God Only Knows - By Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys Unlisted

Copycat, you aced it my brother! Right on. I may as well explain this before people start complaining. Many, many of the most famous and respected musicians in the world have said that not only was this song the best that Brian Wilson wrote, but a whole lot of people think this is the BEST SONG EVER WRITTEN. McCartney sang it with Wilson on a TV special in 2002 and


during the sound check he lost it and broke down in tears. When the album Pet Sounds came out to wide acclaim in 1966 The Beatles, who had always had a friendly competition going with the Beach Boyd responded with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts
Club Band. “God Only Knows” has been covered by a legion of top musicians from Michael Buble to David Bowie to GlenCampbell. Read about it on Wikipedia for f you want to get some sense of the effect this song had on the whole music world. This version won’t win any contests because it has that MP3 file in it, but I don’t care. I just wanted to see if I could learn it and play all the parts. The Wrecking Crew were the backup band on this, and we’re talking Hal Blaine, Carol Kaye and the whole bunch, about 20 top studio players in all. So I’m not apologizing for this. I can’t sing, and nobody I talked to here would even consider it. You need to keep an open mind, folls, and open ears.

How was that? Was that cool?