The Beach Boys are one of the most unique groups in music history, period. Nobody has ever been able to emulate or copy their style, sound, or flair. They became the definitive "beach" sound and whenever you hear them you can't help but think of California, beaches, surfer dudes, blonde beach babes, and good old fashioned teenage fun.
Those are who I consider the great bands. There's excellent groups, but you can still ask yourself when you hear a new song, "Is that...?" But then there are other musician/cmposers like Queen, Pink Floyd, Prince, Bowie, etc--and Brian Wilson, and their work is so original that you know who it is instantly, and no one dares to copy the style because it is so iconic within rock that they know everyone will instantly call them on it. On a separate note, these guys might really like The Wrecking Crew video about the making of this song. The brothers and cousins are excellent harmonizers, but the musicians behind all of this stuff was a collection of geniuses. The choice to use that Player Piano in that one section was brilliant.
@@ffjsb It seems that, for most people, what was so special about The Beach Boys were Brian Wilson's genius compositions outside of the surf genre, although many of those songs still had that tilt. I loved Jan and Dean for fun too, but no one compared them to the Beatles but even The Beatles admitted to admiring Wilson's work.
@@ffjsb I agree and I like it a lot, But I also know tons of people who are very musically savvy, but they don't admire Brian's work. But what artist couldn't we say that about? Being 'good' isn't about satisfying everyone else, it's about a true talent satisfying themselves. If some people don't 'hear' that, that's fine. There's types of music I don't like that much but I know it has legit fans. We don't all have to agree, especially when it comes to art. That sort of defeats the purpose. I'm just glad enough of us liked him that he continued to create more art.
@@ffjsb Jan and Dean got a lot of help from Brian Wilson (lyrics, composition, arrangement) and The Beach Boys sang backup vocals for some of their songs. That's why Jan and Dean's music sounds a lot like early Beach Boys music.
This was a groundbreaking record. The Wrecking Crew, the band of crack session musicians who played with everyone from Sinatra to Dylan, played the instruments on this album, and they told Brian Wilson his musical genius blew their minds.
This was recorded over a two-month period using top Los Angeles session musicians - the Beach Boys didn't play any instruments on the track. About 90 hours of studio time and 70 hours of tape were used, and at least 12 musicians played on the sessions. It's hard to know whose performances ended up on the record, but some of the musicians involved were Glen Campbell (lead guitar), Hal Blaine (drums), Larry Knechtel (organ) and Al de Lory (piano). Brian Wilson played bass when the Beach Boys went on the road, but he brought in Carol Kaye to play bass guitar and Lyle Ritz to play upright bass on these sessions. Kaye recalled in a Songfacts interview, "He did the very first take on that with Ray Pohlman at Goldstar and scrapped that. And the other 12 dates I'm playing on - that's 36 hours - he did not change that bass part all during that time. He changed all the rest of the music, he didn't change the bass part. This is what he wrote. It was both bass players at that point - I'm playing the upper part and Lyle's playing the lower part. If you listen to jazz, that's the feel that he wrote."
Oh yes the “wrecking crew” there’s a film just about the wrecking crew They were the studio musicians for about every single pop hit back then None of the musicians got credit for it on the albums but the film about the wrecking crew is fantastic
If ya want a ballad... God Only Knows or Don't Worry Baby or In My Room or The Warmth of the Sun 🌞 are good places to start... If ya want deep fry Surf's Up. Love the Beach Boys
Innovative? This song was recorded in 1966; pop songs were not constructed or mixed like this. Even the Beatles did a massive "WTF?" when they heard it. Caught on really fast, though!
They do have a ballad, or two.. One that Paul McCartney of The Beatles called "The best song he's ever heard" is called "God Only Knows" and it's definitely beautiful and worth a listen!
"Ah! I love the colorful clothes she wears, and the way the sunshine plays upon her hair...." Nothing puts me in a better mood than hearing that opening line.
Those are all great ones. “Graduation Day” is just a straight-up cover of the Four Freshmen, though. A couple of other great original Beach Boys ballads are “You Still Believe in Me” and “The Warmth of the Sun.”
Good Vibrations had such an effect on me that I can show you the spot where my car was on the highway when I first heard it on the radio in 1966. It is one of the most amazing songs ever.
You may be surprised to hear that there is another group that fits that box. Jan And Dean were a singing duo/group that were around the same time as the Beach Boys and shared a lot of their sound, especially the vocal harmonies. "Sidewalk Surfin'" is about the brand new (at that time) sport of skateboarding. "Dead Man's Curve" is about a twisty piece of road in Los Angeles that claimed a number of lives. "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" - much of their music was specifically about L.A. (Pasadena is one of the satellite cities of L.A.) They are great, and they have the same sound as the early pre-"Pet Sounds" Beach Boys. :)
@@sonofjay817 I wouldn't call Jan & Dean a group. They were a duo, starting in the late '50s with a doo-wop vocal style, later switching to surf style music and harmonies. Their career derailed, unfortunately, with Jan Berry's near fatal car accident in 1966. Think the Beach Boys harmonies were carried forward in the late '60s by groups like the Association.
@@raenellefisher8514 He co-wrote under a dozen songs with Jan Berry, but the only ones that really made it big were Surf City (#1, and the genre's 1st Surf related song), Drag City (#10), Dead Man's Curve (#8), and Sidewalk Surfin' (#25).
That was Brian Wilson - and they were new and innovative - Brian's story is heartbreaking - the movie Love & Mercy is all about it - worth a watch [89% on RT]
Surfer Girl and The Warmth Of The sun are great Beach boy ballads-highlighting their harmonies. The duo Jan & Dean also has a Beach Boys vibe-try Surf City.
it's just NOT possible for you folks to know how revolutionary this song was, in the Fall of 1966. it was like NOTHING ever heard before. ----------MJL, 76 y/o
It's easy to overlook what a game-changer this song was in 1966. "Good Vibrations" was absolutely trailblazing. It was recorded at two separate studios, and you can hear the tape splices when they switched between the separate recordings. It was extremely elaborate and expensive to produce. In addition to the orchestral instruments, there's even a theremin. This was a masterpiece of composition, sound engineering, and music production by Brian Wilson. It was a different time when popular music had to be G-rated, but Brian Wilson used some psychedelics like LSD, and that colored the way he saw and heard music. Their lyrics were very innocent and innocuous, but the musical composition here was like nothing before or since. In the few years that followed, popular music changed in a major way with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, and Janis Joplin writing edgier songs, but that change started right here with this psychedelic masterpiece.
And making it was on again, off again, took 6 months. Brian couldn't get it together. Mike Love stepped in and gave him the hook line "I'm picking up good vibrations" part. and then Brian finally got it done after going to three studios and so many experiments. Music and drugs, lol.
These guys were one of the most innovative groups in history. They created music that inspired so many great artists that followed. Their chord structures were unreal. They were a generational talent.
Summer in those day's was Always better and more Fun with the Beach Boys.! At the same time , we had Motown and the British invasion All on the same radio station!! It was quite a time ! I really miss those days....
I'm a french man and this song "Good Vibrations" is an absolute chef d'oeuvre. From 5:33 when you hear the voices that whisper with instruments, you really understand that these guys are playing on a different level. Like Michael Jackson, Queen, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Depeche Mode and many others.
Brian Wilson was a Genius when it came to how The Boys "Stacked" their vocals on records . This was ground breaking stuff for rock & roll when this was recorded .
Did you ever see the movie about them called "Love and Mercy". starring John Cusack as Brian Wilson? If not, I HIGHLY recommend it. It shows how his hallucinations gave him so many ideas for the sounds in their songs, especially this song "Good Vibrations". ❤️
The Beach Boys were an iconic group from the 60s and 70s. They had so many great hits like "In My Room", "I Get Around", "She's not the Little Girl I Once Knew", "Help Me Rhonda", "California Girls", "God Only Knows", "Don't Worry Baby", and many more hits.
You guys might be interested to know, that one guy by the name of Jimi Hendrix, said that the Beach Boys were basically a "Psychedelic Barbershop Quartet" and that they made music the old way, while he, Hendrix, made music the new way. Hendrix said this in an interview probably sometime in 1967, after his trailblazing performance at the Monterey Pop Festival, which the Beach Boys backed out of at the last minute.
The song "I Get Around" was one of their Best! (P.S. we didn't learn to dance from these guys , we learned from the kids from Philadelphia on American Bandstand.They were really good ,so we copied all their steps and moves in our living rooms. ) peace and Love from Seattle
Never did I expect the ICONIC Beach Boys, lol..I grew up in So Cali...saw them several times ..as much a part of my childhood as Micheal Jzckson and the Jackson 5... awwwe the memories...😌 you opened the gate...hope you do more of their stuff...the list is long!!!
For ballads listen to their "Surfer Girl", "In My Room" and "God Only Knows". I have a hard time believing that anyone could dislike any of those. Studio versions. Live was not good back then.
The first time I heard The Beach Boys was when I was 3 years old back in 1962 when they were on American Bandstand. They sang their very first song, Surfer Girl, and that was when I said to my Mother that I wanted “to go there”, which was Los Angeles. They are my favorite group, period.
At the time this was the most expensive single ever recorded at well over a half million $$$. Brian was no longer touring with the band & while they were on the road he recorded this song over a series of months, in pieces, using a bunch of studio musicians called The Wrecking Crew. There were pieces of this song all over the place & once it was assembled into a complete song, the rest of The Beach Boys went into the studio & added their vocals.
Their album “Pet Sounds” is arguably one of the best albums created. Have you watched the movie “Love & Mercy”? I highly recommend it. Also, check out the behind the scenes video of how they made this.
This is the album that changed everything in the record industry, when John Lennon of the Beatles heard this that's what inspired them to do Sergeant pepper and the record industry changed forever real good one for the Beach boys is Barbara Ann bar none one of the best of all times enjoy thank you for your reaction
Beach Boys were highly influential and innovatively changed the way music was structured and recorded. Geniuses! For a ballad, try *God Only Knows.* My sister is named after a Beach Boys song too. 😉
The Beach Boys have been together since 1961, they only had three number one hits, this was the second out of three that hit No. 1 in 1966 - the first being 'Help Me Rhonda' from the year before. However, the group would have to wait another 22 years before their last number one hit with 'Kokomo' in 1988.
Back then, most of the famous bands had their own sound and had their own way of recording those song...........that's one reason the sixties are so inspiring and fresch.
Brian Wilson was the main songwriter but his father was very hard and critical towards him which caused him mentally but Pet Sounds record was incredible ✌️
Masterpiece! The space whistle like sound you might be wondering about comes from a theremin, an electronic musical instrument invented in 1920. It's played by waving your hand around an antenna like structure. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin famously plays one on stage in the movie The Song Remains The Same, but save that reaction for another day. The Beach Boys released some ballads. "Surfer Girl" (1963) stands out. Brian Wilson wrote "Don't Worry Baby" (1964) in response to The Ronettes "Be My Baby". It features a really nice melody backed up with a lush wall of sound. "Help Me, Rhonda" (1965) is a fun song in that same style. So too with "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (1966) and "God Only Knows" (1966). And for something different from them, check out the instrumental "Let's Go Away For Awhile" (1966) from their Pet Sounds album.
The best Beach Boys ballad and one of the best of all time is God Only Knows. It’s beautiful and a must for your channel. C’mon Asia, get BJ to hit it next. Love you guys❤️
I grew up in the middle of the Canadian prairies and in the mid-1960s when I was in grade five or six my friend and I snuck into his sister's bedroom, while she was gone somewhere, and he played her Beach Boys 45rpm for me. I was hooked. I think one of the songs was "Sloop John B." If you haven't heard that one it is great! Music that _still_ makes you feel good!
The Beach Boys were experimenting with Pop sounds and Classical styles. The created something unique. Their sound will be recognized until the end of time. Brian Wilson put his heart and soul into their music. It literally "drained" him. Thanks for your great reactions.
At the time, it was new and innovative in it's own right. Brian Wilson was the innovator of vocal harmany in the rock genre. He took the harmony of the Four Freshman and the rockin' sound of Chuck Berry to develope their sound. This song was recorded in 1966 at four different studios (Western, Columbia, Gold Star, and Sunset Sound in California). The vocal layers were initially performed by Brian with added layers of harmonies by Carl Wilson, Al Jardine, and Mike Love.
Pet Sounds is said to be a precursor of Sergeant Peppers, some say it's better. The main difference is the Beatles play their instruments, with backup from others. The Beach Boys didn't play any instruments on Pet Sounds, it was all the Wrecking Crew. Just saying.
God Only Knows is a Beach Boys' ballad. It's also one of the most beautiful songs ever written . . . the one song Paul McCartney said he wishes he wrote. In My Room is another great ballad.
You HAVE to watch the movie about the Beach Boys called "Love and Mercy" (titled after one of their songs names), starring John Cusack (as Brian Wilson). EXCELLENT movie about them. It shows how his hallucinations from his mental illness gave him so many ideas for the sounds in their songs, especially this song "Good Vibrations". (plus so much more about them). I watched it once and then bought the dvd I loved it so much. ❤️❤️❤️
One of the greatest single record of all-time. Period. Listen to The Beach Boys' "Add Some Music to Your Day" for one of the most beautiful songs ever written, performed, and produced. There's Brian Wilson... and everybody else whose made music in the rock/pop era. He stands alone. Or sits alone in his sandbox...
Their early stuff had been surfer/car/girl songs (some nice ballads - Surfer Girl, In My Room), but this mid-60's era was another level for Brian Wilson and group. Nobody had heard anything like it at the time. Lots of people would argue that Brian Wilson is a genius. That word gets tossed around a lot these days, but if not, he was definitely incredibly creative...
The Beach Boys were the summer soundtrack of my summers growing up. If you want ballads, go to their album "Animal Sounds". "In My Room", "Caroline No" and "God Only Knows" are on this album...which by the way, inspired The Beatles album "Sargent Pepper's Lonely Heartclub Band". Two of the most iconic albums ever.
great reaction....Beach Boys had fun songs..my fav from them are GOD ONLY KNOWS and WOULDN'T IT BE NICE...so good!!!!!!!!! GOD ONLY KNOWS is a beautiful ball...so emotional, makes teary-eyed...this song influenced Paul McCartney to write HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE, a very beautiful Beatles song from their mid period...pls. more Queen: IT'S A KIND OF MAGIC
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The Beach Boys are one of the most unique groups in music history, period. Nobody has ever been able to emulate or copy their style, sound, or flair. They became the definitive "beach" sound and whenever you hear them you can't help but think of California, beaches, surfer dudes, blonde beach babes, and good old fashioned teenage fun.
Those are who I consider the great bands. There's excellent groups, but you can still ask yourself when you hear a new song, "Is that...?" But then there are other musician/cmposers like Queen, Pink Floyd, Prince, Bowie, etc--and Brian Wilson, and their work is so original that you know who it is instantly, and no one dares to copy the style because it is so iconic within rock that they know everyone will instantly call them on it.
On a separate note, these guys might really like The Wrecking Crew video about the making of this song. The brothers and cousins are excellent harmonizers, but the musicians behind all of this stuff was a collection of geniuses. The choice to use that Player Piano in that one section was brilliant.
@@ffjsb It seems that, for most people, what was so special about The Beach Boys were Brian Wilson's genius compositions outside of the surf genre, although many of those songs still had that tilt. I loved Jan and Dean for fun too, but no one compared them to the Beatles but even The Beatles admitted to admiring Wilson's work.
@@ffjsb I agree and I like it a lot, But I also know tons of people who are very musically savvy, but they don't admire Brian's work. But what artist couldn't we say that about? Being 'good' isn't about satisfying everyone else, it's about a true talent satisfying themselves. If some people don't 'hear' that, that's fine. There's types of music I don't like that much but I know it has legit fans. We don't all have to agree, especially when it comes to art. That sort of defeats the purpose. I'm just glad enough of us liked him that he continued to create more art.
@@ffjsb At my grandmothers house I remember listening to Jan and Dean. I believe they did the Little Old Lady from Pennsylvania and Bread and Butter.
@@ffjsb Jan and Dean got a lot of help from Brian Wilson (lyrics, composition, arrangement) and The Beach Boys sang backup vocals for some of their songs. That's why Jan and Dean's music sounds a lot like early Beach Boys music.
"Don't Worry Baby" is a beautiful ballad to check out by them.
don’t worry baby is still up beat, In My Room would be a good ballad.
"God Only Knows," "The Warmth of the Sun," "In My Room," Don't Worry Baby."
Sufer girl.
I can hear music
"Sloop John B"
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" is another great Beach Boys song, if you guys haven't heard it yet. I can't imagine summertime without them.
This was a groundbreaking record. The Wrecking Crew, the band of crack session musicians who played with everyone from Sinatra to Dylan, played the instruments on this album, and they told Brian Wilson his musical genius blew their minds.
Larry the piano player for wrecking crew came up with piano for bridge over troubled water
This was recorded over a two-month period using top Los Angeles session musicians - the Beach Boys didn't play any instruments on the track. About 90 hours of studio time and 70 hours of tape were used, and at least 12 musicians played on the sessions. It's hard to know whose performances ended up on the record, but some of the musicians involved were Glen Campbell (lead guitar), Hal Blaine (drums), Larry Knechtel (organ) and Al de Lory (piano).
Brian Wilson played bass when the Beach Boys went on the road, but he brought in Carol Kaye to play bass guitar and Lyle Ritz to play upright bass on these sessions. Kaye recalled in a Songfacts interview, "He did the very first take on that with Ray Pohlman at Goldstar and scrapped that. And the other 12 dates I'm playing on - that's 36 hours - he did not change that bass part all during that time. He changed all the rest of the music, he didn't change the bass part. This is what he wrote. It was both bass players at that point - I'm playing the upper part and Lyle's playing the lower part. If you listen to jazz, that's the feel that he wrote."
@@glennelfmann3143 that's true. Brian wrote the base part but Carol played it.
Oh yes the “wrecking crew”
there’s a film just about the wrecking crew
They were the studio musicians for about every single pop hit back then
None of the musicians got credit for it on the albums but the film about the wrecking crew is fantastic
yep the late Hal Blaine on drums
If ya want a ballad... God Only Knows or Don't Worry Baby or In My Room or The Warmth of the Sun 🌞 are good places to start... If ya want deep fry Surf's Up. Love the Beach Boys
God only knows, yes!
@@maryedwards8307 AND....In My Room, yes!
Heroes and villains and I can hear music as well
I taught myself how to play "In my room" on my baritone ukulele 😂❤️
Innovative? This song was recorded in 1966; pop songs were not constructed or mixed like this. Even the Beatles did a massive "WTF?" when they heard it. Caught on really fast, though!
exactly and we had to wait 20 years later for Styx and Queen and Def Leppard to be able to match those kinda' harmonies!
@@GTLyons I think you’ll find the Bee gees had the best harmonies and in the 60s
Check out 'God Only Knows' or 'Don't Worry Baby'! Y'all are great!
Love those tunes!
They do have a ballad, or two.. One that Paul McCartney of The Beatles called "The best song he's ever heard" is called "God Only Knows" and it's definitely beautiful and worth a listen!
"God Only Knows" is amazing!
"A ballad or two? HAHA, more than that...
God only Knows was the 1st song with God in the title - Quote. Brian Wilson 👍
and sung by the beautiful voice of Karl Wilson !!!
Ballad -------> Kokomo
"Ah! I love the colorful clothes she wears, and the way the sunshine plays upon her hair...." Nothing puts me in a better mood than hearing that opening line.
Me too Magic, and I love them as a couple, especially the respect he shows his little Lady, PROPS !!!
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Rotfl
Yeah, smooth talking. Downright poetic, even.
Soooo good
One of the 25 Greatest Songs Ever Recorded. To this very day.
If you consider how they recorded this, at the time it was recorded, it actually might be the most important single ever made.
@@Braveheart0484 ..agreed! possibly ever
Paul McCartney said he thought the Beach Boy Song 'GOD ONLY KNOWS' is one of the greatest ballads he's ever heard. Asia would love it.
Beach Boys ballads include "In My Room", "Graduation Day" and "God Only Knows".
Those are all great ones. “Graduation Day” is just a straight-up cover of the Four Freshmen, though. A couple of other great original Beach Boys ballads are “You Still Believe in Me” and “The Warmth of the Sun.”
And Surfer Girl
@@mookie7688 Yes!!
Good Vibrations had such an effect on me that I can show you the spot where my car was on the highway when I first heard it on the radio in 1966. It is one of the most amazing songs ever.
You may be surprised to hear that there is another group that fits that box. Jan And Dean were a singing duo/group that were around the same time as the Beach Boys and shared a lot of their sound, especially the vocal harmonies. "Sidewalk Surfin'" is about the brand new (at that time) sport of skateboarding. "Dead Man's Curve" is about a twisty piece of road in Los Angeles that claimed a number of lives. "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" - much of their music was specifically about L.A. (Pasadena is one of the satellite cities of L.A.) They are great, and they have the same sound as the early pre-"Pet Sounds" Beach Boys. :)
you beat me to it. I was going to mention Jan and Dean.
@@sonofjay817 I wouldn't call Jan & Dean a group. They were a duo, starting in the late '50s with a doo-wop vocal style, later switching to surf style music and harmonies. Their career derailed, unfortunately, with Jan Berry's near fatal car accident in 1966. Think the Beach Boys harmonies were carried forward in the late '60s by groups like the Association.
Didn't Brian Wilson write a lot of Jan and Dean's songs?
@@sonofjay817 Me too 👍😊😁😎 !!!
@@raenellefisher8514 He co-wrote under a dozen songs with Jan Berry, but the only ones that really made it big were Surf City (#1, and the genre's 1st Surf related song), Drag City (#10), Dead Man's Curve (#8), and Sidewalk Surfin' (#25).
Have to check out God Only Knows. That was Paul McCartneys favorite Beach Boys song.🌴👍😎
That was Brian Wilson - and they were new and innovative - Brian's story is heartbreaking - the movie Love & Mercy is all about it - worth a watch [89% on RT]
Surfer Girl and The Warmth Of The sun are great Beach boy ballads-highlighting their harmonies. The duo Jan & Dean also has a Beach Boys vibe-try Surf City.
Warmth of the sun is AWESOME!!!!!!
it's just NOT possible for you folks to know how revolutionary this song was, in the Fall of 1966. it was like NOTHING ever heard before. ----------MJL, 76 y/o
My dad's favorite group. 🥰🥰 Oh the memories from the Beach Boys music! 🥰🥰
It's easy to overlook what a game-changer this song was in 1966. "Good Vibrations" was absolutely trailblazing.
It was recorded at two separate studios, and you can hear the tape splices when they switched between the separate recordings. It was extremely elaborate and expensive to produce. In addition to the orchestral instruments, there's even a theremin.
This was a masterpiece of composition, sound engineering, and music production by Brian Wilson.
It was a different time when popular music had to be G-rated, but Brian Wilson used some psychedelics like LSD, and that colored the way he saw and heard music. Their lyrics were very innocent and innocuous, but the musical composition here was like nothing before or since.
In the few years that followed, popular music changed in a major way with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, and Janis Joplin writing edgier songs, but that change started right here with this psychedelic masterpiece.
God Only Knows…that’s the song you’re looking for. Whole different vibe, and to my mind, one of the greatest love songs ever made.
Back in 1966 GOOD VIBRATIONS was the most expensive record ever produced. Costing $65,000. Brian called it his "little pocket symphony".
And making it was on again, off again, took 6 months. Brian couldn't get it together. Mike Love stepped in and gave him the hook line "I'm picking up good vibrations" part. and then Brian finally got it done after going to three studios and so many experiments. Music and drugs, lol.
For beautiful ballads of theirs check out 'God only knows' , 'In my room', or 'Don't talk (Put your head on my shoulder)'
A Beach Boys ballad? "God Only Knows". Another groundbreaking song.
Paul McCartney thought "God Only Knows" was one of the best pop songs ever written.
These guys were one of the most innovative groups in history. They created music that inspired so many great artists that followed. Their chord structures were unreal. They were a generational talent.
The were my first concert when I was around 7. Brian blew a kiss to me 😇😇
Went to their concerts in the 80's and they were fun! My sister who is 18 years older than me meant them in person.
Summer in those day's was Always better and more Fun with the Beach Boys.! At the same time , we had Motown and the British invasion All on the same radio station!! It was quite a time ! I really miss those days....
The album “endless summer” IS the quintessential “best of” compilation of beach boys music.
I'm a french man and this song "Good Vibrations" is an absolute chef d'oeuvre.
From 5:33 when you hear the voices that whisper with instruments, you really understand that these guys are playing on a different level.
Like Michael Jackson, Queen, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Depeche Mode and many others.
Brian Wilson was a Genius when it came to how The Boys "Stacked" their vocals on records
. This was ground breaking stuff for rock & roll when this was recorded .
Did you ever see the movie about them called "Love and Mercy". starring John Cusack as Brian Wilson? If not, I HIGHLY recommend it. It shows how his hallucinations gave him so many ideas for the sounds in their songs, especially this song "Good Vibrations". ❤️
"DON'T WORRY BABY" is one of the best ballads ever made and it's by The Beach Boys.
You can't be sad listening to The Beach Boys. They are my favorite group of all time. Totally Americana !
The Beach Boys were an iconic group from the 60s and 70s. They had so many great hits like "In My Room", "I Get Around", "She's not the Little Girl I Once Knew", "Help Me Rhonda", "California Girls", "God Only Knows", "Don't Worry Baby", and many more hits.
The high pitch eerie music in the back ground is added instrument for effect. I believe this is the most talented song they produced.
It's one of those songs that as it fades out you think, man I wish this song wouldn't end quite yet. A least I do, it always leaves me wanting more.
Like the Beatles, the Beachboys had two phases--their surf, summer fun, fast cars songs; Pet Sounds. Pet Sounds is arguably the best album in rock.
Great Harmonies from three brothers and a cousin, just like The Bee Gees with some of the greatest harmonies of all time.
Beautiful ballads. The Beach Boys gave us really beautiful ballads.
Crosby .Stills and Nash make some great harmonies like in Suite Judy Blues. Southren Cross you should give them a listen.
and Helplessly Hoping!
You guys might be interested to know, that one guy by the name of Jimi Hendrix, said that the Beach Boys were basically a "Psychedelic Barbershop Quartet" and that they made music the old way, while he, Hendrix, made music the new way. Hendrix said this in an interview probably sometime in 1967, after his trailblazing performance at the Monterey Pop Festival, which the Beach Boys backed out of at the last minute.
Their best known ballads are In My Room and God Only Knows. Both were very popular. Gorgeous songs.
The song "I Get Around" was one of their Best! (P.S. we didn't learn to dance from these guys , we learned from the kids from Philadelphia on American Bandstand.They were really good ,so we copied all their steps and moves in our living rooms. ) peace and Love from Seattle
One of the best Beach Boys songs, and definitely one of the best songs from that wonderful era of the 60's.
Never did I expect the ICONIC Beach Boys, lol..I grew up in So Cali...saw them several times ..as much a part of my childhood as Micheal Jzckson and the Jackson 5... awwwe the memories...😌 you opened the gate...hope you do more of their stuff...the list is long!!!
For ballads listen to their "Surfer Girl", "In My Room" and "God Only Knows". I have a hard time believing that anyone could dislike any of those. Studio versions. Live was not good back then.
The Beach Boys are Thee Sound of Summer Time..
A ballad with harmonies- “Warmth of the Sun” , “Let Him Run Wild”, “Surfer Moon”, “Surfs Up”
The first time I heard The Beach Boys was when I was 3 years old back in 1962 when they were on American Bandstand. They sang their very first song, Surfer Girl, and that was when I said to my Mother that I wanted “to go there”, which was Los Angeles. They are my favorite group, period.
At the time this was the most expensive single ever recorded at well over a half million $$$. Brian was no longer touring with the band & while they were on the road he recorded this song over a series of months, in pieces, using a bunch of studio musicians called The Wrecking Crew. There were pieces of this song all over the place & once it was assembled into a complete song, the rest of The Beach Boys went into the studio & added their vocals.
A beautiful ballad by the B boys is God only knows, an amazingly heartbreaking song.
Great harmonies!! Loved this band since I was about 3...my mom had them on an 8 track!!!
Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" probably the greatest musical masterpiece ever recorded in the history of the world.
" Surfer Girl " is their best known ballad. great song.
"Surfer Girl" is a great ballad by the Beach Boys. The eerie sounding instrument is a theremin, something you don't often hear.
Their album “Pet Sounds” is arguably one of the best albums created. Have you watched the movie “Love & Mercy”? I highly recommend it. Also, check out the behind the scenes video of how they made this.
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Surfer Girl is a lovely ballad from The Beach Boys.
This is the album that changed everything in the record industry, when John Lennon of the Beatles heard this that's what inspired them to do Sergeant pepper and the record industry changed forever real good one for the Beach boys is Barbara Ann bar none one of the best of all times enjoy thank you for your reaction
Beach Boys were highly influential and innovatively changed the way music was structured and recorded. Geniuses! For a ballad, try *God Only Knows.* My sister is named after a Beach Boys song too. 😉
Let me guess. Is her name Caroline?
Marcella?
Barbara Ann
The Beach Boys have been together since 1961, they only had three number one hits, this was the second out of three that hit No. 1 in 1966 - the first being 'Help Me Rhonda' from the year before. However, the group would have to wait another 22 years before their last number one hit with 'Kokomo' in 1988.
Back then, most of the famous bands had their own sound and had their own way of recording those song...........that's one reason the sixties are so inspiring and fresch.
They were groundbreaking genius. Pet Sounds ranks as one of the greatest albums ever
Thus song and Brian Wilson composition of the album Pet Sounds got the highest props.
"God Only Knows" is a great ballad "Do It Again" is my favorite song by them.
Yes and Glenn Campbell was one of the Wrecking Crew before he went off on his own as a solo artist. Glenn is an unsung guitar player.
Brian Wilson was the main songwriter but his father was very hard and critical towards him which caused him mentally but Pet Sounds record was incredible ✌️
Masterpiece! The space whistle like sound you might be wondering about comes from a theremin, an electronic musical instrument invented in 1920. It's played by waving your hand around an antenna like structure. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin famously plays one on stage in the movie The Song Remains The Same, but save that reaction for another day. The Beach Boys released some ballads. "Surfer Girl" (1963) stands out. Brian Wilson wrote "Don't Worry Baby" (1964) in response to The Ronettes "Be My Baby". It features a really nice melody backed up with a lush wall of sound. "Help Me, Rhonda" (1965) is a fun song in that same style. So too with "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (1966) and "God Only Knows" (1966). And for something different from them, check out the instrumental "Let's Go Away For Awhile" (1966) from their Pet Sounds album.
The best Beach Boys ballad and one of the best of all time is God Only Knows. It’s beautiful and a must for your channel. C’mon Asia, get BJ to hit it next. Love you guys❤️
I hope that she is giving you good vibrations. As for a ballad God only knows. Maybe the most beautiful song ever written.
This is Carl Wilson on lead vocals here, and he absolutely nails it...Try their tune, I Can Hear Music...
Ballad? Slower? Try "In My Room" or "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys. Although my favorite is "Sloop John B".
That cello! geez, that guy's a beast laying down that beat!
Brian Wilson was the song writer that drove all other bands of the 60’s and 70’s too up their game!
check out the vocals-only "Our Prayer" from the Brian's Smile CD
I grew up in the middle of the Canadian prairies and in the mid-1960s when I was in grade five or six my friend and I snuck into his sister's bedroom, while she was gone somewhere, and he played her Beach Boys 45rpm for me. I was hooked. I think one of the songs was "Sloop John B." If you haven't heard that one it is great! Music that _still_ makes you feel good!
This is probably their greatest song in my opinion. Just a masterpiece.
53 years ago. 😉♥️. They definitely had their own sound . That’s what made them great . It’s California music🤘
The Beach Boys were experimenting with Pop sounds and Classical styles. The created something unique. Their sound will be recognized until the end of time. Brian Wilson put his heart and soul into their music. It literally "drained" him. Thanks for your great reactions.
At the time, it was new and innovative in it's own right. Brian Wilson was the innovator of vocal harmany in the rock genre. He took the harmony of the Four Freshman and the rockin' sound of Chuck Berry to develope their sound. This song was recorded in 1966 at four different studios (Western, Columbia, Gold Star, and Sunset Sound in California). The vocal layers were initially performed by Brian with added layers of harmonies by Carl Wilson, Al Jardine, and Mike Love.
I really enjoy you Asia and BJ, you guys are really good!!!
Yes-- for ballads check out "In My Room" and "God Only Knows"
An early Beach Boy ballad is 'Surfer Moon'. A favorite of course is 'The Warmth of the Sun'. But 'God Only Knows' is terrific.
Pet Sounds is said to be a precursor of Sergeant Peppers, some say it's better. The main difference is the Beatles play their instruments, with backup from others. The Beach Boys didn't play any instruments on Pet Sounds, it was all the Wrecking Crew. Just saying.
God Only Knows is a Beach Boys' ballad. It's also one of the most beautiful songs ever written . . . the one song Paul McCartney said he wishes he wrote. In My Room is another great ballad.
"In My Room" is another great ballad.
You HAVE to watch the movie about the Beach Boys called "Love and Mercy" (titled after one of their songs names), starring John Cusack (as Brian Wilson). EXCELLENT movie about them. It shows how his hallucinations from his mental illness gave him so many ideas for the sounds in their songs, especially this song "Good Vibrations". (plus so much more about them).
I watched it once and then bought the dvd I loved it so much. ❤️❤️❤️
If you heard “god only knows” you’d most likely recognize it from tons of movie soundtracks. “In my room” is another popular ballad
Paul McCartney described The Beach Boys’ ‘God Only Knows’ as being his favorite song, one he wishes he'd written
You'll like Don't Worry Baby. Actually,a lot of their songs you'll probably like.
The Beach Boys are responsible for influencing many Rock groups, their harmonies for one.
Beach boys are so fun in concert. Surfer girl is a cool little ballad from them
One of the greatest single record of all-time. Period. Listen to The Beach Boys' "Add Some Music to Your Day" for one of the most beautiful songs ever written, performed, and produced. There's Brian Wilson... and everybody else whose made music in the rock/pop era. He stands alone. Or sits alone in his sandbox...
The Beach Boys' GOD ONLY KNOWS is one of the best ballads ever.
Their early stuff had been surfer/car/girl songs (some nice ballads - Surfer Girl, In My Room), but this mid-60's era was another level for Brian Wilson and group. Nobody had heard anything like it at the time. Lots of people would argue that Brian Wilson is a genius. That word gets tossed around a lot these days, but if not, he was definitely incredibly creative...
They changed the music world. They weee very innovative
The Beach Boys were the summer soundtrack of my summers growing up. If you want ballads, go to their album "Animal Sounds". "In My Room", "Caroline No" and "God Only Knows" are on this album...which by the way, inspired The Beatles album "Sargent Pepper's Lonely Heartclub Band". Two of the most iconic albums ever.
Awesome love all y'all play 👍 " Chubby checker Let's twist again " is another one gives you that beautiful feeling 😁
This group did the best summer beach or just party music ever.
great reaction....Beach Boys had fun songs..my fav from them are GOD ONLY KNOWS and WOULDN'T IT BE NICE...so good!!!!!!!!!
GOD ONLY KNOWS is a beautiful ball...so emotional, makes teary-eyed...this song influenced Paul McCartney to write HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE, a very beautiful Beatles song from their mid period...pls. more Queen: IT'S A KIND OF MAGIC
New sound ?
Especially that song. "Good vibrations" was a new type of song, with it's harmonies.