Good Vibrations

Russia did eventually back down, which ended the Cuban Missile Crisis.

In 1966, the Beach Boys hit the charts with Good Vibrations.

The single took six months to record and was the most expensive song ever produced up to that time, costing $50,000.

That's a lot of dollars.

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Especially back in 1966, you've got to find a cord long enough to plug in the theremin.

Where's my theremin cord? All right, I like Good Vibrations.

That's a good song.

And in there, there were covers of, obviously, tracks by Hawkwind, Led Zeppelin, and the Beach Boys, can you believe? Yes.

with their cover of the rather excellent, the classic, the eternal, the immortal Good Vibrations.

This is orchestral.

I, I love the colorful clothes she wears And the way that sunlight lays upon her hair I, I love the gentle Somehow close together Softly smile, I'm wishing Thank you.

Thank you.

Surely one of the greatest songs ever written.

Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys, covered by Orchestral on their latest album, Cover Your Tracks, which came out in July this year.

Brian Wilson, a genius, a genius.

which inevitably includes cover versions.

So, in an odd pairing, this is orchestral, covering the Beach Boys and Good Vibrations.

I, I love the colourful clothes she wears And the way that sunlight plays upon her hair I, I love the sound of her gentle words She said, how close we are.

Softly smile, I worship.

Oh, I keep knowing it's not good My patience, I have been withered Oh, I keep knowing it's not good My patience, I have been withered

Ladbroke Grove's finest orchestral there with good vibrations.

Just for a moment.

Let go.

You might not recognize the name, but you would have heard his contribution to one of the greatest 45s ever released.

That would be Good Vibrations because he was the developer and player of the Electroferramin.

the much-featured alien sound on Good Vibrations.

He also played the instrument on a beloved song from one of the greatest albums ever made.

That was also recorded by the Beach Boys.

Yeah, that was a lot of fun.

Yeah, and one of the songs we played was this one, Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys.

Ah, I love the colorful clothes she wears And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair

We both agree that although the Beach Boys were a vital and influential act in the context of popular music, they're not necessarily classic rock because their larger catalog of work kind of trends toward pure pop.

They were very clean, surf music, car music sort of band.

Right.

And so I want to talk about Good Vibrations, and I want to talk about the Beach Boys' impact and influence on classic rock.

And it all has to do with the group's primary songwriter, the group's producer, and musical prodigy wizard, Brian Wilson.

Because it was a digital download given out for free originally, it never made the charts at all.

Singles that were released on October the 10th include in 1966 when the Beach Boys released their masterpiece, Good Vibrations.

It was produced and written by Brian Wilson.

And it hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, also hit number one in the UK.

You've heard it on like sci-fi shows.

Good Vibrations.

The, and, and Good Vibrations, the Beach Boys song.

Oh, really?

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