The Beach Boys- I'm Waiting for the Day & Let's Go Away for a While (REACTION//DISCUSSION)
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The more you listen to *Let's Go Away for a While,* the more you appreciate *The Beach Boys* and especially *Brian Wilson*
Just Brian Wilson...the beach boys are singers and had nothing to with composing an instrumental
I always liked this much more than the title track.
Let's go away for a while is such a transporting piece artistically
My favorite Beach Boys song is "Feel Flows" (from SURF'S UP). It is SO unlike anything else I've ever heard from them, and yet clearly them. You may have heard it on the "Almost Famous" soundtrack. A close second is the song "Sail On Sailor" (from HOLLAND).
You just mentioned two of my own absolute top BB tracks there!
I am jaw dropped that I have never heard Feel Flows until you just mentioned it. Now it is right up there as one of my favorite Beach Boys tracks! And I owned a copy of Bluebirds Over the Mountain so .... thank you!
There is a deluxe edition of Pet Sounds which includes an instrumental version of the album. It really shows how great Brian Wilson was as an arranger.
Indeed - and way before that Capitol released "Stack-o-Tracks" in 1968 with several "Pet Sounds" tracks along with a number of others. It didn't sell very well, but one cool thing was the original album included a song book with all the chords and lyrics - I guess they wanted people at home to play along with the backing tracks.
Absolutely love the little audio nuggets that Brian Wilson adds to "Let's Go Away For A While" - it adds so much character and originality. Makes it sound timeless.
I love every song on this album, these two are gorgeous too.
You are better at this than anyone, your understanding and interpretation of the link between music and emotion is rare , even more so on UA-cam.
My favorite Beach Boys song has always been Sail on Sailor.
I wish they all could be California Girls
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California Girls
I love it too. Have you ever heard Ray Kennedy's version. It's very good also. I think he is the guy who wrote it.
@@josephthomas3912 I’ll have to check that out.
"Sail on Sailor" was written primarily by Van Dyke Parks (lyrics) and Brian Wilson, with additional lyrics by Ray Kennedy, Tandyn Almer, and Jack Rieley. Almer, about whom too little is known by too few, wrote "Along Comes Mary," which The Association turned into gold in '66.
A good friend of Brian's, Tandyn also co-wrote 1972's "Marcella," another criminally under-appreciated "mid-era" BBs track!
Keep up these beach boys reactions! Looking forward to them
Thank you! Will do!
Walking through the Pet Sounds album is like walking through The Louvre.
Incredible art, everywhere you look.
...and when you finish this masterpiece, you can go through SMiLE... (the Beach Boys tracks...using the Brian Wilson solo album as a guide), or perhaps the Zombies "Odessey and Oracle" ...which is like walking through the Musee D'Orsay.
Have a great week, Justin!
Great ear - Brian Wilson was essentially writing new jazz standards with some of these songs, also lots of sophisticated 60s jazz/pop like Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini
Brian Wilson was a musical genius.
probably the best vocal group of all time along with the great Brian Wilson.
A beautiful, timeless album that sounds like it could've been released at any time in the last 50+ years and sounded contemporary...
There is some history to the placement of this song on the album. Sloop john B wasn't really part of Pet Sounds. It was a song they had recorded a released as a single a few months before starting work on Pet Sounds but Capitol Records demanded that Sloop John B be part of the album because that was the norm to put the hit single on your albums.
So the story goes that Brian decided to put Sloop John B at the end of side A so that it was sandwiched between this instrumental and the end of the side, sort of hidden away from the rest of the album. I'm not sure but the title of this song "Let's Go Away for a While" might also be referring to "going away from the album to visit Sloop John B for a while".
I hope you do heroes and villians soon, such a interesting beach boys song
This album is just Incredible and I know I’ve said it a lot but it just is. Also cool intro Justin
Ty!
Yes those sparsely used instruments are Brian's pet sounds. Such a pleasant listen. The next song is my favorite on the album, such gorgeous harmonies.
Swinging London
Hey! My name is Glenn and my wife and I did go away for awhile. Another day camping at the waters edge. And our cat is in the camper. She too does NOT like thunder or fireworks but... she is mostly a happy camper. So after a nice two hour kayak/fishing trip on a lake of glass (not the norm!) under cloudy skies, I went for a walk and my wife took the chance to catch a nap. Now I get to spend some quality time with Justin and The Beach Boys as the skies clear and the sun returns!
Sounds like a good day Glenn!
@@JustJP These are the days my friend. FYI right on the heels of the sun returning... the rain and thunder took a curtain call. Such is the Tao of summer camping. Looks like 3 days now of pure sunshine. I look forward to more Beach Boys, more Yes, more Moody Blues, more everything from you. You love what you do and it shows. Keep doing it!
Hi JP. Dave from sweltering London, enjoying some Afternoon Delight (ooh, matron!). I'm Waiting for The Day, more classic Beach Boys. Brilliant melody, big band-y, as you say. Maybe a marching band feel to it. Such quirky instrumentation, but it's a triumph.
This album is one of my favourite ones ever, great commentary JP. Also, i prefer what youre doing here of commenting right after the end of one song, rather than waiting for the two to end, maybe other people may prefer it as well.
I love your pet sounds review. Thankyou 😀
Glad you like them!
Nice cat. Mine is all black. She doesn't mind rain, but gets very restless during/doesn't like (audibly) windy weather.
May this music bring a bit of sun to you - and the cat 😄
Nice dissection of "I'm waiting for the day"!
"Let's go away for awhile" might seem like filler a bit, but musically sums up the essential feel of the album. That cosy, escapist tranquility Brian would pursue from here on time and again, especially on albums like 'Friends' (1968).
Vibraphone adds a great ... vibe.
Indeed it down :D
Justin, delighted to see you getting into da Boys. Let's Go Away For A While just might be my favourite instrumental - such a wistful, beautiful chord progression filled in with heavenly sounds.
Sloop John B, the last song on side A, really shouldn't be there. It might have been a decent standalone single to sate fans of the early Beach Boys, a nice singalong trad.arr. song, but it totally disrupts the Pet Sounds mood. I don't know what they were thinking. (I smell Mike Love, but I might be unfair just on account of not liking the fella.)
Al Jardine brought the song to Brians attention
I am now mature ? no , old enough to appreciate the sheer Class of these songs. What puts me off is not knowing which mix / production to acquire. The mono version was too one dimensional twenty years ago but I had no hears to listen properly.
That first song was epic! Twenty mins could not have accomplished more.
Your comments are so perceptive Justin. Fair play to you & ya Jazz Papa for teachin u The Stuff and more appropriately, the positivity of enjoyment. Which eventually rewards those willing to
invest.
The second song is about to start.
My son told me yesterday that Liam Gallagher (of Oasis) tweeted four priceless words after Christian Erikson's misfortune yesterday.
So once more I am reminded to Never Give Up. Never Give Up.
The second song is Beautiful. I trawl the Megahertz . Paddy McAloon. We let the Stars Go JP... Soul Tones. Very perceptive once more. These are enjoyed swirlingly. Yet it's subtler than the MB innit?
A Piece of Art.
Four Words.
4 Words Liam, mate.
4 Words.
Your Daddy Loves You.
I trawl The Megahertz. Never Give Up Justin.
The Cat is Out. When u wanna hear a Blonde
Kate Bush singin mid 80s swirling collision electro club house pop try Judie T 's The Cat is Out.
How Sweet it Is.
great Fun. Jolch.
Beautiful music and a beautiful cat.
let's go away for a while is a highlight for me on PS, great track
Meow,it's gloomy.Meow,it's cold.Meow,it;s raining,meow,meow! Meow,I'm going to hide in here,Go Away for a While,meow,meow!!!Meow, I;m Waiting for the Day-meow,he opens that door.Meow a little kitty chow meow,and then a meow nap.Peace-meow!
I love that you’re discovering pet sounds and revolver at the same time. These are number one and number two on the greatest albums of all time in my opinion.
I love how you review songs please review some more beach boys. Thankyou steve uk
Not well known songs. I like the second one better, even though it's an instrumental. Enjoyed seeing the cat. 😊
I think you’d really enjoy the albums Wild Honey, Friends, and Sunflower.
Jacob
A few months ago, I showed my piano-playing girlfriend "Let's Go Away for Awhile" cause I thought this would be one of the 'simpler' pieces she can play from the album. She ended up spending like 3 hours being puzzled & amazed by the chords & chord progressions that were used before stopping at the 20 second mark.
That Brian Wilson sure is sneaky!
A real pet sound!
Let's Go Away For A While...now I'm going to be listening to the High Llamas for the rest of the day.
Hawaii is basically Pet Sounds 2. Why do so few people know about this great band & why did they never sell many records?
Good call on High Llamas. Given it was the 90s, they probably needed a hit single. It's the same problem that the likes of Jellyfish and Lewis Taylor ('Marvin Gaye with Beach Boys harmonies') had at that time.
@@gaiaeternal5131 Jellyfish had a decent sized hit & a lot of MTV rotation in Europe with King Is Half Undressed-but they still sadly never caught on. VH1 played Checking In, Checking Out a lot on MTV in 1995-always seemed odd to me that it was just as catchy & commercially sounding as Wake Up Boo by Boo Radleys that came out around the same time-yet that became a top ten smash. Nomads also got a fair amount of play on there a year or so later.
Gorgeous- all of it - in the days of vinyl, this was exemplary in demonstrating the “four corners of a record” … Let’s go away for awhile
is more an interlude than an ending
and Sloop John B ends the side.
While some of the arrangement devices are “dated” the music is timeless and have aged beautifully.
I do think the stereo mix is superior
This album was definitely an influence The Moody Blues "Days of Future Past" album in terms of introducing orchestral elements into rock/pop music. Wilson would take it even further on SMiLE.
Brian Wilson and the Wrecking Crew should be the name of the band on this album
You a drummer? You bop your head like a conductor baton. Respect
I'd call myself a hobby drummer lol.
Sloop John B? Cue the Kingston Trio!
It's a Beautiful Day Day here and it isn't just the name of a band.. I hope it is a beautiful day where ever you may be.
This album should be Pet Sounds by The Wrecking Beach Crew Boys.
Of course I dug it. Nothing soothes the savage beast more than a patient song of love. Works for me , growl…
Rainy Days and Mondays Always Get Me Down… just saying. Hint hint… Carpenters.
Lots of Moody Blues mentioned. I think I read they took good care of the masters, so that’s part of the reason it sounds so good still.
Anyway,
Peace and caffeinated Music
Justin, go ahead w more LIVE videos reactions bro!
I'd like to ask everyone on here a question.
This album is ranked #2 all time by Rolling Stone. Close to the Edge is ranked #445.
If you could only listen to 1 more album, 1 last time, and your only 2 options were Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys or Close to the Edge by YES, which album would you listen to?
and why is the YES ranking in BLUE, LOL
@Lightmane, no question it would be CTTE. I ask the question in return, how many groups throughout the years have sounded like The Beach Boys vs. how many have taken elements of their sound from Yes? Rush comes to mind immediately and Tool. That’s why I feel it would be CTTE.
@@realbser1956 I would love to see a huge poll with this question, to see which band would win. I'm not sure how many bands were influenced by the Beach Boys, but all of them were influenced by The Beatles. Even King Crimson 🙂
Probably CTTE, but I like to listen to both, way more than many others on the list (or at least those that I know).
@@gaiaeternal5131 I like this album plenty, but there's a lot I'd take over it.
@@Lightmane I pick YESSONGS. Not only do I get a live version of CTTE, but I also get 5 more sides of YES! Duh. Lol!🥳🥳🥳
Greatest album ever made. Every song is amazing except Sloop John B which is still pretty good.
Beach Boys: awesome. Early work, car songs. None of them were surfers. If you really like them, check out Jan and Dean; the Beach Boys listened to them while still in school. They sang each other's songs. A famous one was "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena". The hit record was Jan and Dean, rather primative. But they were overshadowed by Brian Wilson's virtuosity, and better recording.
Actually Dennis was the only surfer in the group
Brian's biggest influences were The Four Freshmen and Phil Spector. He's been quoted as saying that the Ronettes' (Spector produced) "Be My Baby" was the perfect record. Jan and Dean did start recording professionally prior to the Beach Boys, but their first #1 hit was "Surf City" in 1963, co-written by Brian Wilson and Jan Berry.
Lol did you make a pm dawn reference?
Absolutely 😉
You know, I don't ALWAYS suggest a Procol Harum son (like perhaps Simple Sister), sometimes it's a Jeff Beck song. Get a little techno with "Space for the Papa" or Psycho Sam". Take care Justin, you are really pumping these videos out these days. I worry about you.
Pet Sounds is a masterpiece in some ways, but more from Brian Wilson than the band. Somehow the album also casts a shadow, what the grumbling of Mike Love - how can it be otherwise, just like with the Smile album, where Love still fell out with Van Dyke Parks because of his obscure lyrics, which Love did not understand - with his disapproval and ostracism because of Brian's work here. Capitol Records met with a mixed blessing, because they did not like the album and accordingly did not promote it, therefore only number 10 in the album charts. All of this had hurt Brian very much.
Number 2 in the U.K. and it was much heralded as the obvious classic that it is.
Poor cat, hope your earphones doesn`t bleed too much sound as to scare her even more. :)
Haha nope not at all! All she'll hear is my incessant talking, which shes used to :)
An album not like any other.
If you like The Beach Boys you would probably like The High Llamas-Sean O'Hagan does the Beach Boys better than they did.
Right. Not loving the album so far, and IWFTD continues that trend. Very much a song of 2 halves. The gentler sections are a little twee, and sickly sweet. The louder, all in sections, i found to be jarring. The heavy timpani, too overpowering, too pronounced in the mix for me. Now, LGAFAW, this a pleasant surprise. Very short, but pretty sweet, in a good way. Nice melody, good use of strings, and horns. Very much a Bacharach/Mancini, vibe to it. And the timpani here dialed back. I enjoyed this one.
The fact that these songs do nothing fir me is why I am not a Beach Boys fan. I find this whole album highly over-rated with God Only Knows being the standout. I feel like, unlike many of their contemporary bands who are rated as high as they are, comparatively, the Beach Boys always come off dated. They don't age well. Based on the music of the Era that I have heard, this album was ground breaking and likely the best album they ever made. But it might not make my 1966 top ten. (I have to remember what else came out that year.)
I find the songs catchy and several of the arrangements use very unorthodox instrumentation, but where the album falls apart for me is with its lyrics.
They seem very juvenile to me; as childlike as Brian Wilson's whimsical mind (even though he didn't write them).
People always go on about how sophisticated the album is, as if it's presenting brand new ideas to a world who'd never heard them before,
but there's no more depth or insight on Pet Sounds than you'd find in a romance novel or by watching a soap opera. It's teenage stuff, basically. Sweet, but not deep.
Face To Face. Blonde On Blonde. Revolver. Freak Out!. Aftermath. Fresh Cream. Love. Da Capo. Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful.
Just for starters.
"I'm Waiting for the Day" is fine, but I don't think "Let's Go Away for a While" is nearly good enough to be included on what's supposed to be one of the greatest albums of all time.
To me, although it's pleasant to listen to, it sounds like what I imagine they were playing in travel agencies during the 1950's while advertising cheap, cardboard holidays to Hawaii.
They'd show you an idyllic image of a sunset beach with a palm tree and tasty beverages, perhaps served by a girl in a hula dress, accompanied by a trio of fat steel drum players.
But then you'd get there and you'd have to share paradise with the Joneses, because every working class schmuck in the world had the same bright idea (and it was all they could afford).
"Let's Get Away for a While" is the cheesy tourist postcard on Pet Sounds. And it would be the worst track if it wasn't for the title track; another instrumental piece.
Brian wasn't very good at those...
Pshaw. It's an incredible impressionistic piece - the Les Baxter-esque tropicala middle section is just one of the tone colours he's playing with. Way harmonically advanced and a fackin' masterpiece - anything but cheesy. Try again.