The Beach Boys - Cuddle up

[isaacbateman76]

Man,this is wonderful :D

[baahbaah1]

divine..I nearly missed the boat if not for you Blaze thank you so much for posting absolutly beautiful..

[nikkiassault]

the best

[Josuost16]

sounds like Imagine of John Lennon

[juliecatherine16]

Dennis is the best beach boy. true story.

[1979Lawnboy]

I love this song. very beautiful

[vinstyles]

So heard to talk or write about Dennis and this song without being overcome with emotion. Love you Dennis and always have, you and the great Beach Boys... So long my dear friend and RIP Carl. Seeing Brian (Wilson) play at the Concert hall in Dublin next week.

[Ricky72246]

..and so it ends my Dragon. But at least you got to hear this song...sad as it is...it will always remind me of you next to me at SP...and the love we shared there...I love you.

[alexandertarangerkin]

it was a mistake to include Dennis' songs for Carl & The Passions, they do not fit well witht he other material, this should have been his solo material

[babyimawantyou]

Dennis was the best Beach Boy The Real Beach Boy and He Was Actually The Only One Who Could Surf

[pmoyer50]

@babyimawantyou : And Brian wrote so many great songs about what Dennis loved.

[Javier23gol]

My favorite song from this album!!!

[IainB1511]

The middle piece with Violins, Cello's etc would be at home on any piece of classical music. God what a talent Dennis Wilson had, Think of him and Brian together in the studio producing writing together....

[babyimawantyou]

@IainB1511 Ya Man Dennis Brian Carl

[1populist]

Dennis Wilson is brilliant

[jansj1958]

One of the best songs ever,by Dennis Wilson. 

[Charisse709]

My K, this is so beautiful, it made me cry. Thank you. xxxxxx Amo te.

[mrnettle]

@Charisse709 You are so beautiful my love and cuddle girl. Amo te 

[glamourboy89]

I almost got every single song of dennis

[theunsheep]

A pure phrase of emotion. 

[coolsweetgroovy]

Wow i've just found this thanks

[Desiree50]

@coolsweetgroovy And what a find! SIs u should be a detective.

[coolsweetgroovy]

@Desiree50 Thank you I should

[vinstyles]

there is a spiritual power in me listening to Dennis now :)

[vinstyles]

Is it possible to get a copy of these wonderful photos? They are so atmospheric and align so well to Dennis singing. Thank you again so much for loading...

[vinstyles]

This is so soulful. Thank you Denis. What would we be without you and the BB's?

[spranks111]

Looking for Elaine Webb, formerley of Yeovil area who moved to Bristol with a Rob something or other. We both loved this song

[gilerou]

Could cry everytime I hear this song. There are so much emotions and beautiful harmonies in it. An absolut masterpiece of music!

[280553vs]

Mmmmmm close to me

[AllenOption8]

He was in a special place when he was writing these pieces beginning with Forever. The strings come in and build this piece so wonderfully. The angelic vocals over top - special. Is Dennis playing the piano parts?

[Verniegirl9]

I was speechless the first time I heard this song. It's so sensitive and lovely. Great job, Dennis Wilson.

[spranks111]

I meant to say 1974 - it would have been great to have been 1774!!!!!!!!!!!

[spranks111]

I first heard this in 1774 and have loved it ever since. For the first 12 months I didn't even know it was by the Beach Boys. Bought the LP in 1976 i think. It got broken about 1980. Went all over the world to find a replacement (a bit like Paul Wiliaims music really) and ended up finding it in my local HMV along with Paul Williams LPs

[awayforlong2]

@spranks111

That was surely a long time ago.

[280553vs]

Thank you Dennis

[Verniegirl9]

Love this song!

[Karateworm]

This is a song, only Dennis Wilson could write. Incredible.

[blue29eyes]

This song is so gorgeous...it touches and pulls at your heart and soul...peace to Dennis

[Verniegirl9]

beautifully romantic

[bobareebop]

Can you hear the background vocals come in at :45? Gorgeous.

[shanehenning26]

happy birthday brian wilson

[DoGeeseSeeGod24]

Dennis Wilson is an amazing songwriter.

[64bbfan]

Im angry with Dennis for letting drugs and alcohol get in the way because I know there was so much more that we didn't get to hear, heartwrenching!

[bobareebop]

Stunning song, and an equally stunning and gorgeous Darryl Dragon arrangement.

[dennyvibes]

I could just melt listening to Denny...

[diego197430]

our theme song! been in love with the same person and it will never ever change..

[811Iris]

This song is so soft and warm to the heart. Pure poetry if i must admit.

<3 The Beach Boys

[gringapolska]

love you dennis thankyou

[Jimlea72]

Awesome, just awesome!

[talulah14]

what a lovely song ..

[mrjwpotter]

Relimes - go bloup yourself . . . .

[relimes]

Dennis went bloup bloup bloup!

[280553vs]

I feel so lonely tonight Dennis... Please stay with me always.

[johnpauld2009]

This song does it for me everytime!! what a beautiful piece of music Thank you dennis

[trader1544]

Danni this is just for us... very much our poetry in the words... and a sweet tune. Je t'aime xxx

[280553vs]

Denny I feel lonely tonight but I feel you are with me. My love, my love to you, you angel.......

[dennyvibes]

Oh, Denny, how much we miss you and your beautiful music. He was an excellent songwriter and he had a beautiful voice as well.

[280553vs]

It's such a beautiful song sung by a spiritual being. I cry every time I hear this song and I'm shedding a tear now. I first heard this many many years ago and I love it so much. Thank you for loading.

[eric15746]

possibly the most poignant ive ever heard, this song is beautiful, i think its about loneliness, like mozart came back in the form of dennis

[811Iris]

Such a romantic song.

"In dreams we'll dream making love to wake to find.. we're still one." <3

[wouldntyoulike2know]

Who is singing lead on this?

[theunsheep]

Denny Wilson :)

[wouldntyoulike2know]

Thank you. He always sings the most romantic songs. He must have been a very romantic guy. <3

[belladeballe]

I don't know about that one I don't see him as romantic in the sentimental sense. Based on what I've read about this life, Dennis struck me as being a very direct and sexual person and that shows on several of his songs like All I want to do. He wanted love but sex and insecurity always seemed to get in the way. Poor guy. RIP.

[FansFiltration]

"Making love to wake

To find

Mmm we're still one"

Powerful stuff for the early 1970's.

5 STARS

[Metrobilbao]

tiene que ser uno de los mejores ejempos de ternura musical jamas grabado!

[822bird]

Absolutely, amazingly beautiful.

[gingerpezdude]

Stumbled across this record and am staggered at how underplayed and underrated it seems to be. A shame because it's a truly beautiful song.

[denniswilsonfan]

sometimes I find it hard to express how I feel about Dennis' music, its like we were kindred spirits, he made me feel things I never let anyone see, but somehow he knew it was there. I will say once again thank you Dennis. I just wish you were here to see me say it.

[Pmls1972]

Beautiful, Why this song is underrated? A special song for me, from the year when I was born.

[littlesailboat]

touching song. i'm in love.

[Inacatsuit]

I've never heard this song before. It gets more and more beautiful as it progresses.

[musicman5709]

A true MASTERPIECE in all aspects of the word and written by Dennis when he only 27 ! This song should be played @ EVERY wedding reception !!  Javlynn Sue , if you're out there somewhere , I dedicate this to YOU ! I love you , Sattnin' . - Mopar Tim

[lwebley]

yeh your right. Heard this song in 1972 and today i always come back ti it 37 years later, it`s a beautiful track. B/B on great harmonies to. check out only with you on holland if youve not already? Lou

[stumptacular]

i think he was very genuine as well... i guess i was just pointing out that we dont really know the artists although we feel like we do from the works and the bio's... But if you listen and analyze the work... his pain is very obvious. im a painter and a amateur musician, I know from experience that sometimes we just make things and then too much is said of it later. sometimes the art is just art and the artist is simply a co-creator. but wow these guys made some good stuff! they were deep.

[kissfan46]

this song as well as " Dont worry baby" two most romantic songs ever...

[il0vgreenday]

These guys were conduits to the universe. Listening to their stuff is like falling into a wormhole.

[BeachBoysGuy1]

a beautiful way to describe this, my friend. Their is such soul and spirituality to all of the Beach Boys stuff.

John Hunter Phillips

"If We Ever Need A Super Man"

[SSSETHPNE]

Shit I'm a music critic and I could never have come up with a line as good as that!!

[stumptacular]

how is it that dennis the macho ladykiller of the group seemed to have written or at least performed their most tender love songs... "cuddle up" "forever" "thoughts of you" "you are so beautiful" ... if you psychoanalyze the art dennis had a really tortured soul... may he RIP. the Wilson's = wonderfully talented human beings...

[colindominy]

What a beautiful song. Dennis really nailed it with this composition.

[theunsheep]

I'm not jealous, John. I'm thrilled you got to see it live. It's my all-time favourite by my all-time favourite.

[johnjarvo]

Saw the band at Liverpool Empire in May 1972...Dennis sang this one alone at the electric piano...It brought the house down...Never ever forgot it...

Marvellous.

[theunsheep]

Well, I'm very jealous of you, johnjarvo :). Haha. Did he remind you of George Best at all?

[johnjarvo]

I just compared the shared Genius between them...Why are you jealous of me?

[Zanderwoo]

The Best Boys! ;)

[johnhrunion]

great stuff. a master piece of a song from an often over looked, neglected gem of an album. john

[FRANCYWILLOW]

Hi John, i so agree with you, it's more of an epic of a song.....truly something so special ! Francy.

[johnhrunion]

you are very welcome my very kind friend. thank you. SMiLE! :)  john

[789pequignot]

happy birthday dennis wilson

[ctrlaltdelete200390]

What a gem of a song! Was this actually a hit when it came out? Cos it sure deserves to be, even if it was after the Beach boys hayday.

[theunsheep]

Tell us about meeting him, BigChiefLtd?

Ohh, I feel your remorse. I'VE GOT A FRIEND is stellar. I wish I could hear the Beach Boys' version of WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO LIVE AGAIN. The Adam Marsland rendition totally sends me.

My current top 5 DW: Holy Man, Cuddle Up, Piano Variations on Thoughts of You, Thoughts of You, Time.

[musicisinmysoul]

At the first Beach Boys Convention that Susan Lang hosted in CT 7 or 8 years ago, I had the good fortune of hearing a lot of unreleased Beach Boys material, including Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again. I was blown away - it truly is Dennis' finest lead vocal and just an incredible song. It was mixed as a bonus track for what I believe was a DVD-A release of the Surf's Up LP that it was originally intended for.  Hopefully good musical sense will lead to it's release sometime soon!

[theunsheep]

Beautiful.

[theunsheep]

Great stuff. Oh, yeah, musicisinmysoul, do you remember if DW used falsetto in the chorus? It's quite high.

[theunsheep]

Wow, BigChiefLtd, you knew him. That's cool. I wish I were that lucky. (He died four years before I was born.) Although, I have met him several times in dreams. He was loving, needy guy.

Cuddle Up boasts all Denny's best songwriting/production features: a tenderly passionate vocal of striking intensity, sky-like vocal harmonies, sweeping chord changes, a quiet-loud dynamic (like a Kurt Cobain tune), lush orchestration, and an overall "wow-it feels-like-my-soul's being-massaged" production.

[BigChiefLtd]

This song was on the Album "Carl & The Passions: So Tough" and when I first heard this, it simply brought me to tears. If you were lucky enough to know Dennis (as I did for all too brief a period) you would know this was the soul of the man bared for all to see. This takes me back to a point in time I will forever cherish. I'm so grateful someone was able to find this and post it with the beautiful collage of images. Denny lives forever through his music in all of us.

[theunsheep]

His pre-1974 voice is tonally similar to Karen Carpenter's. Soothing yet vulnerable. Do people agree or disgree?

[BigChiefLtd]

theunsheep - I agree. This was the period of time when he had found his voice and made the best use of it. Tragically, he would later virtually destroy it. Thank GOD he was able to lay down some tracks like this. My one regret is I never did hear him lay down a song he wrote for his wife Carol called, "I Have A Friend." I'd give just about anything to hear a studio version of that. He did that on one of their tours and it was a sweet song, but Cuddle Up takes the trophy.

[musicisinmysoul]

There is a fair quality audience recording of I've Got A Friend on Dan Addington's Dennis Wilson Dreamer site. It's a wonderful tune. Now that we have POB and Bambu out, it's time that the powers that be pay some attention to some of Denny's early 70's unreleased material.

[theunsheep]

Yes, I've heard it. Touching tune. I agree. They ought to release Hubba Hubba.

[IainB1511]

@theunsheep definately.

I heard this on the captain and tenille tv show somewhere in the 70's. They had a ballerina perform to the music with Toni Tenille singing lead, would have been better had they left Dennis vocals. he never had the purity of Brian, or Carl but they never had the soulfulness of Dennis's. The talent in that family is amazing, the Wilson's, the Gibb's, the Jackson's all stand as outstanding musical families.

[seethisthingsanother]

absolutely beautiful,heartbreaking song,wish life was like this all the time.

[hyper3]

like what you see? dont be nervous!  MESSAGE ME (msn)! B

[sloggermacnabs]

I first heard this in the early 70s and it still sounds as good today. Haunting, beautiful and iconic all in one song

[olskepp]

This is outstanding!

[rossdamo]

tears and shivers

[barney906]

Simply wonderful...god bless you Dennis

[RJW14863]

Great movie montage, for one of the best ballads of all time

[Souda007]

My favourite song

[54spiritedwill54]

This is the single mix which I like better because the sound is more level.

[IainB1511]

I wish Brian and his band would do this live, picture clips show Ricky Fattar and Blondie Chaplin from the South African Group Flame who were part of the Beach Boys in the early 70's. At this time Dennis could not play drums due to a severed tendon in his hand which thankfully healed.

RIP Dennis you are one of Rocks hidden gems.

[colindominy]

Dennis was the most under-rated musical talent in the Beach Boys. But he was a Wilson Brother (not a superficial Mike Love) - how Dennis' talent for tenderness in musical expression was not tapped into sooner is betond me ! What beauty in Dennis and in this song.

[weezadam]

because the band relied on brian up until the late 60s for all of their material. once brian stopped recording and writing most of the music, the others were given artistic leeway. you're right, everyone deserved to hear more from dennis, a true musical talent!

[vwtch]

When you consider among all the composers and performers whose compositions and performances are truly original, truly timeless and truly enduring, the very, very few who meet this standard unquestionably include Dennis Wilson.

[gildy10]

wow.....left me with shivers down my back! Brilliant, moving and sung with such tenderness too.

[ncarolinaluv]

I love denny's forever song!

[HabibTh]

This is maybe the best song Dennis performed with the Beach Boys, incredibly moving.

[justinplank]

oddly enough, this song was entitled Old Movie before Cuddle Up, it's like you planned your video this way...great job

[cntrygal2007]

Beautiful song sung by a beautiful soul. You are truly missed, Dennis. Rest in peace, my friend.

[Heidesaenger]

Oh boy, what a great song, how long ago, what super memories ..... I whish I could return the time !!

[theunsheep]

The passion and the fury of it! Composed with such harmony, and gracefulness. It descends upon the ears like angels voices.

[Connspeed]

Completely agree - the vocal comes out and doesn't in the album mixes. Is there a technical glitch - when it goes in "your love"?

[donnalk]

This is my favorite song of Dennis'. The beautiful way this was presented by you, in the old movie type, just makes us realize that Dennis has been gone for 24 years now. It is like looking back to when he first did the song. Thank you so much. Beautiful job-Dennis is so missed.

[riv4life618]

One of the most beautiful songs ever by one of the most beautiful people ever=)

[snowfaced]

Hi ! This song is so wonderful and a great video too ! Dennis is not dead, he living in us !

[melissalynn83]

My favorite song ever. Thanks for posting it, great video.

[justinplank]

what's awesome is how you made this look like an old film...which i heard the original title of this was 'Old movie'

[MikeEder]

This is the single mix which I like better because the sound is more level.

[friendly76]

Great video! Is this an alternate mix? The vocals sound more up front than on the versions I have from the 1991 and 2000 reissues...

[caraphyllis]

People think they know the Beach Boys' music, but they don't have a clue about Dennis.

[taximan55]

You got that right Including Mike Has Mike Ever written anything? R I P DENNY

[philprice2007]

if there was no dennis there'd be no flaming lips no anthony j reynolds etc. this mans voice just radiates warmth and pain at the same time. sublime!

[IainB1511]

@philprice2007 Brian was the Beach Boys Brain, Carl was the Beach Boys Heart but Dennis was the the Beach Boys Soul. 

[paolomanueldec]

@IainB1511 Agreed. Was Mike Love the colon?

[jexplink]

Beautiful, thank you :-)