SO CATCHY!| FIRST TIME HEARING The Beach Boys - Fun, Fun, Fun REACTION
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- SO CATCHY!| FIRST TIME HEARING The Beach Boys - Fun, Fun, Fun REACTION
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Beach Boys "WOULDN'T IT BE NICE" and "GOOD VIBRATIONS" are awesome. ❤
They did 'Good Vibrations' about a year ago. But yes to "Wouldn't it be Nice!"
Think about buying sound panels
Yes “Wouldn’t it be nice”!
Stop recommending these boring boomer tunes, it's killing their channel
@@belachaney Seriously? 🤦🏻♀️
Jan and Dean are a duet very similar to The Beach Boys from around the same time period. A couple of popular songs by them are Surf City and Deadman’s Curve. There is a real life tragedy that befell them early on in their career that was made into a tv movie titled Deadman’s Curve. I suggest Surf City as a first listen though. Much love and hugs robsquad family ❤ thank you The Robinson Five for being Angels among us and spreading love through music sharing and smiles! 😊
I saw Jan and Dean live at Milwaukee Summerfest in 1986. They sounded great.
Don't forget " The Little Old Lady From Pasadena"
Brian Wilson wrote Surf City which was a #1 hit for Jan & Dean in the summer of 1963.
@@kathyastrom1315 oh yeah I remember seeing you there two rows back left of center stage. lol 😂
"LIttle Old Lady from Pasadena" and "Baby Talk" were among other hits for them. Sadly Jan Berry was severely injured in a car accident in April 1966 in which he sustained brain damage, abruptly ending the group's run.
Brian Wilson, the guy playing the bass wrote the song produce the song did all the harmonies and taught the boys how to sing he is an American genius. You have to find out more about him because everything The Beach Boys was is due to him. He also worked for capital and produced other groups and wrote songs number one songs for Jan and Dean, he worked himself into a nervous breakdown read his story and listen to it later music of Brian Wilson
Love wrote much of the lyrics. Wilson often provided a tune and the hook and Love wrote around them. Wilson is great, but he didn't do it alone.
@@taylemgames2652True about the lyrics. Wilson was the genius behind the music though.
Yes I’ve said before they should watch the move Love and Mercy and also listen to the song Brian Wilson by the Barenaked Ladies
Brian is also the high note guy! Total genius, and unfortunately he did get pushed too far and had a nervous breakdown. Great music!!
Brian Wilson’s falsetto is legendary-a beautiful voice he had.
J & Amber, you'll love their "Help Me Rhonda", "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "Little Deuce Coupe" !!!
edit- I believe that great falsetto is by Brian Wilson!
All three are bombs. Especially Help Me Rhonda.
I was going to add Surfin' Safari, but I see they already did that one. I gave it a like as well. :)
@@BillGraper I think it was Surfin' USA they did. Very similar songs anyway 😀
@@surlechapeau Yeah, I just started playing it & it was Surfin USA. LOL! They have to listen to Surfin Safari. :)
"Wouldn't it be nice" is my favorite ❤️
I love their early surf music, but when you get to their album "Pet Sounds", it's on a totally different level. The album influenced the making of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album. "Wouldn't it be nice", "Sloop John B", and especially "God Only Knows", are good ones to try. Brian Wilson was the falsetto singing in this song. He's the one who also wrote and produced all their music until a certain point. 💐✌️
Paul McCartney said "God Only Knows" was "the greatest song ever written" & is one of the few songs that reduces him to tears every time he hears it.
@@joiedevivre2005 It does the same to me, honestly. Especially at the end, when all the harmonies layer and weave in and out of each other... some of the most beautiful sounds I've ever heard in a song.
@@joiedevivre2005 I agree with Paul
They already did God Only Knows, but I totally agree on the other two songs you suggested next. Perfect choices.
@@mokumboi19 Oh I didn't know they already did that one. Thanks for the info, I'm gonna check it out!
That's Brian Wilson doing the high voice and he's also the musical force behind the Beach Boys.
This song is FUN FUN FUN! They were the KINGS of catchy!!!
Three Beautiful songs that Brian sings are “In My Room” “The Warmth of The Sun” and “Don’t Worry Baby”
Yes..yes...and hells yes!!! 😍
Absolutely
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Saw them 5 times! Took our “4” year old daughter to see them! She brought them flowers to the stage! She had a “blast”! A concert she’ll never forget! She’s 32 now!
That's awesome!!!
yeah saw them twice. Great shows.
Echo's better today, still a little. This is. One of the most fun songs ever!! Beach Boys are such a blast!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Check out "In My Room" by The Beach Boys. The harmonies!!
My all time favorite! ❤
@@PVCswede It's so good! 👍
💯 @Doctor Music
The lead guitar belongs to Carl Wilson -- all the genius arrangements, were Brian Wilson -- the drunk drummer was Dennis Wilson
As the Beach Boys progressed a little further in their career, Brian Wilson was creating extremely advanced creative music with all types of instruments. The Beatles respected them bc of that, tremendously. The Beach Boys' “Pet Sounds" album inspired The Beatles' "Sgt Pepper" album. Listen to the Beach Boys song "GOOD VIBRATIONS". This is just one example (of many) of the musical genius songs of Brian Wilson. ❤
I wish Brian could have joined the Beatles. It sucks that we was surrounded by a group that didn’t appreciate him pushing innovation in music, when the Beatles did. Feels so unfair looking back.
@@futurereflections4097 I know what you mean. I think his brothers, Carl and Dennis loved him. I didn't hear too much about Al Jardine's stance. But, I think Mike Love was the one with the problem with Brian straying from the pop stuff and exploring the complexities of his brilliant musical mind. Did you ever watch the movie "LOVE AND MERCY" starring John Cusack? If not, you definitely should. It's a movie about the Beach Boys, with main focus on Brian. John Cusack does an incredible job portraying him. ❤️
Hard to miss with The Beach Boys!
I grew up in Los Angeles, (spending a lot of my time at Malibu beach), back in the 70's listening to these tunes. A lot of my friends called us hold outs because we liked Beach Boys, Frankie Valley, The Mama's & the Papa's and so on. We were soul surfers and lived the life style with no regrets. I do miss those days. Thank you so very much for this. PEACE!!!!!
The Beach Boys were my 1st concert! I was 13 (I'm 70 now). I still love them. Brian Wilson is a genius!
it is the great BRIAN WILSON who is hitting THAT note, genius
The high falsetto singing is Brian Wilson. His vocals are legend and so identifiable. God Only Knows and Little Surfer Girl are Great!
The song title is what the Beach Boys were all about! That high note was from Beach Boy genius, Brian Wilson. Good Vibrations, next!
My all-time favorite group! My favorite BB song, and the best song Brian wrote is God Only Knows (as stated by Paul McCartney and others). Seen them 3 times, first time in '87 (I was 16). They have SO many wonderful songs. "Don't Worry Baby", "Darlin'", "Wouldn't It Be Nice", "In My Room", "Girls On the Beach", etc.
Their Endless Summer album, which contains this song, is an essential Summer jam. Every song on that album is a winner. ❤😊
I'm delighted that you did this song. This is one of the Beach Boy's greatest songs, yet has been utterly ignored by reactors. Thank you.
They’re a great band. I saw them many times in concert. When I was a teenager, my friend and I told her boyfriend we were going cruising. He said girls can’t go cruising. I used this song as proof because it says that she goes cruising.😂
The Beach Boys have always meant summer to me.
I saw them in concert. A friend was lucky enough to get us front row seats. It was a fantastic show.
A group very similar to the beach boys was Jan and Dean.
A few of their hits include "Surf City", "Little Old Lady from Pasadena", "Sidewalk Surfin", and "Dead Man's Curve".
Love the Little Old Lady from Pasadena. 😍
You have insulted me! I challenge your to a duel.
Okay, we race cars at dead mans curve tonight.
Brian Wilson: singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. Often called a genius for his novel approaches to pop composition, extraordinary musical aptitude, and mastery of recording techniques, he is widely acknowledged as one of the most innovative and significant songwriters of the 20th century. His best-known work is distinguished for its high production values, complex harmonies and orchestrations, layered vocals, and introspective or ingenuous themes. Wilson is also known for his formerly high-ranged singing and for his lifelong struggles with mental illness.
Congratulations on moving into a new home! The back wall looks really awesome and I didn't hear any echos. Great reaction, love the Beach boys. "Good Vibrations" and "Kokomo" are my favorites.
Back in the day, the main difference between live and recorded was not the quality of the music, but was the length. The radio required pretty short songs (usually under three minutes) and so at concerts you'd really see who the band was.
Brian Wilson's falsettos are legendary. If you haven't yet, listen to "Don't Worry Baby", "Farmer's Daughter", and "Sloop John B" for some amazing falsettos from him.
They were AMAZING live!!! Saw them twice and it was awesome!!! Thnx for sharing yall 😊
This was the very first Beach Boys song I memorized as a kid in the 90s. I love the story the song tells about this rebellious girl - and now that I work in a library I laugh when it talks about ditching the library "like she told her old man" LOL!
I love the Beach Boys. Another good one is Don't Worry Baby, which you reacted to at one time as a cover of it by Lorrie Morgan, with the Beach Boys singing backup.
Sail On Sailor will give you a new perspective on Beach Boys harmony
The reason so many older bands sound the same live and recorded is because they had TALENT! LOL! No autotune and just mimimum sound engineering.
That high note is made by Brian Wilson, the leader of the band and bass player.
Saw the Beach Boys back in 1974 when they opened for CSN&Y at Milwaukee Cty Stadium. When they did this number, there were 60,000 people doing the woo-ooo sound in unison. It was great! Fantastic show and both groups killed it. Cheers....
More Beach Boys!!! 😃
I saw them live on their 50th anniversary reunion tour… they sounded just like in the studio!
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Back in the early 80s this was the first concert I took my little sister to. We were at the Allentown fair and there were still tickets left. I always wanted to see them and we went. I wanted my sister to have a wonderful appreciation of different kinds of music. She still listens today.
Absolutely love The Beach Boys, you just cant go wrong with any choice of song. ❤ If you havent done "Darlin" yet, please make that your next one by them. ❤
impossible to be in a bad mood listening to those Beach Boys!!!
there are plenty of other awesome tunes from the Beach Boys to check out:
- Little Deuce Coupe (my #1 recommendation)
- I Get Around (#2 recommendation)
- Wouldn't it be Nice?
- California Girls
- Don't Worry Baby
- Do it Again
These are all from the 60s AND all I've heard from them in my late 20s lifetime so the other subs on here may have other recs for you but the list above are great nonetheless!
All great songs and choices for their next listen!
This was one of their GREAT songs! - glad you liked it. I also absolutely LOVE Barbara Ann and Sloop John B ! I was just a young kid when the BBs rose to widespread popularity.
This is one of their all time best songs! Absolute classic!
This song is like the poster child for 60's surfin' Americana. Beyond iconic, practically culture.
I’ve seen them three times over many decades and they are a great live show. The great thing is that the crowd will include people with small kids to people in their 80s and every age group in between. Timeless music that just freakin’ sounds good. Try California Girls, the very introspective In My Room and my favorite I Can Hear Music with Carl Wilson on vocals.
PS: Cork panels 4’ X 4’ covering two opposing walls will greatly reduce the echo and it looks good too.
The Beach Boys are my favorite group of all with their fun songs and amazing harmonies. So, so many great songs.
still performing! Brian Wilson hitting the note. Mike Love singing lead. Brian and Mike wrote most of their hits!
Mike retroactive got a legal judgment giving co-writing credit.
For the Beach Boys harmony at it's best, check out Don't Worry Baby. A master class in vocal harmony
One of their best songs...such beautiful harmonizing.
Yea! More Beach Boys! :) Thx Guys! :) PS- Does sound better :) And everyone would understand if You Guys feel the need to back off on 3X/Day Reaction schedule to get 'caught up' with New Home & Fam! :)
Lyrics:
Well she got her daddy's car
And she cruised through the hamburger stand now
Seems she forgot all about the library
Like she told her old man now
And with the radio blasting
Goes cruising just as fast as she can now
Chorus: And she'll have fun fun fun
'Til her daddy takes the T-bird away
(Fun fun fun 'til her daddy takes the T-bird away)
Well the girls can't stand her
'Cause she walks, looks and drives like an ace now
(You walk like an ace now, you walk like an ace)
She makes the Indy 500 look like a Roman chariot race now
(You look like an ace now, you look like an ace)
A lotta guys try to catch her
But she leads them on a wild goose chase now
(You drive like an ace now, you drive like an ace)
Well you knew all along
That your dad was gettin' wise to you now
(You shouldn't have lied now, you shouldn't have lied)
And since he took your set of keys
You've been thinking that your fun is all through now
(You shouldn't have lied now, you shouldn't have lied)
But you can come along with me
'Cause we gotta a lot of things to do now
(You shouldn't have lied now, you shouldn't have lied
And we'll have fun fun fun now that daddy took the T-bird away
(Fun fun fun now that daddy took the T-bird away)
etc etc
Thanks for the trip to the past. Cruising the main drag, being cool, listening to some surfer music. Thanks for a Marvelous Monday!!
If you want to hear some songs that really showcase the Beach Boys harmony, try 'In my room', 'Kiss me baby', or 'Til I die'. Incredible
Brian Wilson was the music genius mastermind behind all of the new sounds that The Beach Boys brought to the industry.
This song was always their last song in a concert... a part of the encore. The ending with ooooooooooooooo was sung by the entire crowd and beach balls were everywhere. Thrilling. Fundamentally... it was a combination of Chuck Berry... the Four Freshmen... and elements of the wall of sound. Brian was deaf in one ear because his dad took a 2 by 4 to his head once. So their songs are mostly in mono. He couldn't hear stereo. It's a part of the unique sound. That's Brian Wilson on the super high notes. A unique falsetto voice with an edge. When Brian had to stop touring with the band... they had trouble finding someone to sing those notes. A guy by the name of Jeff Foskette came around sometime in the 80s and he came the closest to emulating Brian's voice. The band's response was to rock things up more. I saw the real Beach Boys about 25 times in concert. Each one was special and unique. I suggest the song Surf's Up. A gorgeous song sung by Brian at the piano. They added harmony and more instrumentation to it at some point. Van Dyke Parks wrote the strange lyrics that no one understood. Capitol Records wanted no part of the more mature Beach Boys songs... so they stopped promoting them.
Real talent, Real singers. They're one of the beat ever.
A Beach Boys song not mentioned yet in the comments is a 1970's collaboration they did with the band Chicago - "Wishing You Were Here". The Beach Boys sing the chorus of the song & their harmonies are unmistakable. I would highly recommend that you give it a listen. As for more surf music, I def suggest you check out "Misirlou" by Dick Dale - the King of Surf Guitar. I'd be willing to bet you will recognize the tune - it's been used in several movies & tv commercials in some form or another. And of course, also check out "Wipe Out" by The Surfaris - with an iconic drum solo that is pure fire!
That collab was brilliant! Hope they check it out. I'm going to have a listen now as it;s been too long.
Yes, two for the price of one!
If you do not yet know of the group Leonid and Friends, check out their very excellent cover of that song - ua-cam.com/video/aLAUyc64thU/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Leonid%26Friends
@Barry Anderson I've heard them a few times on another channel and they are insanely good. Clearly, great musicians. Do you know if they've written any of their own music?
@@DanalynTuthill-yl4hd If you search, you can find a few (not many) of their own compositions. If I can find them, I'll post back.
Haven't heard this in DECADES!
Brian did everything...he wrote the songs, lyrics, and all harmonies. He also sang, had perfect pitch, and played all guitars and pianos.❤
brian wilson wrote most all of the beach boys songs- he was the first artist to use multi track recording even though he was deaf in one ear from childhood
Thanks for getting back to The Beach Boys! Not sure if it has been mentioned, but the original Beach Boys were three brothers (Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson), a cousin (Mike Love) and a friend (Al Jardine). That is why the vocals have such a unique blend (like the brotherly harmonies of The Bee Gees), in addition to the brilliant harmony structures imagined by Brian Wilson. The Beach Boys were a heavy influence in the vocal structuring of early Huey Lewis & The News songs. HLN actually imitated a photograph from The Beach Boys Surfer Girl album, where they were all holding a surfboard. I think it was pictured on their first album, released in 1980.
If you ever want to hear the true depth of The Beach Boys vocals, listen to the last half of the “Today” album and “Pet Sounds”. If you can find isolated vocal tracks, it will blow you away.
I was a teen when that song came out.A summer song.Them were the days.
DARN TOOTIN'. If I hear a Beach Boys tune January its summer. And I am Canadian...its minus 40 F out with 2 feet of snow expected...and I am at the beach!!!
My fist concrert Ever, was The Beach Boys my Freshman year of High School!! Couldn't think of a better First concert!! It was the talk of school on Monday. This would've been around late 1975, I think....... Maybe early 1976. Either way Fantastic concert. So much fun. Everyone sang along and we were on our feet danciing! Thanks for the memories, i was 14 all over again!! 🎉🎉🎉🎶🎶🎶😊💜
Beach Boys have such a legendary catalog of music from 62-72 and beyond. Biggest classics for me are a mix of fast, slow extra layered harmonies.
Fast/Fun: Good Vibrations, I Get Around, Dance Dance Dance, Surfin Safari, California Girls, When I grow up to be a man, Wouldn't it be nice., barbara Ann, do it again, i can hear music.
Slower/beautiful harmonies: Surfer Girl, Dont Worry Baby, In My Room, God Only Knows, Warmth of the Sun, Forever, Surf's Up,.
If you like the Beach Boys give a listen to Jan & Dean - Dead Man's Curve, Surf City, Little Old Lady From Pasadena
or 'Surf City'
@@markzellmer3223 Yes that one too
If you like the Beach Boys, you should listen to them singing backup (yes, I said they're singing backup) to Lorrie Morgan on their own song, Don't Worry Baby. She has a phenomenal voice, made all the more special by their beautiful backup harmonies.
It was delightful watching music lovers hear this song for the first time. In 1962, I was seven. The Beach Boys grabbed my heart and never let go. Thank you for this video.
The story behind this song goes like this. One day a rich girl came to the house to pick up Dennis Wilson in her brand new T bird. Dennis jumped behind the wheel and burned rubber all the way down the block. His brother Carl commented they will have fun till daddy takes her T bird away. Brian, the musical genius brother immediately sat down at his piano and in 5 mins wrote this song. Brian was the musical savant behind everything the Beach Boys became.
The Beach Boys are classic. They have been the soundtrack of my life as a kid in the 60s all through my teen years and early adulthood. And yes, I am a Southern California surfer girl/beach babe from day one.
Echo or no echo, you guys are always great!!!
"Don't Worry Baby" is a classic and my favorite. Voices of angels.
The Beach Boys' first big hit was Surfin' USA, which was released in the spring of 1963, and hit #3 on the Billboard chart. My late uncle graduated from high school in Bakersfield, CA (about 100 miles north of Los Angeles) at the end of that spring in 1963, and The Beach Boys were the band that played at his Senior Prom! 😲
Nowadays, it would be amazing enough to have a live band at the prom instead of a D.J. Imagine having a live band with a current top 5 hit on the charts, and who will go on to be one of the most popular bands of all time!
Great song
Great song! You should react to God only knows, Wouldn’t it be nice, In my room.
This takes me back to when I was a kid/preteen! Such a wonderful time for music. When I’m at the beach, I still love to have Beach Boys music with me!
There is so much to the Beach Boys, from palling around with Charles Manson to inspiring the Beatles to write the Sergeant Pepper album. If you want a real treat, check out the movie Love and Mercy on your movie channel about the struggles and conquest of the genius behind the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson.
Couple of notes... That opening guitar riff was "borrowed" from one of Chuck Berry's songs, and the BBs got busted for it. Berry didn't fuss over it, so the BB got away with that one. One of the reasons why they sounded so much like the record on this video is that they were actually singing to the studio soundtrack which was done by the Wrecking Crew.... a group of superb studio musicians that has been mentioned quite often in your comments. Brian Wilson, the founder of the BB was considered a certified music genius by his peers in the industry. He built those songs note by note in his head, and was able to pull it all together in the studio. Those harmonies are specifically because Wilson was paying homage to the men's singing groups of the previous decade like the Four Freshmen.
They very definitely stole a lot from Chuck Berry, especially in this songs opening guitar riffs. From "Johnny Be Good" I believe.
Yeah, I think what we have in this video is concert footage overdubbed with the studio recording itself.
They used this opening riff from Chuck Berry. Got into some trouble at first with Surfing USA because label didn’t give him writing credit at first. Those are the only songs using Berry riffs.
The Beach Boys recorded this on their own. Perhaps a saxophone from Wrecking Crew. They performed this song all the time - only difference was they didn’t use keyboards in their early days. On the recording Brian Wilson did keyboards and I think Al Jardine played bass.
The video was from a performance from March 1964 (can be seen online as “The Lost Concert”).
Yeah, if I remember correctly, on later pressings of "Surfin' USA" they gave sole writing credit to Chuck Berry because it was so close to "Sweet Little Sixteen."
One of their best - my opinion. Great harmonies - as usual. Beginning in 1961 the group epitomized "the California sound" about cars, surfing and romance with some influences blending older pop vocal groups, some R&B and with lyrics focused towards adolescents. One of the few American groups that battled with "the British Invasion" groups . In the mid-60's their sound became more experimental. All told, they have sold over 100 million records worldwide, have had 37 tops 40 hits from mid-60's into 2020, with 4 #1 hits. The songs titled: California Girls" and "Surfin USA" and this song are probably their best known from the 60's. Went through some rough period in 70's and most of the 80's. In 1987 they recorded/released their last #1 hit - "Kokomo". They did some touring with Chicago during the 80's.
The drummer was friends with the manson family and he told mike love that when he was with them he saw them kill a black man and it broke him inside and in 1983 he got drunk fell off a pier and died. Brian wilson battled drug addiction and was thrown out of the band in 1983 but is better now. And the other wilson brother died in the mid 90's of heart failure. Brian wilson and mike love wrote most of their music.
Thats Brian Wilson hitting the high pitched ''oooos'' at the end. he has one of the most beautiful falsettos. please check out Surfer girl if you loved Brians voice
Such a legendary band from my Parents' generation. Always great to hear more "beach" hits. Nice shirt Jordan!
I had always sort of dismissed The Beach Boys, except for Good Vibrations and Sloop John B, until I saw them live in about 1972. I still wasn't totally on board during the concert but everyone seemed to be having a good time listening to their old surf hits...and then they broke into Fun, Fun, Fun. The opening guitar hook instantly captivated the audience and by the end of the first verse, virtually the whole crowd was vibrating as one. It was an epiphany of sorts and I have become much more appreciative in the years since.
One of my favorite songs by the Beach Boys!!
The Beach Boys are more than what you see. There were two biggies in the Beach Genre. The Beach Boys and Jan & Dean. They were friends, The sang backup for each other to promote the Genre. Look for Jan & Dean. The high notes? ... Brian Wilson. Definitely. I can hit that note and sing double bass . If you have the range, it's not hard...
Family harmony. 3 brothers, a cousin, and a family friend. Brian Wilson on bass (who's also a genius songwriter and arranger), Carl Wilson on Rhythm guitar, cousin Mike Love on the lead vocal, Dennis Wilson on drums, and Al Jardine on lead guitar.
I saw the Boys twice in the 80s, about 20 years past their prime, but it was so much fun. What isbgreat is they are so iconic that they are one of the bands where every song is one giant singalong party. Everybody joins every song, and so many people are dancing around. It's a ton of fun.
"Whoever's hitting that note" - Brian Wilson, the genius behind the group.
Good fun song, pun intended
My parents LOVE the beach boys. I can always tell its their band when they come on the radio by the sound of their voices.
I have that same shirt J. DD is my favorite band.
The good times of the Beach Boys is undeniable early in their career. They set a tone for surfing and beach vibes. How could you not love this stuff?
i am a transplant to LA from Ohio. Came to Cali back in 1972. I recall when i crossed the Nevada border into California, this was the first song i heard on the radio. When i arrived in to the LA City limits , California Girls played on the radio, when I got to Santa Monica, Surfing USA played. Point to all this--- I knew that by hearing the Beach Boys music i knew i was in California!!! Such an awesome feeling back then.
The heart of the Beach Boys sound was the harmonies. Brian Wilson spent hours in his room at a piano, listening to records mostly by the Four Freshmen, a 50s jazz harmony group, learning the chords, taking them apart and putting them back together. He worked on harmonies with his brothers Dennis and Carl, and the three would sing, sometimes to make their abusive father forget why he was going to beat them up. Their cousin Mike Love was the lead singer on the fast tunes, so you had four voices related by blood in harmony. (The fifth was a high school friend Al Jardine). Carl Wilson played guitar and liked Chuck Berry. So you put those jazz harmonies over a Chuck Berry chugging rock beat. Dennis Wilson got put on drums. He was the only one of them that actually surfed. So Brian wrote music and had Mike Love or some other lyricist come up with the surf and car lyrics. That was the formula through 1965 anyway.
The next Beach Boys song I recommend you listen to is "California Girls" hopefully in its original studio version.
The guitars in this song are a straight up match to the sound 'that launched a thousand bands' of 'The Ventures' that started in the 50's and were still touring in the 2000's! Check out 'Walk Don't Run 64' or 'Wipeout' by The Ventures'. 😏
During their final tour my kids were grown, and the tour was in our town about the time of my wedding anniversary. And our kids chipped in and bought my wife and me tickets in the 7th row center. Best anniversary present EVER! My kids are so cool.
I always loved this song, and I remember hearing it when it was released in 1964. The opening was borrowed from Johnny B. Goode intro by Chuck Berry. The song was based on a girl in Salt Lake City who would borrow her Dad's 1963 Ford Thunderbird to "go to the library". Instead she would race around the city and go to a local hamburger stand. Her Dad found out, and would not let her use the car. A '63 Thunderbird weighed about 4,200 pounds, but had loads of power. The lowest horsepower engine for the car had 300 horsepower, and the most powerful engine available for the car was 425 horsepower, but for insurance reasons, that last figure is probably lower than what the engine could produce.
I'm inpressed that Amber knows what a T-bird is,,,,,,,
For a similar sound from the time check out the duo Jan and Dean. Their song "It's the Little Old Lady from Pasadena" is another fun car/driving song.
There are so many Beach Boys songs that are so good, throw a dart at a list and you can’t go wrong
"Darlin" is my favorite Beach Boy song.. I think Amber will love it.
Brian Wilson was a musical genius and penned a number of songs for other artists like "Surf City" by Jan & Dean, "Guess I'm Dumb" by Glen Campbell and "He's A Doll" by the Honeys. The "Pet Sounds" album is still considered to be "among the greatest and most influential albums in music history." Likewise, the Beach Boys' repertoire contains so many influential and groundbreaking sounds. They are one of my "All Time" favorite groups. Just a few of their many songs that you should check out: Be True To Your School, When I Grow Up To Be A Man, Little Deuce Coup, Heroes And Villains, Darlin', Sloop John B, In My Room and many more. One of the only bands to rival the Beatles, and the Beatles' only true competition at the time. Peace & Love🕊❤