Behind The Sounds: I Know There's An Answer

[@solophentii3468]

Al Jardine is such a class act. So much humility in someone whose voice brought together 2/3 of the tracks on Pet Sounds and Smile.

[@prod6mill.512]

holy shit this is a RAW front row seat to his absolute genius

[@nataliarobinson9514]

Yes it is

[@MikeMeehan]

THERE'S NO OTHER SONG THAT SOUNDS LIKE THIS

[@aimeeface666dyt]

I am obsessed with it

[@cesarmadero05]

Mike, Al Jardine, Brian singing the verses coherently. I found this perfect, their voices are not distinguished from each other, they all blend into to make the perfect record.

[@40HDR]

Brian talking about pirating records - "I'll bring it up and run off a couple monos for you" meaning record the album thru the desk to reel to reel - what a steal!

[@metaphoria3]

Ntm he liked everything mono cuz of the ear thing

[@barryspencer7028]

Wow. I Hope these Guys Live Forever. Their Music Certainly Will.

[@vrzM8]

The footage in the intros is such an immersive touch. God what wouldn't give to have lived in LA at that time. Seems like paradise

[@RonaldVaughan]

accidentally stumbled across this MAGNIFICENT!!

[@zoso73]

Crazy to think Glenn Campbell played on this track.

[@markzee6331]

He played on many of the Beach Boys tunes. He was part of the wrecking crew. He also covered Brian in the band before Bruce joined. Listen to Guess I'm Dumb.

[@shea086]

Its really quite amazing the lenths B.Wilson went to to make absolutely sure that he got the music and vocals just right.I think thats the reason Pet Sounds is so great.Never mind the songwriting.The songwriting is on another level.

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

It sounds beautiful because you have plenty of 'bleed' through the mics and the overdubs were very carefully dropped in to enhance and add so much colour. In fact the whole album is so full of colour. It's just perfection.

[@lynntempleton9640]

No musical training.....he heard everything in his mind.

[@beerhistory]

Holy sh*t this is fascinating. I really appreciate you putting this together. I've never gotten to peer inside a recording session, let alone the most famous recording session there is. Count me subscribed.

[@kansascitiano1967]

Wonderful arrangements, Brian Wilson is really a genius!

[@SafariRangersMusic]

The bassline in this song give me the chills. So simple but so beautiful!

[@zacspearman]

theres an indescribable quality to the songs on this record, much like Dylan's Highway 61 which came out the year before. What a time for music.

[@ralphemerson1654]

I know it sounds silly, but this is one of my favorite videos ever.

[@rossriver75yukon27]

The last 30 seconds or so instrumental/harmony of “I Know There’s An Answer” is epitome Beach Boys to me. It’s just so trippy…umm..beach! You know what I mean? I could listen to that forever.

[@tokucore4524]

for the longest time, i mistook the bass harmonica for a bari saxophone 😭 it has that earthy, deep sound that the bari could probably replicate

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

The bass harmonica existed long before the electric bass guitar did.

[@dancingcheeseproductions4127]

1:46 did someone just say "we're not laughing" in reply to brian's "it's a very funny album?" LMAO

[@jcfiggy]

I think he said “You’re not laughing”, as in Brian said it was a funny album while keeping a straight face, making it seem like the album really wasn’t that funny if he didn’t chuckle just thinking about it.

[@metaphoria3]

@@jcfiggyeitherway funny remark

[@JohnPietaro]

This entire collection is a gift. Brian Wilson was a brilliant composer and arranger--and the work of the Wrecking Crew brought his visions to life. Amazing to see such talent all sitting together in these sessions. Those musicians are among my heroes and I have a vast appreciation for Brian Wilson after hearing/seeing his interactions with these guys.

[@prod6mill.512]

THAT BANJO WAS DOPE AF THEY SHOULD HAVE GAVE IT MORE PRESENCE

[@LAMALDAD]

skrrrrttt

[@tobysinbad]

Glenn Campbell as well! Wichita Lineman’s one of my favourite songs ever recorded, I am so pleased to discover he worked with Brian Wilson and the boys

[@smanticus]

"This is 'Let Go Of Your LIB-i-doe, Take 9"

[@jonathanb1406]

Haha poor Al at 9:45 He sounds so sad when he says “I’m sorry”.

[@kaizen5321]

awww

[@IgnisConsumens]

These videos are so enjoyable and informative that I listen to them as easily as I would the finished products.

[@karlmccreight876]

Great stuff. In my enviroment, the beach boys are completely underestimated. They even went close or into progrock!

[@joyfullyraw]

One of my favorites from Pet Sounds...Brian at his BEST!

[@Ferocious_Imbecile]

I love listening to these.

[@SusiPineapple]

Brian's random comments; I love them. In between all the music his brain is still talking about other stuff. 'How to speak hip'. Laughed my arse off the first time I heard that funny guy

[@olin2noel]

The sounds that Brian got form this song is out of this world

[@jimet409]

God bless Mr. Brian Wilson.

[@pdxfun4888]

He was blessed

[@TanBarbieGirlxox]

It's so awesome to hear them goofing off like this!!!! I love it

[@saulger6409]

Thank you, thank you. The genius of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. The creative journey to getting what was in Brian's head. Great !

[@tomg2946]

A brief time, captured in eternity by pure creativity that was the sound of the authentic, pure, unique, Beach Boys. The messengers of the 'No ordinary genius' that was and is Brian Wilson. Great video upload!

[@stevegilliam8712]

The Best song they ever recorded , lyrically and musically , powerful !

[@theshameofthesun]

Best Ever, Behind The Sounds, simply best ever all Pet Sounds, beautifully done, given ,

[@jimmybege7810]

I watch Brian and the mastery that went behind the Pet Sounds Album as well as Good Vibrations and Heroes and Villains around the same time when Brian peeked. Then I saw him slip into deep depression, drugs, and paranoia that ruined his life. He is enjoying his career again and when he began touring way back in the 90's! Just brings a tear to my eye when I think of all the great music that could have been made if he only could have stayed healthy

[@abegrimes9970]

The legend of the theremin being an unusual instrument to be used in a pop song on Good Vibrations is here usurped by the bass harmonica some months before GV. When I finally acquired Pet Sounds ( some 3 or 4 years after it's release, I'm ashamed to admit ) it was DIRECTLY as a result of hearing this track on Best Of Vol 3 (English version) I was mesmerised by the track as a whole, but the bass harmonica just kept me coming back for more. Having heard God Only Knows and Sloop John B in the charts in 66, I just had to get the album. My only excuse for being 3/4 years later than the rest of the civilized world would be I had no money aged 11 in 1966.

[@BehindTheSounds]

Brian first used the theremin on "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" (Recorded 2/14/66).

[@abegrimes9970]

Damn. Forgot that one.

[@RonaldVaughan]

that bass harmonica solo is for me the greatest part of this song....it's epic.....

[@ssaylor423]

'We need more Bass Harmonica"

[@RonaldVaughan]

ABSOLUTELY!!

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Yes, everyone has heard of a 10-hole diatonic blues harmonica solo or a bass guitar solo, but yes indeed, when Tommy Morgan solo'ed away on his bass harmonica, it certainly turned heads!

[@mrfunball5204]

I doubt the sessions for the first Ramones album was like this, and I love them both 🏄🚀

[@dububro]

Ramones sessions were probably closer to the Surfin' Safari sessions

[@tonymiddlehurst8438]

what a great voice Al Jardine had

[@willemvanzeist]

Still has...

[@theshameofthesun]

has

[@b3j8]

Yeah you compare Al here w/Mike Love, and Al has way more energy and feeling to his voice despite not being happy w/the song.

[@j.p.fitting9226]

thank you SOOO much for listing all the personal , all the people that made Brian's 'Head Movies' come to life !I think it's important to credit all the excellent musicians that practiced 8+hours a day to hone their craft and help[ed make the music of our lives !! so cool how many hours i've spent dreaming to this record ,analyzing the sounds,trying to transcribe the harmonies out haha got to cut w/ Tommy Morgan at Capitol 'B' and he was a Gent ! really cool, funny he had to cop my upright bass line...cheers

[@Myra1959]

Love the banjo playing of Glen Campbell. I should get back to my banjo.

[@josmith6306]

This song is proof that everything in life is cyclical and eventually returns albeit 50+ years later. This would make a nice theme to counter the current opioid epidemic crisis.

[@michaelx9079]

He certainly did wail on that harmonica as requested!

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

R.I.P. Tommy Morgan (1932-2022)

[@rw1993n64]

brian wilson the perfectionist. love how he makes sure al gets the voice just right

[@pdxfun4888]

It’s wonderful hearing the decisions and talking with the players. I dont know how you put this series together but it is a lovely insight to creating. The determination needed to keep control , the awareness of every element and the beauty of the end result. Just a big thank you!

[@MrSteve280]

It's hard to imagine all that was going on at the time, especially in view that they were all in their early to mid-twenties. This is my most personal Beach Boys song. I seldom listen to it because it brings back such strong, emotional memories. I'd always thought the bass harmonica was a kazoo.

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

It's all before I was on Earth yet it somehow makes me feel nostalgic for something I never experienced. What an amazing time it must of been with going to the Moon and then on to Mars! The Beatles creating and a new mainstream of music, the possibilities were endless. Pet Sounds is so beautiful sonically. It's like nothing before.

[@MrSteve280]

@@MICKEYISLOWD I love 60s music but we didn't walk around thinking about how great things were any more than kids do today. I was a Beach Boys fan but the Beatles still dominated in every regard (in this case, they were on another level than anyone else). Frankly, Pet Sounds came and went without anyone hardly noticing, particularly since it didn't get a lot of radio play. I don't think people can comprehend today how important radio was in connecting the overwhelming majority of people with pop music. Anyway, the song that really seemed to shake people up was Good Vibrations. It was "introduced" by Dick Clark on American Band Stand while interviewing Brian Wilson. People didn't know what to make of it (they all stood around on TV looking at each other) and neither did Dick Clark. You certainly couldn't dance to it. Look at all of the music that came out late 1966/early 1967 and you'll understand that there was an absolute tidal wave of great music and Brian Wilson going off in a new, somewhat bizarre direction was totally overshadowed by this. In my opinion, Mike Love was correct in that Brian was ditching the formula and the result was the majority of former Beach Boy fans were left scratching their heads. While Good Vibrations was a hit, it seemed the Beach Boys all but dropped out of sight and produce only 1-2 very minor hits until 1976 (most of their music in this period didn't even break the top 100). Except of their tours singing formula songs, it was a huge dry spell for 22 years until they hit with Kokomo in 1988 (a song I detest). For most listeners, Pet Sounds being a great album and Brian Wilson being such a genius wasn't much talked about until well into the 80s. Like I said, Pet Sounds hits too close to home emotionally and I don't listen to it anymore. The album I think is Pet Sounds' equal is The Beach Boys Today! Their best harmonies by far, the Wrecking Crew knocking it out of the park, Phil Spector's strong influence. The planets were aligned on that album

[@edwardtaylor8635]

I was at the Radio City Music Hall Tribute to Btian and I was surrounded by people who were in awe of Brian and his music. When this song was performed and the bass harmonica was being played, someone seated in front of me asked "what is that, a kazoo"? I got a good laugh from that. That person wasn't you, was it?

[@seanpasttrip795]

Love you 'BehindTheSounds' top stuff man..

[@evanargall6601]

0:08 even the throwaway takes are brilliant ~bravo

[@zurdoremi]

very strange but wonderful song.

[@aimeeface666dyt]

My absolute favorite on the album.

[@normanboyd]

The combination of instruments on this track is special.

[@iferraro]

Fantastic. You're on a roll! These videos of yours were one of my earliest exposures to the Beach Boys as Pet Sounds was their first record I listened to. No wonder a few years later and I'm obsessed with them ;) - outstanding research and photos/editing in this series. You should be proud.

[@wilmamckee3448]

Love those drums.

[@nopeteys2424]

Al had such an awesome voice, almost sounded like Del Shannon

[@1401minstrel]

And amazingly, he still has that awesome voice at age 77.

[@tonymiddlehurst8438]

that's a great insight

[@theshameofthesun]

@@tonymiddlehurst8438 I seen Al and Brian in Liverpool a Pet Sounds thing, I think they have similar voice ranges, del and al, so its not sacrosanct , i couldn't choose either or one, both famous

[@iferraro]

What a great video. Your videos have gotten better and better over the years and I've been excitedly following them since they were first posted. That was actually shortly after I got into Pet Sounds in 2006 and subsequently most of the BB's catalogue. I've shown your videos in an American Popular Music class I took in university and the prof was very impressed. I really appreciate your attention to detail and the inclusion of some many of the different over dubs and "pieces" of the song.

[@theshameofthesun]

The Best ever, The Beach Boys The Best Ever

[@MrLikeke]

Throughout the early to mid 19702, but especially in 1974, I spent much time recording BB songs off of the radio. All I had was a cassette tape recorder. I wore out tapes by incessantly replaying them so I could discern which instruments were used. Brian expertly layered each instrument such that a wonderful harmony of sound was created. Yes, that 'wall of sound'. Later that summer I got the idea to set up two cassette tape recorders which were both controlled by a single rheostat. That plus wiring the recorders to eternal speakers I could then better discern each instrument. Still, I was frustrated because Brian used instruments I didn't even know about. Nonetheless, imagine my delight. This video here is excellent and I thank you for it.

[@matthewclark7952]

Good video, really interesting to here it coming together. I'm really enjoying these Pet Sounds vids, thank you!

[@purplegherkins198]

I wish there were more of these! This is such a great series

[@jerrytan7762]

I love that wood wind that plays on 2:47

[@heinkle1]

The fact that the band questioned any of Brian’s actions after the success he had (almost singlehandedly) brought them over the preceding 4 years is baffling

[@Erix7810]

If we knew what they knew though about his bizarre behavior and drug involvement at that moment in time we might understand their questions.

[@debussy10]

All the evidence shows that the band totally supported working on Smile: they sang on probably more than one hundred sessions from May of 66 to May of 67. Once Mike asked Van Dyke what did "Over and over the crow cries 'Uncover the Cornfield'" mean (a lyric Mike was singing) and instead of explaining, Parks got defensive and said, "I don't know- they don't mean anything." Mike still sang the line, and sang it magnificently. Van Dyke abandoned the sessions because he signed a solo deal with Warners, and started working on "Song Cycle". It seems to me that Smile collapsed because of 4 main reasons: 1. Van Dyke left before he and Brian had finished writing the songs for Smile, except "Wonderful", "Surf's Up", and "Vegetables"; all the other songs were in various stages of completion, and when Van left, Brian got lost compositionally: Smile was really a collaboration of Brian's and Van Dyke's, just as Pet Sounds had been a collaboration of Brian's and Tony Asher's. In later interviews in the 70s, Brian said that the Smile album wasn't really Beach Boys material, that it was too "arty". 2. In February, Brian had some sort of crisis; I believe it was the release that month of the Beatle's "Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields" single, which was the introduction of a new sound and sensibility: it was (and is) a revolutionary single. Brian must have felt that the Beatles had released the "New Sound" first. At this time, he canceled sessions for about 2 weeks. 3. In May, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper"; Brian canceled the remaining Smile sessions in the middle of May and abandoned the big, magnificent sound he was creating for the album. He decided instead to do something minimalistic, so he wouldn't be accused of copying the Beatles: he left the professional studios and the professional studio musicians, brought some recording equipment and engineer Jim Lockert to his house, and recorded Smiley Smile ( which is 90% Smile music) in his living room, using the empty swimming pool as an echo chamber. The instruments on all the songs on the album (except for parts of "Heroes and Villains" and "Vegetables" which are Smile tracks) are a big Baldwin organ and a bass guitar, along with the guys singing: I don't even think there are any guitars on the album.Listen to this brief radio interview from 67 with Brian, and you'll hear a totally together guy talking about the new album: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYOpdmBoadqWrsU 4. During the whole period of early 67, the Beach Boys were suing Capital records for producer royalties unpaid to Brian, who had been producing the band since their Surfer Girl album from 1963; at the same time, Brian decided to set up his own record label, Brother Records, and appointed his close friend David Anderle as president of Brother and tasked him with setting it up. Smiley Smile was originally released on Brother Records, as were the 2 singles from the album: "Heroes and Villains" and "Gettin' Hungry". All of these factors together I believe ended Smile, but ultimately it was Brian who canceled it, not the Beach Boys. Through decades of interviews, all of the Beach Boys have said in interviews that "Brian canceled Smile", not them.

[@BehindTheSounds]

Yep, this is the truth. The group also supported Pet Sounds. Once Van Dyke left the project to do his solo album Brian lost the plot and lost someone to bounce ideas off of. He also spent a good chunk of early '67 rerecording parts of Smile that had already been recorded and trying to construct an edit of Heroes And Villains that would serve as the lead-off single...but these attempts were seemingly abandoned by March. He then worked on Vegetables through April, also abandoned. The very last session for Smile was Love To Say Da-Da in May. I honestly think he just got completely burnt out on the project and wanted to take a break and have a fresh start on something simple. He was more involved with Smiley Smile, Wild Honey and Friends than he is given credit for, but these were recorded in his home studio and are much less involved productions than what he'd been doing for years. For him, those records were a vacation from a life that had become too stressful and had put an enormous amount of pressure on him at a young age. I think it's kind of telling that Wild Honey and Friends are counted among his favorite Beach Boys albums, even if they are among the lowest selling of their career.

[@YoDa-yu7qq]

Weren't they being laughed at on stage for the music they were performing? Why are they questioning it?

[@tbirdtim]

The comments about pitch problems with Mike and Al, please be mindful that they are probably hearing this unique melody for the first time and they are also get loose and relaxed to nail their part. They are fooling around (especially Mike) to exercise vocal chords. When you hear the final product you can tell that they nail their parts (as usual).

[@theshameofthesun]

truly ace this......best ever Brian Wilson........and the Wrecking Crew,,,,

[@TimothyMcGawUK]

One of my favourite compositions by Brian. It was the use of Bass Harmonica on this and I Just Wasn't Made for These Times that made me pick one up for my own use. Your video is very insightful in showing exactly how specific some of the vocal tracking sessions were. Brian is very definite about what he wants, and I love that even when he gets it right, Al asks Brian if he's really sure he's satisfied. They really wanted to get it just perfect and they did!

[@szqsk8]

Did Brian call someone a cat? I love the hipster speak of the sixties!

[@BehindTheSounds]

+szqsk8 It was a bit of a put on, he was talking the way they do on "How To Speak Hip" the spoken word LP he mentions. You can listen to that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5eQaqVqjKuDe9k

[@axcrewe]

Beautiful...Beglorious..and BEYOND !!!

[@tatohead]

"Does the union know you're recording?"

[@BehindTheSounds]

tatohead It sounds like one of Brian's posse was also recording with a portable tape recorder, which might have violated union regulations.

[@justbe646]

PERFECT!!!

[@BobSchusterMusiccom]

When Local 47(LA Musician’s Union) was STRONG!🏋️‍♀️. Oh the pensions that Wrecking Crew must have racked up. “Those Were The Days!”🎼🎧💵

[@Malibuheaven1]

Incredible.

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

If you were a kid growing up on the coast in the 60s you had it pretty much made. Simpler times and so much optimism and youth with the horrors of WWII fading away into the past. It's so horrible that now we have terrorism, school shootings and Europe now on the brink of WWIII. God have mercy on our souls. We should have an international concert for peace and sharing:)

[@danackroydsbutt]

There's literally graffiti saying 'END POLICE BRUTALITY' in this video. Also, you have apparently forgotten Kennedy's assassination, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and the beginning of the Cold War. Sounds like there was enough misery to go around back then, too.

[@BehindTheSounds]

Wow, so you're telling me that bad things have been happening *before* today? It's almost as if you could point to literally any time period in history and point out a litany of bad things that were happening. It's actually possible to compare the 1960's with today and find them to be preferable to today's world, even taking the bad things that you mention into consideration.

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

@@danackroydsbutt In America yes there were some bad things happening but I am from UK and here and in Europe there were much better times when you contrast this to WWII. America was spared invasion and didn't take enormous losses. There most definitely was a huge relief and more than a glimmer of hope happening here as most people knew someone who was killed.

[@dububro]

@@BehindTheSounds "It's actually possible to compare the 1960's with today and find them to be preferable to today's world" that's true but the world of the 1960s eventually turned into the world of today... maybe today's world will turn into a better world than the 1960s

[@BehindTheSounds]

Or...maybe the world is now in an inevitable state of decline.

[@jske60]

Why did you never finish this series? It's one of my favorite series on KZbin and as Brian would say it really kills my soul it was never finished. Genuinely curious. Love what we got still, thanks

[@BehindTheSounds]

Copyright issues. One of these videos got blocked (Sloop John B). When I started this series, it wasn't an issue.

[@zoso73]

​@BehindTheSounds Your written commentary puts these videos neatly under the Fair Use exception. I know you know this, but gosh, what a shame Sloop John B was blocked.

[@user-qo1xi3fr9n]

@@BehindTheSounds thanks for making these videos, hope to see the series finished someday!

[@RealUsername64]

​@@BehindTheSounds Have you ever thought about making a collection of all these and giving us a link to download them I'd love to see the rest of them

[@BehindTheSounds]

@@RealUsername64 They don't exist. The series was never finished because I knew there was a good chance the rest of the videos would be blocked. I do regret not finishing them in 2011 when KZbin was less restrictive about this sort of thing.

[@jaggass]

Al sounded alot like Brian back then.

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

Indeed, they're the 2 I often have the hardest time distinguishing -- when Brian wasn't singing in his falsetto voice, anyway.

[@RT66TBIRD]

Oh my God! I am blown away. This is my favorite song of all time. I am thrilled to see that bass harmonica that always puzzled me as a teen. I must say, there were a few times when I would get stoned and listen to Pet Sounds over and over trying to figure it out. I saw the remaining Beach Boys on their 50th anniversary tour. Brian was there but seemed totally disinterested. I was a bit saddened by that while Mike, of course, was playing showman in front of the stage. It was a great show, but there is something about Mike I just don't like. Bad Vibrations I guess. He mentioned that he drove a Bentley before going into "409". I bit of arrogance there. He got really pissed when a stage hand didn't roll a video of Carl at the right cue. At the break I could see that he was over at the guy arguing with him. A couple of weeks later, HE fired the Brian and the other remaining Boys, since I guess he owns the name.

[@BehindTheSounds]

clockWorks10 Most of what could be considered brain damage from drugs was caused in the mid-80's when Dr. Landy started prescribing psychotropic drugs. IMO the idea of Brian Wilson being an acid casualty is a myth or exaggeration. He was the same guy mentally until around 1984.

[@dimitreze]

***** also my favorite song! hang to your ego, not I know there's an answer

[@RT66TBIRD]

Dimitri Bitu Exactly. However, I did not know that until the re-mastered mono/stereo CD came out in the early 90's. Then the Green box came out which has some of these clips, but to see this video is great. Also, I knew that Glenn Campbell played with them for a stint, but it was interesting to know that he did the banjo on this piece.

[@BehindTheSounds]

***** Brian knew Glen Campbell from using him as a session guitarist. He played 12-string and acoustic guitar on a lot of the Today! tracks leading up to the tour where he replaced Brian.

[@BehindTheSounds]

clockWorks10 And that fact has nothing to do with the fact that he sustained extensive mental/nerve damage from psychotropic drugs prescribed to him by a quack psychologist in the 80's. This interview (about drugs) was conducted in 1976, does he seem brain damaged to you? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJi0dWWda6tqr5o

[@BustardBuzzard]

Great! Thanks for the video. Rock On, Brian!

[@64bbfan]

Thanks for this, it's just amazing what Brian accomplished in such a short time. How do you compose songs like this? It's incredible! On top of all that he gives everyone their vocal parts which is a compositiion in itself....I'm just in awe of this guy

[@King_Louie_Louie]

Where did you get the Beach Boys footage toward the end from? Especially all of them running around in that forest... It wasn't included in that same LA documentary you mentioned earlier or I apologize......

[@evieelphickgonzalez4424]

+Louis Schanz Derek Taylor's Pet Sounds promo video, partially filmed in Lake Arrowhead, 4/25/66. Brian Wilson cites his Arrowhead acid trip for inspiration to finish Good Vibrations and begin Smile. Then Brian failed to "turn on" Al Jardine.

[@cadmaster102]

Perfectionism personified. I have to hand it to him; BW could have just sung every verse himself, but he had the patience to coach Al and Love to get the vocalization effect he needed.

[@robs5688]

I really like the version first played in this video, with the drum intro.

[@marywatkins6798]

Love this song!

[@michaelschmidt9986]

I enjoyed it very much to watch a genius at work...

[@joeplavin]

Thank you for uploading this!

[@stevenkillthatbowl]

this is soo awesome

[@sirrealism]

Thanks for all the insight. You rock.

[@BuddyYMatt]

Beautiful

[@darrelltiencken2413]

Hey Phil Spector I think Brian passed you on this album!

[@timford3599]

Hal Blaine made that point very clear to Brian. Hal said something to the effect that 'No one is taking the time and produce so deeply as you Brian. You've got them all beat.' Even though I've taking some liberty with that interaction, I believe that with Hal being such a huge part of "The Wrecking Crew" and since he'd pretty much seen it all in the LA recording scene, he was telling Brian, essentially, that there was no one doing it better in the music scene at that time. And personally, I believe that Brian Wilson was without peer writing, producing, arranging, playing and finally, singing the popular music of that time. The Beach Boys had a sound unlike any other!

[@capitolemiproducer]

I sooooo Dig This even the Pet Sounds Font!!!!! 3 thumbs up

[@Weensx]

I need a bass harmonic just for this song.

[@jcjohnsong8570]

... the first time Bass Harmonica was used on a Rock&Roll record

[@dougquidam1258]

Great video. Nice editing. Nice to 'watch' this song.

[@bill291212]

Awesome video

[@cynthiarowley719]

I listened to " how to speak hip" , I remember hearing it somewhere,,,,doctor demento radio show? So happy you made these🎉🎉 i love that harmonica

[@Adema1226]

Please make a Behind The Sounds series for the Smile Sessions!

[@capitolemiproducer]

On the first and second verses, right before the chorus, you can hear a "ghost" type of sound on the right channel. It's not here, but does anyone know about it?

[@izenhh5684]

Tell me more

[@mrsmacca126]

It’s a ghost

[@thomaskemer8109]

This is a real trip!!--( no pun intended)

[@ChampagneCraig]

This is great. Thanks for posting. I wish somebody on KZbin would post all of the sessions for this song. I have Pet Sounds Sessions, but, I think it's edited. I would like to hear every second of the sessions for this particular song.

[@BehindTheSounds]

The full tracking session for this hasn't been released in any form (not even bootlegged). Basically only the very first rehearsal take and take two has been released. Some snippets of later takes can be heard in the digest on the Pet Sounds Sessions Box Set.

[@aimeeface666dyt]

I agree

[@collectoroffrance]

Great stuff!

[@axcrewe]

Fantastic! This video belongs in the SMITHSONIAN !!

[@ant263]

10:10 is just perfect

[@johnmitchelljr]

Great channel. Thank you.

[@28mark]

Music history in the process

[@DrWest2]

Wow, thanks a lot for putting these up, these videos are such an amazing work! Did you make them? Impressive job anyhow! :-)

[@SonicSurf3r]

Watch this & understand WHY I love Brian Wilson (& the Beach Boys) & (most of all) Pet Sounds

[@capitolemiproducer]

Brian loved mistakes. I'm Waiting For The Day has one in it and as Brian said "A great mistake"