Classical Composer Analyzes GOOD VIBRATIONS by THE BEACH BOYS | The Daily Doug (Episode 824)

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In this edition of #thedailydoug, I'm releasing a previously recorded reaction and analysis to Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys. This song won our Songs of Summer poll on Patreon and was included in our July Fan Favorites video. As we're off this week enjoying the summer sun, I thought that sharing this song now was a great idea! I hope you enjoy!

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[misterkami]

Funny story:

Years ago I was sitting in my doctor’s waiting room and this song was on.
As can be expected, it got me in a positive mood and I started humming it as I went into his office.

It was only after I came back out to the waiting room that I realized that the song was not playing again in there.. but still playing.

He had created a loop so that it would keep playing in a never ending version!

He later told me that people don’t notice the loop easily because of the structure of the original and that he did it to get people in a good mood and enter his office with good vibrations

[Mountprospect]

Surfs Up is a must. The most gorgeously complex melodies.... im sure you'll love it

[kenhendricks]

Ok. I have to admit something. I’m 56 and thoroughly familiar with this song, but I’ve NEVER heard this version before! Just when you think you’ve heard it all…

[kensmith]

Shout out to the Wrecking Crew, who Brian Wilson worked closely with on the arrangements and instrumentation.

[AdaedA]

Every separate section of the song was recorded in an entirely different studio and then he stitched it all together, geniusI

[ArrowtheACL]

Thanks for the reaction Doug. One of the greatest songs of summer. There is a thread on Discord about the origins of Progressive music and I think Brian Wilson certainly can have a argument as one of the earliest influences of the genre.

[Kmg_]

Good Vibrations must be the first commercially successful example of Proto-Prog. Such an innovative recording.

[alexandercasella]

Good Vibrations was groundbreaking. One of the most influential songs ever made.

[CaptainTedStryker]

Haven't heard this version, there were some extra vocals and a keyboard near the end I didn't recognize.

[scotharvey]

The entire Smile album is worth a listen. It's pretty mind blowing stuff.

[keithbk]

The story of "Smile, " the mental demise of Brian Wilson, and the resulting "Smiley Smile" album are the stuff of legend. Let me HIGHLY RECOMMEND you get ahold of "Purple Chick presents: The Beach Boys Smile - a reconstruction, " which attempts to restore the original Smile sessions into "what could have been." "Good Vibrations" was just the tip of the iceberg in this audio juggernaut that never fully came into fruition. Bobby Hill here on YouTube has uploaded it and it's 100% worth a listen.

[edsmith-zm]

My first concert was the Beach Boys opening for Steve Miller Band in 1978 when I was 11. It was the first concert in the brand new (old) Giants' Stadium in NJ.

[kensmith]

The Hammond B3 organ along with the theremin use was very good in the arrangement being pre synthesizer days!

[JSatz]

Doug I think with your ear you'd get a kick out of 'This Whole World' off Sunflower, that song is constantly changing keys (11x by my count!) and yet Brian somehow manages to make it in to a catchy pop song.

[minty_Joe]

Los Angeles' legendary Wrecking Crew as the backing musicians on this song! Hal Blaine on drums, Ray Pohlman on bass guitar, Al Cassey on electric guitar, Jerry Cole on guitar, Larry Knechtel on Hammond organ, Billy Strange on 12-string electric guitar, Paul Tanner on Theremin and more.

[johntousseau]

Brian was a genius. The Wilson brothers were really talented. And Mike Love.. well, he was there.

[drmauriciodiaz]

Carol Kaye playing the bass on this session is SUBLIME.

[bigbow]

Their all over the joint.... they could be from the earth to the moon and its still an amazing song. Brian Wilson a pure musical genius whos work in music will never be equaled ✌️😎

[BobSiefken]

When I was a teenager, my friend had a cassette of the Beach Boys earliest recordings. "Luau" "Beach Boy Stomp (A.K.A. Karate)" and "Judy" were some of my favorites.

[boomerbear]

This is absolutely true. Dogs can even sense vibrations from Earth (i.e. earthquakes) before humans feel them. Good Vibrations and the Beach Boys' catalog at large are musts for my summer playlist. Although I love the seasonal playlists for holidays such as Halloween and Christmas the summer seasonal music is great in its own right and some of my favorite.

Excellent analysis of this song Doug! Bonus points for using the solfege term for what I would usually just think of as the bVI scale degree. It's only recently that I've begun to grasp what to do with that system when the note in question is lowered or raised in relation to the major key (as the 6 or la is by default in minor).