@@paulkielty3800 The Beach Boys get all the credit they deserve, and have always been considered great. Not sure why you would say they don't get the credit they deserve?
And the wonderful part is - that's only three voices. Only Carl, Bruce and Brian sing on this track. Even at the end, thanks to Brian's clever vocal arrangements and range.
@@Stuckinthe6Ts In this recording the end is Carl Brian and Bruce but on the album and single version Brian re-recorded over Carls part of the round at the end so it's just Bruce and Brian.
Recorded when all the electronic enhancements didn't exist. All singers in tune and precise in the context of a complicated vocal arrangement. Most people think of the Beach Boys as a teeny bopper pop group. In fact they were serious musicians.
I saw The Beach Boys in 1977 at the Montreal Forum, and they played God Only Knows. Towards the end of the song they all put down their instruments, went to the front of the stage to a single mic and did the a capella part of this for a full minute. That was almost 40 years ago, and I still get goosebumps when I think about it. They sounded angelic, and the audience was dead quiet the whole time, with tears running down some people's cheeks. For as long as I live I'll never forget it.
My highschool boyfriend took me to see The Beach Boys when they came to Charlotte, NC. They were magical. I married the boyfriend and 3 children, plus 40 years later, we're still together.
Coming from the writer of Let it be , Mother Nature's Son, The Long and Winding Road, Maybe I'm Amazed, and a few other tid bits, not an empty compliment.
Music makers of today, start taking notes, because this is what true talent is. Not the synthesized, overproduced crap you keep dumping on us. The Beach Boys here had almost no tech at all beyond a microphone, and yet, they carried the entire song, just on the power of their voices alone. And it's magnificent.
Tony wrote the lyrics to at least 8 songs so don't forget him, I commented above that they should at least have posted an image of him in the video, out of respect.
I saw The Beach Boys in Houston during the mid 60s! It was awesome. I remember that Dennis sort of stood up and zipped his pants up! I had my binoculars right on the adorably handsome man. Great time had by all...
gets played a lot on the local oldies station here in NJ---wasn't even a big hit---flipside of "Wouldn't it be Nice"--God Only peaked at #39---not a bad double side smash for the Boys.....
Paul McCartney said "God Only Knows" is the best song ever written. I don't know if he meant the words r the entire song with music, but doesn't matter. That's about the biggest compliment a song writer could ever receive.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. And one of the few Beach Boys songs where Carl sang lead melody. Cannot imagine it any other way - his voice has maintained that angelic lyrical quality that male vocalists sometimes lose with their youth. Brian Wilson knew he was composing this for Carl. He is truly a genius and musical pioneer. ❤
As a singer, I can tell you that there is no bigger joy than being able to sing in harmony with other voices sans music. There are many good and great vocalists who aren't harmony singers...they have the lead vocal down, but can't blend, follow, or lock, with other singers. I love vocal harmonies. Brian Wilson ,and his music, was a gift to music.
As not a singer, but a guitarist, I can tell you that I have fond memories of the Baptist church music of my youth. They didn't believe in dancing, but they were surely into harmony.
Man, I have actually met some so called musicians that say they don’t think Brian and Carl weren’t all that. Just listen to this and it was the mid 60’s, just brilliant. Thank you boys so much.
What a selfless act, giving maybe the greatest song ever written to your brother to sing, and Carl absolutely delivered in every way....pure bliss, my god.
I believe it absolutely is the greatest song ever! I've never heard anything that comes near to the simplicity and intricacy of it, topped off with Carl's beautiful voice. It makes you want to go back in time and hear it for the first time again!
On the actual recording, there were only three vocalists: Carl, Brian and Bruce Johnston. Brian arranged the harmonies in such a way that it sounded like there were five singers, including Mike.
The harmonies from 0:55 to 1:11 and 1:43 till the end are just so, so spine-chillingly beautiful. Until this day, I still listen to them with a child-like curiosity, awe and wonder.
And this was the “B” side of the 45 record, with “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” taking the top “A” side. I can still remember purchasing it for $0.75 at the local record store the first Friday after it debuted on radio.
I am what most people would call a millennial, yet I don't listen to songs about drugs and sex. I prefer to listen to showtunes and oldies like this. Most people my age would argue that this song is bad and would choose Despacito over it. I disagree. Despacito is a great song but nothing can compare to the level of greatness this song achieved. Sometimes I wish I was born a generation earlier so that I could experience growing up with great music like this and the Beatles and all the other bands. I would take them over half the music I hear these days.
My uncles and father were very tight with the Beach Boys, pretty much from the beginning. As a little girl, they were like 'extended uncles' and it wasn't until I was older that I became 'aware' of 'who' the Beach Boys were. I'll always have a fondness in my heart for them, and for their 'regular surfer guy' ways.
I'm only 32 but the Beach Boys were played frequently by my parents growing up. I was only about 4 when I decided they were my favourite band. I could still listen to them all day. My 5 year old loves them too 💗
@@SunSeekerHawk hahaha that made me laugh - don’t worry my daughter is 8 now and likes songs that I don’t. I’ve officially become the “old mum with weird taste in music” haha
Because Mike Love is always doing cringeworthy stuff on stage, like that weird monkey dance he used to do, or pantomiming every word in the song., which he still does. Gag. He's the exact opposite of the ultra cool Dennis Wilson, i.e. the anti-Dennis.
Amazing that Brian Wilson had all these songs swirling in his mind well before he became a teenager. In a pretty short time they came to be heard and became legend. Severely abused by his envious father who was not the musical genius that his son Brian obviously was, Brian focused his mind to bring his internal voices and sounds out to the world. I've said that he is among the top musical geniuses in world history.
This isn't really an acapella recording, it really a stereo cut with vocals on one side and music on the other, and then the vocals has been panned over to both channels and he music panned off. Some of the studio noises are still audible so it suggests its a demo recording, possibly level testing. Either way this appears to be a single recording without and flaws in their singing that shows just how good they were, most bands make multiple recordings with frequent stops and mistakes. I can only imagine they didn't have to spend weeks in studios to make a single, a day or two probably nailed it!
"How was that, was that cool ?" Well let me tell you something, It's as if someone managed to record a room full of angels BB forever, There isn't a day that goes by where I don't play at least one song by them.
I think your description is too far OUT. Since nowhere is it recorded either in this world or in the bible. We don't knot KNOW that angels sing. Not in the bible. So if comparing Go to Humans.
i love the way Carl Wilson sings this song. His voice is perfect for it. He has been gone 20 years now. February 6, 1998. Still when I hear this song he is still here.
This song always makes me cry in its other original formatting. Such beautiful harmonies and lyrics. The music itself is based around such fantastic arrangements. This accapella version is incredible. Takes me back to seventies and playing their music in my room on a cassette player cranking up the volume.
When I went through my most difficult times, wife in jail, had to leave the house to protect the kids, every kind of scary thing happening at once The Beach Boys were my emotional Savior. This song reminded me that leaving it all, giving up was never going to be an option.
Yeah... Now sadly, try to compare them to "same age" modern kids of today.... we got problems in this Country for sure. Let's get back to what made America Great again.... "Let's Do it Again"... :-)
Can you name a band today who can reach this level of harmonization and originality? The Beach Boys are musicians, first and foremost - then entertainers.
If you consider original ripping off many African American musicians then sure they greatly shine in that aspect. I cannot argue though that they did have a phenomenal sound.
Therelics You raise a good point - this is technically not original work in the strictest sense as it was appropriated from African American musicians long before the Beach Boys were born. The Beach Boys' (Brian Wilson's) originality lay in their passion for making and sharing music that went beyond common formats and arrangements. The Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is another example of a mainstream band sharing music not considered mainstream at the time. But listen to the amazing result. It's performed today.
I was not into rock n roll or however these guys were designated. Im just wondering why all the Carl adoration is happening. Now at this particular time. I knew a Carl who was my ex friend. A Carl in this building who drove me insane along with the other guys who played Carl. Would try to corner me in the elevator. When I moved here I moved sight unseen. That being said. Perry Como was my thing. Johnny Mathis, Lettermen. It seems people have thought Im some kind of groupie. Classical music was my thing. This is hauntingly beautiful. I never went to any rock concert. I went to opera and symphony concerts in upstate NY.
Brian, Bruce, and Al Jardine on the overlapping end vocals....amazing that those guys could sound so much like one person doing all of them, but that's the beauty of the BBs. Story goes that Carl was tired after singing and double tracking the lead vocals, so Brian took over the lead vocal on the end. With the exception of Mike, who had a great voice in the lower ranges no doubt, the other guys could and did mimic one another. Dennis had a beautiful solo voice, too. Sad that we didn't get to hear it til just before his death. But he's in all those beautiful harmonies with the other brothers.
Brian's on anti-psychotics today and he's admitted that while they've immeasurably improved his mental well-being he's since lost a lot of his creative spark and finds songwriting and musical composition much more difficult. It's really bittersweet that such beautiful music was the product of terrible mental illness.
Harmonies out of this world. Brian Wilson’s best song but Carl’s vocals send it to a different planet. Love the bit when Bruce joins in with Carl at the end. The best song of all time full stop.
I seen the original members 4times. The first time was at the Canfield fair in 1984 and still to this day I enjoy that song. Carl is the glue that held the beach boys together.
You stick with it....don't deviate from what you just said...re-incarnated maybe, who knows....so proud that the youth of America recognizes great music...thank you so much from a child of the 60's
Amazing. The stereo separation is fantastic, esp at the repeating ending, such that you can clearly hear each singer's voice placed at various locations in the mix. You absolutely MUST wear headphones to appreciate this effect. Brilliant.
This song (especially @ 1:42) has the capacity to bring me to tears. I honestly can't think of any other piece of music that can do that to me. It's like an ancient, mysterious melody that perfectly embodies pure love, sadness, and eternal gratefulness simultaneously. Just fucking genius. Just pure fucking genius. It's better with the backing track in my opinion, but still gorgeous without.
@@paulinehannon4514 What does Tony Asher not being a Beach Boy have to do with the original comment? Someone who writes songs doesn't have to join the band in order for them to get their song recorded.
Brian Wilson & Tony Asher we’re in their mid twenties when they wrote that song , whenever I hear it the deepness of the lyrics always blows me away for two guys so young , amazing song.
i played for years with a group of guys that were great at harmony and loved this kind of music beach boys all the way some are gone and a couple of us are still here great music and great times
The entire core of the Beach Boys sound was the beautiful job they did as vocalists. It was like a Champion (think Four Freshmen) quartet with a gentle Rock and Roll rhythm section. Brian got there first, so he can rightfully be called a Genius. The sad part is that we will never hear anything like this again, or at least not done as well...
Amen to that. When I learned he dies of lung cancer I was so angry. You have this God given angelic voice and you smoke? Well.. We had him for 30 some yrs. miss him
No pro tools, auto tune or computers. Just talented musicians exercising their vocal craft. Truly remarkable to listen to.
The beach boys don’t get the credit they deserve they are amazing.
Kinda sad what the music business has become, I still prefer music art like this.
Agree w u. Gimme Gordon Lightfoot any day of the week over new so-called artists.
@@paulkielty3800 The Beach Boys get all the credit they deserve, and have always been considered great. Not sure why you would say they don't get the credit they deserve?
@@paulkielty3800 The Beach Boys are music icons. They are not underappreciated.
The harmonies at the end of the song are one of the finest melodic moments in history. Brian Wilson truly was and forever shall be a true artist.
And the wonderful part is - that's only three voices. Only Carl, Bruce and Brian sing on this track. Even at the end, thanks to Brian's clever vocal arrangements and range.
truly was a true artist? Is that english?
@@Lmclean89 Yes, it actually is, professor smartass
the ultimate maymay Ah the much needed actually 😂😂😂😂
@@Stuckinthe6Ts In this recording the end is Carl Brian and Bruce but on the album and single version Brian re-recorded over Carls part of the round at the end so it's just Bruce and Brian.
Recorded when all the electronic enhancements didn't exist. All singers in tune and precise in the context of a complicated vocal arrangement. Most people think of the Beach Boys as a teeny bopper pop group. In fact they were serious musicians.
I like the casual “how was that? Was that cool?” at the end. After they absolutely crushed it.
Bruce
I saw The Beach Boys in 1977 at the Montreal Forum, and they played God Only Knows. Towards the end of the song they all put down their instruments, went to the front of the stage to a single mic and did the a capella part of this for a full minute. That was almost 40 years ago, and I still get goosebumps when I think about it. They sounded angelic, and the audience was dead quiet the whole time, with tears running down some people's cheeks. For as long as I live I'll never forget it.
+stratovani I envy you.
+stratovani What a beautiful moment! Thank you for sharing :)
Santa Barbara Bowl around the same time. Same experience. The Music Gods directing.
stratovani I wish that I could have seen that.
Thanks for sharing this memory my friend.Have a peaceful day.
My highschool boyfriend took me to see The Beach Boys when they came to Charlotte, NC. They were magical. I married the boyfriend and 3 children, plus 40 years later, we're still together.
I envy with you. God bless your family!
That’s wonderful!
Wow....Amazing..Beautiful..
Nice...
Good vibrations, indeed.
I'm stuck in this musical time warp and glad of it!!
Paul McCartney said this is the most beautiful song ever written. Who am I to argue with the Beattles
indeed!!!!!
Coming from the writer of Let it be , Mother Nature's Son, The Long and Winding Road, Maybe I'm Amazed, and a few other tid bits, not an empty compliment.
Mutual respect... 'a nice touch we need more of.
@Ramadan Steve - Show us on the doll where they hurt you.
@@NJtoTX it would probably be in his head the hurt of his LOL
Brian said his brother Carl had the voice of any angel.
Absolutely beautiful ❤️
Carl was an angel. And Carl is an angel.
He really does have the voice of an angel it’s almost too beautiful to handle
This song brought heaven to earth.
Music makers of today, start taking notes, because this is what true talent is. Not the synthesized, overproduced crap you keep dumping on us. The Beach Boys here had almost no tech at all beyond a microphone, and yet, they carried the entire song, just on the power of their voices alone. And it's magnificent.
Exactly true, no such thing as talent these days, most POP's of today are merely boring electronic noise accompanied with off key squawking.
This is stunningly beautiful.
omg just orgasmic am i rite?
Elvis pressley
this is beautifully stunning
Brian Wilson's ability to write beautiful harmony is beyond belief. What an amazing ear he has.
Indeed he only had hearing in one ear. He feared losing hearing in that good ear if he got it infected by swimming.
Don't forget Tony Asher, he wrote the lyrics; and plenty more on Pet Sounds. I could repeat this throughout the comments, but I won't.
Carl had such a beautiful voice. R. I. P.
Carl was the most "beach boy" voice Brian was good too
Brian Wilson is our greatest American genius of music. No doubt about it. His mind is beyond our kin in so many ways.
Tony wrote the lyrics to at least 8 songs so don't forget him, I commented above that they should at least have posted an image of him in the video, out of respect.
I’ve made arrangements with my employer to take the day off when Brian passes. Headphones. And a gummie.
I saw The Beach Boys in Houston during the mid 60s! It was awesome. I remember that Dennis sort of stood up and zipped his pants up! I had my binoculars right on the adorably handsome man. Great time had by all...
carl's voice was double tracked took ages to do but sounds wonderfull.
One of the most purist pop songs ever recorded. This gave me chills.
gets played a lot on the local oldies station here in NJ---wasn't even a big hit---flipside of "Wouldn't it be Nice"--God Only peaked at #39---not a bad double side smash for the Boys.....
still does!!!!
Just imagine....a 24 year kid sat down and came up with that vocal arrangement. 1:50 onwards... the word genius doesn't do it justice.
Amen. Mr. Wilson’s talent and contribution to the music industry AND to our lives cannot be overestimated. Thank you Brian.
If you study music, this is normal.
@@crys313 Is it? How many number ones have you written? I've studied music.... never wrote a Pet Sounds! Stupid comment.
Sooo glad you mentioned that. I always mention Brian's age and ask people to imagine just what a genius he is.
Beyond words.
JS Bach did this x 4 many years ago
Paul McCartney said "God Only Knows" is the best song ever written. I don't know if he meant the words r the entire song with music, but doesn't matter. That's about the biggest compliment a song writer could ever receive.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. And one of the few Beach Boys songs where Carl sang lead melody. Cannot imagine it any other way - his voice has maintained that angelic lyrical quality that male vocalists sometimes lose with their youth. Brian Wilson knew he was composing this for Carl. He is truly a genius and musical pioneer. ❤
Incredible song still. Their voices were so amazing. Carl sang like an angel on this one.
As a singer, I can tell you that there is no bigger joy than being able to sing in harmony with other voices sans music. There are many good and great vocalists who aren't harmony singers...they have the lead vocal down, but can't blend, follow, or lock, with other singers. I love vocal harmonies. Brian Wilson ,and his music, was a gift to music.
You are so correct my friend!
All I have to do is play this for my friends and they understand my appreciation for a good a Capella
Yes! Harmony is the hardest kind of singing for most of us but it’s one of life’s great joys when you hit it with someone.
As not a singer, but a guitarist, I can tell you that I have fond memories of the Baptist church music of my youth. They didn't believe in dancing, but they were surely into harmony.
Facts and the ways the beach boys did it is so unique both then and today
Absolutely top of the line beautiful masterpiece, solid gold standard of excellence
Man, I have actually met some so called musicians that say they don’t think Brian and Carl weren’t all that. Just listen to this and it was the mid 60’s, just brilliant. Thank you boys so much.
Fuck those guys honestly they can’t make music like these guys
Can't be very good musicians if they believe that. I get it opinions are just opinions but really?!
oh yea i grew up with them on the radio they are still very good to this day
What a selfless act, giving maybe the greatest song ever written to your brother to sing, and Carl absolutely delivered in every way....pure bliss, my god.
So true, I think that's how Brian felt also....I've heard Brian sing it and it's obviously still incredible but Carl made it immortal
Righteous comment.
They must have practiced for hours and hours. Accapella perfection.
I believe it absolutely is the greatest song ever! I've never heard anything that comes near to the simplicity and intricacy of it, topped off with Carl's beautiful voice. It makes you want to go back in time and hear it for the first time again!
ThePsychedelicCinema part of Brian's genius- knowing Carl's voice is the only human sound that could do it justice
Tears always. Best a cappella arrangement ever.
Carl Wilson had the voice of an angel. Matt Jardine also sings this song beautifully.
On the actual recording, there were only three vocalists: Carl, Brian and Bruce Johnston. Brian arranged the harmonies in such a way that it sounded like there were five singers, including Mike.
Al jardine?
@@d.l.3168 Al's son Matt.
@@markprovance8995 correct Sir. The final vocal 'round' end of the song is just Brian and Bruce
@@markprovance8995 He's saying Al's son Matt also does a great version of this song, not that he's on the song.
Beautiful.
The harmonies from 0:55 to 1:11 and 1:43 till the end are just so, so spine-chillingly beautiful. Until this day, I still listen to them with a child-like curiosity, awe and wonder.
Wow!!!! just blew me away .Can their vocals be any perfect?.
I am a huge Beatles fan BUT THIS IS THE FINEST POP SONG EVER WRITTEN.
This was Paul McCartney favorite song
Yep, my first thought was, Paul McCartney agrees with you
And this was the “B” side of the 45 record, with “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” taking the top “A” side. I can still remember purchasing it for $0.75 at the local record store the first Friday after it debuted on radio.
"How was that, was that cool?"
Yeah. It was. Just give me a sec while I pick my jaw up off the floor.
WHAAAAAAUUUUUUUuuuT?
Good One
Greatest harmony group ever!
No song can be sung better than this.
Joseph Raskin I've been trucking through Yellowstone and doing just that for awhile now
This gives me chills
This is a version of God talking to you.
I am what most people would call a millennial, yet I don't listen to songs about drugs and sex. I prefer to listen to showtunes and oldies like this. Most people my age would argue that this song is bad and would choose Despacito over it. I disagree. Despacito is a great song but nothing can compare to the level of greatness this song achieved. Sometimes I wish I was born a generation earlier so that I could experience growing up with great music like this and the Beatles and all the other bands. I would take them over half the music I hear these days.
My uncles and father were very tight with the Beach Boys, pretty much from the beginning. As a little girl, they were like 'extended uncles' and it wasn't until I was older that I became 'aware' of 'who' the Beach Boys were. I'll always have a fondness in my heart for them, and for their 'regular surfer guy' ways.
All kneel before the greatest song ever written.
This is how PERFECTION sounds like
Yes indeed!
Brian Wilson’s genius was in the layering of sound upon sound. Vocals upon vocals upon instruments …..sometimes more is more
I'm only 32 but the Beach Boys were played frequently by my parents growing up. I was only about 4 when I decided they were my favourite band. I could still listen to them all day. My 5 year old loves them too 💗
When my kid was 5 his favorite band was LMFAO, and their song "Party Rock Anthem." Wear did I go wrong,?
@@SunSeekerHawk hahaha that made me laugh - don’t worry my daughter is 8 now and likes songs that I don’t. I’ve officially become the “old mum with weird taste in music” haha
This is great! It’s really amazing to hear just their vocals. Such incredible harmonizing!
I think this is what heaven sounds like.
What a fantastic comment!
I hope not!
I notice a trend in most fan-made BB videos - a distinct reluctance to include photos of Mike Love. Why is that, I wonder? 🤔
Because Mike Love is always doing cringeworthy stuff on stage, like that weird monkey dance he used to do, or pantomiming every word in the song., which he still does. Gag. He's the exact opposite of the ultra cool Dennis Wilson, i.e. the anti-Dennis.
Amazing that Brian Wilson had all these songs swirling in his mind well before he became a teenager. In a pretty short time they came to be heard and became legend. Severely abused by his envious father who was not the musical genius that his son Brian obviously was, Brian focused his mind to bring his internal voices and sounds out to the world. I've said that he is among the top musical geniuses in world history.
This isn't really an acapella recording, it really a stereo cut with vocals on one side and music on the other, and then the vocals has been panned over to both channels and he music panned off. Some of the studio noises are still audible so it suggests its a demo recording, possibly level testing. Either way this appears to be a single recording without and flaws in their singing that shows just how good they were, most bands make multiple recordings with frequent stops and mistakes. I can only imagine they didn't have to spend weeks in studios to make a single, a day or two probably nailed it!
Yes. And Dylan went electric.
Carl's vocals are sublime, so smooth up and down.
Wow love this song...
Behold, the human voice! No Autotune, no pitch shift, no filters whatsoever, just a little reverb.
Just goes to show what great vocalists they were!
@@David_Thompson actually theres at least 2 or 3 tracks plus the bit of reverb to make his voice sound fuller.. if you listen closely..
@@rosedolch8637 That's not what he said.
Even Mike sounds in tune.
@@michaelviste429 Mike actually doesn't sing in this one. It's Brian singing the low part in the bridge.
Beautiful
"How was that, was that cool ?" Well let me tell you something, It's as if someone managed to record a room full of angels BB forever, There isn't a day that goes by where I don't play at least one song by them.
"Was that cool?"
DUNNO, YA THINK?
I think your description is too far OUT. Since nowhere is it recorded either in this world or in the bible. We don't knot KNOW that angels sing. Not in the bible. So if comparing Go to Humans.
Wonderful sounds.
i love the way Carl Wilson sings this song. His voice is perfect for it. He has been gone 20 years now. February 6, 1998. Still when I hear this song he is still here.
I used to come home from high school,, lay on the floor, and listen to this over and over again,,Mind Blowing and just as great now!
Such a beautiful voice Carl had. This song brings tears to my eyes.
Beautiful!!
This song always makes me cry in its other original formatting. Such beautiful harmonies and lyrics. The music itself is based around such fantastic arrangements. This accapella version is incredible. Takes me back to seventies and playing their music in my room on a cassette player cranking up the volume.
My wedding song ! What a beautiful song
This isn't a capella. This is just the isolated vocal track of a version of the song. You can even hear some bleed over from the instrument tracks.
Good catch!
Genius!
No, its a capella from the 7 inch. They solo everything vocal. That bleed is the headphone leak from the song.
@@blakepotter7937 No it certainly isnt. Its a stripped out track with spill or bleed from the instrument track.
@@stuart8663 Pretty sure my 27 years of making music says I'm right. You, too can be right. Don't be an idiot.
I've been a BBoys fan since Christ was a corporal and can say that this take is just AWESOME...
Hands down my favorite pop song of all time. The lyrics, the arrangement, the instrumentation, perfection. Brian Wilson's masterpiece.
This and. Something by the Beatles
Carl Dean's voice! Another masterpiece.
steve
Sweet, Sweet, Carl!!!
No matter how many hundreds of times I have heard this song since the first time, on its release, it's always beautiful and new.
When I went through my most difficult times, wife in jail, had to leave the house to protect the kids, every kind of scary thing happening at once The Beach Boys were my emotional Savior. This song reminded me that leaving it all, giving up was never going to be an option.
Going through a similar crisis right now. "This song reminded me that leaving it all, giving up was never going to be an option." Thank you John.
God bless you guys..💝🎈
It brings tears to my eyes to see them so young in some of the photos. What a. Lovely song.
Yeah... Now sadly, try to compare them to "same age" modern kids of today.... we got problems in this Country for sure. Let's get back to what made America Great again.... "Let's Do it Again"... :-)
Can you name a band today who can reach this level of harmonization and originality? The Beach Boys are musicians, first and foremost - then entertainers.
If you consider original ripping off many African American musicians then sure they greatly shine in that aspect. I cannot argue though that they did have a phenomenal sound.
Therelics You raise a good point - this is technically not original work in the strictest sense as it was appropriated from African American musicians long before the Beach Boys were born. The Beach Boys' (Brian Wilson's) originality lay in their passion for making and sharing music that went beyond common formats and arrangements. The Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is another example of a mainstream band sharing music not considered mainstream at the time. But listen to the amazing result. It's performed today.
Evan Thompson No one can get this lyric minimalism and accuracy but Brian Wilson.
starlite walker Agreed. Pure genius.
Therelics you do know that Harmonies have their origin in European Church Choirs right
The ending though. I'm only 17 and have an undying love for these men.
I always thought Carl was the best vocalist in the group
Yep, Brian has said it too.
@@thee_calamity 1
I was not into rock n roll or however these guys were designated. Im just wondering why all the Carl adoration is happening. Now at this particular time. I knew a Carl who was my ex friend. A Carl in this building who drove me insane along with the other guys who played Carl. Would try to corner me in the elevator. When I moved here I moved sight unseen. That being said. Perry Como was my thing. Johnny Mathis, Lettermen. It seems people have thought Im some kind of groupie. Classical music was my thing. This is hauntingly beautiful. I never went to any rock concert. I went to opera and symphony concerts in upstate NY.
I had no time for concerts. Marriage and child care abd struggles with a difficult life was my backdrop.
@@barbarabrennan1753 What are you going on about?
Gorgeous…and no truer words have been written. *For all those that I loved and loved me…God only knows what and where I would have be without them…
The epitome of true talent
Brian, Bruce, and Al Jardine on the overlapping end vocals....amazing that those guys could sound so much like one person doing all of them, but that's the beauty of the BBs. Story goes that Carl was tired after singing and double tracking the lead vocals, so Brian took over the lead vocal on the end. With the exception of Mike, who had a great voice in the lower ranges no doubt, the other guys could and did mimic one another. Dennis had a beautiful solo voice, too. Sad that we didn't get to hear it til just before his death. But he's in all those beautiful harmonies with the other brothers.
No Jardine on this one. If Wikipedia is correct, Brian, Carl, and Bruce were the only voices on this recording.
Thankfully no Mike Love either.
Can you imagine what these guys could have done if Brian had just had access to antidepressants instead of psychedelic drugs?
LOL!
Brian's on anti-psychotics today and he's admitted that while they've immeasurably improved his mental well-being he's since lost a lot of his creative spark and finds songwriting and musical composition much more difficult.
It's really bittersweet that such beautiful music was the product of terrible mental illness.
imagine if brain had access to two golden ears.
Harmonies out of this world. Brian Wilson’s best song but Carl’s vocals send it to a different planet. Love the bit when Bruce joins in with Carl at the end. The best song of all time full stop.
Damn. Chills!
Dennis died right by my Marina Del Rey home in ‘83....RIP to a real sweet guy 💕✌️
This song is a work of pure genius. Its hauntingly beautiful and takes you to another place. I am forever a fan.
Carl's voice was perfect for this one RIP !
I seen the original members 4times. The first time was at the Canfield fair in 1984 and still to this day I enjoy that song. Carl is the glue that held the beach boys together.
No one like Carl. He could nail this song. I loved him, he was my favorite and I miss him. (Norma Johnson)
Their voices were so amazing. Clear as a bell. This is my favorite Beach Boys song. Music of my childhood. AM radio baby!
Brilliant!
The ending is so beautiful i miss songs like this even though I'm only 18, now I'm stuck with the music of today 😔
You stick with it....don't deviate from what you just said...re-incarnated maybe, who knows....so proud that the youth of America recognizes great music...thank you so much from a child of the 60's
Darryl Lewis your welcome, I admire music from the 50s, 60s, 70s and even 80s because that's when the Industry was more pure, original and innovative
Ezralibrascale agree!
Me too! I'm 16
Thanks to all of you....bring back the greatest music of all time....never be an era like this....I was so fortunate to experience it....
Amazing. The stereo separation is fantastic, esp at the repeating ending, such that you can clearly hear each singer's voice placed at various locations in the mix. You absolutely MUST wear headphones to appreciate this effect. Brilliant.
In Corfu on hol's,listening to it now with 'phones on,absolutely spine chilling,fantastic.
This song (especially @ 1:42) has the capacity to bring me to tears. I honestly can't think of any other piece of music that can do that to me. It's like an ancient, mysterious melody that perfectly embodies pure love, sadness, and eternal gratefulness simultaneously. Just fucking genius. Just pure fucking genius.
It's better with the backing track in my opinion, but still gorgeous without.
chippchipp1 I feel the same way.
aimeemacdn Breakaway and Please let me wonder can do that too.
chippchipp1 I absolutely love this song!
+chippchipp1 Absolutely. It's so perfectly written that it sounds like a circle to me. A perfect geometric figure put into music. Simply genius !
For me, the best part is a few seconds later, when the voices start to layer. So beautiful.
they sound like church bells ringing. beautiful voices
I was so lucky to see them so many times. Love Love Love.....
saw them at jones beach w chicago in 1987
Me too, they came to Canada a few times.
Just awesome! "The greatest song every written" -- Paul McCartney
One of many.
Listen to the harmonies on Silly Love Song... It is a tribute to God Only Knows.
Doesn’t sound like a Macca quote. Citation please. (Meaning, where and when it was published.)
I thought Tony Asher wrote the lyrics....he was not a beach boy though
@@paulinehannon4514 What does Tony Asher not being a Beach Boy have to do with the original comment? Someone who writes songs doesn't have to join the band in order for them to get their song recorded.
Beautiful. Been a Beach Boys fan since 1963 when I was 14 years-old. Great music. Great cars. Great looking chicks.
Brian Wilson & Tony Asher we’re in their mid twenties when they wrote that song , whenever I hear it the deepness of the lyrics always blows me away for two guys so young , amazing song.
Sounds like heaven is having choir practice. unbelievable
sniper161718 Beautifully said... 💜💕💝💓
Truly beautiful. We appreciate.
Carl Wilson had the most beautiful voice
i played for years with a group of guys that were great at harmony and loved this kind of music beach boys all the way some are gone and a couple of us are still here great music and great times
Man, somehow the ending of this song is 100x more beautiful when heard a cappella.
Awesome. Song!
One of the most beautiful love songs EVER written and WELL PRODUCED!
Such great songs and so many demons
The entire core of the Beach Boys sound was the beautiful job they did as vocalists. It was like a Champion (think Four Freshmen) quartet with a gentle Rock and Roll rhythm section. Brian got there first, so he can rightfully be called a Genius. The sad part is that we will never hear anything like this again, or at least not done as well...
sung by Angel-voice Carl Wilson ---the band pretty much ceased when he passed on---don't smoke kids!
I don't think Carl died because he smoked .
@@rongwynne3824 He smoked since he was about 14. He died of lung cancer.
@@lindapollock2105 I'm no doctor, but I think you may be right..
Amen to that. When I learned he dies of lung cancer I was so angry. You have this God given angelic voice and you smoke? Well.. We had him for 30 some yrs. miss him