Al was the quiet one in the Beach Boys but contributed so much to the sound. His simple but clear voice and style are truly great. He's still going strong!
@Nigel Day, Mike Love is one of the reasons Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar left the Beach Boys in the first place. They contributed some amazing material in the early '70s, and certainly wrote better songs in those two years than Al ever did.
Well to be fair, Al often sided with Mike Love in deciding the band’s direction during the 1970s and 1980s, orienting the band in a more “oldies act” direction. That’s a reason why he isn’t as admired as Carl or Dennis. But Al has really come around to be a major champion of Brian and a great companion to his career (and have a great solo career in his own right.) I think Al is great.
I cannot stop playing this song! I have it on a continuous loop. It is so beautiful! Blondie, Al and Brian are fantastic together! Matt is in glorious voice in the background! This is a perfect song!
Dear God, where does Brian go to get this stuff? The man is an endless well of creativity. When he was born, the angels smiled, for music is God's voice.
This song definitely has some elements of Sloop John B intertwined in it. And how is it that Al Jardine's voice hasn't changed in over 50 years of singing? He sounds exactly like he always has.
Instrumental intro certainly compared with Sloop. But the song has a more laid-back and mellow feel. Kind of like a grown up Margaritaville. Sloop was more if an sailing Irish drinking song.
While other surviving legendary songwriters from the 1960's (i.e. Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Paul Simon, etc.) are consigned to mostly performing tunes composed decades ago, Brian Wilson stands out. Here is an infectious tune that he penned at age 73. It is one of the finest "sailing" songs you will ever hear. It evokes the ambience of the Caribbean in the tradition of "Sloop John B" and "Kokomo." This song is an anthem and one of the finest BW compositions ever.
Brian's music is timeless....there will never be another like him. Thanks to Al and Blondie for sticking with him. Sounds great and looks great. Love and Mercy.
How fortunate to be in that audience! Love this song! Chaplain & Al are just outstanding! Enjoy hearing Matt, Blondie, and of course, Brian! A great group that just gels together! Can go for many more performances with them!😊❤
How many other famous musical artists who either started or peaked 50 years ago ended up writing a song 50 years later that is every bit as good as their beginning material??? Answer: none!!!! Brian Wilson is THE musical genius of the last century and this one as well!!!
"Sloop John B" blew us away with the vocal arrangement a-Capella section back in the 60's which is in the last millennium of 1000... I remember the first time I heard it on the radio! Now as for "Sail Away" Tim, well Brian brought this gem from his muse which is now in the new millennium of 2000. The vocal arrangements and harmonies along with the instrumental accompaniment are spectacular and other (like 4th) dimensional. The entire album of Pier Pressure songs are breathtakingly stellar. He has saved the best for last and us. Keep on keeping on as Gladys would say...Brian - from a v.l.f... very loyal fan.
Dennis had so.much talent and wrote some really great songs like Only With You and Cuddle Up. His Ocean Pacific Blue album is still one of my favorites and he l ed me get thfu some tough times personally. He was so underrated but always was a driving force in the Beach Boys. He led a hard life but had real passion and soul. His true genius eventually bubbled up in his music.
YOU GO AL!! THOSE big voices have nothing on yours- you know why? Because your a beach boy and can sing this ditty in your sleep. Your presence reminds of the good guys, always in the background , but no longer Al - the louder they get the louder yo get because this is your time and I hope that Brian had the idea for your being the band leader of sorts. What I want to see is you lay somethin down on the guitar- 10 years with Glen Campbell , the best had to have shown you a few tricks. I lift my glass to you Al and the virtue of steadfastness to a fault.
Watch the soundcheck. Al plays a little, sings a little, gets his in-ear volume set, and crosses his arms. Done this song 1000 times. Doesn't need the practice. This is for the sound crew.
This is a beautiful song and it sounds fantastic. One interesting thing on this performance is that this seems to be a new song to all of them and they are reading the lyrics on monitors. Except for Brian ... It's all in his head and he knows it by heart. What a wonderful genius he is. Thank you so much for posting!
Al Jardine and Blondie are treasures as are Matt Jardine (who was an adjunct Beach Boy in the 90s), guitarist Nicky Wonder (RIP), and the rest of the band. Brian...it goes without saying. A tortured genius but a master.
Matt Jardine has been with the Beach Boys for many years. Nice to see him up there. He has a great high voice. I read he joined the band last year to sing the falsetto parts. He did that with the Beach Boys in the 90's.
Al Jardine a legend indeed, with Brian and Blondie. One has to think what could have been had the Beach Boys as we knew weren't sold out in a really sad performance of kicking a man while he is down. Blondie as a young man growing up in South Africa under extreme conditions which affected his whole life. I know because we were friends and still are. The pain was excruciating and he found a home and acceptance with these great guys. If you know him, he not only has a great voice but a great heart and spirit. Sail away Blondie.
Wow x 10 times! Did not realise how good Blondi’s voice, is, Al could give Carl a run for his money with his voice it has gotten better and better over the years, Brian is Brian, the band perfect.
I have a feeling that this was supposed to be the follow up to Thats Why God Made the Radio, (aka The Beach Boys)) but Mike Love pulled the pin, hence a solo project. But low and behold, all of the songs that I have heard so fr have got those familiar Beach Boy sounds. The backing vocals and the general feel is Fantastic............God Bless you Brian. and Al Blondie chaplain Ricy Fataar and Brians backing Band....................Please come back to Melbourne..............
Glad I was able to get you your 'green card' 45 years ago, Blondie:) You're singing great. Enjoyed our brief visit in Nashville in June....we need to hook up more often. Hope to see you in the next few months.
Shot for doing that Fred! I was close friends with Blondie back in Durban, when we were teens. Still very close friends of Steve Fataar. Blondie's vocals suited that style and he made them the best band to come out if S.A. Of course his harmonies with Ricky Fataar were so special.
+Raymond Volshenk Thanks for the feedback, Raymond--yes, "The Flame" had a great debut album, produced by my dear lifelong friend--and 'brother in spirit,' Carl. Unfortunately, regardless of how great it was--and several very obvious 'radio friendly' singles, "See The Light" only made it into the 80's on the Billboard chart--Brother Records lacked the promotional and advertising dollars to properly back it--and it's distributor--Starday-King Records--did not have the staff, credibility or funds--to properly promote it. It remains--44 years later--a great album by a great group of guys.
Thanks for sharing. It the age old truth, not what you know, but who you know! And of course money is what makes it happen, or not happen. And it's not always the best that makes it in music, probably more do now than ever. My son's grew up on stuff like The Flames, Beatles, BeachBoys, and later on Oasis, U2 etc. My influence obviously. They went into music, and landed a recording contract with Sting Records, one of the bigger stables in South Africa. Got a number one with one of their songs, and 4 on the charts, in about 2003-5. Interestingly, Phil Doherty Bono's guitar tech heard them, while they were in Ireland and wanted to manage them, but at the time we had to go back to S.A to get paperwork sorted out. They are called Saints of Bliss, and you'll find them on Reverbnation. One of their old songs has just been launched on a Radio station in California, I believe, called AVA RADIO? Maybe you could check them out. We now in Edinburgh, Scotland, and it's a dead end street! Hoping to visit the States, and have a recce! Regards Ray Quinton!
+Kent Duffy Now now...Mike Leech Love has had a stellar career sounding like a man who needs deviated septum surgery, telling the dumbest jokes on earth, and supplying the most banal lyrics in the history of music.
I'm almost positive that the surfer in the footage on the big screen behind the band is Dennis Wilson. Quite certain I've seen that footage elsewhere on the www.
jsgreen1000 Mike has said on good vibrations...he made one line...one fucking line...and he gets an equal share of the royalties from it..for one line...thats not 'claiming rights', thats thievery.
jsgreen1000 Mike love did not write all the lyrics of good vibrations...show me evidence to prove this? On every song that ginger cunt spewed his shit, he got a 50/50 cut...for contributing nothing.
jsgreen1000 No, Brian just walked away from it with another wave of his hand "Let it go" instead of fighting a bully. Source: articles from the time it happened. not "revisionist" history coming from the ML camp.
jsgreen1000 Mike Love Beach Boy, lyricist My first impression of “Good Vibrations” was that the band could have been James Brown’s Famous Flames. The original takes were very R’n’B. There are several different versions and it took months for my cousin Brian to decide which one would be the final one. Then he asked me to bring the lyrics over. And I kinda lagged on it. Being the Pisces procrastinator that I am, I left it until the drive from North Hollywood to the studio to write them. It took me about five minutes. We were in the yellow Convertible XKE I’d bought for my wife Suzanne, who was pregnant. We were driving down to the city and I asked her to take down these words. We got to the studio, I wrote them out on a scrap of paper and Carl went ahead and sang the lead. And of course, I came up with the part that goes: “I’m pickin’ up good vibrations/She’s giving me excitations”. That’s my musical contribution. This was before the Summer of Love, but there were definitely psychedelic rumblings on the West Coast. I felt “Good Vibrations” was The Beach Boys’ psychedelic anthem or flower power offering. So I wrote it from that perspective. The track itself was already so avant-garde, especially with the theremin, that I wondered how our fans were going to relate to it. How’s this going to go over in the Midwest or Birmingham? It was such a departure from “Surfin’ USA” or “Help Me Rhonda”. So I thought the one thing that everyone can relate to is boy-girl. You know, “she’s giving me excitations”. Had that track not had anything to connect to people intellectually or emotionally, then it would have been a brilliant piece of music, but perhaps not gone to No 1. Read more at www.uncut.co.uk/features/the-making-of-the-beach-boys-good-vibrations-34867#JACOM8COzM3xtogy.99 To this day, how is it that this fool didn't see, with a number 1 song on both sides of the Atlantic, the direction Brian was taking them instead of fighting it tooth and nail. Accolades from everyone, from Leonard Bernstein, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Cream, The Who...the list is endless! No, he guaranteed they'd be relegated from top of the heap to the "has-been" oldies bin within a year.
+Ben Donlon, +ms8596, I was going to rant about the bully Mike Love, but you guys have said it all. I'm unable to add anything to your well-spoken posts.
Brian wilson is proof of a higher power.❤
al jardine still has the voice of a young man.
Brian Wilson and friends made the world a better place to live in....
I wish Carl had been alive for this. Imagine that!
Al was the quiet one in the Beach Boys but contributed so much to the sound. His simple but clear voice and style are truly great. He's still going strong!
gotta say, Al Jardine is still fantastic. More than ever, I'm convinced he's been the glue that has held Brian Wilson together
I would say that to
@Nigel Day, Mike Love is one of the reasons Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar left the Beach Boys in the first place. They contributed some amazing material in the early '70s, and certainly wrote better songs in those two years than Al ever did.
Well to be fair, Al often sided with Mike Love in deciding the band’s direction during the 1970s and 1980s, orienting the band in a more “oldies act” direction. That’s a reason why he isn’t as admired as Carl or Dennis. But Al has really come around to be a major champion of Brian and a great companion to his career (and have a great solo career in his own right.) I think Al is great.
And his wife Melinda.
A true friend.
Blondie's voice is great!
I cannot stop playing this song! I have it on a continuous loop. It is so beautiful! Blondie, Al and Brian are fantastic together! Matt is in glorious voice in the background! This is a perfect song!
Dear God, where does Brian go to get this stuff? The man is an endless well of creativity. When he was born, the angels smiled, for music is God's voice.
Probably my favourite on Pier pressure, partly because of the ingenius composition and arrangement but also the way in which Al does his lead.
Blondie Chaplin, was lead vocals on the last great Beach Boys 45 single, Sail on Sailor from early 70s, that version of the band was pretty cool!
What a song!!! WOW!! 54 years later, great new music comes into our lives from the same musical genius!!!!
Yes, amazing!!!! When I first heard it I said to myself, "Where did he come up with this??" It's a work of absolute genius!!
This song definitely has some elements of Sloop John B intertwined in it. And how is it that Al Jardine's voice hasn't changed in over 50 years of singing? He sounds exactly like he always has.
Instrumental intro certainly compared with Sloop. But the song has a more laid-back and mellow feel. Kind of like a grown up Margaritaville. Sloop was more if an sailing Irish drinking song.
When someone keeps at it constantly like Al has, that's why he sounds so good. All of our gain!
My Lord, thank you for so many years of pure enjoyment.
More than 50 years later this guy is making music that is as good as anything he has ever done. Pure genius.
YES!!!! It's every bit as good as the 60's stuff! Amazing!!!!
Jardine still sounds great!
While other surviving legendary songwriters from the 1960's (i.e. Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Paul Simon, etc.) are consigned to mostly performing tunes composed decades ago, Brian Wilson stands out. Here is an infectious tune that he penned at age 73. It is one of the finest "sailing" songs you will ever hear. It evokes the ambience of the Caribbean in the tradition of "Sloop John B" and "Kokomo." This song is an anthem and one of the finest BW compositions ever.
@peterweisz6973: ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON!!!!!!
This song is one of my all-time favorites of all the Brian Wilson/Beach Boys songs!
Brian's music is timeless....there will never be another like him. Thanks to Al and Blondie for sticking with him. Sounds great and looks great. Love and Mercy.
Yes!
I'm like him. I am.
The band is great and Al is still in fine vocal form.
What a beautiful song. 👍
How fortunate to be in that audience! Love this song! Chaplain & Al are just outstanding! Enjoy hearing Matt, Blondie, and of course, Brian! A great group that just gels together! Can go for many more performances with them!😊❤
Al Jardine's voice has added so much through the years. great!!
His son sings in this as good as dad :)
Thank you!
Blondie a classic! Making us Saffers proud all these years...you get better and better bro!
God bless Brian and Al Jardine and those passed on.
How many other famous musical artists who either started or peaked 50 years ago ended up writing a song 50 years later that is every bit as good as their beginning material??? Answer: none!!!! Brian Wilson is THE musical genius of the last century and this one as well!!!
Brian Wilson just gets better! So does Al Jardine!
Love the beach boys whatever era 😘xxxx
"Sloop John B" blew us away with the vocal arrangement a-Capella section back in the 60's which is in the last millennium of 1000... I remember the first time I heard it on the radio! Now as for "Sail Away" Tim, well Brian brought this gem from his muse which is now in the new millennium of 2000. The vocal arrangements and harmonies along with the instrumental accompaniment are spectacular and other (like 4th) dimensional. The entire album of Pier Pressure songs are breathtakingly stellar. He has saved the best for last and us. Keep on keeping on as Gladys would say...Brian - from a v.l.f... very loyal fan.
Dennis had so.much talent and wrote some really great songs like Only With You and Cuddle Up. His Ocean Pacific Blue album is still one of my favorites and he l ed me get thfu some tough times personally. He was so underrated but always was a driving force in the Beach Boys. He led a hard life but had real passion and soul. His true genius eventually bubbled up in his music.
wonderful
Great to see my fellow South Africans there Blondie and Ricky
matchless lyrics and melody!!! sail away with this perfect song.......
Brian Wilson you are the best.
At 2:25, I love how Blondie takes them into the key change and then Matt (or another high voice) adds another layer. So beautiful!
Yes!
That's a really nice moment.
You guys are still out of this world amazing!!! Keep going you are the Beach Boys, always and I love you guys!!!!
The music is so pure. The sonic picture he paints is simply amazing. Everything comes in and out at the perfect time and the parts are perfect.
Oh OMG this song, the production and the vocals are so fantastic!
This song is so refreshing!
If this is anything of what heaven sounds like, sign me up, ...cause I've already gone!!!!❤️😎
Wow, what a great song! Brian has made a fantastic work.
This song is infectious. My favorite BW track since Your Imagination. Commercial feel. I think this would chart well.
this is the greatest piece of music I've ever heard
Simply Beautiful !
Only geniuses could sing like that!!
I can’t believe I have just heard this beautiful song. This is one of the best BB songs
I have the new CD. I love it, love it, love it!!!!!! Can't stop listening to it.
Sail away within the waves of good music...
Just the best. Thank you Brian, you angel x
Great performance!
This is a joyous song.....It is great to see the happiness on their faces!!!
So great ! Al is incredible.
A modern rendition of Sloop John B
See Mike Love. This is how its done. Brian and Friends are The Best😎😀
This is the best song on the album !
Al is soooo underrated!!!
Wow Brian Wilson and Al Jardine, they are some of the great musicians of
Brian is still churning out great music, while Mike Love leads a jukebox band.
Yeah … but a nice juke it is
@@yvesdevriendt928 -Ha ha, exactly!
:-)
YOU GO AL!! THOSE big voices have nothing on yours- you know why? Because your a beach boy and can sing this ditty in your sleep. Your presence reminds of the good guys, always in the background , but no longer Al - the louder they get the louder yo get because this is your time and I hope that Brian had the idea for your being the band leader of sorts. What I want to see is you lay somethin down on the guitar- 10 years with Glen Campbell , the best had to have shown you a few tricks. I lift my glass to you Al and the virtue of steadfastness to a fault.
Watch the soundcheck. Al plays a little, sings a little, gets his in-ear volume set, and crosses his arms.
Done this song 1000 times. Doesn't need the practice. This is for the sound crew.
Al and Brian are the beach boys
This is a beautiful song and it sounds fantastic. One interesting thing on this performance is that this seems to be a new song to all of them and they are reading the lyrics on monitors. Except for Brian ... It's all in his head and he knows it by heart. What a wonderful genius he is. Thank you so much for posting!
I love all of his songs. It takes me back in time.
Brian and Al singing together here is indeed PRICELESS! Notice how FLAT THE EARTH IS TOO BEHIND THEM FOLKS!
This is such a great cd
Blondie Chaplin - the most under-rated and under-appreciated member of the Beach Boys long history.
Not by Brian. His favourite voice
Love this, gives me the good kind of chills.
Just found this in September 2020. What a beautiful reprieve from the state of the world right now.
Gives me goosebumps...........
My favorite song
There are more beach boys in this band than the actuall beach boys band, take THAT Mike love!
Because Brian’s a genius and knows who he needs and how many people it takes to make his music sound great
@@beachboys2029 Too right......
Al Jardine and Blondie are treasures as are Matt Jardine (who was an adjunct Beach Boy in the 90s), guitarist Nicky Wonder (RIP), and the rest of the band. Brian...it goes without saying. A tortured genius but a master.
@@msoileau83 Ricky Fataar is on stage too.
let's sail away to Heaven and be with our Lord Jesus...
2020 The Beach Boys ! son mis favoritos todavía .
Brian and the band seem to have fully recovered from the loss of Jeff Foskett. The falsettos are better than ever.
I think that Jeff Foskett was a dead ringer for Carl Wilson in the blend. But this is just as good if not better.
Matt Jardine has been with the Beach Boys for many years. Nice to see him up there. He has a great high voice. I read he joined the band last year to sing the falsetto parts. He did that with the Beach Boys in the 90's.
Dan Cutchen Not trying to be a jerk but its Al Jardine
No he's right, Matt Jardine also toured with the Beach boys singing falsetto as well as with his father's band. It's Al Jardine's son.
my bad did not know that. I'm actually taking a class on the beach boys and have not got to that point in history, still in the 80s
Al Jardine a legend indeed, with Brian and Blondie. One has to think what could have been had the Beach Boys as we knew weren't sold out in a really sad performance of kicking a man while he is down. Blondie as a young man growing up in South Africa under extreme conditions which affected his whole life. I know because we were friends and still are. The pain was excruciating and he found a home and acceptance with these great guys. If you know him, he not only has a great voice but a great heart and spirit. Sail away Blondie.
Wow x 10 times!
Did not realise how good Blondi’s voice, is, Al could give Carl a run for his money with his voice it has gotten better and better over the years, Brian is Brian, the band perfect.
I did have the pleasure of seeing the band with Blondie back in the 70s several times.
Al Jardine y Brian son The Beach Boys!!!
Pure joy.
Brian Wilson es un Tesoro Nacional
qué increíble ver este comentario en español!
Ja ja en el Pais Vasco se aprecia a The Beach Boys
Amazing and awesome!!
He's (Eric) the total package!
Esto es oro, os echaba de menos, estoy llorando .Los mejores siempre
love this song!
the Real Beach Boys
Yeah. And true Beach boy sound.
YES!
love this ,i got the cd
I have no idea what Al Jardine is drinking, but I want a case of it!
I have a feeling that this was supposed to be the follow up to Thats Why God Made the Radio, (aka The Beach Boys)) but Mike Love pulled the pin, hence a solo project. But low and behold, all of the songs that I have heard so fr have got those familiar Beach Boy sounds. The backing vocals and the general feel is Fantastic............God Bless you Brian. and Al Blondie chaplain Ricy Fataar and Brians backing Band....................Please come back to Melbourne..............
Yes.
Glad I was able to get you your 'green card' 45 years ago, Blondie:) You're singing great. Enjoyed our brief visit in Nashville in June....we need to hook up more often. Hope to see you in the next few months.
Shot for doing that Fred! I was close friends with Blondie back in Durban, when we were teens. Still very close friends of Steve Fataar. Blondie's vocals suited that style and he made them the best band to come out if S.A. Of course his harmonies with Ricky Fataar were so special.
+Raymond Volshenk Thanks for the feedback, Raymond--yes, "The Flame" had a great debut album, produced by my dear lifelong friend--and 'brother in spirit,' Carl. Unfortunately, regardless of how great it was--and several very obvious 'radio friendly' singles, "See The Light" only made it into the 80's on the Billboard chart--Brother Records lacked the promotional and advertising dollars to properly back it--and it's distributor--Starday-King Records--did not have the staff, credibility or funds--to properly promote it. It remains--44 years later--a great album by a great group of guys.
Thanks for sharing. It the age old truth, not what you know, but who you
know! And of course money is what makes it happen, or not happen. And it's
not always the best that makes it in music, probably more do now than ever.
My son's grew up on stuff like The Flames, Beatles, BeachBoys, and later
on Oasis, U2 etc. My influence obviously. They went into music, and landed
a recording contract with Sting Records, one of the bigger stables in South
Africa. Got a number one with one of their songs, and 4 on the charts, in
about 2003-5. Interestingly, Phil Doherty Bono's guitar tech heard them,
while they were in Ireland and wanted to manage them, but at the time we
had to go back to S.A to get paperwork sorted out.
They are called Saints of Bliss, and you'll find them on Reverbnation. One
of their old songs has just been launched on a Radio station in California,
I believe, called AVA RADIO? Maybe you could check them out.
We now in Edinburgh, Scotland, and it's a dead end street! Hoping to visit
the States, and have a recce!
Regards
Ray Quinton!
Brian doing a little conducting at 3:20!
How does this compare with Mike Love's new stuff. Oh wait, he doesn't have any, still making a living off of singing Brian's early stuff.
+Kent Duffy Now now...Mike Leech Love has had a stellar career sounding like a man who needs deviated septum surgery, telling the dumbest jokes on earth, and supplying the most banal lyrics in the history of music.
+ms8596 Not only that, but his nephew is the most overrated player in the NBA.
Best of the beach boys !!!!!
They are the REAL Beach Boys!
Do many here know that Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar we’re actually official Beach Boy’s?
A highlight of the excellent "Holland" LP, is a composition of theirs:
ua-cam.com/video/D10_uNfCW4Y/v-deo.html
They made a great contribution to the excellent "Holland" LP:
ua-cam.com/video/D10_uNfCW4Y/v-deo.html
Al jardine is superb
Es el Sloop John B. 2015 . Sois los mejores.
Can hear tidbits of Sloop John B in this great song. Sail Away on the Sloop John B!
now that i'm old i really get it.don;t waste a minute.
Never understood why Al didn't have more leads on the Beach Boy stuff. What a great voice!!!
So did 3 other guys.
Brian Wilson
Featuring Blondie Chaplin & Al Jardine
Produced by Joe Thomas & Brian Wilson
Album: No Pier Pressure
So many years ago
But I remember
A distant sunset on the open sea
Fascinated by the sailing ships
On a crimson shore that seemed to call out to me
I still can feel the hope that fills my heart
I still can taste the ocean breeze (sail away)
[Chorus]
As I sail away to the farthest reaches
Follow the sun to the white sand beaches
I only know what the west wind teaches
Won't you sail away with me?
(Sail away) made a wish upon a falling star
(Sail away) never thought that we would get this far (sail away)
I won't be lonely you can be my only
Won't you sail away with me?
For a while I almost gave up dreaming
But still this image stayed alive in my soul
While I was working trying to make a living
My so-called life was spinning out of control
Summer wind was blowing through my head
The endless current of my dreams (sail away)
[Chorus]
As I sail away to the farthest reaches
Follow the sun to the white sand beaches
I only know what the west wind teaches
Won't you sail away with me?
Sail away to a land without time
Drink my water from a shell that I find
I won't be lonely you can be my only
Won't you sail away with me?
Oh, let me take you there to another land
Don't expect the world to understand (sail away)
We can sail away while we still have time
There's a million places that I have in mind
As we cast our fate to the open sea
Sail away with me
(Sail away) made a wish upon a falling star
Never thought that we would get this far
Try and imagine how our life would be
If you could sail away with me
Sail away
Sail away
Written by
: Jim Peterik, Larry Millas
℗© 2015 Brimel, Inc. under exclusive license to Capitol Records. Manufactured by Capitol Records
Printed in U.S.A.
I'm almost positive that the surfer in the footage on the big screen behind the band is Dennis Wilson. Quite certain I've seen that footage elsewhere on the www.
Mike love was the only dislike.....he can't claim any writing rights on this
jsgreen1000 Mike has said on good vibrations...he made one line...one fucking line...and he gets an equal share of the royalties from it..for one line...thats not 'claiming rights', thats thievery.
jsgreen1000 Mike love did not write all the lyrics of good vibrations...show me evidence to prove this? On every song that ginger cunt spewed his shit, he got a 50/50 cut...for contributing nothing.
jsgreen1000 No, Brian just walked away from it with another wave of his hand "Let it go" instead of fighting a bully. Source: articles from the time it happened. not "revisionist" history coming from the ML camp.
jsgreen1000 Mike Love
Beach Boy, lyricist
My first impression of “Good Vibrations” was that the band could have been James Brown’s Famous Flames. The original takes were very R’n’B. There are several different versions and it took months for my cousin Brian to decide which one would be the final one. Then he asked me to bring the lyrics over. And I kinda lagged on it. Being the Pisces procrastinator that I am, I left it until the drive from North Hollywood to the studio to write them. It took me about five minutes. We were in the yellow Convertible XKE I’d bought for my wife Suzanne, who was pregnant. We were driving down to the city and I asked her to take down these words.
We got to the studio, I wrote them out on a scrap of paper and Carl went ahead and sang the lead. And of course, I came up with the part that goes: “I’m pickin’ up good vibrations/She’s giving me excitations”. That’s my musical contribution.
This was before the Summer of Love, but there were definitely psychedelic rumblings on the West Coast. I felt “Good Vibrations” was The Beach Boys’ psychedelic anthem or flower power offering. So I wrote it from that perspective. The track itself was already so avant-garde, especially with the theremin, that I wondered how our fans were going to relate to it. How’s this going to go over in the Midwest or Birmingham? It was such a departure from “Surfin’ USA” or “Help Me Rhonda”.
So I thought the one thing that everyone can relate to is boy-girl. You know, “she’s giving me excitations”. Had that track not had anything to connect to people intellectually or emotionally, then it would have been a brilliant piece of music, but perhaps not gone to No 1.
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To this day, how is it that this fool didn't see, with a number 1 song on both sides of the Atlantic, the direction Brian was taking them instead of fighting it tooth and nail. Accolades from everyone, from Leonard Bernstein, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Cream, The Who...the list is endless! No, he guaranteed they'd be relegated from top of the heap to the "has-been" oldies bin within a year.
+Ben Donlon, +ms8596, I was going to rant about the bully Mike Love, but you guys have said it all. I'm unable to add anything to your well-spoken posts.