This really provides a clear audible demonstration of just how much doubling the vocals improves the sound! Because the sound waves of the second vocal are different than the waves of the first the two tracks combined sound thicker and more pleasing to the ear! Then when you double or even triple track the backing harmony vocals the results are like hearing a choir!!!!! That's how Brian was.able to get some of the most beautiful vocal recordings ever produced!!
Al Jardine was a big part on the backing vocals for this song, he would take main vocals when Brian stopped touring in the 60's and was invaluable when Brian returned to touring later on and started losing his voice.
It's also great to hear how pure Brian's single-tracked vocal is on these verses and chorus. It's not spot-perfect, but this is so hard to sing well. His voice is more emotionally complex than Carl's. if that makes sense, he gets short shrift in the conventional wisdom that Carl had the best voice in the best, that's vastly oversimplified. It may have been the purest, but that's just one aspect of singing quality.
this and DWB are my two all time favorite beach Boy records. For me , WIBN is the ultimate BB tune: great arrangement, lyrics, music and those harmonies, man outasight.
@@littled6698 This is Al Jardine, Dude. You Beach Boys devotees are really rather stupid if you think this was sung by Brian Wilson. Look it up, Dude, Bro, whatever.
I think he did 3 layers. This first cut being most legato, and each next layer more staccato, with gentle attack and release so to feather the layers together. Brilliant.
Or you could quit gaslighting yourself decide to embrace the bizarrely controversial view that Brian was actually that good and obviously the best singer in the band
Brian had a very unique vocal range if you ask me. It’s a shame it’s not known as much like; Freddy Mercury or Michael Jackson. Brian’s vocal range and falsetto is really unique in the sense that it somehow had this ‘rough edge’ instead of a very smooth, feminine falsetto.
on the Leid in Hawaii rehearsal Brian makes an attempt to sing it but hits a flat note and stops. Mike, being ever supportive says "Al usually sings it on stage". It almost felt like Brian hit that bad note on purpose so he wouldn't have to sing it
