@@danielhirrel3712 I think that he might have been thinking of Linda before singing this. She was with him through the Beatles' breakup and the establishment of Wings. He worshipped her. You never heard anything bad about them.
You wouldn't believe that Brian Wilson was so jealous of the Beatles that he tried to suicide after the beatles released the great srgnt peppers album..
They DID, in a manner of speaking. Ludwig, at the time a "child prodigy" pianist (ten years old, a few years before he started composing in earnest) performed some Mozart for ol' Wolfie, and the Maestro told him, "You'll go far in this business, kid." By the time Ludwig was an adult and was ready to learn more about composition from Mozart, WAM had died, before that could happen.
austin teutsch No. JS Bach and Mozart OR Claudio Monteverdi (creator/originator of Italian Opera) and Jean Baptiste Lully, Creator of French ballet opera music for Louis XIV. Each specialised in creating a secular singing music representative of a unique national feeling and language, even tho both originally worked in the same language, Italian. But with +/-100 years between them they couldn’t immediately bounce off each other like the Beatles and BBoys. Before Monteverdi, there was very little secular singing music that spoke-told a story, Monteverdi is considered a father of opera. Before Lilly, there were court musicians and composers but not one who could do it all PLUS write dance music, ballet music, fit for a dancing king. Both JS Bach and Mozart were FAMOUS for their voicings and improvisations, while McCartney and Wilson were/are compositional craftsmen as well as skilled in the disciplines of counterpoint, voicing and (sort of) improvisations.
Paul McCartney has said that this is his FAVORITE SONG!!! Pretty huge compliment, Brian Wilson, coming from a former Beatle. Both are musical geniuses!!!!
William Jordan that was Paul and Linda’s song.. after they left bag of Nails they headed to see Procol Harum were they heard it the first time together.
You can serch in yt , IA 'God Only knows Beatles I' , It's sounds creepy, really great done, almost extract from the past , I don't put the link due to yt recognition of spam
It's still nice to hear other versions, if only to prove how perfect Carl's voice was. And, as a Nice bonus, it's Paul's favorite song: and you can almost hear it in his voice.
Brian and Sir Paul had a running competition. Who won? Only the WHOLE WORLD! Rubber Soul, begat Pet Sounds. Pet Sounds begat Sgt Pepper. Sgt Pepper begat Smile. Hateful Mikey KILLED Smile! steve
Total nonsense comment. Early black artists and Buddy Holly/ The Everlys ignited The Beatles' career and harmony groups like The Four Freshmen inspired The Beach Boys. The Beatles, when supremely confident in their music formula, were ears-open to The Byrds and Dylan, both of whom had impact on their music. Dylan especially, right to the very end. It's everywhere evident in George's playing, John's lyrics. (Back In the USSR was just a one-off tongue in cheek nod to The Beach Boys who were so into their " Beach Boy groove" that it's impossible to say for certain if Beatle Paul had any influence whatsoever on the jewel of a creative mind belonging to Brian Wilson.) Credit Paul though for bringing the element of "Britishness" (a measured reserve and distance) to many great melodies, lyrics and vocals, a critical element without which there could not have been a Beatles.
That's undoubtedly not the only time he ever heard the album. He was wealthy enough to buy his own copy of the record, you know. He's probably listened to it lots of times AFTER writing Sgt. Pepper as well. So your "Wrong" is almost certainly wrong.
Deanna Bayless Most likely Brian sent Paul a copy. He used to get rough Beatle album takes before they were released from Paul so he most likely reciprocated.
Not sure if anyone really knew what this album and song meant to McCartney back then. He actually went to Brian's house back in 1966 to express his appreciation to Brian, but Brian actually hid in the closet and didn't answer Paul's knock/doorbell. Real story!!
Bill Carroll He didn't know it was Paul. There's plenty of reasons, if you are Brian Wilson, you might not want to answer the door. But, yeh, he was paranoid.
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Bill Carroll The story is Paul tried for a 1/2 hour to get Brian to answer but to no avail. Before he left he said he could hear Brian quietly weeping.
Paul and Brian shared so many things: a working-class perspective on the highs and lows of everyday life; a sense of being different from others; the feeling of being overwhelmingly in love with another person; and finally, an existential loneliness that permeates all their music. How wonderful, then, that they were born just days apart and were each other’s biggest fans. Especially when we know that to them, WE, the average Joes, are the ones they wrote all that music for and will always be what their lives were dedicated to.
Once upon a time these 2 guys were 2 of the most creative and innovative and relevant musicians in the world. They pointed music in the directions that it went and they inspired millions to sing and play guitar and start bands and write songs but it would never be like this again. 1963-1968 was the best of the best. I know there was great music after that but by then the genie was out of the bottle and the innocence was gone. Once John got with Yoko there was no going back.
Their birthdays are only two days apart...1942 Paul June 18th and Brian June 20th. So nice to have these two Geminis together...paths destined to cross.
I think Paul himself said that he was losing it at the end because of the emotion it sparked in him. He said it's truly amazing what Brian can tick in your heart and very few songs he said make him cry....Actually.. you can hear it from the beginning!
Friendly rivals back in their peaks, they admired and inspired each other. This was one of Paul's favorite songs of all time. Well done, Brian (and Carl RIP).
@@markstevenson6635 Underated? The man is a musical genius, the Beach Boys were second only to the Beatles, and that was mainly because Lennon, McCartney and Harrison were all in the one group!!
These 2 musical legends were born 2 days, 1 ocean & 1 continent apart, & soon after I type this, they will attain 75 years on this earth. Happy Birthday to both!
Brian's dealing with deafness and lots of medication that he has to take to keep him functioning without illicit drugs. So. .. all those things play into how he performs which is only being realistic. God only knows how much we love and thank Brian (and Paul) for so many years of great music!
I don’t think Brian in 2002 was on “lots of medication” Brian’s era of taking medication was under the treatment of his crazy therapist, Eugene Landy, who forced him to take huge amounts of anti-psychotics.
Paul's favourite song of all time.The problem he said is that he couldn't sing it without getting emotional, and there he is singing it with Brian. Both bands challenged for top spot and in doing so created some of the best music ever.
What an honor for Paul McCartney to share the stage with Brian Wilson. He must have been thrilled. I think he must have thought in his mind that he had finally arrived. To share the stage with the man who influenced the Beatles more than anyone.
These are two geniuses who had tremendous respect for each other. Paul always said that Pet Sound was the greatest album ever made. However, it was Elvis Presley that had the greatest impact on John and Paul with Little Richard coming in right there with Elvis. Now the “Nerk Twins” did say that Elvis’s influence on them declined after he went into the Army. Brian Wilson was a giant in their eyes but I don’t think he was of greater stature than Elvis in the beginning. But I do agree that once you’re getting into 1965 and forward it was always about Brian and The Beach Boys. I read somewhere that after Sgt Pepper, Brian especially had a hard time because his mates didn’t want to evolve the sound of the BB. The Beatles were lucky in that all 4 of them were always pushing forward and looking for opportunities to innovate.
@@memphisflashfan1 McCartney is a genius memphisflash? really? be specific, give me an example of ANY song that McCartney did that you'd label as genius. I think McCartney is a wonderful, prolific song writer who penned one of THE classic melodies of the 1960's, 'Yesterday' and several others that I won't bore you with naming them. But genius? really? when his songwriting partner was writing stuff like 'I Am The Walrus' (whatever the hell that means) and 'Across The Universe'......he was writing such forgettable classics 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road?' ha! really Paul? 'Why Don't YOU Do it in The Road?' I'll watch from the bleachers, or 'Honey Pie' which is a flat-out vaudeville tune that could have been written in the 1920's when my grandmother was a virgin.....ha! I like a lot of McCartney's work, I really do. I think he's gifted melodically BUT! a lot of his songs have the 'smell or flavor' of someone else's tune. He seems to listen to other people work and 'rework it', you know change the chords here or the time signature there, or start with the chorus instead of the bridge yatta, yatta. Basically reworking the tune to give it a new appearance. Sort of a song facelift. Not all memphis but several. And if Pauly was a genius (as you screamed from the mountain tops) 'PAUL'S A GENIUS, PAUL'S A GENIUS) he wouldn't need to look over his shoulder to see what some other song writer's had done before him
Beautiful song and the energy of having these two musical visionaries together on the same stage transcends the bad notes and raw mix of the recording. God only knows what the world would sound like without them.
+Dana Stone he's not the only one. i don't cry easily. beethoven was crazy; brian had problems but came through. both had hearing problems. hope brian won't mind being put alongside beethoven - both have given me so much listening pleasure.
There are two songs off the top of my head I can think of that will automatically make me cry no matter when or where I hear them. One is "God Only Knows" as originally recorded by the Beach Boys. The second is "The Long and Winding Road" by the Beatles. The emotional power of both of these songs is overwhelming, in my opinion.
This is so special because: Brian Wilson is a genius musical composer....and Paul McCartney has often said this is his favorite all time song (know I am repeating what others have mentioned but don't care). HOW BEAUTIFUL. Be still my heart.
"I've actually performed it with him (Brian) and I'm afraid to say that during the sound check I broke down. It was just too much to stand there singing this song that does my head in, and to stand there singing it with Brian."
@@kimisdaman And like all of us fans - we still really can't believe Brian survived the distance to still be here. Paul must have felt he was performing with an all round miracle - very spiritual indeed. AND Paul's regular acknowledgement of Brian's talent had to be a big contribution to Brian's healing. The music world at it's best.
Not Silly Love Songs. That was inspired by a comment made by John Lennon. Whenever Paul heard God Only Knows he thought it was the most beautiful love song that he'd ever heard and indeed composed an "answer". It was "Here, There And Everywhere". .
Incorrect. Here There and Everywhere was already written. When the Beatles recorded Here There and Everywhere, they indicated they were actually inspired by Wouldn't It Be Nice. And McCartney has actually said his real favorite on the album is You Still Believe In Me. The gorgeous double tracked lead vocal version is only on the mono Pet Sounds. They couldn't find the vocal overdub for the stereo mix.
It is well documented that this is Paul McCartney´s all time favorite song and that speaks for itself. For all of us Hawthorne High School grads that is special.
This made me smile because I know how much Paul loves this song! How special to have these two men together who really moved rock songwriting along a ton!
Never saw this clip before, but it's so good to see (and hear) Sir Paul get to perform his all-time favorit Beach Boys song with Brian. These guys have so much respect and appreciation for each other that each band attempted to outdo each other back in the day, driving each other to record some of the best music ever. I agree with Paul, I can't help but get teary-eyed whenever I hear this song. A lot of BB songs can do that to you. RIP Carl and Dennis Wilson and John Lennon.
Fun fact: Paul and Brian were born just two days apart in June 1942. I don't know what was in the air that week, but it created two of music's greatest minds
Both born within two days of each other in June of 1942. Imagine the world giving birth to these two musical geniuses within 48 hours and us being lucky enough to witness them.
You guys may not know this, but I just let out the strangest sound filled with agony and content. I love you, Brian Wilson. I love you and your music all day, erryday.
Two Legends singing together,and Guess what..They are still alive!..Drugs and everything that goes along with Fame,Didn't Put them Down...Godspeed to Micheal and Prince,They never got do a Duet!
Agreed Carl could cut right through your heart with this ballads and the "sibling harmonies" Phew. Man if you don't tear up on this song . theres something wrong with you. This was the progenitor of Paul's "Here There and Everywhere" Paul chose to resolve the complicated harmonies of "God only knows" with complicated and ground breaking arpeggiated melody lines. Probably the ONLY band in the world The Beatles had to pull out all the guns to match.
The Bee-Gees also had amazing tonalities on their harmonies "Words" was one of those songs that just sent shivers up my spine. The beginning of New York Mining Disaster 1941 was such a pure demonstration of harmonies that had the song only been "In the event of something happening to me.." It would had been a masterpiece.
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McCartney has said that during the sound check for this he broke down and cried because he was so moved by the song and by Brian
Yes I remember him saying this during an interview with Ronnie wood
@@danielhirrel3712 I think that he might have been thinking of Linda before singing this. She was with him through the Beatles' breakup and the establishment of Wings. He worshipped her. You never heard anything bad about them.
And in the middle of his preparation.... he broke down.
@@cdorresteijn BRILLIANT
You wouldn't believe that Brian Wilson was so jealous of the Beatles that he tried to suicide after the beatles released the great srgnt peppers album..
This can't be real. The stage would collapse under the weight of all that genius.
Great comment!
An entire album done by Wilson/McCartney - that'd be heaven.
On the other hand: Both, Brian's and Paul's "not so brilliant" work is still great enough for me and I would love to see them join together anytime.
Speaking of teams that would be heaven, I always thought it would be awesome if McCartney, Ringo, Daltrey and Townshend would team up for a tour.
+Rick Hagedorn If only ...
+Jokerkaaos Have you seen "Love and Mercy"? It was his quack shrink who drugged him nearly to death.
+Cyborg Llncoln kanye west is sort of the brian wilson of hip-hop, so that actually makes sense
Let's see....this is the same as if Beethovan and Mozart got on stage together. Paul and Brian are so close to perfection it's scary.
They DID, in a manner of speaking. Ludwig, at the time a "child prodigy" pianist (ten years old, a few years before he started composing in earnest) performed some Mozart for ol' Wolfie, and the Maestro told him, "You'll go far in this business, kid." By the time Ludwig was an adult and was ready to learn more about composition from Mozart, WAM had died, before that could happen.
Joseph Weaver forget Lennon, Jeff Lynne needs to be thrown into this discussion.
not quite the same...
austin teutsch No. JS Bach and Mozart OR Claudio Monteverdi (creator/originator of Italian Opera) and Jean Baptiste Lully, Creator of French ballet opera music for Louis XIV. Each specialised in creating a secular singing music representative of a unique national feeling and language, even tho both originally worked in the same language, Italian. But with +/-100 years between them they couldn’t immediately bounce off each other like the Beatles and BBoys. Before Monteverdi, there was very little secular singing music that spoke-told a story, Monteverdi is considered a father of opera. Before Lilly, there were court musicians and composers but not one who could do it all PLUS write dance music, ballet music, fit for a dancing king.
Both JS Bach and Mozart were FAMOUS for their voicings and improvisations, while McCartney and Wilson were/are compositional craftsmen as well as skilled in the disciplines of counterpoint, voicing and (sort of) improvisations.
@@josephweaver5385 I don't think John Lennon was in the same league as these guys. And I think he knew it (deep down. Very deep down!).
Paul McCartney has said that this is his FAVORITE SONG!!! Pretty huge compliment, Brian Wilson, coming from a former Beatle. Both are musical geniuses!!!!
When asked what song he wished he had written, he said Whiter Shade of Pale.
@@williamjordan5554 Procul Harum stole the tune of that one... But in a good way.
@@anonb4632 Yeah, I recently saw a video on that. It seems Eric Carmen is the worst offender.
His favourite 'Beach Boys' song.
Wasn't it?
William Jordan that was Paul and Linda’s song.. after they left bag of Nails they headed to see Procol Harum were they heard it the first time together.
You can hear Paul losing it as soon as he starts singing, incredible moment in music history here...only happened once
Man, Paul's voice suits this song perfectly.
The weld could show nothing to me
You can serch in yt , IA 'God Only knows Beatles I' , It's sounds creepy, really great done, almost extract from the past , I don't put the link due to yt recognition of spam
That's because it's a perfect melody just like the ones he' s written
Too high for him.
It sounds like one of his songs...
Carl's voice was perfect for this song, noone sang it like him.
Jim Roveto You're right..... Brian wrote it for Carl's voice.
You Got That Right! Thanks Jim!
100% true!!!
It's still nice to hear other versions, if only to prove how perfect Carl's voice was.
And, as a Nice bonus, it's Paul's favorite song: and you can almost hear it in his voice.
Only Paul, hardly surprising really
the beatles and the beach boys influenced each other so much that their best pieces of work wouldn't have come to fruition without each other.
Brian and Sir Paul had a running competition.
Who won?
Only the WHOLE WORLD!
Rubber Soul, begat Pet Sounds.
Pet Sounds begat Sgt Pepper.
Sgt Pepper begat Smile.
Hateful Mikey KILLED Smile!
steve
You are so right!! Very well said!
Total nonsense comment. Early black artists and Buddy Holly/ The Everlys ignited The Beatles' career and harmony groups like The Four Freshmen inspired The Beach Boys. The Beatles, when supremely confident in their music formula, were ears-open to The Byrds and Dylan, both of whom had impact on their music. Dylan especially, right to the very end. It's everywhere evident in George's playing, John's lyrics. (Back In the USSR was just a one-off tongue in cheek nod to The Beach Boys who were so into their " Beach Boy groove" that it's impossible to say for certain if Beatle Paul had any influence whatsoever on the jewel of a creative mind belonging to Brian Wilson.)
Credit Paul though for bringing the element of "Britishness" (a measured reserve and distance) to many great melodies, lyrics and vocals, a critical element without which there could not have been a Beatles.
Paul listened to Pet Sounds while writing Sgt. Pepper. It's only fitting they finally did this duet. Beautiful.
Wrong, Paul wrote Sgt. Pepper AFTER listening to Pet Sounds.
***** he was probably listening to it during the writing as well, unless you were in the room with him at the time and know better
Steve Darius Bruce stated that he gave John and Paul a listen to Pet Sounds at a party.
That's undoubtedly not the only time he ever heard the album. He was wealthy enough to buy his own copy of the record, you know. He's probably listened to it lots of times AFTER writing Sgt. Pepper as well. So your "Wrong" is almost certainly wrong.
Deanna Bayless Most likely Brian sent Paul a copy. He used to get rough Beatle album takes before they were released from Paul so he most likely reciprocated.
Its hard enough to sing this song in your 20's, imagine how difficult it was for
Brian and Paul to sing it LIVE...in their 60's. RESPECT.
In Sep. 2002, Paul was just making his 60th (June 18, 1942). Brian, was born two days later on June 20, so also just making his 60th.
Sir Paul started singing and I was hit with chills all over my body!! How awesome were these two together??!! ❤❤
Who cares if they are a little rusty! I'd sit for hours and listen to either or both of them sing the Sunday paper. This is greatness.
BlazingKrimson Or you can listen to A Day in the Life and hear Lennon actually sing the Sunday paper!
Josh Thomson In the Daily News the caption read, "Save the life of my child!"
Not sure if anyone really knew what this album and song meant to McCartney back then. He actually went to Brian's house back in 1966 to express his appreciation to Brian, but Brian actually hid in the closet and didn't answer Paul's knock/doorbell. Real story!!
Yes, I can't believe he was that parinoid...even back then.
Bill Carroll He didn't know it was Paul. There's plenty of reasons, if you are Brian Wilson, you might not want to answer the door. But, yeh, he was paranoid.
ardalla535 Ardalla, I love your posts. We think alike in our tastes! Very nice. I'm basically a FB person, but getting more and more into UA-cam. Thanks for the post.
Well, actually he hid in the pool house. Brian wasn't in a good way mentally at the time.
Bill Carroll The story is Paul tried for a 1/2 hour to get Brian to answer but to no avail. Before he left he said he could hear Brian quietly weeping.
These two wrote some of the most loving and influential music in modern history. The reverence they have for each other must be phenomenal.
Paul's voice suits this song perfectly.
the lyrics are very mccartney-esqe also :)
So this song should sound out of tune?
He is Paul McCartney. It's Billy Shepherd.
Very touching. Paul is such a good man, and has such appreciation for Brian's genius
Paul's voice suits perfect in the song. Would've been great to hear him sing it in his 20/30s.
I relate to it better when Paul sings it
Imagine 66 Paul singing this oh my word
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Paul and Brian shared so many things: a working-class perspective on the highs and lows of everyday life; a sense of being different from others; the feeling of being overwhelmingly in love with another person; and finally, an existential loneliness that permeates all their music. How wonderful, then, that they were born just days apart and were each other’s biggest fans. Especially when we know that to them, WE, the average Joes, are the ones they wrote all that music for and will always be what their lives were dedicated to.
Two of the best songwriters and vocalist of all time
Once upon a time these 2 guys were 2 of the most creative and innovative and relevant musicians in the world. They pointed music in the directions that it went and they inspired millions to sing and play guitar and start bands and write songs but it would never be like this again. 1963-1968 was the best of the best. I know there was great music after that but by then the genie was out of the bottle and the innocence was gone. Once John got with Yoko there was no going back.
The older I get the better I understand the greatness of this man, Brian Wilson.
Gee Paul sounds good singing this. Wish he would record it. Brian you are a genius. Great Love song Brian and great vocals too. Ahhh the Old Days.
Sir Paul is definatetly choked up near the end. No surprise as he has stated many times this song always brings him to tears.
Their birthdays are only two days apart...1942 Paul June 18th and Brian June 20th. So nice to have these two Geminis together...paths destined to cross.
+Donna West Two Geminis... is like having a quartet ;-)
June fourth here. Just a few (16) years later.
Us Geminis do stick together.
steve
Way cool factoid.
I think Paul himself said that he was losing it at the end because of the emotion it sparked in him. He said it's truly amazing what Brian can tick in your heart and very few songs he said make him cry....Actually.. you can hear it from the beginning!
Paul was 'blown away' by this song, when it came out.
And now, he's singing it with the creator.
Brian&Paul4Ever
Paul's voice suits every song perfectly.
Beautiful moment with these two geniuses and an exquisite tribute to Carl Wilson as well.
Friendly rivals back in their peaks, they admired and inspired each other. This was one of Paul's favorite songs of all time. Well done, Brian (and Carl RIP).
Man, if Paul had sung on a version of this in '66, it would have been insane.
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Especially with Paul dead that year. ;)
With treatment its mental health could then have returned from insanity
He meant before that fatefull day@@freeguy77
Two of the greatest songwriters that ever lived...
Brian Wilson is 1 of the most underrated musicians in the world.
😂
Of course not. Do you know what 'underrated' means ?
@@markstevenson6635 Underated? The man is a musical genius, the Beach Boys were second only to the Beatles, and that was mainly because Lennon, McCartney and Harrison were all in the one group!!
@@chrispypancake ...And they had George Martin!
These 2 musical legends were born 2 days, 1 ocean & 1 continent apart, & soon after I type this, they will attain 75 years on this earth. Happy Birthday to both!
2 of the greatest minds in rock n roll history together. I have tears in my eyes. You won't get any better than this.
Paul and Brian,two bassists,two amazing people,singing a beautiful song, I love it.I'll always treasure hearing this
The fact that this exists makes me so happy
Brian's dealing with deafness and lots of medication that he has to take to keep him functioning without illicit drugs. So. .. all those things play into how he performs which is only being realistic. God only knows how much we love and thank Brian (and Paul) for so many years of great music!
I don’t think Brian in 2002 was on “lots of medication”
Brian’s era of taking medication was under the treatment of his crazy therapist, Eugene Landy, who forced him to take huge amounts of anti-psychotics.
@@fshoaps ...the devil himself.
@@FirewindII The devil is Mrs. Wilson, my friend.
Paul's favourite song of all time.The problem he said is that he couldn't sing it without getting emotional, and there he is singing it with Brian. Both bands challenged for top spot and in doing so created some of the best music ever.
When Paul starts to sing I got chills running up my spine. Two of the greatest...amazing, simply amaziing.
Chills? Maybe you have the flu.
11 years later and I couldn't agree with you more Harvey - chills here too ;-)
You just knew the ending with these two would be purely celestial...pure beauty.
What an honor for Paul McCartney to share the stage with Brian Wilson. He must have been thrilled. I think he must have thought in his mind that he had finally arrived. To share the stage with the man who influenced the Beatles more than anyone.
It was an honor for Brian Wilson to share the stage with Paul McCartney as well. They’re both legends.
These are two geniuses who had tremendous respect for each other. Paul always said that Pet Sound was the greatest album ever made. However, it was Elvis Presley that had the greatest impact on John and Paul with Little Richard coming in right there with Elvis. Now the “Nerk Twins” did say that Elvis’s influence on them declined after he went into the Army. Brian Wilson was a giant in their eyes but I don’t think he was of greater stature than Elvis in the beginning. But I do agree that once you’re getting into 1965 and forward it was always about Brian and The Beach Boys. I read somewhere that after Sgt Pepper, Brian especially had a hard time because his mates didn’t want to evolve the sound of the BB. The Beatles were lucky in that all 4 of them were always pushing forward and looking for opportunities to innovate.
@@memphisflashfan1 McCartney is a genius memphisflash? really? be specific, give me an example of ANY song that McCartney did that you'd label as genius. I think McCartney is a wonderful, prolific song writer who penned one of THE classic melodies of the 1960's, 'Yesterday' and several others that I won't bore you with
naming them. But genius? really? when his songwriting partner was writing stuff like 'I Am The Walrus' (whatever the hell that means) and 'Across The Universe'......he was writing such forgettable classics 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road?' ha! really Paul? 'Why Don't YOU Do it in The Road?' I'll watch from the bleachers, or 'Honey Pie' which is a flat-out vaudeville tune that could have been written in the 1920's when my grandmother
was a virgin.....ha! I like a lot of McCartney's work, I really do. I think he's gifted melodically BUT! a lot of his songs have the 'smell or flavor' of someone else's tune. He seems to listen to other people work and 'rework it', you know change the chords here or the time signature there, or start with the chorus instead of the bridge yatta, yatta. Basically reworking the tune to give it a new appearance. Sort of a song facelift. Not all memphis
but several. And if Pauly was a genius (as you screamed from the mountain tops) 'PAUL'S A GENIUS, PAUL'S A GENIUS) he wouldn't need to look over his shoulder to see what some other song writer's had done before him
@@spactick the entire abbey road medley. the entire sergeant peppers album concept.
Absolutely beautiful song performed by 2 of the world's greatest musical geniuses.
I'd like to hear Paul sing the whole thing, since it's one of his favorite songs ever. Sounds so sweet when he comes in.
Yeah Brian's voice used to be so sweet, almost coyingly sweet, but he burned it out a long time ago.
God only knows what they'd be without each other.
Paul McCartney would be the same
Daniel Wilkins but Sargent pepper wouldn’t have been the same,so possibly McCartney too
One of Paul's most favorite songs, according to Paul. What an honor to be able to hear Paul and Brian together.
Hearing this version makes me realize how great Carl Wilson was.
Beautiful song and the energy of having these two musical visionaries together on the same stage transcends the bad notes and raw mix of the recording. God only knows what the world would sound like without them.
Two of the greatest composers in the past 200 years….!
RIP John, George, Dennis and Carl
Stop this RIPing. Their dead. Long time.
@@seltaeb9691 Fans are always going to miss them though when they see the surviving members playing the songs without them.
@@seltaeb9691 "They are" did you graduate elementary school?
@@seltaeb9691 You chose the most assholish thing possible to say. Congratulations.
Paul McCartney singing this song just feels so right.
I love that these two people had the opportunity to sing together. The beginning of cool
Sir Paul said that this song always moves him to tears.
+Dana Stone
he's not the only one. i don't cry easily. beethoven was crazy; brian had problems but came through. both had hearing problems. hope brian won't mind being put alongside beethoven - both have given me so much listening pleasure.
what doesn't move that wimp to tears
This is epic to hear. Imagine them making an album together. That would be outta this world.
There are two songs off the top of my head I can think of that will automatically make me cry no matter when or where I hear them. One is "God Only Knows" as originally recorded by the Beach Boys. The second is "The Long and Winding Road" by the Beatles. The emotional power of both of these songs is overwhelming, in my opinion.
Two musical geniuses that formed our lives.
I think Paul started crying towards the end. This song means a lot to him.
This is so special because: Brian Wilson is a genius musical composer....and Paul McCartney has often said this is his favorite all time song (know I am repeating what others have mentioned but don't care). HOW BEAUTIFUL. Be still my heart.
52 "dislikes?" REALLY? As Jerry Seinfeld used to say, "Who ARE these people?"
+Nelson Lugo These are the same FANees who say Pete Best was better than Ringo... generation "uh?"
LoL ~ how true!
And SAD Nelson .. VERY SAD!
+Nelson Lugo In a nutshell, they're fucking idiots.
+Nelson Lugo Its now up to 56---they may be reproducing ??!!
Two wonderful musicians singing a wonderful song! Thank you for sharing and God bless everyone and happy Easter
Paul sounds like he is breaking up towards the end of the song.
This song was always a personal favourite of Paul Mccartney and John lennon, so no wonder Paul felt emotional while performing it!
what I meant to say was "It was their song!"
He's quoted as saying during the soundcheck he broke down, so it makes sense it still affected him during the live performance.
"I've actually performed it with him (Brian) and I'm afraid to say that during the sound check I broke down. It was just too much to stand there singing this song that does my head in, and to stand there singing it with Brian."
@@kimisdaman And like all of us fans - we still really can't believe Brian survived the distance to still be here. Paul must have felt he was performing with an all round miracle - very spiritual indeed. AND Paul's regular acknowledgement of Brian's talent had to be a big contribution to Brian's healing. The music world at it's best.
More than anybody else, these two are responsible for bringing melody to rock & roll.
That was absolutely magnificent, what a gift for us!!’
Just shows what an incredible job Brian did in the studio. His stuff is incredibly difficult to duplicate live.
How can you not fall in Love when Brian Sings... Genius!
Not Silly Love Songs. That was inspired by a comment made by John Lennon. Whenever Paul heard God Only Knows he thought it was the most beautiful love song that he'd ever heard and indeed composed an "answer". It was "Here, There And Everywhere".
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Incorrect. Here There and Everywhere was already written. When the Beatles recorded Here There and Everywhere, they indicated they were actually inspired by Wouldn't It Be Nice. And McCartney has actually said his real favorite on the album is You Still Believe In Me. The gorgeous double tracked lead vocal version is only on the mono Pet Sounds. They couldn't find the vocal overdub for the stereo mix.
@@Ram44 Wouldn't it Be Nice and God Only Knows were on the flip of each other....so wouldn't the Beatles have heard they both at the same time?
Paul's favorite song (he has said more than once!) sang with his fellow songwriting genius Brian - amazing!
It is well documented that this is Paul McCartney´s all time favorite song and that speaks for itself. For all of us Hawthorne High School grads that is special.
This made me smile because I know how much Paul loves this song! How special to have these two men together who really moved rock songwriting along a ton!
Never saw this clip before, but it's so good to see (and hear) Sir Paul get to perform his all-time favorit Beach Boys song with Brian. These guys have so much respect and appreciation for each other that each band attempted to outdo each other back in the day, driving each other to record some of the best music ever. I agree with Paul, I can't help but get teary-eyed whenever I hear this song. A lot of BB songs can do that to you. RIP Carl and Dennis Wilson and John Lennon.
Art Vandelay007 not to mention George Harrison
Fun fact: Paul and Brian were born just two days apart in June 1942. I don't know what was in the air that week, but it created two of music's greatest minds
Watched love and mercy yesterday and came across this. Epic.
A Timeless Duet 50 Years In The Making!!!
Enjoy these two as much as you can as this will only happen once in a lifetime.
The two greatest talents of 60's melodic pop music.
Both born within two days of each other in June of 1942. Imagine the world giving birth to these two musical geniuses within 48 hours and us being lucky enough to witness them.
paul knows how complex the chords and progressions of pet sounds are and recognized it immediately being a songwriter himself
WONDERFUL!!!!... two musical geniuses.....
Hi have never seen this before ,love seeing them together ,thanks for sharing ,very neat ,
You guys may not know this, but I just let out the strangest sound filled with agony and content. I love you, Brian Wilson. I love you and your music all day, erryday.
These guys have huge respect for one another and their talents.
Some day both of these guys will no longer be with us. That's going to be a tough pill to swallow, like it was with John Lennon. Hard to imagine.
+454something Yes and even George :(
They'll always be with us. Their music will live on forever.
+Dwide Schrude Yes you are correct. :) At the start of this I think the conversation was about live performances. :) #Fighton
I dread stuff like that. I hope they'll live till they are like 115.
wimpy mccarney talent won't make a pimple on wilson's ass
God only knows what they'd be without each other...they inspired each other to make some of the best music of the 20th century
Ya think someone would have thought to film this world shaking meeting of two of the greatest living musical legends of all time...
And bring production values worthy of them!
I wish I was there!!
the two GREATEST music makers in the past 50 years.
Imagine being there when this happened. Being such a big fan of both the beatles and the beach boys, i think id faint
Brian + Paul = more musical genius than the rest of the world!
Better than the tips of the rest of the world’s pinkies!
Possibly the greatest composers of the 60s.
Them, Simon & Garfunkel, Marvin Gaye, etc.
@@owen3721 Marvin Gaye was better known as a singer than a composer.
Also Jim Morrison
Also some guy named John.
@@kevinhazaelhernandezvillas3410But he was a composer and a damn good one
HOLY what the??!!! This is waaaaay beyond amazing!!
Two Legends singing together,and Guess what..They are still alive!..Drugs and everything that goes along with Fame,Didn't Put them Down...Godspeed to Micheal and Prince,They never got do a Duet!
I think I would pay any amount of money to see these two on stage together singing my favorite song in the world
Agreed Carl could cut right through your heart with this ballads and the "sibling harmonies" Phew. Man if you don't tear up on this song . theres something wrong with you.
This was the progenitor of Paul's "Here There and Everywhere" Paul chose to resolve the complicated harmonies of "God only knows" with complicated and ground breaking arpeggiated melody lines. Probably the ONLY band in the world The Beatles had to pull out all the guns to match.
mickavellian here here
+mickavellian Spot on, you sir have powers of observation and an understanding of music that far exceeds most people. with much respect to you.
Thank you very much , I AM a musician :) and music theory is my passion.
I too am a musician, a vocalist, and Brian, Carl and Al set the bar really high. A book of work never to be duplicated in our lifetime
The Bee-Gees also had amazing tonalities on their harmonies "Words" was one of those songs that just sent shivers up my spine. The beginning of New York Mining Disaster 1941 was such a pure demonstration of harmonies that had the song only been "In the event of something happening to me.." It would had been a masterpiece.
God bless Wilson and McCartney
This is great. Two of the greatest artists of the 60s in a duet of, in my opinion, the greatest song of all time.
Two masters of their craft, together on stage. When they go, we’ll never experience their like again.
wow. Two of the greatest composes of the last century.
I think we'll be listening to their music for hundreds of years.
When it came out, Lennon called Pet Sounds a masterpiece.
Wonderful, we all have our musical journey and shit but to be here now is to love music
Idk why I got happy when I heard Paul start to sing it