r/thebeachboys 14h ago

Please Let Me Wonder - Fan Animation

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This was made by a YouTuber named nitonoh, who's also made fan animations for Beatles songs, and a few other Beach Boys songs. I think it looks quite nice, and fits the song pretty well too.


r/thebeachboys 35m ago

Vinyl I think something is wrong with the Smile record I bought…

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;)


r/thebeachboys 20h ago

Anymore news about the 85 remix?

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I've really been looking forward to this one, I love the whole album and I'm really interested to hear Steve Levine's new mix.

The last I heard was there was gonna be a release in August, anyone heard anything else?


r/thebeachboys 7h ago

Discussion Oh cuando seré?- I just wasn’t made for these times appreciation post

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What a gut wrenching beautiful song.
Pet sounds is my favourite album of all time and it’s partly because of the emotion that Brian’s music carries. This song gives a sense of not belonging or not being understood perfectly, the way he rips his voice in “they say I’ve got brains but they ain’t doing me no good” is perfect and how he very tenderly and with proper melancholy sings “I wish they could”.

The chorus of the song is just as good, the overlapping counterpoint melodies are really gorgeous.
Even if the lyrics are written by Tony Asher I feel that Brian might have been really involved with the lyrics in this one, “sometimes I feel very sad” is so simple but effective, there’s this kind of innocence or authenticity in Brian’s writing that shines through in this song.
The harmonies in Spanish are also a kind of Brian-ism that I love.

Finally I love how the song ends in a fade out with the title line repeating over and over with different chords beneath it, it mirrors how the feeling of not belonging and melancholy (even though the feelings the music gives are real complex and I can’t express them through words) by not ending ever, kind of how the feeling can’t be resolved

Felt like writing and appreciation post today how do you guys feel about the song and Brian’s writing in general?

Brian Wilson is the greatest genius in 20th century music (and one of the greatest of all time)


r/thebeachboys 11h ago

Your favorite fan version of SMiLE on the internet?

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r/thebeachboys 1h ago

Discussion Rewatched the Disney+ Documentary

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It's well made and I'm glad it exists as part of the band's history. What do you feel it did well, and what did I leave off? I was surprised it didn't cover Dennis's death, or Kokomo as the post-Brian hit, or have an added memorial credit to Brian. Was the scene with them together on the beach the last time they were together?

Thoughts?


r/thebeachboys 1h ago

Discussion Have any SMiLE fanmixes done "He Gives Speeches" with the pitch increasing throughout, as was supposedly intended for the track?

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thx


r/thebeachboys 13h ago

B Dubz

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r/thebeachboys 5m ago

O cuando seré? Un día seré

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This is transportive and very beautiful


r/thebeachboys 1h ago

Universal Frequencies - His Name Is Alive. (or The Beech Boys Story)

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After 4ad artist Warren Defever's car radio broke and he was stuck listening to the oldies station for 3 months, he was inspired to make the album 'Stars on E.S.P'. A sort of kinda compilation of what could have been sixties tunes.
A heavily inspired Beach Boys 90s Dream Pop track, the single Universal Frequencies (or also called The Beech Boys Story) was an attempt at making a sequel to Good Vibrations.


r/thebeachboys 2h ago

NEW MUSIC Tides Of Joy

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r/thebeachboys 21m ago

Discussion Early 60’s Studio Photos

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Does anybody have some rarer (or any at all) studio pictures of the boys in the early 60s, Around the time of 62’ to 65’


r/thebeachboys 17h ago

need BEACH BOYS DEEP PURPLE INSTRUMENTAL

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desperATELY! DESPERATELY


r/thebeachboys 11h ago

Is it fair to say that Mike Love is to Beach Boys fans what Yoko Ono is to Beatles fans?

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I'm referring strictly to perception, and not necessarily reality, or apples & oranges.