Behind The Sounds: Let's Go Away For Awhile

[stevenheimer113]

Jim horn has to be one of the best names for a sax player

[sternumagnum]

Great creative work, sir. Bravo. (And thanks.)

[MrRio855]

one of the best instrumentals of all time

[notfragile33]

I think this song as a 45-single should have been labelled "The Brian Wilson Orchestra"--NOT the Beach Boys! To me, this is THE SONG that put Brian up there with Bach and Mozart as a composer--even in just a 3-minute format, it is a stunning piece of musical beauty that makes you wish there was more! Just a shame that it was only the "B side" of "Good Vibrations"!

[timjmoran]

@stumptacular NO.. I doubt very much BW was doing ANY drugs here( maybe a joint later) because he is

waaaay too focused & driven- he is just TOtally into the music, directing the musicians, trying to realize

his vision & get the players to do what he is hearing in his head.

[spacepatrolman]

@BehindTheSounds he did say to his father that he took lsd but later said takeing drugs was the worst thing he ever did causing mental problems and medical bills

[easyrider332]

there shouldn't be any pictures of mike love in these videos....they just make me extremely upset

[BehindTheSounds]

@easyrider332 This comment is stupid to begin to with, but you managed to multiply the stupid by posting this comment on a video that doesn't contain any pictures of Mike Love.

[ActionRadar886]

@easyrider332

Then fuck off you twat. What exactly did Mike Love do to upset you, other than providing vocals and lyrics on some of the greatest songs ever recorded.

[SJI13]

groovy indeed!

[atrios28]

Heaven sent Mojo BTS

[BuyBenco]

I just got into the Exotica genre - drug-influenced, pacific-island type easy listening, composers Martin Denny, Les Baxter - and at 3:50 it mentions a reference to this sound being most likely influenced by Exotica! That coincidence excited me

[BuyBenco]

Yep mental illness contributed mainly he was made for those times and also not because he wasn't a shallow useless mainstream stoner of the day who all he did was get high have free love and say he was changing the world by not achieving anything, but Wilson was really a genius, visionary musician who went against the status quo, especially with this song - it's style is of easy listening for adults of the 60s while the Beach boys was mainly youth-oriented he wasn't afraid to publish this

[ottawangel]

Most beautiful song ever written.

[MusicBySav]

brian is a genius when it comes to pet sounds and SMiLE. thank you for sharing? Is there anyway you can show the making of Beach Boys Party?

[Eyyoh77]

I was born on 18 th Jan. 1966.

And like this song...especially the end...

[ottawangel]

@Eyyoh77 me too

[redshadowsofa]

Brian is a genius composer, no doubt.

[ROCKSTARCRANE]

Fabulous...hearing this in stereo.  Brian will one day be in the books alongside Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart.....

[portoalegr]

perfeito

[1obxeclipsedriver]

The drums did sound good, but Brian Wilson said none, and his word is law. LOL. Besides, I think the drums kind of take away from the gentleness of the song.

[etomkinson]

c'mon! the drums sounded sweeeet

[amused2deathh]

"No drums...no drums ever."

[hippojuice23]

This is like Pop rock Debussy!

[ChumpJoe]

this is one of my favorite instrumental ever.

[MrChubbleyWarner]

first time I heard this piece was on a Neil Young album called 'Journey thru the Past' - Obviously, he loves it too?

[ottawangel]

@MrChubbleyWarner You're the first person I've heard of who had that same experience!

[MrChubbleyWarner]

I can't see how Brian could have been under the influence of any drug and perform how he did in these vids - Maybe after the sessions but, not in the studio. Surely, he loved his work too much and was a consumate perfectionist .

[drewdenicola]

who put this together??? it's amazing. really satisfying after listening to this album a half a million times. thank you!

[keelan111]

I have to assume, with the way he came into the studio with all these dozens of instrumental parts in his head, oftentimes arranged in 4 and 5 part harmony, that this man had perfect pitch to an almost unprecedented degree.

[cr1msonking93]

wow, a very beautiful piece of music

[beofie]

The series Behind the Sounds is really fascinating; thank you BehindTheSounds!

[bobshenix]

Yea Brian was taking LSD and smoking a lot of pot at the time, but def not during sessions with the wrecking crew.

His drug use and where that was taking him musically really created conflict within the band that hurt his state of mind badly, much more so than just drugs alone.

I agree with Mrtwang32 that the real demise of Brian and his creative brilliance/ambition was with the cocaine abuse of the later 60's... that the booze and cigarettes killed his beautiful voice really.

[mrtwang32]

Precisely my opinion. And this goes for the "Smile" sessions as well. Brian's real substance abuse came much later in the form of cocaine, cigarettes and the perscribed medication courtesy of Dr. Landy.

[stumptacular]

I just cant wait to see the next one you make... please keep making these as you can... Very nice work with the research and photos and making it all work together seamlessly... Wow... even the studio out takes are incredibly entertaining musically... i cant get enough of this stuff

[stumptacular]

WOW great info.... I was hoping to get a response from you, your videos are amazing...

I have read that very small dosages of psilocybin mushrooms make a person "more lucid, improving speech" it would make sense to me he was on workable doses of shroooms although thats the first I have ever heard of that.. It may be over exaggerated his LSD use but it cant be over-estimated the impact on the music of what psychedelics he did use... "California Girls" is one song that comes to mind...

[fiveodude]

Looks like the Wrecking Crew did all of the work. Not the Beach Boys.

[BehindTheSounds]

You do know who Brian Wilson is, don't you? The Wrecking Crew played the music, but didn't compose any of it.

[JayTristanYo]

@BehindTheSounds Yeah he wrote the sheet music for every piece and said. "Play This."

[embran]

it's same like in classical music

Brian Wilson - Composer

Wrecking Crew - Orchestra

[mokaljordan]

wow this song is amazing this sounds like a song that should of been in Dragon Quest VIII or Final fantasy VII.:p lol

[mike8903]

Wow so glad you put the effort into making this..it's awesome

[longtimin]

Thanks, awesome.......

[oproller]

beautiful and very interesting for a beachboyfan

[arack1]

Oh my god, my eyes starting welling with tears at the "coke bottle guitar" moment @ 4:09 - that's unspeakably beautiful - and then at the shots of the boys relaxing in Hawaii... what a gorgeous song, and what a nice tribute. BRAVO!!!!

[SoraTheEntertainer]

I completely agree with you..this is such a piece of magic art!!!

[plasticsoulman66]

I realize now that he is going in the order of the tracks on the album,you should get a grammy for this Behind The Sounds!

[plasticsoulman66]

This is so damn accurate and such a gift to Brian and Beach Boys fans,great work and thank you!When are you gonna do Caroline No,Here Today,and God Only Knows?

[narrowarrows]

diddo, i'd like to see/hear tose ones as well. this is really well done.

[oceanstreat]

And me too. If he can do this well, musically and visually, with this song, what more treats could there be in store for all of us, if he does go further. Here's hoping he will...

[wokthetok]

Thank you so very, very much !!!

[DaddyBog]

nice addition (thumbs up)

[metrofurs]

Beautiful work...enjoying it all, thanks.

[Gorosaurus]

This is done incredibly professionally. You should be proud. And you should be paid.

Thank you

[BB45s]

Awesome photo and text montage - Well done!

{Click BB45s for 100+ rare Beach Boys video playlist}

[alibanana]

I'd love for you to examine some of the original Smile session tracks once you're through with Pet Sounds :-)

[PetSoundsForever]

Love it!

[jezgraham]

Brilliant work as always. Can't wait for the next one.

[ALK95]

Another great video! I can't wait for the next ones! You're brilliant at this, I think that you must do a LOT of research. Where do you get these bootlegs/takes?

[BehindTheSounds]

Finding the info for who played what on each session isn't very difficult...it's verifying that information when listening to the actual sessions. There's some conflicting information as well.

Some of the audio comes from the official Sessions box set. Not going to discuss where the rest comes from, but it's out there.

[RonsonDenmark]

I'm guessing he is using the Unsurpassed Masters-series

It's about 50 cds

[iamjezuzchrist]

Yeah its a block with echo.

[iamjezuzchrist]

RRRRRR!!!! I thought I was going to get to the bottom of that first rim shot with what sounds like echo but it could be a block, at the change... I always wanted to know if it was just a mistake that was left for the sake of not doing another take. I hear so many little things like this through out the album but this was the biggest and I guess I'll have to live without an answer or maybe ask Brian myself if by chance I see him sometime. You know... walking down the street or something. :)

[BehindTheSounds]

You might've figured it out already, but it's a wood block that Hal is playing. You can hear him ask Brian how it sounds at 1:12. Totally intentional. :)

[iamjezuzchrist]

But the first hit isnt right on that 1 count. Thats what my thing about it is. "Most of us dont go away but its still a nice thought" brings the meaning of that feel though. I still love this piece. Keep um coming Mr Behind! This is more suspenseful than a high wire act and more addicting than crack. THANK YOU!!!!

[Qmanklozmo]

As always man, awesome.

[DanielDavisMusic]

Thank you!

[iferraro]

yeah, you rule for making/posting these videos

[tackynonsense]

lovely. well put together and interesting.

[elasticmoon]

Beautiful videos, it makes my day when I see there is a new one.

Really nice work! :)