God Only Knows - Beach Boys Cover

[KarmicOmen]

2:12 = Chills

[scottmit81]

The chords might be a little off in parts (as a thousand people have commented), but the vocals are spot on. At first I thought you'd spliced the original vocal track onto new music. A very talented singer tackling a difficult song to sing from one of the greats, good job!

[DannyLovesOregon]

Being Born-Again helps me always Believe

[Leebabins]

I think you did a great job. One of the better covers I heard, other than the wrong notes.

[wilkobangs]

that wrong chord ruined it for me lol

[davidadametz]

@wilkobangs thanks for the view. sorry it was ruined for you.

[wilkobangs]

@davidadametz i was joking. the fuss people seem to make seemed reason for me to make a sarcastic comment towards them, wasnt aimed at you at all. fantastic work by yourself. they are only jealous. those who can do etc

[bilbomarks]

@wilkobangs Yeap.

[2128169]

Your musicality shines through...wonderful, soulful vocals...well done...I can appreciate the hard work you must have out into this ! Excellent Job !

[jammmon]

its E major hehe

[desaf1nad0]

awesome!!

[gakolber]

Vocals are awesome. Just fix the wrong chords in the verse cause that is a real distractor. Otherwise it is an awesome version.

[Jouwl]

How fortunate for you that you're a high tenor ;)

Sounds great!

[ZiggyStardust35]

Wow! What a great version!! Wish I had the talent to record something like this!!

Great job!

[skibluiz]

very nice job...great voice...

[rustynail131]

could someone explain to me what is wrong with the chords? cause it doesnt sound different to me.

[bodyopusinc1]

vocals nice VERY disturbing chords!

[wargrave232]

As someone earlier said, it surprised me that you nailed the most complex chords but one pretty simple chord is not accurate. But you did a really good job anyway!

[davidadametz]

thanks much.

i really appreciate the comments.

very kind of you. =)

i worked very hard on this

[Squoshua17]

From a producer (in music city usa-nashville) I am an absolute stickler and perfectionist about chords... And it seems like the only chords you missed were on the strings. Bass notes were right. Vocal harmonys incredible. Instrument replication via midi spectacular. I was very impressed. The intriguing thing about this cover is that you NAILED the most complex chords, which are in the bridge of the song. Very well done.

[muskinilukun]

I thought it was a good work.

[charles43110]

do not get so "down" about the "chords"

this is very good

I search TUBE about once a month for really good GOD ONLY KNOWS performances to send to friends

This month I choose this one

EXCELLENT

[rigonbingo]

but great vocals

[rigonbingo]

what is this ,,, its not the chords!!!

[tiger7128816]

Great vocals there!!

[spepper]

I really liked it! (besides the wrong notes before every chorus), beautifully done!!!

[alienhuman]

sorry... the chords are a slam dunk... you should have got them right before posting... nice vocals

[Orbitbrown]

Whoever is talking about "wrong notes" can suck one. This song is badass. Adametz did this from scratch. Its like saying "you repainted starry night differently, the steeple is actually supposed to be a quarter of a centimeter higher than how you painted it. Nice try though."

[DonZabu]

You sure Carl just isn't haunting you?

[TheFifteenthStep]

got some wrong chords in there mate.

[davidadametz]

yeah, so ive heard.

if i knew how to really understand music and play piano, i perhaps wouldnt have run into this problem, but oh well.

[TheFifteenthStep]

Sorry, I didn't look at the back catalog of comments. If you had those chords right this would be a fantastic attempt. Covering Beach Boys vocals is near impossible, you did good work here though.

[mistyflips]

Really nice... I like your voice.

[Stratosticks]

B for effort, but the changes are all wrong.

[davidadametz]

thanks for the criticism.

[Stratosticks]

I'm just saying, it's the wrong notes. Not criticism, feedback. Tell ya what, give me a couple days and I'll put together my own version that you can criticize. Fair enough?

Seriously, give me a day or two.

[davidadametz]

i'm not really up to it, and ill probably forget but youre more than welcome to do that.

[Clausss]

Nice!

[dagaju]

Sorry i know its a very long job but the chords are totally different.

[delis]

Incredibly difficult song to cover. Incredibly well done.

[toondan]

really bad you clearlyn aint a fan - you trying to destroy Brian

[at0miklust]

that missing chord is an E/B. but apart from that, that is a totally great cover. Nice one!

[CorkOnTheOceanMusic]

I made a cover of this song too if you want to check it out. The only midi I used was with the percussion and I used no pitch correction on the vocals. Your version is good but there is a little too much pitch correction on the vocals.

[RyanPlaysTheGuitar]

Nice

[thegreatwhitemark]

man, you're good, but I can't BELIEVE you missed that note. Especially since you're such a good singer who must have some ear for music. yikes. Otherwise good.

[DanielP850]

Grate cover, when i do it i can't get the bridge vocally, but you nailed it all. Grate work

[No1emilybrowningfan]

Best cover ever.

[davidadametz]

thanks for your comments.

greatly appreciated. definitely an inspiring thing to get to read these.

[jeascoob]

man good job really, the bridge was perfect too! The chord joeljack1 was referring to was the C diminished I believe.

[nitzkaulitz]

good

[peaceinside25]

nice interpretation

[IndicamGuy]

I am imspired to put some Beach Boys cover songs on this site because of the great job you did. Well done.

[EliseForJoy]

Excellent work. I love that you didn't try to "improve" on it as so many of those who are offering covers of this song felt that they ought to.

You did a wonderful job. Like someone else said: 9.9 out of 10!!

[Spiderswing432]

This actually sounds a lot like the original, especially the vocals. This is great!

[joeljack1]

First off the critique. There's a chord change you missed right after the line "you never need to doubt it". Other than that this is a beautiful recording. It's obvious you worked hard on this. And you have lovely angelic sound to your voice on this. I give you a 9.9 out of 10! lol

[VirtualBeachBoys]

I dont know why you are giving joeljack negative ratings on his comment. He is completely correct. The chord is wrong at "You never need to doubt it" and the mistake is repeated again. The rest of the song is virtually note perfect and I too would give this a 9.5 out of 10. But that chord is absolutely wrong.

[joeljack1]

Thanks for the backup. I think he sounds awesome. I couldn't do a recording of this and sound this good. But I know this song like the back of my hand and I knew I wasn't losing it when I heard the incorrect chord.

[fivestring]

I really like it.

I'm a regular gigging musician and the band i play in do songs "our way", we don't replicate. I think your interpretation of the song is excelent, i also like how you have recorded and mixed it.

Keep doing it your way.

Thanks.

[whatanightmare1]

@fivestring I agree 100%! This is a very nice interpretation...I love the vocals and all...I think this is something he should be proud of! If people truly understood that music is not as easy as it seems, they would not be so critical of another person's art. Just my opinion.

[Captureman]

Very good. This is one of my fav tunes by the Beach Boys. Surfs Up is another classic.

[Sockfilms]

I actually think that the wrong chords aded a soecial flavor to this cover. I liked this thing as a whole, great job.

[Sockfilms]

*special

[davidadametz]

Thanks.

I guess my question regarding the whole 'wrong chord' is this:

Is it a wrong chord in a sense that it's 'sour'? Does it actually not even fit in the key at all? Or is it just not the same exact chord that the Beach Boys played?

I know this is just a cover, and my own take on the song, but if the chord still works in the sense that its all in the key, then I guess I'm fine with it.

[Sockfilms]

Exactly, I myself like this version. It dosnt sound exactly like the Beach Boys played it, but this isnt the Beach Boys, it's played by someone else so it should have it's own sound. I think it fits very well, everyone else just feels like complaining, this is the internet after all and anything different is considered "stupid". Just keep it up!

[monkey050]

In my opinion, the chord does not match the melody's notes. I've listened to that one chord for a long time (as hard as it is to listen to).  You went up when you should have gone down I think. I can't listen to the whole thing with it like that. The rest is pretty good though.

[dominian42]

For me personally this song has the sort of chord progression you generally would want to leave absolutely alone, because it's so perfect as it is. The chord you changed is actually supposed to be 2nd inversion tonic (a very 'Brian Wilson' sound which was apparently quite influential) and hearing B major there is extremely jarring especially if you aren't expecting it. That's the only reason I'd take issue with the change. Nice cover all the same.

[Beaglesock]

The Fendertones... that is all I have to say... check them out

[davidadametz]

Yeah, I think I have heard of them.

It's too bad I don't have any band members to do more of this, because I'm left to do practically all of this on my own, which isn't too bad- I'm just not a professional musician of any sort.

[funkygibby]

Agree the chords are not perfect, but you've done a superb job on the vocals.

[D4V30]

Good job man. Great vocals =) But please use the right chords. It's the only thing that irritates me.

[davidadametz]

Once again, I'm really sorry a few of the chords are wrong.

I'm not a skilled composer, nor do I fully understand chord usage, etc.

Maybe next time I'll have things a little more organized.

[Metal4metal]

Waow great. Yeak there is some wrong chords. But this is great. Good job :D

[Metal4metal]

I mean Yeah there is..... :D

[nachosso]

This cover version is incredible. Althougt there are some wrong chords in the verse.

[nachosso]

what effect did you use for the voice????

[davidadametz]

I sang the vocal piece twice, and set one on the Left Channel and one on the Right Channel, to get a 'stereo' sound.

Then I applied a simple reverb and compression .

[shannieboop]

*very few GREAT covers i could actually find

[shannieboop]

your voice is perfect in this song!! I was looking for great covers, and yours is one of the very few i could actually find! great job!

[Thiefylord]

This is a cover?! damn

[fab41976]

Wow, Carl Wilson, get out of this body !!

[mikethegamer]

Are you kidding? If Carl Wilson's voice entered my body, I'd consider it a frigging blessing.

Awesome job on vocals.

[djs61909]

I thought it was the real thing at first... Nice job with this!! I think I heard that wrong bass note too but who's perfect?? This is such a great song and you really did a great job with the vocal...the chords are tricky in this song...complex indeed!

[pocketcharts12]

Great voice! I am not familiar with MIDI... I use a H4 digital recorder

[ErectileDestruction]

The vocals are amazing, but the music sounds incredibly inorganic and canned. It's about as processed as a bologna. Sorry, but still a really really good vocal performance.

[davidadametz]

Well, all of the instrumentation was in fact processed. Unfortunately, I have no access or ability to play most of these instruments, so I had to create the sounds using MIDI instruments.

[ErectileDestruction]

That's what I had figured. I dunno, MIDI sounds fine for arranging music or somthing, but not really presenting it. I hope you can access real instruments, or somthing a little more organic sounding. That combined with your voice will make an amazing cover.

[davidadametz]

Ya, I always prefer natural instruments over MIDI or any electronic imitation whatsoever.

The whole project honestly was just a few simple tests, and I just kept expanding from it.

[dexterdot]

i agree, but i think it would have been better if you used the instrumental track from the pet sounds sessions box set

[davidadametz]

I was thinking of doing that, but I didn't own it at the time.

The original instrumental would have been a good choice, but I really set out to do something that really challenged my abilities.

It was a lot of fun playing every instrument, and hearing which instruments were involved, and trying to mimic them, and I think all in all it was just a great experience.

[187TheBand]

the vocals are amazingly not only on key but also very warm as well. well done! (with the exception of the funny verse chords hehe)

[daveyboots]

Really nice. You have captured the essence of the song. Only 1 chord blatantly wrong as previously mentioned[You'll never need to doubt it] should be E and not B. I'm a major Beach Boys fan and like to do their songs myself too. Anyway, thanks for posting and most enjoyable. Cheers Davey.

[eljib]

ditto to all that, just make sure that you keep the bass playing the B underneath that E chord. And don't forget that it's used twice...once at "you'll never need" and again at "I'll make you so sure"

Great vox

[vcolon1970]

Wow, you did a really good job on that song. At first, I thought it was the Beach Boys and not a cover :)

[farfarsrullstol]

ooh its great

well done!

i love your voice

[whitepeaches]

well done, its such a hard song to sing too, you have a fantastic voice! check out my stuff sometime, im not so good. lol.

[iamguy991]

great voice...your chords are all wrong

[davidadametz]

Ya, that's what I get for recording the song, reading the chords from an unofficial website.

I'm no expert, and I can't read sheet music and notation with the blink of an eye, but all in all, I feel satisfied with what I've accomplished.

[iamguy991]

It sounds very good...you could try it again and maybe check with a keyboardist to make sure all the chords are right...i think it'd be worth it!

[she2460]

you guys do at really great cover job  its' awesome!!!!

[akshar9]

Probably the best cover of the song by someone I have never heard of... just brilliant!!!!

[davidadametz]

Thank you so much!

[scorefor4]

Paul considered this song the best ever written.

[2007BeachBoy]

Brian's songs touch a place where the Beatles music never did. #1 & #2 albums of all time according to Rolling Stone: Sergeant Peppers & Pet sounds. Pet sounds touches the soul more than any Beatles album ever did. Sales don't always equal better. Touching the heart is what Brian accomplished more than any song writer ever did or ever will.

[bozobus48]

This song and others by the BB are heart warming and lovely. Excellent even. But because the 2007BeachBoy's heart was not touched by the Fab Four does not mean the Beatles' body of work did not touch the soul of millions of others. To say no song writer ever has eclipsed Brian, or EVER WILL, at touching the heart is silly. But the OPINION is noted.

[TheStrokesBaby]

My opinion is that the Beatles kick ass and their better than the Beach Boys. Sorry.

[TheStrokesBaby]

Paul Mccartney is a legend, no the Beatles are a legend. The Beach Boys are fun and beautiful, sadly there's a difference.

[2007BeachBoy]

Brian is the best songwriter the USA has ever seen. Paul & John were an English team. Brian did it all by himself. His music touched the heart deeper than the Beatles ever did. Just my opinion

[TheStrokesBaby]

Too bad the whole World doesn't think so.

[ex0pos]

The musically-educated world does.

What the "whole world" values usually is, I regret to inform you, garbage.

Cheers.

[RUTOO7]

Paul McCartney once said that this was the most beautiful song he had ever heard ! What a tribute to Brian Wilson ! You did a great job on the vocals and 99% of the music is super !

[Pirates8888]

Conway the town?

[Pirates8888]

You have the right kind of voice for this song. I'm 18 and I play Piano and Guitar. I'm real into oldies like the Beatles, The Who, and other oldies. I've just recently started getting into the Beach Boys, and this is my favorite song by them. I'm in a band too, and I do the harmony parts to songs. What kind of recording system did you use to make this? I'm thinking of getting a recording system for my computer.

[davidadametz]

As far as the specifics, I wish I could remember. I remember we used a Layla Sound Card, and Cubase for the actual recording. I also had a simple MIDI keyboard which I used, and plug ins and instruments I had throught Cubase helped project the instrument I chose. As far as the microphone goes, I used a standard SM-57.

[Pirates8888]

Cool. So does your band do this kind of music? It's so hard to find people these days who play this style of music. This kind of music is all I know. I really don't like most of the music that is popular these days.

[davidadametz]

Well, not really. We played more rock/indie rock.

To get an idea, this is what we played:

w w w. myspace . c o m / conwaymusic

Then the vocalist and I made this music:

m y s p a c e .c o m / heroesandvilliansmusic

[davidadametz]

Thanks!

I used Cubase for the recording program, and I ran my vocals through an SM-57 microphone. The sound card I used was called Layla, I believe. Most of the equipment belonged to someone else, so I'm trying to remember what I had used.

As for the instruments, I also used Cubase and basically had MIDI sounds played through a simple keyboard USB.

[wwekane2468]

I just bought a recording system. How did you get your song to play on youtube? When I try to put it on youtube it says "process failure wrong format" What format did you use?

[davidadametz]

I exported the song to .mp3 format, then I brought it into iPhoto (Mac Application) and made a movie slideshow using various Beach Boys photos, and I included the .mp3 tune into it. If I remember right, the file was a quicktime .mov

[Pirates8888]

Well it sounded like all the harmonies were spot on. You should try to do a Beatle song. Also, did you use a home recording system to do this?

[davidadametz]

Yeah. I was in an band with my brother, and we made demos and recordings of our songs, and I had some spare time to do this piece.

[doctorcastille]

I find myself coming back to hear it again and see if you've done any more. Please do some more David! I'll collaborate if you want to. C'mon man! This is GREAT stuff.

[davidadametz]

I actually did "And Your Dream Comes True". I have the .wav file, and I'll get it uploaded to YouTube soon.

[diversion77]

3 weeks? Wow. Good job dude! No joke.

[Pirates8888]

I love the harmonies. It must have been tough learning all the harmonies for the middle part of the song.

[davidadametz]

Yeah. The harmonies are ridiculous. There is so much going on. I would hear a single harmony and just be baffled as to how it belongs in there, but it does, hehe.

[nimaside]

The voice is great. Perfect. But its the base line thats wrong in certain areas which keep this from being perfect. other then that, very nice.

[Yaggsionhimen]

Awesome job! Any pitch correction on the vox? They're perfect pitch! Cool stuff!

[davidadametz]

Thank you very much, I appreciate all the comments!

[phxsuns68]

i dont care what the people say under me about some stuff being wrong i think its freakin great

[mxpxgd44]

the chord at the "you never need to doubt it" and at "i'll make you so sure about it" parts are both E major chords. i think you're playing B major chords instead, which is cool since the bass is playing a B during the recording, but B is the 5th in an E major chord, so that's why you might think it was B major chord. but yeah, it's E, and everything else sounds dead on, for real. the vocals are especially good

[Wrightfan]

You've got a good voice. Nice job even if the some of the chords are wrong.

[F1Fanatic]

With exception to the minor MIDI errors I think this is a great cover!  Really nice work!

[davidadametz]

Hey, thanks for your comments!

Yeah, I'm sure the MIDI has plenty of error left and right. If I had more than 2-3 weeks to record this song, I would have made it perfect.

As far as the vocals go, the voice is my original voice. I doubled each vocal part and separated them for a stereo sound. I added a slight mix of reverb and delay to the voice as well.

[fpetrozz]

Its great...the midi is wrong...both bass and what it seems to be the keyboard play the wrong chord.

The vocals are good. May I ask what did you do to make them sound so like the beach boys? any effect on them?

congrats!

Federico from Argentina

[YoScooby]

Great job. And good pictures of the Boys.  Truly a feel good song, taking me back to my youth and unbridled optimisim.

Cheers

[jimschepis]

That was excellent, I was expecting the typical flat cover version vocals, as this is a really hard song to sing, and you hit it really well. Great job

[Mattii1234]

Wow! Your voice is really really good. I could point out what's wrong with this cover (and I think I will just for the fun of it) but the main thing in this cover is your voice.

Anyways as someone mentioned a few chords were wrong and it made the vocals go out of harmony so fix that. Also try to emulate less. I'm sure it would be even better if you sang it exactly like you would sing it (it's not bad to copy the original voice but it gives excitement to hear new things). How old are you btw?

[davidadametz]

Hey! Thanks for comments!

Well, as for fixing it goes, it was sort of a one shot deal. My brother moved out, taking all of the recording gear and computer with him, and there went my project.

So if I ever go to see him hopefully sometime soon, I'll sneak onto his computer and fix those chords.

I should also probably look for a more valid, official source for my chords and tablature, just to make things sound most original.

But thanks again!

[davidadametz]

Oh yeah, I'm 20.

[doctorcastille]

What a voice!! Great cover. So you hit a few wrong chords...big deal. Easy enough to fix with midi. You should repost it with the chords fixed. You don't even really need a video..I'd listen if the screen was blank.

[davidadametz]

Thanks so much!

Yeah, all of the Midi and recording equipment belonged to my brother. When he moved out a few months ago, he took it all with him.

I have done one more song, and I'll make a slideshow of it soon.

[doctorcastille]

Love to hear the other song. Hey do you still have a microphone? I would love to work with you sometime and all you would really need is a half-way decent microphone and some headphones.

[davidadametz]

Yeah, I'm going to talk to my brother pretty soon. Maybe he can lend me some of his equipment.

[hillaswe]

Hey nice voice. Try with cotton fields =)

[Corbell2005]

If the Beach Boys ever need a new Lead, they must call you. Great video footage of The Boys back in the day!

[clannychoi]

awesome, man. I was skeptical before watching, but this was amazing.

[Gmartin40]

Great voice...Sounds almost like the original

[Vinelihbe]

some of the chords sound a little flat and wrong, but your voice is just..wonderful. 4/5

[davidadametz]

Well none of the instruments were acoustic, so I'm not sure how they would be flat.

But wrong chords I'm getting left and right, and I guess that is what I get for reading off an un-official chord site.

But thanks for the comments! =)

[TF23Guy]

you have an amazing voice, and I love that song

[abysmal]

Wow that was very good! Great job musically and vocally.

[davidadametz]

Thank you for all your comments.

I really do appreciate it.

[MrTomaX]

What a wonderful voice!!! Don't worry about the pictures...your cover is a very good work, well done!

[jonesbeach93]

Awesome job...Great vocals...Probably one of the greatest songs ever written and recorded. You did it great justice. Thank You...

[nancanne]

I think this is the most beautiful song ever! My husband & I weren't able to have a 'real' wedding but this is still 'our song'. You did a nice job with the pix.

[explodingnipple]

That was stunningly well done. I would make a couple of chord tweaks at "You never need to doubt it" but the vocals were spot-bloody-on. Really makes me wish I could sing like you (or, as someone else said, Carl).

[hwlsimon]

you sound just like carl

[ninjasmu]

WOW that was so good! how did u get the instrumentation to sound so good?

[davidadametz]

I used a simple MIDI keyboard, but I layered the instruments with a decent mix. I then began to add reverb/delay/and other various effects to the entire instrumental production to give it a little echo.

[noinfluence]

Yeah, it's great!!

very good voice.

Any of the chords are wrong but the voice is awesome.

[Tonysharpe121]

That was superb mate. You have a great voice and you have a great sounding falsetto. You are very talented!