All parties and dances played them 60s&70s. There were no critics of their music then. Who gives a f what critics think. I didn't see them at any cool parties in the 60&70s
I was 14 when this song came out. I bought the 45 at Woolworth's for 59 cents and ran all the way home to play it. I was not allowed to use my dad's stereo...but neither he or my mom were home that afternoon. I lay back on the couch as The Beach Boys blasted out of the Magnavox...sounded wonderful! In the middle of this musical bliss, in walk my parents. My mother looked horrified and I was pretty sure I was going to die. My dad said nothing...he waited for the song to end and asked me (calmly) what group that was. I replied "the Beach Boys, aren't they great?". To my amazement (and delight) he agreed..."play it again" he said. My parents were not big fans of rock and roll...Mozart, Frank Sinatra and Dave Brubeck were what they loved. But, from that day on, both my folks paid much closer attention to the music my brother and I listened to. Mom, dad and my brother are gone now...but thanks to "Good Vibrations", the years that followed would find all of us learning to love each other's favorite music. After more than 50 years, I still love the beach boys...but Wolfgang, Frank and Dave all have a place in my record/CD collection.
I am 69 years of age and I have always loved The Beach Boys. But now I appreciate them more than ever. It took me 50 years to realize their greatness. Fantastic!
I’m 35 and have heard them my whole life growing up in LA. But it’s just now I too am realizing how transcendent this stuff is. The muses were singing through these guys, for sure.
Your argument about BB lyrics being irrelevant apparently ignores the SEA CHANGE of pop-rock music between 1964 (I Get Around) and 1968 (2+2 ) and 1969 (Fortunate Son.) By that later period the BB had moved on to different foci as well. BB music from '62-'65 was all about girls, cars and the beach. By '66 it became introspection (Pet Sounds) and by '68 it was tuning out and leaving the heavier stuff to acidheads and hard rockers -- which they NEVER were. Otherwise, I'm down with your thinking...
Amazingly, as wondrous as Carl's voice was - he was a heavy smoker = died at age 51 in '98 of lung-cancer. Brother Dennis passed at age 39 in '83. The only true surfer of these `beach' groups, he drown.
They are just miming. To the original track. Nobody in this video actually played an instrument on the song. Just their vocals.. Dennis isn't even hitting the drums in time.
All the instruments are played by members of “The Wrecking Crew,” a loosely organized group of session musicians. Def worth checking out the free doc about them on TH-cam.
Absolutely!!!!!!! I regard this song is even better than God only knows !! I studied music .. instrument he used those brilliant cellos, the way it shuffle the keys, amazing layers of sound of colors this is master piece!!!
My all time favorite!! The greatest line in pop music history..."I don't know where, but she sends me there." My second favorite: "Elenore Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name." The first was the most romantic. The second, the most tragic." (Just my humble opinion.) 🧐
@@rickfrombohemia9550 yes this is progressive rock, Good Vibrations is probably one of the first examples of it, but prog wasn't realized until Abbey Road or well past it until 1971.
ummm how many harmonies did the beatles have, ever...? lol poking fun, but even they said in an interview they have nothin for the beach boys. props were given
@@kamatsutra7031 Personally I don’t agree .. but, one thing in the Beatles favour is the Beach Boys didn’t play on Good Vibrations, it was the famous Wrecking Crew.. but it was all Beatles on I Want you You/She’s So Heavy.
This is in my opinion one of the greatest combinations of music and quirky lyrics that stay in your head forever. A hedonistic song of bliss, and freedom. I love this song. I do feel good everytime I hear it.
Hedonistic...? No offense intended here, but there's not a single sound of hedonism anywhere in this song - not if hedonism means (and it does) gluttonous and reckless self-indulgence and self absorbtion.
For me , yes Brian ... but the Beach Boys in general . Loved them as a toddler and they "weren't cool" in the 80's , as a teenager . Spent most of my 20s & 30s listening to metal . In my 40's (and now) i rekindled that love !
This song is remarkable on so many levels. Full of surprises, different themes, incredible harmonies, unique instruments. Even the unique way they just faded out the lyrics half way thru the song... I mean, who does that??? Brian Wilson is a musical genius of historic proportions.
The Wrecking Crew, the small group of studio musicians who played on most hit of the hit albums back then, played on the Beach Boys albums. In the TH-cam documentary, The Wrecking Crew, one of them said “Brian Wilson was a genius. The was the best [producer or arranger] I ever worked with.”
How lucky they were when they finally did! I just thought it was an eternal song that had been around forever when I'd hear it on the radio in the 70's as a kid! I didn't care or know that it had been a smash hit a dozen years prior by the time I was 6. It simply gave me a blissful longing for So-Cal bunnies & beaches though I was born in NY! A great song can tantalize you with nostalgic vibes for places & people you've yet to experience, to meet...
In 66 i enlisted as a boy soldier in the brit army , played on the juke box every day at main meal in the cook house , bloody bril , i was 15 years old
Carl Wilson's voice was so amazing. What a talent. All the guys combined to make this band and their music so fun during those years. Today I'm still enjoying them through videos like this one. Love, love, love them!
Probably the greatest pop song ever written! So many melodic layers and grooves with many twists and turns. Totally unique too! It is an eargasm for sure!
@@peterbothwell9005 LOL! Industry buffs! Ask musicians. Most will tell you that Good Vibrations is the ultimate pop song! God Only Knows has a nice melody but it is just a plain old pop song. Good Vibrations on the other hand takes you on a journey with multiple changes in melodies and themes and changes in keys and tempos and meter and time signatures and a host of different instruments and arrangements. Truly inventive! And most importantly a catchy melody that is singable!
@@ricomajestic I agree with you. I was always surprised by the music buff’s statement when I heard it. However, maybe they class, Plain and Simple, as the ultimate pop song ? It would be interesting to see where both songs would come in a Top 50 of their singles, voted for by the public.
Carl Wilson could teach the angels how to sing. He really came into his own around this time and is such a joy to watch here. As for this persistent need that some are afflicted with to compare the Beach Boys to the Beatles: Music is not a competitive sport, political contest, blood feud or war. Lay down your arms, let go of hatred and anger, and surrender to Love. This, and all great music, comes not just from brilliant minds, but from open and loving hearts. Please, open your hearts and let this great beauty in. Be grateful for the incredible gifts we have been blessed with. How fortunate we are to have all this great music. Let us be brought together by it.
The Beach Boys and Beatles learnt from inspired each other. I was a teenager in the 60s and have all pop and rock 450 lps and 2500 music cds and 500 music cassettes. I heard and saw the best from then to now. I love the best of those genres from the 60's up till today. There are great songs and artists every year. I love the best of pop and rock music and many other genres up till today.
True, but at the time The Beatles had such an impact (and raised the bar so high) it inspired so many people everywhere. A competitive element couldn't be denied, albeit a healthy and vibrant competition to be sure. Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney have talked about it in numerous interviews.
This son Good Vibrations came out on my 20 birthday October 1966. As I traveled in the Navy all over the east coast, central america, the west coast, Hawaii and Japan during the Vietnam war era this song carried me wherever I went and for many years after. Now in my 70's and more that 50 years later this song has not lost its power. It never will. What an awesome song.
Pretty sure as I cruised down the highway today with the windows open , arm out the window, and this song cranked up… that my 38 year old body transcended space and time. I was suddenly back in the 1960s. My soul felt at ease, felt like I was hearing this song for the first time. As most people my age listen to whatever crap is being cranked out by these “ artists”…. I appreciate the classics. Truly a gem.
This is pop in it's purest form. Brian Wilson is a musical genius and this musical vision here pushed the edge of what music could be, way out with this song. It is timeless.
I was born in 1947, and there only a few things I remember that were so special that bring tears to my eyes. Driving my XKE, listening to The Beach Boys, and my boyfriends smile.
Their harmonies , the way they could twist and turn their voices was absolutely wonderful and a mystery to me. Some of the best music ever. We sure were lucky ! 💙
25 year old Mexican-American from South Texas. I love rap and Spanish music. But I love this song! I know a master piece when I hear it! #GoodVibrations
So there I was yesterday, sitting on my bodyboard in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa (The Gambia) and this song came into my head. I remembered being a kid in East London being into the Beach Boys and dreaming of surfing. I moved to California and then Maui, HI and enjoyed some of the most amazing times in the ocean. I'm 56 now and this song has been in my head all through my journey's and whenever I'm in the ocean it is the soundtrack to my sessions. Cheers lads.
I grew up in a musical foster home in LA. The eldest son was a percussionist and knew everybody. One day he asked me to help him load a drum kit into the station wagon. "We're goin' to Hawthorne." So off we went. The kids buying the kit were pretty excited and had their amps all set up. As soon as we got it unloaded they started to play. I thought they sounded great. I asked Number One son what he thought. "Man, they're just riffin' on Chuck Berry. These guys are going nowhere." Yep, they were the Wilson brothers about six months before the surfing craze hit in need of a soundtrack.
This is what I LOVE about the comment section on awesome YT videos... THANK YOU for sharing this story - Too cool !!!😘💕 The Beach Boys are one of the things I cherish about being a native Californian (Berkeley, 1966...) 💙💛🎵🌾🎸🎶🧡 ALOHA ☀️🌊🌴
I'm born in 1978 and I love so many kinds of music. From Ragtime to Punk Rock, from Doo Wop to current indie and electronic music. But, honestly, I do not think there has been a bigger genius in the history of popular music than Brian Wilson. "Good Vibrations" really is a "pocket symphony", with six sections. By no means any kind of regular song. And all those instruments, including the cellos (those staccato hums) and the electro-theremin! I loved the song from the moment on I first heard it as a child. It took me some time though to grasp how complex it was. I'm not a musician, just a music enthusiast. To come up with all these different parts and put them together! And Brian wrote and produced it! I recommend to all of you to listen to the Smile sessions. 23 versions, bits and pieces. And you hear Brian conducting. Oh yeah, and I recommend watching the film "Love & Mercy".
I love all the different parts this song has and how they are all variations on the main tune. And that transition at the end is just freaking amazing. Fantastic music
I’m a huge beatles fan but I have to admit that this song alone is the reason sergeant peppers came to be. I mean everything in the composition from the offbeat bassline to the eerie strings, the attitude, the sound collage, the lyrics makes the palette with which Paul, John and George Martin built that album. Brian Wilson is a genius.
Beach Boys, my favorite group. Their music, sound, lyrics, harmonies exemplify the California sound, Summer time, beaches, surf, sand, guys, girls, young love, happy, simple, fun times. Their music never grows old, it has a youthful, young sound still 50 plus years later. I do not think there is another artist or group of artists that had such a positive sound. Except John Denver, whom I also really liked. Love the Beach Boys, great group.
I've been listening to this song my whole life and I've never heard that vocal section. It's not present on my albums or on the streaming sites I've checked. Does anyone know which recording this is? Did they do different versions for different regions, like other bands of the era did?
I love The Beatles and The Beach Boys equally. I don't see two bands competing but two bands playing off each other to bring wonderful groundbreaking music to a world that sorely needed it. No need to fight, just enjoy the beautiful tunes. If there is one thing this world will be remembered for is our grasp of music and sound that blasts through space. Hopefully some alien race will hear this and know something good was going on down on Earth.
The beatles were only together for a short amount of time and very over rated just my opinion!😊 So many other bands that ran circles around the beatles!
I got to see them in concert in 1976. Brian was visibly highly medicated or on drugs. Dennis was wasted. But their sound was just outstanding. Still one of the best concerts I have ever heard. Their sound is just beautiful
It took months for Brian Wilson to record this song perfectly, lots of studio time and lots of money. It took 75,000 dollars, the usual cost for an entire album, to make this one song.
I was born in 1965, younger brother of 6. So I didn't have to leave the house to enjoy my brothers' vinyls... Beatles, Stones, Beach Boys and many others were regularly heard at home. So, since then this song has accompanied me since very early on... and nowadays as if by magic I find myself humming "Good vibrations" don't ask me how but it's true... it was without a doubt one of the better songs that ingrained in my memory...
As Brian left the stage to produce the masterpieces that he did, it allowed Carl to play a bigger role for the group, and how we got to see him blossom to the superstar he really was.
Carl Wilson has the best voice I ever heard in my life. And I think he is the invisible one, don´t know why. Too much Brian or Dennis but Carl was THE voice.
The layered vocals combined with the music is outstanding,how the hell they hit those notes in the chorus is absolutely unreal,never tire of hearing it wish I'd been around in 66 just to hear other peoples opinion on it,a killer tune
As many folks below say, one of the GREATEST tunes ever! Bless them Beach Boys...I grew up surfing in southern california in the 1960's and they were such a mainstay of that culture--what a group and what a time! Absolutely primo!
It's weird that I've also heard this song my entire life and am just now realizing how truly amazing it is! I'm drawn to the sound of that bass and Carl's voice.
This song is the product of a guy who knew what he wanted to make all the while everyone not having a clue what he was hearing in his head and why he wanted them to play their instruments that particular way. He was a musical genius who knew the sum of all its parts and once they gave him what he asked for, created one of the best songs to ever bless our ears!! Just because you don't understand someone's request of your professional talent, doesn't mean you know better. They just need your small part to be exactly what they want and if you deliver it to them, just look what can happen. No matter how skilled you are, there is always a bigger fish, ALWAYS! THANK YOU BRIAN WILSON AND THE WRECKING CREW FOR THESE SONG!! When Sir Paul McCartney says his all time favorite song is God Only Knows, you know you were a Titan of Music. BRAVO!!
I agree with that, the Beach Boys were more versatile than the Beatles, I just wish Bruce Johnston got the recognition of being a Beach Boy..he was actually with them longer than Al Jardine, Al wasn't on the first song..Surfin', Bruce joined after Brian had the meltdown, and has been with them ever since.
I think you are right, by a long way. The Beatles may have been 'better' songwriters, if the number of covers are a yardstick, I think that Beatles songs have been covered quite a lot more. But that is partly becuase of their simplicity. They were a "marching band" according to Don McLean, and he had a point. I think it is a lot more difficult to cover this than, say, "Yesterday," which has been covered by everyone and his dog. Relatedly, I think that the Beatles were more lyrical rather than musical and the reverse for the Beach Boys. Or at least, Beach Boy harmonies are out of this world.
Evan Thompson Oh, you're not on much of a limb there, at least in the sense that what you're saying is factual and widely recognized by music fans/critics. You left something out, though: the Beach Boys exceeded the Beatles in the range, quality AND quantity of their harmonies. The Beatles simply didn't rely on that vocal style the way the Beach Boys did. In other words, we are comparing apples to oranges when we match the Beach Boys and Beatles up, especially regarding vocals. In fact, I'd say most Beatles v Beach Boys comparisons are on a pretty tenuous "branch", if you will, in the sense that it's like comparing the fastest motorcycle with the fastest car. Which one is faster? There's an answer to that. Whether it means one or the other is "better" in any way is another matter, since the two vehicles are not designed with the same goals in mind.
Definitely way up there on the list of top arrangements and none other like it during that time. Heard somewhere it took 6 months (or longer) to arrange and record? And yes, give credit where due. This was one of those barrier breakers in terms of what everyone appreciates. Major kudos to Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys.
I'm a blackman from the hood and I know good music when I hear it. This song was way ahead of its time.
It sure was. It’s aged well.
my old friend proposed to his fiancée to this song at that time, and they still love each other today
even the Beatles said that
@mmou. Now the whole country is a hood. So grateful we have good old music. Amen! GBY and your family! Jim
All parties and dances played them 60s&70s. There were no critics of their music then. Who gives a f what critics think. I didn't see them at any cool parties in the 60&70s
I was 14 when this song came out. I bought the 45 at Woolworth's for 59 cents and
ran all the way home to play it. I was not allowed to use my dad's stereo...but neither
he or my mom were home that afternoon. I lay back on the couch as The Beach Boys
blasted out of the Magnavox...sounded wonderful! In the middle of this musical bliss,
in walk my parents. My mother looked horrified and I was pretty sure I was going to die.
My dad said nothing...he waited for the song to end and asked me (calmly) what group
that was. I replied "the Beach Boys, aren't they great?". To my amazement (and delight)
he agreed..."play it again" he said. My parents were not big fans of rock and roll...Mozart,
Frank Sinatra and Dave Brubeck were what they loved. But, from that day on, both my folks
paid much closer attention to the music my brother and I listened to. Mom, dad and my
brother are gone now...but thanks to "Good Vibrations", the years that followed would find
all of us learning to love each other's favorite music. After more than 50 years, I still love
the beach boys...but Wolfgang, Frank and Dave all have a place in my record/CD collection.
Groovy story man!!
Thank you for sharing. That memory will be with you forever.
R
It never stops to amaze me the power of music, Cuts to the very soul of all willing to open to it, Great story!!
A fine story. I had one like this but it did not.......work out like yours , much screaming and arguing. They were no fans Steppenwolf but I am still
probably one of the best things to come out of America ever
In my humble opinion, this is argueably one of the top ten best songs ever written.
Right up there with God only knows
It has to be. Amazing in so many ways.
Thank you. I agree.
Right up there with "Gucci Gang" by Lil Pump.
Spot on. Along with Theme From Death Wish by Herbie Hancock
I wonder if they had any idea that people, not yet born, would be listening to this 50 years later with amazement at their talent.
I wonder too...was literally the first cd I ever purchased at 12. im 25 now and they still amaze me.
I went to their 50th Anniversary Concert
lucky
yes my grand daughters love this.... I have never stopped lovin it... x
If they didn't back I think they do now who ever is still alive of "The Beach Boys" that is!
The era when timeless music was created
Agree ❤
I am 69 years of age and I have always loved The Beach Boys. But now I appreciate them more than ever. It took me 50 years to realize their greatness. Fantastic!
Thank you, Paul.
nice
I’m 35 and have heard them my whole life growing up in LA. But it’s just now I too am realizing how transcendent this stuff is. The muses were singing through these guys, for sure.
Paul van Dijck didn’t give them a second thought when I was a kid. Man has that changed. The vocal arrangements alone were amazing!
Your argument about BB lyrics being irrelevant apparently ignores the SEA CHANGE of pop-rock music between 1964 (I Get Around) and 1968 (2+2 ) and 1969 (Fortunate Son.) By that later period the BB had moved on to different foci as well. BB music from '62-'65 was all about girls, cars and the beach. By '66 it became introspection (Pet Sounds) and by '68 it was tuning out and leaving the heavier stuff to acidheads and hard rockers -- which they NEVER were. Otherwise, I'm down with your thinking...
This is just another example of Brian Wilson's musical genius at work. Rip Carl, his vocals were amazing on this❤
Amazingly, as wondrous as Carl's voice was - he was a heavy smoker = died at age 51 in '98 of lung-cancer. Brother Dennis passed at age 39 in '83. The only true surfer of these `beach' groups, he drown.
I cannot get over what a piece of art this is. Masterpiece. And Carl shines on this, both bass and vocals.
hi yeh Mike a Classic summer n Ireland 27%howja irish saying
They are just miming. To the original track.
Nobody in this video actually played an instrument on the song. Just their vocals..
Dennis isn't even hitting the drums in time.
All the instruments are played by members of “The Wrecking Crew,” a loosely organized group of session musicians. Def worth checking out the free doc about them on TH-cam.
Absolutely!!!!!!! I regard this song is even better than God only knows !!
I studied music .. instrument he used those brilliant cellos, the way it shuffle the keys, amazing layers of sound of colors this is master piece!!!
That would be Carol Kaye on bass for sure
It's almost like it's 8 or 10 different songs that unfold like chapters in a book. Spectacular.
Something like Queen's Innuendo.
My all time favorite!! The greatest line in pop music history..."I don't know where, but she sends me there." My second favorite: "Elenore Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name." The first was the most romantic. The second, the most tragic." (Just my humble opinion.) 🧐
@@rickfrombohemia9550 yes this is progressive rock, Good Vibrations is probably one of the first examples of it, but prog wasn't realized until Abbey Road or well past it until 1971.
Timeless masterpiece. This will never, ever get old. It will sound just as fresh and mesmerizing in 2166 as it did in 1966. Brain Wilson is a genius.
Paul West I was 8 when this came out, I loved it then, and I love it now.
Paul West - I was about to leave the same comment.
Brain Wilson? hahahahah
Like I said earlier when Brian has 50 Number 1 hits like the Beatles then consider him genius.
@@MrOldspice1 lol. Bw is a genius dude. Stfu. And i like beatles more so stfu
As a hard core Beatle fan .. this is as good as anything they did, Brian was a music genius. God Only Knows was one of Paul’s favourite songs.
Yep! Its pretty obvious where the inspiration came from for Back in the USSR
ummm how many harmonies did the beatles have, ever...? lol poking fun, but even they said in an interview they have nothin for the beach boys. props were given
I Want You (She's so Heavy) is good as Good Vibrations
@@kamatsutra7031 Personally I don’t agree .. but, one thing in the Beatles favour is the Beach Boys didn’t play on Good Vibrations, it was the famous Wrecking Crew.. but it was all Beatles on I Want you You/She’s So Heavy.
Agreed. Pet sounds is way better than anything the lads did. And I’m a diehard beatle guy
This is in my opinion one of the greatest combinations of music and quirky lyrics that stay in your head forever. A hedonistic song of bliss, and freedom. I love this song. I do feel good everytime I hear it.
Yes... A genius of a Song
Some drum part too!
Hedonistic...? No offense intended here, but there's not a single sound of hedonism anywhere in this song - not if hedonism means (and it does) gluttonous and reckless self-indulgence and self absorbtion.
When Paul McCartney heard this, he said “How we top that!?
You said it, Mon..!!
As you get older, you appreciate the genius of Brian Wilson
For me , yes Brian ... but the Beach Boys in general . Loved them as a toddler and they "weren't cool" in the 80's , as a teenager . Spent most of my 20s & 30s listening to metal . In my 40's (and now) i rekindled that love !
A genius, i love him
All of them
YES
That's Carl wilson
Beach boys and driving a classic car at same time is like living a dream
I don't know where but she sends me there. One of the best lines ever written in a song.
My fave lyric
Susan, also, "I may not always love you"
All hail the great Carol Kaye!
Genius
Miguel Trevino hahahaha
This song is remarkable on so many levels. Full of surprises, different themes, incredible harmonies, unique instruments. Even the unique way they just faded out the lyrics half way thru the song... I mean, who does that??? Brian Wilson is a musical genius of historic proportions.
The Wrecking Crew, the small group of studio musicians who played on most hit of the hit albums back then, played on the Beach Boys albums. In the TH-cam documentary, The Wrecking Crew, one of them said “Brian Wilson was a genius. The was the best [producer or arranger] I ever worked with.”
indeed! Brian Wilson was is not just the garden variety prodigy by any means!
but he aint geddy lee
@@Augfordpdoggieim a huge rush fan but u can’t compare geddy lee to Brian Wilson
The Beatles motivated Brian and vise verse
In 1966 people had NEVER heard a song like this.
How lucky they were when they finally did! I just thought it was an eternal song that had been around forever when I'd hear it on the radio in the 70's as a kid! I didn't care or know that it had been a smash hit a dozen years prior by the time I was 6. It simply gave me a blissful longing for So-Cal bunnies & beaches though I was born in NY! A great song can tantalize you with nostalgic vibes for places & people you've yet to experience, to meet...
In 66 i enlisted as a boy soldier in the brit army , played on the juke box every day at main meal in the cook house , bloody bril , i was 15 years old
@Pixie Better than all the bullshit we're mired in today! And I'm not just referring to the retread music n vapid culture!
@Pixie it was a great time to be young and alive! I wish I had a time machine. I’d so go back.
And in these years, young people reject this kind of songs as fool ballads. Sad.
One of the greatest songs ever recorded. If not the greatest. An absolute masterpiece.
It really is.
BRIAN WILSON, GENIUS.
Absofrickinlutely. It was masterpiece back in 1966 when I first heard it, and sounds even better ( especially this version ) 56 years later in 2022.
Takes your breath away and opens your chakras!!!!
Facts!!
brian wilson one of the greatest musical genius ever
Along with Phil Spector and the Wrecking Crew!! And lets not forget Carol Kaye!
Clutch dem pearls, good heavens!
Beethoven, Mozart, Gershwin were all "pop" musicians, meaning they wrote and often performed the popular music of their era.
Two words say it all,,,,, "Pet Sounds"!
Yeah, I don't think my record collection is complete without Pet Sounds and now Smile
Most people have no idea how brilliant this arrangement is. So many just write it off as a simple pop song.
It is brilliant. Nothing simple about this song.
agree, its really hard to fuse all these instruments playing to create this amazing score in your head, what a masterclass by the beach boys
It’s opera
Art pop.
@@rickfrombohemia9550 not really, this is rock music
Carl Wilson's voice was so amazing. What a talent. All the guys combined to make this band and their music so fun during those years. Today I'm still enjoying them through videos like this one. Love, love, love them!
Probably the greatest pop song ever written! So many melodic layers and grooves with many twists and turns. Totally unique too! It is an eargasm for sure!
Many music industry buffs say that, God Only Knows, is the greatest pop song ever written.
@@peterbothwell9005 LOL! Industry buffs! Ask musicians. Most will tell you that Good Vibrations is the ultimate pop song! God Only Knows has a nice melody but it is just a plain old pop song. Good Vibrations on the other hand takes you on a journey with multiple changes in melodies and themes and changes in keys and tempos and meter and time signatures and a host of different instruments and arrangements. Truly inventive! And most importantly a catchy melody that is singable!
@@ricomajestic I agree with you. I was always surprised by the music buff’s statement when I heard it.
However, maybe they class, Plain and Simple, as the ultimate pop song ?
It would be interesting to see where both songs would come in a Top 50 of their singles, voted for by the public.
As a kid I wrote off The Beach Boys as a annoying party surf band…. As an adult I’m dumbfounded at the genius
Me too! I'm glad I was wrong ☺️
Damn good comment.
I know right?!
Ditto ! 😊👍
Same here
As a teen I read Brian Wilson 'Wouldnt it be nice' and that right there changed my entire view of the band and the music.
Carl Wilson could teach the angels how to sing. He really came into his own around this time and is such a joy to watch here.
As for this persistent need that some are afflicted with to compare the Beach Boys to the Beatles: Music is not a competitive sport, political contest, blood feud or war. Lay down your arms, let go of hatred and anger, and surrender to Love. This, and all great music, comes not just from brilliant minds, but from open and loving hearts. Please, open your hearts and let this great beauty in. Be grateful for the incredible gifts we have been blessed with. How fortunate we are to have all this great music. Let us be brought together by it.
Melanie - Lay Down (Candles in the Rain (1970)
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The Beach Boys and Beatles learnt from inspired each other. I was a teenager in the 60s and have all pop and rock 450 lps and 2500 music cds and 500 music cassettes. I heard and saw the best from then to now. I love the best of those genres from the 60's up till today. There are great songs and artists every year. I love the best of pop and rock music and many other genres up till today.
My ongoing but never realized hope is for your dreams to come to fulfillment. I have given up recently on humanity...
True, but at the time The Beatles had such an impact (and raised the bar so high) it inspired so many people everywhere. A competitive element couldn't be denied, albeit a healthy and vibrant competition to be sure. Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney have talked about it in numerous interviews.
I will never surrender to Mike Love.
This son Good Vibrations came out on my 20 birthday October 1966. As I traveled in the Navy all over the east coast, central america, the west coast, Hawaii and Japan during the Vietnam war era this song carried me wherever I went and for many years after. Now in my 70's and more that 50 years later this song has not lost its power. It never will. What an awesome song.
Good vibrations to you sailor, thanks for serving America.
Thank you for your service sir
Well said sir
Nothing..just Genius!!!! Thanks a Lot!!!!
That first vocal. Shivers EVERY time
Absolutely. As great as the song is..that opening vocal...just astonishing.
This song pierces my soul. It’s so good it brings tears to my eyes.
Me too
Reminds me of my first teenage love Susan Rigby. Don`t know whatever happened to you Susan but I hope life has treated you well.
That’s sweet.
Pretty sure as I cruised down the highway today with the windows open , arm out the window, and this song cranked up… that my 38 year old body transcended space and time. I was suddenly back in the 1960s. My soul felt at ease, felt like I was hearing this song for the first time. As most people my age listen to whatever crap is being cranked out by these “ artists”…. I appreciate the classics. Truly a gem.
A work of pure genius from Brian Wilson but Carl’s vocals send this song into another dimension. And that makes it one of the best songs ever.
Yes,Carls vocals,i agree
One of the top 100 songs of the last 100 years.
The Brian Wilson movie "Love and Mercy" was well done..Excellent movie. I love their music, takes me to another place
***** Could you please tell me where did you see this movie? I'm trying to find it on the Internet but unsuccessfully so far.
Анастасия Шедловская Love and Mercy is a recent feature release can be seen in theaters where it's being shown; don't think it's out on dvd yet.
John Stump Thank you for your answer!
I just watched it at home on Putlocker.is for free. excellent quality. Best movie I've seen a long time.
+dubseedz757 to think that he was mentally challenged and heard voices in his head, but somehow knew and hear beautiful music...
39 years old. I mostly listen to hard rock. This transends categories, styles, genres. Such a great piece of art
best comment here.
This is pop in it's purest form. Brian Wilson is a musical genius and this musical vision here pushed the edge of what music could be, way out with this song. It is timeless.
I was born in 1947, and there only a few things I remember that were so special that bring tears to my eyes. Driving my XKE, listening to The Beach Boys, and my boyfriends smile.
Their harmonies , the way they could twist and turn their voices was absolutely wonderful and a mystery to me. Some of the best music ever. We sure were lucky ! 💙
I totally agree
25 year old Mexican-American from South Texas. I love rap and Spanish music. But I love this song! I know a master piece when I hear it!
#GoodVibrations
Si si muchacho muy excellente. To tambien de Texas.
Cuh
good music, is good music.
rap is crap; condescending and idiotic lyrics.
@@pauleypavillion6088 Bruh
Is this the most, incredible song ever written.
As famous as they are, they're still Underrated.
There music gets better with each passing year
This is a true statement
that's a slap in the face
Yes they really are!
I get that
So there I was yesterday, sitting on my bodyboard in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa (The Gambia) and this song came into my head. I remembered being a kid in East London being into the Beach Boys and dreaming of surfing. I moved to California and then Maui, HI and enjoyed some of the most amazing times in the ocean. I'm 56 now and this song has been in my head all through my journey's and whenever I'm in the ocean it is the soundtrack to my sessions.
Cheers lads.
Lads… and ladettes.
I grew up in a musical foster home in LA. The eldest son was a percussionist and knew everybody. One day he asked me to help him load a drum kit into the station wagon. "We're goin' to Hawthorne." So off we went. The kids buying the kit were pretty excited and had their amps all set up. As soon as we got it unloaded they started to play. I thought they sounded great. I asked Number One son what he thought. "Man, they're just riffin' on Chuck Berry. These guys are going nowhere."
Yep, they were the Wilson brothers about six months before the surfing craze hit in need of a soundtrack.
WOW!
Epic!
Holy crap that’s cool
incredible!
This is what I LOVE about the comment section on awesome YT videos... THANK YOU for sharing this story - Too cool !!!😘💕
The Beach Boys are one of the things I cherish about being a native Californian
(Berkeley, 1966...)
💙💛🎵🌾🎸🎶🧡
ALOHA ☀️🌊🌴
Carl Wilson had such a great voice and perfect pitch. He also played guitar and bass. Amazlngly talented individual.
Yes he was :-)
More importantly, he was the glue that kept the band together thru the stressful times.
No denying the beautiful harmony and complex arrangements throughout decades of timeless music. The Beach Boys... a gift to our souls.
I'm born in 1978 and I love so many kinds of music. From Ragtime to Punk Rock, from Doo Wop to current indie and electronic music. But, honestly, I do not think there has been a bigger genius in the history of popular music than Brian Wilson. "Good Vibrations" really is a "pocket symphony", with six sections. By no means any kind of regular song. And all those instruments, including the cellos (those staccato hums) and the electro-theremin! I loved the song from the moment on I first heard it as a child. It took me some time though to grasp how complex it was. I'm not a musician, just a music enthusiast. To come up with all these different parts and put them together! And Brian wrote and produced it! I recommend to all of you to listen to the Smile sessions. 23 versions, bits and pieces. And you hear Brian conducting. Oh yeah, and I recommend watching the film "Love & Mercy".
I still remember the very first time I heard Good Vibrations! Was driving my 1966 Plymouth Valiant to class at Florida State University! :-)
Go Gators ;-)
Too much information
Brings back memories of basic training at Fort Campbell , Ky 1966 , this was playing on the radio all the time !
Just a flat out AMAZING SONG. And I want that Fender P-Bass that Carl is playing!!!
Yeah, I'm fairly certain Carol Kaye is playing on this track
One of the most iconic pop songs of all time. Brian Wilson at his best.
That's Carl wilson
Plain and simple, one of the greatest songs in the history of music.
Absolutely!
I love all the different parts this song has and how they are all variations on the main tune. And that transition at the end is just freaking amazing. Fantastic music
I’m a huge beatles fan but I have to admit that this song alone is the reason sergeant peppers came to be. I mean everything in the composition from the offbeat bassline to the eerie strings, the attitude, the sound collage, the lyrics makes the palette with which Paul, John and George Martin built that album. Brian Wilson is a genius.
You know things spr!
@B H good vibrations was released october 1966, sgt pepper's june 67
Beach Boys, my favorite group. Their music, sound, lyrics, harmonies exemplify the California sound, Summer time, beaches, surf, sand, guys, girls, young love, happy, simple, fun times. Their music never grows old, it has a youthful, young sound still 50 plus years later. I do not think there is another artist or group of artists that had such a positive sound. Except John Denver, whom I also really liked. Love the Beach Boys, great group.
well said Candee !
Thank you
You said it Candee, you took the word right out of my keyboard. Take Care Eh?
Thank you for your nice reply.
Candee You are Welcome.
My cousin lived on coast and he surfs. I started with beach boys .I still like them today
One of the greatest songs of all times.
flesherWI right? It is definitely up there
It took me 60 years to fully appreciate how talented The Beach Boy were. They were brilliant.
They're that old?
@@gulagfingerprint3696 Well, not that old. )
I hear that! I started really listening to them again at near-70 and they were extraordinary. Now go listen to Sail On, Sailor again.
Playing this on guitar or bass is one of the best feelings, you can actually feel the vibrations go through your body
The vocal arrangements, especially at the end, ARE FROM ANOTHER WORLD.
Of all the versions of Good Vibrations on TH-cam, this one has the clearest and best mix, IMO.
Spock would say...perhaps the best love song ever written.
It is said that when the Beatles heard this for the first time they were blown away...music from a mind that thinks...what box?
I believe they said this album inspired Sgt. Pepper's.
2:54 TO 3:34 is a symphonic display of heavenly voices that was way, way, way ahead of its time!
MrBradymoss its from ancient Egypt friend
I've been listening to this song my whole life and I've never heard that vocal section. It's not present on my albums or on the streaming sites I've checked. Does anyone know which recording this is? Did they do different versions for different regions, like other bands of the era did?
@@SweetSirenia Apparently it was “too long” .
One of the seminal songs in Rock history.
Unbelievable arrangement and original structure. Fricking Amazing.
I love The Beatles and The Beach Boys equally. I don't see two bands competing but two bands playing off each other to bring wonderful groundbreaking music to a world that sorely needed it. No need to fight, just enjoy the beautiful tunes. If there is one thing this world will be remembered for is our grasp of music and sound that blasts through space. Hopefully some alien race will hear this and know something good was going on down on Earth.
The beatles were only together for a short amount of time and very over rated just my opinion!😊 So many other bands that ran circles around the beatles!
Still say Carl Wilson had one of the best Voices in Music Ever
2:18-3:29 is literally amazing. Everything about that bit. It sounds majestic and pure genius imo.
Fur Shure
All these decades later, what an EXTRAORDINARY sound that is.
peaco1000 it is, without tricks. Just talent technique and genius
It transports you to a certain time and place, even if you never lived during it, like me.
I got to see them in concert in 1976. Brian was visibly highly medicated or on drugs. Dennis was wasted. But their sound was just outstanding. Still one of the best concerts I have ever heard. Their sound is just beautiful
Th!e two best bands of the 60's, the Beatles and the Beach Boys, The soundtrack of of my life...
The Easybeats an Australien group is very well !
This song has been stuck in my head for the past week, I’m glad the internet is here so I can finally listen to it, this song is timeless!
Im 16 years old & i love this song!!
As a 11 yr old I wanted to move to the West Coast when I first heard The Beach Boys in early 60's. Still on my bucket list to visit Ventura Beach.
It took months for Brian Wilson to record this song perfectly, lots of studio time and lots of money. It took 75,000 dollars, the usual cost for an entire album, to make this one song.
As great today as 50 years ago .
I was born in 1965, younger brother of 6. So I didn't have to leave the house to enjoy my brothers' vinyls... Beatles, Stones, Beach Boys and many others were regularly heard at home. So, since then this song has accompanied me since very early on... and nowadays as if by magic I find myself humming "Good vibrations" don't ask me how but it's true... it was without a doubt one of the better songs that ingrained in my memory...
Brian Wilson worked Hard AF on this song. Respect.
Love this....Bringing me summer vibes everytime I listen to it no matter which season it is.👏🌞🎶🏖
As Brian left the stage to produce the masterpieces that he did, it allowed Carl to play a bigger role for the group, and how we got to see him blossom to the superstar he really was.
Thankyou I was wondering where Brian was!. ✌
One of the greatest music productions of all timel There is so much going on, but it comes out as artistry.
Its the way their music makes you feel.....so good!
A timeless masterpiece. Pure magic.
This song blew everybodys mind when it came out! Brian's genius was exposed with this incredible recording!😎
Carl Wilson has the best voice I ever heard in my life. And I think he is the invisible one, don´t know why. Too much Brian or Dennis but Carl was THE voice.
The layered vocals combined with the music is outstanding,how the hell they hit those notes in the chorus is absolutely unreal,never tire of hearing it wish I'd been around in 66 just to hear other peoples opinion on it,a killer tune
As many folks below say, one of the GREATEST tunes ever! Bless them Beach Boys...I grew up surfing in southern california in the 1960's and they were such a mainstay of that culture--what a group and what a time! Absolutely primo!
GREAT DAYS.
It's weird that I've also heard this song my entire life and am just now realizing how truly amazing it is! I'm drawn to the sound of that bass and Carl's voice.
I never new how great the Beach Boys were how he can mix so many different sounds and instruments together pure genius
This song is the product of a guy who knew what he wanted to make all the while everyone not having a clue what he was hearing in his head and why he wanted them to play their instruments that particular way. He was a musical genius who knew the sum of all its parts and once they gave him what he asked for, created one of the best songs to ever bless our ears!! Just because you don't understand someone's request of your professional talent, doesn't mean you know better. They just need your small part to be exactly what they want and if you deliver it to them, just look what can happen. No matter how skilled you are, there is always a bigger fish, ALWAYS! THANK YOU BRIAN WILSON AND THE WRECKING CREW FOR THESE SONG!! When Sir Paul McCartney says his all time favorite song is God Only Knows, you know you were a Titan of Music. BRAVO!!
Going out on a limb here, but I believe the range and quality of the Beach Boys' harmonies excelled those of the Beatles.
Totally agree. The best Beatles song sounds like it was recorded in a tin can compared to this Masterpiece, just sayin....
I agree with that, the Beach Boys were more versatile than the Beatles, I just wish Bruce Johnston got the recognition of being a Beach Boy..he was actually with them longer than Al Jardine, Al wasn't on the first song..Surfin', Bruce joined after Brian had the meltdown, and has been with them ever since.
Absolutely harmony vocal better than Beatles :-)
I think you are right, by a long way. The Beatles may have been 'better' songwriters, if the number of covers are a yardstick, I think that Beatles songs have been covered quite a lot more. But that is partly becuase of their simplicity. They were a "marching band" according to Don McLean, and he had a point. I think it is a lot more difficult to cover this than, say, "Yesterday," which has been covered by everyone and his dog. Relatedly, I think that the Beatles were more lyrical rather than musical and the reverse for the Beach Boys. Or at least, Beach Boy harmonies are out of this world.
Evan Thompson Oh, you're not on much of a limb there, at least in the sense that what you're saying is factual and widely recognized by music fans/critics.
You left something out, though: the Beach Boys exceeded the Beatles in the range, quality AND quantity of their harmonies. The Beatles simply didn't rely on that vocal style the way the Beach Boys did. In other words, we are comparing apples to oranges when we match the Beach Boys and Beatles up, especially regarding vocals.
In fact, I'd say most Beatles v Beach Boys comparisons are on a pretty tenuous "branch", if you will, in the sense that it's like comparing the fastest motorcycle with the fastest car. Which one is faster? There's an answer to that. Whether it means one or the other is "better" in any way is another matter, since the two vehicles are not designed with the same goals in mind.
Brian Wilson...Total Genius, Brilliant Musical Talent. Listen to the modulations here...this guy is up there with the greatest composers of all time!
Genious ! That organ intro always makes me cry.. ⚘🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
This is possibly the best song ever written.
I prefer Good Vibrations but God Only Knows is potentially a better song, maybe?
It's hard as hell to find a song more addicting to listen to you know
This and In my room.
it's been half a century since this song came out and yet im listening to it
I just saw Brian Wilson yesterday :)
Levi Moore
that's really cool!
what happened in cape town Yeah its sad tho how his voice has gone due to the treatments and drugs and stuff :/
Carl Wilson sings lead on the verses. Mike Love sings lead during the chorus.
And it will be for the next one.
Such an outstanding peice of music.
(It may actually be...
My favourite song.)
Thee most perfect song ever written. Carl Dean Wilson looked and sounded like an angel. What a beaut!!
Dennis was such an incredible drummer that he could literally miss his cues and play the wrong thing and it still sounded perfect every time.
my first record, I still have it & we saw them here in Australia in early 70s
Brian Wilson....is and will ALWAYS be a musical genius!!!!!
É impossível não gostar desta música!!! Uma obra-prima de um génio!!!!
Some people do not like old songs…
My favorite song of all time. So brilliant. Still sounds fresh all these years later.
The definition of timeless...perhaps the most brilliant arrangement of all time.
Definitely way up there on the list of top arrangements and none other like it during that time. Heard somewhere it took 6 months (or longer) to arrange and record? And yes, give credit where due. This was one of those barrier breakers in terms of what everyone appreciates. Major kudos to Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys.