
Episode 142: “God Only Knows” by the Beach Boys
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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God Only Knows
I may not always loe yo, but long as there are starso ov ou you nevernedae. I'll make you so suret i god only knows what i o. One of the things that is often wrongly said about the song is that it's the first pop song to have the word god in the title. The lyric was far more ambiguous than it may seem. In large part it's down to the choice of lead vocalist. If miclove had sung this song, it might have sounded almost aggressive. Bryan did sing it in early attempts at the track, and he doesn't sound quite right either. So this is an unsettling, ambiguous song in many ways
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