god only knows / brian wilson

[siliconweb]

I don't think Brian plays the piano/keyboard anymore. As you can see in this performance and other performance on tv, he uses it as a prop -- very sad to see him like this. It may make him feel more comfortable having the keyboard in front of him.

[Thedoors1967]

brian is awesome its great to see him touring.

[BarneyFife00]

Thanks for posting this vid. Great to hear BW's voice again. And yep, he's a genius.

[paulwells26]

What a pure genius this man is. Yes, almost 50 years later and Brian sounds great but a touch shaky up high...but the band is absolutely phenomenal and the vocals over all are breathtaking...I've made my living as a singer for years now, trust me, singing these arrangements this well live is unbelievably difficult.

[fazalinator]

One of the all time great love songs

[Rynstrom]

man, his voice falter every time he sings this song... but he is still pure genius.

[Ribbo1957]

I saw Brian on the 7th Jan 2008 at The State Theatre here in Sydney Australia..he was brilliant to say the least...for a man of his age and what he has put himself through over the years..you have to be a true Brian Wilson fan to understand the Brian of today..we clapped till our hands hurt..then we clapped some more.Thank you Brian for giving us so much pleasure over the years a finer human being..there never was....Cheers Ribbo..

P.S trend setters...dont forget Carl sang this song..not Brian!

[sterlingroig]

EROIG...When I saw that hearbeat, I thought about this song. This song, that night, our life....

[kandgmoney]

This song is awesome brian can still sing great and i mean comeon what a songwriter

[hotcarlk]

Brian Wilson was slighted so badly

[usecori]

I love the Beach Boys, but am I the only one who thinks that they're off tune?

[Mercari1964]

Yup, you may be the only person! LOL! Seriously, the Lord's choir could be singing in this vid, and we'd ALL think they were a half-tone off key. The sound reproduction here is poor.

[FatStrat76]

usecori, I have seen other videos of Brian Wilson singing this song and he sounded just like he does in this video. Not sure if it was all the drugs or some kind of medical condition but I don't think he can sound much different. Sad, because the man is a musical genius.

[PoprocksCk]

No, his ear is definitely on key, but his voice cracks up a bit on the higher notes.

But considering the guy's lucky to be alive, it's pretty darn good if you ask me. I'd still pay good money to see him.

[duke3455]

brian ranks right up there with lennon-mccartney, henly, sebastian and anka

[taxmonkey123]

Great song. Not so great performance.

[BeautifulPast]

Saw Brian and the band a few years back ... produced a fantastic sound! Beach Boys live on!

[atombomb31458]

very impressive Brian!! way to go--nice to see him sounding normal---the genius lives!

[dsrecs]

I feel the song is more emotional when Brian sings it though Carl probably had a better voice.

[2007BeachBoy]

Brian's voice was much better than Carl's before his drug & alcohol days. Check out "Betsy", "The lonely sea", "Don't talk, put your head on my shoulder" etc

[eroig]

we actually met one of the guys in the band before the show - he tried to sell us their tickets, but our seats were better! while talking to him, he told us that the previous night was SO unbelievable that the entire group went out to celebrate, including brian and al. they had too good of a time the previous night, and the second show was nowhere near as good.

we exchanged numbers, and he called after the show to apologize for the poor performance.

[RUTOO7]

Paul McCartney once said that this was the most beautiful song he had ever heard ! What a tribute to Brian Wilson !

[andots]

I was at this performance. Awesome.

[alexkaplansky]

excelent song

[Connspeed]

They nailed it - the man still delivers. This band is phenom also.  I was at the show the night they blew up the T-giving balloons. Was this it?

[BARREDA1976]

My favourite song ever!!!!

[Donniesuave]

I was there that night

[THESILENTBOATMAN]

great song

[klosani2785]

one the greatest of all time

[ncspeed2000]

Pure genius.

[thefonz003]

The most beautiful song in history, I believe universalista was trying to say.

[godfather0618]

most beautiful song!

[Myatt21]

Too bad Carl is not around to sing it like he did on the original recording. Carl had such a sweet, pure voice.

[universalista]

The song more beautifull of the history

[derbesy3]

make sense.