The Beach Boys - God only knows (1966) fully restored video video free download


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Dedicated to the memory of Dennis and Carl Wilson whose lives changed the world as we know it in a profoundly positive way. Equal dues and respect to their eldest brother Brian Wilson without whose musical & lyrical genius this national treasure wouldn't exist.

I was delighted to discover this clip myself back during August of 2013. At that time, the audio track portion was damaged to the point of being inaudible as it did nothing but make a painfully loud high-pitched squeal from beginning to end.

Considering "God only knows" is my most favorite Beach Boys song and this is the only surviving original B&W studio rendition publicly available on YouTube I knew it was my duty to restore it back to full functionality which only took a few minutes to do. As it turned out all that required was simply transcoding it again using the proper audio codec.

At which point it came completely back to life! Interestingly, the original B&W 16mm footage filmed by a family member never actually contained ANY audio track whatsoever as was typical of amateur film equipment back during the 1950s and 1960s.

But some sharp cookie along the way got the brilliant idea to sync up one of the original studio audio recordings to this 16mm video footage in an effort to make the final result more entertaining which it unarguably does despite the two not always being in 100% perfect sync at all times.

That meager shortcoming being why a number of people errantly believe it's lip-synced which simply isn't the case; although realizing the video and audio portions were made on two entirely different

occasions and later matched up which isn't easily accomplished. The fact it syncs up as closely as it does is a genuine testament to the extraordinary level of talent, precision and skill the Beach Boys possessed.

Comments

6 years ago

Kim Smith

how sad todays youth have no real singers to listen to,but then todays youth go for the visual foisted on them, all about the looks no need for talent,love the beach boys and plenty of others around in those days,in general i think good real singers ended at the start of the millenium give ot take the odd few,music will never ever be the same anymore

5 years ago

Casual Agent

Does Mike Love do anything apart from wearing a silly hat

5 years ago

Patricia Russell

Tricky chord changes! briliant

5 years ago

Popcorn Social

just beautiful..

5 years ago

karen kochanski

Thank you Mike for posting the greatest song to y ears... Carl and Dennis live on through post such as yours.

5 years ago

karen kochanski

2.10 I fell in LOVE with Carl .Thank you Carl Dean Wilson forever in my heart...

5 years ago

wayne wise

A small taste of home in a jungle far, far away.

5 years ago

Brigante7

Written by Brian for his Brother Carl.

5 years ago

Bill Arnold

1966 -  Got to No.2 in the Charts.

5 years ago

danthedewman1

Bruce was the man...lucky they had him

6 years ago

ebsen raptzski

lip sync

6 years ago

NIN JAH

brilliant 2018

6 years ago

Ellis Britzius

WoW! You can tell how much Mike Love is really digging it. Ha ha!

6 years ago

Debby Draper

Love this song and more of their other songs. So sad that we have lost such great singers from our generation...You can actually understand what they are saying/singing about. The music of today I can't understand what their saying... Getting old I guess.....

6 years ago

青鬼TV

"Withouuuuuuuuuuuut.....youuuuuuuuuuuu" My favorite bit in Brian's falsetto near the end

6 years ago

PJ. MJ. D

This is so beautiful my song for my beautiful brother Tony

6 years ago

Sharon Jensen

My all-time favourite Beach Boys song. "Love Actually" wouldn't be the same without its inclusion. Just beautiful. It makes me think of family and loved ones too whenever I hear it. "God Only Knows" where we'd be without them. Happy 2018, everyone. Take care.

6 years ago

DancinFool

One of Gerry Beckley's favorite songs. Mine too.

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