I recall seeing an interview with Hal, drummer of Wrecking Crew. He said everyone was astounded watching this 23 year old break down each piece to the musician. Hal said none of them had ANY IDEA what the finished song would sound like with the vocals and they were BLOWN AWAY when they first heard the finished song. He was amazed that B Wilson had all of this in his head ALREADY and was able to put it out there for everyone to enjoy. I thought that was a great story of how so many little pieces come together in the end to make a seamless and timeless song
He is certainly somebody extraordinary. Every person will have their own taste; their favourites and it would be very sad if everybody thought the same. For me, and it’s only my opinion, this song is amongst my top 5 songs. My choice is naturally affected by my age and also where I was; who I was; when I listened to the song or the artist. There are times; there are days when certain songs appeal to me more than others. I can say that this song affects me more when I need reminding of good times and good thoughts.
@@normsaunders4980 thank you for that. It’s very nice to know that, when you try to be constructive and honest that there are some people who don’t take the mickey out of you.
This is arguably the greatest song of 60s, honestly. The fact that one song took over 200 takes before Brian thought it was perfect is amazing. It had massive commercial and critical success and it still a classic to this day. The lineup of instruments used and the harmonies were so unique. Brian’s an absolute genius.
Just hearing those voices in harmony once again ! I'm in tears------no one will ever --------ever ! -------replace the music Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys made . This music, is forever & ever.
This is the "perfect" song if there ever was one. You can eliminate the music, and the vocals stand alone perfectly. You can eliminate the vocals, and the music stands alone perfectly. Then you put the two elements together. Brian is a true genius.
I feel the VERY same way. SONG after song. Group after group. I've been a guitarist for 57 years and I deeply appreciate the creativity that these guys kept coming up with.
Blaine's technique and style draws attention to itself just like some other great rock drummers. Almost upstaging what everyone else is doing in a recording.
I return to this remix quite often and enjoy it thoroughly. It’s easy to miss the intricacies of the arrangement and harmonies in this ingenious song. Being able to savor the isolated band and acappella vocals until it launches into the full throttle final cut of the chorus is just magical. The only thing wrong with this song is that it’s not long enough!
I was fortunate enough to have spent a few seasons as a Top 40 DJ in the early 60's, in the smaller markets, Butte, MT & San Angelo, TX. What fun it was to be able to play Beach Boys' hits, good times, great cars, cute chicks, all that was right about those days!
Lived in NorCal from 1962-64, compliments of the USAF. It was a great time to be in California, and the longest we were anywhere until my father retired. The Beach Boys broke then ~ as well as the Beatles & Stones. It's hard to put into words, but most of my favorite childhood memories come from then & there. The Beach Boys were a big part of it.
I grew up for awhile with the Beach Boys who lived next door and used to dance with my girlfriends in the street in front of their house when they were playing in their garage and and became famous and loved them then and still do...this is a great extension of their song. Thanks for sharing !!!!
+J. E. Richman REMEMBER EARL PALMER AND JIM GORDON WERE ALSO PLAYING DRUMS WITH THE WRECKING CREW NOT JUST HAL BLAINE!! ALSO JOE OSBORN AND LARRY KNECTAL AND RAY POHLMAN AND LYLE RITZ ALSO PLAYED BASS WITH THE WRECKING CREW NOT JUST CAROL KAYE!!
The Beach Boys had fewer hits than the Beatles, for sure. But a number of the Beach Boys hits (e.g., California Girls, Wouldn't It Be Nice, God Only Knows, Good Vibrations) individually had a much more profound impact. Brian Wilson is a genius beyond words.
Whenever I'm having a bad day......I think of the BB harmonies. Any song I play in my mind gets me through..... I end up singing......some people are not happy with that but, Brian Wilson's music moves me!
@Huawei is a criminal organization. : Agree -- there's no need to pit Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys against Jagger/Richards and the Rolling Stones. They're both extremely talented songwriters and groups. Yeah, the Stones are a little more "raw" and blues-oriented, but that doesn't mean their music isn't as good and worthy of recognition as the Beach Boys'.
Hi John, thanks for this amazingly special mix. I'm just back home in Aberdeen after seeing Brian Wilson perform Pet Sounds live in it's entirety in Edinburgh, Scotland. Life really doesn't get any better than this. Tears flowed unashamedly.
OMG, what a song!! beautiful arrangements, great lyrics, vocals... this sound goes beyond any era! this is to listen again and again, thanks, Brian, thanks Beach Boys!
Brian Wilson was a perfect pitch, once in a lifetime music phenomenon and likewise "The Wrecking Crew" was a batch of the most talented, creative, sought after (but least recognized by the public) experts in their entire field of Studio Musicians. I really miss the late '50's and the 60's especially.
The Wrecking Crew, the best musicians EVER! Pair them with the genius that is Brian Wilson, WOW.. how could you go wrong ! BRILLIANT ! Now this is music ❤
The genius of Brian Wilson reminds me of just how fortunate my generation was to have such brilliant works as "Wouldn't it be Nice" as part of the soundtrack of our lives. Wow...it just dawned on me as I listen to the sublime vocals and harmonies of these guys...No AutoTune in use! Just real live vocals!
This is true music! This is musical genius! Brian Wilson wrote beyond the beyond beautiful songs! This is just one that makes me happy and one that I can sing to myself anytime at all. I love the Beatles but the Beach Boys were something entirely different, and this song affects me even more.
True musicianship all the way around.......composing, playing, singing, recording.....Just makes you realize how much of todays pop music is pure unadulterated shite......
In Dec, 1977, the Beach Boys appeared at the old basketball arena on the U. of Oregon campus. All the guys were there, even Brian, and it was by far the best concert I ever attended. By the time they got to the 3 last songs, I was flying high (no substances needed or used!!). I still get chills thinking about it.
+Jim Southern , I have seen the Beach boys about 125 times and those chills have from every time , however seeing Brian Wilson these days with his new band is a much better sound.
I saw them at the Queen Mary in Long Beach around the same time and I was amazed at the couple dozen hit songs they played in a row. Saw Wolfman Jack in the parking lot too.
Jim Southern , I saw them in Philadelphia the same year. I was in my senior year at high school. HEART was the other band. These guys are the soundtrack of my youth.
@@mylifentimes at the beginning they're singing without instrumental backing. That's A Capella. Of course they're using harmony. That's what the Beach Boys did.
@@utub1473 that's a literal definition you're quoting. The piece needs to be intended to be performed without instrument. The singers need to emulate the instruments themselves. Here they are merely harmonizing in the beginning. You have to feel the base, middle and treble for it to be a cappella as a separate entity. 2 people can harmonize, but 3 are needed for a capella.
I have seen The Beach Boys in various cities, in many configurations of members, over many years and was NEVER disappointed-not once! Brilliant music will always win out.Thank you Boys for the best times of my life!!!
Al Jardine said making this record drove him nuts. It took months to finally get Brian's final approval. I recognize the frustration that Al must have had but all these years later I am so grateful.
Hey peeps-Gotta get the book The Wrecking Crew by Kent Hartman. Man, u will learn info that is very interesting and moving. Especially my favorite lady of the bass, Carol Kaye a beautiful talented mom and businesswoman. Should be in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . XO
The brilliance of Brian Wilson using the Wrecking Crew for their beautiful instrumentals guided by him and then the boys singing when they came back from touring. WTG Brian Douglas Wilson, your music will be loved and honored FOREVER!!! Happiness to you, Melinda and all family.
Saw the "Wrecking Crew" documentary this week on AXS TV (and have since watched it 4 times!) and it was so brilliant it almost made me cry. Hal Blaine, Tommy Tedesco, and the amazing Carol Kaye on bass!!
+david james my friend David leaf worked on this as well!! Denny is a great guy,his father and the wrecking crew were and are funny creative and loyal to the artists they had the pleasure to have worked with in the studio in the 1950's thru 1970's!!
+david james He sure did. Denny is a very nice guy. Had the pleasure to meet him at one of the special screenings before the official release of the film. All of the WC musicians are for sure legendary! The new coffee table book Sound Explosion is a great partner to the movie. Lots of amazing stories and history. Didn't mean to correct you on the name. Sure it was a simple error as I'm sure you know the key folks far more than I do!
Thought a Beatles fan 1ST, This is SO Beautiful!! All their harmonies reign to infinity... The Beatles, The Beach Boys and... The Everly Brothers. :-) :-)
Nearly 50 years later it still sounds fantastic. From one of the iconic albums in all of rock history and to showcase the Wrecking Crew makes it more special. And now many years later in life I'll sing the words a tad different, "Wouldn't it nice to be younger....." LOL!
In the following order: 1) Watch "The Wrecking Crew" documentary; 2) Watch "Love & Mercy" biopic; 3) Read "Musicianship of Brian Wilson" on Wikipedia, including playing the embedded musical snippets; and 4) Listen -- don't watch a video, just listen with your eyes closed -- to "Good Vibrations" which Brian Wilson cut from "Pet Sounds" so he could spend another six months perfecting it. Mind blown. Prior to the above, I knew about the Beach Boys and had heard of Brian Wilson in only the basic sense, but wanted to dig deeper with each of the above steps. Brian Wilson was famous, wealthy, apparently humble, yet he had barely scratched the surface of his musical genius at age 22 or 23. He knew there was so much more music in his head, and he felt compelled to explore and share. So he stopped touring with the Beach Boys to focus on creating what became “Pet Sounds”.
It's a breath of fresh air to know other people out there think 100% like myself. I listen to Good Vibrations and Sloop John B with my eyes closed on repeat. Mind blown repeated over and over. Brian Wilson + beach boy vocals and harmony + Wrecking Crew = Perfection. I just cry cause I feel like that exact combo will never come along again :(
I love this montage, Brian so incredibly talented fueled by a desire to make the best music he could, inspired by Phil Spector and the vision to realise what the Beatles were doing. Quite frankly he had the full package, studio genius.
I imagine the level of excitement listening to the sessions being mixed was amazing! Going into a new realm of pop music and being part of it? I could only imagine the hairs standing up on my arms.
I grew up in the Hollywood Hills and went to Valley View elementary school with Don Randi's kids. Hung out at his jazz club, the Baked Potato, more nights than I can remember. These guys were amazing musicians and Brian is a once-in-a-generation genius.
I feel totally blessed to have lived through the sixties with all of the beautiful music in the USA and England. Although I was really a Shadows and Beatles fan The Beach Boys music really was the soundtrack of my life. My all time favorites have to be good vibrations, Darlin and I can hear music.
When I see all of these talented session musicians involved in the recording of this song, I still wonder how the Beach Boys did it live when I saw them in the late 70's. I guess backing recordings were used during live performances back then too.
The Beach boys released all of their beautiful records but I never thought for one second of all of the work that was involved in making these songs. Oh my teenage years. I was young and Naive then but I would love to relive them over and over again
Thanks so much for the mix...GREAT job! When I listen to the isolated vocal and instrumental tracks, not only on this song, but many other of Brian's songs, it reminds me what a true musical genius he was as a writer / producer during the "halcyon" years.
+mosogotam Thank you so very much for bringing this masterpiece into my home. This is my all time favorite Brian Wilson tune. If only music like this was still produced...
Brian was like Beethoven at the peak of his career. Soaring higher and higher, then slowly cracking up due to his obsession with perfection. That mad cocktail of his talent, cracking up and his desire for perfection resulted in his 9th Symphony. Truly the best musical, vocal and overall arrangement in the history of rock in my book. A marvel really, that you can hear if you listen to it in pieces like this. I love the Beatles and they were the greatest writers and far more popular for sure, but really they sound like a garage band next to Brian's productions in 1965 and 1966. Gosh, the musical arrangement in California Girls is unbelievable and one of his many songs that remains untouched even to this day.
When they released the Pet Sound Anniversary CD box set, I was working as off duty Cop at a brand new Rex Center. At night I had the whole thing to my self as they finished it. I went in the Gym and put on The Beach Boys doing background Vocals to Wouldn’t it Be Nice. It was like being in the studio as they made the song. Each track was incredibly done vocals music and background. Brian Wilson was able to create a songs that would last forever
There's Larry Knechtel on keyboards. He later played keyboards on Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water". Then during the 70s he played bass guitar and keyboards for the group Bread with David Gates, the lead singer and songwriter of the group. Also, Larry played and toured with the country group The Dixie Chicks.
Being a teen in Salt Lake City, Utah meant seeing the Beach Boys at Lagoon amusement park. They would start their tour each year here trying out new sounds and end it on the way home. KNAK AM radio was their home away from home and in fact Bill Hesterman, then the Utah station's program manager became their tour manager and was even on some photos as the 6th Beach Boy. KNAK owner Howard Johnson had a teenage daughter named Shirley, who owned a turquoise and white Thunderbird. Shirley was working after school in the station one day when the subject of "where were you last night" came up between her and her daddy. When Brian Wilson watched the two interact, that's where he came up with the idea of a girl who "has fun, fun, fun until Daddy takes the T-bird away." They wrote the song on the way back the airport that same day. If you have one of the analog recordings of their song "Salt Lake City" before they did a digital scrub on it, at the point when they "and the number one radio station makes the town really swing now..ya" right after "Ya" you can just hear dennis from the drum set yelling "KNAK!"
Great memories! I was a teen there about that time (Murray High - Go Spartans!). Used to listen to KNAK and KCPX (K-PIX), but KNAK was definitely the Beach Boys station. I was acquainted with Gary "Wooly" Waldron and Lynn Lehman. Great guys!
ive been playing guitar for almost 10 years, im 16 years old now. The Wrecking crews really makes me wanna get better at my reading skills. I can improv but reading (as clearly seen with the wrecking crew) is a great talent to have that many musicians don't have
Hope you've found a teacher that will help you with your reading. It's a very important tool for a skilled musician. Not only to be able to sit down and blow through charts with other players, but a great way to study and exercise through method books. It will make you a three dimensional player.
The Wrecking Crew musicians had a good handle on music theory. Once you understand key signatures and chord progressions, it's a matter of practice and mastering the individual instrument(s) and those guys were beyond that.
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I recall seeing an interview with Hal, drummer of Wrecking Crew. He said everyone was astounded watching this 23 year old break down each piece to the musician. Hal said none of them had ANY IDEA what the finished song would sound like with the vocals and they were BLOWN AWAY when they first heard the finished song. He was amazed that B Wilson had all of this in his head ALREADY and was able to put it out there for everyone to enjoy. I thought that was a great story of how so many little pieces come together in the end to make a seamless and timeless song
Brian Wilson was just twenty three when he wrote, produced and performed this song!
He's a fucking genius...
When Brian met Wolfgang.....
He is certainly somebody extraordinary. Every person will have their own taste; their favourites and it would be very sad if everybody thought the same. For me, and it’s only my opinion, this song is amongst my top 5 songs. My choice is naturally affected by my age and also where I was; who I was; when I listened to the song or the artist. There are times; there are days when certain songs appeal to me more than others. I can say that this song affects me more when I need reminding of good times and good thoughts.
@Theo FarmManager There are a large number of folks who feel just the way you do about this number. I certainly count myself among them.
@@normsaunders4980 thank you for that. It’s very nice to know that, when you try to be constructive and honest that there are some people who don’t take the mickey out of you.
This is arguably the greatest song of 60s, honestly. The fact that one song took over 200 takes before Brian thought it was perfect is amazing. It had massive commercial and critical success and it still a classic to this day. The lineup of instruments used and the harmonies were so unique. Brian’s an absolute genius.
Beatles cough cough. But this is up there!
@@BG-xn5tu Beatles were a better band but I can’t think of one Beatles song that holds up to this personally
@@edgarmellancamp6818 The Beach Boys were better then the Beatles. The Beatles were so overrated.
@@henryfung6789 bruh
@@farhanrasyidi Yeah? Meant what I said.
Real people ... real instruments ... real voices ... real talent... real GENIUS ... who EVER would have thought it possible !!!
just keep'in it real
AMEN!! Having it broken down like this really is amazing. The Wrecking Crew were just incredible musicians.
Voices by beach boys, played by the wrecking crew
and no autotune . true genius
Concordo plenamente contigo
I absolutely love this. Music is like a symphony. Vocals are angelic. This will life forever!
Completely real!
Beautiful ❤❤❤❤
Just hearing those voices in harmony once again ! I'm in tears------no one will ever --------ever ! -------replace the music Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys made . This music, is forever & ever.
This is the "perfect" song if there ever was one.
You can eliminate the music, and the vocals stand alone perfectly.
You can eliminate the vocals, and the music stands alone perfectly.
Then you put the two elements together.
Brian is a true genius.
He should have got the Nobel prize ahead of Dylan
God bless all of these amazing musicians for providing the magical soundtrack of my life right from the beginning.
I feel the VERY same way. SONG after song. Group after group. I've been a guitarist for 57 years and I deeply appreciate the creativity that these guys kept coming up with.
My Sentiments Precisely.
Agreed, they all were magnificent.
I've heard this a lot over the years and can't believe how it still touches me today
Bassist Carol Kaye is a goddess, and I love Hal Blaine on the drums just as much...
LeslieGMN Carol plays an array of stringed instruments on Pets Sounds including Banjo on Cabinessence.
Hal was 1 of a kind. On more #1 hits than any musician ever I think.
Blaine's technique and style draws attention to itself just like some other great rock drummers. Almost upstaging what everyone else is doing in a recording.
@@noriemeha It stands out, for sure. But always what the song needs.
@@noriemeha Sooooo, he's *_really_* good at his job?🤔
I return to this remix quite often and enjoy it thoroughly. It’s easy to miss the intricacies of the arrangement and harmonies in this ingenious song. Being able to savor the isolated band and acappella vocals until it launches into the full throttle final cut of the chorus is just magical. The only thing wrong with this song is that it’s not long enough!
I’m a huge fan of the Eagles and love their harmony but this is the greatest American band ever for vocal harmony.
I was fortunate enough to have spent a few seasons as a Top 40 DJ in the early 60's, in the smaller markets, Butte, MT & San Angelo, TX. What fun it was to be able to play Beach Boys' hits, good times, great cars, cute chicks, all that was right
about those days!
Jim Southern
That was one super super song done in the studio with the wrecking crew
Absolutely beautiful
Brian Wilson's musical genius backed by the outstanding musicians that were the Wrecking Crew. How perfect!!!
Lived in NorCal from 1962-64, compliments of the USAF. It was a great time to be in California, and the longest we were anywhere until my father retired. The Beach Boys broke then ~ as well as the Beatles & Stones. It's hard to put into words, but most of my favorite childhood memories come from then & there. The Beach Boys were a big part of it.
Beale A.F.B.?
I grew up for awhile with the Beach Boys who lived next door and used to dance with my girlfriends in the street in front of their house when they were playing in their garage and and became famous and loved them then and still do...this is a great extension of their song. Thanks for sharing !!!!
so cool! such good memories when i hear their music. i have my 13-year-old granddaughter listening to them now!
Judie Mueller you lucky person
***** woah.....share what the family was like. Brian, dad, Denny? ??
+Eva E I'm guessing Brian was the undisputed genius of the group even then.
That is so cool! Thanks for sharing that. It's nice to learn they were nice guys.
Hal Blain's drums and Carol Kay's bass... unbelievable!
+J. E. Richman REMEMBER EARL PALMER AND JIM GORDON WERE ALSO PLAYING DRUMS WITH THE WRECKING CREW NOT JUST HAL BLAINE!! ALSO JOE OSBORN AND LARRY KNECTAL AND RAY POHLMAN AND LYLE RITZ ALSO PLAYED BASS WITH THE WRECKING CREW NOT JUST CAROL KAYE!!
+J. E. Richman fender vi ... correct ?
Not sure what vi means. I play a strat. Carol Kaye mostly played a felt muted Fender Precision bass.
J. E. Richman
roman numerals VI reads as "6" ... FENDER SIX if you like.
Yep, and that's Jimmy Bond on upright, in one of the group shots up there. He belongs in the Crew as well.@@davidjames7949
The Beach Boys had fewer hits than the Beatles, for sure. But a number of the Beach Boys hits (e.g., California Girls, Wouldn't It Be Nice, God Only Knows, Good Vibrations) individually had a much more profound impact. Brian Wilson is a genius beyond words.
Beach Boys were better
Genius, even during his days with Landy.
The man produced 29 albums during a THREE YEAR period!
Sadly he was going mad during that time 😕
Whenever I'm having a bad day......I think of the BB harmonies. Any song I play in my mind gets me through.....
I end up singing......some people are not happy with that but, Brian Wilson's music moves me!
An absolute masterpiece. Ranks with anything Phil Spector, Lennon McCartney or Jagger Richards produced.
All but Spector , to me his stuff was just thrown against a wall to see what stuck
Please delete Jagger/Richards. They don´t belong here.
@@anonymusum I was about to say the same thing!
it's better, brian was way ahead in harmony for sure, and maybe in quality songwriting for the pet sound album
@Huawei is a criminal organization. : Agree -- there's no need to pit Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys against Jagger/Richards and the Rolling Stones. They're both extremely talented songwriters and groups. Yeah, the Stones are a little more "raw" and blues-oriented, but that doesn't mean their music isn't as good and worthy of recognition as the Beach Boys'.
As much as I loved the early Beatles records The Beach Boys were the soundtrack of my teenage years and never to be forgotten.
Perfectly said Peter! I agree 100%.
The vocal harmony,and melodies that went straight to the heart,master musician's.showcased by extended version of song,just fantastic.
Thanks so much, John!
What great harmonies from such an innocent time! The Beach Boys will live forever in anyone's heart who grew up during the 60's!
Hi John, thanks for this amazingly special mix. I'm just back home in Aberdeen after seeing Brian Wilson perform Pet Sounds live in it's entirety in Edinburgh, Scotland. Life really doesn't get any better than this. Tears flowed unashamedly.
Gary....thanks...I appreciate it!
So glad you like this...thanks!
One of the Beach Boys' most endearing songs, thanks to Brian's genius as a producer.
OMG, what a song!! beautiful arrangements, great lyrics, vocals... this sound goes beyond any era! this is to listen again and again, thanks, Brian, thanks Beach Boys!
Brian Wilson was a perfect pitch, once in a lifetime music phenomenon and likewise "The Wrecking Crew" was a batch of the most talented, creative, sought after (but least recognized by the public) experts in their entire field of Studio Musicians. I really miss the late '50's and the 60's especially.
Thank God for the Wrecking Crew!
God, I already know I'm going to be playing this clip about a million times.
I’m on my million and first - still sounds as good as play number one.
Acapella singing in the beginning is so awesome !!
Just everything I remember and still quality
Saw "Love & Mercy" last night.. Excellent. I enjoyed the lovingly detailed depiction of these sessions..
The Wrecking Crew, the best musicians EVER! Pair them with the genius that is Brian Wilson, WOW.. how could you go wrong ! BRILLIANT ! Now this is music ❤
Pet Sounds is Paul McCartney's favorite album of all time! Yes there is a reason for it. Brian Wilson was a west coast genius
And very little Mike Love involvement.
One of my top 5 songs , this song has it all . Absolutely brilliant , pure talent through out this masterpiece. Thanks
You're welcome, Mark!!
This is not just pop music, it is art.Are you listening Mr Love.
+John Cave 60's and 70's music, will go down in history as CLASSIC MUSIC ... the last chapter of, as we know it ...
For sure Mr. Love was listening.
He's said many times how much he loves all of Pet Sounds.
:-)
The genius of Brian Wilson reminds me of just how fortunate my generation was to have such brilliant works as "Wouldn't it be Nice" as part of the soundtrack of our lives. Wow...it just dawned on me as I listen to the sublime vocals and harmonies of these guys...No AutoTune in use! Just real live vocals!
+robert glenn 2:18 five guys with no look but immense talent ... 1D five guys with good look and no talent ...
This is true music! This is musical genius! Brian Wilson wrote beyond the beyond beautiful songs! This is just one that makes me happy and one that I can sing to myself anytime at all. I love the Beatles but the Beach Boys were something entirely different, and this song affects me even more.
james woody
exactly, they are both so immense in their own way that shouldn't be compared
lol...and today they have the nerve to call themselves artists
You're right. They can't be compared to The Beatles.
Silky harmonies. Amazing recording.
I used to listen to their albums over and over and over again. I still love their sound.
True musicianship all the way around.......composing, playing, singing, recording.....Just makes you realize how much of todays pop music is pure unadulterated shite......
In Dec, 1977, the Beach Boys appeared at the old basketball arena on the U. of Oregon campus. All the guys were there, even Brian, and it was by far the best concert I ever attended. By the time they got to the 3 last songs, I was flying high (no substances needed or used!!). I still get chills thinking about it.
+Jim Southern , I have seen the Beach boys about 125 times and those chills have from every time , however seeing Brian Wilson these days with his new band is a much better sound.
hey nice to know someone else can get high on music
I saw them at the Queen Mary in Long Beach around the same time and I was amazed at the couple dozen hit songs they played in a row. Saw Wolfman Jack in the parking lot too.
Jim Southern , I saw them in Philadelphia the same year. I was in my senior year at high school. HEART was the other band. These guys are the soundtrack of my youth.
I wonder if that was when Mike's brother Stanley was playing basketball there
I grew up with the original version, and as a kid, I wished it was longer. Such a nice melody, and harmonies. I FINALLY GOT MY WISH!! Thank you!!!!!😄
That A Capella bit at the beginning gives me chills.
It's not a capella, it's harmony. There's a difference
@@mylifentimes at the beginning they're singing without instrumental backing. That's A Capella. Of course they're using harmony. That's what the Beach Boys did.
@@mylifentimes That's just plain incorrect. If there are no instruments to be heard alongside the voices, it's a cappella.
@@utub1473 that's a literal definition you're quoting. The piece needs to be intended to be performed without instrument. The singers need to emulate the instruments themselves. Here they are merely harmonizing in the beginning. You have to feel the base, middle and treble for it to be a cappella as a separate entity. 2 people can harmonize, but 3 are needed for a capella.
@@mylifentimes Alright, if you'd like to think that.
I have seen The Beach Boys in various cities, in many configurations of members, over many years and was NEVER disappointed-not once! Brilliant music will always win out.Thank you Boys for the best times of my life!!!
Al Jardine said making this record drove him nuts. It took months to finally get Brian's final approval. I recognize the frustration that Al must have had but all these years later I am so grateful.
A genius in Brian Wilson and the best studio musicians of our time. Can only mean hit after hit.
Hey peeps-Gotta get the book The Wrecking Crew by Kent Hartman. Man, u will learn info that is very interesting and moving. Especially my favorite lady of the bass, Carol Kaye a beautiful talented mom and businesswoman. Should be in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . XO
Had to SHARE to My Class of 1972 Classmates!
The brilliance of Brian Wilson using the Wrecking Crew for their beautiful instrumentals guided by him and then the boys singing when they came back from touring. WTG Brian Douglas Wilson, your music will be loved and honored FOREVER!!! Happiness to you, Melinda and all family.
Saw the "Wrecking Crew" documentary this week on AXS TV (and have since watched it 4 times!) and it was so brilliant it almost made me cry. Hal Blaine, Tommy Tedesco, and the amazing Carol Kaye on bass!!
+Jay Robbie IT TOOK TOMMY TEDESCO 15 YEARS TO GET THE MUSICAL PUBLISHING CLEARANCE TO PUT OUT THE GREAT DOCUMENTARY FOR HIS DAD!!!
+david james It was Denny his son who spent all that time getting the clearances. Great documentary!!!
+david james my friend David leaf worked on this as well!! Denny is a great guy,his father and the wrecking crew were and are funny creative and loyal to the artists they had the pleasure to have worked with in the studio in the 1950's thru 1970's!!
+david james He sure did. Denny is a very nice guy. Had the pleasure to meet him at one of the special screenings before the official release of the film. All of the WC musicians are for sure legendary! The new coffee table book Sound Explosion is a great partner to the movie. Lots of amazing stories and history. Didn't mean to correct you on the name. Sure it was a simple error as I'm sure you know the key folks far more than I do!
YOU ARE RIGHT GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT!! THANX FOR THE CORRECTION, DENNYS A GREAT GUY LIKE HIS DAD!!
Thought a Beatles fan 1ST, This is SO Beautiful!!
All their harmonies reign to infinity... The Beatles, The Beach Boys and... The Everly Brothers. :-) :-)
*Though a Beatles fan 1ST, This is SO Beautiful!!
My original sentence was "out of tune" ha-ha.
John Linzmayer ... byrds
Talent Like this is very hard to find these days. The brilliant wrecking crew and BW at their best. Happy birthday Brian.
absolutely beautiful... brian's genius is a feast for the ears!
Musically Brian Wilson was the REAL DEAL….this recording stands the test of time. Brilliant!
Nearly 50 years later it still sounds fantastic. From one of the iconic albums in all of rock history and to showcase the Wrecking Crew makes it more special. And now many years later in life I'll sing the words a tad different, "Wouldn't it nice to be younger....." LOL!
+wkmac2 ... wouldn't it be nice to have good music ...
In the following order: 1) Watch "The Wrecking Crew" documentary; 2) Watch "Love & Mercy" biopic; 3) Read "Musicianship of Brian Wilson" on Wikipedia, including playing the embedded musical snippets; and 4) Listen -- don't watch a video, just listen with your eyes closed -- to "Good Vibrations" which Brian Wilson cut from "Pet Sounds" so he could spend another six months perfecting it. Mind blown.
Prior to the above, I knew about the Beach Boys and had heard of Brian Wilson in only the basic sense, but wanted to dig deeper with each of the above steps. Brian Wilson was famous, wealthy, apparently humble, yet he had barely scratched the surface of his musical genius at age 22 or 23. He knew there was so much more music in his head, and he felt compelled to explore and share. So he stopped touring with the Beach Boys to focus on creating what became “Pet Sounds”.
Great advice!
It's a breath of fresh air to know other people out there think 100% like myself. I listen to Good Vibrations and Sloop John B with my eyes closed on repeat. Mind blown repeated over and over. Brian Wilson + beach boy vocals and harmony + Wrecking Crew = Perfection. I just cry cause I feel like that exact combo will never come along again :(
Bill King ...and somewhere in there read "I Am Brian Wilson"
Bill King love and mercy.... it's a brilliant insight into the genius of Brian Wilson. ....most authentic bio I've seen ever ...
you left out the drugs
I love this montage, Brian so incredibly talented fueled by a desire to make the best music he could, inspired by Phil Spector and the vision to realise what the Beatles were doing.
Quite frankly he had the full package, studio genius.
Brian Wilson is a genius! Memories 💜
WONDERFUL to glimpse Carol Kaye playing a Fender VI bass!
The Wrecking Crew was awesome. Brian Wilson is just a musical genius. That's just all you can say. Awesome video...thanks for sharing.
The Beach Boys bring back soooo many memories of those endless summers😎❤🤗
I imagine the level of excitement listening to the sessions being mixed was amazing! Going into a new realm of pop music and being part of it? I could only imagine the hairs standing up on my arms.
Wouldn't it be nice, if we had a national holiday, Beach Boys Day.
Our greatest American group, Brian Wilson, I'm still listening to Pet Sounds, never will be old.
Nice work sir! I still get goosebumps listening to this
+Ian Purdham ....Ian...thanks!!!
Wouldn't it be nice to be there at the session? Brilliance.
I grew up in the Hollywood Hills and went to Valley View elementary school with Don Randi's kids. Hung out at his jazz club, the Baked Potato, more nights than I can remember. These guys were amazing musicians and Brian is a once-in-a-generation genius.
I feel totally blessed to have lived through the sixties with all of the beautiful music in the USA and England. Although I was really a Shadows and Beatles fan The Beach Boys music really was the soundtrack of my life. My all time favorites have to be good vibrations, Darlin and I can hear music.
The beauty makes me cry. Thanks Brian!
Amazing. A masterpiece
When I see all of these talented session musicians involved in the recording of this song, I still wonder how the Beach Boys did it live when I saw them in the late 70's. I guess backing recordings were used during live performances back then too.
Sure were. Its called the Music Business. People hear what they see.
The Beach boys released all of their beautiful records but I never thought for one second of all of the work that was involved in making these songs. Oh my teenage years. I was young and Naive then but I would love to relive them over and over again
Thanks so much for the mix...GREAT job! When I listen to the isolated vocal and instrumental tracks, not only on this song, but many other of Brian's songs, it reminds me what a true musical genius he was as a writer / producer during the "halcyon" years.
Revolution1117 Rev....thanks so very much!!
mosogotam too great of a mix. ...ty
+mosogotam Thank you so very much for bringing this masterpiece into my home. This is my all time favorite Brian Wilson tune. If only music like this was still produced...
The box set basically hs a whole disc dedicated to this
Revolution1117 what does "halcyon" mean?
AWESOME The way i grew up sure miss these times
Beautiful, pristine.
Flipping brilliant! x
Brian was like Beethoven at the peak of his career. Soaring higher and higher, then slowly cracking up due to his obsession with perfection. That mad cocktail of his talent, cracking up and his desire for perfection resulted in his 9th Symphony. Truly the best musical, vocal and overall arrangement in the history of rock in my book. A marvel really, that you can hear if you listen to it in pieces like this.
I love the Beatles and they were the greatest writers and far more popular for sure, but really they sound like a garage band next to Brian's productions in 1965 and 1966. Gosh, the musical arrangement in California Girls is unbelievable and one of his many songs that remains untouched even to this day.
When they released the Pet Sound Anniversary CD box set, I was working as off duty Cop at a brand new Rex Center. At night I had the whole thing to my self as they finished it. I went in the Gym and put on The Beach Boys doing background Vocals to Wouldn’t it Be Nice. It was like being in the studio as they made the song. Each track was incredibly done vocals music and background. Brian Wilson was able to create a songs that would last forever
truly phenomenal, i wish the younger digital musicians would take some notes from this
Perhaps the Boomer Remover has taken care of this pathetic old man.
@@sludge4125 - spoken like a child who’s taste is in his ass…
Carol and her bass. ❤😍👍😀
So glad you like it...thanks so much!!
Absolutely brilliant, will be playing on my local radio station
There's Larry Knechtel on keyboards. He later played keyboards on Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water". Then during the 70s he played bass guitar and keyboards for the group Bread with David Gates, the lead singer and songwriter of the group. Also, Larry played and toured with the country group The Dixie Chicks.
And don't forget Linda Ronstadt's debut album
Got all these sessions on the 30th Anniversary boxed set. Fantastic.
I shouldn't have been surprised to see mosogotam here. Bravo😄
Leslie Holsey Leslie....thanks so much!
@thebottle51 ...Joey...thank you...it was an easy one to do, thanks to Brian's brilliant composing...
Love the Music ! Love the photos! Great Job! Thank you soooo much!!!!!!!
Thanks, Rick!!
What an assemblage of world class talent - sublime music.
Being a teen in Salt Lake City, Utah meant seeing the Beach Boys at Lagoon amusement park. They would start their tour each year here trying out new sounds and end it on the way home. KNAK AM radio was their home away from home and in fact Bill Hesterman, then the Utah station's program manager became their tour manager and was even on some photos as the 6th Beach Boy.
KNAK owner Howard Johnson had a teenage daughter named Shirley, who owned a turquoise and white Thunderbird. Shirley was working after school in the station one day when the subject of "where were you last night" came up between her and her daddy. When Brian Wilson watched the two interact, that's where he came up with the idea of a girl who "has fun, fun, fun until Daddy takes the T-bird away." They wrote the song on the way back the airport that same day.
If you have one of the analog recordings of their song "Salt Lake City" before they did a digital scrub on it, at the point when they "and the number one radio station makes the town really swing now..ya" right after "Ya" you can just hear dennis from the drum set yelling "KNAK!"
Great memories! I was a teen there about that time (Murray High - Go Spartans!). Used to listen to KNAK and KCPX (K-PIX), but KNAK was definitely the Beach Boys station. I was acquainted with Gary "Wooly" Waldron and Lynn Lehman. Great guys!
Stunning. Absolutely wonderful.
jmp....that's exactly why I created the extended version....so that ALL the production could be appreciated. Glad you liked it.
ive been playing guitar for almost 10 years, im 16 years old now. The Wrecking crews really makes me wanna get better at my reading skills. I can improv but reading (as clearly seen with the wrecking crew) is a great talent to have that many musicians don't have
Hope you've found a teacher that will help you with your reading. It's a very important tool for a skilled musician. Not only to be able to sit down and blow through charts with other players, but a great way to study and exercise through method books. It will make you a three dimensional player.
some other musicians you could use as inspiration are the Funk Brothers who did all the Motown stuff
or Leon Russell.
Glen Campbell did pretty good for a guy who couldn't read music. Glen had that rare natural talent called perfect pitch.
The Wrecking Crew musicians had a good handle on music theory. Once you understand key signatures and chord progressions, it's a matter of practice and mastering the individual instrument(s) and those guys were beyond that.
So Carol Kaye is on the bass! Wow..........
And it does not get any better than this. Brilliant
One of those songs, for people my age, that is timeless and always meaningful
To have this in your head.. & get it out... I forget something at the house most days..; oh.. & he heard everything in mono.. brilliant...
Greatest pop song ever.