I've been trying to dig up background info on this song to no avail. They must've recut the song as County Fair and released that instead of this. Nothing on the net about this song. First heard it here. Really grew on me. I'm gonna record it!
It is, indeed, from In My Room. The interpretation of "ganz alein" is "entirely alone" which is apparently how they opted to translate it over when they did the German version of it.
THANKS!! is also my favourite song from the BBs!! is one of my grlfriend & i "relation song"...really is from the "shut down vol.II album", probably a bonus from "surfer girl" album...BBs changed my life...
Yep, it sure sounds like the basic background laydown of the "County Fair" song. Only far more depth and that famous BW extra, more sophisticated FLAIR to THIS production. This song really grows on me, the more I listen to. LOVE IT! Thanks !!
This is what "County Fair" might've sounded like the first time around, if they had had a bigger budget to work with on the 1st album. This production would appear to be heavily influenced by Dusty Springfield's "Stay Awhile" which was a big hit in the UK around this time.
The part at the end is, as people have already indicated from the German version of 'In My Room' However, "Ganz Allein" in the literal translation means "Completely Alone"
This I would of bought on a 45! Nice tune and a bit Phil Spector tone...Brian Wilson in Torrington CT July 16th at the Warner..gonna get tix, on sale tomorrow May 30th at 10am!
Brian wrote and produced this song for another act (can't rememebr the name) and also recorded it with the Beach Boys, as heard here. It was officially released on the Surfer girl/Shut down vol.2-twofer. The german "In my room"-part is a hidden track on the cd. The complete version is also to be found on there...
After the silence is their recording of "In My Room" in German -the only (known to me) BB tune recorded in another language until Kokomo decades later.
Brian Wilson has been plagued by mental illness from a young age, but it was the various drug cocktails given to him by his therapist Eugene Landy in the 80's that have impaired his speech and memory. He didn't loon out.
The beginning of the first, & second verse are so similar to The B.B.'s "County Fair" song. To wit..."This time each year in our home town, the county fair comes our way...where the folks gather round to be happy, & spend their day..." "Well I soon decided that I'd take with me, the most specialist girl I knew, I had her pack us a lunch, & then down the dirt road we flew..."
absolutely in my top 5 beach boys songs- i've heard a stack o tracks version, a version sung in a realy "corny" style- all brilliant. Unreleased at the time, brian probably feared a gun-wielding phil spector hunting him down- and rightly so!
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Omegaversal 8 months ago
yup, its german...kinda like a german version of In My Room....and as usual, translations don't work for songs
StarlasAiko 9 months ago
I hadn't heard the B.B. version before. Thanks for sharing it.
SandySummers 1 year ago
Rock On, Brian!
BustardBuzzard 1 year ago
Thanks Colindominy...
I've been trying to dig up background info on this song to no avail. They must've recut the song as County Fair and released that instead of this. Nothing on the net about this song. First heard it here. Really grew on me. I'm gonna record it!
dumbangel67 1 year ago
It is, indeed, from In My Room. The interpretation of "ganz alein" is "entirely alone" which is apparently how they opted to translate it over when they did the German version of it.
StreetCornerHarmony 1 year ago
They're singing ganz allein. Type in "In my Room German" to hear the German version it's from.
jadorebri 2 years ago
I meant to say, at the very end of the song after the long silence... they're singing "God's alive...." and in English.
wistaria2010 2 years ago
I believe what they're singing (in repeat) is just "God's Alive...."
wistaria2010 2 years ago
what can I say, that others haven't? the beach boys were the best, and in my heart they will stay.
denniswilsonfan 2 years ago
just google this song. there is nothing. i dont understand this.
JackSmith07 2 years ago
Quizças algun dia te cases conmigo Luisina Bossel o quizas no. Y no hay quizas de que siempre te voy a amar.
gorrionalvuelo 2 years ago
this rocks
electroplate 2 years ago
the beach boys did a german version of "in my room"........the last few seconds of this record are taken from that..............
soulmandan 2 years ago
Another B Wilson masterpiece! Can listen to this endlessly and never tire of it. To my knowledge, I Do was never released in the 60s - too bad.
llpzx9r 2 years ago
THANKS!! is also my favourite song from the BBs!! is one of my grlfriend & i "relation song"...really is from the "shut down vol.II album", probably a bonus from "surfer girl" album...BBs changed my life...
tutechinas 2 years ago
This song's stunning ...
djimi66 2 years ago
Very good one!
doowopftw 2 years ago
A fan of the BBs for almost 45 years...and I have never heard this cool song! Gotta love You Tube.
MrDennyman 2 years ago
This Song Is AMAZING!!! <3
JustaSideOrderOfLove 2 years ago
@MrDennyman amazing - it's an extra on one of the twofers (-:
superviewer 2 years ago
nice.. can som1 send me it plz!?
cantlitupthatcandle 2 years ago
i believe it's a bonus track on their surfer girl (or similar vintage) album. hit up itunes
at0miklust 2 years ago
My Favorite Slow-ish Beach Boys Song! SO LOVELY! and well i just Love Carl!<3
JustaSideOrderOfLove 2 years ago
hahaha at the end there is a german sentence,, Ganz allein" that means ,,alone" lol crazy wow they are able to sing ,,german words" just great!!!
eoras77 2 years ago
thanks for this great song, I am a fan from way back and never heard this! Awesome! Surfs Up!
surfchickwolf 2 years ago
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surfchickwolf 3 years ago
One of the guys looks like Ted Kennedy.
Sara161616 3 years ago
Hey , wonderful song!! AMazing!! can't stop to listen it! please , does someone can send me? I can't find it !
melanichka 3 years ago
such a pretty song!!! :D
bartman2090 3 years ago
Some crazy harmonies. Only the mind of a genius could mix such a complicated fusion of sound....truly amazing.
baldyholly79 3 years ago 4
Yep, it sure sounds like the basic background laydown of the "County Fair" song. Only far more depth and that famous BW extra, more sophisticated FLAIR to THIS production. This song really grows on me, the more I listen to. LOVE IT! Thanks !!
colindominy 3 years ago 5
This is what "County Fair" might've sounded like the first time around, if they had had a bigger budget to work with on the 1st album. This production would appear to be heavily influenced by Dusty Springfield's "Stay Awhile" which was a big hit in the UK around this time.
IDLERACER 3 years ago
The part at the end is, as people have already indicated from the German version of 'In My Room' However, "Ganz Allein" in the literal translation means "Completely Alone"
Danke schoen fuer Deine zeit.
Bis Bald!!!
skydrama5 3 years ago
This I would of bought on a 45! Nice tune and a bit Phil Spector tone...Brian Wilson in Torrington CT July 16th at the Warner..gonna get tix, on sale tomorrow May 30th at 10am!
sunray65 3 years ago
Greatest American Band
DefMode66 3 years ago
totally playing this on my wedding day
oldey6 3 years ago 2
Brian gave this song to The Castells
brianwilsonisthebest 3 years ago
Brian wrote and produced this song for another act (can't rememebr the name) and also recorded it with the Beach Boys, as heard here. It was officially released on the Surfer girl/Shut down vol.2-twofer. The german "In my room"-part is a hidden track on the cd. The complete version is also to be found on there...
mahkindofmusic 3 years ago
same beat as Country Fair
pahu61 3 years ago
I'm gonna have this song played at my wedding, can't wait :D
txjdr 4 years ago
Was I was able to do, was edit out the German tag in the end with my computer. So I have the song by itself.
Musicians:If you want the chords to the song, let me know
Paula Angel
PaulaAshleyRoxyAngel 4 years ago
After the silence is their recording of "In My Room" in German -the only (known to me) BB tune recorded in another language until Kokomo decades later.
Phil @ PrayForSurf dot Net
BB45s 4 years ago
Was it brian that Looned-out for a while? i saw a documentary on one of them, and he was like a drooling Zombie
24t68Jm1 4 years ago
Brian Wilson has been plagued by mental illness from a young age, but it was the various drug cocktails given to him by his therapist Eugene Landy in the 80's that have impaired his speech and memory. He didn't loon out.
boyders16 3 years ago 2
OK, the 'tag' after the silence is actually a different song altogether. It's an end from a GERMAN version of 'In My Room'
raiphdude7 4 years ago
Mike is trying to cut down the glare...!!!
(8^b
cmf1965 4 years ago
The beginning of the first, & second verse are so similar to The B.B.'s "County Fair" song. To wit..."This time each year in our home town, the county fair comes our way...where the folks gather round to be happy, & spend their day..." "Well I soon decided that I'd take with me, the most specialist girl I knew, I had her pack us a lunch, & then down the dirt road we flew..."
cmf1965 4 years ago
you are correct!!! my Beach Boys friend! :-)
sunray65 3 years ago
love this song, thanks 4 posting;)
riv4life618 4 years ago
i love this song. ima dedicate it to my future wife.
ps. the ending is weird but not enough to ruin the song.
hjr88 4 years ago
This is a gorgeous song! Is it from any particular album? Thanks so much for posting - Jimbo
djimi66 4 years ago
ummmm well i bought this song off of itunes but anyways the album it was in was Sufer Girl/Shut Down, vol. 2
buddyfan57 4 years ago
recorded around the release of Surfer Girl but not released until the Two-Fer CDs came out.
Phil @ PrayForSurf dot Net
BB45s 4 years ago
Amazing pic at 2:45..great song
batman444 4 years ago
A nice and rare one to put up on youtube. Thanks for posting. Great pics too!
funcds 4 years ago
great song. great video...keep up the good work.
jhrunion 4 years ago
Great song and a bad selection of hats by Mike Love.
DaddyBog 4 years ago 2
lol i know
buddyfan57 4 years ago
@DaddyBog ML was a bad selection in the first place... but what could BW do? He was "family". LOL
alienhuman 1 year ago
@alienhuman In what was he a "bad selection"? He was a great singer and a key part of the BBs' early success.
jonchapple 1 year ago
@jonchapple You have every right to voice your opinion. I just happen to disagree with you.
alienhuman 1 year ago
@alienhuman And that's democracy, kids!
jonchapple 1 year ago
Brian recorded "I Do" with The Castells - released on a single in March 1964.
JasperEich 4 years ago
absolutely in my top 5 beach boys songs- i've heard a stack o tracks version, a version sung in a realy "corny" style- all brilliant. Unreleased at the time, brian probably feared a gun-wielding phil spector hunting him down- and rightly so!
saguaroboy 4 years ago
An OK song but a great collection of Beach Boys photos!
Yup - In My Room in German.
Phil @ PrayForSurf dot net
BB45s 4 years ago
i think she said she would say
yes h when she looks in Ur eyes...
he had to really convince her.. at least that is the story i am told. ;}
kiwi4602 4 years ago
A nice tuna Fish..
anothercrzycat 4 years ago
A nice catchy tune
DaddyBog 4 years ago
Me likes 2
kiwi4602 4 years ago