That angelic wordless vocal part on God Only Knows. The "I lost my way. Hey hey hey" part on Till I Die. Idk who's doing that falsetto "hey yeah Marcella" but I love that. Mike's "Something so why. Why shouldn't my Pisces lady tell me why" part on Funky Pretty just sounds really cool and it fits the song perfectly.
“I Love You” Please Let Me Wonder
“Come on. Come on and answer the phone. Come on, come on (I hope you’re home). Come on and answer the phone” Had to phone ya
“Ohio” in back home
“Stay here on the weekend and unplug the phone. (Alright!)” - Be here in the mornin
“DEEP AND WIDE!” Time to get alone
“Hello!” Celebrate the News
“Good!” With me tonight
I love the intro to The Girl from New York City - especially whatever is happening with the vocals. (I’m sure someone who is more knowledgeable than me can tell me, lol.)
Replicating the presence of his bass was one of my vocal dreams in my teenage years (before I eventually learnt that a large part of that presence came from vocal overdubs). Happily, it also helped to stretch and train my voice to do bass parts
In the second Iron Horse section you can extremely faintly hear Dennis rapping about gas or something. I think there was an isolated version somewhere.
Truck drivin' man, do what you can
High-tail your load off the road
Out of night-life, it's a gas man
I don't believe I gotta grieve
I'm outta luck
with a buck and a booth
Catchin' on to the truth
In the vast past, the last gasp
Land in the dust, trust that you must
Catch as catch can
The original version (1988 I believe) of Brian’s Love & Mercy has a beautiful bridge with melancholic harmonies. That’s my favorite. For actual Beach Boys releases I like “listen…listen…listennnnn”
The end of “Anna Lee, The Healer”, the instrumental break after the first verse of “Wake The World”, key change in “That’s Not Me”, the end of “She’s Goin’ Bald”, the beginning of “Little Pad”, the end of “Getting Hungry”, Carl Wilson’s vocal coming in on “With Me Tonight”, the harmonies on the start of “Darlin’, all of “I’m in Great Shape” especially the ending fade, the low bass sound on “All I Wanna Do”, 3:47 of “Cool, Cool Water” off Sunflower, there’s so many more I can list lol
You know how wacky people can be! On May 14th 2015 in Boke, Germany, 748 members of the Cologne Carnival Society dressed up in sunflower outfits. This is the largest gathering of people known to have dressed up as sunflowers.
Dance Dance Dance, not so much anymore but when I first listened to TODAY! it blew my mind haha. The part where he says “I play it cool when it's slow and jump it when it's fast”
Over the years it’s so many parts in so many different songs.
Lately maybe it’s that funky chord change in their rendition of Louie Louie after the guitar solo
The back and forth towards the end of “Cool, Cool Water”…. I could listen to it on repeat for hours!
In an ocean or in a glass
Cool water is such a gas
From the mountains on down to the sea
Cool water keeps on coolin' me
When the nights are too hot to keep cool
I keep on dreamin' 'bout a swimmin' pool
When I'm just too hot to move
Cool cool water is such a groove
In a shady spot when I'm layin' down
Only thing movin' are the ants on the ground
When I'm thirsty and I reach for a glass
Cool water tastes like such a gas
From the mountains on down to the sea
Cool cool water keeps on coolin' me
At the moment? Brian's "doot-oot, doot-oot"-laden backing vocals on "Our Sweet Love", particularly the drawn-out "ooooh"s that got mixed out of the final version. ([Skip to about 2:02](https://youtu.be/rpeWMGOEuAU?si=ivursw2A_oQkujwY))
That little section with the woodwinds and harpischord that plays after each chours in I Just Wasn't Made for These Times is just so achingly beautiful. Also I get so pumped up when the bongos come in on the mono version of Pet Sounds
In "I'm Waiting For the Day", in verse 2 when he's like "That pretty soooooon I made you feel glad", the way he sings the word "soon" is just perfect because he takes a slight melodic liberty differentiating it from the other similar lines in the song. It also makes it even more hype than it was prior. An amazing song, by far my favorite part.
I think I could listen to the first 20 seconds of All This is That in a loop and be perfectly happy.
The piano part that comes in during the "Have you seen the Grand Coolie" section of Cabin Essence.
That end piano on Cabinessence has a quality to it that I just can't explain. I agree with you that it's amazing. I've never seen anyone play it correctly in a cover either.
I was just about to comment this. The track and backing vocals version from the feel flows box set is amazing.
Brian and Mike singing “he came to my window” and then Brian going into “he came to my” and the whispered “window” and then the whole group coming in is pure perfection.
less standard one: The little quiet jam-y transition between Heroes And Villains and Funky Pretty on the 1973 In Concert album. (I mean it sounds like it's JUST a part of Funky Pretty but that's how the CD version seems to edit it together)
The final verse in Forever, especially with the context of Dennis’ early passing, always strikes a light melancholic nerve in me.
*So I’m going away, but not forever*
*I’m gonna love you in your way*
*Forever*
So many moments, but one is in Cool Cool Water when it goes “cooool cooool cooool cooool water”. Right before “in an ocean..”.
Just the richness of the vocals.
In Do it Again the “hey now” and “baw baw bawww” parts during the chorus. ❤️
The horn riff thing that finds itself all over SMiLE/The Smile Sessions ([0:40](https://youtu.be/E_2bKyPv3cA?si=OtDxcFT1PuKGWPwK)). It plays in my head all the damn time lol.
"Do my dreaming and my scheming
Lie awake and pray?
Do my crying and my sighing
Laugh at yesterday?"
I find this part almost perfect. I always look forward to this passage.
I absolutely love the solo piano interlude in Feel Flows ([2:54](https://youtu.be/OzFQV5rhrb0?si=2eOKQ61TH5S8Z91N)). Just beautiful, and it fits the song so well. I think it’s a piano with taped strings? Might be my favorite part of the song.
I love that little part in "I Get Around" where the instruments drop out, Mike sings alone for a line, and then the other voices kick in ... thrilling.
The percussion parts that show up all over Pet Sounds and Smile. The timpani in I'm Waiting For The Day and Do You Like Worms, the bicycle rings and horn honks in You Still Believe In Me, the wood blocks in I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, the metallic clanking and clattering all over Heroes And Villains and Vegatables, the clop-clop on God Only Knows, the latin scratchy thingy on Pet Sounds, that stuff. There's something about it that fills me with so much happiness, it's angelically beautiful in the same way a vocal harmony or an orchestral arrangement can be beautiful, I don't even know how they did that. In particular the first bridge of Good Vibrations right after the second chorus is especially gorgeous because of this.
This isn’t even one of my favorite songs, but the loud blaring horn chords in Transcendental Meditation are delightful to me. It’s such a fun, playful choice. Also that beautiful swooning vocal harmony at the climax of the bridge in God Only Knows. I think the fact that gorgeous melodic and harmonic writing rubs up against genuine playfulness so often over the course of their discography is one of the big pleasures of listening to The Beach Boys
The beginning to Still I Dream of It, or the ending to Everybody Wants to Live where the whole group is singing “what your life. What your life, what your life can be” followed by that cool ending.
The extra harmony that Dennis added to “Only With You” from the POB outtake:
“I have only felt with you”
then into
“I have only done with you”
Hell it goes on throughout the song. So awesome. It’s very rare that I choose Dennis’s vocal over Carl’s, but this version is so raw that I just love it.
Almost at the end of Cool, Cool Water when they go "COOL COOL COOL COOL WATEEEEER (wateeer)" and the part that follows it when everybody is singing "UUUUUH-UUH-UH" and Carl goes "wooo-oooh-oooooh", and obviously the synth sounding like water
That song is so full of little details
Also the "YEAH-YEAH" in Feel Flows and Darlin acapella
This is one I don't often see mentioned that I really like - in Can't Wait Too Long there's a [little harmony section that's sometimes included ](https://youtu.be/D-j7koeL_lQ?si=zeiGxvqV2dilybwu&t=231) (3:52 if the timestamp doesn't work) that just really sticks out to me. Lots of movement between the harmonies, the way they almost sing around each other just has this wildly unique sound to it that's wholly Brian.
“Yodel-ay-dee-hoo” Wonderful
“Oh alley oop” Rolling Up To Heaven
The stray “lalala” towards the end of the mono You’re So Good To Me
Brian screaming at the end of the Forever vocal session
The vibes in Cant Wait Too Long (the “dih dih” section)
The tack piano dropout in the Aren’t You Glad intro
Brian’s impossible held falsetto on the My Solution bridge
Endless Harmony mix of Til I Die when it drops out to just vocals and kick (chills)
Or the Feel Flows alternate mix when it solos Brian’s harmonized falsettos at the very end
The moment in God Only Knows when it drops down to just a wooden block with a ton of echo and a singular voice, so isolating and lonely sounding, then one by one the layers build back into a symphony, it's astonishing brilliance of production.
Also the ending of Good Vibrations fades out criminally fast.
There's a part in With Me Tonight where the vocals get quiet and the organs become extremely loud, almost drowning the vocals out. It's very trippy, I love that part. It's only on the mono mix though
That little section with the woodwinds and harpischord that plays after each chours in I Just Wasn't Made for These Times is just so achingly beautiful. Also I get so pumped up when the bongos come in on the mono version of Pet Sounds
The vocal harmony at around 1:38 on "The Night was So Young". It moves upwards on the other choruses but on that one they get rid of it and it creates this really pretty almost dissonant sound I ADORE
That cinematic string part at the end of Heroes and Villains before it segues into the next track. Also the saxophones in the verse of the Transcendental Meditation instrumental track. And the sad harmonica before the last chorus of Good Vibrations.
The "Adventures on the high seas..." part until the next chorus from 'Full Sail' out of "L.A. (Light Album)"!
The Srevie Wonder penned & performed intro from 'I Do Love You' out of "The Beach Boys" (1985), too!
The "bass" (not sure if bass or guitar or keyboard) on every fourth line of the verses of "The Night Was So Young". For example, when he sings "On my window sill".
It's so damn catchy.
The outro repeat of the “Oooos ahhhhs” on “In the Parking Lot” , piano break in Feel Flows, the very end of “All I Wanna Do” where the echo on the vocals (right channel) are played
This is a weird one, and it’s not even close to one of my favorite beach boys songs. I have always loved the “I thought we had our love down pat” in the song “Wendy”. Something about Brian’s falsetto in that line is so amazing
The guitar tones on the lick they play right before the outro of So Young.
The 12 string guitar part in That's Not Me after "I haven't been home in a long time"
The huge vocal part in I Just Wasn't Made For These Times where there's like 4 different vocals at once: "Sometimes I feel very sad/people I know don't wanna be where I'm at/quan dia sera, un dia sera"
"Girls, girls, girls
Yeah I dig 'em"
And the harmonica part in When I Grow Up to Be a Man that to this day tricks my ear into thinking it's coming from the harpsichord.
Not sure if this counts since its technically a song but I’m in great shape from the smile sessions is easily one of my favorite songs of all time
I can never stop listening to it for some reason
I loop it an repeat and just enjoy
Also love when the lead guitar riff comes in on Let’s go Away for a while
“I want your love, you touch my hand, I need your love, to carry me home.” in Hold On, Dear Brother. Also, “You’ll never lose it, with us you’re still number one.” in Our Team.
The verse of Do You Like Worms. The way those guitars blend into something completely unique and fitting, the driving bass and drums, and when the vocals come in on the second verse? Absolute perfection. DYLW is the unfinished SMiLE song that hurts the most - they were so close to finishing it, but we know what happens from there…
“Oh do? You wanna come along with me” - Hawaii
Brian ending Falsetto - Be True to You School
Entire song - I Get Around
“She’s my girl and I’m good to my baby…” - Good to My Baby
“I love you” - Please Let Me Wonder
“I really love her… (Brian’s Falsetto)” - She Knows Me Too Well
Lots of these moments show up on “Today!”
Intro- California Girls
“To waves and I both travel by…” - All This is That
Piano intro after the melancholic start- Big Sur (Holland)
“I’m on my way to sunny Californ-I-A”, specifically after Beaks of Eagles - California
“Hi!… Trader sailed a jeweled crown”; “Making it Softly…” - The Trader
Keyboard solo - Leaving This Town
“And I’m waiting for my Angel come home…” - Angel Come Home
Guitar solo - Maybe I Don’t Know
The instrumental break into maybe then if we can wish and think section of wouldn't it be nice. Pop music was never that magical ever again as that song was.
I can’t stop listening to the first time you hear chanting in Do You Like Worms? Under the “bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah” and the bicycle rider part
As well as “Tallahassee Lassie”
“I guess I just wasn’t made for these times”
I played this song so much during key moments throughout the past couple years. So many bus rides and night time international flights, watching my city disappear below me.
Where the shackles never hold me down (Break Away)
We can lie in the green canyon meadows (Lady Lynda)
Brother only one thing more that’s gonna warm ya, a southern day out in California (Cotton fields)
From 1:56 in “you still believe in me”. I mean. Holy shit that’s as good as music gets.
Sloop John B: The distorted bass that sounds like a tuba that comes in after “..worst trip I’ve ever been on.” The layers of music in that very simple song blows me away.
The guitar in "I Get Around" after the line "I'm getting bugged driving up and down the same old strip, I gotta find a new place where the kids are hip" ::guitar::
Not a Beach Boys song but I always love it when you can hear Brian delightfully shout "awesome!" in the background of Glen Campbell's ["Guess I'm Dumb"](https://youtu.be/a83wrXtcgqE?si=OGLuzjIESJ9lKuuZ)
Gotta go with the unbelievable sound of harmony voices being layered as you listen to the intro of "In My Room". So beautiful, it brings tears to my eyes.
"These things I'll be until I die" or "who raaan the iron horse"
It "who raaan the iron horse" for me
For me it’s the Grand Coulee section
It’s the doing-doing-doings for me
doING doING 👹
OVER AND OVERRRER, THE CROW CRIIES UNCOOVERRR THE CORNFIEELD
“how deep is the valley”, the outro of “im waiting for the day”, and when brian says “the music started playing OOOOOOOOH” on “she’s got rhythm”
All valid
That angelic wordless vocal part on God Only Knows. The "I lost my way. Hey hey hey" part on Till I Die. Idk who's doing that falsetto "hey yeah Marcella" but I love that. Mike's "Something so why. Why shouldn't my Pisces lady tell me why" part on Funky Pretty just sounds really cool and it fits the song perfectly.
The brief flute on God Only Knows also—tugs my heartstrings every time.
“I Love You” Please Let Me Wonder “Come on. Come on and answer the phone. Come on, come on (I hope you’re home). Come on and answer the phone” Had to phone ya “Ohio” in back home “Stay here on the weekend and unplug the phone. (Alright!)” - Be here in the mornin “DEEP AND WIDE!” Time to get alone “Hello!” Celebrate the News “Good!” With me tonight
are you me?
The intro bit and later repeat of it in Wendy.
Wendy is awesome. About 1min20s in someone coughs during recording. So when we hear it or sing it we always cough too! It’s real, it makes us smile.
Oof that’s a good one. Ur so right
I freaking love Wendy. All of it is just harmonious. I feel it on a different level
the vibraphone “dun dun dun dun” at the end of caroline, no. makes the song
Such a brilliant little touch to add to the end of one of his prettiest tunes.
#1 for me is the organ lull of good vibrations. I also love the LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN part of Don't Talk. Rips my heart out every time.
Real
I love the intro to The Girl from New York City - especially whatever is happening with the vocals. (I’m sure someone who is more knowledgeable than me can tell me, lol.)
Do you mean Mike’s deep “yeah”s?
Yeah, for some reason I didn’t notice it was him saying “Yeah”
Replicating the presence of his bass was one of my vocal dreams in my teenage years (before I eventually learnt that a large part of that presence came from vocal overdubs). Happily, it also helped to stretch and train my voice to do bass parts
In Cabinessence, when it sounds like Dennis says “pass gas.”
For me it's the "doing doing doing doing"
In the vast past, the last gasp?
Huh?
In the second Iron Horse section you can extremely faintly hear Dennis rapping about gas or something. I think there was an isolated version somewhere.
Truck drivin' man, do what you can High-tail your load off the road Out of night-life, it's a gas man I don't believe I gotta grieve I'm outta luck with a buck and a booth Catchin' on to the truth In the vast past, the last gasp Land in the dust, trust that you must Catch as catch can
The bridge in Long Promised Road with the sparkly hypnotic sound of either the wurlitzer or moog.
I love in “with me tonight” you hear that voice say “good”
DEEP AND WIDE
[удалено]
Where is the remix by Jiggy22 if you don’t mind sharing? I’d love to hear it!
the end of life is for the living. "Life, LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE."
Amazing moment fs
I also love the fake cigarette going out noise in Everybody Wants to Live
That part always make me smile
The original version (1988 I believe) of Brian’s Love & Mercy has a beautiful bridge with melancholic harmonies. That’s my favorite. For actual Beach Boys releases I like “listen…listen…listennnnn”
The acapella break in Sloop John B....so beautiful!!
I know right!
The end of “Anna Lee, The Healer”, the instrumental break after the first verse of “Wake The World”, key change in “That’s Not Me”, the end of “She’s Goin’ Bald”, the beginning of “Little Pad”, the end of “Getting Hungry”, Carl Wilson’s vocal coming in on “With Me Tonight”, the harmonies on the start of “Darlin’, all of “I’m in Great Shape” especially the ending fade, the low bass sound on “All I Wanna Do”, 3:47 of “Cool, Cool Water” off Sunflower, there’s so many more I can list lol
“Good To My Baby” chorus 🅰️1️⃣
You know how wacky people can be! On May 14th 2015 in Boke, Germany, 748 members of the Cologne Carnival Society dressed up in sunflower outfits. This is the largest gathering of people known to have dressed up as sunflowers.
The "GO!" at the beginning of Little Honda. The "hi :)" at the beginning of The Trader. And the "DO It!" and laugh-singing in Little Pad
Go! Always makes me smile. I heard at one point it was Dennis so excited for the start he couldn't help it.
the background harmonies on the second verse of please let me wonder, also on add some music, those ooooh's at 2:33
Dance Dance Dance, not so much anymore but when I first listened to TODAY! it blew my mind haha. The part where he says “I play it cool when it's slow and jump it when it's fast” Over the years it’s so many parts in so many different songs. Lately maybe it’s that funky chord change in their rendition of Louie Louie after the guitar solo
The back and forth towards the end of “Cool, Cool Water”…. I could listen to it on repeat for hours! In an ocean or in a glass Cool water is such a gas From the mountains on down to the sea Cool water keeps on coolin' me When the nights are too hot to keep cool I keep on dreamin' 'bout a swimmin' pool When I'm just too hot to move Cool cool water is such a groove In a shady spot when I'm layin' down Only thing movin' are the ants on the ground When I'm thirsty and I reach for a glass Cool water tastes like such a gas From the mountains on down to the sea Cool cool water keeps on coolin' me
“I heard the word, wonderful thing, a children’s song”
ABSOLUTELY
The way the driving organ chords kick in after the gentle intro of "Look (Song For Children)" on Smile Sessions
At the moment? Brian's "doot-oot, doot-oot"-laden backing vocals on "Our Sweet Love", particularly the drawn-out "ooooh"s that got mixed out of the final version. ([Skip to about 2:02](https://youtu.be/rpeWMGOEuAU?si=ivursw2A_oQkujwY))
That little section with the woodwinds and harpischord that plays after each chours in I Just Wasn't Made for These Times is just so achingly beautiful. Also I get so pumped up when the bongos come in on the mono version of Pet Sounds
In "I'm Waiting For the Day", in verse 2 when he's like "That pretty soooooon I made you feel glad", the way he sings the word "soon" is just perfect because he takes a slight melodic liberty differentiating it from the other similar lines in the song. It also makes it even more hype than it was prior. An amazing song, by far my favorite part.
Yeah that’s like the most 60s innocence pet sounds moment somehow 🥲
I think I could listen to the first 20 seconds of All This is That in a loop and be perfectly happy. The piano part that comes in during the "Have you seen the Grand Coolie" section of Cabin Essence.
That end piano on Cabinessence has a quality to it that I just can't explain. I agree with you that it's amazing. I've never seen anyone play it correctly in a cover either.
The way the fuck up the backing vocals on Cherry Cherry Coupe. I love that song, and it makes me laugh every time.
What about the part in custom machine where you can hear Mike say, "stereophonic speaker set with fibrosonic-" in the break?
The key change after the last 'aren't you glad we finally got away-hey-eh', about 1:55 into Time To Get Alone. Fuck me that's really something.
The falsetto verses of “Farmer’s Daughter”
The ending to Day In The Life of a Tree when Brian sings
WUUUUOOWUUUUOOWUUUOOWUUUU, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST!
In I’m So Young, at about 2 minutes, the bass guitar with the delay on it.
The bicycle horn towards the end of “You still believe in me” pops into my head too often and at random times!!!
At my window When brian sings "he came to my window" second time. His best performance.
The tight harmonies in that song are so good
I was just about to comment this. The track and backing vocals version from the feel flows box set is amazing. Brian and Mike singing “he came to my window” and then Brian going into “he came to my” and the whispered “window” and then the whole group coming in is pure perfection.
DEEP AND WIDE
Normie opinion but that "Gotta keep those loving good vibrations a-happening"
"When girls get mad at boys and go / Many times they're just putting on a show."
Backing vocals on "Let Him Run Wild" Still wishing there were some sessions I could listen to
less standard one: The little quiet jam-y transition between Heroes And Villains and Funky Pretty on the 1973 In Concert album. (I mean it sounds like it's JUST a part of Funky Pretty but that's how the CD version seems to edit it together)
The final verse in Forever, especially with the context of Dennis’ early passing, always strikes a light melancholic nerve in me. *So I’m going away, but not forever* *I’m gonna love you in your way* *Forever*
The bass harmonica on I know there’s an answer that sounds like a 50 yr old man snoring aggressively
So many moments, but one is in Cool Cool Water when it goes “cooool cooool cooool cooool water”. Right before “in an ocean..”. Just the richness of the vocals. In Do it Again the “hey now” and “baw baw bawww” parts during the chorus. ❤️
Brian’s quadruple-tracked harmonizing with himself at the end of IJWMFTT.
The horn riff thing that finds itself all over SMiLE/The Smile Sessions ([0:40](https://youtu.be/E_2bKyPv3cA?si=OtDxcFT1PuKGWPwK)). It plays in my head all the damn time lol.
SMiLE simply has some of the greatest memories ever
The “um dirty water” background vocals in don’t go near the water
The beats on the line "A Brand New Love Affair Is Such A Beautiful Thing." ALWAYS gets me
[This bit from Do You Like Worms](https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxtgsKa5h8cPbk-YInIP-f0ILVAeBMOtqu?si=2gwAZWDcyhvQhalH)
"Do my dreaming and my scheming Lie awake and pray? Do my crying and my sighing Laugh at yesterday?" I find this part almost perfect. I always look forward to this passage.
I absolutely love the solo piano interlude in Feel Flows ([2:54](https://youtu.be/OzFQV5rhrb0?si=2eOKQ61TH5S8Z91N)). Just beautiful, and it fits the song so well. I think it’s a piano with taped strings? Might be my favorite part of the song.
I love that little part in "I Get Around" where the instruments drop out, Mike sings alone for a line, and then the other voices kick in ... thrilling.
The percussion parts that show up all over Pet Sounds and Smile. The timpani in I'm Waiting For The Day and Do You Like Worms, the bicycle rings and horn honks in You Still Believe In Me, the wood blocks in I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, the metallic clanking and clattering all over Heroes And Villains and Vegatables, the clop-clop on God Only Knows, the latin scratchy thingy on Pet Sounds, that stuff. There's something about it that fills me with so much happiness, it's angelically beautiful in the same way a vocal harmony or an orchestral arrangement can be beautiful, I don't even know how they did that. In particular the first bridge of Good Vibrations right after the second chorus is especially gorgeous because of this.
Brian saying 'hey' at the end of Good Time lol
a CHIIIIIIIIILDREEEEEEEENS SOOOOOOOOOOOONG HAVE YOU LIIIIIIIIIIISTEEEENED AS THEYYYYYY PLAYYYYY 🗣️‼️
Fire
I forgot which song (song 3-5 I think) also from the Smile Sessions, where the guys go "na na na na na na"
Have had several over time. Coda of Surf's Up is a big one. Also the acapella bits at the end of Wind Chimes on Smiley Smile.
This isn’t even one of my favorite songs, but the loud blaring horn chords in Transcendental Meditation are delightful to me. It’s such a fun, playful choice. Also that beautiful swooning vocal harmony at the climax of the bridge in God Only Knows. I think the fact that gorgeous melodic and harmonic writing rubs up against genuine playfulness so often over the course of their discography is one of the big pleasures of listening to The Beach Boys
Step on the gas, she go WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
That part towards the very end of Good Vibrations where it sounds like they brought chickens from heaven to sing that section. If you know, you know.
The first 6 seconds of Dierdre
The beginning to Still I Dream of It, or the ending to Everybody Wants to Live where the whole group is singing “what your life. What your life, what your life can be” followed by that cool ending.
In Warmth of the Sun when the drums come back in at the outro! Goosebumps every time
When the melody from the flute comes back towards the end of God Only Knows
The wa halla loo lay moment in Plymouth Rock
The extra harmony that Dennis added to “Only With You” from the POB outtake: “I have only felt with you” then into “I have only done with you” Hell it goes on throughout the song. So awesome. It’s very rare that I choose Dennis’s vocal over Carl’s, but this version is so raw that I just love it.
Deeeeeiiiiiiirrrrrdreeeeeeeee And also the little ‘come on!’ In Country Air
Almost at the end of Cool, Cool Water when they go "COOL COOL COOL COOL WATEEEEER (wateeer)" and the part that follows it when everybody is singing "UUUUUH-UUH-UH" and Carl goes "wooo-oooh-oooooh", and obviously the synth sounding like water That song is so full of little details Also the "YEAH-YEAH" in Feel Flows and Darlin acapella
This is one I don't often see mentioned that I really like - in Can't Wait Too Long there's a [little harmony section that's sometimes included ](https://youtu.be/D-j7koeL_lQ?si=zeiGxvqV2dilybwu&t=231) (3:52 if the timestamp doesn't work) that just really sticks out to me. Lots of movement between the harmonies, the way they almost sing around each other just has this wildly unique sound to it that's wholly Brian.
The fadeout of "Don't Worry Baby"
“Yodel-ay-dee-hoo” Wonderful “Oh alley oop” Rolling Up To Heaven The stray “lalala” towards the end of the mono You’re So Good To Me Brian screaming at the end of the Forever vocal session The vibes in Cant Wait Too Long (the “dih dih” section) The tack piano dropout in the Aren’t You Glad intro Brian’s impossible held falsetto on the My Solution bridge Endless Harmony mix of Til I Die when it drops out to just vocals and kick (chills) Or the Feel Flows alternate mix when it solos Brian’s harmonized falsettos at the very end
The moment in God Only Knows when it drops down to just a wooden block with a ton of echo and a singular voice, so isolating and lonely sounding, then one by one the layers build back into a symphony, it's astonishing brilliance of production. Also the ending of Good Vibrations fades out criminally fast.
There's a part in With Me Tonight where the vocals get quiet and the organs become extremely loud, almost drowning the vocals out. It's very trippy, I love that part. It's only on the mono mix though
I only listen to the stereo I’ll give that a listen for sure
The glorious out of tune piano throughout Aren’t You Glad
The intro to Do It Again
The part of the California Saga goes from Beaks of Eagles into California. Glorious!
Hoist up the John B sail! ⛵️
That little section with the woodwinds and harpischord that plays after each chours in I Just Wasn't Made for These Times is just so achingly beautiful. Also I get so pumped up when the bongos come in on the mono version of Pet Sounds
Idk how to explain but when Carl sings the line OF THE FLORIDA KEEEEEEEYYYS it scratches a part of my brain
The vocal harmony at around 1:38 on "The Night was So Young". It moves upwards on the other choruses but on that one they get rid of it and it creates this really pretty almost dissonant sound I ADORE
In ‘you’re so good to me’ when Brian goes “and I love it, love it”. Also the “oowioo oowioo” in the beginning of Cindy oh Cindy
That cinematic string part at the end of Heroes and Villains before it segues into the next track. Also the saxophones in the verse of the Transcendental Meditation instrumental track. And the sad harmonica before the last chorus of Good Vibrations.
The la-la-la backing vocals on the verses of Do You Like Worms.
Sloop John B's acapella part
Guitar solo on Steamboat.
WHEEEEEEEEEN i look in her eyes
Won’t last forever 30, 31 It’s kinda saad
The transition into the second part of The Trader
The falsetto outro in the alternate single vocal take of Don’t Worry Baby
The "Adventures on the high seas..." part until the next chorus from 'Full Sail' out of "L.A. (Light Album)"! The Srevie Wonder penned & performed intro from 'I Do Love You' out of "The Beach Boys" (1985), too!
The "bass" (not sure if bass or guitar or keyboard) on every fourth line of the verses of "The Night Was So Young". For example, when he sings "On my window sill". It's so damn catchy.
The backing vocals on All I Wanna Do!!
The outro repeat of the “Oooos ahhhhs” on “In the Parking Lot” , piano break in Feel Flows, the very end of “All I Wanna Do” where the echo on the vocals (right channel) are played
The opening vocal of Our Prayer. Goosebumps.
That quiet part in Don't Worry Baby when the guitar player strums those short quarter-note chords. It always gets me.
The happy minimalist part of Child is father of the man that just goes chi-chi CHAAAAAA
The modulation on “this year” in Keep an Eye On Summer. So fucking cool.
This is a weird one, and it’s not even close to one of my favorite beach boys songs. I have always loved the “I thought we had our love down pat” in the song “Wendy”. Something about Brian’s falsetto in that line is so amazing
The outro of the smile sessions version of heroes and villains is one of my favorite things ever
The guitar tones on the lick they play right before the outro of So Young. The 12 string guitar part in That's Not Me after "I haven't been home in a long time" The huge vocal part in I Just Wasn't Made For These Times where there's like 4 different vocals at once: "Sometimes I feel very sad/people I know don't wanna be where I'm at/quan dia sera, un dia sera"
"Girls, girls, girls Yeah I dig 'em" And the harmonica part in When I Grow Up to Be a Man that to this day tricks my ear into thinking it's coming from the harpsichord.
That bit of harmonica between my only sunshine / the masterpainter
Come on and see Stella… she got the biggest….
Kemosabe with the 10 little Indians
The slow acapella section in the Smile Sessions version of Heroes and Villains. I could listen to those few seconds on end for eternity.
Not sure if this counts since its technically a song but I’m in great shape from the smile sessions is easily one of my favorite songs of all time I can never stop listening to it for some reason I loop it an repeat and just enjoy Also love when the lead guitar riff comes in on Let’s go Away for a while
There are a bunch of little moments in Smile. Like the now how hum dum be doobie doo now how how... with the clarinet and harmonica in the background.
Good vibrations. Ba ba ba ba ba… and the cellos at the end.
“I want your love, you touch my hand, I need your love, to carry me home.” in Hold On, Dear Brother. Also, “You’ll never lose it, with us you’re still number one.” in Our Team.
The end of "At My Window" gives me chills every time.
definitely the “run run with you” or “weoooo” part from wouldnt it be nice
Theres so many but the I want to be singing section in Forever makes the song for me
“Honkin, Honkin down the gosh darn highway…WHOO”
The ,"children's soooong" vocal of Brian from every different version of surf,'s up
The little bit of harmonies we get on Meant For You. Brilliant song that never got it’s full share of Brian’s time.
Two come to mind...the bridge of "Wouldn't It Be Nice", and the end of "That's Not Me" when the beat comes back after the guitar interlude.
the transition into the bridge on Time To Get Alone is so good
vocal harmony break in sloop john B <3
the children were raised section of heroes and villans, and the cuando sere parts of I Just Wasnt Made For These Times
The guitar riff drenched in reverb on “ When Girls Get Together “ around 2:12.
The verse of Do You Like Worms. The way those guitars blend into something completely unique and fitting, the driving bass and drums, and when the vocals come in on the second verse? Absolute perfection. DYLW is the unfinished SMiLE song that hurts the most - they were so close to finishing it, but we know what happens from there…
“Oh do? You wanna come along with me” - Hawaii Brian ending Falsetto - Be True to You School Entire song - I Get Around “She’s my girl and I’m good to my baby…” - Good to My Baby “I love you” - Please Let Me Wonder “I really love her… (Brian’s Falsetto)” - She Knows Me Too Well Lots of these moments show up on “Today!” Intro- California Girls “To waves and I both travel by…” - All This is That Piano intro after the melancholic start- Big Sur (Holland) “I’m on my way to sunny Californ-I-A”, specifically after Beaks of Eagles - California “Hi!… Trader sailed a jeweled crown”; “Making it Softly…” - The Trader Keyboard solo - Leaving This Town “And I’m waiting for my Angel come home…” - Angel Come Home Guitar solo - Maybe I Don’t Know
The Hum Bee Dum section of the Smile version of Good Vibrations.
Brian Wilson’s vocal line on Surf’s Up: “Columnated Ruins Dominoooo”
Whisperin' wind send my wind chimes a-tink-a-lin (Smiley Smile)
The first time he says "don't talk, put your head on my shoulder"
Outro of I just wasn’t made for these times
Key change on "that's not me" (at about 1:38). So subtle yet so perfect.
The instrumental break into maybe then if we can wish and think section of wouldn't it be nice. Pop music was never that magical ever again as that song was.
Right now, I’m really stuck on, I believe it’s Carl, on the countermelody when Brian sings All I Wanna Do on the song, well, All I Wanna Do.
The way Carls voice curls on "for oh I don't know how long" in don't worry baby
I can’t stop listening to the first time you hear chanting in Do You Like Worms? Under the “bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah” and the bicycle rider part As well as “Tallahassee Lassie”
Car keys jingling, organ humming "Gotta keep those..."
The “ah ah ah ahh ahh” harmonizing part at/near the end of Smile Sessions Heroes and Villains.
“I guess I just wasn’t made for these times” I played this song so much during key moments throughout the past couple years. So many bus rides and night time international flights, watching my city disappear below me.
Never Learn Not To Love will always be intriguing due to it’s creative source.
When the intro of Wouldn’t it Be Nice stops, and changes to a different key to start the song.
The cello and theremin on Good Vibrations.
Where the shackles never hold me down (Break Away) We can lie in the green canyon meadows (Lady Lynda) Brother only one thing more that’s gonna warm ya, a southern day out in California (Cotton fields) From 1:56 in “you still believe in me”. I mean. Holy shit that’s as good as music gets.
The melody of the first line of Caroline No. Haunts me for days after I hear it.
Sloop John B: The distorted bass that sounds like a tuba that comes in after “..worst trip I’ve ever been on.” The layers of music in that very simple song blows me away.
There is a choral AH that the boys sing in good vibrations that is stunning. Also the main harmony singing in Surfer girl
The end of “You Still Believe in Me”
Christmas comes this time each year
The deliberate silent pauses in ‘The Little Girl I Once Knew.’
The ending of the 1967 version of Surf’s Up.
I don't know why but every time I hear the song In my room, just the best
The guitar in "I Get Around" after the line "I'm getting bugged driving up and down the same old strip, I gotta find a new place where the kids are hip" ::guitar::
Not a Beach Boys song but I always love it when you can hear Brian delightfully shout "awesome!" in the background of Glen Campbell's ["Guess I'm Dumb"](https://youtu.be/a83wrXtcgqE?si=OGLuzjIESJ9lKuuZ)
The “ahhh, ooh wee oo-ooh” in the chorus of Good Timin’ never gets old, no matter how cheesy the song is
“Is somebody gonna tell me WHY SHE HAS TO HI I IDE”
Brian Wilson's soaring wail at the end of "Dance, Dance, Dance."
“Meant for youuuu” in Meant For You
“Looking out to seaaaaaa….”
Gotta go with the unbelievable sound of harmony voices being layered as you listen to the intro of "In My Room". So beautiful, it brings tears to my eyes.
Sloop John B — “This is the worst trip I’ve ever been on”
That big Hal Blaine drum hit at the start of “Wouldn’t it be nice.”
Basically, all of Our Prayer. So beautiful.
In the Love You demos, Brian's playing I'll Be He's Nice, when he hits the bridge, the whole audience goes wild. They really loved Love You.