Brian Wilson - Surf's Up - Home Demo

[aut9179]

One of the best songs, beautiful voice. Imagine what this genius could have achieved if he didn't collapse in the late 60s.... I wasn't even born back then and only discovered the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson recently. It is almost as if this song was a last outcry of his soul before it was numbed down for the next 20 years (or more?) - only to come back as an old man.... Very sad. I wish they could have helped him back them.

[misterdirtyknees]

Tommy Manicotti at 2:11.

[journeythruthepast]

This is Brian's last burst of genius before mental illness really took a hold and crushed him. He was very much into drugs by this point but the complete originality and ability oozes out of him anyway. Scary to think he had more room to grow after the masterpiece of 20th century music that is Pet Sounds. High or not, he's so in the zone that he's performing one of the rock era's most rich, complex compositions with his eyes closed nearly the whole time. Daaaamn that's when you know you're good.

[SleepyDisso]

Daniel Johns is the new Brian Wilson.

[silchairsm]

@SleepyDisso Haha silverchair is my fav band

[SleepyDisso]

@silchairsm Mine too. :)

[pollyethylene]

@SleepyDisso You are completely correct! Hope he releases new material in the future.

[bomberino76]

Fantastica canzone (ed anche un fantastico taglio di capelli)

[kaylapowpow]

"a choke of grief, heart hardened I,

beyond belief, a broken man too tough to cry."

this is just so perfectly beautiful.

[notfragile33]

What an absolutely gorgeous creature--that Brian Wilson in 1966-67! I think the longer hair made him look younger and sexier. He looked older 3 years earlier when his hair was shorter

[PAULisDEADMANnumber9]

Just imagine if SMiLE had been released in 1967!?!? I think Rolling Stone would have a little different order of top 500 albums.

[guitarsaint1]

Brilliant... the master at work. As a musician I stand in awe.

[artslover125]

this is my favorite brian wilson period. his voice was beautiful, he was beautiful, his songs were beautiful.

[kennyg03]

this should be added to the library of Congress. But then again like back in 67, they probably still wouldn't get it...

[whiteeagle1973made]

this is really historical filming - what you see here is history in the making - amazing!

[Svanelicorne]

You can't do anything remotely similar like this, if you aren't a genius

[kennyg03]

i like his hair lol

[darklion789]

this song will live forever

[jaokguy]

i just adore this tune....it's my fave by the boys of the beach. the way it was finally arranged and produced was absolute beauty and perfection imo. such a gorgeous and haunting melody. this song is also a reminder to me of how much more important music is than lyrics. i don't think anybody actually knows what this song is about, but it doesn't matter, because the music is so won, won, won, wonderful. i love it.

[mallard4998]

sublime!!!

[cosmicrider287]

staggering performance.

[TheFestivelights]

How old was he?

[Threedeehoo]

@TheFestivelights this was 1967; he should be 25.

[JonMatt62]

the center/masterpiece of SMilLE, a true"teenage symphony to God", still able to blow people's minds.

[republicofmatt]

Wow, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) pretty much owes his career to this song...he even uses the lyrics "struck the street" on his most recent album. This is

sublime stuff, excited to hear the rest of the original album!

[wobblywilson01]

my favourite too , i would love for this to be played atmy funeral

[ThePallemis]

Smile double LP arrives tomorrow!!!

[mexpower53]

The drugs were better back then

[cottageorgan]

Jesus, the guy was only like 24 at the time, what had I dine by 24, got stoned too much and stumbled through a succession of jobs I hated...Amazing to hear the song in the raw, and what a song...A

[brianjlevine]

Amazing how easily Brian does that nearly one octave slide up to falsetto. That is incredibly difficult. One of the most beautiful songs ever.

[Erix7810]

@brianjlevine I've always been amazed at that. I sound like crap when I try singing along with this song! I think Carl did that part in the studio version of this song?

[CreweMike]

Simple and complex at the same time - a masterpiece.

[ArtemisFlyingV]

I literally cried when I heard they were releasing SMiLE in it's original form..............

[lorsujan]

This is so beautiful - and too sad for words.

[grands1am]

"...and we got into a very strange bag"

If only people still talked that way

[tgarbrecht100]

1populist - i second that motion...I hope when he passes, they play this, and not the surfer stuff...

[1populist]

This is my favorite song by anybody

[jrirwin7]

Somebody send him some more hash.

[ThePinkFloydPig]

@jrirwin7 Why?

[libbygurl1]

This is absolutely gorgeous, brilliant, and yet makes me so melancholy . It makes my heart cry.

[SOB308]

this video is from: the beach boys an american band documentary

[drgonzorh]

which documentary is this from?

[petsounds75]

@drgonzorh

Inside Pop. Look to the right of this post. Should be there...notably 6/6

[drgonzorh]

@petsounds75 no the performance is, but the end of the clip where Van Dyke Parks is talking is not from Inside Pop...

[Jonasboll]

funkar fan inte