People were calling Brian a genius as early as 1964 because of the innovations in his music and arrangements with each new single and album. It's why in '65, heard here, Murray was goading him with "Brian, I'm a genius too."
Ok I couln't have asked for a better youtube documentary about this topic, love the humour, the rythm and the art is quite charming too, I'm eager for part 2!
I remember how big "Good Vibrations" was. It may have lost its shine over the years, but it was nothing like what anyone else was doing during that time.
Timeless Masterpiece. It's a like a 3:51 second opera. There are not songs to compare it to., it makes"Bohemian Rhapsody" "A Day in a life" and "Stairway to Heaven" seem pedestrian and dull. Maybe you need a better sound system?
@@ryanmccolloch4734Agreed! I'm 51-yr and with what is transpired since 1966, especially since the mid 1990s, it even sounds more magical to me! (I'm including innovators like Rush, Talking Heads, etc)
Man such a good overview, can't wait for more. Such engaging use of clips and historical articles, great editing too. Hope you take off, best Smile recap I've seen. Can't wait for more.
The album scene of 1966 and 1967 resembled a gigantic game of "Can You Top This?" which The Beatles won with "Sgt. Pepper." If Brian Wilson had not crashed and burned, it might have been all different.
SMiLE would have been a flop in America but taken seriously in the UK. The Beach Boys were perceived as has-beens by the end of 1967 while the Beatles kept going strong all the way until their announced breakup in 1970.
@@SMITTYWUZHEER The Beach Boys were already on the outs with the hippie movement. Their absence at the Monterey Pop Festival damaged their reputation, and Jimi Hendrix dismissed them as outdated, calling them "barbershop". And it's true. Instead of 1967 being the year they changed popular music with SMiLE, it was the year they kinda fell off the map. Smiley Smile only made them less relevant.
The Beach Boys lacked a rock sensibility in the mid to late sixties. The Smile project wasn't the way forward. In 1966/67, Cream and Jimi Hendrix were the thing of the moment. The Beatles had "electricity". Simples!
Other than that one 'glitch', I thoroughly enjoyed this well-researched, well-produced video. At the time of Pet Sounds' release, though I loved "Good Vibrations", I wasn't convinced to buy the album. I DID buy "Smiley Smile" and "Wild Honey", though, and they convinced me to look backward at their catalog. I hope Van Dyke Parks has some attention in the second part. He became a top favorite of mine over the years.
Yeah...Brian Wilson totally dropped the ball on this one. Smile could have been a masterwork. But all n all...i do believe Sunflower is their greatest album
I think Smile is a testament to untreated mental health disorders and should be a lesson to all decision makers who seek to devalue the importance of mental healthcare. When confronted with such a naysayer, just say “Smile.”
Well the Smile Sessions are less of an album and more of a compilation of what could have been. If the record had came out in 1967 a lot of records that came out after Smile probably would have been a lot different. SGT Pepper's was a direct response to Pet Sounds so imagine a Beatles album that was a direct response to smile.
Our Prayer / Gee Heroes and Villains Do You Like Worms ------------ / Barnyard My Only Sunshine Cabin - Essence Wonderful Song for Children Child is Father of the Man Surf's Up I Wanna Be Around / Workshop Vega - Tables I'm in Great Shape / --------------- On a Holiday Wind Chimes --------------------- ----------------------- Cool, Cool Water Love to Say Da Da The Elements: Earth (---------------------------) The Elements: Air (----------------------------) The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O'Leary's Cow) The Elements: Water (-----------------------------) -------------------------- --------------------------- -------------------------- Good Vibrations You're Welcome
@@SMITTYWUZHEER Ya right. Only on the deaf charts. Most of it was a waste of the Wrecking Crews time and talent. Outside of Heros & Villians and Surfs Up, it was fatuous pseudo blubber.
Smile lacks variations in musical dynamics and timbre. All of the songs pretty much have the same dynamics and timbre. It could not have become the same phenomenon that Sgt. Pepper became.
Are you kidding? Every single song is very dynamic except maybe "Wonderful." Jave you heard "Heroes And Villains," "Do You Like Worms," "Cabinessence," "Child Is Father Of Man," "Surf's Up," or "Wind Chimes"? However, I don't think it would have been a phenomenon like Sgt. Pepper just because I don't think SMiLE would've sold well even though it would've likely gotten great critic reviews. It would've alienated some of their long-time fans which is what happened with Smashing Pumpkins' Adore album.
On the best day the Beach Boys ever had they were never ever in the same class as The Beatles. They were a cool singles band and honestly not much more.
I may say that's ignorant. I was a Beatles fan growing up but while they were best at staying relevant the Beach Boys had an extensive and fascinating catalog. If you'd like to change your perspective give their late 60s and early 70s albums a listen. Not as groundbreaking as Pet Sounds or Smile Sessions but great music altogether
The Beatles were more consistent (and around for less than a decade), whereas The Beach Boys have higher highs - and I'm not just talking about the singles. I'm including almost all of their albums after Shut Down Vol. 2 at least until 15 Big Ones during the "Brian's back" era.
Brian started producing like that *very* early on in their career, and that's when they got good even though their first two albums have a couple of good songs too.
Interesting channel. You've made some funny stuff back in the day and now decide to to a video on SMiLE. Great video btw, the editing is nice and you share lots of cool facts
They have a lot of great music in the late 60s/early 70s psychedelic era. The problem is that Smiley Smile wasn't at all what most Beach Boys fans wanted at the time, Wild Honey was an R&B album at the time when the popular rock bands were going into hard rock, then Friends is a good sunshine pop album after that genre was starting to die out. The Sunshine album from 1970 is good and got great reviews, but it was too late because they were already considered "has-beens" by then.
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People were calling Brian a genius as early as 1964 because of the innovations in his music and arrangements with each new single and album. It's why in '65, heard here, Murray was goading him with "Brian, I'm a genius too."
I wish your video gets millions of views because you have great content. Try running ads for your channel using some kind of system.
Ok I couln't have asked for a better youtube documentary about this topic, love the humour, the rythm and the art is quite charming too, I'm eager for part 2!
Not even halfway through but oh my god, this is incredible. Please keep this up, this is the exact treatment an album like SMiLE deserves.
This video es AMAZING. Keep up the good work bro, can’t wait for part 2!
Joel, you knocked it out of the park. Excellent work! I love the humor. The editing is top-notch.
I remember how big "Good Vibrations" was. It may have lost its shine over the years, but it was nothing like what anyone else was doing during that time.
Timeless Masterpiece.
It's a like a 3:51 second opera.
There are not songs to compare it to., it makes"Bohemian Rhapsody" "A Day in a life" and "Stairway to Heaven" seem pedestrian and dull.
Maybe you need a better sound system?
I think it still holds up today for the most part.
@@ryanmccolloch4734Agreed! I'm 51-yr and with what is transpired since 1966, especially since the mid 1990s, it even sounds more magical to me! (I'm including innovators like Rush, Talking Heads, etc)
Honestly an incredible video. Very well researched and incredibly edited. Great video.
Best damn Beach boys documentary so far , great vid dude ❤
The rapid fire song names ending with "I'm Bugged at My Old Man" floored me
Great video! Can't wait for part 2
🔥❤🔥5 minutes into this upload ... thanks for sharing this gem of a document ❤🔥🔥
The best video made on this topic so far. Please hurry with the second part, I can't wait!
Man such a good overview, can't wait for more. Such engaging use of clips and historical articles, great editing too. Hope you take off, best Smile recap I've seen. Can't wait for more.
you did a wonderful job on this
This is so funny I was laughing so hard but also learned a ton!!! Can’t wait for part 2!
still waiting for part 2
Fantastic! Looking forward to part 2!!
im hooked this is amazing wow
Great video! Can’t wait for part 2 🤘
by the first part alone this is already such a well researched and well made video -- best of luck man, cant wait for p II
Dude just casually dropped a high effort and edited doc like it was nothing!
Awesome stuff man.
Amazing video, can’t wait to see Suite 2, color me subscribed
The album scene of 1966 and 1967 resembled a gigantic game of "Can You Top This?" which The Beatles won with "Sgt. Pepper." If Brian Wilson had not crashed and burned, it might have been all different.
Eagerly awaiting part two!
really well made video, throwing u a follow
Please make Part 2.
This needs to be on the recommended algorithm, @UA-cam!
SMiLE would have been a flop in America but taken seriously in the UK. The Beach Boys were perceived as has-beens by the end of 1967 while the Beatles kept going strong all the way until their announced breakup in 1970.
I could see that happening. But yet again the hippie movement was around the same time so who knows
@@SMITTYWUZHEER The Beach Boys were already on the outs with the hippie movement. Their absence at the Monterey Pop Festival damaged their reputation, and Jimi Hendrix dismissed them as outdated, calling them "barbershop". And it's true. Instead of 1967 being the year they changed popular music with SMiLE, it was the year they kinda fell off the map. Smiley Smile only made them less relevant.
Fire doc
GV must have seemed like music from another planet in '66. Just an amazing track
Where is Part 2? 😢
Brian Wilson vs The Beatles.
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The Beach Boys lacked a rock sensibility in the mid to late sixties. The Smile project wasn't the way forward. In 1966/67, Cream and Jimi Hendrix were the thing of the moment. The Beatles had "electricity". Simples!
Who was Tim Ponni?
Other than that one 'glitch', I thoroughly enjoyed this well-researched, well-produced video. At the time of Pet Sounds' release, though I loved "Good Vibrations", I wasn't convinced to buy the album. I DID buy "Smiley Smile" and "Wild Honey", though, and they convinced me to look backward at their catalog.
I hope Van Dyke Parks has some attention in the second part. He became a top favorite of mine over the years.
You bastard … where is part 2 😭
very based video
This is your magnum opus
Yeah...Brian Wilson totally dropped the ball on this one. Smile could have been a masterwork. But all n all...i do believe Sunflower is their greatest album
I think Smile is a testament to untreated mental health disorders and should be a lesson to all decision makers who seek to devalue the importance of mental healthcare. When confronted with such a naysayer, just say “Smile.”
"This Whole World" was an epiphany for me - that one song brought me back to the Beach Boys' fold.
I prefer Sgt Pepper but I love this album and Pet Sounds
Timpani = "TIM-puh-nee."
Great video but Smile was not a good album. Pet Sounds was their peak.
Well the Smile Sessions are less of an album and more of a compilation of what could have been. If the record had came out in 1967 a lot of records that came out after Smile probably would have been a lot different.
SGT Pepper's was a direct response to Pet Sounds so imagine a Beatles album that was a direct response to smile.
Our Prayer / Gee
Heroes and Villains
Do You Like Worms
------------ / Barnyard
My Only Sunshine
Cabin - Essence
Wonderful
Song for Children
Child is Father of the Man
Surf's Up
I Wanna Be Around / Workshop
Vega - Tables
I'm in Great Shape / ---------------
On a Holiday
Wind Chimes
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Cool, Cool Water
Love to Say Da Da
The Elements: Earth (---------------------------)
The Elements: Air (----------------------------)
The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O'Leary's Cow)
The Elements: Water (-----------------------------)
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Good Vibrations
You're Welcome
It's far superior to Pepper and would be the album we remember as fondly.
Yeah, in one of the clips, you can see a fan reach for Mike Love and clearly makes off with a lock of hat.
Having heard the reimagined Smile or whatever it is, Smile never would have been equal to either Revolver or Pepper.
It would’ve wiped out pepper by a landslide or at least combat pepper in the charts
@@SMITTYWUZHEER Ya right. Only on the deaf charts. Most of it was a waste of the Wrecking Crews time and talent. Outside of Heros & Villians and Surfs Up, it was fatuous pseudo blubber.
Should really learn how to pronounce "timpani".
Yeah, TIMP-uh-nee, not tim-PAH-nee! Excellent research and editing, but that mispronunciation really threw me off.
@@petehealy9819 Can these AI voices be corrected/edited? There must be a way, and the creators should 'proofhear' the thing before releasing it.
But it didn’t rewrite musical history, because a lot of the music on it was subpar. I’m sorry.
Smile lacks variations in musical dynamics and timbre. All of the songs pretty much have the same dynamics and timbre.
It could not have become the same phenomenon that Sgt. Pepper became.
Are you kidding? Every single song is very dynamic except maybe "Wonderful." Jave you heard "Heroes And Villains," "Do You Like Worms," "Cabinessence," "Child Is Father Of Man," "Surf's Up," or "Wind Chimes"?
However, I don't think it would have been a phenomenon like Sgt. Pepper just because I don't think SMiLE would've sold well even though it would've likely gotten great critic reviews. It would've alienated some of their long-time fans which is what happened with Smashing Pumpkins' Adore album.
On the best day the Beach Boys ever had they were never ever in the same class as The Beatles.
They were a cool singles band and honestly not much more.
Funny how the Beatles themselves would have never agreed with you.
I may say that's ignorant. I was a Beatles fan growing up but while they were best at staying relevant the Beach Boys had an extensive and fascinating catalog. If you'd like to change your perspective give their late 60s and early 70s albums a listen. Not as groundbreaking as Pet Sounds or Smile Sessions but great music altogether
The Beatles were more consistent (and around for less than a decade), whereas The Beach Boys have higher highs - and I'm not just talking about the singles. I'm including almost all of their albums after Shut Down Vol. 2 at least until 15 Big Ones during the "Brian's back" era.
Phil Spector 's wall of sound was crap, and lazy and ruined the beach boys.
I disagree. Brian Wilson did Phil Spector's Wall of Sound better than Phil Spector did, and it enhanced the music unlike Phil Spector.
At least listen to Pet Sounds instrumentals without the vocals. Put on headphones and sit in a dark room.
Brian started producing like that *very* early on in their career, and that's when they got good even though their first two albums have a couple of good songs too.
Interesting channel. You've made some funny stuff back in the day and now decide to to a video on SMiLE. Great video btw, the editing is nice and you share lots of cool facts
They were great until they went pycodelic then they the fell out of popularity.
They have a lot of great music in the late 60s/early 70s psychedelic era. The problem is that Smiley Smile wasn't at all what most Beach Boys fans wanted at the time, Wild Honey was an R&B album at the time when the popular rock bands were going into hard rock, then Friends is a good sunshine pop album after that genre was starting to die out. The Sunshine album from 1970 is good and got great reviews, but it was too late because they were already considered "has-beens" by then.