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Sloop John B
The Beach Boys Lyrics

We come on the Sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the main sail sets

Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home

The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the Cap'n's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up, I want to go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the main sail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home
(Hoist up the John B's sail)
Hoist up the John B
I feel so broke up I want to go home
Let me go home

The poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home
This is the worst trip I've ever been on

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the main sail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Brian Wilson

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"Sloop John B" is the seventh track on The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album and was also a single which was released in 1966 on Capitol Records. It was originally a traditional West Indies folk song, possibly recorded earliest by The Weavers under the title "Wreck of the John B", the song taken from a collection by Carl Sandburg (1927). Alan Lomax made a field recording of the song in Nassau, 1935, under the title "Histe Up the John B. Sail". This recording appears on the album Bahamas 1935: Chanteys And Anthems From Andros And Cat Island. Read Full Bio"Sloop John B" is the seventh track on The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album and was also a single which was released in 1966 on Capitol Records. It was originally a traditional West Indies folk song, possibly recorded earliest by The Weavers under the title "Wreck of the John B", the song taken from a collection by Carl Sandburg (1927). Alan Lomax made a field recording of the song in Nassau, 1935, under the title "Histe Up the John B. Sail". This recording appears on the album Bahamas 1935: Chanteys And Anthems From Andros And Cat Island. The song was adapted by Weavers member Lee Hays. The recording of the song which directly influenced The Beach Boys was by The Kingston Trio, who used the title "The Wreck Of The John B".

This version was ranked #271 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

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Tarantulisimo

3y↑214

Brian Wilson – lead and backing vocals
Mike Love – lead and backing vocals
Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
Al Jardine – backing vocals
Carl Wilson – backing vocals
Bruce Johnston — backing vocals
Hal Blaine – drums
Frank Capp – glockenspiel
Al Casey – acoustic rhythm guitar
Jerry Cole – 12-string lead guitar
Steve Douglas – temple blocks
Carol Kaye – electric bass
Al De Lory – tack piano
Jay Migliori – flute
Jim Horn – flute
Jack Nimitz – bass saxophone
Lyle Ritz – string bass
Billy Strange – 12-string lead guitar, overdubbed 12-string lead guitars
Tony (surname unknown) – tambourine
Chuck Britz – engineer
Brian Wilson -- arrangement of traditional "The John B. Sails"
Brian Wilson -- producer
The Kingston Trio -- musical inspiration

Bobby Bob

3y↑34

The Beach Boys
We come on the Sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home
So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the main sail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home
The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the Cap'n's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up, I want to go home
So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the main sail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home
(Hoist up the John B's sail)
Hoist up the John B
I feel so broke up I want to go home
Let me go home
The poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home
This is the worst trip I've ever been on
So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the main sail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I want to go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home
Songwriters: Brian Wilson
Sloop John B lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

All comments from YouTube:

MerkinMuffly

8y↑388

Probably the greatest sung harmonies of any rock album ever.

InFiniTy

10w

is not a rock...

Dean Roy

14w

what did you start haha

das 1988

15w

@Pickle Rick 😂

Jeff

15w

Probably

balorama.

24w↑4

Give me this album over that Sgt. pepper shit any day.

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Shaughn Casey

5y↑2.2K

This song got me through a six month vacation in Afghanistan. <3

Oceane Castelnau

@Johnny 5 Cents Wisdom.

Oceane Castelnau

@Zycho Yes. Unfortunately. But I am not the only American who prays that will not always be true 😭

Eric Pellegrino

Awesome brother

Michael Rowe

Thank you sir...I hope 20 yrs in the sandbox by our brave service men and women is not for nothing...

Mark Ponn

Loyal to your Country. Props.

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N Armstrong

5y↑1.1K

Pet Sounds is such an incredible album. Every bit as revolutionary as Sgt Pepper

Scott Matznick

Infinitely more revolutionary. Unfortunately, the revolution failed. Had it not, auto tune wouldn't be a thing

Sherlock Holmes lives.

16w↑1

@A little guy
What were you debating, A little guy?

A little guy

16w↑1

@Sherlock Holmes lives. I don't care that you like those songs, is just that we were debating something and you suddenly mentioned that song.

Sherlock Holmes lives.

16w↑1

'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' from 'The Beatles' ( White Album ) is better than anything on either of those two albums. There are a handful of Beatles' albums all better than 'Sgt Pepper'.

Sherlock Holmes lives.

16w↑1

@A little guy
It is one of my favourite Beatles' songs. I think those 1963 Beatles' singles and B-Sides such as 'From Me To You' / 'Thank You Girl', 'She Loves You' / 'I'll Get You' and 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' / 'This Boy' were perfect pop singles! It is so hard to write singles and B-Sides as good as them. You say "Why do you ask now?" I haven't said something uncomplimentary about The Beatles have I. I do have changes of feeling and opinion though.

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Tarantulisimo

3y↑214

Dean Dee

13w

you forgot a few, how about Asher? imma have to say he was fairly instrumental in this one considering it was his idea... the wall of sound? .. forgot a few dint ya

Raddish

15w↑2

Damn it’s crazy how many artists went into this song, you wouldn’t realize how much talent it took at first listen.

daniel gautreau

38w↑4

@Greg Orlandini Carol Kaye (bass), Hal Blaine (drums) are on hundreds of records. Charlie Watts (drums, Rolling Stones) said he was surprised to learn thay 4of his 5 favorite drummers were Hal Blaine.

DogShitOnaStick

40w

Sheriff john stone

Greg Orlandini

48w↑6

Wrecking crew

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Isaac Bankman

6y↑632

"this is the worst trip.. I've ever been on" I don't know why but I always laugh at this.

Paul from T.O.

15w

1966. Lotta experimenting with music and acid going on. This song is a classic as is the entire album Pet Sounds.

Regardless of what anyone says, this definitely falls under the "progressive" era of music.

Beach Boys, The Beatles, King Crimson, ELP, Genesis, Yes, Rush and several I've missed... you look at their first few albums and then look 5-8 years later and man what a difference.

Lauren Bryk

16w

Thats life in a nutsnell

SPAM TACOS

18w

Acid

정미

20w

I had a bad one in Florida 26 years ago.

John Gerard

24w

My friends who served in Iraq loved that line and used to cheer it every time they heard it when they were over there

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Thomas Winkelmair

3y↑12

It's amazing how Brian turned this simple folksong with its two or three chords into such a lush production. A real work of art. It's a completely different song than the original. So you can say Brian re-wrote it and brought it to a new level. The Beach Boys owned it entirely. It WAS a traditional, but since 1966 it's definitively a Beach Boys song. And it always will be.

william baud

Now I have read that it was actually Al Jardine who (and I quote) "updated the chord progression by having the subdominant (D-flat maj) move to its relative minor (B-flat minor) before returning to the tonic (A-flat maj), thus altering a portion of the song's progression from IV- I to IV-ii-I. This device is heard immediately after the lyric "into a fight" and "leave me alone"..."

Mike Kauzlarich

Great song

SuperPuggus

51w↑46

Without Pet Sounds, then no Sgt Pepper. And without Rubber Soul, no Pet Sounds. I love both the Beatles and the Beach Boys, and love how both created great music

DogShitOnaStick

40w

You know your sheet brother 👍🏻

steve hansen

44w↑1

Art is derivative.

Mvader 71

4y↑365

I always thought the men who went to Vietnam probably heard this song and thought "yeah I wanna go home.." and "this is definitely the worst trip I ever been on.."

michi veritas

15w

@ronbow namvetusmc Oo-rah! 🤗

michi veritas

16w

@Glen McGregor Cool, mate, sorry to hear that... Wasn't getting on your case, just curious. Appreciate your service, bud, and I'm not even American - must've been fucking hardcore. 🙂
PS Hope treated well/ok when got home - it was terrible the way you guys got abuse when you got back (basically due to fucking idiot politician's choices/behaviour in the first place).

Glen McGregor

16w

@UglyApprentice I was drafted. Enlisted for 4. Did training here stateside and went over Dec. '67. Extended twice. Was seriously injured midway through my second extension. Was sent home and discharged.

Glen McGregor

16w

@michi veritas I extended twice. Was seriously injured the 3rd time half way through my second extension. Was sent home and discharged.

michi veritas

16w

@Glen McGregor I thought tours were a year... Surely you had to re-up/got home first before you did so??
PS Not being a dick/getting on your case, just curious🙂

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Ronald Guzman

7y↑421

I could listen to the Beach Boys for hours and hours without getting tired,

Joey

they have such a wonderful sound to them, I too could listen to them all day and I do sometimes

Rogério R.

i actually do it

Mr. Nobody

I could listen to them forever and not get tired

Sharon Hamilton

2y↑1

A Dr I worked for. Loved them. Got to introduce them on stage in college.

Brian DiVincenzo

2y↑1

Me and u both

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Brandon Haygood

5y↑569

I've listened to this version a million times, listened to the version that was just the singing, and a version that was just the backing track and I have to say, every part of this song is outstanding.

The Comedy Pilot

It’s a great song.

steve eaton

@Daniel Olorteguii think you mean you mean funeral

Brian DiVincenzo

This whole album in its entirety is hands down,withiut a doubt one of the greatest albums of all time. Brian Wilson is a musical genius.. He heard all the vocal harmonies and new instrument arrangements before he even stepped foot in a studio. He is probably the closest thing to Mozart that the 20th and 21st century will ever get and I don't know about the rest of youse but I'm totally content with that.

Jan From NYC Saves Money!

3y↑2

Did you ever hear the Behind the sounds video of the making of this song? No doubt you'll love it. Gets to me each time-Jan

Vnarves

3y↑2

feel exactly the same about "wouldn't it be nice" and just about every song on this lp. Everything is arranged to perfection

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Ben Nava

5y↑87

I'm Mexican and this album is one of the best album my family has heard..Great album

Ryan I

Rock on, brother. Yeah, it’s definitely a great album.

Robert Ciscoe

3y↑3

You sound to me like you're American. Either way, you have good taste!

alworkedup

6y↑86

A total re-thinking of an old folk song. Certainly one of The Beach Boys' absolute best.

lightheart53

6y↑335

To see Brian Wilson get the recognition and respect he so richly deserves, coupled with his restored health and a woman who loves him so deeply brings tears to my eyes. I 'm thrilled and cant wait to see the movie.

Faronomus

42w

@Mr. Nobody 4.5 billion years but yeah
We are lucky af

pat cola

47w

@Mr. Nobody only thousands.

Mr. Nobody

1y↑2

You're on drugs. He doesn't get a fraction of what he deserves.

Brian is and always will be the single greatest composer and producer to ever grace the earth.

The Earth is what, 7 billion years old? And we all have the honor of living alongside The Beach Boys

ghuskerdude1

2y↑3

Brian has so much more than I do...but he has been through a lot. He is every bit the survivor Keith Richards is. Wish all the Wilson brothers were still with. Well done Brian! Hope you are feeling better and can get out on the road with Al and your band.

gregg horner

3y↑10

@JTheGuitarPlayerMike Love is not the best judge of Brian Wilson's mental health, given how Love has leached off of him for decades.

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Cory Bartles

44w↑29

Currently listening to this while deployed damn good song

George Stuart Cunningham

26w↑51

I've been stranded overseas for over a year now and I'm playing this song every single day.

I feel so broke up, i wanna go home 😢

George Stuart Cunningham

16w

@thya Thanks thya

thya

16w↑1

@George Stuart Cunningham Keep hope friend you will get home soon

George Stuart Cunningham

16w

@Ahmed Mehta I'm afraid yes. It might take 4 months or forever.

Ahmed Mehta

16w

@George Stuart Cunningham Are you still stranded?

George Stuart Cunningham

16w

@Brian Francis Thanks Brian, i appreciate that.

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zacattack500

3y↑7

The only bad thing about this song is they didn't make an extended version. This is got to be my favorite Beach Boys song

Kevin Vann

6y↑282

God I love this arrangement

sunkentree

1y↑1

@Dan K Listen to other versions of Sloop John B by other bands. They don't sound like this. "In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work.[1] It may differ from the original work by means of reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or development of the formal structure"

Trunk Davis

2y↑3

Compared to the original Kingston Trio version this is Brian Wilson at his peak.

Dan K

3y↑1

what do you mean, by that...exactly?

Hcass803

3y↑1

Hcass803

3y↑6

Listen to God only knows

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Jimmy Plenderleith

1y↑6

Without Rubber Sole, we'd never have Pet Sounds....without Pet Sounds, we'd never have Sgt Pepper.......GOD DAMN, that is building to absolute perfection

Pet Sounds is an AMAZING album.......one that sits right there with Sgt Pepper. Sgt Pepper get a lot more love but Pet Sounds should be in the same coversation anytime Sgt Pepper is mentioned.....period.

izzy skyparks

5y↑526

The minute I walk into school this song plays in my head

kkramos

26w

Very cool

Claire Shaw

36w

Walking into school, " The first 1 got drunk"

Baby Yoda

Nobody else like this comment. It’s at 420 likes

SMUS16475

1y↑1

"I wanna go home!!"

KAIZEN

2y↑2

LMAO FACTS

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4XAPhoenix

41w↑10

Hands down, one of the greatest albums ever made, regardless of genre.

4XAPhoenix

41w↑1

@Mike Crumbles It's influenced me, I'd say it's 1 of my top 2 albums of all time, the other being Tool's 2001 release Lateralus.

Mike Crumbles

41w↑1

This album influenced the hell out of most genres. a true classic.

bernie Mahoney

5y↑137

that meeting of their voices at 1:55 is perfect !!

Jonny Birchyboy

23w↑1

They were literally born to sing together

Brendan Sheerin

I agree

TheAwesomePossum

2y↑1

"musicians" nowadays can't do that. They need autotune help.

Matthew Zarris

3y↑2

One of the greatest convergences of sound in rock and roll history, period.

Lisa DC

3y↑4

The meeting of their voices is, and always has been perfect!! 😎

Joey Madara

2y↑9

I'm 26 and I was raised on 50s 60s rock thanks to my old man. So much appreciation and love. Beach boys was my first ever concert. Still a favorite group

Bobby Bob

3y↑34

selmer862

26w↑2

Great job with the lyrics, but one correction: Brian didn't write the song. He arranged it, from a song recorded by the Weavers, the Kingston Trio, and others. Al Jardine heard the Kingston Trio version, brought it to Brian, and asked him to arrange it. Listen to the original folk versions, and you realize just what a genius Brian is. He turned an okay folk song into one of the all-time masterpieces. Just brilliant!

MARYANN F. CANCILA

Thank you

mikdre

Very well done. 👍

marty moose

6y↑50

—During the recording of the now stone-cold classic Pet Sounds, Mike Love responded to one of the glorious, spellbinding harmonies with “Who is gonna hear this shit? The ears of a dog?” Brian Wilson would later use this as inspiration for the album title.

Cinnamonhoney

fucking mike love lmao

Neu

Not true! Wilson said it was tribute to *P*hil *S*pector : Pet Sounds

Liam Post

Certain about that? Because there's also a track on the album titled 'Pet Sounds'...

ChrisBrengel

LOL! Thanks

MrKenichi22

Yes

jimmy ernst

3y↑19

Carol Kaye's bassline here is simple perfection

Julie Heikes

The Mighty 'V' what was the Carol Kaye doc called? Thanks!

The Mighty 'V'

2y↑3

@jimmy ernst - Quite unusual during the intro, right? And before tonight, I had believed Brian Wilson had played bass here! Just finished watching a Carol Kaye documentary and am now searching youtube for songs she's played on :-)

ROCKaholic

1y↑26

Growing up, I always thought this song was about a kid having a horrible experience at a Summer Camp.

Corntastrophy

51w↑9

I wish I still had the innocence to think of the song by something like that lol.

It's about a folk tale about partying pirates that got booted off shore and sank. But as an adult, you can pretty much relate to this with any trip or vacation that turned out to be shitty.

TheFragilityOfIdeas

1y↑3

The bass on this song ❤️

apeazy4

3y↑4

I remember finding this album in my mom's collection when I was in 4th or 5th grade. I was sitting in the damp basement, with one of the first walkman's available for CDs. I sat there for hours and hours after I found this song, I was instantly hooked. Brian Wilson will always be a genius.

Frank Burgoyne

5y↑173

I remember driving in my brother's red Chevy Impala convertable wiht this song blasting on a summer evening in Green Bay Wisconsin. Life was so simple and fun back then.. Thanks for posting Pet Sounds here......

shahzadsgoogle

You just think it was

Jim F

2y↑1

Plus, you got to see the first, original, only America's Team!

Robert Guinther

2y↑1

I'm from Richland county Wisconsin! Born in 84 but traveling the United States. Sloop and homeword bound are my jams.

Katie Gallagher

2y↑2

Shout out to Green Bay hey :)

Rolando Montenegro

3y↑1

Wow. Green Bay? Living there The Beach Boys must have personified California. Hope you’ve had a chance to visit and it lived up to the hype

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David

6y↑120

This is the best trip I've ever been on.

Miracle Schmidt

Oh my God. I just realized that this is about drugs. I thought he got drunk with his grandpa and they sold themselves into a sailor career or something...

Michael David

3y↑1

It's what Al Jardine says because he loves Brian very much.

mcalhad

1y↑3

16 years old when this song came out...what a wonderful time the 60's were...Music and 60's era never will be duplicated

CatalinaThePirate

16w↑2

💕 I have always wanted a longer version of this song. The beautiful vocal harmonies and the incredible music that accompanies them at the ending - I feel like it only just gets to euphoria, or reached that almost always elusive nirvana, and then it fades... I WANT MORE! 😏 I think it's the most wonderful song... 🤗

CatalinaThePirate

16w↑2

Adam Stoler

47w↑6

Ahhhh..those harmonies..still give me goosebumps all these years later....

Nick Randles

3y↑42

Sang this song at least 100 times to myself to get through boot camp.

Claudia

28w

@Cohen Kane It does. It's a traditional Bahamian folk song that was first transcribed by Richard Le Gallienne in 1916. And it was recorded by a few different bands before the Beach Boys.

Cohen Kane

Isn't this an old sea chanty? Navy/Marines people I heard seem to know this one. I believe the song predates this BB recording.

Christopher Sardinha

5y↑210

"Drinkin' all night, got into a fight." Classic.

Tully Bascombe

1y↑3

That’s what appealed to me when I was young and ‘fearless’ 😂

mopar 1

2y↑4

Been there, done that. Just like many others.

Ginny Miller

4y↑5

"This is the worst trip I've ever been on"...

7DARKHELLS

4y↑6

Well I feel so broke up I want to go home.

johnson7166

5y↑5

Makes me think of my first year of college.

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Alan Mansell

40w↑6

My dad being a sea farer always sang this song when he had sank a few drinks, sadly he died when only 32 in 1974 and it always brings a tear to my eye

SomervilleBob

2y↑5

Thanks to Al Jardine for pushing Brian into doing this cover the Beach Boys way.

Joe Hepworth

5y↑58

Thank You Lord for making the Beach Boys part of my time!

TheAwesomePossum

@Evil Koala I think they meant America.....

Sean Billups

3y↑2

Joe Hepworth im 14 i really wish i could have lived in a great time like the 60's todays society is terrible

Brian Clarke

2y↑11

Pet sounds is the most revolutionary album of our time

ryan49er1

2y↑2

When your album puts John and Paul in awe, you know it's good.

katbulooo

5y↑26

This song always reminds me of my time in the Navy!

Gregory Harris

3y↑1

Nice thought...I can relate, I'm a Navy Veteran myself.

Gary Comer

2y↑1

I've always loved the beach boys but Pet Sounds is on a completely different level. Thank God for Wilson's warped mind. A Savant, a Genius. One of top 25 greatest albums of all time for sure!!!!!

David Arruda

3y↑11

Perfect song in every way.

Dennis Constant

2y↑2

An absolute masterpiece. No one could touch the Beach Boys or the Wrecking Crew!

Eerika Rademeyer

1y↑4

This song got me through the worst part in my life.I m still standing and yes its one of the he best songs ever.Thank you BeeGees

jennifur sun

6y↑60

the late Wrecking Crew guitarist Billy Strange got a call from Brian one sunday to come down to the studio to put a 12 string part on this song. Billy and his young son came down and Brian got the man who owned Wallichs Music City to open and bring down a brand new Fender Twin Reverb amp and a new Fender electric 12 string guitar from his shop. Billy played his part, Brian said how much he appreciated it and gave him the guitar and amp as a gift

jennifur sun

5y↑1

+AntiHoplophobia welcome

AntiHoplophobia

@jennifur sun That's good to know too... thanks again!

jennifur sun

5y↑2

+AntiHoplophobia there is also a DVD set about the wrecking crew made by Tommy T. son, reallly enjoyed it

AntiHoplophobia

6y↑1

@jennifur sun Our library system sucks, but my daughter is sending me "The Wrecking Crew" from a bookstore in Atlanta! YAY!

jennifur sun

6y↑1

+AntiHoplophobia welcome. try your library system or amazon

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Szakos Máté

2y↑1

I just can't believe this good track is on the same album with Wouldn't it be nice and God only knows. Such a legendary album.

Brian Burgess

2y↑1

A total re-thinking of an old folk song. Certainly one of The Beach Boys' absolute best.
that meeting of their voices at 1:55 is perfect !!
Hoist the John B sail!!!!

nic evans

3y↑2

I first heard this album in 76 , I was 16 I'd never heard of Pet Sounds but I really liked and listened a lot to the Beach Boys, the Radio D J in the UK said it was a work of genius and it is, for so many years it never got the recognition it truly deserved until these recent years, I'm so glad , because I felt a real injustice was being done, so now it sits on top of the hill looking down on everything no one has come close, because it such a deep piece of work, I'm a big Beatles fan , but credit where its due this album transcends time

David Ramos

3y↑2

This was the best soundtrack to me losing my mind on my last deployment. Helped me more than I could admit.

Briel Slovak

27w↑5

Gets me through work on the Mcdonalds fry vat every day.

Aria

23w

I love how happy sounding the song is while it’s literally about feeling down and wanting to go home.

loseyourwings

Simply a kickass song who doesn’t sing along every time you hear it

LUCA

32w

este tema tendría que haber estado incluído en el álbum de covers de los ramones... hubiese sido hermoso escucharlo cantado por joey...

Grant Bowen

5y↑126

My favorite part is when the instruments stop and the boys sing acapella

Mina #9

42w

The "Let me go home....." A capella sounds so nice. My Mom even likes it.

Malcolm Platt

2y↑4

My favorite part is the beginning, the middle and the end.

Brendan Sheerin

Me too

Broome

5y↑4

You should hear the total accapella version it's great

MikeUnthertz

38w↑3

I listened to Pet Sounds for the first time today (I’m 43, sadly), and this is the song I can’t get out of my head

OneAndDone

36w

You are so not alone. This track has been a brain splinter for me for 20 years. It is sheer musical brilliance that will never lose its magic. This entire album, 58 years later, is a masterpiece. And yes, Brian Wilson (who was born 100 percent deaf in one ear and has never heard what stereo sounds like) is a genius.

Daverat

3y↑2

Hal Blaine did the drums on this - He said Dennis never minded when Brian brought him in. Goodnight and thank you Hal Blaine. (he passed recently)

B G

2y↑21

The Animals "We gotta get out of this place" Beach Boys "Sloop John B".... 7 combat tours later.. It definitely was the worst trip I've ever been..

TheAwesomePossum

2y↑3

Dwight Yokam got 12k likes for his cover. The Beach Boys deserve so much more! All you oldies please agree!! #Beach #Boys #For #Life

Kc Trieber

2y↑4

Every time I hear this song I can still feel the deck beneath feet and the wind in my face.

buddy holland

3y↑31

I STILL DO NOT KNOW ALL THE WORDS AFTER 10,000 TIMES LISTENING;;;

DogShitOnaStick

40w

Neither atom neanderthal

Nancy Smith

WHO CARES ITS A BEAUTIFUL SONG

Gonzalo Balmaceda

Uno de mis 3 discos favoritos de todos los tiempos, junto a REVOLVER y Sgt Pepper`s. Una obra maestra!

Big Gene

3y↑1

Out of the dozens of times I've listened to this song, I never realized it mentioned a ship voyage...

The magic of actually reading the lyrics.

Dennis Schmieder

6y↑36

Hal Blaine is an absolute genius.

Michael David

We know that Brian is the genius but The Wrecking Crew played a huge part too.

Martin Paz

3y↑1

Dennis Schmieder best drummer in the business!

I'm your REAL dad.

This entire album is a masterpiece!......It even influenced the Beatles.

Ben Reads Poetry

24w↑1

Is this the happiest ever song about being sad?! I love it all the same :)

Brian Clarke

4y↑5

Easily one of the greatest songs of all time, lyrics, music, singing all just brilliant

Nann Maa

3y↑8

I used to listen to this while my mom drove me to school back in kindergarten. Little did I know I had it so easy

Bald Asian Man

You name should be dat female dog 🐕

Rhonda Smith

2y↑2

"Drinkin' all night, got into a fight." Classic
that meeting of their voices at 1:55 is perfect !!
Who's all still listening to the Bech Boys in 2019

Garth Seagrave

2y↑3

Civilians cannot possibly imagine what it took for Brian Wilson to create that level of sophisticated sound from such archaic equipment, total fucking engineering genius..

Razvan Dobos

32w↑1

Pet Sounds is the very first emo album according to a music historian in case many don’t realize.

Freddy Richards

2y↑2

I can see the four most relatable Nicktoon characters (Doug, Rocko, Helga, and Squidward) singing this song

Robert Nesfield

5y↑10

There are a lot of musical treasures from the mid 60's; this song really stands out!

SMUS16475

1y↑1

I work as a Prime Now shopper at my local Whole Foods, and every time this song plays, I tend to smile 'cause of the lyric "I wanna go home."

Alex Mauty

23w↑1

Me hace llorar! Es imponente!!

Camilas Jaguar

2y↑2

I feel so truly blessed to have been raised with this kind of good old music <3 im so in love with it, it was a truly different world back then. I wish music was still like this... (Im 15 btw)

John Lujan

2y↑4

At my HS, we always knew the end of the school year was nigh when we heard the sweet sounds of The Beach Boys coming out of somebody's boom box. Ah, summertime!

Malcolm Abram

50w

Love this song. Does not go on long enough. So well composed.

john os

41w↑1

The harmony is incredible.

Milo Schwartz

4y↑3

I remember listening to this song in my car using a little cassette player that was built into the car. Every half second, there would be a little noticeable break in the music due to the player not working properly, but it would still play the song no matter what.

Audrey Willow

9w↑1

This song is perfect for outer banks I’m glad I found it, I love the beach boys

clockwork orange

18w

Just saw Jonathan Coulton and many others cover and instantly fell in love with the song, had no idea that beach boys sung the original, glad I looked it up!

Trevor freed

5y↑1

This brings tears to my eyes memories of my childhood.

Ceil Constante

1y↑1

Roger Ross who worked at Camp Dearborn mid 70's. Thank you so much for letting me and my group of adolescent friends on the steam boat for free and playing this tape as we went around the lake. It was an amazing time!

Vincent T.

23w↑2

Is this rendition proof that Brian Wilson really was a genius?

get the papers get the papers

51w↑1

When he said "and he ate up all of my corn", I felt that

Maggie May

3 minutes of greatness of a brilliant album!

Quadruplator

2y↑2

I just graduated from Marine Corps boot camp and this song was stuck in my head the entire 13 weeks

FaeriichanII

2y↑2

As a kid who grew up listening to oldies because of my parents, my dumb kid self always thought this song was about a kid who went on a terrible day trip with his grandpa. Years later, while making an oldies playlist, I stumble across this song again. Now, I'm sitting in a chair sobbing as I realize what this song is actually about.

D

4y↑1

I adore this song Pet Sounds is a masterpiece

moboutmen

As close to recorded vocal perfection as there is, along with "Because" by the Beatles

KlyM8

14w↑1

This song is what makes me loves harmonizing

AntiHoplophobia

6y↑139

The Beach Boys' best song, by far....

Lisa DC

3y↑1

Surfing USA!

Lmclean89

3y↑1

not even in the top 5.

Austin Martens

Good Vibrations

Marlon Brando's eyes

kokomo!

Love of Mangos

Good Vibrations is their best song by far
This is great though

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Boringmir

4y↑15

Best Beach Boys album.

Jonny Birchyboy

23w

Clearly you haven’t heard ‘Summer in Paradise’

Dan K

why?

hugh mcilveen

This is what I loved about the Beach boys, the "hair on the back of your neck" moments. Listen to the last 16 bars when the beautiful 4 part harmonies and the wall of sound combines to make you catch your breath.

Katie Nemeth

1y↑3

Every damn time I watch outer banks I get this song stuck in my head!

Bepartofmynovel

37w

the part from 1:51 to 1:58 (until the instruments chime in again) is something I always look forward to :)

broEye1

Listened to this on the way home from work every day for years.

Lazaro Martell

2y↑10

The minute I walk into school this song plays in my head
I could listen to the Beach Boys for hours and hours without getting tired,
This song got me through a six month vacation in Afghanistan. <3

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