I remember I got this on cassette tape for free at a garage sale when I was a kid. I used to rewind and listen to this song over and over on my walkman. good times...
This is,by far,the best harmonies the Boys have had on record,in my own opinion! Carl's voice blends in perfectly on this cover of the Ronettes classic!
This was the 1st or 2nd concert I ever saw. Back in 69 or 70 I went with one of my best friends and they just blew us away. At that time they were as good in concert as on the radio.
This was one of 4 45 records I bought..the first I ever bought in music. The others were Gary Puckett & Union Gap, Smoky Robinson & Miracles and Georgie Fame (Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde). It's so odd I can remember this from so long ago and can't remember what I did yesterday
@TheIntruders It was Carl's hit, although Brian came darn close. Hmm, could it be because they were brothers? I will try to find Brian's version and post it for us all here. You know, there is nothing new under the sun (excepting technology). One day we will have another Beach Boys' style group, though we might not live to hear it. All a "boy group" needs is a Brian, and voila!
By the time this came along, the guys were trying too hard to appeal to everybody, IMO. It's a good song, but it isn't inspired Beach Boys from the Pet Sounds, through Surfs Up and after, era.
Any good band, in a similar style, could have written this son, IMO. It's not uniquely Beach Boys in quality.
I saw them in concert in Washington D.C. for the Bicentennial. What a concert,along with everything else,fireworks were crazy big. That was the place to be for the nations 2000th birthday.
@drummermaneleven Although Brian had an excellent voice, Carl really had the perfectly pitched voice and this song expresses it well. And the best version of this tune out there.
Isn't it amazing how similar Brian's and Carl's voices were? I suppose we should not be surprised because they were brothers. Brian is still touring. Can you believe it? I sure love Carl's six-string guitar in their first hit, Surfin USA, perhaps my favorite Beach Boys song. It rings. Amazing that Brian wrote it in high school. Too bad cousin Mike Love is not touring with Brian. Mike seems to sing effortlessly.
@FullMoonVideo This is why in September Brian stated that there would be no hopes of a BB reunion tour this year or in the future . I wish Mike would just leave .
i don't know... i feel like discounting brian wilson's importance to this band is like pointing to yellow submarine and saying the beatles didn't need john and paul. this song was written by phil spector and friends for the ronettes
@TheRealBadassMcgee Technically correct, "didn't always need to rely...", but seriously, it's not like this is Good Vibrations, I Get Around, Sail On Sailor, or pretty much the rest of their list that w/out Brian's input wouldn't have been nearly as great. So the Beach Boys copped a half-ass Phil Spector song & didn't step on their dicks recording it w/out Brian... What's your point? Brian sucks?
Check out Freddie Mercury's version. It was under a brief time(very early 70's) when he tried a stage name of Larry Lurex which featured Brian May on guitar and Roger Taylor on drums. With the addition of John Deacon on bass they became Queen, The Best band ever.
Phil Spector had a hand in writing this (with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich), and had The Ronettes originally record it in 1966. However, as his "overproduced" version {and their last single} only reached the very bottom of Billboard's "Hot 100", the Boys' version reached the "Top 10" [their last at the time].
@NoisemakerArrow ......That's what's so great about FREEWILL. You can DOUBT anything from GOD, another's opinion, or whether true love exists or not. DOUBT IT, DOUBT IT, DOUBT IT...and so on. Just don't forget to remember....your DOUBTS belong to you. THEY are fully yours and I can only hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy the LOVE that IS. I would rather enjoy the creative aspect of MIND, not the negating aspect (ie doubt).
Would you happen to have "Surfin" (not Surfing U.S.A). It's kind of doo wop...starts of with with the baritone singing "Bom bom dip dip dip dip". It was their first or 2nd record.
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Whoever hit the dislike button needs to move the rock they bumped there head on. RIP Carl. Best voice of all of them.
MR94RB1 1 day ago
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Whoever hit the dislike button needs to move the rock they bumped there head on. RIP Carl. Best voice of all of them.
MR94RB1 1 day ago
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Whoever hit the dislike button needs to move the rock they bumped there head on. RIP Carl. Best voice out of all of them.
MR94RB1 1 day ago
Whoever hit the dislike button needs to move the rock they bumped there head on. RIP Carl. Best voice out of all of them.
MR94RB1 1 day ago
Beautiful song. I always used to sing this one to one of my ex-girlfriends on the karaoke.
CockneyRebel1979 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
beautiful record
MrJohnnywin 3 weeks ago
Great song! I love when they break into acappella at 1:49!
zytxuy 3 weeks ago in playlist Beach Boys/Brian Wilson
We hear Carl's sweet sweet music.....what a beautiful voice
flgal88 1 month ago
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garyw930 1 month ago
I remember I got this on cassette tape for free at a garage sale when I was a kid. I used to rewind and listen to this song over and over on my walkman. good times...
RamirezFilmsOfficial 1 month ago
This is,by far,the best harmonies the Boys have had on record,in my own opinion! Carl's voice blends in perfectly on this cover of the Ronettes classic!
mrmjb1960 1 month ago
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May I recommend the book 'A Pop Revolutuion, the transatlantic music scene 1965 to 1969' by the invisible man. The author is a big fan of this track.
garyw930 1 month ago
This was the 1st or 2nd concert I ever saw. Back in 69 or 70 I went with one of my best friends and they just blew us away. At that time they were as good in concert as on the radio.
jltardiff 1 month ago
@jltardiff They were one of the few concerts I've been to. :) But that was only a year and a half ago.
otakubabe555 1 month ago
This really is the best Beach Boys track.
takemeback2 1 month ago 3
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jltardiff 1 month ago
Who the hell had enough brain damage to hit the dislike on this?
jltardiff 1 month ago
Carl, we hear your sweet, sweet music...RIP great man
flgal88 2 months ago 3
One of the most phenomonal male vocals I have ever heard in my life- words fail me as to the beauty of this song
patrick180271 2 months ago
This was one of the first 4 45 rpm records I bought. I about wore the record out. Wish I'd been able to hang onto it.
Ricco99100 3 months ago in playlist Pop/Rock 2
This was one of 4 45 records I bought..the first I ever bought in music. The others were Gary Puckett & Union Gap, Smoky Robinson & Miracles and Georgie Fame (Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde). It's so odd I can remember this from so long ago and can't remember what I did yesterday
Ricco99100 3 months ago 2
Was this Brian on lead?
TheIntruders 3 months ago
@TheIntruders, I think Carl is singing lead.
waybabelicious 2 months ago
@TheIntruders It was Carl's hit, although Brian came darn close. Hmm, could it be because they were brothers? I will try to find Brian's version and post it for us all here. You know, there is nothing new under the sun (excepting technology). One day we will have another Beach Boys' style group, though we might not live to hear it. All a "boy group" needs is a Brian, and voila!
MyPaulHenry 2 months ago
The Honeys did an excellent live cover back in 2008 the good news the vid is still on Youtube
coolsweetgroovy 3 months ago
this is our first dance song for our wedding
MegaBettyCooper 3 months ago
By the time this came along, the guys were trying too hard to appeal to everybody, IMO. It's a good song, but it isn't inspired Beach Boys from the Pet Sounds, through Surfs Up and after, era.
Any good band, in a similar style, could have written this son, IMO. It's not uniquely Beach Boys in quality.
StLandrew1958 3 months ago
This is great and so is the Kathy Trocalli version with the Beach Boys.
mikerw102003 3 months ago
RECORDED AT GOLD STAR RECORDING STUDIOS IN LOS ANGELES
Just like the Ronnettes version
What a Great Song.
Thank you Ellie Philip Barry
TL250Rider 4 months ago
Every time I hear this it is like hearing it for the first time.
reshsamech 4 months ago 3
amazing
MegaBettyCooper 5 months ago
I saw them in concert in Washington D.C. for the Bicentennial. What a concert,along with everything else,fireworks were crazy big. That was the place to be for the nations 2000th birthday.
cryslovesmusic 5 months ago
Som incrível! Thank's!!!
Rafavivo 5 months ago
This is a pretty good rendition but I like the Ronettes one better.
txtootsie 5 months ago
Wow they just blow me away with their vocals, just no words for the beauty of this song.
valentinomonroe1 6 months ago
the beautiful voice of Carl Wilson...awesome!......
drummermaneleven 6 months ago 3
@drummermaneleven
Super that you also notice it. I do not understand why he was not featured more in their songs. He played guitar well also.
MyPaulHenry 6 months ago
@drummermaneleven Although Brian had an excellent voice, Carl really had the perfectly pitched voice and this song expresses it well. And the best version of this tune out there.
FullMoonVideo 6 months ago 2
@FullMoonVideo
Isn't it amazing how similar Brian's and Carl's voices were? I suppose we should not be surprised because they were brothers. Brian is still touring. Can you believe it? I sure love Carl's six-string guitar in their first hit, Surfin USA, perhaps my favorite Beach Boys song. It rings. Amazing that Brian wrote it in high school. Too bad cousin Mike Love is not touring with Brian. Mike seems to sing effortlessly.
MyPaulHenry 5 months ago
@MyPaulHenry I don't think Mike and Brian get along very well now days.
FullMoonVideo 5 months ago
@FullMoonVideo This is why in September Brian stated that there would be no hopes of a BB reunion tour this year or in the future . I wish Mike would just leave .
Medic83301 2 months ago
@Medic83301: Stupid people shall perpetually eat their words.
Raughwe 1 month ago
Carl has such a beautiful voice
KansasCityOG 6 months ago
TCM
dm3830 8 months ago
1:50!!!!!!!!!!!
zytxuy 8 months ago
Always brings back memories, heading to c street in ventura back in the 70s with my buds, Beach Boys.....one of the greatest of all time.
unklbuk1 8 months ago 2
A true classic!!
TigerTrak 8 months ago
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THE BEACH BOYS !!!
... TILL THE DAY I DIE!
MEGAUFO777 9 months ago 4
@MEGAUFO777, me, too.
ProudKansan08 8 months ago
love the ronettes version as well...
FLE22P 10 months ago 2
@FLE22P, me, too, but imho, this is so pretty, that anyone can do a good version of it. I haven't heard a bad version, yet.
ProudKansan08 8 months ago
Brilliant. Second ONLY to The Beatles....
HeartInThe60s 10 months ago 2
AAAHHH the sixtys,best times ever,but not gone --afew bourbons and Utube and I can go rite back . G'day from down under
kangaroochydog 10 months ago
wow
godzilla77able 10 months ago
i don't know... i feel like discounting brian wilson's importance to this band is like pointing to yellow submarine and saying the beatles didn't need john and paul. this song was written by phil spector and friends for the ronettes
dandylowe 11 months ago 2
This helps prove, why the band didn't always need to rely on Brian. Brian wasn't even involved with this song.
TheRealBadassMcgee 11 months ago
@TheRealBadassMcgee Technically correct, "didn't always need to rely...", but seriously, it's not like this is Good Vibrations, I Get Around, Sail On Sailor, or pretty much the rest of their list that w/out Brian's input wouldn't have been nearly as great. So the Beach Boys copped a half-ass Phil Spector song & didn't step on their dicks recording it w/out Brian... What's your point? Brian sucks?
GreenDaveDefoeSt 5 months ago
Check out Freddie Mercury's version. It was under a brief time(very early 70's) when he tried a stage name of Larry Lurex which featured Brian May on guitar and Roger Taylor on drums. With the addition of John Deacon on bass they became Queen, The Best band ever.
rden94 1 year ago
@rden94 dick
plaw1000 10 months ago
Freddie Mercury's version is better
PrawnNumberTwo 1 year ago
@PrawnNumberTwo Freddie WAS the best singer of all time :)
Linnung 1 year ago
@PrawnNumberTwo LOL
dlpine71 10 months ago
my mom just made me play this song for her because it reminds her of me and the guy im dating. The beach boys are amazing<3
djkrunk428 1 year ago
This song I filled my childhood along with many others by The Beach Boys.
kaglunde 1 year ago 22
@kaglunde ..me too .........
689321546 9 months ago
Phil Spector had a hand in writing this (with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich), and had The Ronettes originally record it in 1966. However, as his "overproduced" version {and their last single} only reached the very bottom of Billboard's "Hot 100", the Boys' version reached the "Top 10" [their last at the time].
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
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matthewjohn007 1 year ago
@matthewjohn007 I really doubt it.
NoisemakerArrow 1 year ago
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matthewjohn007 1 year ago
@NoisemakerArrow ......That's what's so great about FREEWILL. You can DOUBT anything from GOD, another's opinion, or whether true love exists or not. DOUBT IT, DOUBT IT, DOUBT IT...and so on. Just don't forget to remember....your DOUBTS belong to you. THEY are fully yours and I can only hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy the LOVE that IS. I would rather enjoy the creative aspect of MIND, not the negating aspect (ie doubt).
matthewjohn007 1 year ago
@matthewjohn007 I forget what this argument is about, since you deleted your comments, but it sounds like you're plugging religion.
NoisemakerArrow 1 year ago
These guys always had such a fantastic vocal mix!
596559655965 1 year ago 30
@596559655965 Their harmonies make me melt.
otakubabe555 1 month ago
SUPER
3455auto 1 year ago
einfach toll
The11303 1 year ago
großartig! flower power-feeling hoch drei,da kann man die jetzige,versaute zeit ganz schnell vergessen und träumen
MrPhiloakey 2 years ago
Nur eine Hülle und darunter ist die eigentliche Musik,die ich suchte, aber auch das passende Video dazu, wo ist es bitte?
oldierunner 2 years ago
Would you happen to have "Surfin" (not Surfing U.S.A). It's kind of doo wop...starts of with with the baritone singing "Bom bom dip dip dip dip". It was their first or 2nd record.
bill012150 3 years ago