I'm 73 years old and was a teenager when the Beach Boys were hitting the charts. I had every recording they had. Brian Wilson was a genius and still is. Without the genius of Brian, there would not have been the Beach Boys. Thanks for the memories.
Your the same age as my parents.we were reared on this .myself and cousins used listen to our parents records from the " olden days " we were so lucky.
trapped my kids in the car with the Beach Boys most days I took them to school ... programmed it into their DNA... 15 years old and they still jam it today
The wall of sound, and the albums using that technique, were produced by Phil Spector. Wilson adopted the technique to an extent himself, but Phil was the main guy behind that sound. I'm not trying to diminish your take on Brian, as he deserves all the credit in the world for his art and sound.
@Huawei sucks sheisse Yes, the Beatles felt they had to match Pet Sounds and they made Sgt. Peppers in response. This song, to me is so great....harmonies, lyrics.....its got it all and this was the mid 60's.....it also shows how Brian moved from only Beach songs or car songs to something more universal.
First time I heard Don’t Worry Baby was when I bought the record in the 60’s. Still love it and still a huge Beach Boys fan. Yep, Brian Wilson is a genius.
The most amazing thing about this beautiful, heartfelt and superbly sung song is, it's all about a man's concern about racing his car and, his girl assuring him that her love will make everything be alright - Classic American
"The Warmth Of The Sun." A gorgeous early BB love ballad that sent chills through my spine the first time I heard it. Brian Wilson wrote it the night JFK was killed, as a way to try and get through his grief. Gorgeous vocals, melody, song.
@@blurbn My mom LOVED Vince Gill's cover version of "The Warmth of the Sun" (performed live at the All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson). It's on youtube, but I don't think it's in beautiful stereo :(
These reaction programs have really taught me a much deeper appreciation of music in general, but specifically like groups like the Beach Boys. Brian Wilson is an iconic musical force and the harmonies of this group are legendary. Really no one else like them before or since!
1964 The Beach Boys Don't Worry Baby. One of my favorite songs and when this song came out I was 14. I was hanging out with my best friend and been a teen. ❤👍🇨🇦🇫🇮
Best harmony ever. Being born in 1956 it seem to be Beatles vs Beach Boys, I always preferred the Beach Boys. Good Vibrations and Sloop John B. I enjoy your reviews!
Those 2 groups were so different. Like comparing apples to oranges. They were both tops and both original and unique. But nobody copied the Beach Boys and succeeded that I know of, and I was a teen back then.
As a teenager near Chicago, never having been to California, I was still aware of the surf scene from fellow army brats who had been there. When this song came out we all dug it along with Motown, Jazz, Beatles, Soul, Byrds, Stones, Folk and everything else we heard on our transistor radios. We bought the 45's or LP's. Some top 40 stuff was c--p, but most was great and it evolved every week; new and better tunes all the time. The Beach Boys had a huge hit with this tune then because it sounded so cool, had great harmonies and arrangement and was a reassuring, mellow message when times were tough; it still is. It's a beautiful love song. Plus it had that California mystique of sun, beach, pretty girls and coolness. This was new, fresh and definitely very appealing. Greasy tough guys were out; hip, intelligent, compassionate people were cool; we were hippies before hippies. This was a pivotal tune for us. Brian Wilson is a genius.
I'm a metal head/classic rock guy too but the Beach Boys were ALWAYS played when the family was at the beach every year in vacation. So much so that my brothers and I passed it to their kids and its still played to this day by all of us
The first time I heard "Don't Worry, Baby" was when I was cleaning my bathroom listening to a Beach Boys playlist. No better way to get introduced to a song.
What most do not realize and appreciate about Don’t Worry, Baby is that The Beach Boys also did all the instrumentals on this track. These guys could play, too! Obviously the harmonies are stellar. I turned 8 in the summer of 1964 and actually bought this 45. I almost said “single”, but it had an even more popular flip side. I Get Around was its B-side.
I grew up in Del Mar California this kind of music was playing when you were growing up. And by this I mean the early 1970s. It still takes me back and it still listen to now. You could say it was part of the soundtrack of my youth. I feel lucky my friends and I had this in our repertoire of music. And it was great to listen to it just now in the early morning. I'll start my day right now.
I agree The Beach Boys have a great sound. I first saw them in the early seventies at the Boston Garden in Boston Massachusetts and I was blown away and started buying their records after that.
That was Brian Wilson as lead with his brother Dennis on the left that passed and Al Jardine furthest left. On the right is Carl who also passed and the Mike Love that is the only original Beach Boy still touring. To me who grew up with this group, they will always be my favorite. Thanks for sharing
@@5roundsrapid263 You're right, I saw the Mike Love Beach Boys group in DC in August several years in a row. Growing up in California near Santa Cruz in the early 60s
Love this song!!! My parents are huge Beach Boys fans! When I was little, my dad picked me up and danced me around to this song, all the while singing along. Yes, at 48 years old, I’m still daddy’s one and only little girl.
This particular Beach Boys song "don't worry baby" was first sung in 1964! on the album "I get around" I was in the 4th grade I'm 66 yrs old their harmony sound is one of a kind! The three Wilson brothers their 1/2 brother and cousin Mike!
I listen to this when I worry about something. Brings back my dad who's been gone for over five years now, brings me comfort somehow. Thank you so much. Brian Wilson is an absolute genius.
Glad you are appreciating the genius of Brian and the Boys. Brian has been called the Mozart of Rock. This is a very early example of his budding genius and was the flip side of the single "I get around." If you get a chance to see him in concert, don't miss it. He still tours and puts on a great show!
Yes he does and its amazing how he survived the abuse and all the pain in his life. To write and produce classic songs and arrange the harmonies that make the Beach Boys music loved by the entire world is an accomplishment he probably never imagined. Thank you Brian and the Beach Boys for the soundtrack of my life from the 60's to this day.
Nobody does it like Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys !! I was in high school when I first heard one of many of their songs to come out ! It blew me away. And being on a date then it was pure bliss holding my honey at the drive-in theater and listening to them on the radio !! Brian Wilson is brilliant in writing, and even the Beatles admired them !!! Love, love the Beach Boys !!
I'd say that the blend of their voices is so warm and special because they are related. I would not say that being related helps people harmonize better though. Just my opinion.
Grew up in San Diego in the sixties. Beach boys were a major part of music for beach going tweens and teens. As the band's music evolved over the years it was clear that was due to Brian Wilson's gift. There music will always take me back to the sun and surf years of my life.
Born 1952 and raised in Southern California ... on the beach! THIS sound WAS my adolescence. First album I ever bought was the Beach Boys. But I also grew up with the Black girl groups and loved them too. Never understood later on why they were marginalized when they recorded song after great song telling the universal stories of all girls. Musically, It was a GREAT time to be alive! I was fortunate in my parents who also had interesting and eclectic tastes. Loved my Sachmo, Duke and Ella too ... because of my dad. Before WWII, when he enlisted in the Corps, as a young man growing up in LA he had parked cars at a jazz club there. He saw all the BIG names come through and passed along his love for that sound to his 3 kids. I think It was passed along in our DNA.
"Don't worry baby," was arguably one of the most influential songs in music history. Brian Wilson claimed he wrote this song for Ronnie and the Ronettes after hearing "Be my baby" gis all time favorite song. He submitted ""Don't worry baby" to Phil Spector who declined using it. So, the Beach Boys recorded it using a multi-track over dub set up to mimic Spector's wall of sound using a steady "chub-chun" beat (heard in both songs) to tie it all together. That in turn would be used by Roger McGuinn of the Byrds in several tracks including those for Bob Dylan's "Mr Tambourine Man."
As it is now that when someone describes a song as a Motown, people immediately know what to expect. The same for Californians who grew up on "CalIfornia Sound of Surf Music" YES, look it up. It's an actual description of a specific genre of music. I was blessed to grow up with the "California Sound," and my neighbors the Beach Boys. 🌊🌴🏄🏾... I'm 11-18 yrs, surfing in OC, California & North Shore beaches, In our home-made bikinis, Slaps, the smell of coco butter & surf wax, on Main St at HB. Epi-center Surf City... All surf shops, we'd hit Jack's Surf Center for lunch, avacado & sprouts on wheatberry sandwhich with Guava bananas smoothies & strips, then grab our wetsuits & boards, hit southside with transistor radio playing surf music... Smell of salt air, suntan lotion. Warthm of the sun, cooled us, as we'd run with our boards into the surf. Loud surf music blarring of the lifeguard tower on the pier & lifeguard stands. That's what loving memories this song brings me too. 🥰🤙 All surf groups. Jan & Dean, Honk, Ventures, Dick Dale & Del Tones (their great instrumentals) mostly their song "Misirlou" ended up being the lead sound tract for the movie Pulp Fiction 50 yrs later! Ty, please listen to more of the original "Surf Music." Along with Beach Boys, were bands of the 60's who played purely Instrumentals for surfer's, of which. Here are a few you must hear! 1)The Surfaries "WIPEOUT," or 2) The Chantsays..."PIPELINE," Do the video from" Reality Shifts)with little girl surfing for Pipeline Pretty Please.. all were used in best Surf flicks... "Endless Summer," "Pacific Vibrations," "5 Summer Stories..." and many others... music all were influenced by The Beach Boys, Dick Dale & Del Tones "Mirsirlou" But these instrumentals I've given you, I'm sure you recognized from movies that were made many years later. The great director producer Quentin Tarantino stated the surf sound of the 60's 70's, are pure magic. "I want to use them in all my films." And he, and many other film makers to this day, still do! Sorry for typing mistakes. Hard for me to post. .💞
Ty if you ever do play a few for me... Pipeline, the Chants us "Reality's channel. Thanks. God Lord willing, I'll be able to join in!!!!! 🙏 🌊🏄🏾 FYI... It's only instrumentals.... I've bet you herd it in a movie! Also Dick Dale & The Del Tones "Mirsirlou". Was intro song for Pulp Fiction Or Surf Riders "The Lively Ones" also in Pulp Fiction.. The album cover I believe it on the Surf Riders channel.
Oh yes. Summer 1964. Driving my red MGB with top down across the Long Port Bridge in South Jersey and listening to the sound of my exhaust, minus the muffler, and this song playing on my radio.
I wasn't quite 3 years old when this song came out, but I'll never forget hearing it drifting in from my parents' kitchen radio while I lay falling asleep in my room. Sweet dreams that night, I bet. Your smiling reaction brought a tear to my eye, because... Yeah. ❤
This is song is one of my top 10. I had a dysfunctional childhood and I would hold onto whatever made me feel good or special. I believe the first time I heard this song I was riding in a car 8 or 9 years old it was either Spring or Summer. I was born in 68 and this song came out in 64. I'm in live with a song before my time. ♥️
If I am not mistaken, Brian was self taught. You are correct that his contemporary heroes were Spector and the Beatles. I don't think they worked together - too competitive and both very eccentric.
This was a two-sided hit. The other side was I Get Around and both were huge hits and two of my favorites of theirs. Of course, I loved everything they sang. They set the bar for quite a while.
pmccachren Paul Macarthy thought they were brilliant, and invited them to join a jam session in London. There's even some tape floating around of the jam session. I think it was Paul who called The Beach Boys, America's "Beatles." John really like their "sounds & distinct harmonies from. The album Pet Sounds. 🌴🐶🐱🌊🏄🏾💝
Just a great time to be alive...From Rock, to Pop, to motown, to Soul...Absolutely the best era in music.....This is truly one of the classics by a timeless band..THE BEACH BOYS!!!
I heard this song the other day, first time in many years, brought tears as I remember having a drag race over a girl in the 60's and listening to this song at that time. These songs and those times can never be brought back, even through movies... sad if it is only through a movie. Same for the soul music of those times.
I have this 45. Was young girl n loved them along w many other great bands then. They were antithesis of the “British Invasion”. They were 2 brothers, cousin n friend. It was called the “ California Sound”. Few others came out of that as well- Jan n Dean, Mamas n Papas etc. I have their first album. I was living in suburb of Chicago at that time n it gave me those early dreams of California n warm weather year round. Great song. They were also embraced as being “ wholesome” as opposed to Stones n Kinks.
I lived in Ft. Sheridan near Highland Park then; we dug all the great music that was around. WLS radio. As an army brat we had friends whose folks recently transferred from California so we knew about the surf scene through them. I think we were hippies before there were hippies. Now I live there. Music is the best.
I was born in Detroit in 1948. There were a million kids in my neighborhood and we had a ball. I grew up with Motown, the Beatles and great AM radio. Later, we had great FM rock stations. Detroit was producing all these cool cars. I never realized how fortunate I was.
I’m happy to tell you where I was the first time I heard this song. My brother and had just bought Shut Down Volume 2 and took it home, went up to his room, slapped it on the turntable and played it. Probably late summer of 1964. I was 11 at the time. I’ve probably listened to this track a thousand times and never get tired of hearing it. It takes me back to that time period and sometimes I need that. Cheers, mate.
What's up, man! I enjoy the videos, and I've seen quite a few, so I subscribed. Thanks for keeping it real. If you like the harmonies of the Beach Boys, listen to In My Room. It's not good driving music, but it's great just to kick back and relax. God bless! ~Sam
When Brian got sick and had to leave the group for several months, they asked Glen Campbell to be his stand-in. He was familiar with the music because, as a session musician, he'd played on their records. What he wasn't ready for was singing those high parts while playing bass. He likened it to patting your head while rubbing your stomach. :)
Glen Campbell wasn’t just any session musician. He was part of the “Wrecking Crew”. Highly sought after session musicians for their top notch musical abilities. Of course, Glen for guitar. He’s one of the best.
Absolutely. I love to hear the members of the Wrecking Crew tell their stories of the those days. Glen has a hilarious story about the time he played on Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night." Glen was completely in awe of being in the presence of such a megastar, and because Glen didn't read music, he spent a lot of time looking admirably at Frank during the session. When Frank would turn to find Glen looking at him, Glen would pivot to the sheet music and pretend to be reading it. After the session, Frank asked someone in the booth who was the [homosexual] (not the word Frank used) that kept staring at him! :D All the others, if I remember correctly, could read music. Glen's incredible success puts him ahead of the others in my view since his playing was based on an inner, God-given aptitude that he translated into an amazing career. So many tend to pigeonhole him as a country music entertainer (which would have been fine with me), but he was so much more than that. All I can say is thank God for TH-cam because it's such a wonderful resource for discovering his vast talent. BTW, did you know that Hal Blaine recently passed?
MRM, since I'm clearly not old enough 2 remember the Beach Boys (cough cough 46) anyway love... I was but, a wee child in my momma ' s Lincoln with the 8trk tape player! That was bout the same time I learned of Jan & Dean... I'm a old soul.. okc 😇
I was fortunate to have seen the Beach Boys in concert twice. Once was on the beach at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, California with the ocean in the background. What a great memory!!!
Listening to my pocket sized transistor radio at the swimming pool in Salt Lake City Utah around 1965 or 1966. That little radio was the big thing then. Long before boom boxes and tape players.
The Beach Boys, “God Only Knows” should be your next reaction video. Written and arranged by Brian Wilson, showcasing his musical genius. It is rated as the #1 Beach Boys song by Rolling Stone and Paul McCartney, said that it is his favorite song. High praise from someone who has written and performed some of the most iconic songs of a generation.
You're so right- NOBODY sounds like them. There is a beautiful song by Linda Ronstadt called "Adios" where the Beach Boys do the backing vocals and it is UNmistakeable. About my reaction, I'm a baby boomer so it's so sentimental to me. I'm a singer and musician so, I've studied Brian Wilson's work, (he is the writer and arranger), and his songs are amazingly beautiful and sweet. The video is just amazing- look how they don't know how to move or stand- stiff as can be! It actually brought tears to my eyes, with the memories. I'm a soft heart for things like this. I'm so glad you chose it to listen to! Brian was singing the lead on this with that angelic high voice- his brother Carl also had a voice like him. Right now, most of what you hear, if anything on the radio is Brian's really poppy tunes sung my Mike Love. But if you ever want to dig in, finding the songs that Brian and Carl can really be a joy. Surf's up is an amazing one with Carl and Brian double tracked, In my Room, The Warmth of the Sun and Carolyne No.. OK, I'll stop reminiscing on your channel! Thanks for the video. You're adorable and smart.
I was like 7 years old when the Beach Boys and the Beatles hit the scene. Love them both. Brian Wilson, with everything he's been through in life, and he's still out there singing/playing/writing at 77 years young -- inspires me to never give up. :) The movie "Love & Mercy" brought me to tears.
Always loved the Beach Boys, I'm 70, and grew up on their music.....too bad he's lost two of his brothers....Brian is the genius of their success....Thanks for the memories.....
I was cruising in my 93 GMC SIERRA in Largo, FL. On my way to the beach when I thought to myself, "I need some Oldies music to set the scene." I turned on 103.5 FM. It was Beach Boys hour. They had just finished playing "Surfin' USA". Then the intro to "Don't Worry Baby" started playing and I was like "Whoa!!! Why have I never heard this one before?" I bought a CD before getting to the beach and kept that song on repeat. Needless to say, very relaxing afternoon
Ed Castillo One of my Favs as well! 🎼 "We come on the Sloop John B My grandfather and me Around Nassau town we did roam. Drinking all night. Got into a fight. Well I feel so broke up. I want to go home! "🎼 🎼 "Do do do, do do do, do do do"🎼 "🎼 So hoist up the John B's sail. See how the main sail sets. Call for the Captain ashore. Let me go home, let me go home. I want to go home, yeah yeah. Well I feel so broke up, I want to go home. "🎼 🎼 "do do do, do do do, do do do"🎼 🎼 "The first mate he got drunk, And broke in the Cap'n's trunk. The constable had to come and take him away. Sheriff John Stone. Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah? Well I feel so broke up, I want to go home! "🎼 🎼 "do do do, do do do, do do do"🎼 🎼 "So hoist up the John B's sail. See how the main sail sets. Call for the Captain ashore! Let me go home, let me go home! I want to go home, let me go home Why don't you let me go home This is the worst trip, I've ever been on... (Hoist up the John B's sail) Hoist up…"🎼" Let me go home! "🎼. This was one of John Lennon of the Beatles favorite songs of his many, of the beach boys... Mine too Ed Castillo, thanks for the memories! ⚓💞 ⛵
Yes! That's a great song! (Though I first heard it sung by The Kingston Trio and later I heard the Beach Boys' version, but yeah, great song!) When my brother was in the Navy, I'd tease him a bit by playing that song at least once when he was home on leave.
@@edcastillo9342 OMG! YES!!!! Also, "M.T.A." and "Tijuana Jail" were also some of my favorites growing up. Heck, the first car I remember (that I was almost born in the back seat of) had an 8-track player, (and later my Dad added a bracket and installed a cassette player) and almost every time we were going somewhere, my brother and I would insist on listening to "M.T.A." .
I was a little girl born in 1966 and I used to hear all the Beach Boys songs and Righteous Brothers, and all the great music from the sixties and the 1970's !!!
Brian Wilson wrote this as a follow up to the Ronettes “Be My Baby”. Phil Spector rejected it, do The Beach Boys put it out. It reached #5 on the pop charts.
I was in about the 6th grade when I first heard Don’t Worry Baby. Real time. I grew up in Los Angeles in the 60’s and the Beach Boy’s were Solid Gold. The Co-writer Roger Christian was a DJ at KHJ in Los Angeles. He Co-wrote many songs for The Beach Boys and Jan&Dean
I am so glad you played this song. Don’t Worry Baby is one of my favorite Beach Boys songs. I think I first heard it probably up in my bedroom when I was 14. Me and my brothers would listen to our little AM radio all the time. I be been a fan a long long time! I remember in an interview how they hated doing shows where they lipsynced. You could kind of tell the way they were goofing around. I’m sure I also heard them do it live many times. Thanks for posting this and giving folks the exposure to things they might not hear otherwise. Keep up the good work, young man.
I couldn't tell you where I heard this song first to be honest. My father is a big Beach Boys fan so I grew up listening to a lot of their songs. Hearing anything from them reminds me of my childhood house, full of sunlight and a backyard with a tall red fence. Thank you for bringing up this memory for me.
“Don’t worry baby, everything will be awwright.” Is exactly how she talked. Put me into a peaceful sleep lots of nights. First time I heard that song... on the AM radio in my 57 Ford cruising College Ave. With her head on my shoulder.
2 of my sisters and their spouses took me,to see the Beach Boys at the Ionia Free Fair. It was my very first concert ever. Mike Love and Al Jardine and Brian Wilson were the only original members still in the group. Al Jardine's son was playing percussion. Apparently I have a thing for drummers and lead singers. For a while John Stamos played drums for them. It was the coolest concert ever. They threw Beach Balls out into the crowd, it was a great time. Brian Wilson was the major song writer for the group, but he also had his problems with mental health. The Wilson brothers had an abusive father. Their brother Dennis died in a drowning accident, from hypothermia. Anyway nothing can compare to the Beach Boys.
Brian Wilson wrote this song in response to hearing Be My Baby by the Ronette's. He tried to give the song to Ronnie Spector but she didn't want it so he kept it for the Beach Boy's.
i was 10 yrs. old maybe 5th grade. i was hearing elvis, beatles, franky valli 4 seasons and all others in that era. nobody had that beach boy sound , very hard to copy from the original group. when brian was in his prime, no other vocalist could harmonize like he did. and still today people are in awe about what he achieved and how his music stood the test of time.
My mother's favorite group. Her favorite song from them was In my room. She had 45s, 78s and tapes of them. She would only listen to radio stations that played them. I heard them from the womb until she passed away six years ago.
The legendary Brian Wilson (Bass and ultimate composer extraordinaire) in the middle singing lead vocals. On his right is the drummer and his brother Dennis. To his left stands his other brother Carl the lead guitarist. To the far left stands Al Jardin the rhythm guitarist (sometimes lead guitar) And on the far right stands the main lead vocalist Mike Love. The men, the myth, the legends: The Beach Boys.
Always a shock that you young whippersnappers have never heard the classics that I grew up on. But then again, it's a shock that I'm this damn old.
I often wonder who that old man is in my mirror.
I hear ya!!
It may be shocking, but it is certainly better then the alternative.
Haha. I haven't heard the word whippersnappers in 50 years. As a matter of fact , I was one
@@utGort I love my life, but definitely looking forward to the alternative!
I'm 73 years old and was a teenager when the Beach Boys were hitting the charts. I had every recording they had. Brian Wilson was a genius and still is. Without the genius of Brian, there would not have been the Beach Boys. Thanks for the memories.
i agree
Yes, Brian was the backbone NOT is asshole cousin!
Your the same age as my parents.we were reared on this .myself and cousins used listen to our parents records from the " olden days " we were so lucky.
trapped my kids in the car with the Beach Boys most days I took them to school ... programmed it into their DNA... 15 years old and they still jam it today
I’m the same age as you & an Aussie. Grew up on the beaches in Sydney. This is the music of my youth. Fantastic music great memories 👍
1964. I was 14. California was a mystique. This song was the greatest thing that ever hit the air at the time. Every guy alive sang it.
I was also 14, living and surfing in SO Cal. Yeah, it was a great time and area. Miss it!
Omg lucky. You got to live in the60s and 70s. Best time of music!!
Dean Tait lucky man currently 18 i wish i grew up in ur era
The flip side was "" I get around "" first record ( 45rpm) I ever owned
So you’re 70s now if you don’t mind I’m asking?
Brian Wilson got the unique Beach Boys sound by layering the music. Sort of like a wall of sound. He wrote and produced his songs himself. Genius
The wall of sound, and the albums using that technique, were produced by Phil Spector. Wilson adopted the technique to an extent himself, but Phil was the main guy behind that sound.
I'm not trying to diminish your take on Brian, as he deserves all the credit in the world for his art and sound.
Brian Walendy I get what you're saying. No worries.
And he was deaf in one ear
Extremely influenced by Phil Spector &, in a way, doo wop, which probably influenced Spector.
The Infiltrator And The Four Freshman
Brian Wilson......The greatest American composer of his time the smoothest harmonies and a tightness unrivaled, their music is truly timeless,,
Absolutely1
Don’t forget the great voice of the late Carl Wilson
Greatest?? Stop it
@Huawei sucks sheisse Yes, the Beatles felt they had to match Pet Sounds and they made Sgt. Peppers in response. This song, to me is so great....harmonies, lyrics.....its got it all and this was the mid 60's.....it also shows how Brian moved from only Beach songs or car songs to something more universal.
AMEN Dave, as important to me as Lennon and McCartney.
The Beach Boys sound and songs are timeless.
I weep every time. It's like pulling a warm blanket over me with every listening.
You are so wholesome 💝
First time I heard Don’t Worry Baby was when I bought the record in the 60’s. Still love it and still a huge Beach Boys fan. Yep, Brian Wilson is a genius.
The most amazing thing about this beautiful, heartfelt and superbly sung song is, it's all about a man's concern about racing his car and, his girl assuring him that her love will make everything be alright - Classic American
Such innocent lyrics.
"The Warmth Of The Sun." A gorgeous early BB love ballad that sent chills through my spine the first time I heard it. Brian Wilson wrote it the night JFK was killed, as a way to try and get through his grief. Gorgeous vocals, melody, song.
Agreed! Listen to Vince Gill cover it. Supernatural!
Yes!!! One of my fav Beach Boy songs. Gorgeous.
@@blurbn My mom LOVED Vince Gill's cover version of "The Warmth of the Sun" (performed live at the All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson). It's on youtube, but I don't think it's in beautiful stereo :(
@@devengen Your Mom obviously has great taste in music. Merry Christmas!
50+ years and their music still stands the test of time. No question.
You should try God only knows! To die for!
These reaction programs have really taught me a much deeper appreciation of music in general, but specifically like groups like the Beach Boys. Brian Wilson is an iconic musical force and the harmonies of this group are legendary. Really no one else like them before or since!
I first heard this song on the radio in 1963. I was 14 years old and I was already a big fan of the Beach Boys. I'm 70 and still love it.
1964 The Beach Boys Don't Worry Baby. One of my favorite songs and when this song came out I was 14. I was hanging out with my best friend and been a teen.
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Best harmony ever. Being born in 1956 it seem to be Beatles vs Beach Boys, I always preferred the Beach Boys. Good Vibrations and Sloop John B. I enjoy your reviews!
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Beatles vs Beach Boys no doubt.
I'm thinking tie!
Those 2 groups were so different. Like comparing apples to oranges. They were both tops and both original and unique. But nobody copied the Beach Boys and succeeded that I know of, and I was a teen back then.
John Lennon said he was influenced by Brian Wilson
@Huawei is a criminal organization. Agree!
As a teenager near Chicago, never having been to California, I was still aware of the surf scene from fellow army brats who had been there. When this song came out we all dug it along with Motown, Jazz, Beatles, Soul, Byrds, Stones, Folk and everything else we heard on our transistor radios. We bought the 45's or LP's. Some top 40 stuff was c--p, but most was great and it evolved every week; new and better tunes all the time. The Beach Boys had a huge hit with this tune then because it sounded so cool, had great harmonies and arrangement and was a reassuring, mellow message when times were tough; it still is. It's a beautiful love song. Plus it had that California mystique of sun, beach, pretty girls and coolness. This was new, fresh and definitely very appealing. Greasy tough guys were out; hip, intelligent, compassionate people were cool; we were hippies before hippies. This was a pivotal tune for us. Brian Wilson is a genius.
When this song was on the charts, we heard it on the beach emanating from every transistor radio via WBZ Boston radio. 55 years ago!!
I grew up on punk/metal/southern/classic rock, but I love some Beach Boys.
Any opinion on Relient K? I ask because of the Beach Boys' influence on the band.
I'm a metal head/classic rock guy too but the Beach Boys were ALWAYS played when the family was at the beach every year in vacation. So much so that my brothers and I passed it to their kids and its still played to this day by all of us
Beach Boys were a definite early influence of punk. You can draw a straight ine from B Boys to the Ramones
The first time I heard "Don't Worry, Baby" was when I was cleaning my bathroom listening to a Beach Boys playlist. No better way to get introduced to a song.
What most do not realize and appreciate about Don’t Worry, Baby is that The Beach Boys also did all the instrumentals on this track. These guys could play, too! Obviously the harmonies are stellar.
I turned 8 in the summer of 1964 and actually bought this 45. I almost said “single”, but it had an even more popular flip side. I Get Around was its B-side.
My mom was a huge fan of The Beach Boys, so I can say I grew up listening to them.
Brian Wilson has the GREATEST falsetto. Makes me cry. 😓❤
Yes. Farmer's Daughter is an even better example of his sublime falsetto.
I grew up in Del Mar California this kind of music was playing when you were growing up. And by this I mean the early 1970s. It still takes me back and it still listen to now. You could say it was part of the soundtrack of my youth. I feel lucky my friends and I had this in our repertoire of music. And it was great to listen to it just now in the early morning. I'll start my day right now.
"In My Room" is well worth a listen.
It is one of my favorites!
One of my all time favorites!
Yes! I forgot all about that song!
Along with surfer girl the start of pet sounds before pet sounds the album
No ya talkin'
If you dont tear up a bit at that one
Ya got no heart
Much love to Brian Wilson
2nd Fave Beach Boys song...EVER!!
You bring so much back, MRM.
What's your number 1?? Wouldn't It Be Nice is my all time favorite song, personally.
@@patrickhall9619 God Only Knows. I really love them all. Endless Summer was the theme album of our lives before high school in So. Cal.
Favorite Beachboys song " Dance , Dance, Dance "
I agree The Beach Boys have a great sound. I first saw them in the early seventies at the Boston Garden in Boston Massachusetts and I was blown away and started buying their records after that.
I saw them in Toronto Canada in the '70's and they were great😊
The genius of Brian Wilson never ceases to amaze me. The album "Pet Sounds" is considered a critically acclaimed recording in Pop/Rock history ❤️
Greatest vocals ever, no gimmicks, just singing.
That was Brian Wilson as lead with his brother Dennis on the left that passed and Al Jardine furthest left. On the right is Carl who also passed and the Mike Love that is the only original Beach Boy still touring. To me who grew up with this group, they will always be my favorite. Thanks for sharing
It’s complicated. Brian and Al tour together. Mike and Bruce tour under “The Beach Boys” name.
@@5roundsrapid263 You're right, I saw the Mike Love Beach Boys group in DC in August several years in a row. Growing up in California near Santa Cruz in the early 60s
Mike was Brian, Carl and Dennis' cousin. Al Jardine was a neighbor.
Love this song!!! My parents are huge Beach Boys fans! When I was little, my dad picked me up and danced me around to this song, all the while singing along. Yes, at 48 years old, I’m still daddy’s one and only little girl.
I saw them in the late 80's...... awesome ! Brian Wilson ~ pure genius & one of the greatest songwriters ever... nuff said !
Absolutely.
"God Only Knows" Beach Boy pinnacle.
Great song!!!
Agree !
peter blood Greatest pop song.
Agreed.
Don`t get angry.... Good Vibration
This particular Beach Boys song "don't worry baby" was first sung in 1964! on the album "I get around" I was in the 4th grade I'm 66 yrs old their harmony sound is one of a kind! The three Wilson brothers their 1/2 brother and cousin Mike!
The Beach Boys are part of Americana from the 60's and 70's and even up to the 80's. Harmonies are awesome! Brian Wilson was special!
I listen to this when I worry about something. Brings back my dad who's been gone for over five years now, brings me comfort somehow. Thank you so much. Brian Wilson is an absolute genius.
Glad you are appreciating the genius of Brian and the Boys. Brian has been called the Mozart of Rock. This is a very early example of his budding genius and was the flip side of the single "I get around." If you get a chance to see him in concert, don't miss it. He still tours and puts on a great show!
Yes he does and its amazing how he survived the abuse and all the pain in his life. To write and produce classic songs and arrange the harmonies that make the Beach Boys music loved by the entire world is an accomplishment he probably never imagined. Thank you Brian and the Beach Boys for the soundtrack of my life from the 60's to this day.
Nobody does it like Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys !! I was in high school when I first heard one of many of their songs to come out ! It blew me away. And being on a date then it was pure bliss holding my honey at the drive-in theater and listening to them on the radio !! Brian Wilson is brilliant in writing, and even the Beatles admired them !!! Love, love the Beach Boys !!
They harmonize so well because they are brothers and cousins.
Great point
Family members do tend to sound somewhat alike
I'd say that the blend of their voices is so warm and special because they are related. I would not say that being related helps people harmonize better though. Just my opinion.
@@Not_A_Tourist Brian wrote great songs under the lsd spell ..its crazy how created it makes you
3 brothers, one coins, and Al Jardine was an aspiring dentist - perfect harmony quintet
Grew up in San Diego in the sixties. Beach boys were a major part of music for beach going tweens and teens. As the band's music evolved over the years it was clear that was due to Brian Wilson's gift. There music will always take me back to the sun and surf years of my life.
Brian wrote this for the Ronettes after he heard Be My Baby.
Also a straight jam. Can't beat that wall of sound.
Born 1952 and raised in Southern California ... on the beach! THIS sound WAS my adolescence. First album I ever bought was the Beach Boys. But I also grew up with the Black girl groups and loved them too. Never understood later on why they were marginalized when they recorded song after great song telling the universal stories of all girls. Musically, It was a GREAT time to be alive! I was fortunate in my parents who also had interesting and eclectic tastes. Loved my Sachmo, Duke and Ella too ... because of my dad. Before WWII, when he enlisted in the Corps, as a young man growing up in LA he had parked cars at a jazz club there. He saw all the BIG names come through and passed along his love for that sound to his 3 kids. I think It was passed along in our DNA.
"Don't worry baby," was arguably one of the most influential songs in music history. Brian Wilson claimed he wrote this song for Ronnie and the Ronettes after hearing "Be my baby" gis all time favorite song. He submitted ""Don't worry baby" to Phil Spector who declined using it. So, the Beach Boys recorded it using a multi-track over dub set up to mimic Spector's wall of sound using a steady "chub-chun" beat (heard in both songs) to tie it all together. That in turn would be used by Roger McGuinn of the Byrds in several tracks including those for Bob Dylan's "Mr Tambourine Man."
No one better than Brian Wilson. The definition of a genius. I’m glad I lived in the same period as him and The Beach Boys.
As it is now that when someone describes a song as a Motown, people immediately know what to expect.
The same for Californians who grew up on "CalIfornia Sound of Surf Music" YES, look it up. It's an actual description of a specific genre of music.
I was blessed to grow up with the "California Sound," and my neighbors the Beach Boys. 🌊🌴🏄🏾...
I'm 11-18 yrs, surfing in OC, California & North Shore beaches, In our home-made bikinis, Slaps, the smell of coco butter & surf wax, on Main St at HB. Epi-center Surf City... All surf shops, we'd hit Jack's Surf Center for lunch, avacado & sprouts on wheatberry sandwhich with Guava bananas smoothies & strips, then grab our wetsuits & boards, hit southside with transistor radio playing surf music... Smell of salt air, suntan lotion. Warthm of the sun, cooled us, as we'd run with our boards into the surf. Loud surf music blarring of the lifeguard tower on the pier & lifeguard stands. That's what loving memories this song brings me too. 🥰🤙
All surf groups. Jan & Dean, Honk, Ventures, Dick Dale & Del Tones (their great instrumentals) mostly their song "Misirlou" ended up being the lead sound tract for the movie Pulp Fiction 50 yrs later!
Ty, please listen to more of the original "Surf Music."
Along with Beach Boys, were bands of the 60's who played purely Instrumentals for surfer's, of which. Here are a few you must hear! 1)The Surfaries "WIPEOUT," or 2) The Chantsays..."PIPELINE," Do the video from" Reality Shifts)with little girl surfing for Pipeline Pretty Please.. all were used in best Surf flicks... "Endless Summer," "Pacific Vibrations," "5 Summer Stories..." and many others... music all were influenced by The Beach Boys, Dick Dale & Del Tones "Mirsirlou"
But these instrumentals I've given you, I'm sure you recognized from movies that were made many years later. The great director producer Quentin Tarantino stated the surf sound of the 60's 70's, are pure magic. "I want to use them in all my films." And he, and many other film makers to this day, still do! Sorry for typing mistakes. Hard for me to post.
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Ty if you ever do play a few for me... Pipeline, the Chants us "Reality's channel. Thanks. God Lord willing, I'll be able to join in!!!!! 🙏 🌊🏄🏾 FYI... It's only instrumentals.... I've bet you herd it in a movie!
Also Dick Dale & The Del Tones "Mirsirlou". Was intro song for Pulp Fiction
Or
Surf Riders "The Lively Ones" also in Pulp Fiction.. The album cover I believe it on the Surf Riders channel.
HarleyAngelgrl Rachal you were blessed period to grow up in California.
Oh yes. Summer 1964. Driving my red MGB with top down across the Long Port Bridge in South Jersey and listening to the sound of my exhaust, minus the muffler, and this song playing on my radio.
I wasn't quite 3 years old when this song came out, but I'll never forget hearing it drifting in from my parents' kitchen radio while I lay falling asleep in my room. Sweet dreams that night, I bet. Your smiling reaction brought a tear to my eye, because... Yeah. ❤
This is song is one of my top 10. I had a dysfunctional childhood and I would hold onto whatever made me feel good or special. I believe the first time I heard this song I was riding in a car 8 or 9 years old it was either Spring or Summer. I was born in 68 and this song came out in 64. I'm in live with a song before my time. ♥️
Always been my cruising music from day one. In my 67 Chevelle with my beautiful future wife by my side. Gives me chills every time.
One of my many favorite songs by the beach boys. Always and forever will love them.
He learned the studio craft from Phil Spector, the wall of sound. I first heard them at nine in New Jersey. Praise Jesus.
If I am not mistaken, Brian was self taught. You are correct that his contemporary heroes were Spector and the Beatles. I don't think they worked together - too competitive and both very eccentric.
This was a two-sided hit. The other side was I Get Around and both were huge hits and two of my favorites of theirs. Of course, I loved everything they sang. They set the bar for quite a while.
Thank you watching the live version. Love Brian Wilson's beautiful voice on this one!
Old rock never dies. It gets better. These guys were the Beatles from America back in the day.
pmccachren Paul Macarthy thought they were brilliant, and invited them to join a jam session in London. There's even some tape floating around of the jam session. I think it was Paul who called The Beach Boys, America's "Beatles." John really like their "sounds & distinct harmonies from. The album Pet Sounds. 🌴🐶🐱🌊🏄🏾💝
Brian, great voice.
The Beatles really wanted to sound a good as the Beach Boys. They came to visit them in CA to hear them in person
Pull up some Four Seasons. If you like this group you will appreciate The Four Seasons.
Amen.
Just a great time to be alive...From Rock, to Pop, to motown, to Soul...Absolutely the best era in music.....This is truly one of the classics by a timeless band..THE BEACH BOYS!!!
"God Only Knows" is my favorite BB song, but this is a very close second.
"She Knows Me Too Well" as good as either of them.
I heard this song the other day, first time in many years, brought tears as I remember having a drag race over a girl in the 60's and listening to this song at that time. These songs and those times can never be brought back, even through movies... sad if it is only through a movie. Same for the soul music of those times.
I have this 45. Was young girl n loved them along w many other great bands then. They were antithesis of the “British Invasion”. They were 2 brothers, cousin n friend. It was called the “ California Sound”. Few others came out of that as well- Jan n Dean, Mamas n Papas etc. I have their first album. I was living in suburb of Chicago at that time n it gave me those early dreams of California n warm weather year round. Great song. They were also embraced as being “ wholesome” as opposed to Stones n Kinks.
check out Moby Grape! (again?)
3 Brothers, Dennis, Carl, and Brian. Wink.
John not saying my preference over Stones n Kinks; two of my all time faves; just stating the feeling n flavor of the time.
I lived in Ft. Sheridan near Highland Park then; we dug all the great music that was around. WLS radio. As an army brat we had friends whose folks recently transferred from California so we knew about the surf scene through them. I think we were hippies before there were hippies. Now I live there. Music is the best.
I was born in Detroit in 1948. There were a million kids in my neighborhood and we had a ball. I grew up with Motown, the Beatles and great AM radio. Later, we had great FM rock stations. Detroit was producing all these cool cars. I never realized how fortunate I was.
My favorite Beach Boys song!!!
The vocals that come in right after the guitar solo still gives me goose bumps to this day and I have heard this song at least a hundred times.
I’m happy to tell you where I was the first time I heard this song. My brother and had just bought Shut Down Volume 2 and took it home, went up to his room, slapped it on the turntable and played it. Probably late summer of 1964. I was 11 at the time. I’ve probably listened to this track a thousand times and never get tired of hearing it. It takes me back to that time period and sometimes I need that. Cheers, mate.
What's up, man! I enjoy the videos, and I've seen quite a few, so I subscribed. Thanks for keeping it real. If you like the harmonies of the Beach Boys, listen to In My Room. It's not good driving music, but it's great just to kick back and relax. God bless!
~Sam
True. No one else had the harmony/sound that the beach boys had.
Try "Jan and Dean "The little old lady from Pasadena" "Dead mans curve" and "Sidewalk surfin"
Amen. ... I totally agree & mentioned them in my comment also! great minds!
Dont forget Surf City
pleaaaaase do Jan and Dean
When Brian got sick and had to leave the group for several months, they asked Glen Campbell to be his stand-in. He was familiar with the music because, as a session musician, he'd played on their records. What he wasn't ready for was singing those high parts while playing bass. He likened it to patting your head while rubbing your stomach. :)
Glen Campbell wasn’t just any session musician. He was part of the “Wrecking Crew”.
Highly sought after session musicians for their top notch musical abilities.
Of course, Glen for guitar. He’s one of the best.
Absolutely. I love to hear the members of the Wrecking Crew tell their stories of the those days. Glen has a hilarious story about the time he played on Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night." Glen was completely in awe of being in the presence of such a megastar, and because Glen didn't read music, he spent a lot of time looking admirably at Frank during the session. When Frank would turn to find Glen looking at him, Glen would pivot to the sheet music and pretend to be reading it. After the session, Frank asked someone in the booth who was the [homosexual] (not the word Frank used) that kept staring at him! :D
All the others, if I remember correctly, could read music. Glen's incredible success puts him ahead of the others in my view since his playing was based on an inner, God-given aptitude that he translated into an amazing career. So many tend to pigeonhole him as a country music entertainer (which would have been fine with me), but he was so much more than that. All I can say is thank God for TH-cam because it's such a wonderful resource for discovering his vast talent.
BTW, did you know that Hal Blaine recently passed?
MRM, since I'm clearly not old enough 2 remember the Beach Boys (cough cough 46) anyway love... I was but, a wee child in my momma ' s Lincoln with the 8trk tape player! That was bout the same time I learned of Jan & Dean... I'm a old soul.. okc 😇
I was fortunate to have seen the Beach Boys in concert twice. Once was on the beach at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, California with the ocean in the background. What a great memory!!!
Beautiful song!!! Thanks !!!!
Listening to my pocket sized transistor radio at the swimming pool in Salt Lake City Utah around 1965 or 1966. That little radio was the big thing then. Long before boom boxes and tape players.
The Beach Boys, “God Only Knows” should be your next reaction video. Written and arranged by Brian Wilson, showcasing his musical genius. It is rated as the #1 Beach Boys song by Rolling Stone and Paul McCartney, said that it is his favorite song. High praise from someone who has written and performed some of the most iconic songs of a generation.
That is def. one of their best songs. He would love that one for sure!
You're so right- NOBODY sounds like them. There is a beautiful song by Linda Ronstadt called "Adios" where the Beach Boys do the backing vocals and it is UNmistakeable. About my reaction, I'm a baby boomer so it's so sentimental to me. I'm a singer and musician so, I've studied Brian Wilson's work, (he is the writer and arranger), and his songs are amazingly beautiful and sweet. The video is just amazing- look how they don't know how to move or stand- stiff as can be! It actually brought tears to my eyes, with the memories. I'm a soft heart for things like this. I'm so glad you chose it to listen to! Brian was singing the lead on this with that angelic high voice- his brother Carl also had a voice like him. Right now, most of what you hear, if anything on the radio is Brian's really poppy tunes sung my Mike Love. But if you ever want to dig in, finding the songs that Brian and Carl can really be a joy. Surf's up is an amazing one with Carl and Brian double tracked, In my Room, The Warmth of the Sun and Carolyne No.. OK, I'll stop reminiscing on your channel! Thanks for the video. You're adorable and smart.
I was seven years old when this song was released, so I'd have heard on KDKA, which played a lot of top 40 at the time.
Grew up 30 miles from Pittsburgh and listened to KDKA all the time.
I was like 7 years old when the Beach Boys and the Beatles hit the scene. Love them both. Brian Wilson, with everything he's been through in life, and he's still out there singing/playing/writing at 77 years young -- inspires me to never give up. :) The movie "Love & Mercy" brought me to tears.
I truly love this song so much; it transports me! You have good taste !
Always loved the Beach Boys, I'm 70, and grew up on their music.....too bad he's lost two of his brothers....Brian is the genius of their success....Thanks for the memories.....
It's a beautiful song !! I love it !!
I was cruising in my 93 GMC SIERRA in Largo, FL. On my way to the beach when I thought to myself, "I need some Oldies music to set the scene." I turned on 103.5 FM. It was Beach Boys hour. They had just finished playing "Surfin' USA". Then the intro to "Don't Worry Baby" started playing and I was like "Whoa!!! Why have I never heard this one before?" I bought a CD before getting to the beach and kept that song on repeat. Needless to say, very relaxing afternoon
Try the cut, Sloop John B. by The Beach Boys...
Ed Castillo One of my Favs as well!
🎼 "We come on the Sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did roam.
Drinking all night.
Got into a fight.
Well I feel so broke up.
I want to go home! "🎼
🎼 "Do do do, do do do, do do do"🎼
"🎼 So hoist up the John B's sail.
See how the main sail sets.
Call for the Captain ashore.
Let me go home, let me go home.
I want to go home, yeah yeah.
Well I feel so broke up,
I want to go home. "🎼
🎼 "do do do, do do do, do do do"🎼
🎼 "The first mate he got drunk,
And broke in the Cap'n's trunk.
The constable had to come and take him away.
Sheriff John Stone.
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah?
Well I feel so broke up, I want to go home! "🎼
🎼 "do do do, do do do, do do do"🎼
🎼 "So hoist up the John B's sail.
See how the main sail sets.
Call for the Captain ashore!
Let me go home, let me go home!
I want to go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home
This is the worst trip, I've ever been on...
(Hoist up the John B's sail)
Hoist up…"🎼" Let me go home! "🎼.
This was one of John Lennon of the Beatles favorite songs of his many, of the beach boys... Mine too Ed Castillo, thanks for the memories! ⚓💞 ⛵
Good choice! Great song!
Yes! That's a great song! (Though I first heard it sung by The Kingston Trio and later I heard the Beach Boys' version, but yeah, great song!) When my brother was in the Navy, I'd tease him a bit by playing that song at least once when he was home on leave.
@@Divhreaza Speaking of The Kingston Trio, maybe he should do a reaction video to Where Have All The Flowers Gone? And Tom Dooley....
@@edcastillo9342 OMG! YES!!!! Also, "M.T.A." and "Tijuana Jail" were also some of my favorites growing up. Heck, the first car I remember (that I was almost born in the back seat of) had an 8-track player, (and later my Dad added a bracket and installed a cassette player) and almost every time we were going somewhere, my brother and I would insist on listening to "M.T.A." .
I was a little girl born in 1966 and I used to hear all the Beach Boys songs and Righteous Brothers, and all the great music from the sixties and the 1970's !!!
Brian Wilson wrote this as a follow up to the Ronettes “Be My Baby”. Phil Spector rejected it, do The Beach Boys put it out. It reached #5 on the pop charts.
don't worry baby peaked at #24 as the "b" side of the i get around 45.still , not bad since "b" sides rarely get any play on the radio.
I was in about the 6th grade when I first heard Don’t Worry Baby. Real time. I grew up in Los Angeles in the 60’s and the Beach Boy’s were Solid Gold. The Co-writer Roger Christian was a DJ at KHJ in Los Angeles. He Co-wrote many songs for The Beach Boys and Jan&Dean
The beach boys sail on sailor a bit different
may be my favorite Beach Boys song..
Allen Saunders also featured in the film The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese.
Sail on sail on sailor!! Great song Beach boys were such a part of our youth coming from a 70-year-old!
Also a Navy vet So anything sailor hits me
I am so glad you played this song. Don’t Worry Baby is one of my favorite Beach Boys songs. I think I first heard it probably up in my bedroom when I was 14. Me and my brothers would listen to our little AM radio all the time. I be been a fan a long long time!
I remember in an interview how they hated doing shows where they lipsynced. You could kind of tell the way they were goofing around.
I’m sure I also heard them do it live many times.
Thanks for posting this and giving folks the exposure to things they might not hear otherwise.
Keep up the good work, young man.
Beach Boys are awesome and fun!
I couldn't tell you where I heard this song first to be honest. My father is a big Beach Boys fan so I grew up listening to a lot of their songs. Hearing anything from them reminds me of my childhood house, full of sunlight and a backyard with a tall red fence. Thank you for bringing up this memory for me.
“409”. Was a favorite of mine.
“Don’t worry baby, everything will be awwright.” Is exactly how she talked. Put me into a peaceful sleep lots of nights. First time I heard that song... on the AM radio in my 57 Ford cruising College Ave. With her head on my shoulder.
2 of my sisters and their spouses took me,to see the Beach Boys at the Ionia Free Fair. It was my very first concert ever. Mike Love and Al Jardine and Brian Wilson were the only original members still in the group. Al Jardine's son was playing percussion. Apparently I have a thing for drummers and lead singers. For a while John Stamos played drums for them. It was the coolest concert ever. They threw Beach Balls out into the crowd, it was a great time.
Brian Wilson was the major song writer for the group, but he also had his problems with mental health. The Wilson brothers had an abusive father. Their brother Dennis died in a drowning accident, from hypothermia.
Anyway nothing can compare to the Beach Boys.
Brian Wilson wrote this song in response to hearing Be My Baby by the Ronette's. He tried to give the song to Ronnie Spector but she didn't want it so he kept it for the Beach Boy's.
@MRM. please do a reaction to
In the Year 2525. By Zager and Evans.
Love to hear this one, done by two guys from where I'm from, Nebraska 👍
migizi52 loved that song as a kid, not so much as an adult
He should do white bird by it's a beautiful day
@@neil0666 I'm in lincoln. Zagar and Evans were from nebraska. ?
That song is annoying and repetetive.
i was 10 yrs. old maybe 5th grade. i was hearing elvis, beatles, franky valli 4 seasons and all others in that era. nobody had that beach boy sound , very hard to copy from the original group. when brian was in his prime, no other vocalist could harmonize like he did. and still today people are in awe about what he achieved and how his music stood the test of time.
One of my absolute favorite Beach Boys songs!
My favorite beach boys song. Not their biggest hit but it’s majestically beautiful with the harmonies and the melody line
Love the beach boys but man they looked awkward and stiff!!!!!
having to be without their instruments, didn't know what to do with their hands lol
Very Young Beach Boys! 😊
That's probably because their father was standing there behind the scenes, scowling at them.
Yeah. I think it's kinda telling that the 3 brothers adopt defensive, insecure positions for their arms and hands. Their dad used to beat them.
It kind of wreaks of innocence.
My mother's favorite group. Her favorite song from them was In my room. She had 45s, 78s and tapes of them. She would only listen to radio stations that played them. I heard them from the womb until she passed away six years ago.
Oh that Harmony Indeed. Loved it.
Eagles Seven Bridges R is likeiwse great harmony
The legendary Brian Wilson (Bass and ultimate composer extraordinaire) in the middle singing lead vocals. On his right is the drummer and his brother Dennis. To his left stands his other brother Carl the lead guitarist. To the far left stands Al Jardin the rhythm guitarist (sometimes lead guitar) And on the far right stands the main lead vocalist Mike Love.
The men, the myth, the legends: The Beach Boys.