GOOD VIBRATIONS (Brian Wilson)
“Good Vibrations” is a song composed and produced by Brian Wilson with words by Mike Love for the American rock band the Beach Boys. “Good Vibrations” was voted number one in the Mojo’s “Top 100 Records of All Time”, number six on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”, and was included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s “500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll”. In 2004, Wilson rerecorded the song as a solo artist for his album Brian Wilson Presents Smile. It was placed as the album’s closer, immediately following the track “In Blue Hawaii”. It is the only track on the album that eschewed the modular recording method. Its verses and chorus were recorded as part of one whole take, and were not spliced. (More from Wikipedia)
In addition to these two songs, “Wouldn’t it be Nice” and “God Only Knows”, Tony Asher also wrote lyrics for 6 additional songs on the Beach Boys’ landmark 1966 album, Pet Sounds. (Asher also wrote the original lyrics for “Good Vibrations” that was intended to be included on that album also; his lyrics were not recorded until the 2004 release of “Good Vibrations” as part of the album, Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE). Although sales in this country were slow initially, Pet Sounds had strong sales overseas and is now regarded as one of the most influential popular music albums ever recorded.
(October 2014)
