Brian Wilson lived in the house where Sharon Tate was murdered by the “Manson family” He moved out a couple months before the murders. That’s who Charlie was after. He( Charlie) wanted Brian Wilson to promote his music.
The Beach Boys and the Beatles were geniuses with double tracking and using the latest technology. Every time one would release an album, the other would say that’s great, but well up you on our next. The last Beach Boys album was Pet Sounds and is considered one of the best albums ever. Right after, the Beatles released Stg. Pepper, also one of the best. All their albums were full great songs.
Big difference is that the Beach Boys did not play any instruments on their albums. The studio musicians did all the music and then the Beach Boys would come in and do the singing. The same studio musicians that played on the Monkees albums. The Wrecking Crew was the nickname for the studio musicians. Hal Blaine was the greatest drummer of that gang and Glen Campbell played guitar.
We didn’t have that term, boy band, back then. These were serious musicians, especially Brian Wilson. Genius. “Boy Bands” came later and weren’t considered any kind of musicians, just pretty boys, singing cute songs usually written by somebody else, totally created by the labels. Brian Wilson probably would be offended if somebody called them a boy band, FYI. Paul McCartney was blown away by the production and writing on the BB album “Pet Sounds”. Sgt Pepper was the Beatles trying to top Pet Sounds.
Brian Wilson spent 6 months in the studio obsessed with this song. It held up the production of the album and the record company was putting pressure on him to get it done! Remember, there were NO computers, no autotune, no special effects that we have today. He created a masterpiece out of 60's technology!
It opened the door to Day in the Life and Bohemian Rhapsody. Before this song, no one in pop music dared mix time signatures, key changes, strange harmonies and sound effects. Changed our lives, kids.
In 1964 the Beach Boys came out with "I Get Around" the same year I got my Driver's License! I did get around, I was Free, and I also started working on my Pilots License!
Brian Wilson came up with the idea of "Pocket symphonies " bits and pieces cut together. The band didn't play the instruments on this the "wrecking crew" played , they also played the instruments for the Monkees.
Beach Boys were not what we later came to know as a "Boy Band" Mainly because they weren't auditioned and put together by a manager/production team. They were all brothers/cousins/childhood friends,
"Good Vibrations" received a Grammy nomination for Best Vocal Group performance in 1967 and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1994.[17] The song was voted number one in Mojo's "Top 100 Records of All Time"[17] and number 6 on Rolling Stone's 2004 and 2010 editions of its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" lists, re-ranked to number 53 in the 2021 iteration. It was also included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll".[
Brian Wilson was the musical genius behind The Beach Boys, played bass and was the high falsetto. He wrote nearly all of their music, and produced. He eventually had a drug-induced psychotic break and was out of the music business for years, but he is occasionally performing and doing interviews now. They have dozens of outstanding songs from as early as 1962. My favorites are Don't Worry, Baby; Help Me Rhonda; Fun, Fun, Fun; and of course, God Only Knows and Wouldn't It Be Nice from Pet Sounds. As others mentioned, they had a friendly artistic rivalry with The Beatles, who give a tribute to them in Back in the USSR.
We went to the beach 1 day and got a real treat! The Beach Boys was there performing. My daughter was 5 at the time. She's 36 now. She said it's 1 of her favorite memories.
3 were brothers, and one their cousin, and they'd been singing together for half their lives by this point. Thats how you get such tight harmonies. The rest of it is the sheer, unadulterated musical genious of Brian Wilson.
The Beach Boys first recorded in late 1961. There ages then were 12-19 with three brothers, a cousin and friend. They were one of the first " Garage Bands ". There leader, Brian Wilson, is a very talented fellow who wrote and produced most of their music. They were a top group before the Beatles hit and were one of the few that not only survived the British Invasion but pushed and challenged the Beatles. Sadly Brian suffered for decades with misdiagnosed mental issues and received improper care. He survived and later in his life created some wonderful music as a solo artist . Two Beach Boy songs I would suggest are " Why Do Fools Fall In Love " and "Sail On Sailor". They are from different eras.
Good old West Coast Beach music. You could spend weeks in their catalog. There are a ton of groups to check into for this genre. I'd recommend Jan and Dean to start. You should also checkout Wipeout by the Surfaris
While I didn't grow up in the era it came out in I remember Wipe Out fondly. Hearing it on the radio starting off with the laugh and then saying Wipe Out, setting the pace of the song with the drums. Good stuff indeed. :)
I read a lot of the comments but didn't see any mention of Mike Wilson's use of the Theramin in this song, an electronic device that was used in many horror movies dating back to the 1930's
A "boy band" is a group of good looking guys with decent voices put together to sing other people's music... looking the part is a huge factor here. The Monkees is kind of a boy band (except older), but the Beach Boys and Beatles were super talented individuals who created their own music. And the fireman hats were an era when Brian Wilson was high AF on drugs and turned his living into a beach with his piano and would play with his fireman hat on. LOL
Oh my favourite beach Boys track of all time. When I was 10 I got to see them at the Coventry Theatre in the UK. My older sister was going with a friend, but the friend fell ill with the flu and cancelled last minute! A golden break for me! Happy days!!!
This song is considered one of the most important rock songs ever because of the intricacies, the layering, the use of the theremin, the harmonies...Brian Wilson is a GENIUS. You should read up on their history, it''s fascinating.
The idea came to Brian Wilson when his Mother described a dog's negative reaction to someone. She said that a dog can tell if you have Good Vibrations or not.
And just think, Brian Wilson showed signs of schizophrenic effective disorder, hearing auditory voices two years before Pet Sounds. And yet accomplished this music. Dude was a massive musical genius.
Basically, Paul McCartney said The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" inspired him to do the first concept albumn with John Lennon "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
I strongly second the recommendations of several commenters to check out the “Wrecking Crew” and the documentary about the amazing group of LA session musicians who played the music on this track and dozens of hit songs from the 1960’s. They were an amazing group of musicians, the talent of which is unlikely to be duplicated.
Brian Wilson the lead singer who wrote the majority of the songs, he suffered from a condition known as schizoaffective disorder. This would create auditory hallucinations. While the Beach Boys were in Japan touring, Wilson struggling with his condition, stayed in Florida, while alone he experimented with different sounds and wrote the track "Good Vibrations". He loved boating, the only place that made him feel safe. Paul McCartney stated the following, "My Favorite album, "Pet Sounds" by the Beach Boys, that was the album that flipped me, and still is one of my favorite albums of all time".
I used to play this at car audio competitions back in the late 80’s and early 90’s. People looked at me weird for sure, until around the mark of 9:35 in this video. That bass line is subtle over phone, computer, and TV speakers. But, in a car with 4 x tweeters, 4 x 5.25’s, 4 x 6.5’s, 4 x 10’s all Boston Acoustic pro series, ~ 2,800 watts of old school Phoenix Gold power from 2 x MPS 2500’s and 1 x Route 66 anniversary edition (replaced an original Bandit with this), 30 band Phoenix Gold EQ, Phoenix Gold “the balancing act”, Alpine Cd player and changer, 3 x 1 farad stiffening capacitors, that hit 143.9 SPL on it’s best day at an IASCA invitational event in 94’….they understood why I played it. There’s actually a lot of great bass notes in many rock songs, you just have to know which ones. One of the best is this one, but the best is probably Guns and Roses “My Michelle”.
Brian WIlson the writer and singer is considered a modern day Beethoven. In no way a boy band. Their album pet sounds inspired even the Beatles. Brian Wilson is a living legend absolute genius.
This song and this group changed music history forever. There are several great movies/documentaries about them and worth watching. Since you're into music production, this would be right up your alley. Phil Spector (husband of Ronnie Spector of the Ronettes and convicted of murder) was a huge influence in Brian's studio use. And Wilson Phillips is another group to check out... the daughters of Brian Wilson (genius behind the Beach Boys) and the daughter of John/Michelle Phillips from the Mamas & Papas. The girls grew up together as childhood friends and had multiple #1 hits.
The bands you listed were considered real musical groups that hit it big. Monkees were the original "boy band" as they were interchangeable parts put together by a producer or label with the music already in mind.
Took Brian' s spot on tour because Brian had issues on stage. But Glen probably played on more studio tracks than the band itself, besides the singing, of course.
Boy bands were generally not actual groups, they were put together by a record producer and had to audition for their part in the band. Therefore, the Beatles weren't a boy band but the Monkees were. The Beach Boys originally consisted of three brothers, Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, and their cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine. The Wilson brothers' father was the band's manager and Brian wrote most of the music.
A lot of the Motown (post-Detroit) and Beach Boys session musicians were the same in Los Angeles. So a lot of the backing tracks sound similar-all genius level musicians.
Those were all later Beach Boy hits. I love them too. The early stuff was all surfing and hot rod cars. I love 409, Little Deuce Coupe, and my all time favorite was and is In My Room. The harmonies on that song were insane. I love it when Brian Wilson's daughters and Michelle Phillip's daughter who are collectively known as Wilson Phillips, have done In My Room and it is awesome. Early Beach Boys is circa 1962ish. Love Jan and Dean who were friends of theirs as well. The Beatles were influenced by the Beach Boys and vice verse.
Good observation about “white Motown”. Brian Wilson wrote the music and also was their producer and he was picking up all the vibrations in the music world including Motown and of course the Beatles. He was trying to upstage them with every move he made. Good Vibrations was his reply to the Beatles album Rubber Soul and they “replied” with the Sgt Pepper album. Brian wanted to upstage that and started working on the Smile album but was under such pressure that he had a nervous breakdown (combined with some substance issues), one he never really recovered from. The Smile album got abandoned but eventually he faced all his fears and anxieties about it and with the help of the band The Wondermints sort of finished it as a Brian Wilson album and even performed it live. There is an awesome documentary about it that tells this whole story in detail.
I would consider some of the 50's Doo Wop groups some of first Boy Bands. Frankie and the Teenagers were all very young, probably all still in High School when they started. Danny and the Juniors also come to mind.
Great reaction. The Beach Boys were California. Brian Wilson was The Beach Boys. Leon Russell, Paul McCartney, Elton John and Billy Joel called Brian Wilson a genius. Instrumental track was provided by the Wrecking Crew. RIP Carl .
I'm a white female, grew up in Detroit in the 60s, and got into music of that era at the age of 8 when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan. But I could also sing along word for word on anything by the Supremes, Aretha, Stevie Wonder, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terelle, and The Temptations, as well as The Beach Boys and The Monkees. The music of the 60s was awesome. I loved it all!
Definitely do some more Beach Boys! So much good music in their catalog! "I Get Around", "Heroes and Villains", "California Dreamin'", "Kokomo", "In My Room", "Help Me Rhonda", "Little Deuce Coup", "Surfin' Safari", "California Girls", just a treasure trove of timeless classics that you won't want to forget! We're talking every summer playlist, every beach or poolside playlist, they just hit!
You did not comment on the instruments, but that weird whistling one at the beginning and end is called a theramin. It's the same thing that was used in the original Capt Kirk-Spock Star Trek TV theme song. Jimmy Page plays it on some Led Zeppelin songs too.
Brian did write and produce all of their songs, but they did not play in the studio. They were backed on the records by the Wrecking Crew, the best group of studio musicians in the business.
That bass is being played by a lady named Carol Kay of the Wrecking Crew. Hal Blane on drums and Tommy Tedisco on guitar and I believe Leon Russel on keyboards. They played on more hits than any group in history as a studio group. They were a studio group for hire.
California in the 60s and 70s, When the state‘s population was 15 million. I lived in Ventura. Farmland as far as you could see. From the mountains to the ocean. As a child I would eat from the fields all day went bicycle riding. Oranges, tangerines, avocados, strawberries, corn….. The farmers didn’t care about a child grabbing a snack. You could go to the beach and do whatever you want to. Bonfires, dirt bikes, fireworks…. There was nobody around for miles. It was heaven on earth that no one will ever be able to experience again. The population of my hometown was 40,000… now it’s 240,000.
Same here. My family was more coastal. Almost beach front property. However, head east about 3 miles and it was all fields and farmland. We would go over to the end of the next town over and visit family friends, it was all fields and canyons that the older kids (10+) were allowed to roam freely in until meal time. There was an abundance of palm and fruit trees. Most neighbors had no issue with kids picking berries, or an assortment of fruits pomegranates, apricots, nectarines, oranges, apples, lemons (yes, we made lemonade/stands). We picked fruit often on our way to school for a breakfast treat. I still have a palm, orange and avocado tree, other neighbors have assorted fruit trees. I just checked the 1960 population census for my town. About 17k. It is currently less than 27k. Not bad but it can get congested due to out of towner traffic which was not an issue when I was a kid/young adult. I remember road trips up the coast, camping all over the state, etc. Such beauty. I remember the drive from San Diego to Disneyland in Anaheim when there was nothing but fields between the two. Oh, how things have changed. But one thing does remain the natural wonder and beauty which is easy to find. I can be in the mountains in an hour, desert within a few hours, lakes, skiing, etc. I’m not going anywhere, lol.
As a music nut and a huge fan of the Beach Boys, their music always tickles my brain. Doing those kinds of harmonies without autotune is absolutely wild. Please, please, please, do more Beach Boys reactions.
To me, it seemed as though The Beach Boys had a new hit on the radio every single month…hit after hit, the California beach sound was invented by them, mostly Brian Wilson.
My older sister loved The Beach Boys so I did too 😁they have too many great songs too name but one of them that I love is “Fun Fun Fun” actually they were a real band playing real instruments 😂 the term “boy bands is somewhat of a misnomer. What I really love about them is the super tight harmonies! Great reaction BP more please❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
It was 1966, the radio on the way home from school….I lived in a beach town in San Diego. My car was filled with my girlfriends…while in class they played it over and over on the radio…same in car. This just blew our minds….we were a surfing high school…and my gosh it was hot. This was after Surfin, Surfing USA.
The Beach Boys has a crazy history, that can't be type entirely in the comments. In a cliff notes summary. It went from situation similar to The Jackson 5 intense origins. Brian Wilson acted as writer and composer behind the bands catalog But unlike a large percentage of bands he wasn't lead vocal Brian play guitar in the band.
My uncles were the dudes tuning cars and making boards in So-Cal. My mom was a cute tom-boy who became a beach babe! The best folks you will ever meet!
Surfer music was a natural evolutionary step up from the folk music that was the "Big Thing" in the early 60s - The New Christy Minstrels," "The Chad Mitchell Trio," "The Kingston Trio" were inspirational, and even gave their start to musicians such as John Denver and Dylan But the natural genius and visionary that was Brian Wilson couldn't be held back, and his innovations and creativity in combining and mixing new sounds led the way for many, if not most of the bands that would follow. A lot of their songs just sounded fun, but the technical content was something else. BP - have fun looking into this. You might also have fun with some of the other more folk singers - Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Donovan and Joan Baez to name but a few.
The Beach Boys formed in 1961. Being born in 1960 and having a sister 8 years older, I grew up on their music. Please react to more songs from The Beach Boys. There are too many songs to list them all. A few of their songs are "I Get Around", "Don't Worry Baby", "California Girls", "Help Me Rhonda", "Little Deuce Coupe", "Little St. Nick", and their last top 40 hit released in 1988 "Kokomo".
I love this music.... it's my mother's generation...or before my birth. But we always danced to " her tunes" in the living room..childhood memories are amazing, wonderful RIP MOTHER I MISS YA❤
I'd love for you to do more Beach Boys stuff. They had some brilliant vocals, beautiful songwriting, and for the time, some of the most advanced recording techniques that are still in use today. They are my favorite group from the 60s, hands down. Songwriting, arranging, mixing, performance, feel....they had it all.
I grew up in CA. Born in the Bay Area, I loved CA and thought it was a great place to grow-up. I couldn;t live there now ,but I have such great childhood memories of what it was then. I've never seen this video with this song before though. They were the kings of the surf sound and beach mentality. You should do some Jan And Dean too.
The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and the Motown creative team were all three listening to each other constantly. Each one thought the other two were the most creative, innovative forces in pop music, and felt they had to follow with each other's records if they wanted to keep up with the cutting edge.
The song you mentioned (kids bop) was "Catch a wave" I'd recommend "Surfin' Safari" tho. "California girls" is pretty fun too. In reality they're basically The West Coast Beatles...
In 2010, Brian Wilson put out an album called "Gershwin Reimagined"... he took Gershwin's timeless classics and gave them a Beach Boys twist without losing the integrity of the original tunes. In fact, the Getshwin family gave him 1 or 2 of the composers unfinished works and he completed them. *That* is respect!
The Beach Boys music is so uplifting it has the power to change the English weather. The sky was grey, it had been raining and the festival site was a mud bath but by the end of their 2005 Glastonbury set the sun was out, the sky was blue and the crowd was crazy 😎
The Beach Boys became and still are the summer go-to for fun/party music. Whole families (3) generations could be found dancing on the hill at Pine Knob (Michigan).
This was a massive hit and you heard it everywhere, all day long. In those days there was usually a radio playing in the background in every shop and store. And you heard this song on every one of them.
Pet Sounds CAUSED The Beatles to create: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (THE MOST influential and widely-admired (and copied) album OF ALL TIME!)!
The most beautiful Beach Boys song "God Only Knows" . Carl Wilson on lead vocals. Rip Carl Wilson.
Absolutely, do this one!
Credit to BRIAN WILSON wrote all the good songs!
Paul Maccartney’s fav song of all time
@@Trish-ql9kz YES! He sang it with Brian on stage at a charity…..really great to see them together!
Goosebump inducing every time ❤
That's called harmony boys and girls
with no computers or auto-tune
How many?
It's 1966. Motown, Monkees, Beach Boys, all captured the zeitgeist of the era in different ways. But, there IS a similar vibe......FUN!
And Franki Valli and the Four Seasons
Yeah, The Wrecking Crew played on both bands hits.
@@memorylane7068 Good point.
I loved The Monkees and Beatle cartoons. I was born in 57
The Beach Boys were very similar to The Beatles. If you want to call The Beatles a boy band I supposse you can.
Brian Wilson was a genius producer was ahead of his time
Damn Straight!
He has the most brilliant mind I've ever seen. His lyrics are so deep.
Any relation to the Wilson sisters lol
@@1342Q You know who those girls belong to! And the Phillips girl too, lol. What voices!
Brian Wilson lived in the house where Sharon Tate was murdered by the “Manson family”
He moved out a couple months before the murders. That’s who Charlie was after. He( Charlie) wanted Brian Wilson to promote his music.
The Beach Boys and the Beatles were geniuses with double tracking and using the latest technology. Every time one would release an album, the other would say that’s great, but well up you on our next. The last Beach Boys album was Pet Sounds and is considered one of the best albums ever. Right after, the Beatles released Stg. Pepper, also one of the best. All their albums were full great songs.
they knew how to double track from Buddy Holly. without Holly, modern music wouldn't exist as you know it.
Pet Sounds is one of my favorite albums!!
The Beatles actually admitted that Sgt. Pepper’s was their attempt to come up with something as good as Pet Sounds.
Big difference is that the Beach Boys did not play any instruments on their albums. The studio musicians did all the music and then the Beach Boys would come in and do the singing. The same studio musicians that played on the Monkees albums. The Wrecking Crew was the nickname for the studio musicians. Hal Blaine was the greatest drummer of that gang and Glen Campbell played guitar.
Hit up the songs wiki page. It’s a great list of everyone from all versions of the song.
“Don’t worry Baby”…good,good stuff.
Don't worry baby is my favorite Beach Boys song.
Yes!
Yup, The Warmth of the Sun is up there with Don't Worry Baby too. Early Beach Boys music was already so genius.
Paul McCartney once said that "God Only Knows" just might be the greatest song ever written. That would be a good one to check out. . . . .
One of my favorites. Another is"In My Room"; it just encapsulates Brian Wilson.
It is definitely one of the most covered songs, in fact it was #13 the last time I checked.
We didn’t have that term, boy band, back then. These were serious musicians, especially Brian Wilson. Genius. “Boy Bands” came later and weren’t considered any kind of musicians, just pretty boys, singing cute songs usually written by somebody else, totally created by the labels. Brian Wilson probably would be offended if somebody called them a boy band, FYI.
Paul McCartney was blown away by the production and writing on the BB album “Pet Sounds”. Sgt Pepper was the Beatles trying to top Pet Sounds.
@@laurenblainebamartistmgt Facts! Not “probably”….definitely!
FYI, the Beach Boys were a band, not a "boy" band, which implies just front men but not musicians.
Brian Wilson spent 6 months in the studio obsessed with this song. It held up the production of the album and the record company was putting pressure on him to get it done! Remember, there were NO computers, no autotune, no special effects that we have today. He created a masterpiece out of 60's technology!
If memory serves this song cost $75,000 to record which was unheard of then.
@@beachbumsailordude About right. The record company almost pulled the plug on the project.
'Kokomo' is an instant classic ❤❤
My favorite song by them.
That's so unique song, at least to me.
The modern slang "vibe" came from the older slang "vibrations"
It opened the door to Day in the Life and Bohemian Rhapsody. Before this song, no one in pop music dared mix time signatures, key changes, strange harmonies and sound effects. Changed our lives, kids.
In 1964 the Beach Boys came out with "I Get Around" the same year I got my Driver's License! I did get around, I was Free, and I also started working on my Pilots License!
Did you get the pilot’s license? How far did you get?
Brian Wilson came up with the idea of "Pocket symphonies " bits and pieces cut together. The band didn't play the instruments on this the "wrecking crew" played , they also played the instruments for the Monkees.
Beach Boys were not what we later came to know as a "Boy Band" Mainly because they weren't auditioned and put together by a manager/production team. They were all brothers/cousins/childhood friends,
And they played their own instruments ..
"Good Vibrations" received a Grammy nomination for Best Vocal Group performance in 1967 and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1994.[17] The song was voted number one in Mojo's "Top 100 Records of All Time"[17] and number 6 on Rolling Stone's 2004 and 2010 editions of its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" lists, re-ranked to number 53 in the 2021 iteration. It was also included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll".[
Brian Wilson was the musical genius behind The Beach Boys, played bass and was the high falsetto. He wrote nearly all of their music, and produced. He eventually had a drug-induced psychotic break and was out of the music business for years, but he is occasionally performing and doing interviews now. They have dozens of outstanding songs from as early as 1962. My favorites are Don't Worry, Baby; Help Me Rhonda; Fun, Fun, Fun; and of course, God Only Knows and Wouldn't It Be Nice from Pet Sounds. As others mentioned, they had a friendly artistic rivalry with The Beatles, who give a tribute to them in Back in the USSR.
As an introverted teen, my favorite BB song was "In My Room".
Beach Boys always put me in a good mood.
The Monkees were a TV creation the Beach Boys were around for many more years. The music still makes me sing along .
Check out their legendary track, 'God Only Knows'
the motown comparison was on point. late 60s and 70ish sounds had aome parallels across genres. it was a great time for music.
Brian Wilson is one of the LEGIT true genius composers; I work with multiple musicologists and they talk about him like Bach, Beethoven and Mozart.
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The Beach Boys rabbit hole is deep and full of SOUND! Dive in.
I was in college in the early 60's when the surfing music was at its peak. The Beach Boys had one hit after another and life was good.
Don't forget Jan & Dean.
We went to the beach 1 day and got a real treat! The Beach Boys was there performing. My daughter was 5 at the time. She's 36 now. She said it's 1 of her favorite memories.
Was it Virginia Beach? I saw them performing there in the early 90's.
The legendary Carol Kaye on bass.
3 were brothers, and one their cousin, and they'd been singing together for half their lives by this point. Thats how you get such tight harmonies. The rest of it is the sheer, unadulterated musical genious of Brian Wilson.
The only member of the band that wasn't part of the Wilson family was Al Jardine, the lead singer Mike Love was a cousin.
The Beach Boys first recorded in late 1961. There ages then were 12-19 with three brothers, a cousin and friend. They were one of the first " Garage Bands ". There leader, Brian Wilson, is a very talented fellow who wrote and produced most of their music. They were a top group before the Beatles hit and were one of the few that not only survived the British Invasion but pushed and challenged the Beatles. Sadly Brian suffered for decades with misdiagnosed mental issues and received improper care. He survived and later in his life created some wonderful music as a solo artist . Two Beach Boy songs I would suggest are " Why Do Fools Fall In Love " and "Sail On Sailor". They are from different eras.
Good old West Coast Beach music. You could spend weeks in their catalog. There are a ton of groups to check into for this genre. I'd recommend Jan and Dean to start. You should also checkout Wipeout by the Surfaris
Wipe out is such a great song. Easy lyrics to remember.
While I didn't grow up in the era it came out in I remember Wipe Out fondly. Hearing it on the radio starting off with the laugh and then saying Wipe Out, setting the pace of the song with the drums. Good stuff indeed. :)
I read a lot of the comments but didn't see any mention of Mike Wilson's use of the Theramin in this song, an electronic device that was used in many horror movies dating back to the 1930's
Love the Theramin. Keep meaning to get one and learn to play it.Maybe next year.
@@cyxabi it's really weird. You aren't playing an instrument, you're manipulating sound waves.
Mike love
A "boy band" is a group of good looking guys with decent voices put together to sing other people's music... looking the part is a huge factor here. The Monkees is kind of a boy band (except older), but the Beach Boys and Beatles were super talented individuals who created their own music.
And the fireman hats were an era when Brian Wilson was high AF on drugs and turned his living into a beach with his piano and would play with his fireman hat on. LOL
Oh my favourite beach Boys track of all time. When I was 10 I got to see them at the Coventry Theatre in the UK. My older sister was going with a friend, but the friend fell ill with the flu and cancelled last minute! A golden break for me! Happy days!!!
When I hear them do “Kokomo “ The world just stops for that song.
Same here
What gets lost about the Beach Boys because everyone talks about Brian Wilson's brilliant writing and arrangements is how much he actually sang.
Beach Boys rabbit hole? Yes please!!!
This song is considered one of the most important rock songs ever because of the intricacies, the layering, the use of the theremin, the harmonies...Brian Wilson is a GENIUS. You should read up on their history, it''s fascinating.
The album this is from is called Pet Sounds and is usually on the top 5 of most lists of best albums.
It was an electrotheremin, slightly different than a theremin.
When this song was released, it had the distinction of being the most expensive song produced at the time.
The idea came to Brian Wilson when his Mother described a dog's negative reaction to someone. She said that a dog can tell if you have Good Vibrations or not.
This song was huge in bringing the concept of multiple movements from classical music to the modern music scene.
And just think, Brian Wilson showed signs of schizophrenic effective disorder, hearing auditory voices two years before Pet Sounds. And yet accomplished this music. Dude was a massive musical genius.
Dont see how being schizophrenic would make someone less artistic or musical
Basically, Paul McCartney said The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" inspired him to do the first concept albumn with John Lennon "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
Exactly. Gotta be considered one of the most influential songs ever.
I strongly second the recommendations of several commenters to check out the “Wrecking Crew” and the documentary about the amazing group of LA session musicians who played the music on this track and dozens of hit songs from the 1960’s.
They were an amazing group of musicians, the talent of which is unlikely to be duplicated.
Brian Wilson the lead singer who wrote the majority of the songs, he suffered from a condition known as schizoaffective disorder.
This would create auditory hallucinations.
While the Beach Boys were in Japan touring, Wilson struggling with his condition, stayed in Florida, while alone he experimented with different sounds
and wrote the track "Good Vibrations".
He loved boating, the only place that made him feel safe.
Paul McCartney stated the following, "My Favorite album, "Pet Sounds" by the Beach Boys, that was the album that flipped me, and still is one of my favorite albums of all time".
I used to play this at car audio competitions back in the late 80’s and early 90’s. People looked at me weird for sure, until around the mark of 9:35 in this video. That bass line is subtle over phone, computer, and TV speakers. But, in a car with 4 x tweeters, 4 x 5.25’s, 4 x 6.5’s, 4 x 10’s all Boston Acoustic pro series, ~ 2,800 watts of old school Phoenix Gold power from 2 x MPS 2500’s and 1 x Route 66 anniversary edition (replaced an original Bandit with this), 30 band Phoenix Gold EQ, Phoenix Gold “the balancing act”, Alpine Cd player and changer, 3 x 1 farad stiffening capacitors, that hit 143.9 SPL on it’s best day at an IASCA invitational event in 94’….they understood why I played it. There’s actually a lot of great bass notes in many rock songs, you just have to know which ones. One of the best is this one, but the best is probably Guns and Roses “My Michelle”.
Brian WIlson the writer and singer is considered a modern day Beethoven. In no way a boy band. Their album pet sounds inspired even the Beatles. Brian Wilson is a living legend absolute genius.
This song and this group changed music history forever. There are several great movies/documentaries about them and worth watching. Since you're into music production, this would be right up your alley. Phil Spector (husband of Ronnie Spector of the Ronettes and convicted of murder) was a huge influence in Brian's studio use.
And Wilson Phillips is another group to check out... the daughters of Brian Wilson (genius behind the Beach Boys) and the daughter of John/Michelle Phillips from the Mamas & Papas. The girls grew up together as childhood friends and had multiple #1 hits.
There is a lot written on how genius this song is, how the chords are put together.
@@betsylocario6453 - 100%
The bands you listed were considered real musical groups that hit it big.
Monkees were the original "boy band" as they were interchangeable parts put together by a producer or label with the music already in mind.
Used to watch reruns of the Monkees tv show on Much Music (our MTV) in Canada when I was a kid in the 90's 🍁
Brian Wilson,Dennis Wilson (deceased)Carl Wilson (deceased),Al Jardine cousin, Mike Love,Bruce Johnston.
But it was the "Wrecking crew" that played the instruments in the studio recording
Al Jardine was a friend. Mike Love is the cousin.
Glen Campbell was actually part of the band for a few months, in the mid 60's
Took Brian' s spot on tour because Brian had issues on stage. But Glen probably played on more studio tracks than the band itself, besides the singing, of course.
Boy bands were generally not actual groups, they were put together by a record producer and had to audition for their part in the band. Therefore, the Beatles weren't a boy band but the Monkees were. The Beach Boys originally consisted of three brothers, Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, and their cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine. The Wilson brothers' father was the band's manager and Brian wrote most of the music.
Beach Boys timeless. MY 19 yr old middle daughter loves them
I came to the US from Germany back in 1981. The Beach Boys was the first concert I’ve ever seen…and it was on the beach 🏝️ in Miami ☀️
Was it their 4 th of July show ?? Was there also
@@jeffsaviola2109 Not sure. Good chance. I was a little kid.
@@Tobiasmax3000 lol ahhh I wasn’t lol almost 30
@@jeffsaviola2109 I’m 47 now, so back then I was maybe 4 or 5 years old.
A lot of the Motown (post-Detroit) and Beach Boys session musicians were the same in Los Angeles. So a lot of the backing tracks sound similar-all genius level musicians.
They have so many hits. Sloop John B. Dance,Dance, Dance. Barbara Ann. Help Me, Rhonda. Surfing USA
Help me Rhonda makes me cringe. I am not your between gf.
Those were all later Beach Boy hits. I love them too. The early stuff was all surfing and hot rod cars. I love 409, Little Deuce Coupe, and my all time favorite was and is In My Room. The harmonies on that song were insane. I love it when Brian Wilson's daughters and Michelle Phillip's daughter who are collectively known as Wilson Phillips, have done In My Room and it is awesome. Early Beach Boys is circa 1962ish. Love Jan and Dean who were friends of theirs as well. The Beatles were influenced by the Beach Boys and vice verse.
The great Leon Russel, a legend to musicians, played keyboards on all
Beach Boys albums.
Good observation about “white Motown”. Brian Wilson wrote the music and also was their producer and he was picking up all the vibrations in the music world including Motown and of course the Beatles. He was trying to upstage them with every move he made. Good Vibrations was his reply to the Beatles album Rubber Soul and they “replied” with the Sgt Pepper album. Brian wanted to upstage that and started working on the Smile album but was under such pressure that he had a nervous breakdown (combined with some substance issues), one he never really recovered from. The Smile album got abandoned but eventually he faced all his fears and anxieties about it and with the help of the band The Wondermints sort of finished it as a Brian Wilson album and even performed it live. There is an awesome documentary about it that tells this whole story in detail.
They have so many good songs to check out, I grew up listening to them
Definitely more Beach Boys reactions needed.
The Beach Boys have a huge library of work to be explored. But don't forget the guitarists of that genre, e.g., the late Dick Dale's "Miserlou".
I would consider some of the 50's Doo Wop groups some of first Boy Bands. Frankie and the Teenagers were all very young, probably all still in High School when they started. Danny and the Juniors also come to mind.
Great reaction. The Beach Boys were California. Brian Wilson was The Beach Boys. Leon Russell, Paul McCartney, Elton John and Billy Joel called Brian Wilson a genius. Instrumental track was provided by the Wrecking Crew. RIP Carl .
Leon russell was a member of the wrecking crew and played on almost all beach boy albums
I'm a white female, grew up in Detroit in the 60s, and got into music of that era at the age of 8 when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan. But I could also sing along word for word on anything by the Supremes, Aretha, Stevie Wonder, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terelle, and The Temptations, as well as The Beach Boys and The Monkees. The music of the 60s was awesome. I loved it all!
Definitely do some more Beach Boys! So much good music in their catalog! "I Get Around", "Heroes and Villains", "California Dreamin'", "Kokomo", "In My Room", "Help Me Rhonda", "Little Deuce Coup", "Surfin' Safari", "California Girls", just a treasure trove of timeless classics that you won't want to forget! We're talking every summer playlist, every beach or poolside playlist, they just hit!
You did not comment on the instruments, but that weird whistling one at the beginning and end is called a theramin. It's the same thing that was used in the original Capt Kirk-Spock Star Trek TV theme song. Jimmy Page plays it on some Led Zeppelin songs too.
Thank you for the reminder. I could not remember theramin. Sheldon played it once on Big Bang Theory.
@@lesliebrown1517 Oh right, that Sheldon scene was hilarious! :)
Brian did write and produce all of their songs, but they did not play in the studio. They were backed on the records by the Wrecking Crew, the best group of studio musicians in the business.
That bass is being played by a lady named Carol Kay of the Wrecking Crew. Hal Blane on drums and Tommy Tedisco on guitar and I believe Leon Russel on keyboards. They played on more hits than any group in history as a studio group. They were a studio group for hire.
🌸 omg .. when you said the disclaimer stuff, I literally spit out my drink laughing!!!
California in the 60s and 70s,
When the state‘s population was 15 million.
I lived in Ventura.
Farmland as far as you could see. From the mountains to the ocean.
As a child I would eat from the fields all day went bicycle riding.
Oranges, tangerines, avocados, strawberries, corn….. The farmers didn’t care about a child grabbing a snack.
You could go to the beach and do whatever you want to.
Bonfires, dirt bikes, fireworks…. There was nobody around for miles.
It was heaven on earth that no one will ever be able to experience again.
The population of my hometown was 40,000… now it’s 240,000.
Yes. I grew up where the Sacramento Airport is now. Pomegranate orchards, cattails, crawdads, we rode our bikes everywhere,
Same here. My family was more coastal. Almost beach front property. However, head east about 3 miles and it was all fields and farmland. We would go over to the end of the next town over and visit family friends, it was all fields and canyons that the older kids (10+) were allowed to roam freely in until meal time.
There was an abundance of palm and fruit trees. Most neighbors had no issue with kids picking berries, or an assortment of fruits pomegranates, apricots, nectarines, oranges, apples, lemons (yes, we made lemonade/stands). We picked fruit often on our way to school for a breakfast treat. I still have a palm, orange and avocado tree, other neighbors have assorted fruit trees.
I just checked the 1960 population census for my town. About 17k. It is currently less than 27k. Not bad but it can get congested due to out of towner traffic which was not an issue when I was a kid/young adult. I remember road trips up the coast, camping all over the state, etc. Such beauty. I remember the drive from San Diego to Disneyland in Anaheim when there was nothing but fields between the two. Oh, how things have changed. But one thing does remain the natural wonder and beauty which is easy to find. I can be in the mountains in an hour, desert within a few hours, lakes, skiing, etc. I’m not going anywhere, lol.
I know what you mean. I grew up in Newbury Park just down the 101 from you from the late 70s onward. Class of 85' Go pathers!!
Brian Wilson was and is a musical genius.
“I Can Hear Music” is my favourite Beach Boys track
As a music nut and a huge fan of the Beach Boys, their music always tickles my brain. Doing those kinds of harmonies without autotune is absolutely wild. Please, please, please, do more Beach Boys reactions.
To me, it seemed as though The Beach Boys had a new hit on the radio every single month…hit after hit, the California beach sound was invented by them, mostly Brian Wilson.
My older sister loved The Beach Boys so I did too 😁they have too many great songs too name but one of them that I love is “Fun Fun Fun” actually they were a real band playing real instruments 😂 the term “boy bands is somewhat of a misnomer. What I really love about them is the super tight harmonies! Great reaction BP more please❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS EVER! ❤ BP
Old music more often than not had a more good feeling wholesome happiness to it.
Pet Sounds... best album ever. It will change your life.
It was 1966, the radio on the way home from school….I lived in a beach town in San Diego. My car was filled with my girlfriends…while in class they played it over and over on the radio…same in car. This just blew our minds….we were a surfing high school…and my gosh it was hot. This was after Surfin, Surfing USA.
They were idolized by the Beatles and other bands American and British that came after.
Not true! The Beatles gave great credit to the Album PET Sounds, Brians brilliant album….thats all!
The Beach Boys has a crazy history, that can't be type entirely in the comments. In a cliff notes summary. It went from situation similar to The Jackson 5 intense origins. Brian Wilson acted as writer and composer behind the bands catalog But unlike a large percentage of bands he wasn't lead vocal Brian play guitar in the band.
My uncles were the dudes tuning cars and making boards in So-Cal. My mom was a cute tom-boy who became a beach babe! The best folks you will ever meet!
I’m not even from California and what you wrote gives me nostalgia for a place i have never lived. 😅
@@kali550 ha ha! Endless Summer! (Can’t find a “hang loose” emoji)
When I think of boy bands, I think of singing harmony but they don't play their own instruments. The Beach Boys definitely did.
Have you ever heard of the Wrecking Crew? If not, you should watch the documentary The Wrecking Crew.
Surfer music was a natural evolutionary step up from the folk music that was the "Big Thing" in the early 60s - The New Christy Minstrels," "The Chad Mitchell Trio," "The Kingston Trio" were inspirational, and even gave their start to musicians such as John Denver and Dylan But the natural genius and visionary that was Brian Wilson couldn't be held back, and his innovations and creativity in combining and mixing new sounds led the way for many, if not most of the bands that would follow. A lot of their songs just sounded fun, but the technical content was something else. BP - have fun looking into this. You might also have fun with some of the other more folk singers - Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Donovan and Joan Baez to name but a few.
The Beach Boys formed in 1961. Being born in 1960 and having a sister 8 years older, I grew up on their music. Please react to more songs from The Beach Boys. There are too many songs to list them all. A few of their songs are "I Get Around", "Don't Worry Baby", "California Girls", "Help Me Rhonda", "Little Deuce Coupe", "Little St. Nick", and their last top 40 hit released in 1988 "Kokomo".
I love this music.... it's my mother's generation...or before my birth.
But we always danced to " her tunes" in the living room..childhood memories are amazing, wonderful
RIP MOTHER I MISS YA❤
Don’t worry Baby and God Only Knows are two other classics of theirs. The harmonies and vocals are outstanding
This is from 1967.....Check out Chicago's "Wishing You Were Here" which had Chicago featuring THREE Beach Boys for INSANE harmonies
I'd love for you to do more Beach Boys stuff. They had some brilliant vocals, beautiful songwriting, and for the time, some of the most advanced recording techniques that are still in use today. They are my favorite group from the 60s, hands down. Songwriting, arranging, mixing, performance, feel....they had it all.
I Get Around, Kokomo, Don't Worry Baby and God Only Knows are all big hits. Definitely top 10 band of all-time. Harmonies and music are timeless.
I grew up in CA. Born in the Bay Area, I loved CA and thought it was a great place to grow-up. I couldn;t live there now ,but I have such great childhood memories of what it was then.
I've never seen this video with this song before though. They were the kings of the surf sound and beach mentality. You should do some Jan And Dean too.
The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and the Motown creative team were all three listening to each other constantly. Each one thought the other two were the most creative, innovative forces in pop music, and felt they had to follow with each other's records if they wanted to keep up with the cutting edge.
The song you mentioned (kids bop) was "Catch a wave" I'd recommend "Surfin' Safari" tho. "California girls" is pretty fun too. In reality they're basically The West Coast Beatles...
This song was used as Sunkiss Soda commercial
In 2010, Brian Wilson put out an album called "Gershwin Reimagined"... he took Gershwin's timeless classics and gave them a Beach Boys twist without losing the integrity of the original tunes. In fact, the Getshwin family gave him 1 or 2 of the composers unfinished works and he completed them. *That* is respect!
The Beach Boys music is so uplifting it has the power to change the English weather.
The sky was grey, it had been raining and the festival site was a mud bath but by the end of their 2005 Glastonbury set the sun was out, the sky was blue and the crowd was crazy 😎
You gotta check out "Darlin'" by the Beach Boys.
I've had the pleasure of seeing them live several times. They sound just as good live as they do in the studio.
The Beach Boys became and still are the summer go-to for fun/party music. Whole families (3) generations could be found dancing on the hill at Pine Knob (Michigan).
This was a massive hit and you heard it everywhere, all day long. In those days there was usually a radio playing in the background in every shop and store. And you heard this song on every one of them.
Pet Sounds CAUSED The Beatles to create: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (THE MOST influential and widely-admired (and copied) album OF ALL TIME!)!