REACTING TO GOD ONLY KNOWS AND PET SOUNDS SIDE II by The Beach Boys | *emotionally uplifting*

The fight with copyright continues but here we are, trying to upload as much as possible! Thank you for taking this beautiful Pet Sounds journey with me, see you soon Beach Boys, until next time... but I guess that's the real question, when does NEXT time land? Perhaps sooner, perhaps later. Watch out, your favorite album, band, artist or song could be up next! I LOVE YOU!
p.s. I actually tried to express my gratitude for you guys and all of your support and kindness towards me during this video but I decided to cut that part out because I literally started sobbing and got really unprofessional and lost all composure, I will keep trying and hopefully it will come out cleanly eventually. But I do want you to know that in these most difficult and unbearable times you have allowed me to laugh and smile and given me joy when I thought it wasn't possible. You are a true gift. I am grateful each and everyone of you are alive. Truly and deeply love you.
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[@yourthaiguy]

Still one of the ONLY songs that brings Paul McCartney to tears whenever he hears it. Can you get any greater praise than that????

[@rjaraneta913]

Enjoyed your reaction to this album! Listen to "SMiLE Sessions" which would have followed this album in 1967 but was abandoned. It was assembled and released decades later in 2011 to high acclaim. By the way, B. Wilson is Brian Wilson, the one responsible for putting The Beach Boys together and the genius behind them. He was their main creative force, producer, songwriter, original group leader and vocalist.

[@HawkKing2000]

Along with the Smile Sessions, I highly recommend "Brian Wilson Presents Smile" (2005). Even though Brian completed it without the rest of the group, it is an amazingly-produced completion of Smile, that reflects how much he intended it as a song-cycle with connected songs and medleys, much like side 2 of Abbey Road... I also return over and over to the Beach Boys 2012 reunion album (with Brian) "That's Why God Made the Radio" which impressed me with it's catchiness and emotional depth (side 2 in particular)...

[@Providence..]

Agreed!

[@DavidB-2268]

Please, don't put any pressure on yourself on our account. We'll still be here whenever you're up to doing a reaction. The important thing is your own health: mental, physical, and emotional. You do whatever you need to do to put yourself in a good place. Be well, dear Crystal.

[@PeterBuwen]

I agree. Crystal, you are precious. Take care of yourself. You belong to the precious people that are able to make the world a bit better every day. Where you are there is sunshine. 'With our love, we could save the world, if they only knew' (George Harrison, Within you without you, 1967).

[@PeterBuwen]

'God only knows' is one of the most beautiful love songs. I imagine this one encouraged Paul McCartney to go on in writing love songs. Pet songs always makes me feel like sitting under a starry sky in a mild summer night.

[@unusual686]

The Beatles influencing Brian Wilson, and Brian Wilson influencing the Beatles, what an amazing time for music.

[@brianrocks2087]

Paul was mainly influenced by Brian Wilson and John Lennon heard him but he had his own influences as well as George

[@moonlitegram]

@@brianrocks2087 ok? it still winds up being the Beatles that are influenced as Paul's contributions are part of the Beatles...

[@brianrocks2087]

@@moonlitegram Obviously

[@brianrocks2087]

@@thomaswinkelmair9717 He liked the album but John had his own influences and he didn't say it was the best album ever, Paul said that

[@globalmonkey007]

And to think Paul and Brian were both born on the exact same weekend in 1942.

[@Sweetish_Jeff_]

“Pet Sounds” is a concept album. It’s a State of the Mind address from Brian Wilson on where he was at that moment. The whimsical, free-wheeling bliss of young love in “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” and “You Still Believe In Me”, the pangs of young adulthood in “That’s Not Me”, “I Know There’s An Answer”, and “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times”, the escapist flights of fancy in “Let’s Go Away For Awhile”, “God Only Knows”, and “Sloop John B”, the soul-crushing romanticism of “Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)”, “I’m Waiting For The Day”, and “Caroline No”. I love how the album ends with a train and Brian’s dogs, Banana and Louie, barking. To me, this unexpected ending to the album symbolizes Brian waking up from a dream. You can almost see it as a scene from a film. The protagonist’s awakening both literally and spiritually. It is a masterpiece of art and a sound painting that should be hanging on a wall in the Louvre.

[@robriceridge]

McCartney called God Only Knows his favorite Beach Boys song and favorite song overall. Definitely in my top 100 all time.

[@NigelT57]

Not only that. He also said that it is the one song he wished he had written.

[@robriceridge]

@@NigelT57 Interesting. Thanks.

[@buzz71544]

He actually called it the greatest song ever written.

[@garylagstrom3864]

THE BEACH BOYS: GOD ONLY KNOWS: When I hear the ending of this song I imagine first The Beach Boys are in a line like a conga dance and then on round stage slowly spinning them around. My favorite Beach Boys song! This is on the intro to a HBO show called: Big Love with Bill Paxton, Jeanne Triplehorn, Chloe Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin!

[@johnnyringo3254]

I definitely recommend checking out other Beach Boys albums, like Today, Sunflower or the legendary SMiLE sessions (an unfinished follow up to Pet Sounds which was supposed to be Brian's magnum opus blowing out Pet Sounds out of the water, it was very ambitious project that got released after many years in 2011, considered by many to be Brian Wilson's best work despite being unfinished which says a lot about quality of the music). I'm sure you'll love them! Btw, you probably know this, but God Only Knows is Paul McCartney's favorite song.

[@johndrowe5281]

I would add that one of my favourite purchases in the past 20 years as being that of the “Pet Sounds Sessions “, where one gets to hear the monophonic version, the stereo version, unused tracks AND, best of all, listen in on Brian Wilson giving direction to the famous wrecking Crew as they record his carefully charted instrumentation! It is worth the price whatever it is/was. It is so enlightening as to how his visions were already so real to him that this young man was in total control of the greatest players available in LA without being snotty, discourteous or pushy. One has to hear it for one’s self. I hope that you have, or will have, the opportunity.

[@harvey1954]

Definitely Beach Boys Today. Dress rehearsal for Pet Sounds.

[@Sweetish_Jeff_]

Crystal, you are not alone in feeling emotional listening to this album or any great album or piece of music. I can’t tell you how many times this album has made me cry tears of joy and pain. It never fails to hit me in the feels. It makes sense for music to move you whether you feel joy, pain, laughter, anger, etc. The worst experience is when you feel nothing. It reminds me of a quote from John Lennon when he said, “My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.” That’s the connection we all have here, Crystal. It’s the bond you share with your father and I’m one who doesn’t believe in coincidence. I could be wrong, but I like to think those vibes which keep following you around is an angel looking out for you. It’s like that quote from the movie “Fools Rush In”: “the signs are everywhere”. Music is the best medicine for the soul and you have only just begun this musical journey which I guarantee you only gets better. Crystal, whenever you find yourself having a challenging day where it feels like the weight of the world is on your shoulders, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and know that you’re not alone and all of us here are here for you and with you. I am so happy you enjoyed this album and I encourage you to check out “Smile” next. It’s a very different album from this one, but very good.

[@CrystalShannon4]

My good friend Jay!!! I can absolutely always count on you to turn my whole day right around. Thank you for being so gentle and empathic with me. I appreciate and adore you!

[@shanenolan8252]

God only knows i think paul McCartney said it the best song ever written in his opinion.

[@Sweetish_Jeff_]

Yes he did.

[@tonyr1950]

The instrumental song Pet Sounds, was written by Brian Wilson to originally be used in a James Bond movie. But the movie Producers turned it down at the last minute.

[@jaygatz4335]

What a delight to hear your joyful response to this 1966 album! You are very perceptive and sensitive to the genius of Brian Wilson and what he was trying to convey through melody, instrumentation, tone colour, and lyrics. I was 12 when this came out but only in later years, when I bought the boxed set, did I realize what a musical milestone it represented. And a big shout out to The Wrecking Crew, who supplied the perfect instrumental support.

[@monovision566]

I love your reactions and your full investment in music when you listen. I resonate. This is my favorite Beach Boys album, but my favorite Beach Boys SONG is "'TIl I Die" which I highly recommend. There are few songs which ache so existentially. One of their best vocal arrangements, and probably the best vocal engineering they ever had in the actual capture. Something magic happens with that song that's hard to describe.

[@shemanic1]

"Good Vibrations" & "God Only Knows" were both innovative tunes at the time. Both have that enduring magical quality.

[@Musicpaulryan]

Also, obligatory comment: Caroline, No is criminally underrated.

[@johnyarusso4953]

I'm happy music is helping you through this difficult time for you Crystal. We are all here for you too 😊

[@CrystalShannon4]

Thank you my sweet friend John. I appreciate you so much. You are a wonderful person. 😊

[@johnyarusso4953]

@@CrystalShannon4 Actually, that was a verse of a song I am writing for you. I haven't written a song in years. It takes inspiration ✨

[@Mitsuo1692]

I really enjoyed your two posts on Pet Sounds. I think that having someone like you who understands this album, in other words, is nothing short of a victory for Brian. I thought he would be tremendously pleased to see these posts. I am one of those who are fascinated by this album, and unfortunately I have no musical background, but thanks to that I can listen to it for 30 years and still discover new things every time I listen to it. You have expressed exactly what I have felt for a long time and have been unable to put into words when listening to this music. I want to say thank you to you.

[@Providence..]

Fun fact: "I Know There's an Answer" was originally called "Hang On to Your Ego" and had slightly different lyrics that focused on criticizing people who abuse LSD, they were ultimately changed at the request of Mike Love to their current form in which it sends a message about finding meaning within oneself.

[@pablovandyck]

A brilliant album. Carol Kaye was bass player for the Wrecking Crew. She played on hundreds of tunes you know.

[@amymills2413]

God only knows is Paul McCartneys favorite song

[@profjohnfrinks]

I'm not usually fond of when people chop up the music and normally carry on my way. You; however, are a delight to watch/listen to. Your musical insight is fantastic, as well. Maybe you should check out a rock opera: Tommy, Quadrophenia, The Wall, etc.

[@DerekDominoes]

Crystal, at some point you HAVE to check out the Wrecking Crew documentary (about the session musicians who played on this and countless other great albums/songs -- especially from the 60s and 70s).

[@Sweetish_Jeff_]

And “Love and Mercy”.

[@CHayden07]

The chordal journey of God Only Knows is just insanely beautiful and a masterclass in using chord inversions to take you interesting places. There are a ton of things one could delve into, but my favorite moment is how Brian returned to the original verse key after the middle section. That middle section is the same chordal structure as the verse, but up a 4th. In the original key, the verse starts in D and winds up with the hook “God only knows what I’d be without you” over A. In the new key, it starts with G and winds up with the hook being sung in D, our original verse key; and in doing so, effortlessly flows back into the original verse. So it’s actually resolving the middle section, like normal, but it’s kind of being used as an uplifted opening to the final verse, which is how I always heard it, because he didn’t do a turn around bar afterwards to reset like he did in the rest of the song. Absolutely brilliant.

[@CrystalShannon4]

It is exactly this movement and special attention to switching directions and taking us on the journey of the song that makes it art!!! 💛🧡♥️✨ Thank you for this Charlie, hats off to you and the magnificent Beach Boys!

[@steelers6titles]

@@CrystalShannon4 You hear Brian Wilson constructing it, and other tracks as well, in "The Pet Sounds Sessions" box set. He knows exactly what he wants.

[@delfobaroni1361]

From an old man. You're one in million, kid. I didn't think people like you still existed. You hang in there, there are slivers of light in all this darkness. Thanks for all you've done. You get it.

[@docsavage8640]

One of the very best LPs of all time, let alone 1966.

[@johnbrocks7217]

Hi Crystal - thanks so much for your reaction to side 2 of Pet Sounds. Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys are so very important to me. I appreciate the fact that you "feel" music emotionally. Also just thinking of you, I know you are still having a very hard time about your Dad. Sending prayers your way. Music helps the healing. Especially the Beach Boys. Thanks 🙏🏼❤️

[@CrystalShannon4]

I appreciate you words of warmth and thoughts John! I gotta say, i’m totally with you there on how important the Beach Boys are to me! Thank you for being so kind to me! 💕

[@TheDarkCow11]

this is my favorite album and each time you've posted this my 2 favorite drivers have won races. (Feb 6th, and today ) so thx?

[@detritus8095]

"Pet Sounds" the instrumental track was originally recorded for the soundtrack of a James Bond movie, I recently learned (I can't remember which one). But it wasn't used.

[@jacksonmorganfroghin4815]

My top ten beach boy songs are as follows: 1. Good Vibrations 2. God only knows 3. Wouldn't it be nice 4. The warmth of the sun 5. I get around 6. Little Deuce Coupe 7. Don't Talk 8. When I grow up to be a man 9. Little Saint Nick and the #10 song is: 10. Help me Rhonda

[@jacksonmorganfroghin4815]

Honorable Mention: Don't Worry Baby In My Room Barbara Ann

[@CrystalShannon4]

Thank you for this list Jackson!!! First and foremost, WE SHARE THE #1 AND #2 spot!! It’s that absolutely crazy!!! I have to 100% respect and understand your #3 choice, a beautiful solid choice and I back you 100% although my #3 would HAVE to be Don’t Worry Baby, pushing Wouldn’t It Be Nice to my #4. Now for the really bad news that might leaving you hating me!!! The only other songs on here I am familiar with are I Get Around and Little Saint Nick! I’ve definitely got my work cut out for me as I plan to getting to know all these beautiful works! Thank you again 💕 Such a fun post! 🪐

[@jacksonmorganfroghin4815]

@@CrystalShannon4 Oh Crystal, I could never hate you because I love you. Just because. And I respect your number 3. Don't Worry Baby is a great song. They're like the Beatles in that they have so many fabulous songs like, Wendy, Fun Fun Fun, Dance Dance Dance and 409. It's hard to make a list after those first four songs. Kokomo is also a cool song from the 80s. Very unexpected. I love your intelligence and joy in analyzing all this great music the world will never see again. Of course your beauty is beyond compare. Would love to see you go down the Steely Dan rabbit hole. That duo never had a bad song. Thanks for your response. It made my day.

[@Rockclass]

Hey Kiddo!!. Grandpa D. over here. On several occasions, I have tried to draw your attention to Electric Light Orchestra (E.L.O.), whose frontman, Jeff Lynne, a close friend of George Harrison and collaborator on many of his tracks and member, along with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison in The Travelling Wilsbury. I call him: the Master of Layers. Special attention to "Concerto for a Rainy Day, the first side of the second record of the album "Out of the Blue", made up of four songs and whose ending, surely you've eventually heard, for is even being used as a movie theme. I can't wait to see your beautiful face transforming from joy and appreciation to the masterpiece that it is. You would make me so happy if you would dive through and react to it. Have a big kiss and hug, alongside my blessings. Duerme rico.

[@CrystalShannon4]

Hey there Grandpa D! How are you?? Thank you so much for speaking up for ELO! I’m honestly such a big fan and so was my father! I can’t wait until we get into them!! I promise we will get there eventually and I absolutely can’t wait! Thank you for your clear directions on what to watch out for, makes me all the most excited!!

[@steelers6titles]

@@CrystalShannon4 Nobody in the business was hotter in the late Seventies than Jeff Lynne. Except the late Maurice White. Which brings up the Earth, Wind & Fire catalogue. I have never seen a group live that more loved performing music.

[@brigantics7686]

Another album by the beach boys that is amazing is Smile. Brian worked on this album from early 1966 to may 1967, when it got scrapped. (A downscaled version of the album was released as Smiley Smile). You can listen to the album (titled the smile sessions) on spotify. Anyway, this was a great video!

[@matheuskelter]

Not even close to PS.

[@brigantics7686]

@@matheuskelter I personally like Smile more, but my top 5 beach boys album change every day.

[@dgp397]

Brian finished the album SMILE finally, around 2004 I think. Its really good. I listen to that more often than Pet Sounds. Its not perfect, but its the closest we can get to what would have been in the late 60s...

[@mondegreen9709]

"Sonically, the album is one of the best things you are likely to hear in all of your life. There are moments on SMiLE that are so astonishingly good you might find yourself just staring at your speakers in unguarded wonder, as I have." - I think that quote from Henry Rollins says it all.

[@docsavage8640]

There is no "Smile." Merely fabrications of what people want to pretend it would have been. Do some research.

[@UhHuhOhYeh]

Thank you Crystal you are helping us get through our days where you bring smiles and happiness to so many with your videos. Thank you for reaching deep inside and being brave to do the videos we, I appreciate you Crystal. Keep smiling and keep being YOU! Sending a truck load of positivity to get you through the day. Whatever is next? Queen, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, more Beatles anthology I can’t wait. Take care Crystal

[@MichaelLantz]

Crystal, Here is a list of Rolling Stones Magazine's top 10 Albums of all time (Pet Sounds was ranked number 2 best Album of all time) 1) The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band-1967 2) The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds - 1966 3) The Beatles - Revolver-1966 4) Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited-1965 5) The Beatles - Rubber Soul-1965 6) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On-1971 7) Rolling Stones* - Exile On Main St-1972 8) The Clash - London Calling-1980 9) Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde-1965 10) The Beatles - The Beatles

[@123denz]

Excellent look at Pet Sounds, really enjoy your reviews!

[@wsshores3302]

Thank you for putting so much excellence into these videos. Perfect mixture of emotional and technical reaction. We all hope you’re doing ok and do know that thousands of people smile when we see you’ve posted a new video ❤️ I think of Pet Sounds as a concept album. The bookends of “Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up in the morning when the day is new” and “Where did your long hair go. Where is the girl I used to know” with life experiences in between.

[@clydekimsey7503]

Check out Surfs Up by them too and Holland. Im enjoying hearing you listening to the beach boys and Beatles for the first time. I was born in 1958, but didn't really get into this great album until probably 1980

[@PabloDiaz5DMusic]

Strawberry Fields Forever is my favorite song of all time. God Only Knows is my second. Simply a beautiful classic.

[@aldo34]

Love your reactions, full of passion, humour and insight. Keep it up!

[@richardschmidt8787]

Crystal. You get it all. I'm so happy for you to be this deep in understanding and also the Joy of Music.. You are a Ray of Sunshine. A very well connected Women. Do you study before you go on? You have a keen sense of understanding without knowing exactly all the truths of a certain song. You have a great ear as i do. So i can relate right off the bat. A young women. Describing her feelings of a song so in tune with your mind and Heart. I love you Channel. Breathe of fresh air. Im sorry of your loss of your Dad. Well as a stranger i can read people fairly well. And he has and will always have a wonderful daughter. Im proud for him to have a daughter whom can elevate after tragedy. Im proud of you ! Enjoy how you go about your program. Doesn't hurt to be adorable. Inside and out. Teach my friend teach and express how you feel just as you're doing. A fans delight of your show. Great job and God bless. Richie

[@OfficialNIKMIK]

Petition for the SMILE SESSIONSSSS the last Brain Wilson breakthrough. Just dont listen to SMiLE it HAS to be the sessions

[@hendrimike08]

i'm really impressed by your videos and interpretations always. thank you so much. i think you are amazing.

[@Fool3SufferingFools]

On Brian Wilson’s 2000 Pet Sounds tour it was a surreal moment when that wacky bass harmonica solo was played, right alongside the banjo player standing there in a cowboy hat.

[@dekk640]

One of my top five songs of all time, Surfs Up and Holland are also worth a listen. Keep doing what you are doing I am enjoying this so much.

[@tedcole9936]

Agreed on Surf’s Up, and the whole Holland album. Just my private take, Holland seems to be not very well known, and Brian is nearly absent on it, but it is a fantastic album, and I have sometimes thought that Holland, the style of it, and the songs on it was in a way, the other Beach Boys conceding that Brian’s new direction starting with Pet Sounds was a good direction after all. “Leaving This Town” is a good example… it takes you on a hypnotic journey. Anyway, thanks for your comment.

[@NehemiahRyan]

Crystal, I appreciate how transparent you are about your struggles. I hope you have someone you can talk to through this time. Hang in there. Sending love your way. I'll be praying for you.

[@moonlitegram]

One of my all time favorite albums. I personally enjoy the stereo mix the best, but I'll go back and listen to the mono version from time to time as I think that was Wilsons main intention with it.

[@tupojohn1509]

Smile sessions for me is better, good reaction

[@alanmusicman3385]

It's not on a par with Pet Sounds, but the Beach Boys album "Sunflower" from 1970 contains a lot of very good songs and sounds. The Smile album (not, back then, a finished thing but subsequently finished much later) is a mixed bag of stuff - but it does contain my favourite Beach Boys non-single track which is "Surf's Up" - a very odd piece with various movements within it and some lyrics that will intruige and puzzle the hell out of you as well as the superb "Heroes and Villans" which was a big hit single in the UK - though I think rather less in the USA? So glad you feel able to share in your emotional roller coaster with your audience - I hope it helps you to work things out and reach more tranquil emotional waters - we're all supporting you from afar!

[@erikdolnack2737]

Frank Black from the Pixies did a really brilliant cover of the Beach Boys' "Hang Onto Your Ego" in 1993.

[@drusilla3882]

You should react to some non-mainstream 90's music, like early Bjork or PJ Harvey, Luscious Jackson, Esthero, Elysian Fields, The Sundays, Depeche Mode, Tricky...etc

[@daveaxel1122]

I enjoyed your Pet Sounds reaction ..your genuine enthusiasm, appreciation, honestly expressing how moved you were and your musical knowledge, how you were able to point out different things going on. It's great to see a young person appreciate this masterpiece and see a young musician discover it .. By the way, during You still believe in me, that unique delicate piano intro and I think other parts was Brian Wilson plucking the actual piano strings while the lyricist for the album(Tony Asher) held the keys down.. Brian had over 20 musicians in the studio, he wrote and arranged all the music, directed each of them, wrote all the harmony parts and directed the other beach boys and produced the album and he was about 23 .. some of the unique sounds on the album was different instruments playing the same notes to create a different sound .. If you get a chance, even just for yourself, have a listen to the Smile sessions, this was the unfinished masterpiece that was to follow Pet Sounds .. The music and the harmonies take you to another planet, to such a beautiful place, so unique, beautiful , sweet, dynamic and more .. I'm sure it will blow your mind and move you .. Brian always has the goal of expressing love in his music, something that sets the beach boys and his solo work apart, like a warm blanket around your soul .. By the way, I appreciate your authentic expression at the end of the video of what you've been going through, that takes courage :) you have a lovely singing voice too ,, peace

[@VIDSTORAGE]

If you ever get to react to any albums by The Allan Parson Project, you can hear in quite a bit of his songs that he used this Beach Boy melodic vocal pattern ..

[@What.its.like.]

All the songs are great but here today I just love that song I guess it’s like picking a favorite kid you can’t really have a favorite song on this album

[@jdscottphd]

Crystal, please continue to take care of yourself. Unfortunately with age and experience comes some loss and regret that can rob us of our light when we least expect it. But whether you can make it on camera or not, I hope the music we all share will continue to bring you new light and inspiration. No matter how much we hurt, songs like God Only Knows or In My Life or (fill in your best) are always there for comfort and,as you put it, delicate joyfulness. (Totally stealing that phrase!l

[@Sweetish_Jeff_]

Fun fact: “Pet Sounds” the instrumental track had a working title of “James’s Theme” because it was partially inspired by James Bond.

[@jefflarkin9619]

Concerning Pet Sounds, a great line in the movie Love And Mercy from Mike Love to Brian....”Even the happy songs are sad.”

[@clydekimsey7503]

Great movie and it tells a lot about Mike love. An amusing comment from him, but I can see why he might have had that view

[@steelers6titles]

Mike claimed not to "get" what Brian was doing. But Mike's vocals are important to the album.

[@sanddab]

The L.A. session musicians, The Wrecking Crew, did a great job as always.

[@squidyy7680]

As you mentioned during I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times, there are conflicting lines being sung at the same time. If you listen closely, you can hear a third line being sung in Spanish underneath the two more prominent ones.

[@mindonthemoon456]

I think I’ve been going through something similar, Theres just been a build up of so many bad things happening to me that i just haven’t been able to stop crying for the last few days and I’ve had to call a hotline just to talk about it. Im glad you liked the album tho, if you just need someone to listen to you all you have to do is reach out.

[@johndrowe5281]

“God Only Knows“ is tied with “The Long and Winding Road“ as my number one(s) as my “desert island” song. Both are beautiful almost stream of consciousness songs whose lyrics mate perfectly with the music. Whilst I love Sir Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson, I have never wanted to kiss them. Ha ha ha. You on the other hand…😇😉🎸👨🏼‍⚕️🎸🎼🎵🎶 Keep doing what God leads you to do. May He bless you with peace and safety and health. Cheers.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎸👨🏼‍⚕️

[@Hugo_Hackenbush]

Loving your reactions. As a Beach Boys/Brian Wilson fanatic since the early days, I MUST make some album recommendations: "Friends" - best with the lights low, just let the vibe wash over you; "Love You" - a masterpiece in a completely different way than Pet Sounds - just a few instruments and great songwriting "Sunflower" another masterpiece with the whole band producing; "Beach Boys Today!" the brilliant forerunner of Pet Sounds. There are more, but these will get you started.

[@natmanprime4295]

YOU GOT SUCH AN EXPRESSIVE LITTLE FACE!!!!!

[@connors.8618]

Please react to Smiley Smile. It’s not quite Pet Sounds caliber but it’s wild, weird, earthy, experimental, and a near near-masterpiece in it’s own right.

[@DocRock71]

Your singing at 5:00 was so beautiful and angelic, like a Disney princess!

[@penfold7455]

Brian Wilson has said that the inspiration for "Caroline, No" was from his days in school. Back in the early part of elementary school, he was best friends with this girl who always hung out and played with Brian at recess. They both really liked each other. Then once they moved into middle/high school and puberty kicked in, she became this incredibly beautiful girl that was accepted into the good-looking well-off elite clique. Almost immediately, she stopped hanging around with Brian; because why hang around with this tall, lanky, awkward and incredibly shy dweeb from years before when you get into a clique with much cooler friends and an increased chance to date one of the better-looking guys in school? (Btw, to this day, 60-some years later, he's never revealed who that girl was so as to not hurt his wife's feelings.) The train at the end really threw me off when I heard the song for the first time. Fun Fact: The two dogs barking along with the train horn were Brian's two beagle dogs he and his first wife had that were called Banana and Louie.

[@fewwiggle]

God only knows what I'd be without you..... :-)

[@CrystalShannon4]

I know for a fact it wouldn’t look too good for me out here without YOU!!! You are appreciated and loved here more than you know! Thank you for impacting me so positively 💕

[@moonlitegram]

22:00-23:00 Its ok to lose yourself a bit. Its a great way to grow and experience sides of life you haven't before. Just keep a hold on your core values in your mind and you should be able to recenter yourself admist the journey. I wish you strength in dealing with whatever hard times are making you cry these days. And I hope the music you're listening to is bringing you some joy and relief, or even carthasis. If this helps at all, know that your videos definitely brighten up my day as I think it does for many of the others here in the comments etc. So I hope you also take some joy from that. Stay strong. :)

[@steelers6titles]

On the 50th anniversary tour, the departed Dennis and Carl were represented by videos onscreen. Carl's tenor was an essential element of the group's sound.

[@CrystalShannon4]

Wow, that is beautiful that they were able to still be celebrated and part of the experience in a great way. They will be forever missed, such legends leaving behind beauty and genius!

[@craigoconnor6662]

I thought of n album you might like: Odessa by The Bee Gees.

[@CrystalShannon4]

Ohhhh thank you millions Craig!

[@mibeatleman6767]

Stay strong Crystal, we're here for support. Sending all our love to you. ❤

[@CrystalShannon4]

Thank you Dean. That means the world to me and makes such a huge difference in a way far beyond explanation. Thank you for allowing this world to be a kinder place. 💕

[@masonresnick5105]

Good to see you back & reacting to great records! If there's ever an album to get emotional listening to, this is it. One of the great things about Pet Sounds is how Brian Wilson (with the help of his co-writer, Tony Asher) really opened up his heart and showed his vulnerability for all the world to see, while at the same time delivering a musical masterpiece. Also a nifty tidbit: There are four different lyrics being sung more or less simultaneously during the chorus of "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times,": “Sometimes I feel very sad” “Ain’t found the right thing I can put my heart and soul into” "Oh, ¿cuándo seré? Un día seré" ("When will I be? One day I will be") “The people I know don’t wanna be where I’m at” Take care of yourself!

[@richardfordham931]

they were sleighbells. you can find documentaries on the making of this.

[@CrystalShannon4]

Oh nice!! That would be pretty awesome to check out!! 🧡🧡🧡 Thanks for letting me know about it! I hope you have an outstanding day and that you enjoy today’s newest selection:

[@richardfordham931]

@@CrystalShannon4 I initially saw it when I borrowed it from the library in my city, but there are bits of it here.

[@tombranson9341]

I have been listening to the BB for 50 years and your review of "I just wasnt made for these times", where you mentioned the disharmony or craziness of the dual voicings in the chorus. I know that this is one of Brian's personal moody songs (because this song is a Brian solo, all voices are his and he insisted on making it that way) that fits in with In My Room, Til I die and many, many others. It just hit me that this is about the time that he started hearing voices in his head, the bad voices, that would tell him that he wasn't good enough or that he would die, and that to overcome them he would just try to sing or write songs the best he could, but over a decade he succumbed to the voices in his head, only to reconcile and deal with them and recover. This song is ALL ABOUT BRIAN... I keep trying to find the people....

[@eresmisa]

The background vocals are actually sing in Spanish on I guess "I just wasn't Made for these Times" (they sing Un Dia sere and other phrases)

[@thundernels]

Have you thought of doing SMiLE? I prefer Brian Wilson’s reconstruction, but maybe because I heard it first. SMiLE Sessions is also available piecing together The Beach Boys recordings.

[@gabrynson1]

This is possibly one of the 10 greatest pop albums ever. Anyway, I just saw some of your analysis and want to say that you have an amazing and rare sensibility. I've never seen a person that understand a deep and difficult song as Interstellar Overdrive at first/second listening (neither me as a "nerd") as you did. You could enjoy music that is much more alien and that has a high emotional potential and artistic value. (Sorry for my english). I give you a few names that expanded my mind, also only for yourself (they are very impopular): The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (baroque folk). Faust I (krautrock/obscure collage/unknown), Rock Bottom (prog/unknown), Desertshore (gothic/folk), Music To Eat (psychedelic/idk), Fare Forward Voyagers (folk), Canaxis 5 (minimal/drone/world), Hosianna Mantra (folk/world/idk), Ascension by Glenn Branca (no-wave). Ciao!

[@David44763]

Thanks crystal. Keep going ❤️🌹🧚🏽‍♂️

[@buzz71544]

Brian Wilson has said that this song came to him directly from God. I'm not going to argue. It's my favorite song... ever. Al Jardine actually sings at the very end 2 or 3 times. Great analysis Crystal. You have a beautiful voice too. btw... Brian doubled voices with instruments to create a very unique tone. It's really hard to hear all of it within the mix.

[@chipurBillWhite]

Well, first of all you know music and play and sing beautifully. On top of that you’re engaging and sincere. Thank you…

[@douglasennis7291]

Only one suggestion... More bass less treble... Other than that excellent 👍🏻😎💯❤️

[@ianortcliff6774]

There is an instrumental track from the Pet Sounds sessions, Trombone Dixie that you might like. Has vibraphone on it and the most beautiful chiming guitar. Recorded in twenty minutes according to Brian Wilson. There’s also a band called Big Star from the early 70”s who only made three albums, didn’t have any commercial success but were very influential. And if you want to cheer yourself up in five minutes with some classic uplifting 90’s Italian style piano House you could do a lot worse than The Arms of Loren (Steinway mix) by E-Voke. Randomness ends.

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

Crystal, please consider reacting to the Beach Boys "Sunflower" It's not as well-known as Pet Sounds, but it has some real artistic continuity, and many people regard it as the second-best BB album. It has a great sound.

[@douglasennis7291]

B. Wilson is Brian Wilson and this his production... It was almost a Brian solo album cause other Beach Boys didn't understand it... Too experimental.

[@newms69]

God only Knows is Paul McCartney's favorite all time song.

[@CrystalShannon4]

Well, isn’t Paul just such a man of taste! Just when I thought I couldn’t love him anymore!

[@keymack2477]

Crystal, since I love your reactions so much I must ask you to take care of yourself first! You are so young and have so much to give to this world!! I would hate to think that my enjoyment of your videos in any way is causing you any stress or distress! Anytime you wish to post a video we will be here for you. Take care,

[@thomasfarin8677]

Crystal. I’ve been a Beach Boys fan since I was n high school graduating in 1963. My albums are all gone. So I’ve spent a lot of time on KZbin. Lately I’ve been going through reviews. I came across your reviews today. It is so refreshing to hear a review from someone that really understands music. Your review of God Only knows is right on target. It is my second favorite BB song. No 1 came a few months later and is part of the Smile collection. Good Vibrations will blow your mind. It was recorded in four different studios to take advantage of each studios unique sounds. God bless you. Keep up the good work.

[@phl76music5]

Have you seen the movie "Love Actually" which has this song in the soundtrack? L.A. is a Christmas time movie, and if you've seen it maybe that's where the sleigh bells and Christmas association popped up out of your subconscious.

[@dano41]

Pentatonix does a wonderful cover of God Only Knows (and many, many other songs by many, many different artists). Would love to see you do a Pentatonix reaction.

[@vincentvancraig]

The dogs suddenly at the end always reminds me of the chicken clucking that came out of nowhere on sgt pepper....mccartney said “god only knows” is his fave song of all time & that pet sounds is his fave album of all time, & said sgt pepper wouldnt exist without pet sounds

[@31carrier]

I stayed to the end You are a powerful person so much you have earned from hard work we are all diffrent you will never be perfect, crying is ok its a release relax and enjoy the beautiful ride we are all still growing what you know in your 20's is driffrent from what you know in your 40's or 50's or 60's I am 70 Did you see American Hustle it's all in your mind you beleive what you want to beleive i keep a list of Virtures near me and review them often fill your head with Virtue's and guildance will find the way

[@putinscat1208]

I listened to this, cause I heard maybe some of it inspired The Beatles. But I didn't find it a smooth album, and I don't go back to it like with The Beatles. The same way I don't watch the old Flash Gordon serials instead of Star Wars.

[@garyspillett7103]

PET SOUNDS IS/WAS A VERY BRAVE RECORD..........A FAR CRY FROM SURFIN USA.IT IS A QUANTUM LEAP TECHNICALLY FROM MOST OF THE POP MUSIC THAT PRECEDED IT, BEATLES EXCLUDED OF COURSE.....THE ALBUM IS FULL OF CONFESSIONAL STORYTELLING.MY FAVOURITE TRACK IS THE STUNNING DON'T TALK PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER.PET SOUNDS IS A MUST HAVE FOR EVERY CD OR RECORD COLLECTION..., LOVE TO YOU MY DEAR CRYSTAL.GARY SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.

[@thomaspappalardo7589]

I recommend you listen to the version of Caroline, No where the tape isn’t sped up. I find it more somber and heartbreaking. Also, with I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times, Brian is twisting the expression because he was saying he’s too advanced for his age and he wishes he lived in the future.

[@31carrier]

I am like 320 I enjoyed this review alot ,Thanks Call Me Caroline is another youtube chanell, I enjoyed you are both very good The Beach Boys I have seen more than any other band

[@zacharyspencer8321]

Based on your closing comments, I think that you need to hear Roger Hodgson's In The Eye Of The Storm album. Unique. Hopeful. Insightful. Soulful and full of pathos. Very relatable to your circumstances. And very colorful.

[@charlesmurphy1840]

Apperently mike love was totally against this album .he was stuck in his ways with the whole boy band sound .This is all Brian Wilson being a gen x person these were the sounds of my parents and I had the joy of seeing my parents express the love of hearing these albums for the first time..weather it was the Beatles ,the stones,queen ,beach boys ,mow town .my generation would have the 90’s which might be the last great music outburst of different sounds and music coming together

[@Crenom]

You're so cool! Please do one of these for Atavachron (Holdsworth) I just really think you'd get it and love it

[@Sighmansea]

Pleaee react to Odessey & Oracle by The Zombies. In my opinion it’s one of the 10 best albums of the 60s.

[@thomastimlin1724]

Brian Wilson used a lot of strange things for effect instruments on the whole album. Sleigh Bells, Bicycle bells and horns, plucking piano strings with a pick or feather stem or something......as usual the vocal arrangements are magical. Pet Sounds pretty much was a flop because it was ahead of it's time in 1966, did not follow the hit or Beach Boys hit formula of Cars, surfing, Girls, the Beach, Girls, dancing, ...and uh.. Girls.... months BEFORE Good Vibrations was released. Brian could see music was changing and they were going to be left behind if they kept up the old formula. Most listeners wnated songs with a solid straight ahead beat or swing beat with rhyming lyrics about love, cars, girls, the beach, girls...uh well, already said that lol. Something you can dance to if you're a teen. Mike Love, lead singer mostly hated the album, because it was self reflective music, not Beach Boys formula blah blah.. but the formula was dying. Decades later everyone is going "Oh what genius,." [of which they are right]. I could have done without the instrumentals myself. I found them boring. Basically all instruments were played by the famous studio musicians known as the" wrecking crew" and not the Beach Boys themselves...My favorite is Caroline No. I leave you with some comforting music: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6TVhZmtd86Cg5I

[@dj71162]

Mike actually came up with the name Pet Sounds because he joked Brian heard things nobody else did, like how dogs can hear differently to people. I think Brian was planning on having lyrics for the two instrumentals but decided against it in the end. I dont why know why.

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

God Only Knows is hanging between keys ambiguously most of the time and doesn't resolve...then the interlude comes in sounding almost interruptive making you think why is this happening, then enters the vocal harmonies bringing the whole song back like the fingers on your hands slotting together.