The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (Brian sings lead)

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Brian Wilson originally intended to sing lead vocal on 'God Only Knows' but in the end he sacrificed the lead vocal to his brother Carl: "Well, I thought I was gonna do it. As the song progressed, I said, 'Hey, I feel kind of natural doing this.' But when we completed creating the song, I said my brother Carl will probably be able to impart the message better than I could, so I sacrificed that one. But he had a good time singing it."

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Uploaded: April 14, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Author: MrTomaX

Length: 00:02:42
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numbing numbered numerous Comments:
XxSternchenxX8 (November 30, 2008 at 10:09 am)
god i love the beach boys...
legends forever!! <3
optimistic711 (November 30, 2008 at 6:39 am)
no offense to beatle fans, of which i am one of the biggest, but brian is still out there not resting on his laurels and creatively coming up with new releases
garethb1961 (November 30, 2008 at 7:36 am)
So are Paul and Ringo. McCartney's has had
"Ever Present Past" last year, and a newly released set under the name "The Fireman" in the last week. Both VERY hot. Paul also had his classical piece, "ecce cor meum" rated classical disc of the year in 2005. Ringo is up to all Starr band #726, or thereabouts.

Haven't heard from John and George for a while, but we'll forgive them that.
jentasiewicz11 (November 30, 2008 at 5:59 am)
najpiekniejsza piosenka!!!!!
schizlor (November 29, 2008 at 8:17 pm)
I remember reading somewhere that McCartney said his goal with Sgt. Peppers was to create an album that came close to matching the perfection of Pet Sounds. I agree the Beatles IMO are a better band, but it is no secret that McCartney considered Brian Wilson a superior musician, and was constantly in his mind "playing catch-up" with Wilson musically.
kickassfan (November 29, 2008 at 2:22 pm)
Simply precious,real music
mvpj51 (November 29, 2008 at 9:19 am)
Beach Boys use of four part harmonies and musical arrangements were unique and admired by fellow bands of that era. The Beatles, particularly Paul McCartney felt Brian Wilson was a musical genius and used his songs to inspire him.
csps65 (November 30, 2008 at 2:42 am)
He's right, that is the gods honest truth, John, Paul and George also felt the best Duo, harmonically speaking were the Everley Brothers!! then in four part, the Beach Boys, No offense but not bad praise from the greatest band of ALL time!! at least for now!! Go U2 !!
garethb1961 (November 30, 2008 at 7:38 am)
U2 are not in the race buddy! Fine band just the same.
batman444 (November 28, 2008 at 11:48 pm)
I agree, I love the beatles so much, but they never made anything as unique as good vibrations or god only knows, this music is something else.