Surf's Up (The Beach Boys) | Live from Here with Chris Thile 

I am a fan of both the Beach Boys and Live From Here, and I have to say this version of Surf's Up is stunning. It is an incredibly difficult song to cover, and these musicians did it with their great talent and obvious reverence for the music, the original group, the composer and the lyricist. Well done, Chris Thile, I'm With Her, Ben Folds and the Live From Here house band. And well done Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks and the Beach Boys!

Blown away - thank you for doing justice with Brian Wilson's opus, Surf's Up... one of the most striking songs out there.

What more proof does anyone need of Brian’s genius?? Another person covering it and I still sat watching and listening with my mouth open...

Out of everything that ended with the pandemic, live with here is probably what I miss the most

The musicians make the music the engineers create the mix. This is perfect! Chris Thile is in a class all by himself.

Probably my favorite Brian Wilson song, and this is a great version

The original and the ‘04 Brian Wilson “Smile” remake always make me weep. So did this!

Beautiful. The Vince Gil version is amazing too

Well done Chris. This was recorded up in Tanglewood (Lenox, MA) on June 15th., 2019. Brian Wilson was to perform Pet Sounds the following day (Fathers Day June 16) yet the show had been cancelled due to Brians illness. A fabulous tribute to BW and the Beach Boys harmony. Well done. I had tickets to both LFH and BW the following day. Surf's Up was a great surprise for me. Thank you Chris and Crew!

The talent on this stage is simply astounding. What a touching performance.❤️

He hit the high note! Dang! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

I don't know any of these performers , but I do know "Surfs Up"- and this is spectacular!

Excellent and it makes me think how immortal Brian's work is.

If it was possible to upvote more than once I would.

This whole episode slaps so hard

Seems that Chris enjoys singing this song a great deal. With his voice, how could he not? What a piece of music.

He drifts in and out of Brian’s and Carl’s versions like a strand of DNA. So great.

This is a superb rendition of a really difficult song to cover. Congratulations to Chris and his band for this memorable performance of a Beach Boys classic.

Sent here by Brian Wilson's Twitter account. A well done tribute to my favorite composition of Mr Wilson's. Absolutely lovely. Thank you.

Critter's background/counterpoint vocals are superb...

The standout performance of an already amazing show. "Surf's Up" is my favorite Beach Boys/Brian Wilson song, and this rendition nailed it.

Great Cover of one of the best Songs ever! God bless Mr. Brian Wilson!

His voice captures the vulnerability of Brian's original perfectly! A brilliant performance!

Life From Here Thank you for this channel. I love how geeky and full of talent and beauty the show is. To be part of something like this is a musician's dream. I wish someday I can live in an artistic kind of family like this. And Chris is a genius!

Is that "'I'm With Her" on backing vocals?

The day this program left the airwaves was a dark one indeed. I miss it completely.

Thile and I'm With Her's vocal virtuosity and the brilliance of rhe composition leave me SPEECHLESS!

Uuugh. It's. Just. So. Good.

Brian is my favorite composer, and Chris, one of the world’s greatest musicians. Match made in heaven

Stunning vocal..and the girls voices are an interesting surprise on this classic piece...fantastic effort

Sarah J, Sara W and Aoife!!!

The only song to ever bring a tear to my eye the first time I listened to it. A masterpiece .

genius recognizes genius...

Can't stop listening to this! I still remember my first listen to SMILE in 2004. We will miss you, Serena Brook! What a way to go out on your last show!

Very difficult to sing this suite Great performance Beatles-like to a certain extend Excellent

Goosebumps! Absolutely amazing.

Tears

Four Mike Love fans watched this video.

Liked in 2 seconds

Incredible performance😎🎸☮️

Advertising aside, what a wonderful performance.

man Thile can sing anything... love his vocal tone and the way he can belt notes. great backup crew here as well

This thoughtful performance led me down a rabbit hole of wonderful musical archaeology to Brian Wilson's original 1966 solo demo of this song. So grateful!!!

The BEST music is coming from this show!! Im With Her....WOW!!!

This made me cry like the original..... a religious experience....

This was performed to honor composer Brian Wilson's birthday, which, appropriately, is June 20th, at the summer solstice. I'm so glad Brian's still around to celebrate his birthday!

Literally gave me chills. Well done!

Brian sent me here. Phenominal cover ❤

Who is the guitarist to the left of Chris Thile. His voice is INCREDIBLE!!!

Lord have mercy that was simply breathtaking.

My God, My God...this is just lovely. Thnax for posting

A great tribute.

Absolutely amazing performance. Thank you!

Punch Brothers have also done an excellent live version: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BapL4OlGImE.html Very happy to see Chris Thile perform this song again. I'm With Her was the perfect addition!

Wow! You did it! That was gorgeous and moving and lovely

I can't stop listening to this! Wonder why Brian Wison didn't do harmonies on the high parts in the first section on his original? It's intoxicating...

These guys, Chris Thile etc, have caught the essence of Brian Wilson's most perfect creation, Surf's Up. This is a wonderful sound. Not yet perfect, but that will never be achieved, even by Brian at his time. I love the ending.

Once again superlative.

my favorite Beach Boys album . . . great choice & beautiful version . . .

1 person is a disgrace to humanity and I dislike them

Props to the guitar player doubling the melody with Chris.

Brilliant!

Fair winds, Serena.

Oh my goodness 😃😃😃🎶🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️ awesome voice and music artist

LOVE THIS SHOW AND IM WITH HER!!!

what's up with the heavy back beat??? NO. It's messing up my head man!! The emphasis is on ONE.

The end is supposed to say "A child is the father of the man". They say "A child is the man a father of".

wait a sec . . . forgot about Pet Sounds . . . OK maybe my 2nd favorite BB album . . .

what a beautiful job with this classic...well done!

Shows great respect for the original 🤟🏼❤️

Absolute disgrace advertising through this.

Hey wow. What a country.

you knocked it out of the ballpark

Great cover of Mike Loves masterpiece

The attempt at closed captioning is hilarious.

Wish I had been exposed to this work of art when I was young….would have def changed my musical tastes

Great performance of course but I wish I'm With Her had sung the "father of the man" refrain.

Beautiful version.

Please confirm, always wondered are back up singers singing My God, My God beginning of song? Excellent cover of another Brian Wilson masterpiece

A MASTERPIECE!

Brought me to tears as usual

Sublime

beautiful

pretty much nailed guys - so tricky

Well done....and I was not a big Beach Boys fan.

Stunning....

Forever...BRIAN!

well done...so cool

As I said four years ago, every time I watch this, it makes me cry

I have such a crush on Sarah Jarosz.

He reminds me of The dude from rem

Nice backup singers

Amazing!

Wonderfull...

Fantastic

SO SO great!!

I thought it was Finneas billie eilishs brother

He is slow close

Goddam, I was enjoying that until the announcements started. How to ruin something great! 🤬