Good Vibrations - The Fendertones 

Yes, almost as good as Brian Wilson by himself.

I saw Brian Wilson & his band perform it nigh on 20yrs ago, never had this many singers tho & Brian performs it with commensurate ease. He'd be proud of this lot & good vibrations abound.

Don't forget the drawbar organ.

Generally everyone in the Brian Wilson band plays multiple instruments, as well as sings.

Don't forget the theramin!

There is a difference between compose and perform. Please read your history. Lastly when the original beach boys performed synthesizers weren’t even invented. For example, I don’t see anyone play the chromatic harmonica and where’s the Tannerman?

When you’re reproducing something someone else created it will always be quicker and simpler.

With more guys and instruments. Duh and 70 years better audio etc....................

@@harveykaye2550 It's still a good performance Harvey. Hope your keeping well.

And, they’re meticulous--hit every note, every instrument no matter how subtle.

Same here. Just found this and Sloop John. Never thought anybody could do this live. Incredible! Would love to see the Fendertones. Inspiring.

Totally agree! I would travel anywhere they were performing just to see them perform. GREAT COVER BAND! Really they are better than the original group that did this.

So would I 👏👏👏👏👏

@@michaelmelton1704 no 😍but they’re fantastic also❤

How could 81,000,000 people vote for the Bifoon in Chief?

Love it that the young ones are stepping up to the plate!

James Anderson, I would say shear dedication and devotion to recreating good music, Surly they cannot make any profit from these live shows due to the large number of people on the stage. I remember when this came out I couldn’t stop playing it on the juke box in my local coffee bar.

@@peternewman7353 This show was a charity show for funraising purposes. Nobody get paid anything. And they also don't tour either. They just make these videos for fun. It's a fun hobby for them.

I think they do it better just because of the greater number of singers doing harmony

James Anderson 💯Rty

It is great, but you can hear that the vocals are just not as smooth as the BBs. Really close, but these guys are great and it makes me appreciate the BS even more. All good.

I'm listening to this in 2013!!! I'm a huge BB's fan, have been since I heard them back in the mid '60's, and I've never heard anyone else do such great cover versions of their music.🙂🙂

19 years here. Just today I heard them. I'm ashamed of my ignorance! Blown away by this band.

Yes not often you find that anymore

There were a lot less Beach Boys creating those harmonies

It's called practice, practice and more than practice.and they pulled it off.

It's called practice, practice and more practice. They did an amazing job.

Wait ah minute, they're putting "AUTOTUNE" out of work, < Thank Goodness >

Brian is too high on cocaine to even be able to read this.

Okay, I will.

Why not such an ACE thought

Renee Pena , What a horrid comment. Brian Wilson is one of the best composers of any time. Most extremely successful people of that time had their battle with demons, who are you to judge?

@@hansdoward RIGHT ON!! Nicely said.

You just said it for me Sir 👍

Willie Finn For their albums, the Wrecking Crew (a legendary group of studio musicians who did most of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound background work)assisted to get that full sound.

Fantastic as always! Fendertones please come to Kansas city❤❤❤❤

And they are outstanding, even the beach boys could not make this sound live.

I think that there is a group of perpetually angry people who live only to dislike everything, especially anything on you tube.

Beach boys were great live especially at knebworth

He is excellent!

A musical genius! ❤

Falsetto is tricky and hard to sing. Look for an interesting bit on an episode of Daryl Hall's show from his house. Pat Monahan does the run thru w/o the falsetto because it's difficult. Thought that was interesting. Matt Jardine makes it look easy in the band touring with Brian Wilson and his father Al. Fantastic singer. Does all the parts as need be as well.

BolsaChicaRadio , just what I thought!

Me, four ! I mean...um, I noticed that, too ! :O

I thought he looked like Carl if he lost weight

I love these guys. They Nailed it.

Anders Fehon....cut his hair and chops and think he lives in Bristol, England. Married and has a kid.

+Sands of time wtf "regular people", there arent gods amog us, we're all the same dood!

Scorfanazzo Maybe I should had said average people Which they are , put their pants on one leg at a time like everyone.. Gods no, talented people yes ! Is that better Dude !

Scorfanazzo Go FUCK yourself.

Sands of ti

I read (I think on their Facebook) that they don't put out commercial recordings. Apparently they get together when the mood strikes and make video recordings. That's kinda neato.

Stevo 1971..........Maybe they didn't care for the bass singer? He doesn't sound so great, especially when he comes in at 0:26 and in other spots. 7-22-17

If you mean the slight drop-off at the end of the word Egbert...He's probably been told to do that to allow other voices to come through. Both ends of the singing voice spectrum are normally stronger than the others in the middle.

No, that's not what I mean. When bass singer in dark shirt comes in at 0:26, he sounds a bit off-key to start, and seems to be bellowing, just a tad. Could be sharper; but he's not overpowering other voices. If you listen closely, you should be able to hear what I mean. They're real good--but I'm tough; and Brian wouldn't let that slide too often !! 8-7-17

Unlike Sloop John B, for example (where they nailed it), voices here aren't that great and the bass singer definitely lowers the overall quality a lot. Besides, there are a few voices out of tune here and there (way more out of tune than in the original)

The drum pattern is completely wrong.

Outstanding

"Mike". Is your last name love.

Yes truly amazing 😁🥰

Agreed, and I understand more of the lyrics of the song, having heard this version too! 😉👍

I think they are great....a rich sound...as good or better than the original Beach Boys. I've seen the Beach Boys 10 times over the past 50 years and never get tired of them!!!

I think there are 2 reason covers don't make it ... First one is the cover band doesn't sound enough as the original. BUT at same time .... Cover band doesn't MAKE the song enough their own. So it becomes a yin/yang ...IF the cover isn't a simple mimic of the original ...BETTER recorded as this one is .... so if it's not a mimic of the original, the new song sounds weird. AND/OR ..... the cover band isn't unique enough in interpretation to MAKE IT their own completely. For instance purposely changing the song into a completely NEW song, so well we don't really notice it's a cover. Think DISTURBED singing Sounds of Silence. So it's 2 sides of the same coin .... The Fendertones have REALLY improved the songs but mostly ... to be descriptive not critical ...Their live takes are perfection, where as the Beach Boys used double tracking and post production to grab their "sound".

Right now, both Brian's band with Al and Matt Jardine, and Mike Love's renditions are both cover bands. They can as the originals do whatever they like. This group has done a really good job covering the release recordings though, great to hear them. As of beginning of September 2018 (for future readers), the actual group's are a good arrangement, not just a duplication of these. Looking forward to Mike Love's Beach Boys in San Deigo later this month again. Great job by these guys. Love what appears to be a Leslie and of course the trick part, the Theremin here. On the latter, the Brian Wilson group uses a keyboard version, which I suppose would make a stage performance easier. I think this guy is using a free range one, which is way trickier to get right.

Oona holt: The Fendertones are not a touring group. They have some very talented and artistic members of a loose coalition of somewhat relatives and somewhat childhood friends in the Philly area type of thing as far as I can tell. These recordings go back at least ten years. The Beach Boys in the current iterations and past session musicians on Beach Boys recordings have heard and admired The Fendertones' productions, and some have actually played with them. You can see some of the The Fendertones' sessions on this youtube channel including stuff with Brian Wilson, IIRC. They are wonderful, aren't they?