well brian had intended that Pet Sounds flowed, no filler, he himself said rubber soul inspired that decision, every piece of fit, as does pet sounds.
@producer1 The bass heard at 0:30 when they're setting the levels is an upright bass...it even has its own channel on the multitrack. There is some debate whether there are two electric basses on this track, but there is DEFINITELY an upright bass, which was a vital element of BW's mid-60's bass sound.
Pet sounds was NOT a response to rubber soul. was bare, pet sounds, a musical tapestry masterpiece..rubber soul was NOT and was not NEARLY AS SOPHISTICATED..the comparison makes me both sad and sick.
@theoleskule It's kind of hard to refute the influence when Brian Wilson restates it in nearly every interview that he's asked about the album. While the influence is less direct than some people make it out to be, I think songs like "Michelle", "Girl" and some of the artier ballads had a tremendous impact on his songwriting during this period.
@theoleskule Your comment is as "apples and oranges" as apples and oranges can get! That's like saying chamber music sucks because it's not an eighty piece orchestra with seventeen movements! Quit trying to compare masterpieces, created in completely different contexts by completely different people with completely different goals, and then putting them up against each other, as if it were a contest.You'll get dizzy and make the rest of us chuckle.
Thanks for all your work in putting these clips together. Enjoyed every single one so far. Brian really knew what he was doing in the studio sound wise, height of his powers. A musical genius...A
@ScottSilverman1 Murry was not invited to tracking sessions after 1964 and I think his presence would have been made much clearer if he were there that night. I think Brian is probably saying "Diane", referencing his sister-in-law, who was there.
@BehindTheSounds- I'm guessing you have the entire session and Murry's bellowing voice would have definitely come through. Thanks for creating these by the way, I've watched them several times.
@BehindTheSounds Speaking of Diane, does anyone know about a song she, Brian and Rocky Pamplin wrote together called "It's Like Heaven"? It's a lovely romantic song, very Spectorish. Shaun Cassidy, of all people, recorded a version.
@HuntersMoon73 My sister had that Shaun Cassidy album. Can still recall the cover, called Under Wraps, I think. American Spring did the original, quite nice version of it. Did you know Rocky Pamplin was a Playgirl centerfold? And had a fling with Marilyn? True.
@BehindTheSounds he said 'dad' in error, it was just a slip of wording, due to the circumstance and his dad's previous involvement in the recording process, such that it was still imprinted in his brain speak.
brilliant. i love Brian and wow , what a great album . so cool to get a glimpse of the work in progress and hear the construction of a masterpiece . great job .
Oh my goodness, that's an opening shot of Sunset Blvd in the 60's, isn't it? Jim Morrison and the Doors used to eat at the Cock 'n Bull; the Elektra studios were close by. Sorry, I digress.
What I really wanted to ask is: wasn't Brian playing the Hammond organ on Pet Sounds or was it Larry Knechtel? Another source says Mike Melvoin.
and to think this amazing recording was done with EVERY instrument in the same room is astounding. But that was the genius of Brian - he liked the bleed over of instruments to make his "third sound".
Just wanted to thank you for the wonderful job you did on these videos. Maybe it already exists, but this is worthy of a full-length documentary. Do you have a website with more background info?
There was a lot of cross pinching between Brian and the Beatles. Brian was equally as influenced by Rubber Soul first, before any of the discussion above. He was beginning to realize a continuity of song order before Paul did. But he was very much influenced by what the Beatles were doing, set an order, and took it a little further. A big plus for Brian was studio control first.. before Paul had it.
Sgt Pepper was a result of Paul being in the states and picking up a copy of Pet Sounds, bringing it home, flipping out, and playing it for the others for a point of reference to what he wanted Sgt Pepper to be.. But Beatles never realized or started recording Pepper for a while after Paul 1st heard the Pet sounds album. I heard the copy (reel to reel or acetate) Paul got from Capital Records was way before it was released by Capital.
@rjmprod Bruce Johnston and Derek Taylor hosted a listening party in London in the days following the release of Pet Sounds in the US to generate word of mouth for the LP in the UK. John and Paul showed up, played canasta, had drinks, listened to the entire album twice and left. It's been described as an acetate, but several sources indicate it was the final release copy.
@BehindTheSounds Not only that, but 'Pet Sounds' was released before the 'Revolver' predecessor 'Yesterday and Today' too, which makes it all the more mind boggling ... And yes, Y&T was a very REAL LP. from the Beatles here in the states, however much it's since been derided (given that it wasn't an official UK release).
Damn, if I would had been part of these musicians, as good as I was as a member of the Wrecking Crew, it would had sucked to be scolded by Brian..."ok, the whole thing looks like it has lost all rhythm..." What a great record.
All I can say is thank you. While so many were ignoring Brian's creative genius during the British Invasion and the transition from rock & roll to rock, some of us (American phobics?) were deeply dependent on some traditional American R&R band to 'strike' back. Pet Sounds was the answer. Somewhere I remember reading that John & Paul heard the album and were so blown away that they scrapped their plans and leapt to "Magical Mystery Tour" as an answer.
@prrbill1 You have your timeline a bit mixed up. When John and Paul heard Pet Sounds they were recording Revolver, which is said to have had a few songs that were directly influenced ("Here, There and Everywhere" especially). The rest of the timeline:
February 1967: Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane single
June of 1967: Sgt. Pepper and
November 1967: Magical Mystery Tour: (A year and a half after the release of Pet Sounds)
And as a side note, Brian Wilson has said that Pet Sounds was influenced by Rubber Soul. Amazing how many great works came from the practice of great musicians continually trying to outdo each other.
The guys needed to step it up a couple of times here on this important record. It seems like they were behind a little in that part. Great outtakes and it was nice to hear all the guys working hard to make this record sound great like it did. Brian is such a maste musician he can hear everything and the mistakes as well. Love this part of the Pet Sounds CD. Thanks for the post.
No doubt about it, Brian Wilson has long been acknowledged as a musical genius. However, I tend to find even his more (deceptively) simple works such as Don't Worry Baby (with his multi-layer background vocals) and Kiss Me, Baby musical AND vocal arrangements far more rewarding.
@tbirdtim God Only Knows is a masterpiece, and the production and arrangement is pretty amazing too. But I totally agree Don't Worry Baby is better. As simple as it is but it was because of the multi layer background vocals like you said.
@urmacdonahue Yeah, you know I read about that somewhere, I believe the entire control board was tube powered, giving the entire album a very reverb ethereal sound...
Nothing like someone who knows what they are about & what they are trying to express.Brian, to his credit ,did not waste the performance energies of the musicians with any empirical, meandering "it will evolve in the studio" shit.
That's a trip that Don Randi was on this! I got to see him play at his club "The Baked Potato" in Studio City, CA a few times. He sure has played with a lot of great bands over the years. The best of the best musicians play in his club all the time.
I have never posted a reaction to anything on youtube. This is the best thing I have ever seen on youtube and one of the best presentations of anything I have ever seen.
This is incredibly important, beautiful and wonderful as could possibly be. For sale, who in their right mind would not want it. Everyone in the world should see this.
It is not only valuable sound, the presentation could not possibly be better right down to the font choices.
When will part 2 be ready. Do you have any other?
and Brian's skills as an ***Arranger**** ***in Orachestration*** ***Engineer*** (he double-tracked his bro Brian's voice to give it a fuller sound using the just introduced 8-track)
Brian may be a genius but he is a asshole as well.all those years he denied his own blood children and nows the time to make it up to them he goes out and adopts 4 babies.dont you think Carnie and Wendy feel happy about that? im sure its the works of his new gold digging wife.
People keep talking about No Satisfaction, they need to stop! I believe they're half the reason why BehindTheSounds stopped making the videos. I just want to say to BehindTheSounds that we are all sorry for these asshole's behavior. They should just enjoy these godly videos!
Brian Wilson toured with the album a few years back and was almost as good as the original. Funny thing was he also played Oxegen festival but he clashed with some artist.
I've got a whole new appreciation for music producers. They had to have a New York City attitude and still get the recording without being shot by the band.
@BehindTheSounds I got this pet sounds sessions box set yesterday and I went really surprised because there were more things than I even hoped for. Two fat books with eg interviews with almost of all those guys, a lot of cd's and pictures... Do you think there will be a 50th anniversary pet sounds kinda thing in a couple of years?
@M3town3 There's honestly not much more to release at this point. The 40th anniversary release is likely the definitive release of the album, and I suspect a 50th version would be the same with new packaging. The newest DCC release is the definitive mono version and the Sessions box set is surprisingly exhaustive. Most of the full tracking sessions have also been bootlegged.
I for one would like a release of the multitracks, but the commercial viability of such a release is very low.
Thanks once again for these truly insightful behind the scenes movies. They are really a huge eye opener in terms of what went into the composition and arrangements of the album.
I'm eagerly anticipating the second part of this one.
On the satisfaction thing: Well there's always going to be those weird coincidences where a pattern of notes resembles something else; nothing to do with stealing just the fact there's only so many notes and most things generally using a 4/4 beat.
thanks so much for these vids. I have been watching them over the past few weeks and I have become floored at Brian's genius as a songwriter, producer, singer.
They need to put these vids in the next BB boxed set!
Pet Sounds is awesome, a brother from another mother in Denton Texas introduced me to it when I was bashing the Boys years back at a party. Problem, however, if you are under the age of thirty, you may be uncomfortable listening to the music travel back and forth between left and right speaker. Keep in mind this is part of the trip when listening to older multi-track studio music. a couple of songs, minutes, into it and you'll be used to it. Thx for this historical behind the scenes post.
thanks for this! im recording a version of this for my mum for christmas and this has helped me no end with the sounds and music especially in that middle section!
Thank you so much for adding this video! It´s one of the most beautiful clips I've ever seen. It´s not just the song, it´s Brians voice n' everything getting together in one clip. Thanks! <3
I would literally sell my soul to have been a fly on the wall during all of these sessions. There is nothing more that I love than watching someone who really loves their craft and is really great at it. Brian sounds so alive and happy in these recordings and so in his eliment. I saw Brian in concert in October and he looked and sounded fabulous, but I'm still in love with this young, beautiful, talented California boy. Bless him...
I really would like to know where this recording comes from... it must have changed hands a dozen if not a thousand times... or maybe it just remained in a closet for fourty years?
Brian Wilson was born June 20th, 1962, so he would have been 23 going on 24 at this time. Doesn't change how remarkable it is that he made the greatest pop album of all time at that age though!
Actually, most musical masterpieces were created when the songwriter was around 23-27, because it's the most creative age. But I agree, this is the greatest album of all time!
True but he more than makes up for those "lost years" with Smile in 2004 and that Lucky Old Sun in 2008. At 68, he's still going strong. God bless Brian Wilson :)
please put more videos out with these studio musicans!!. these are so friggin great and totally interesting. you dont know how long i been hoping for stuff like this!!!!!!
Does anyone know where these Behind the Sounds can be found? Are they on a DVD or box set somewhere? I'd like to own these to see them in their entirety.
Did you? Wow, I'd like to get a look at your library Mate. I'm going to see Brian in a few weeks and I must say that I'm looking more forward to this than when I saw the Eagles, Paul McCartney, or anyone. I grew up in LA during the 70s and we all loved the Boys; I used to look at Brian with wonder in my mind and hoped I'd be fortunate enough to see him one day. It's a small venue, with a stroke of luck maybe I'll get to see him up close... I'm in the 2nd row so I can't hope for more!!
@BehindTheSounds Please do! And wow. The commitment you put in...if anyone ever says that they are bigger Beach Boys fans than you....I will personally smack them. Awesome thing you did here man. Thanks from a person who is barely beginning to understand how great they really were.
@erickmac88 20/20 is a great album too, but Friends is out of this world! Particularly Dennis Wilson's "Little Bird", which may very well blow your mind. As you apparently are aware, these two records have been re-packaged together, so check them both out! In Brian's autobiography "Would'nt It Be Nice", he said that Friends is his all-time favorite Beach Boys album! And it actually was the worst selling of the lot! Anyway, good luck with your musical quest!
Track is from the "The Pet Sound Sessions" boxed set. I got it when it was released for the 25th anniversary of Pet Sounds and got Brian to Autograph it for me when he was in Dublin for the Vicar Street gigs a couple of years ago. If you can't find it get back to me and I'll see what I can do with iTunes
Questions about Wilsons' copy from Satisfaction have no sense: in God Only those notes act as a passage between chords, it's part of the arrengement as could be found in many songs; in Satisfaction it's a repeated riff.
Thanks for publishing this video, really interesting to see how such musicians used to work.
IMO the piano player was simply kidding, I think Wilson never considered the whole Stones-like sequence for the song; it's a 3 notes bridge and the piano player "completed" the sequences for joke.
He's just running down the scale, knowingly or unknowingly playing something that sounds vaguely like "Satisfaction". That full part isn't in the final version, just the first four notes.
Oh that guy is knowingly playing the baseline from Satisfaction. Even when Brian says the part that is in the song it sounds like the intro to Satisfaction. Regardless, Brian rocks. I'm a huge fan.
Thank you for posting this. I have truly enjoyed watching videos such as this.
Believe what you want to believe. He's running down the same three notes that are in the song, which I may add are in a completely different key than "Satisfaction".
Instead of trying to label the various similarities and repeated forms that will invariably pop up in music as "stolen", just try to appreciate each composition for what it is, on its own terms.
Well considering Satisfaction was the number one song in 1965 and God Only Knows was recorded a few months later it's kind of hard to believe that it was a coincidence. Okay, so in the song maybe the full scale of notes wasn't used but the buy obviously throws in the extra notes being cute by playing Satisfaction. :-)
I'm sure you know a leaps more than me about music and I don't mean to argue but listen to 7:08 again and how he repeats the same note that is repeated in the S intro.
There's only so many notes an note patterns in the world of music. It's not possible to write anything that won't step on anyone else's toes, or will be rediscovered by others in the future. It's just stupid to think otherwise.
@BehindTheSounds Yeah. The session player is just goofing off with 'Satisfaction' in mind after rehearsing his part with the harpsichordist. 'Satisfaction' is in a different key, has a different number of notes and that part falls on a different beat.
Carol kaye [ bass player ] said he does read and write music he sometimes doesnt follow the standard notation practises [ he might have the stems on the notes pointing the wrong way ] .
There is a piano on satisfaction by the rolling stones but you can only here it on the cd [ listen to I cant get no satisfaction by blue cheer in Imeem ] .
I know. Of course he was screwing around, you know how they say: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Even though it could be very nerve wrecking to go through the same song about a hundred times I think I wouldn't mind having such a job at all. That is to be a professional musician. Better then to be working on a scorching sun all day long. Anyway, this is a great video and I really like the man's editing, a job well done.
@theoleskule
well brian had intended that Pet Sounds flowed, no filler, he himself said rubber soul inspired that decision, every piece of fit, as does pet sounds.
WaitingForDeath1 11 hours ago
Not an upright bass on the audio here.....it's a P Bass with a pick.
producer1 1 month ago
@producer1 The bass heard at 0:30 when they're setting the levels is an upright bass...it even has its own channel on the multitrack. There is some debate whether there are two electric basses on this track, but there is DEFINITELY an upright bass, which was a vital element of BW's mid-60's bass sound.
BehindTheSounds 1 month ago
Pet sounds was NOT a response to rubber soul. was bare, pet sounds, a musical tapestry masterpiece..rubber soul was NOT and was not NEARLY AS SOPHISTICATED..the comparison makes me both sad and sick.
theoleskule 1 month ago
@theoleskule It's kind of hard to refute the influence when Brian Wilson restates it in nearly every interview that he's asked about the album. While the influence is less direct than some people make it out to be, I think songs like "Michelle", "Girl" and some of the artier ballads had a tremendous impact on his songwriting during this period.
BehindTheSounds 1 month ago
@theoleskule Your comment is as "apples and oranges" as apples and oranges can get! That's like saying chamber music sucks because it's not an eighty piece orchestra with seventeen movements! Quit trying to compare masterpieces, created in completely different contexts by completely different people with completely different goals, and then putting them up against each other, as if it were a contest.You'll get dizzy and make the rest of us chuckle.
rjspeleton 1 month ago
Until recently, one of the most underrated producers in the history of pop. Thankfully another case of 'the truth wiil out"
petergrenader 2 months ago
Brian is a rock and roll Beethoven....he will never be duplicated
flgal88 2 months ago
these vids are awesome..do all songs have a vid?
0412lennon 2 months ago
Thank God for the musical rivalry between the Beach Boys and the Beatles. Rubber Soul inspires Pet Sounds which inspires Sgt. Pepper. Everybody wins.
bruhe 2 months ago
Thanks for all your work in putting these clips together. Enjoyed every single one so far. Brian really knew what he was doing in the studio sound wise, height of his powers. A musical genius...A
cottageorgan 3 months ago
It's sounds like at 6:07 he says "just that one spot, right Dad?" Was Murry actually at this session??
ScottSilverman1 3 months ago
@ScottSilverman1 Murry was not invited to tracking sessions after 1964 and I think his presence would have been made much clearer if he were there that night. I think Brian is probably saying "Diane", referencing his sister-in-law, who was there.
BehindTheSounds 3 months ago
@BehindTheSounds- I'm guessing you have the entire session and Murry's bellowing voice would have definitely come through. Thanks for creating these by the way, I've watched them several times.
ScottSilverman1 3 months ago
@BehindTheSounds Speaking of Diane, does anyone know about a song she, Brian and Rocky Pamplin wrote together called "It's Like Heaven"? It's a lovely romantic song, very Spectorish. Shaun Cassidy, of all people, recorded a version.
HuntersMoon73 2 months ago in playlist More videos from BehindTheSounds
@HuntersMoon73 My sister had that Shaun Cassidy album. Can still recall the cover, called Under Wraps, I think. American Spring did the original, quite nice version of it. Did you know Rocky Pamplin was a Playgirl centerfold? And had a fling with Marilyn? True.
rangergrrrl 2 months ago
@rangergrrrl Did Keith Richards mention Rocky in his autobiog or was I hallucinating...
I wonder if I still have that Shaun Cassidy album - I think it was produced by Todd Rundgren. Shaun was no dumb bunny, he knew his stuff.
HuntersMoon73 1 month ago
@BehindTheSounds he said 'dad' in error, it was just a slip of wording, due to the circumstance and his dad's previous involvement in the recording process, such that it was still imprinted in his brain speak.
ToolsnFire 1 month ago
- I think he was really cute in the glasses!
crietman29 3 months ago
I love Brian's phrase, "Let's make it!" Craftsmen at work.
youspoppa 4 months ago in playlist 200 Rock Recording Sessions!
@youspoppa That's a Phil Spectorism.
ScottSilverman1 3 months ago
man one the greatist songs ever produced
MrRio855 4 months ago
brilliant. i love Brian and wow , what a great album . so cool to get a glimpse of the work in progress and hear the construction of a masterpiece . great job .
biblerockets 4 months ago
This is awesome hearing this stuff, shows how much work was put into it.
lepricon989 4 months ago
Oh my goodness, that's an opening shot of Sunset Blvd in the 60's, isn't it? Jim Morrison and the Doors used to eat at the Cock 'n Bull; the Elektra studios were close by. Sorry, I digress.
What I really wanted to ask is: wasn't Brian playing the Hammond organ on Pet Sounds or was it Larry Knechtel? Another source says Mike Melvoin.
HuntersMoon73 5 months ago
A really good inside view into the creative genius known as Brian Wilson. No wonder Paul McCartney has such respect for him.
Weasler455 6 months ago
Fucking aaayyyyyyy. Boys from my hometown make a record that blows the Lennon-McCartney mind and instigates Sgt. Pepper. Love Brian.
bamboosa 6 months ago
@bamboosa America, fuck yeah
Mr11MUSICMAN 1 month ago
and to think this amazing recording was done with EVERY instrument in the same room is astounding. But that was the genius of Brian - he liked the bleed over of instruments to make his "third sound".
RocktheStageNYC 6 months ago 2
that was fantastic. he was a genius who knew what he wanted :))
ssparrow331 7 months ago
Just wanted to thank you for the wonderful job you did on these videos. Maybe it already exists, but this is worthy of a full-length documentary. Do you have a website with more background info?
vincedc55 7 months ago
excellent material... !!! great stuff...!!!
skorpio2112 9 months ago
There was a lot of cross pinching between Brian and the Beatles. Brian was equally as influenced by Rubber Soul first, before any of the discussion above. He was beginning to realize a continuity of song order before Paul did. But he was very much influenced by what the Beatles were doing, set an order, and took it a little further. A big plus for Brian was studio control first.. before Paul had it.
Rikenrocker 9 months ago
this is the most beautiful song he's written. ah :))
Rawego 9 months ago
Genius at work!
YERBLUES87 9 months ago
Sgt Pepper was a result of Paul being in the states and picking up a copy of Pet Sounds, bringing it home, flipping out, and playing it for the others for a point of reference to what he wanted Sgt Pepper to be.. But Beatles never realized or started recording Pepper for a while after Paul 1st heard the Pet sounds album. I heard the copy (reel to reel or acetate) Paul got from Capital Records was way before it was released by Capital.
rjmprod 10 months ago
@rjmprod Bruce Johnston and Derek Taylor hosted a listening party in London in the days following the release of Pet Sounds in the US to generate word of mouth for the LP in the UK. John and Paul showed up, played canasta, had drinks, listened to the entire album twice and left. It's been described as an acetate, but several sources indicate it was the final release copy.
BehindTheSounds 10 months ago 4
@rjmprod Yeah but Pet Sounds was Brian Wilson's response to The Beatles' Rubber Soul and Revolver.
Tjpbeatles92 8 months ago
@Tjpbeatles92 Pet Sounds was released three months before Revolver...
BehindTheSounds 8 months ago 15
@BehindTheSounds Not only that, but 'Pet Sounds' was released before the 'Revolver' predecessor 'Yesterday and Today' too, which makes it all the more mind boggling ... And yes, Y&T was a very REAL LP. from the Beatles here in the states, however much it's since been derided (given that it wasn't an official UK release).
vampyros1 8 months ago
Excellent series!
@ lulbriaz- yep, that is thee Jim Gordon from Derek and the Dominos!
FREISTUDIOS 10 months ago
A stupid question. Is that Jim Gordon, at the end, on percussion, the same Jim Gordon as on Derek & The Dominos?
lalbruiz 10 months ago
Damn, if I would had been part of these musicians, as good as I was as a member of the Wrecking Crew, it would had sucked to be scolded by Brian..."ok, the whole thing looks like it has lost all rhythm..." What a great record.
lalbruiz 10 months ago
All I can say is thank you. While so many were ignoring Brian's creative genius during the British Invasion and the transition from rock & roll to rock, some of us (American phobics?) were deeply dependent on some traditional American R&R band to 'strike' back. Pet Sounds was the answer. Somewhere I remember reading that John & Paul heard the album and were so blown away that they scrapped their plans and leapt to "Magical Mystery Tour" as an answer.
prrbill1 10 months ago
@prrbill1 You have your timeline a bit mixed up. When John and Paul heard Pet Sounds they were recording Revolver, which is said to have had a few songs that were directly influenced ("Here, There and Everywhere" especially). The rest of the timeline:
February 1967: Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane single
June of 1967: Sgt. Pepper and
November 1967: Magical Mystery Tour: (A year and a half after the release of Pet Sounds)
BehindTheSounds 10 months ago 7
And as a side note, Brian Wilson has said that Pet Sounds was influenced by Rubber Soul. Amazing how many great works came from the practice of great musicians continually trying to outdo each other.
AngrySquirrelStyle 9 months ago 2
The guys needed to step it up a couple of times here on this important record. It seems like they were behind a little in that part. Great outtakes and it was nice to hear all the guys working hard to make this record sound great like it did. Brian is such a maste musician he can hear everything and the mistakes as well. Love this part of the Pet Sounds CD. Thanks for the post.
PamelaRP 10 months ago
"cause it's reverb and it sounded hot."
lady12480 10 months ago
No doubt about it, Brian Wilson has long been acknowledged as a musical genius. However, I tend to find even his more (deceptively) simple works such as Don't Worry Baby (with his multi-layer background vocals) and Kiss Me, Baby musical AND vocal arrangements far more rewarding.
It's just a matter of taste and/or preference.
tbirdtim 10 months ago
@tbirdtim God Only Knows is a masterpiece, and the production and arrangement is pretty amazing too. But I totally agree Don't Worry Baby is better. As simple as it is but it was because of the multi layer background vocals like you said.
Mr11MUSICMAN 1 month ago
Great genius here. One of the best recordings ever made.
robbourassaguitarist 10 months ago
This makes me appreciate how difficult it must be to get everyone together enough to make a record.
cdadave83814 10 months ago
Good Vibrations vs. God Only Knows. I need help on this one.
RazrHack 11 months ago
seems like a rare video. i loved it, alot
christophermayers1 1 year ago
I like how you put the pictures of him doing gestures while he's saying something.
GuitarExplicit 1 year ago
They had that awesome slapback reverb on everything, huh? Is that the echo chamber?
urmacdonahue 1 year ago
@urmacdonahue Yeah, you know I read about that somewhere, I believe the entire control board was tube powered, giving the entire album a very reverb ethereal sound...
deweypug 1 year ago
Nothing like someone who knows what they are about & what they are trying to express.Brian, to his credit ,did not waste the performance energies of the musicians with any empirical, meandering "it will evolve in the studio" shit.
DaDa2Phlux 1 year ago 13
@DaDa2Phlux songs evolve anywhere anytime
ToolsnFire 1 month ago
Pure gold here.
nitedrive 1 year ago
These are great!
EricDymond 1 year ago
Its hard to believe we're listening to Brian Wison as a 23-year old kid here...he sounds WAY ahead of his years while he's in his element!!
pdorn777 1 year ago
Carl Wilson's vocals made this song come alive! SUPERB!!
eddo1983 1 year ago
Hey Behind the Music GREAT PHOTO EDITING you keep right up with the story,
Thank you
raiphdude7 1 year ago
That's a trip that Don Randi was on this! I got to see him play at his club "The Baked Potato" in Studio City, CA a few times. He sure has played with a lot of great bands over the years. The best of the best musicians play in his club all the time.
OZRIC1985 1 year ago
i have this cd. brian is a melodic genius. I heard he was deaf in one ear.
SuperWatson63 1 year ago
Thanks for the info. Your videos are great. Excellent research and editing.
sanfrancisco1967 1 year ago
the is fantastic! Thanks for posting. Mesmerizing.
goldbugnz 1 year ago
incredible arrangement. they should release a cut of this studio rehearsal. it's soulful and collective.
RegalLife 1 year ago
off the rip this shit is great !!
checkabreak 1 year ago
I have never posted a reaction to anything on youtube. This is the best thing I have ever seen on youtube and one of the best presentations of anything I have ever seen.
This is incredibly important, beautiful and wonderful as could possibly be. For sale, who in their right mind would not want it. Everyone in the world should see this.
It is not only valuable sound, the presentation could not possibly be better right down to the font choices.
When will part 2 be ready. Do you have any other?
Bradokydoky 1 year ago 3
and Brian's skills as an ***Arranger**** ***in Orachestration*** ***Engineer*** (he double-tracked his bro Brian's voice to give it a fuller sound using the just introduced 8-track)
atrios28 1 year ago
Please do a Behind The Sounds: Vegetables.
stargate121 1 year ago
Alway has been and will be Americas answer to the Beatles .... Happy 50th Anniversary to the Beach Boys
rocksinger45 1 year ago
Brian may be a genius but he is a asshole as well.all those years he denied his own blood children and nows the time to make it up to them he goes out and adopts 4 babies.dont you think Carnie and Wendy feel happy about that? im sure its the works of his new gold digging wife.
Desiree50 1 year ago
People keep talking about No Satisfaction, they need to stop! I believe they're half the reason why BehindTheSounds stopped making the videos. I just want to say to BehindTheSounds that we are all sorry for these asshole's behavior. They should just enjoy these godly videos!
-Schaap9495 ;)
schaap9495 1 year ago
Brian Wilson toured with the album a few years back and was almost as good as the original. Funny thing was he also played Oxegen festival but he clashed with some artist.
MrBushytop 1 year ago
pet sounds is a masterpiece. unmatched.
sunrise4783 1 year ago
You have done a fantastic job, thank you! I've so enjoyed your videos and am looking forward to part 2 of God Only Knows. :o)
shellzay 1 year ago
LOL at 4:52 NAA DAA DAA
adudenamedrf 1 year ago
"clip clop" percussion is called the temple blocks
mradnanchowdhury 1 year ago
Brian was the fine line between genius and insanity, the edge where brilliance resides.
PianoSoulos 1 year ago
THE BEST SONG EVER
kbcb87 1 year ago
It sounds like he's talking to his father at 6.09 he says" right dad"
dmcguire70 1 year ago
brian had cool hair lol
kennyg03 1 year ago 3
I've got a whole new appreciation for music producers. They had to have a New York City attitude and still get the recording without being shot by the band.
53moreHP 1 year ago
Brian is God
Modzio666 1 year ago 4
Thanks for posting! When's Part II coming?
TheSoldierScholar 1 year ago
Thanks. You did a good job putting this together. It's my favorite Beach Boy song.
MsFrankie98 1 year ago
The Rolling Stones - No Satisfaction (07:09)
menoziinrevoltado 1 year ago
@menoziinrevoltado It really isn't.
BehindTheSounds 1 year ago 6
@BehindTheSounds I got this pet sounds sessions box set yesterday and I went really surprised because there were more things than I even hoped for. Two fat books with eg interviews with almost of all those guys, a lot of cd's and pictures... Do you think there will be a 50th anniversary pet sounds kinda thing in a couple of years?
M3town3 11 months ago
@M3town3 There's honestly not much more to release at this point. The 40th anniversary release is likely the definitive release of the album, and I suspect a 50th version would be the same with new packaging. The newest DCC release is the definitive mono version and the Sessions box set is surprisingly exhaustive. Most of the full tracking sessions have also been bootlegged.
I for one would like a release of the multitracks, but the commercial viability of such a release is very low.
BehindTheSounds 11 months ago
@menoziinrevoltado ...I caught that too...hahaha! ;-)
OZRIC1985 1 year ago
@menoziinrevoltado yes, it's fun
hjfdtjk 1 year ago
@menoziinrevoltado I think you're correct, and you can hear the harpsichord player catch on and is about to join him.
OperateInUnison 11 months ago
To this day - whenever I hear GOD ONLY KNOWS, I get a tingle.
uszoninyc 1 year ago
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rex666777 1 year ago 2
@rex666777 agreed
bencrea1 1 year ago
No one abuses a talk back mic like Brian. Love it.
Also, the picture of him at 2:00 made me spit up my drink.
amcint01 1 year ago
10:26am Sunday (PDT) - Time in Los Angeles, California
6:21
DoubleDutchBust 1 year ago
Thanks once again for these truly insightful behind the scenes movies. They are really a huge eye opener in terms of what went into the composition and arrangements of the album.
I'm eagerly anticipating the second part of this one.
On the satisfaction thing: Well there's always going to be those weird coincidences where a pattern of notes resembles something else; nothing to do with stealing just the fact there's only so many notes and most things generally using a 4/4 beat.
triomb 1 year ago
Great series, BTS- just discovered this. You've done a magnificent job here.
zcxspam 1 year ago
I love the part where he instructs Hal to play the part on the snare. Very casual, but precise.
Is there going to be a Part 2? Thanks
simpsomaniac 1 year ago
that "happy shuffle thing" genius
8302967 1 year ago
thanks so much for these vids. I have been watching them over the past few weeks and I have become floored at Brian's genius as a songwriter, producer, singer.
They need to put these vids in the next BB boxed set!
rab2591 1 year ago
awesome video dude, thanks
equallyeasilyfuqyou 1 year ago
My goodness. There was Mozart, and then there was Brian. Unbelievable minds.
FloodWaterStL 1 year ago 39
Pet Sounds is awesome, a brother from another mother in Denton Texas introduced me to it when I was bashing the Boys years back at a party. Problem, however, if you are under the age of thirty, you may be uncomfortable listening to the music travel back and forth between left and right speaker. Keep in mind this is part of the trip when listening to older multi-track studio music. a couple of songs, minutes, into it and you'll be used to it. Thx for this historical behind the scenes post.
jtexconsult 1 year ago
the whole Behind the Sounds is amazing. I have been watching it all day. I loved the Pet Sounds album and to hear how it was made is just great.
pazhaz 2 years ago
why does everyone start laughing around 3:28 when brian says what do you mean by that?
TExtranho 2 years ago
Thank You, Brian!
Eyyoh77 2 years ago
thanks for this! im recording a version of this for my mum for christmas and this has helped me no end with the sounds and music especially in that middle section!
lwry007 2 years ago
Thank you so much for adding this video! It´s one of the most beautiful clips I've ever seen. It´s not just the song, it´s Brians voice n' everything getting together in one clip. Thanks! <3
AlexandrMaltsev 2 years ago
ok....when is the rock and roll hof gonna enshrine the wrecking crew?
brabon1 2 years ago
I would literally sell my soul to have been a fly on the wall during all of these sessions. There is nothing more that I love than watching someone who really loves their craft and is really great at it. Brian sounds so alive and happy in these recordings and so in his eliment. I saw Brian in concert in October and he looked and sounded fabulous, but I'm still in love with this young, beautiful, talented California boy. Bless him...
Eeohippus 2 years ago 30
what a thrilling gem! thank you so much!
surlysully 2 years ago
...he come grooving up slowly....
canadianbacon007 2 years ago
love that signature Beach Boys plucky bass sound.
amused2deathh 2 years ago
I really would like to know where this recording comes from... it must have changed hands a dozen if not a thousand times... or maybe it just remained in a closet for fourty years?
Absolutely AWESOME POST, obviously ;-)
fedtho 2 years ago
22 years old....my god!
grandemao 2 years ago 2
Brian Wilson was born June 20th, 1962, so he would have been 23 going on 24 at this time. Doesn't change how remarkable it is that he made the greatest pop album of all time at that age though!
iferraro 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure you mean 1942 or else he would have been 3 going on 4... now THAT would have been incredible!
davew833 2 years ago 4
lol! yeah he was 3 going on 4... genius
TTyuyTT 2 years ago
Actually, most musical masterpieces were created when the songwriter was around 23-27, because it's the most creative age. But I agree, this is the greatest album of all time!
wargrave232 2 years ago
@wargrave232 kinda sad to think what we missed out on after Brian went down at 25.
mangoshakess 2 years ago
True but he more than makes up for those "lost years" with Smile in 2004 and that Lucky Old Sun in 2008. At 68, he's still going strong. God bless Brian Wilson :)
belladeballe 2 years ago
please put more videos out with these studio musicans!!. these are so friggin great and totally interesting. you dont know how long i been hoping for stuff like this!!!!!!
molly1246 2 years ago 5
wow!!! thats really great work!!!.....wouldnt it be nice ;-) ...to make a series out of this ???
spheresector 2 years ago
This is one of the best things I have ever see on You tube. well done Behind the sounds. Truly great.
ThePeacepoet 2 years ago 2
amazing photo editing for this
etomkinson 2 years ago
Does anyone know where these Behind the Sounds can be found? Are they on a DVD or box set somewhere? I'd like to own these to see them in their entirety.
Eeohippus 2 years ago
I made them. They're not on DVD or for sale. I'm currently working on the next part of God Only Knows.
BehindTheSounds 2 years ago 13
Did you? Wow, I'd like to get a look at your library Mate. I'm going to see Brian in a few weeks and I must say that I'm looking more forward to this than when I saw the Eagles, Paul McCartney, or anyone. I grew up in LA during the 70s and we all loved the Boys; I used to look at Brian with wonder in my mind and hoped I'd be fortunate enough to see him one day. It's a small venue, with a stroke of luck maybe I'll get to see him up close... I'm in the 2nd row so I can't hope for more!!
Eeohippus 2 years ago
Thank you for uploading these videos. I'm looking forward to God Only Knows Part 2.
1obxeclipsedriver 2 years ago
@BehindTheSounds
These are great controlroom discussions - sure nice to hear the creative pingpong between Wilson and the sessionmusicians...
Nomexicanos 1 year ago
@BehindTheSounds Please do! And wow. The commitment you put in...if anyone ever says that they are bigger Beach Boys fans than you....I will personally smack them. Awesome thing you did here man. Thanks from a person who is barely beginning to understand how great they really were.
erickmac88 1 year ago
@erickmac88 great comment. hey, do yourself an enormous service and purchase the Beach Boys "Friends" album immediately! cheers.
tatelabianca 1 year ago
@tatelabianca I do. It's called Friends & 20/20. Is it good? Haven't checked out. Still stuck on Sounds of Summer(Greatest Hits).
erickmac88 1 year ago
@erickmac88 20/20 is a great album too, but Friends is out of this world! Particularly Dennis Wilson's "Little Bird", which may very well blow your mind. As you apparently are aware, these two records have been re-packaged together, so check them both out! In Brian's autobiography "Would'nt It Be Nice", he said that Friends is his all-time favorite Beach Boys album! And it actually was the worst selling of the lot! Anyway, good luck with your musical quest!
tatelabianca 1 year ago
@tatelabianca Thank you! :)
erickmac88 1 year ago
@BehindTheSounds I think I heard a lot of this on the Pet Sounds box set. There's a CD of rehearsals, outtakes, isolated vocals, etc.
sanfrancisco1967 1 year ago
@sanfrancisco1967 Great, essential box set, but features only excerpts of the sessions. A lot of the stuff in these videos isn't on it.
BehindTheSounds 1 year ago
@BehindTheSounds Hey dude where did you get these sessions from I would love to hear these sessions in full man
zzqqwwer 1 year ago
@BehindTheSounds Your work is much appreciated sir. Thanks.
Baueresque 1 year ago
@BehindTheSounds Thank you, excellent.
ironmanboy 1 year ago
@Eeohippus
Track is from the "The Pet Sound Sessions" boxed set. I got it when it was released for the 25th anniversary of Pet Sounds and got Brian to Autograph it for me when he was in Dublin for the Vicar Street gigs a couple of years ago. If you can't find it get back to me and I'll see what I can do with iTunes
upaho 1 year ago
Sounds like he was listening to Motown.
adamr63 2 years ago
Thank you for sharing, it's very well done and very appreciated
Brian was not even 25 years, and he had all this music in him, unbelievable.
loositude 2 years ago 2
Rehearsing in the studio with trple scale musicians is not exactly cheap
Obelisk2290 2 years ago
Send the bill to good ol' Capitol records haha.
Bluesmen88 2 years ago
just remember no one makes money till the record company recoups theirs
Obelisk2290 2 years ago
I know, only joking. What's funny is that The Wrecking Crew where actually cheaper than the N.Y session musicians, that's why Phil Spector went west.
Bluesmen88 2 years ago
hal and the boys are legends
Obelisk2290 2 years ago
Please post Part 2. This is beautiful! C'mon I'm on my knees..pleeeaaase....
mobidickinson 2 years ago
i love this...is part 2 posted?
mailily 2 years ago
man, finally where's the second part? thank you so much!
higinojimbo 2 years ago 2
Questions about Wilsons' copy from Satisfaction have no sense: in God Only those notes act as a passage between chords, it's part of the arrengement as could be found in many songs; in Satisfaction it's a repeated riff.
Thanks for publishing this video, really interesting to see how such musicians used to work.
leoagate 2 years ago 3
The run back down, which sounds like the Stones does NOT make it in the final. Nothing was stolen... and it only gets played like that once.
Not even needed, and hundreds of variations could have easily been used.
I wonder if Brian listened to anyone besides Spector or the Beatles at that time. I doubt he listened to the Stones.
thejonsolo 2 years ago 2
IMO the piano player was simply kidding, I think Wilson never considered the whole Stones-like sequence for the song; it's a 3 notes bridge and the piano player "completed" the sequences for joke.
leoagate 2 years ago
totally...agreed. My bandmates and I do that all the time! The pianist here just picked up on a coincidence and had some fun with it.
SnuffyWuffles 2 years ago
OMG, I love the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson but at 6:56 did they steal the baseline from the Rolling Stones 'Satisfaction'
The guy plays Satisfaction for sure right at the end but not sure if it was a joke or really in the song that way.
Knowing the Stones, they stole the baseline from someone else. Most of their songs were remakes or blues progressions done long before them.
TraderDelta 2 years ago
He's just running down the scale, knowingly or unknowingly playing something that sounds vaguely like "Satisfaction". That full part isn't in the final version, just the first four notes.
BehindTheSounds 2 years ago
Oh that guy is knowingly playing the baseline from Satisfaction. Even when Brian says the part that is in the song it sounds like the intro to Satisfaction. Regardless, Brian rocks. I'm a huge fan.
Thank you for posting this. I have truly enjoyed watching videos such as this.
TraderDelta 2 years ago
Believe what you want to believe. He's running down the same three notes that are in the song, which I may add are in a completely different key than "Satisfaction".
Instead of trying to label the various similarities and repeated forms that will invariably pop up in music as "stolen", just try to appreciate each composition for what it is, on its own terms.
BehindTheSounds 2 years ago 7
Well considering Satisfaction was the number one song in 1965 and God Only Knows was recorded a few months later it's kind of hard to believe that it was a coincidence. Okay, so in the song maybe the full scale of notes wasn't used but the buy obviously throws in the extra notes being cute by playing Satisfaction. :-)
I'm sure you know a leaps more than me about music and I don't mean to argue but listen to 7:08 again and how he repeats the same note that is repeated in the S intro.
TraderDelta 2 years ago
There's only so many notes an note patterns in the world of music. It's not possible to write anything that won't step on anyone else's toes, or will be rediscovered by others in the future. It's just stupid to think otherwise.
Beck436 2 years ago
@BehindTheSounds Yeah. The session player is just goofing off with 'Satisfaction' in mind after rehearsing his part with the harpsichordist. 'Satisfaction' is in a different key, has a different number of notes and that part falls on a different beat.
dangaynor 1 year ago
It's said that Brian Wilson didn't read music. Sometimes it seems difficult for him to communicate with the studio musicians.
What a great video, thanks for sharing!
luizcadu 2 years ago 2
Carol kaye [ bass player ] said he does read and write music he sometimes doesnt follow the standard notation practises [ he might have the stems on the notes pointing the wrong way ] .
spacepatrolman 2 years ago
Didnt read music? Please. Come on. He INVENTED music.
runeguldberg 2 years ago 2
7:08 is that Satisfaction? Sure does sound like it.
Dodo251 2 years ago
Maybe the keyboardist thought the original melody was similar to Satisfaction and completed it for goof. That's the impression I had.
luizcadu 2 years ago
Yeah, I thought so too.
Dodo251 2 years ago
There is a piano on satisfaction by the rolling stones but you can only here it on the cd [ listen to I cant get no satisfaction by blue cheer in Imeem ] .
spacepatrolman 2 years ago
yeah, I think you're right...but I think the piano player, Randi, was just screwing around...these guys had to have had a ton of patience
mharrin5507 2 years ago
I know. Of course he was screwing around, you know how they say: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Even though it could be very nerve wrecking to go through the same song about a hundred times I think I wouldn't mind having such a job at all. That is to be a professional musician. Better then to be working on a scorching sun all day long. Anyway, this is a great video and I really like the man's editing, a job well done.
Dodo251 2 years ago