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About This Track
“Wouldn’t It Be Nice” is the opening track on the 1966 album Pet Sounds and one of the most widely recognized songs by the American pop group The Beach Boys. It was composed and produced by Brian Wilson, with lyrics by Tony Asher and Brian Wilson, and the lead vocal was sung by Brian Wilson with Mike Love singing lead vocals on the bridge.
The layering of harmonies upon harmonies, and lyrics on top of harmonies make this one of the quintessential Beach Boys songs. In the Endless Harmony documentary, Brian Wilson described the song as “what children everywhere go through… wouldn’t it be nice if we were older, or could run away and get married”.
Wilson was quoted as saying:
Listen for the rockin’ accordions and the ethereal guitars in the introduction. Tony and I had visualized a scene. We had a feeling in our hearts, like a vibration. We put it into music, and it found its way onto tape. We really felt good about that record.
In a 1996 interview, Wilson stated, “‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’ was not a real long song, but it’s a very ‘up’ song. It expresses the frustrations of youth, what you can’t have, what you really want and you have to wait for it.”
Wilson also used the title of the song for the title of his autobiography.
The layering of harmonies upon harmonies, and lyrics on top of harmonies make this one of the quintessential Beach Boys songs. In the Endless Harmony documentary, Brian Wilson described the song as “what children everywhere go through… wouldn’t it be nice if we were older, or could run away and get married”.
Wilson was quoted as saying:
Listen for the rockin’ accordions and the ethereal guitars in the introduction. Tony and I had visualized a scene. We had a feeling in our hearts, like a vibration. We put it into music, and it found its way onto tape. We really felt good about that record.
In a 1996 interview, Wilson stated, “‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’ was not a real long song, but it’s a very ‘up’ song. It expresses the frustrations of youth, what you can’t have, what you really want and you have to wait for it.”
Wilson also used the title of the song for the title of his autobiography.
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spangles96 wrote:
Is it to much trouble to play the proper version. This is the worst version I have ever heard
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billwisnow wrote:
Yeah..of course.. Great Band ...They're all a bit loony now though.
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seiya42 wrote:
I feel like this song is hugging me.
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zombierosie wrote:
hmmm… Wouldn’t it be nice?
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DonSmilo wrote:
while listening I´d tend to say: best song ever written?
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Greg69Sheryl wrote:
"You know it seems the more we talk about it, it only makes it worse to live without it."
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Greg69Sheryl wrote:
I can understand how this could be the saddest song in the world. It paints a beautiful, idealist picture of how life should be, but it's an ideal that will never be reached in reality, and that is what's so sad. Also, this was the song the Doonesbury character Andy Lippincott was listening to when he died of AIDS. For these reasons, this song can still move me to tears.
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Caboonha wrote:
funny thing, this album actually took me out of depression.
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KommisarK wrote:
This is the saddest song in the world [4]
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yuto_090912 wrote:
All of them sense is concentrated in this song. perfect
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junkal28 wrote:
OBRA MAESTRA
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richardneal wrote:
It took me a long time to figure out Glen Campbell's electric 12 string in the beginning wasn't a harp.
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lil-monsterkid wrote:
it would be real nice but that's not reality.
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
I can't understand how this could be the saddest song in the world, because there are hundreds or maybe even thousands of more sadder songs. But it's still a great song <3
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Miss-Kei wrote:
Such a sweet and yearning song....
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kalte_sterne wrote:
these guys won't be together!
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DavidSmith98 wrote:
First song on the best, and most depressing album ever created.
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rella987 wrote:
to my future wife, whoever she is
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yourtear_myrain wrote:
i dont know how this got in the Pop tab.
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WiseJake237 wrote:
This is the saddest song in the world [3] Masterpiece.
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