Our Prayer / Gee / Heroes And Villains (The Beach Boys) Acapella cover by Robert Gotshall

[TheCRAZYATEAM]

OMG BEACH BOYZ!!!

[abbeyroad56]

MP3 Please!!!

[Blueaveo3568]

Awesome!

[Zipster08]

This is AMAZING! Great job!!

[Beeglemon]

gotta think if Brian saw this, he'd be pleased...and impressed.

[Facherty]

Whilst not necessarily going to the life-saving extremes of BigHerm1033 below(!), I just want to say I really loved this and am so impressed. Whether it's the best thing on YouTube I cannot say (I haven't seen it all!) but as a response to The Fendertones you have met their challenge. Astonishing.

[UncleErnie71]

Fuckin' awesome, man. 

[fasterthanbolt]

you are great

[aaronlloydpeterson]

4:39 Awesome. haha.

[BigHerm1033]

Dude, that's about the best damn thing I've ever seen on here. Just when I feel like taking my truck and running over every punk-ass kid I see walking down the road in a daze as they text, facebook, or tweet, you produce this masterpiece. You just saved lives.... there is hope after all!

[BigChiefLtd1]

I can't imagine how long it took for you to do this... wonderful! I hope Brian sees this!

[lilly27]

niiiice!!  I can't imagine how long this took you to edit! What program do you use for the music and what for the video? Check out my videos too, we have similar hobbies :)

[imreddieru1019]

That was way too good. Mesmerizing, like a living puzzle trying to put all the parts together. Can you do the rest of the album for us?

[kubiksahara]

you have A LOT of clothes>!

[thenewburys1]

well done rob,it must of taken ages to do,very telented...!

[chrisrave]

Yeah! Let's hear it for SM-57s! Nice Job!

[bionicool]

The good ol' SM57!

[robertgotshall]

@bionicool It's a quality piece of equipment.

[chuckles5]

Nice! I love the fact that someone as young as you has taken such joy in this music. Thanks dude! SMiLE is out now. What do you think of it?

[robertgotshall]

@chuckles5 I love it!

[MrPetsounds1966]

最高！

[karp47]

Are you dexters son?

[menziesmilngavie]

Wonderful. Totallly.

[brasseye25]

This is just amazing. Love to hear your version of Don't talk, put your head on my shoulder or Surfs Up.

[Presto418]

This whole piece is like a prayer to God !

[MattHatter]

SO, DO YOU HAVE YOUR COPY?!

[robertgotshall]

@MattHatter Not yet, I'm super poor! I'm hoping that someone will be generous this Christmas.

[MattHatter]

@robertgotshall Aw man, well this fan has a broken heart for ya! You'll get your copy soon enough. My gosh it's exhausting! I finally finished listening to it TODAY (and that's not counting the LP or the 45s). It's OVER for the era of "SMiLE" bootlegs that's for sure! This thing goes so in depth and I got so caught up in it I actually got mad at Brian for riding me so hard over my dang vocal part, then I asked Al Jardine if he could hear me with the other guys and he said I sounded o.k.!

[jamesguitarshields]

nice work

[ocguitar]

Wow, that's impressive! Great harmony. Must've taken forever. May I ask what programs you used to record the sound / video and then combine all the videos in collage like that? I've really been wanting to try something similar.

[robertgotshall]

@ocguitar Thanks! I used Acoustica Mixcraft to record and mix the sound, Logitech webcam software to record the video, and Sony Vegas to edit the video together.

[uktransplantedyank]

Thank you, Robert! That a young man such as yourself can appreciate such musical artistry (and do a decent job of reproducing it) gives me hope for the future.

[desaf1nad0]

omg

this is awesome!!!!

[foutupourfoutu]

Prayer was a little bit out of tune in some passages, but you nailed H&V

[robertgotshall]

@foutupourfoutu Yeah, unfortunately I think the third to last(?) passage of Prayer is a bit out of tune and I don't know why I didn't go back and fix it, but oh well. Such is life.

[weg711151]

Absolutely incredible- I still cannot believe the full complex melodies are so perfect-

Great job- I really appreciate your version-Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheUpperRoom477]

GREAT JOB BROTHER

[padeels]

Un seul mot : FELICITATION !!

One word : CONGRATULATION !!

[uncommonthoughts]

AMAZING :)

[BasementBeginnings]

That first part was pitch perfect, I wouldn't have known the difference from the original BB record.

[uktransplantedyank]

You, sir, are a creative genius! I tip my hat to you, and I'm sure Brian Wilson does as well.

[vdu7x]

Brilliant. Well done!!!



[MattHatter]

My gosh dude, how awesome and gifted are YOU?! I loved this (though all those frames of you singing at the same time started to freak me out, LOL). Great job. Yep, betcha you're as excited as I am about Nov. 1st! I'm SO LOOKING FORWARD to that 5 disc - 2 LP - 2 45s - original 1967 booklet - poster - 60 page hardbound book BOX SET!!!!

[roxxytans]

Brilliant! Bravo!!

[11josey11]

Excellent!!! If Brian watches this, I know he will be proud.

[robertgotshall]

@11josey11 Haha, thanks! I'd be stoked if Brian saw it.

[Parrambusties]

Bravo!!!!! I do the same when listening the song in my car, but all the voices and sounds at a time, ha ha ha! Well done, Robert!!!

[psirou]

Great job! :-)

THE definitive BB song!

[bigpmc]

#This is incredible-my dad saw this and said "Why are people on talent shows famous and this guy isn't" Congratulations on a great piece of work

[robertgotshall]

@bigpmc Your dad is a wise man.

[dannyd5050]

Great job! VERY ambitious project! 

[BolotDuario]

just fucking cool!

do you live working as a singer I suppose isn't it?

peace... keep lightin' us with this great music :)

[DarknessHowls]

This must have been difficult to put together. Nice job! :)

Do you have any sheets for Our Prayer, by any chance?

[robertgotshall]

@DarknessHowls No, I can't read sheet music, I just go by ear. If you search for "our prayer separate harmonies", there is a video posted by dmcguire that is very handy when learning the harmonies for the prayer.

[worschtee1919]

@robertgotshall He (dmcguire) has done some AMAZING Beach Boy covers...he is SPOT ON!! I stumbled across his videos a few weeks ago and I was blown away :) You are definitely running neck-and-neck with him...GREAT STUFF!! Have you thought of doing "Surf's Up?"

[weg711151]

Nice Job, Robert, overdubs are perfect and your voice is perfect for a mid 60's Brian type vocal- those overdubs tho-great!!!!!!!

[bill291212]

pretty cool

[toocheaptobuyatripod]

This is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. You get an "A"!

[jexy19]

Impressive... That was fun.

[mrboabtree]

Most of it sounds out of tune to my ears!

[robertgotshall]

@mrboabtree No offense, but I really hope it's your ears.

[xLilDuffx]

@robertgotshall It is. You missed on a few notes, but it's a solid gold performance!

[juslookin3]

Great job. I don't know if it's the mic, the program, or the transfer to youtube, but its sounds muddy, like it's filtered, not clear and sharp. I'm unsure how to describe it in recording terms.

[robertgotshall]

@juslookin3 Thanks. I think I know what you mean about the sound, and the mic would be what's to blame there. It doesn't sound too noticeable to me, but if you increase the viewing quality, it isn't as bad.

[dmcguire70]

Absolutely awesome man! God only knows how many overdubs you did!!

Great job

Dave.

[robertgotshall]

@dmcguire70 Thanks, Dave! I've always enjoyed your videos and, again, your "Our Prayer separate harmonies" video really helped me out a lot with this, thank you!

[volpotmakmak]

This is hilarious! I love it. The plethora of panels emphasizes how Wilson just creates layers upon layers in his music: and it's all great!

[Fab5Frenchies]

You have a great voice... props on a fine job! For a while during Prayer I thought you were dubbing over the original. It's such fantastic music... How about doing the barber shop version of the H&V backing vocals?

[MontseAntares]

What a wonderful boy!...........How wonderful you !!... great !!!!!!!!!! I have been impressed!.......My deepest congratulations!So they sing! A hug for you from Spain!

[ZiggyStardust35]

Wow! Well done! You are very talented!

[rickvandijk]

Absolutely beautiful!

[fasterthanbolt]

You are agenius, man! From now you are one of my heroes!

[hykurt]

Very nice. Big laugh at 4:20 when a dude wanders into one of the frames.

[ClassicRockerSr101]

Hey man, I'm doing a full cover of the SMiLE album, I have "Love to say Dada" "Mrs. O'learys cow" "Surf's Up" "CIFOTM" "DYLW?" and H&V Backing tracks done.

Maybe we could collab a bit on it?

[robertgotshall]

@ClassicRockerSr101 Sorry man, but I barely have enough time to do my own stuff as it is, let alone collaborations. Thanks though, I'm flattered that you asked!

[BillMcE]

Well done, sir!

You have a lot of talent

(& a lot of shirts).

[droningforever]

I'd love to have the determination to do something like this, but the thing is I don't have even the voice. Great work, congrats!

[03rmorgan]

Really Impressed with your work, you should come down to San Diego and do a show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ClassicRockerSr101]

@03rmorgan seconded!

[BB45s]

Bravo! ... what's next?!

[robertgotshall]

@BB45s Thanks! I'm doing a couple more covers and some original songs next. Maybe I'll do more Beach Boys in the future, we'll see. (I probably will)

[rab2591]

This is incredible. Great job!

[wcassady]

Wow, very impressive! I love to see the younger generation embrace Brian's music.

[robertgotshall]

@wcassady Thanks! The Beach Boys and Brian are favorites of mine.