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Brandi Carlile covers The Beach Boy's "God Only Knows" with Mike McCready

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http://www.glamour.com/story/brandi-carlile-covers-the-beach-boys-god-only-knows

Adding to the magic of Carlile's rendition is a guitar accompaniment by Mike McCready, a founding member of the band Pearl Jam. "One of the things that is most special about this recording is that Mike played the electric guitar," she says. "He played the part so simply and with such reverence for the song that you may never guess it's him! But his spirit and his tone are very much there. It was also his idea to start the song with that weird acapella vocal, and I love it. We marked the transitions with an actual harp through a reverb pedal and doubled my vocals." What's more romantic than a harp? Apart from her adoration of the track, "God Only Knows" has personal to meaning to Carlile: "I got married in the late summertime and the twins sang this song with a ukulele while we walked down the aisle." The sweetest.

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  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,468
    One of the greatest songs ever written.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • EnkiduEnkidu Posts: 2,996
    Awesome. I'm a huge Brandi fan. Brandi with Mike = perfection. Thanks for posting.
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 91,535
    Songs of Summer
    by Amazon's Music Experts
    Link: https://amzn.com/B01G638YNY
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    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01G638YNY/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_xaRxxb98A83CD
  • scurtisscurtis Posts: 2,460
    I love that song, one of my all time favourites!
    "Born on third, thinks he got a triple."
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 91,535
    Hope they get to release this on CD.
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,845
    Not a big fan of this version. Want to like it because it is Mike but not feelin' it.
  • PapPap Posts: 28,819
    Aloha! :hang_loose:
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  • PapPap Posts: 28,819
    Digital download to support a good cause? :smile:
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  • UtahBoltUtahBolt Posts: 188
    Brandi's awesome. She closed the Targhee Festival last year and did an all acoustic set with just her and the twins on stage. It was great, even better than seeing her with her full band a couple of years before.
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 91,535
    Anyone know if this will be available on CD? Or a format superior then MP3?
    Thanks!
  • quasiquasi Posts: 492
    I own like four different releases of Pet Sounds and have seen Brian perform Pet Sounds live in LA and I think this version is pretty good.
    SEA 9/20/92, SEA 12/7/93, SEA 12/31/94 (MS), SEA 11/5/00, SEA 11/6/00, SEA 12/8/02, SEA 12/9/02, BEN 10/22/03, GOR 9/1/05, SD 7/7/06, LA 7/10/06, LA 7/12/06, LA (EV) 4/12/08, LA (EV) 4/13/08, LA 7/12/08, LA 9/30/09, LA 10/7/09, SEA 12/6/13, SEA 8/8/18
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 91,535
    edited September 2016
    Any word if this track is available for purchase outside Amazon or on a different digital file format?
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