Am I alone in thinking this is a raw musical miracle, for anyone who knows music and what’s to hear a genius work in its rawest form, this is invaluable and although the circumstances of which this is recorded are troubling the music itself is beautiful.
0:00 - Les Chan Interview 12:01 - Oh Yeah 12:34 - Oh Lord 19:36 - City Blues 22:05 - Piano (I Made A Prayer/This Isn't Love) 23:35 - You've Been 26:32 - Piano 27:12 - I Feel So Fine 29:45 - Heroes & Villains
From wikipedia: "The Cocaine Sessions" (or "The Hamburger Sessions") refer to a sporadic, collaborative recording session conducted between Brian and Dennis Wilson in November 1982 at Garby Leon's home studio. Recordings were made for songs entitled "Oh Yeah"', "Oh Lord", "City Blues", "You've Been", "I Feel So Fine", "Stevie", and "Heroes and Villains". According to lore, Brian would compose songs in exchange for McDonald's hamburgers bought by Dennis. Musicologist Philip Lambert called the sessions a "heartbreaking testament to their conditions in the early 1980s."
Olle Pettersson I thought Dennis lured Brian into the studio away from Landy. I’m not sure though, I think I saw someone say that in another comment section or somewhere else.
@@ollepettersson1710 Yeah, I thought that date was wrong as well. I remember hearing 1981 for these sessions, and thought it was significant that Carl Wilson was out on tour with his solo album at the time.
@@ollepettersson1710sporadically from early December 1980-May 1981 ("Walk on Water", "River Deep Mountain High", "Reins" were recorded around this time.
Lyrics to “O Lord” Oh lord, all my life with you, there's so much to see I'm not affraid. Oh lord, let me hear their song Let me be okay...forever more Oh lord, when I believe, it's all that I know All that I know. Make me stand from everything Let me see what there is to see Oh lord, let me see all there is to see Oh lord, when children see they're ever-loving. Oh lord, please let me see all there is to see Make me stand from everything Let me see what there is to see. I was born... [garbled] give me life, give me love, right now Alright, okay, okay, okay, okay. Oh lord, let me be alone Let me live my life forever more. Ohh, ohh, ahh, forever more Oh lord, let me be alone Let me be with my friends, ohh Lord, I'm too scared. Ohh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ohh yeah
This cuts out the best part at the beginning when Brian asks the interviewers if they snort cocaine and says "just checking", the best/funniest audio clip from that interview, this is a beautiful collection of drafts and songs, substances or hamburgers aside, there's some real soul and beauty and artistic truth being conveyed in this music.
I didnt cut it out, I uploaded the bootleg exactly as it was given to me. If its not there, the person who shared it with me must have removed it. (Or the person who gave it to them)
Oh Lord was offered for the band to record for BB85 but it was rejected and sort of morphed into Crack at Your Love which he wrote with Al. I Feel so Fine turned into It’s Just A Matter of Time I think
There's so much out there, unreleased but absolutely awesome! The cocaine sessions, the campfire + hotel sessions... And all BW songs not released on "regular" albums, This isn't love, Believe in yourself, Let's go to heaven in my car... Bruce's Let's visit heaven tonight, numerous commercials, especially the many variations of Almost Summer (unfortunately NOT recorded by the BB 😕)....you name it........ I am sooo happy to be a BB/BW fan... 😄👍🎵🎶
Thank you for posting this! The music they were working on is far better than I had expected. Such a shame that nothing was ever completed, and Dennis died not long afterward.
If anyone noticed, the first song harmonically is very similar of "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen + "Whiter shade of pale" by Procol Harum :D
Brian calls the latter his funeral march, which "freaks him out". Knowing he was very near death during these sessions the subject of mortality must've been on his mind a lot. 😥
It was recorded in 66-67 but it was a song that was very important to brain for a reason that has never been explained by him so I think its a nice ending
It's an original by primarily Brian. It became "City Blues" and ended up on Brian's 2004 solo album "Gettin' In Over My Head". The final cut featured Clapton on lead guitar.
If only de BB had split just after PetSounds Brian Wilson should have continued has a solo artist, maybe finish Smile as BW. It's such a waste of talent
@@NOWtheband I agree. My top 10 favorite of their albums are half post Pet Sounds albums. All they needed was for Mike to go along with Brian, as his brothers greatly believed in what Brian was doing, and Al and Bruce each just highly respected his music making ability, but just didn't agree with the drugs the Wilsons were doing.
They should’ve done some mescaline or some peyote or something a little more psychedelic? Just think if they had done some real good stuff then Brian possibly could’ve ended up with Jim Morrison and the doors.
I've always enjoyed this bootleg. Meandering but the brilliance comes through. I collected bootlegs on cd-r for 25 years. My copy is lower generation, sounds better than this
The 1 song for 1 cheeseburger and unlimited cocaine formula sure seemed to work wonders for the boys
remember in the Beach Boys movie when Dennis calls him over with a bag of cheeseburgers
@Paul-dw2cl it was like a comic book being acted out. Honestly, that can apply to a lot of the movie lol
@@nickb5371Which movie? The weird American Family one from 2000?
@@smarkmalark yuuup the one and only
o lord is one of my favorite recording of all time. The low quality only adds to its ethereal mystery.
Brians voice still good here... the next period of his life messed him up forever.
Am I alone in thinking this is a raw musical miracle, for anyone who knows music and what’s to hear a genius work in its rawest form, this is invaluable and although the circumstances of which this is recorded are troubling the music itself is beautiful.
I Feel So Fine at 27:11 is the real highlight for me personally. Beautiful and rich in soul.
Nah he actually just off his head and ripping off a chord progression from the 50's
Poor cunts fucked in the head
It’s such a gripping performance, just so cripplingly sad
Id say Oh Lord aswell is very intruiging and heartfelt
You know it's the song blue moon don't you?
0:00 - Les Chan Interview
12:01 - Oh Yeah
12:34 - Oh Lord
19:36 - City Blues
22:05 - Piano (I Made A Prayer/This Isn't Love)
23:35 - You've Been
26:32 - Piano
27:12 - I Feel So Fine
29:45 - Heroes & Villains
Goat thank you
From wikipedia:
"The Cocaine Sessions" (or "The Hamburger Sessions") refer to a sporadic, collaborative recording session conducted between Brian and Dennis Wilson in November 1982 at Garby Leon's home studio. Recordings were made for songs entitled "Oh Yeah"', "Oh Lord", "City Blues", "You've Been", "I Feel So Fine", "Stevie", and "Heroes and Villains". According to lore, Brian would compose songs in exchange for McDonald's hamburgers bought by Dennis. Musicologist Philip Lambert called the sessions a "heartbreaking testament to their conditions in the early 1980s."
Matt Furlong this was actually recorded around new year 1980/81. By November 1982 Brian was under the care of the psychiatrist Landy.
Olle Pettersson I thought Dennis lured Brian into the studio away from Landy. I’m not sure though, I think I saw someone say that in another comment section or somewhere else.
@@ollepettersson1710 Yeah, I thought that date was wrong as well. I remember hearing 1981 for these sessions, and thought it was significant that Carl Wilson was out on tour with his solo album at the time.
@@ollepettersson1710sporadically from early December 1980-May 1981 ("Walk on Water", "River Deep Mountain High", "Reins" were recorded around this time.
6 years later, still enough to make me cry
Lyrics to “O Lord”
Oh lord, all my life with you,
there's so much to see
I'm not affraid.
Oh lord, let me hear their song
Let me be okay...forever more
Oh lord, when I believe, it's all that I know
All that I know.
Make me stand from everything
Let me see what there is to see
Oh lord, let me see all there is to see
Oh lord, when children see they're ever-loving.
Oh lord, please let me see all there is to see
Make me stand from everything
Let me see what there is to see.
I was born... [garbled] give me life, give me love, right now
Alright, okay, okay, okay, okay.
Oh lord, let me be alone
Let me live my life forever more.
Ohh, ohh, ahh, forever more
Oh lord, let me be alone
Let me be with my friends, ohh
Lord, I'm too scared.
Ohh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ohh yeah
Thank you
This cuts out the best part at the beginning when Brian asks the interviewers if they snort cocaine and says "just checking", the best/funniest audio clip from that interview, this is a beautiful collection of drafts and songs, substances or hamburgers aside, there's some real soul and beauty and artistic truth being conveyed in this music.
I didnt cut it out, I uploaded the bootleg exactly as it was given to me. If its not there, the person who shared it with me must have removed it. (Or the person who gave it to them)
@@theCarbonFreeze then consider their comment as a suggestion rather than a criticism and change it lol
it's here ua-cam.com/video/BKT6HTm9Ms4/v-deo.html
Change it how? I dont have what they want me to upload. Im not being defesive just explaining. Lol
@@weatheredtomewhy lmaoo
I feel so fine is such a great song
Brian should have made “I feel so fine” an official song
I'm pretty sure that song eventually became "It's Just a Matter of Time" on the 1985 BB album. At least sounds that way!
@@NeatStuffNearby Good call. You are totally right
And “O Lord” too. They both would’ve done really well, I think.
Oh Lord evolved into Crack at Your Love
Oh Lord was offered for the band to record for BB85 but it was rejected and sort of morphed into Crack at Your Love which he wrote with Al. I Feel so Fine turned into It’s Just A Matter of Time I think
Geniuses at work
I feel so fine!!! Would have loved to hear that in a finished piece. What a voice.
I Feel So Fine became It's Just a Matter of Time and you can hear a live version in a few concerts around 1983-1984
It got really quiet when they mentioned the bootleg.
There's so much out there, unreleased but absolutely awesome! The cocaine sessions, the campfire + hotel sessions... And all BW songs not released on "regular" albums, This isn't love, Believe in yourself, Let's go to heaven in my car... Bruce's Let's visit heaven tonight, numerous commercials, especially the many variations of Almost Summer (unfortunately NOT recorded by the BB 😕)....you name it........ I am sooo happy to be a BB/BW fan... 😄👍🎵🎶
Thank you for posting this! The music they were working on is far better than I had expected. Such a shame that nothing was ever completed, and Dennis died not long afterward.
"Oh Lord" is a masterpiece
Interesting hearing him talk about stuff like what he really thinks of Carl's solo career
I feel so fine reminds me of heart and soul mixed with Richie Valens we belong together .
Yes! I KNEW I heard it somewhere! It’s from “We belong together”!
Thanks for posting this
Awesome!!! This isn't love was released later. Absolutely beautiful!
This is amazing!! X
It's really sad that "Stevie" and "Sweety" didn't get on the LA album... Brian really seemed to like them. Sweety ended up becoming "Love Ya".
There's some really beautiful music on this, some sadly with incomplete lyrics.
This is just The Microphones
why wont you tell me whyy why wont you tell me why you've been good to meee
If anyone noticed, the first song harmonically is very similar of "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen + "Whiter shade of pale" by Procol Harum :D
Brian calls the latter his funeral march, which "freaks him out".
Knowing he was very near death during these sessions the subject of mortality must've been on his mind a lot. 😥
This is beautiful music
Oh Lord Please Let Me See All There Is To See
Thank you Les Chan
First actual song= 12:00 mins 👍🤔
Wtf is it called .. epicus
@ihatescreennames89 not too sure, hard to say
17:03
Rio Grande
Enter Michael Cera at 3:32
Very Rare
heartbreaking testament to their conditions in the early 1980s.
What year was this recorded?
1980/1981
November of 1982
Who is Brian talking to in the first part of this?
Some fans. I think this video was on youtube before under a title like "Brian Wilson asking fans about cocaine" or something like that.
Now I got the title right: "Akward: Brian Wilson asks Fans if they 'snort Cocaine'". But this part was cut in this version.
remember reading on a forum that Les Chan was one of them.
thanks man!!
Isn’t “Heroes and Villains” something Brian wrote years before for SMiLE?
Leo Sim I think it’s the last song, or maybe second to last on that recorsing
Yeah, this just seems to be a improvised fragment
It was recorded in 66-67 but it was a song that was very important to brain for a reason that has never been explained by him so I think its a nice ending
@@nickb5371 it’s one of his many masterpieces, it was supposed to be the central piece to the SMiLE album
@@miguelospina5276 after listening to 2004's SMiLE that makes sense thematically as well
19:30 - forward
Is this a cover?
It's an original by primarily Brian. It became "City Blues" and ended up on Brian's 2004 solo album "Gettin' In Over My Head". The final cut featured Clapton on lead guitar.
The one singing 'Oh Lord / Oh Yeah' between 13:48 and 19:25 is Dennis, right? Good soul singer.
No, that's Brian.
Vandam he wrote you are so beautiful
michavandam Dennis only plays the organ and piano in these sessions. All singing is done by Brian.
After 75 Brian got a really powerful/soulful raspy voice. Totally different from the angelic falsetto singer he was in the 60s
@William G Danson yah but they said he came up with the line didn't they? Oh well let's kill the better story for the truth , haha no
Not fast Enough.
If only de BB had split just after PetSounds Brian Wilson should have continued has a solo artist, maybe finish Smile as BW. It's such a waste of talent
I think he badly wanted to work outside of the beach boys but was guilted into coming back most times
président chirac He did complete Smile
président chirac
For me, that would be a massive shame as I enjoy a lot of post-Pet Sounds Beach Boys stuff but each to their own. :-)
@@NOWtheband I agree. My top 10 favorite of their albums are half post Pet Sounds albums. All they needed was for Mike to go along with Brian, as his brothers greatly believed in what Brian was doing, and Al and Bruce each just highly respected his music making ability, but just didn't agree with the drugs the Wilsons were doing.
They should’ve done some mescaline or some peyote or something a little more psychedelic? Just think if they had done some real good stuff then Brian possibly could’ve ended up with Jim Morrison and the doors.
He'd already fried himself on psychedelics at this point in the late 60s after SMiLE was shelved
Brian and psychedelics didn’t mix well
According to Brian in the Strombopolous interview, psychedelics led to his auditory hallucinations.
I've always enjoyed this bootleg. Meandering but the brilliance comes through. I collected bootlegs on cd-r for 25 years. My copy is lower generation, sounds better than this
Then upload it
fr please upload it that would be awesome to hear