The Beach Boys: God Only Knows (Live At Unicef Concert - 1967)

[@BarneyFife00]

The chord progression is sheer genius.

[@treywells6579]

BarneyFife00 No doubt!

[@Hahaa99]

Amen

[@matthewrider6456]

That's usually the kind of work a genius songsmith creates😉

[@erikschimmel6223]

I just want to at that to my reaction. But you wrote it allready. It gives me trills over my back 🧡

[@branscombe_]

finally learned it on guitar!

[@nwtraveler5266]

Paul McCartney’s favorite song. A masterpiece.

[@msoileau83]

Brian knew his little brother could do it. And he did. God bless Carl.

[@brianrocks2087]

One of the best songs in rock history

[@alittleguy8114]

I agree Ringo, I agree.

[@vanplq8841]

Octopus' Garden is better.

[@user-br2gi8kh5s]

​@@vanplq8841 Lol what

[@vanplq8841]

@@user-br2gi8kh5s just kidding.

[@user-br2gi8kh5s]

@@vanplq8841 oh ok lol

[@sharonramone7186]

What a voice! You are sorely missed Carl

[@eddiefraser6507]

Surely one of the finest voices in the history of pop and rock Carl Wilson he does this piece of genius justice

[@timothyflyte9443]

Also Al's falsetto on the fade is fantastic

[@lafillenbleu]

Timothy Flyte i agree, i love that part

[@ParchedPinemarten]

so delicate

[@MrSamhain17]

...what I'd beeeee withooooout yooooou

[@wheelinthesky300]

Yeah, I just noticed that. It's like a sword going thru but not injuring you. This group had 6 talented singers, and Al was underused.

[@johnbeard3733]

He did a great job with that part. I think Brian would normally sing that part

[@johntechwriter]

Just that bridge with no lyric and a seemingly odd chord progression magically reconciles itself with the upcoming chorus. Songwriting genius from Brian Wilson, executed with great feeling by Carl Wilson. This song could only have come from California, and that's why I live here.

[@fshoaps]

This song could only come from LSD, not California!

[@BBKingFan]

Lol that’s a California long since gone…

[@johntechwriter]

@@BBKingFan Hey, California Dreamin’ is alive and well, outside the city and just a few miles down Hwy 1 in my sports car. (And btw, I was a fan of the King of the Blues when he was playing joints back in the mid-60s.)

[@frensunited3748]

this is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

🙏 🤝 👍

[@kamilkawinnicka5704]

im agree

[@maryannesobocinski2589]

Happy 74th Birthday to my favorite Beach Boy: Brian Douglas Wilson.

[@Clownhole420]

Voice of an angel.

[@senadbajrami4292]

There is the certain something within this song,makes me wanna cry every time I hear it..beautiful

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

🙏 🤝 👍 It´s a masterpiece of music . . eternally . . . in our hearts . . .

[@matildekimmerle6607]

2024 and this song lives on

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

🙏 🤝 👍 you BET !

[@woodstock5841]

Carl voice is like angel 😇🙏🧡

[@susanbehring3401]

My favorite song by the "Beach boys".

[@HamiltonRb]

I heard Paul McCartney say this was his favorite as well. You are in good company.

[@patrickcibulka2915]

Easily their best.

[@navynugget7]

Yes, it was his best, I mean their best song.

[@leetana8888]

I love seeing Carl sing this song. His voice is perfection 💙🖤💙🖤💙

[@mysticalmargaret6105]

RIP Carl and Dennis Wilson. ❤🙏❤🎼🎸🎵🎶🎹🥁🎶🎵

[@IAmisMaster]

Darn the Beach Boys...this song is gonna make me cry again.

[@jesper7993]

Mike Love's vocals are actually really on point here! (1:05-1:14, 1:50-1:57, 1:59-2:03...)

[@MarcoPolo7212]

that's Bruce from 1:50-2:03 not Mike

[@JoeDiego]

This is historically interesting because I believe this is one of the first documented video performances to feature touring members. Previously only full Beach Boys Mike/Brian/Carl/Dennis/David/Al and quasi-Brach Boys Glen Campbell and Bruce Johnston had played live, all of them being presented to the audience as Beach Boys. But in this video you can see two shadowy figures in black, one playing bass (the mysterious 'Ron Brown') and one on the keyboard at the back right (Captain Daryl Dragon). They are the first two 'touring members' who were not considered or presented as Beach Boys.

[@branscombe_]

very interesting. thank you

[@suzanneeck7220]

Absolutely gorgeous song, a genius indeed

[@anotherjoshua]

Dennis has the perfect touch here.

[@stephenspinks6486]

Carl had a magnificent voice

[@bougarti]

enough to make a grown ass man cry

[@NickWeissMusic]

There will never be another Carl. He was about 19 or 20 when the studio recording was made, 21 or so in this video. Unbelievable.

[@WINKlerEnterprises]

Thanks for the post. Mike Love recalls who was in the front row at this particular concert: John Lennon and Paul McCartney. In between them was Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

[@WINKlerEnterprises]

@ddjdd wfgggb Yes, you're right. Thanks for the correction.

[@erikschimmel6223]

Mijn favoriete nummer. De perfecte popsong volgens Paul McCartney. Zo mooi intiem gezongen, zo passend bij de vertwijfelde tekst. Alleen God weet het ! Met een hoofdletter.

[@That1gymnasticsgirlxx]

Carl was at his vocal peak in 66/67, soft angel

[@notoriousblt1038]

Unlike Brian and Dennis he never really lost his voice up until his death

[@82cchper]

​@@notoriousblt1038 Exactly. Carl was always at his vocal peak

[@Gabriel2oh6]

@@82cchperCarl was one of those guys who always had an amazing voice to start, and somehow just get better and better through the years, constantly developing his voice throughout his age. His voice would change but would never decline. One of the best rock voices of all time.

[@timothyflyte9443]

The guys do a great job , covering the complexities of the recording .

[@tb9489]

Lead guitar, lead vocals.. Carl was so fucking great

[@philrisser6853]

voices of angels

[@geraldleroy1980]

This sounds effing amazeballz live.

[@j7286]

Wow, thank you for uploading this appearance!

[@surfohio]

I didn't see Bruce but I was sure hoping to hear his vocal part at the end....did not disappoint :-) p.s. this minimalist live version is just beautiful

[@backident]

This was three months after the Lei'd in Hawaii disaster, with Daryl Dragon joining only 11 days earlier (the Captain of the Captain and Tenille). You see Ron Brown on bass in black and Bruce on Organ with Daryl off to the side. As crazy as it sounds if you saw them three months earlier they'd have 50% fewer musicians. By next fall they would double the amount of musicians you see here, with a full horn section/percussionist/bass player/pianist/drummer added to the touring lineup.

[@nickbyrnes7408]

Bruce is playing organ he is to Carl’s right, our left of Carl

[@newagain9964]

Only thing missing to make it next level is have the organ play at the end what the French horn does on the LP

[@malecozalam0021]

I love her :/

[@mrsmacca126]

GORGEOUS

[@dubworldvwadventures]

Earliest performance of this that I’ve ever seen. So beautiful! Miss you Carl!

[@davetrevor4561]

very awesome

[@carmenconstantinescu814]

This song is my song..

[@fabiansanchezolguin1403]

+Carmen Constantinescu Me too

[@johnhermann8121]

How brilliant were the Beach Boys!

[@chrishrycyk5797]

Love this stuff...top performance!!!!

[@garotjc377]

Great thank you for this! It’s wonderful to hear this song in such a old live.

[@SST4SSG]

Baby brother Carl was the BACKBONE of that band as was it was falling apart into the late '60s and beyond. Don't let the angelic voice fool you. That dude died too young but kept chaos together somehow before he died way too young at 51

[@matthewwhite4008]

Boy Carl was such a superb singer wish he was still with us

[@patrickcibulka2915]

Thank you Brian.

[@DaveAMcLaughlin]

SUPERB.

[@Balonious_Crunk]

The Beach Boys released some great LP's from 1963-1970. The best of them were from Pet Sounds up to Sunflower, but all magnificent, and most of them highly underrated, except for Pet Sounds.

[@marcotukoff]

Totalmente ao vivo, chorando aqui, em pleno 2020...

[@GabrielKaraoJaguaribaras]

I: a The beach boys: I may not always love you.

[@richlitton7862]

That was great. Carl was the best.

[@tosa_young720]

Carl and Dennis, RIP. 😢

[@randymarsh5088]

The world is a little worse for wear without Carl .

[@alexb8689]

Gid must have smile when he heard this song,,, tooo perfect

[@user-dn7cq6ul3q]

Carlの歌いかためっちゃ上手い。このGod only knowsの良さが出てる。ギターやベースの音も良い。

[@juancitolimon8743]

tremendo

[@carmenconstantinescu814]

This is my song :'(

[@igormarco4140]

SIn Brian The Beach Boys ooohh

[@xtubeinator]

Now Carl is singing with Angels…

[@patrickmcgrath5411]

CARL😇😢

[@jamessilva3372]

Genius

[@zoe1l]

♾

[@ggt47]

😍

[@ataguala]

Who is that strange fellow on the right, who doesn't seem to play any instrument and just stands there? Anyway, a fantastic piece of music!

[@flagemdown66]

all bums we all good!

[@josephweaver335]

This was not their bad album, just not what you were probably used to hearing, youtube the making of god only knows, the talk to the studio musicians who all agree, brian was awesome!...all of what? 22

[@JesperSalama]

Yeah! I especially liked Endless Harmony off Keepin the Summer Alive (their worst album.)

[@JeremyBierker]

Dude what? this is from pet sounds, regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time

[@flagemdown66]

@@JeremyBierker yeah, I was thinking of the other albums with less Brian input.... I like all they did up until the early to mid 70's.

[@Hahaa99]

@Jeremy Bierker * the greatest album of all time

[@alexpaxton1336]

WHy is the guitar inaudible?

[@ggt47]

😭

[@kevinkhoy7171]

Beach Boys Still #1 (Harmonies) The Beatles #2 CSN&Y #3 The Eagles #4 Huey Lewis and the News #5 Ck out The News 1987 MLB All⭐Game National 🇺🇸

[@ggt47]

😮

[@beaveittoleaver2327]

Unreal. Don't try this at home kids.

[@MichaelGlasson]

Where's Brian Wilson?

[@eloisbind]

***** Brian was in the U.S. He stopped touring in 1964

[@jokerx10x]

***** Home writing and composing Pet Sounds with The Wrecking Crew. Carl was always the lead vocalist and guitar. Bruce Johnston was added to the group and still plays with the Beach Boys.

[@1870dav]

+Dana Szakacs He was working on new stuff, but not Pet Sounds.

[@j7286]

+Michael Glasson Finding Brian Wilson in 6 decades of Beach Boys concert footage is a bit like playing Where's Waldo. He's the leader, then he's the genius, then he's the recluse, then he's the hostage smoking one last cigarette, then he's the showman, then he's an inmate looking for an exit. Sometimes all at the same time. 1967? Definitely not there.

[@eloisbind]

Carl was a bit more than that. He took over leadership with Brian's tacit approval. Carl's comment was that "If I did it I knew it would be done". He managed every facit of the band. He and Mike chose the set lists, Carl was responsible for musicians, rehearsals you only have to look at Knebworth for proof and from early criticism he took them to the top band for 1974 and the Guinness record for crowd numbers at 4th July concerts with Brian in attendance at some. Of course, as Carl would say..It couldn't have happened without Brian's music

[@andrewlees8070]

15/12/67

[@greatcitysportaction2289]

About that guy who was on bass and who was behind Carl Wilson and seen at 0:16 who was that?

[@morganthomas5934]

I don’t know if you’re taking about 1 person or 3, but as far as I’m aware at this time the bass player was Bruce Johnston

[@greatcitysportaction2289]

@@morganthomas5934 That wasn’t actually Bruce on bass he was on organ for this.

[@morganthomas5934]

@@greatcitysportaction2289 ah I see. I don’t actually know what he looks like, so just guessed

[@backident]

Ron Brown, the first touring Beach Boy member. In August that year a live album was recorded in Hawaii that Bruce ditched out on that convinced the bad to tour with support musicians. A bassist was hired first as Bruce really couldn't play. You also see Daryl Dragon here, only two weeks into his five year run. He and fellow Beach Boy keyboardist Toni would leave the group to form the Captain and Tenille.

[@malecozalam0021]

I’m going to travel tomorrow. And try to get my girl back. If it doesn’t work it’s ok… at least I tried. God only knows what it would be without trying

[@Ouopa.]

Pain

[@joeyc09]

who is that on bass? is it joe osbourn?

[@annwags]

joeyc09 It's supposed to be AL Jardine.

[@southerndoomsday6688]

Ann Wagner Completely wrong information you jave right there. Bruce Johnston came to substitute John Campbell who substituted Brian Wilson who stopped touring on 1964.

[@danielstein5290]

+Nick Paxoulas actually Glen Campbell but close enough

[@southerndoomsday6688]

Daniel Weston Sorry.

[@DonGomez007]

Ann Wagner did not write "completely wrong information" as Al Jardine did play during live concerts; from 1966- 1968, the Hofner copy electric bass that Carl Wilson owned. Carl and Al would trade off playing that violin shaped electric bass guitar on different songs.

[@mr.kite0535]

Best voice in that band was Carl, hands down.

[@marcotukoff]

Isn't Bruce Johnston on this video?

[@elizabethmuhleisen357]

Yes he's playing the organ. You can hear him sing in the closing part , first Carl, then Bruce, then Al (Brian sang this part on the recording)

[@The_Klystron7]

Who is playing bass @ 0:15

[@Beepbopboh]

Ok, here me out…Carl and the brothers are amazing ….they were regimented…what if, tho….you put someone like Ritchie Valens in the lead role?? He could barely hear harmony ….magic happens when you do that to music….

[@philiprobins5488]

This is at the time Carl was going through his draft dodger issues

[@hellomcflyy]

this would have been my wedding song.....had I married Jen....heh....and ...hard to play..I'm decent...but....I don't think I could pull it off...maybe after 50 takes.....and.....I sure can't sing like Carl......

[@josephweaver335]

for not having a back up orchestra, carl sings like an angel, Mike Love is the only disappointed one, although he could have added a few more harmonies to this band when nthey did this song, he chose to be selfish and quiet

[@armanahari]

I bet if he was singing more and louder people would criticize him for being too full of himself :/

[@DonGomez007]

Joseph - While not a full orchestra, in the shadows stage right, there was a cellist, violinist and percussionist playing during their 5 song set.

[@mrsmacca126]

joseph weaver well stated.

[@miscpony]

Mike does his harmony part at the end chorus.

[@bls8959]

Im no Mike fan but cmon he sounds great here

[@chrissmith4723]

The only instrument mike love knows how to play…nothing

[@flagemdown66]

here weagain... so your say they weak bums? Lavender... o.k., pelin syndrome.... everything y and a-number one! happy ? Moose...

[@OropherThranduil]

flagemdown66 Nah, Zep where brilliant Musicians, but shameless thiefs of others Songs.

[@jimwilson3157]

+OropherThranduil They stole Stairway to Heaven 's opening from Randy California and Spirit. They toured with Spirit for half a year...and listened to his song every night. I quit listening to Led Zeppelin when I found out the guitar player was living in Aleister Crowley's house.

[@OropherThranduil]

Jim Wilson I know all of that. ;)

[@sinjinbeatbox]

why does mike look like a gay umpire here?

[@maccuadra8454]

this version feels weak.