sound that nobody will ever hear again, many have passed away and most are getting really up in years. The past year has been horrible to fans, and I especially am counting since EVH left this world. Many groups are down to just one surviving member ( The Monkees, BG’s, Lynrd Skynrd have NO original members,). I fear the upcoming year, not for War, Economic upheaval, Pandemics, Corrupt Politicians, it’s the idea that a whole generation of musicians will be taken from us, the adoring masses. 😩🇨🇦. That’s all I got to say about that.

Carol Kaye is a LEGEND!

A masterpiece!

very enjoyable, i think I love these wrecking crew takes, so important, glad the material is here to go on

And all the time when we were kids, and never had even heard of a session player, we thought it was the Beach Boys, (or any other band for that matter) actually playing on the records.

Dear lady, you are a gift to humanity.

What a load of talent. The kids today don't understand or appreciate this.

Need to have a songwriting battle between the Wrecking Crew and the Muscle Shoals Swampers

She is truly a god in music history. So many amazing recordings

The artist who created others success Brilliant talent ⭐️⭐️

Brian Wilson. The Mozart of his generation.

The lady is a legend and a modest one.

Carol's autobiography which has much of her disography in it is available on her website. She does object to the W.C. moniker, so heads-up to respect her wishes. Carol states this incredible group of studio musicians were called, if anything, "The Clique." They were all accomplished jazz musicians, and many other great female musicians were churning out the hits as well.

Brian Wilson - such a humble man and NEVER showcases himself.

MUSIC IN TIME #050 March 24, 1965, super bass player of the Los Angeles based crème-de-la-crème studio musician loosely knit “Wrecking Crew” Carol Kaye celebrates her 30th birthday. Ten years earlier, she was playing be-bop guitar in Californian jazz clubs but gradually came to do recording sessions as a guitarist, quickly getting to play on the recordings of mega hits such as “La Bamba”, “Then He Kissed Me” and “You Lost That Loving Feeling”. In 1963, she found herself more and more often getting hired as a bass player and 1965, just a few months after her big 3-0, the first recordings of what was to become “Pet Sounds” began with “Sloop John B”. Treat yourself to a listen to Pet Sounds, focusing on Kaye’s bass playing (she plays on most of the tracks). March 24, 2021, we salute the Queen of awesome bass playing (and awesome specs!) on her 86th birthday! Happy birthday, Carol K! #carolkaye #wreckingcrew #bass #petsounds #losangeles #beachboys #1965 #1966 #2021 #musicintime #porterthorells

Hate to burst some bubbles here: Carol Kaye may have been involved in the sessions leading up to the final recording of Good Vibrations, but she is not the electric bass player on the final recording that was released: that credit should be given to both Bill Pitman and Ray Pohlman.

This is an awesome, must see movie if you love music from that vital era (The 60's)...!!!!...{]=:

The stars behind the star. Love it! The wrecking Crew Muscle Shoals Stax Records Motown

From "409" to "Good Vibrations" - that was a musical space journey of hundreds of light years. Of course, getting spaced out on various and sundry chemicals made its contribution in Brian's development too.

"One little pick made this girl hundreds of thousands of dollars" - I like the combination of mockery and admiration in his tone : )

Brian may have had the concept but it was the Wrecking Crew who brought that concept to life. They deserved more credit than they received

I love her energy.

I just got colored album of the macking Of good vibrations its great wilson Starting talking to Carol kaye starting And stopping sounds great

Carol Kaye is the best. What an inspiration.

This is a really excellent movie, it's available on Netflix,

The days of COD recorders adys on TV and music from the heart and when it can reach deep into the hart, soul or were angles fear to tread its a Hit record thanks

Brian Wilson literally defined the detached awkwardness all true geniuses possess. He was only "right" when the music was playing, the rest of the time his brain was bent on making it better and didn't care what the F he did to get there. The Mozart of American pop music.

Carol Kaye did record bass for Good Vibrations but according to The Wrecking Crew, her bass playing was not used on the record. The bassist on the beach boys Good Vibrations was actually recorded by Ray Pohlman.Here is a quote from the Wrecking Crew: Bassist Carol Kaye played on several of the "Good Vibrations" sessions, and has been identified as a prominent contributor to the track.However, analysis by Beach Boys archivist Craig Slowinski indicates that none of those recordings made the final edit as released on the single.

The Best bass player EVER!

From the song’s wiki (also detailed in a book on the Smile sessions): Bassist Carol Kaye played on several of the "Good Vibrations" sessions, and has been identified as a prominent contributor to the track.[147][148][149] However, analysis by Beach Boys archivist Craig Slowinski indicates that none of those recordings made the final edit as released on the single.[150] The bassist on the final released version was Ray Pohlman.

Bassist Carol Kaye played on several of the "Good Vibrations" sessions, and has been identified as a prominent contributor to the track. However, analysis by Beach Boys archivist Craig Slowinski indicates that none of those recordings made the final edit as released on the single

I dont think Carol is underrated as much as she just wasnt credited on the albums. SHe is very highly rated among musicians but not very well known as is the case with almost all session players, unless they form a band or go solo and achieve success. Then their works become well known. As we see with Carol the more the public finds out about the Wrecking Crew the more she is acclaimed for her skills and creativity and its well deserved and earned.

Everything you need to know about Brian is in this video. Brian never pats himself on the back and constantly praises the musicians. Meanwhile all the session players are constantly praising Brian. I'd love to have been a fly on the wall in that studio.

Carol Kaye is an artistic genius.

I know no one ever thinks about these things, but I would stare at the photo of the five young guys on cover of the Pet Sounds album, and listen to the lush orchestration of a song like "Let's Go Away For Awhile" and think to myself--"There's no way in the world these five young guys are playing all these instruments"! Never knowing for years anything about the Wrecking Crew--or as I called them--the "Brian Wilson Orchestra"!

LOVE THIS SONG

Tommy Tedesco there at the end, great guitarist.

so good.

Carol Kaye never got her props.Damn shame.

Whatever length of time it took to make Good Vibrations...I’m glad they took it.

Whaaat a winner!!!

Hardly ever mentioned is Paul Tanner's contribution to this piece, in which he plays a sine-wave riff on his oscillator.

The wonderful, unsung heroes, (until now!!)