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I thought some of you might enjoy this, my apologies if this is a repost...

Ok, "rare" might be stretching it, but she does cover:

-Let the Wind Blow
-Time to Get Alone
-Vegetables
-Forever

Check it out on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/kaylawilliamsmusic#p/u

Credit to the spectropop poster who originally found this!

She's a member here, actually.

Cool.  She did a great job, in my opinion.  Is this, then, a repost?

Fuzzy does a killer "Girl Don't Tell Me"...

I am in love. :)

Kayla Williams singing Vegetables, Let the Wind Blow, Time to Get Alone, Forever ... Wow!  Incredible stuff!  Thank you, Kayla, for these wonderful renditions of classic BB songs.  Sure, I can record the audio steam, but when do I get to purchase official downloads or a CD?  And what other BB stuff do you plan to record?

Man like Female.   Female cover Beach Boys good.

I doubt I'm alone in wanting to marry this woman!  Talented, beautiful and and Beach Boys fan...it really doesn't get better than that.  I loved all of the covers, the harmonies were fantastic and she has such a sweet voice.  Can't wait to hear more from her!

Hell yes!

Yes I am a member! ha ha I love that this is a thread! Thanks for posting it ;)

Thanks for your comments! ha I wish I could sell them to you but it's a matter of royalties! I could not afford to pay for the Beach boys rights but I do have my own album, granted it's not Beach Boys but it is for sale lol
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kaylawilliams

I also just did a video for 'I Went to Sleep'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81fEvVwv8Jw

When I get more time I would like to do I can hear music, breakaway, Darlin' and many more!

LOL we'll see what we can do ;)

Keep tuning in there will be more!
I'm also always updating on my website

www.kaylawilliams.com

How 'bout "A Day In The Life Of A Tree"?

I'll second that...such an underappreciated song.  Kayla could knock that out of the park I'm sure.

wow, that was awesome  :o

You're great

A real female specimen? Covering Beach Boys songs? WOOOOOO!

This is the best, she knocked it out of the park

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr09fYxQXMU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr09fYxQXMU)

Julia Nunes opened for Ben Folds a couple years ago... In fact I know someone who randomly met her at a train station on the way to a Ben Folds concert.

Man that's lucky, she's beautiful

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Thanks for your comments! ha I wish I could sell them to you but it's a matter of royalties! I could not afford to pay for the Beach boys rights but I do have my own album, granted it's not Beach Boys but it is for sale lol
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kaylawilliams

I also just did a video for 'I Went to Sleep'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81fEvVwv8Jw

When I get more time I would like to do I can hear music, breakaway, Darlin' and many more!
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Kayla:

Love how you handled the interlude on I Went To Sleep, a perfect lullaby.  I like your choice of future covers but please consider doing some of Dennis' gentle work like Make It Good and Only With You.

Beach Boys Lovin Bob

Kayla , superb job that lady !! Keep up the great work , as someone said you are (to most of us guys on here) the perfect woman :-)))
Love to hear your version of 'Hey Little Tomboy' , sorry only joking ;-)

Rob how I got into the Beach Boys:


I was just a toddler when my dad would pick me up and dance to "Surfer Girl". I was always dancing and singing to their music as a kid. Then when I was 15 my Aunt sent me a Beach Boys compilation album and I fell in love with the music all over again. Then it became an obsession to find everything I could. Once I found Pet Sounds it went to a whole new level-my mom actually tried to ban me from listening to them because I was becoming too emotional! lol My whole summer was spent renting the one Beach Boys biography in town, digging up old tapes, and making my room into a Beach Boys/Brian shrine.

I've since talked to him on the phone with Brian's Hurricane Katrina donation thing, however, my life long goal to meet him and see a concert has yet to happen because I live in Alberta Canada and he's never toured here!
I guess one of these days when I get some money I'll have to buy a ticket to some show in the States as near me as possible...
My 2 best friends actually got to meet him at NAMM the year they went, but when we went with my college in 2008 he was not there :(
I still have time though I think..dreams can come true! lol

Are myself and Kayla the only 2 Canadians on this board?  Wow. Out of the whole country?

I will probably never get to see Brian in concert either. I think my biggest regret in life is not going to the Smile shows (especially the premiere, provided I could have gotten tickets.) I should have but oh well...

In a strange way, I really don't care for live music.  I have the records.  That is fine for me.  I could never picture myself going to a U2 concert (don't like them anyways) or to stand in a field from an insane distance to "watch" the Stones.  I guess I really am not into the spectacle of a "live show."  Brian would be the exception because he is such a musical hero of mine.  I think I would sob the whole time lol  Anyone else feel this way about not going to concerts?

Hello Kayla (and Mark),

I am from Calgary, Alberta so you two are not the only Canucks.  I know there are a few more lurking too.

Kayla,  I love your cover versions.  Great choices of tracks.  Wonderful production.  Did you go into a pro studio or just a DIY Macbook kinda thing?  Great sound, loved the stacked vocals.  I play in a band (two actually) here in Calgary but we don't do the Beach Boys because I feel we can't do the vocals justice.  You certainly do.  Nice work.

Brian has been to Alberta before.  I saw him here (and elsewhere too).  He played a private show in Edmonton for the chamber of commerce in Jan 2004.  I joined the chamber (because you had to be a member to attend the show).  It was just a month before the Smile shows at the Royal Festival Hall.  I got my Smile slick signed by Brian Wilson (thanks to the kindness and generosity of Scott Bennett).

I also had the pleasure of meeting Brian a few times (in New York, Las Vegas, Vancouver and Minneapolis).  I have seen Brian live about 20 times and the Beach Boys much more than that.  Brian was also in Alberta back in the late 80's with The Beach Boys for a special Winter Olympic show too.

Brian may not have any shows in Alberta coming up but Mike and Bruce will be in Alberta for several shows in the fall. Go check 'em out they put on a great show too!

Speaking of girls... the Vivian Girls have covered Girl Don't Tell Me.

Warning: This is not for people who enjoy good quality recordings. The Vivian Girls are a lo-fi noise pop band.

Studio version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNaIJzDel1o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNaIJzDel1o)
Live version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGL4oEIk9Ds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGL4oEIk9Ds)

Lo-fi, lo-talent.

And hi-awesomeness!!

I liked it...  :/

Thanks for your comments!

I actually use ProTools and my Digi 003 to record in my home.  I also have a Korg M3 as my keyboard :)

As for Brian being in Alberta in 2004, I would have had no means financially or other to see him and I wasn't really alive in the 80's! lol
I have seen the Beach Boys (Mike and Bruce) in Red Deer before and I know they're coming again this fall but I think once was plenty..I just really want to see Brian!

I'm also from Canada! Born in Ottawa and raised from grade nine onwards in Halifax. I saw Brian and a couple members of his band at Ottawa Bluesfest in, I think, 2007. Although I appreciated seeing him, Brian was obviously uninterested in doing a greatest hits set and only really came to life when two then-new songs (from TLOS) were played. Even more unfortunately, some malfunctioned at the sound booth and the giant speakers kept cutting out which, it seemed to the crowd, make Brian almost bail. The problems were fixed relatively quickly (alas, one of the new songs was heard only from one speaker) and Brian got back to... sitting there, and occasionally deciding to bark some lyrics. But, hell, it was worth it to see even that, I thought!

I present to you appropriately Canadian content: the great cuddlecore band Cub, out of Vancouver, covering "Surfer Girl" off of Betti-Cola (released 1993, with cover artwork by Dan DeCarlo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6JntClLDIM

So I do have another cover, it's not Beach Boys (theres another on the way soon!) BUT it does include a little touch of BB's!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w2RXz3HO3M

Kayla:  Loved it and the way you snuck the BBs in there!  Do you sing all the background parts on your songs or are others contributing from your band?

Beach Boys Lovin Bob

Thanks! Ya so far, for all the videos, I've done the music and all the singing :D

Excellent. I detect the odd goose pimple or two in the video, mind - that had to be uncomfortable.  ;D

Here's my latest BB cover :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnhTZObOTcU

It's really odd, hearing that song without Denny's bass vocal... but I really like the way you reimagined it. (Did ya see what I did there ?  :)).

That song has always succeeded in getting me excited for summer.....Thanks!!! And an awesome take on it :)

Kayla:

A very sweet vocal and fun video!  I know there is no bass vocal part in there but dang if I can't hear one anyway...  Another winner.

Beach Boys Lovin Bob

Hi Kayla... great stuff! Maybe if you changed your surname to 'Mills' you could sneak onto stage at a BW concert and Brian may not notice the difference  8)  Bet that would be a dream job eh!

Request for a future Kayla cover...... 'Country Air' would suit your style very well!

Amazing job yet again Kayla...can't wait to hear more!

Your covers capture the spirit of The Beach Boys, Kayla, and I think that is what a lot of people/bands who claim any sort of BBs/BW influence lack: they might have the letters down, but they ain't got no spirit! You've got both, and it's very remarkably good!

I have a couple of suggestions that I think would be quite excellent sung by a female vocalist (and the perspective that it suggests, although not terribly different, would still be interesting, I think):

You're So Good To Me
Airplane
Time To Get Alone
Aren't You Glad?
I'd Love Just Once To See You

Ha ha ya I wish that would happen! Dream job indeed :P And I love Country Air, a great one among many choices :)

Thanks for your comments! I have done Time To Get Alone  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InCL7-lFy8M

and I quite agree with your picks! I definitely have to do ILJOTSY that's a favorite!! :D

Oh, it totally slipped my mind at the time of posting that you did TTGA already, right! May I suggest in its place with "She's Going Bald" (alter the gender, if you like) or "Be Here In The Morning" (or both, if I can cheat)?

 ;D

Great job, Kayla. Good to see you on here!

Loved your intro to "It's OK." I think it works better than the cold vocal open of the original. It's too bad you can't get in a time machine to 1976 and play it for Brian. "15 Big Ones" might be different.

If I could make a couple of suggestions:
We'll Run Away
San Miguel

My suggestion would be "All This Is That".

Let's go to town here... 'Fall Breaks and Back to Winter' (and that incredibly rich, dark, vibrant 'Stereo' version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_Hjds-jIUg

I'd Love Just Once To See You

New cover finally! enjoy! oh and can't wait to get Gershwin album!!

KaylaMusic girl, you are a FOX.  >:D

Excellence is becoming the accepted standard here.  ;D

Best one thus far. Recording sounds slick, and your interpretation is fantastic. Really loved the tag. Thumbs up all around.

Kayla,
  Do you write your OWN music?  I've been watching your stuff for a while now and you're extremely talented.

  Have you thought about forming your own group?
  I especially love your version of "Let The Wind Blow". That song has always been one of my favorites. Especially the version off of "In Concert 1973".

  Keep up the excellent job that you're Passionately enjoying!

Cheers,
 Big Bri

Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/user/kaylawilliamsmusic#p/a (http://www.youtube.com/user/kaylawilliamsmusic#p/a)

or:

http://www.kaylawilliams.com/ (http://www.kaylawilliams.com/)

I thought the arrangements on the verses, in particular the 2nd verse (was that a harpsichord?) sound much better and fully realised than the Beach Boys version. I'll maintain always that Wild Honey is a collection of demos for a great album, nothing more.

I like how you left in those extra beats at the beginning of the "bahh..ba ba ba..." section (which I always suspected was a bad edit in the original) and the false start in the bass coming out of it.   8)



 

I do indeed this is a video for one of my original songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4wlwyD75Ks

and ya my website kaylawilliams.com where you can hear other originals.  I also have an EP for sale here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kaylawilliams

Thanks for your comments and everyones, I really enjoyed making this one! :)

Yesssss! That was another excellent cover of a wickedly fun track -- and I think I like your arrangement more! I would definitely bake you a pie too, haha -- alas, I don't think Canada Post appreciates foodstuffs being mailed coast-to-coast. Figures all the Beach Boys fans are in Vancouver! :lol

Kayla:

For a one woman do it all singer/instrumemtalist you are really nailing the essence of Brian's music and your videos are polished with your own unique style.  Best of all you have the pipes to make any song you do worth hearing again and again.  Many thanks and congrats for the well-deserved praise coming your way!

Beach Boys Lovin Bob

I'm in Alberta as well.
Good stuff.

This is a song that was written as a tribute to the BB. I liked it and lended my vocals - enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhiKIQAQsnA

Another great one, Kayla!

It sounds great but I'd like to know the lyrics.  There is so much reverb or whatever that I can make out very little of what's being sung.  Google was no help.

Most songs that comprise of lists of song titles aren't very good, but this is fun.  :)

Really excellent cover Kayla.  This girl is so damn talented.  Fun song, yet strangely, I was getting emotional listening to it!

I would agree with you here, but I thought it was pretty cute :)

Here are the lyrics:
 

God only knows how many tunes
I´ve listened to in my room
Songs of endless summer
And the Surfer Moon
Made me cuddle up with a surfer girl (Surfer Boy )
In the California Sand
I caught a wave while I fell in love to
The rhythm of a steel drum band


Chorus:
The First American Band
From Southern California
A Cousin and a Friend
Along with three brothers
They made their Mamas cry
With every single song
Their story isn´t over
As long as their music plays on

 

Verse:
Caroline my little girl
Oh, where did your long hair go?
You are no longer the sweet thing
That I used to know

I will pick you up in my 4-0-9
We’ll cruise the hamburger stands
Because, everything is just fine
When they play “Do you wanna dance”


Chorus:
The First American Band
From Southern California
A Cousin and a Friend
Along with three brothers
They made their Mamas cry
With every single song
Their story isn´t over
As long as their music plays on

Kayla, I enjoy listening (and watching) your songs and I can't wait to hear your next cover. I'm excited to see, what song you will choose next.

Keep up the excellent work! :)

The Moose in the name might presume I'm Canadian, but I'm not  ;D
Greetings from Germany

How dare you take a cheap shot at "Smart Girls" like that!  :)

Kayla -- Thanks very much for the lyrics.  I've printed them out and will 'learn' them upon a few more listens.

Good job!

Greg

SMart Girls is a good song.

Smart girls, talkin' 'bout smart girls, sexy ladies with high IQ!

PLease play Smart GIrls Female who covers "rare" Beach Boys songs.

Yeah, "Smart Girls" (or "Smart Boys" if you want a challenge) should be your next cover project! :lol

If you need help I'm really good at dropping fat beats as well as being in the place to be.

Not gonna lie, I have a nagging suspicion that the "Help Me Rhonda" guitar riff would make a pretty good sample loop for a hip-hop beat. And the third verse of "Little Honda" sounds, at least in passing, like Mike Love accidentally made a terrible rap:

...not that I endorse either of these things turning up in a hip-hop song, mind you!

Geez...I always thought it was "sexy legs and high IQs!" :lol

MD...

It is.  ;D