The Sounds Of Summer- Day 63 of 95- “Good Vibrations”- The Beach Boys. Got to run at least a couple more songs by The Beach Boys out here before the end of summer-which officially ends on September 23rd. “Good Vibrations” would be my nominee for the greatest Beach Boy single. The song was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love and recorded in 1966- released in October of 1966. 1966 was Brian Wilson’s peak year for creativity- his masterpiece “Pet Sounds” also came out that year. The effort into making “Good Vibrations” consumed 90 hours of tape. The finished product is 3:35- it was dubbed by publicist Derek Taylor as a ‘pocket sympathy.’ It is certainly a pop music masterpiece. Mike Love and Carl Wilson share co-vocals on this single which went to #1 in both the US and UK.
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It’s most definitely my favorite Beach Boys song!
While I can’t claim to know all of The Beach Boys’ singles, this tune is my favorite of the ones I know.
To me, The Beach Boys are one of the best vocal harmony bands. Their music, on the other hand, oftentimes is repetitive, especially the surf songs. Some of these tunes like “Surfin’ USA” also sound like they were taken straight from Chuck Berry. I still dig them because of the outstanding singing.
“Good Vibrations” is a refreshing departure from the above. I also prefer it over any track on the widely lauded “Pet Sounds,” which I sometimes find a bit overrated.
I’d have Good Vibrations under consideration for my short list of greatest singles ever.
How Wilson achieved that sound only his mind could tell.
Imagine the patience he had to have had-and the willingness to experiment.
Yeh it’s impressive to say the least
I think I’d be tempted at some point to say- this is good enough….but he must have kept going at it until the sound he had in his head- matched up with the sound he had created.
He was a perfectionist as they say. But one of a kind in the music business that era.
Oh yeh ‘Love and mercy’ explored that to some degree, but I couldn’t imagine it in real life
aural bliss to hear it