FIRST TIME HEARING The Beach Boys - God Only Knows | REACTION 

i have to almost agree... but i have a personal few as im sure we all do. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by the Police for instance.

the Citizen Kane of albums 🗣️🔥 THE VERTIGO OF ALBUMS!! Simply Pet Sounds.

That’s a beautiful video

Imagine the puritanical dissonance of that. Only in Murca.

I've always heard that but IMO there are Beach Boys' songs that are way better. In fact, this is one of my least favorites. My choices are "Darlin", "Wild Honey", "Sail on Sailor", "Sloop John B"...for starters. "Here Today" which is the flip side of Darlin' is also a really good song.

And on The Wonder Years

And a barbershop quartet cover version in the video game Bioshock Infinie

Interesting that this song seems to get a lot more love on RU-vid, although I do prefer Wouldn't it be Nice.

He did Heroes and Villains? Did he listen to SmiLE?

​@@mrkelso he did heros and villains live dont think hes listened to Smile the album

@@robertkern9911 Ack, can't find it online if it happened during a live... did he like it?

Well hello, fancy seeing you here. The people who do the Rolling Stone list make it clear they allow only one song per group/artist, to avoid having, say, ten Beatles songs at the top. They also redo the list about every twenty years, and swap the songs around... for example, on the 2004 list, the Beach Boys were recognized for Good Vibrations, at #6. The Beatles are always on there (2004 Hey Jude #8, 2021 Strawberry Fields Forever #7). Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Fleetwood Mac, Nirvana... They say that they factor in the ideas of impact and relevance also. And, they understand it is impossible to make a definitive list of the "best songs ever"; it's a discussion jumping-off point, and really, it's a marketing ploy to sell magazines. Separate from all that, though, many of us (3K reactions in 18 hours, and read the comments) many of us DO think this is one of the greatest songs of all time. I personally definitely prefer this song to any single Queen or Zepp song, though I like those groups a great deal. It's subjective, a matter of taste.

@@mrkelso hey Mark! 👋👋. I did not know about the one song per group rule. So you’re right; it’s more of a stepping off point for discussion and not an attempt to actually rank the 500 best songs, no matter how many are from One group. Thanks for that info. And yes, whether this song is better than Stairway or Rain Song, or Who Wants to Live Forever or Somebody to Love is utterly subjective. Frankly, that’s why I loath attempts to rank “top 10 best guitarists” etc etc But the human mind seems compelled to create hierarchies with everything.

Calm down...the Rolling Stones greatest lists are usually terrible. I don't pay attention to them anymore. Their Greatest Guitarists list is absolutely garbage. Now...music is not a competition and is subjective. You choose what you want to listen to and don't worry about what anyone else's other ranking are.

@@billbitterman9487 please read my response to another comment above. I wasnt aware of certain things about that list, which Mark was kind enough to explain. . I really don’t need to calm down, Bill. Don’t patronize. After all, it’s not like I WROTE EVERYTHING IN CAPS, now, is it.

Regardless of the response from Mark, Rolling Stones lists should be taken with a grain of salt. My response was to your statement about how many songs are better than God Only Knows. Music and the relative quality is truly subjective and based on the individual listener’s enjoyment. I recognize Brian Wilson’s genius while still preferring many bands and unknown #s of songs more than God Only Knows. Heck I like several other songs on Pet Sounds more than God Only Knows. All I was trying to say is lighten up and enjoy the music you love.