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"God Only Knows" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher, it is a baroque-style love song distinguished for its harmonic innovation and complexity, unusual instrumentation, and subversion of typical popular music conventions, both lyrically and musically.
Reviewing God Only Knows for The Spill Magazine, Ljubinko Zivkovic wrote that the update is "exactly the place where [newcomers] should start with The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson sagas." [ 23 ] John Visconti of Culture Sonar called the book "an immersive, thoughtful, and incisive biography of Brian and the Beach Boys [and] a perceptive and ...
In February and March 1966, Wilson began recording an unfinished song he wrote with Asher, "Good Vibrations", between sessions for "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" and "God Only Knows". [262] Asher recalled that the song was conceived in response to Capitol's demand for a new single. [ 256 ]
Wilson, whom many have lauded as a musical genius and who wrote or cowrote many of the Beach Boys' biggest hits, including “Good Vibrations” and “God Only Knows,” struggled with mental ...
Anthony D. Asher (born May 2, 1939) is an American songwriter and advertising copywriter who is best known for his collaborations with Brian Wilson (of the Beach Boys) and Roger Nichols in the 1960s. Asher co-wrote eight songs on the Beach Boys' 1966 album Pet Sounds, including the singles "God Only Knows", "Wouldn't It Be Nice", and "Caroline ...
Brian Wilson - backing vocals and bass on "Johnny B. Goode" [2] Mike Love – vocals; Electro-Theremin on "Good Vibrations" Al Jardine – vocals, rhythm guitar; Carl Wilson – vocals, lead guitar (except "God Only Knows" and "Good Vibrations"), bass on "God Only Knows" and "Good Vibrations” Dennis Wilson – vocals, drums
Even if you think that Brian Wilson is God — and yes, I do — you could easily say that we don’t need another documentary about him. There have been some good, rich, and deep ones, like ...
"God Only Knows" Brian Wilson Tony Asher: Live at the Roxy Theatre (2001) Brian Wilson: Pet Sounds Live (2002) Brian Wilson "Good Vibrations" Brian Wilson Mike Love: