First listen to Pet sounds! (Is this the greatest album of all time?)
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Their vocal harmonies are the musical equivalent of pure sunlight.
The biopic about Brian Wilson called 'Love & Mercy' is worth a watch since you liked this album so much.
If I remember my music history, Sir Paul would certainly have chosen "God only Knows" as his fav on the album. Indeed, one of his fav songs ever. He spoke very reverently of it and I'm pretty sure was a fan of the whole album even.
I think Sir Paul Has been quoted of saying the it is one of the few songs to actually make him weep every time
It's even more miraculous when you take into account that Brian Wilson composed, arranged and produced all these songs, in their infinite complexity, when he was only 23 years old and well on his way to losing his mind.
The Beach Boys harmonies are everything.😍😍 I love their music and loved your analysis and commentary. You're smashing it.
Never heard a beach boys harmony as good as "because" from the beatles ..and lets not pretend any group compares to boy 2 men
I would definitely recommend the smile sessions or smiley smile, it’s really good stuff
My favorite album of all time. For someone in their mid 20s, I’ve never related to lyrics in my life more than the ones of I just wasn’t made for these times. Brian Wilson’s genius has saved my life
Pet Sounds was inspired by Rubber Soul... which in turn inspired Revolver
And Sgt Pepper was Paul's response to Pet Sounds.
Sadly Brian Wilson's response to Pepper was a mental breakdown and he pretty much lost his mind at this point in his life. So sadly we never got to hear the response to Pepper which if memory serves was supposed to be Smile.
It's The Circle of Musical Life
No. Pet sound’s inspired sgt. pepper.
Great video. Miss C.
@@John_Locke_108he tried with smile
Glad to see you back! I also love the new editing stye!
I’m securely in the majority who are delighted to have you back and blown away by the creativity of this session. As regards The Beach Boys, one of my all-time favorite groups, though, I see I am not even on the same screen.For me, their best, most coherent album ever was 1971’s *Surf’s Up*, a really close call for me with *Sunflower* (1970). I’m on another planet, it seems. Still, I greatly enjoyed revisiting *Pet Sounds* in your company. Thank you, Caroline-yes!
Surf's Up is a fantastic album
"Surf's Up" is neither their best, nor their most coherent album. The only album that competes with "Pet Sounds" is "The Beach Boys Today!"
@@mikeymutual5489 hmmm… agree to disagree, I would put Summer Days ahead of Beach Boys Today, and Surf’s Up definitely comes ahead of both of those.
@@mikkysteaders "Summer Days" is a step backwards from the groundbreaking "Today!" But it is still an excellent and enjoyable album. Among their 1970's albums, "Sunflower" is clearly the best (and most consistent).
People forgetting smile sessions
pet sounds is a masterpiece. good to see you again, Caroline🤩
I do love Pet Sounds but very rarely listen to it. It takes me back to being the lonely young man listening to this too much. Great as it is, I don't often want to go there.
Hope to see some more of your own music as well as your view on others.
Thanks again, Caroline. This album has been part of my life since it was released. In fact, Sloop John B. was my theme song when I first went to sea on the USCGC Eagle. Except I sang, "I feel so seasick, I wanna go home."
Coastie! Yay!
I liked this style of music reaction/review! Would love to see you analyze more classic albums. Hope you're doing well, Caroline 💛
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Oh Caroline YES! What a BEAUTIFUL video! I wept right through it! You gotta be careful with this album, it's so honest, like you said! And the sounds! Well....that's Brian. He followed this up with the AMAZING single "Good Vibrations". I don't go in for "greatest ever" so much, I definitely have albums I play more than "Pet Sounds", but it definitely is a SPECIAL, unique, one of a kind album and as I'm sure you've read by now the concept was to make the listener feel loved. And watching this video, it shows the album succeeded! I hope Brian himself sees this! I totally understand why all these lyrics hit you hard. "Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)" is something practically HOLY to me, a sacred piece of music that captures a feeling of love in a bottle. I want to LIVE in that song. The album before this "Summer Days & Summer Nights" was the beginning of this era, and as I said, "Good Vibrations", and then the DAZZLING "Smile" project which Brian shelved rather than compete with "Sgt. Pepper"! That's like......Beethoven! GREAT TO SEE YOU, SISTER!
Don't forget "Today" (or did you mix those two up?), "Summer Days and Summer Nights" was actually a "step back", because the guys at Capitol (I think?) were pressuring Brian into making a more "traditional" "fun in the sun" Beach Boys album. Not that I personally have a problem with that per se, (think they're earlier stuff is underrated as heck, anyay...), but "Today" wasx definitely the precursor for "Pet Sounds" (and is also great imo!)
@@janhommer I don't think much of "Today". "Summer Days And Summer Nights" has (all in a row) Girl Don't Tell Me, Help Me Rhonda (the GOOD version, not the crappy version on "Today"), California Girls, Let Him Run Wild and You're So Good To Me. I'll take those songs ANY DAY over ANYTHING on "Today". I'll take the INTRO of "California Girls" over ANYTHING on "Today". He gets great production notes for "Today", blah blah blah, ut I don't love the material, it's a nice step in the right direction, but it's not a classic album despite what Beach Boys fanatics (how embarrassing) will tell you. And so, NO, "Summer Days" is NOT a step back, it's a step FORWARD. It's a better album. Period. I know it was a much bigger influence on THE BEATLES, which everyone worships 'round here! lol
It's one that needs to be in the conversation - but there are a few contenders. Most importantly, it is one everyone should hear. Definitely a major game-changer. Glad you got here, Caroline.
Thank you for watching!
What did it change? Nothing.
Great to see you taking a dive into another classic album. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us, Caroline.
Great analysis! Glad that you took your time to listen to this album and that you upgraded your opinon on ”Good Only Knows”. 😊
After a few more listens I was like, oh damn this is a great song haha
The song "God only knows" inspired "Here there and everywhere" :)
I had heard this was a great album so I bought the cd box set way back around 1999 and then got consumed with it. To think how they made albums back in '65 and '66 with no trickery but mostly live in the studio. Brian Wilson is a certified genius and this album is proof. What's amazing too is that they were working on Good Vibrations during these sessions. OMG, imagine if that song was added on this album?
Sir Paul McCartney said "God Only Knows" was his absolute favorite song of all time! Many artists that we know today have said 'Pet Sounds' by The Beach Boys is truly a work of art from start to finish! It's a masterpiece beyond a masterpiece! It's a testament to rock/pop music. Brian Wilson created something that was magical and can never be made in todays time. It's an album that'll hit your soul and will continue to inspire future generations of musicans forever!
i've never been a huge fan of the beachboys vocal style and arrangements, but i have to admit that Pet Sounds is in the top of a short list of very innovative albums,
You’re really innovating this genre of video. I’m super impressed Caroline. Great stuff.
This album is so effervescent and multilayered; perfect for a warm summer night. the melodies are also infectious, the best possible ear worms
Great to see you back i missed you 😊
I’m so glad you liked the album. I had been waiting to see you react to it for a long time
Love the format! More of this, please.
I'm a Boomer who lived before and after Pet Sounds and I have a professional background in the American pop recording industry. I can tell you that most of the contemporary acts of the day are on record citing Pet Sounds as a pivotal point in pop music.
We take the aural space that the recording centers us in for granted as modern music listeners and consumers ...but in its day this was revolutionary.
Never before were you taken to a sonic space to experience what today we simply process as a "sample" of a barnyard, a "sample" of bird song, a "sample" of a goat bleating, etc.
In those days this involved setting up 80 lbs of recording equipment outdoors and waiting until everything except what you wanted to record to remain quiet for 5 minutes
Easily the most sonically beautiful album I’ve ever heard bar none. The first time I heard it I was a junior in high school and I read that Brian Wilson once said that the best way to experience to it was to turn off all the lights and listen to it in the dark. So that year on 16 May, the anniversary of its release, I did that and it’s been an annual tradition for me ever since.
You listen to it in the dark so no one will see you. Over rated. 3 good songs and drivel.
Hi, Caroline! A great post about a great album. I would never be able to chose one album as the best, ever. You really should check out the album "Brian Wilson Presents "Smile." It's legendary. The original was intended to be the follow up to Pet Sounds
The arraignments on Pet Sounds are insane. I call it an insanity album. I envy people who hear it for the first time.
Glad you're back! I don't know if Pet Sounds is the greatest album of all time but it's certainly the best album of the Beach Boys and it surely can compete with "Sgt. Pepper", "Revolver" and "Rubber Soul". It took me quite a while to realize what a timeless masterpiece Pet Sounds is, because it's such a giant step away from the surf and car songs the Beach Boys recorded before Pet Sounds. It's without any doubt the magnum opus of Brian Wilson. 😀 👍👍👍👍👍
P.S.: Now that you've reacted to "Pet Sounds" you should also listen to "The Beach Boys Today" (a so to say "Mini Pet Sounds" from 1965) and "Smile" (The album that was planned to be the greatest album of all time). 👍
Smile is amazing - I haven't listened to it in a while because when I was, I was getting into it A LOT...so I held back a bit, but I'd like to put it on again.
What am I missing about this album? I love the classics on it, but beyond those, what am I supposed to listen for that competes with Revolver & Pepper?
@@MrKeychange You're missing nothing. It is not to the level of the albums you named.
@@easysoul48able I agree with you. I'm just confused at what people are hearing that makes people compare them. I absolutely can hear how the iconic songs match up, but beyond that I can't even get through it.
Benny Andersson from ABBA is a huge fan and has named The Beach Boys as a major influence in his songwriting. This is evident if you listen to 'Do it Again' by The Beach Boys, and then 'On and On and On' by ABBA. To cement this even more, one of The Beach Boys, Mike Love, covered the ABBA song on a solo album 😊
I really like this new presentation! Very cool to watch!
Hey Caroline, nice to see another episode from you. I agree that Pet Sounds is a classic and a definite milestone in the Beach Boys' career, but except for the "hits" the album never really did that much for me. Having said that, I recently listened to the ATMOS mix and gained a whole new appreciation for it. Still, it isn't the greatest album of all time (that would be Quadrophenia for me) but it definitely deserves the praise it gets. Looking forward to your next video...cheers!
Love the editing and pace of this video, great energy!
Caroline, if you loved this, you'll definitely enjoy The Beach Boys Smile Sessions. The song Surf's Up on the album is heartbreaking. Even more so in the master take version of the demo. Yeah, you're not ready for Smile. It will blow you away..
FINALLY! Glad you listened to it.
"You get to decide what art means to you and no one can dictate that for you. " Brilliant.
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I'm so glad you finally listened to Pet Sounds! I love the new editing style its so much fun! I could talk about Pet Sounds nonstop forever. I've listened to this album hundreds upon hundreds of times and even to this day, after I declared this album my personal GOAT I still find even more reason to love it. I hope you continue to listen to this fairly consistently after this video comes out. I highly recommend looking into the story of how The Beatles and The Beach Boys had a "competitive" "race" to create the greatest album of all time, and how they influenced and inspired each other to make some of the best music the world has ever heard. The Beach Boys have such a fascinating and tragic story especially with their resident genius Brian Wilson. Anywho again I loved the video and I hope to see more like it!
You must have one strong stomach.
This was such a wonderful video, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on this album.
A charming and well put together video! Thanks for this!
Pet Sounds has been my all time favorite album since I was a teenager. It was a pleasure watching you discover this milestone album. You are a delightful person, and I look forward to more of your videos.
Yes. Yes it is the greatest album of all time.
Ok boomer
Love the new, more structured way Caroline goes through an album. Looking forward to more of those! So many great albums to go through!
Caroline, you really need to watch a documentary or two about Brian Wilson, Pet Sounds and what it meant to him - what happened next ie Smile and the cost of the whole thing to his life/mental heath … it’s one of the most interesting/tragic true life stories in music.
Mark
P.S I love what you do. Keep on being exactly as you as and don’t let anyone or anything change YOU! You’re clearly a beautiful person, inside and out and the world needs more people like you. ❤
I'm glad that the album still has an impact with young people these days. I first heard of Pet Sounds in the 1980's with a Doonsberry comic strip of all things, a character was in the hospital dying of AIDS and his last request was to listen to Pet Sounds. His last words on Earth were "Brian Wilson is God" and that was a mystery to me (all of 14 at the time). I didn't have the opportunity to find out for myself until 5 years later when I was on an ill fated trip with a bunch of college kids crammed into a single room at an East coast beach, I walked that beach right at sunrise and I happened to have Pet Sounds on my walkman. It wasn't planned, and I had heard bits and pieces of the album before, but this time I walked the beach as the sun rose and listened and it impacted me to the point where I was just moved by the whole experience. The lyrics about growing up and coming to terms with that transition from childhood into "oh shit, this is serious now" got me. It's one of those universal pieces of music (taken as a whole) I tell my nieces and nephews to listen to and REALLY listen to when they're that age. It's timeless, even if the world it is talking about died 60 years ago(ish). I'm so glad that you've heard it, you love it, and you kind of know what Brian Wilson was talking about. Plus the freaking Wrecking Crew knocked it out of the park with the music. Without them, the album probably wouldn't have worked. Always around my #1 album of all time.
@ReallyCoolSite You get it. Perhaps more than anyone on this comment board.
40 years for me listening to this album- and yes, it’s the very best of all time !
Amazing album! One of my favorites of all the time. Cool video, also. I really like your vibe. Subscribed! Greetings from Perú 🇵🇪
It's right up there with The Beatles "Rubber Soul", Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited" and a few others.
Loved this kind of reaction from you! 😂❤
Thank you!! 😁
Pet Sounds seems to be the album that even folks who don't like the Beach Boys like. It was released between the Beatles' Rubber Soul and Revolver (remember those?) and the bands were obviously influencing each other. Nice to see you listening again, Caroline!
Facts, I don't listened to Beach Boys at all, and after discovered this album, I still only listen to this from them :)
@@gablen23 definitely dive into their other stuff, 10/13 albums from between 1965-1977 are absolute gold
@@hello_mate8974 Actually, I would say the 1963-1964 albums (Surfing' USA, Surfer Girl, and Shut Down Vol. 2) are unbelievably great.
@@jmamarq they’re pretty good, especially surfer girl, but brian really stepped it up for Today!
The 2004 Brian Wilson Smile remake of the Smile Sessions that was to follow Pet Sounds I think is almost an equal. All songs blend into each other amazingly. Superb album, got critical acclaim and not many people know about it.
Oo-er I'm 70 but I've always loved this album, and it's nice to know that people (well at least one people) might still enjoy it today. (Teehee, I wondered what would happen when you got to "Caroline No.") 🙂
So lovely to watch someone experiencing Pet Sounds for the first time. I was not yet a teenager when I hear it the first time, so the emotional content didn't chime with me. But those sounds! As I have got older (wiser?) and more experienced it resonates emotionally, and even a couple of bars of some of the songs can make the tears prickle my eyelids. Thanks for sharing - it reminded me just what a great album this is. Oh, and just FYI, Caroline No was originally released as a Brian Wilson Solo single, while the title track was originally called "Run, James, Run" and Brian's shot at a James Bond theme tune.
Brian Wilson has been deaf in one ear since the 60s, and he produced the album, so this is one of those albums where the original Mono version is worth checking out, even in the age of modern stereophonics.
Unexpected return to music analysis! Great edit also ngl
Awesome. I never dreamed that you would react to this album
Great video! I love this album so much. The Beatles made Sgt. Peppers as kind of a response to it because it inspired them, so that’s pretty cool also. Please keep eep making more videos like this, great job!
Nice to have you back. I am not sure if it is my all time favorite alum but it is certainly in my top 10, possibly top 5. If I were to make the pyramid, every song would be green
Yes... it is. Caroline No... with the water bottle... dog barking with the train... and haunting melody blows me away. It is pure genius.
Yes it is. It was described as the peak of Western pop music 😂
And deservedly so ❤
It has nothing on The Beatles.
Not a single song on Pet Sounds comes close to moving me the same way ANY Beatles song from the same era does. I don't like the "orchestral" sentiments on it at all. There are some great songs on the album, for sure, but they are covered in so much candy floss, and interrupted by so many odd experimental flavours that interrupt the flow of a catchy song, that I can't actually play them without being irritated by the production choices.
The Beatles' songs, instead, are songs prepared by a gourmet chef who puts just the right amount of each ingredient and playfully satisfies your tastebuds with the right amount of tension and release. Not that I don't like the Beach Boys... but this is literally the Beach Boys album I enjoy the least.
Having said that, clearly a lot of people really like Pet Sounds---including yourself---so my take on it is only my take It is an undeniable that this was a landmark album, and is probably largely responsible for bringing us aspects of Sgt. Pepper (and interestingly, Pepper is probably my lease favorite of the later Beatles albums, for similar reasons of album flow... but I do still love the album).
@@ChrisCrossClash The Beatles were my favourite band for 12 years until I truly realized the genius of Brian Wilson.
It’s great to have you back!
Caroline I haven't watched any of your videos for a while but I'm superjoyed to see you!!
Glad to see you posting again.
Thank you Caroline. What a nice Video!
There was a time when the Beatles and the Beach Boys were really battling each other for supremacy in a way. The Beatles Rubber Soul and Revolver albums drove Brian Wilson mad, because they were so good and such a departure of the Beatles from the rock and pop tunes for girls and dancing they were famous for until then (I Want To Hold Your Hand, Please Please Me, etc). They'd expanded into folk, psychedelia, and more serious topics on those albums, with much greater production and more sophisticated arrangements.
That drove Brian to first produce the epic Good Vibrations single, and then the entire Pet Sounds album. Which was a huge turn for the Beach Boys from their earlier hits just like the Beatles version, like the car and surfin songs like 409 and Shut Down and Surfin Safari.
So, when Paul McCartney heard Pet Sounds, that drove HIM crazy thinking they needed an album to top THAT. So they made Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
“one of the few songs that reduces me to tears every time I hear it.” - Paul McCartney, speaking about 'God Only Knows'.
“Is this the greatest album of all time?” We love you Carol.
Super fun. Thanks for sharing.
Welcome back! Great job.
I loved the montage of this video! The care and kindness you provided was what the album deserved. Anxious to see your reaction from the album "The Beach Boys Today!", from 1965, considered the embryo that would become Pet Sounds a year later. The B-side is simply one of the most beautiful things ever invented...
Congratulations ❤
Wonderfull video :) really enjoyed it. For me Pet Sounds is the greatest album of all time. Every track is perfect and it blew my mind first time hearing it. And the final harmonies in God Only Knows...oh god!!!
The smile sessions could legit blow your mind. The first 19 tracks are the actual songs, so those are all you technically need to focus on, and even in their unfinished form they’re just mesmerizing
It makes me happy to see a young person discover and appreciate this wonderful artistic achievement by the beach boys.Thanks for the video
I've missed these listening videos of yours!
Thank you for doing this one! Brian Wilson is one of my musical idols. This album has really grown on me over the past few months. Especially Caroline No. Peace.
Pet Sounds is awesome! I really love to see you developing your own style with this one. I hope you continue to explore this more creative editing!
Love this format for videos, Caroline. Great job.
words might spoil the pure bliss the beach boys' music is...
I was 5 in 1966 ,Pet Sounds ,Revolver ,Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan ,and Rosemary ,Sage and Tyne by Simon and Garfunkel 1966 what a great year for music.
Wow! You are back with an album reaction.
Yayyy, you did Pet Sounds! I was one of the ones who pestered you in comments to listen to this great album 👍🏻 Im glad you enjoyed it. It has an innocent hope that does reflect both on our growth in youth but still is touching at any age imo. That leaves one thing to say:
Caroline, yes!
Good show mate 😎👍🏻
Caroline, you are adorable!!! I so appreciate your reactions to Pet Sounds. Sir Paul McCartney has been quoted as saying his all-time favorite recording is “God Only Knows”. In fact, he even wishes he had written it!! You have excellent taste in music, and it made my day that you enjoyed Pet Sounds!!
Paul McCartney has admitted that "Pet Sounds" has made him cry and that "God Only Knows" is his favorite song in all of music history. In 1990 Paul said that he had given each of his children a copy of the album because he believed that nobody’s musical education is complete until they’ve heard Pet Sounds.
@zacharyspencer8321 Yes! McCartney said that to Ronnie Wood on Wood's radio show. Paul told Ronnie he was onstage with Brian, and they were going to do "God Only Knows" as a duet, and Paul said he started crying.
This was a really creative/fun way to do an album review. Loved how you chose to structure and edit this. :) The soundscapes Brian Wilson created on that album always amaze me. The guy definitely had a very unique ear for music.
Now listen to "The Smile Sessions" or Brian Wilson's recreation of "Smile", it's what was supposed to be the follow-up to Pet Sounds and it's just as good (if not better)
Smile Sessions
Beautiful and carefully examined reaction you don’t know how much this meant to us when it first came out
I am weeping
Knowing how much you examine this carefully
Brilliant reaction vid, felt much more than a reaction vid, great style and felt really personal - you are making reaction vids into an art form. A+
One of the best, most influential albums of all time. I think I read McCartney really loved 'God Only Knows.' Your videos are very enjoyable.
great to see you back :D
I could listen to "Sloop John B." every day and never get tired of it.
So glad you're doing this Caroline!! Great pick
Sloop John B is a cover of a hundred year old folk song, originally from the Bahamas.
always wanted you to react to this! im happy
Paul has said that God Only Knows is his favorite song on Pet Sounds..I’m with you on That’s Not Me! Love that song! Toodles!
Great to see you back on my feed with some music reaction, Caroline. And what a great album you picked up to review
Aw this reaction was great and the pyramidometer or whatever is a daft/good idea. It took me ages to appreciate the Beach Boys. In fact it was a tribute album called Caroline Now that sparked my interest in them. Anyway great fun watching your reaction. Thanks.
"Sloop John B" was not written by The Beach Boys. It was originally published as "The John B. Sails") and is a Bahamian folk song from Nassau. A transcription was published in 1916 by Richard Le Gallienne, and Carl Sandburg included a version in his The American Songbag in 1927.
Caroline No makes me cry every single time.