The most stunning Beach Boys AI I've heard yet

[Rebel]

Love “I wanna be around” so much. Great work here. I think eventually Smile’s legacy will be just as it began: incomplete. Due to the ability to continue tinkering with it so much. I know for a fact there is still more Smile stuff in the vault. Will we get it? Don’t know.

I’m hoping for some Dennis AI to be applied to You’re so Good to Me (a song he originally was going to sing). Or I just wasn’t made for these times (a song he may have had a pass at and could still be present vocally). But most importantly: a day in the life of a tree. The first two would require a different Dennis vocal than Tree, however.

[pixletwin]

I really want to hear 1971 Brian singing A Day in the Life of a Tree. Salivatingly so. 

[MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm]

I really want to hear 1971 Brian singing A Day in the Life of a Tree. Salivatingly so. 

Great idea!

[Aomdiddlywalla]

Love “I wanna be around” so much. Great work here. I think eventually Smile’s legacy will be just as it began: incomplete. Due to the ability to continue tinkering with it so much. I know for a fact there is still more Smile stuff in the vault. Will we get it? Don’t know.

I’m hoping for some Dennis AI to be applied to You’re so Good to Me (a song he originally was going to sing). Or I just wasn’t made for these times (a song he may have had a pass at and could still be present vocally). But most importantly: a day in the life of a tree. The first two would require a different Dennis vocal than Tree, however.

You know for a fact there is more SMiLE stuff in the vault.... how do you know... and how much !...?

[Aomdiddlywalla]

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[Cabinessenceking]

Lots of possibilities of the AI as people point out. Personally I'd love to see both Dennis and Carl lead takes on Holy Man (with beach boys harmonies added, of course). Let's see what Dae Lims comes up with next!

[Joel Goldenberg]

An "early" version of Our Sweet Love. Very sweet...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmVunCBgLnc

[Don Malcolm]

An "early" version of Our Sweet Love. Very sweet...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmVunCBgLnc

Thanks, Joel. Proof here that someone with massive technical skills and a deep affinity/ability for recapturing the nuances with the Beach Boys' vocal blend can create a "fake" that fully honors the original creators. That "you and me/our happy home" round is nothing short of mind-blowing...I had "tears in the afternoon" listening to this a second, third, fourth time.

Hats off to Dae Lims! 

[Joel Goldenberg]

Fresh off the presses, the Beach Boys do Little Anthony and the Imperials...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whqDJv6y76Y

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

Another fantastic one!!

[Joel Goldenberg]

The guys 'do" the Explorers Club.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLAIQiF-a6k

[Joel Goldenberg]

Finally, a new Dae Lims creation. A gorgeous "1966" version of Let's Put Our Hearts Together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6OFV3QwWKw

[Joel Goldenberg]

From the "vaults." Dae Lims unearthed 1960s version of She's Got Rhythm, in mono and with crackles straight from the 45!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUgaztzcizk

[rab2591]

From the "vaults." Dae Lims unearthed 1960s version of She's Got Rhythm, in mono and with crackles straight from the 45!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUgaztzcizk

First one I've not been overly thrilled about. The quality is great - it's just that Brian's vocal sounds too polished. The track kinda sounds like it would fit perfectly on an early 2000's arthritis prescription medicine commercial. Reminds me of AGD's comment (I forget it he said it or if he heard it from somewhere else) about Soulful Old Man Sunshine sounding like it was made for a shampoo/conditioner commercial haha.

Whereas the MIU version is great because it doesn't sound polished...while Brian is trying to sound like his younger self, he still sounds gruff - has sort of a 'Drip Drop', 'Shortenin Bread' vibe that really makes the corniness of the composition work.

Just my two cents, but as always, smile AD does a fantastic job creating/mixing!

[Chris Brown]

I have thoroughly enjoyed all of these, especially the most recent two from Dae Lims.  Even aside from the cool AI component, they are excellent and well-done recordings.

[Don Malcolm]

From the "vaults." Dae Lims unearthed 1960s version of She's Got Rhythm, in mono and with crackles straight from the 45!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUgaztzcizk

First one I've not been overly thrilled about. The quality is great - it's just that Brian's vocal sounds too polished. The track kinda sounds like it would fit perfectly on an early 2000's arthritis prescription medicine commercial. Reminds me of AGD's comment (I forget it he said it or if he heard it from somewhere else) about Soulful Old Man Sunshine sounding like it was made for a shampoo/conditioner commercial haha.

One commenter at YouTube felt the falsetto was too shrill, which I suppose is the (near) opposite of polished. To me it sounds like an up-tempo variant of the "Let Him Run Wild" chorus.

Agree that the backing track is a bit too faithful to the original, whereas something more in the interstice between SD/SN production and PS would be in order.

Whereas the MIU version is great because it doesn't sound polished...while Brian is trying to sound like his younger self, he still sounds gruff - has sort of a 'Drip Drop', 'Shortenin Bread' vibe that really makes the corniness of the composition work.

Just my two cents, but as always, smile AD does a fantastic job creating/mixing!

Let's face it, the original is not a great track. It's Brian trying to leverage something from the 15BO production style, but being a bit lazy and paint-by-numbers a la "It's OK" and trying to kinda "cheat" his way to an updated "old style" hit. Dae Lims gets the energy into Brian's lead, which takes that part of the song back into a liminal space more akin to between ASL and TODAY!, but Mike's part actually sounds as though it were lifted verbatim off the MIU version, which is a bit jarring.

But all of this is merely quibbling...this is so catchy and joyous that it reminds us that the band's pre-PS material was the apotheosis of (lost) 60s innocence, and anyone who can channel it as masterfully as Dae Lims should be bowed down to reflexively, repetitively, reverentially.

Now, if he wants to try to rework some selected tracks from PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE for a less blemished vocal sound from Dennis...that could be pretty awesome as well.

[Joel Goldenberg]

The latest, and a very nice one, young Brian and the Beach Boys sing Gershwin!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1PHUL9uzLc

[MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm]

The latest, and a very nice one, young Brian and the Beach Boys sing Gershwin!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1PHUL9uzLc

Oh man that's awesome!

[Musketeer]

The latest, and a very nice one, young Brian and the Beach Boys sing Gershwin!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1PHUL9uzLc

Is that not AI Carl singing lead?

[Joel Goldenberg]

The latest, and a very nice one, young Brian and the Beach Boys sing Gershwin!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1PHUL9uzLc

Is that not AI Carl singing lead?

Sounds like either, come to think of it. Maybe it's a Carl-Brian AI blend.

[pixletwin]

Some tasteful moments from AI Al, AI Carl, and AI Brian. Bravo again.

[Musketeer]

The latest, and a very nice one, young Brian and the Beach Boys sing Gershwin!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1PHUL9uzLc

Is that not AI Carl singing lead?

Sounds like either, come to think of it. Maybe it's a Carl-Brian AI blend.

It's  Carl singing lead, Al singing "the pain in painting " and an early 70s Brian singing " the muse in music"

[Awesoman]

Dae Lims definitely deserves credit for putting all this overblown AI technology to creative use producing most rewarding results.  I'm still not entirely clear how he utilizes the tech though.  Is he singing the vocals himself and then running his voice through an AI genorator to change his voice to whomever he wants?  If that's the case then you have to really appreciate his skill.  Because I'm assuming you have to adopt the phrasing and tonality of the desired singer's voice to really pull off sounding like them.  In this most recent offering you can really pick out "Carl" and "Al" in the appropriate places.

[Acechaser]

The Dae Lims AI stuff is incredible!  It would be great if he could use AI to "fix" the vocals in various BW recordings:

- Wilson/Paley tracks like Elbow '63 ("we made music ..."), Proud Mary, Slightly American Music + Going Home

- Intro to the Hallmark version of The Spirit of Rock N Roll

- How Could We Still Be Dancing ("dance the night away, dance the night away" and "hey everybody")

- Fairy Tale

[rab2591]

Dae Lims definitely deserves credit for putting all this overblown AI technology to creative use producing most rewarding results.  I'm still not entirely clear how he utilizes the tech though.  Is he singing the vocals himself and then running his voice through an AI genorator to change his voice to whomever he wants?  If that's the case then you have to really appreciate his skill.  Because I'm assuming you have to adopt the phrasing and tonality of the desired singer's voice to really pull off sounding like them.  In this most recent offering you can really pick out "Carl" and "Al" in the appropriate places.

I’m not sure if he does a breakdown of every track he works on, but he has streamed hour+ long breakdowns on YouTube where he goes into great detail about how he puts these together. Here is the one for the Like I Love in You:
https://www.youtube.com/live/N4EZSHqPVwQ?si=0hPO7cTuVajOo7yy

Speaking of which, that’s one of my favorite BW solo tracks - and this latest AI track is phenomenal!! Couldn’t have asked for a better mix.