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

demetrios
demetrios Posts: 98,327
in The Porch
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 MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,216
    One of the greatest songs ever written.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    Awesome. I'm a huge Brandi fan. Brandi with Mike = perfection. Thanks for posting.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,327
    Songs of Summer
    by Amazon's Music Experts
    Link: https://amzn.com/B01G638YNY
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,327
    image

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01G638YNY/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_xaRxxb98A83CD
  • scurtis
    scurtis Posts: 2,481
    I love that song, one of my all time favourites!
    "Born on third, thinks he got a triple."
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,327
    Hope they get to release this on CD.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,311
    Not a big fan of this version. Want to like it because it is Mike but not feelin' it.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,383
    Aloha! :hang_loose:
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,383
    Digital download to support a good cause? :smile:
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • UtahBolt
    UtahBolt Posts: 196
    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.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,327
    Anyone know if this will be available on CD? Or a format superior then MP3?
    Thanks!
  • quasi
    quasi 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
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,327
    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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