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–, United Western Recorders, CBS Columbia Square, Gold Star Studios, and Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood | Genre = | Length = | Label = Capitol | Writer = | Producer = Brian Wilson | Certification = Gold (RIAA) | Last single = "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (1966) | This single = "Good Vibrations" (1966) | Next single = "Then I Kissed Her" (1967) | Misc = }} "Good Vibrations" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys, released as a single in October 1966. The song was composed and produced by Brian Wilson with lyrics by Mike Love. Initiated during the sessions for the ''Pet Sounds'' album, it was not taken from or issued as a lead single for an album, but rather as a stand-alone single, with the ''Pet Sounds'' instrumental "Let's Go Away For Awhile" as a B-side. "Good Vibrations" would later be considered for the aborted ''Smile'' project, and ultimately was placed on the album ''Smiley Smile'' 11 months after its release. Wilson has recounted that the genesis of the title "Good Vibrations" came from when his mother explained to him as a child that dogs sometimes bark at people in response to their bad vibrations. Fascinated by the concept, Wilson turned it into the general idea of limbic resonance or extrasensory perception, and developed the rest of the song as it was recorded. Building upon the layered production approach he had previously formulated on ''Pet Sounds'', Wilson recorded it piecemeal using several Los Angeles studios throughout the course of eight months, resulting in a cut-up mosaic of musical episodes marked by several discordant key and modal shifts which underlay choral fugues. Band publicist Derek Taylor dubbed the work a "pocket symphony," as it features an exotic array of instruments considered unusual for a popular song of its time, including prominent use of a jaw harp and the relatively new Electro-Theremin, along with conventional instruments played in ways novel to a pop hit, such as its cello and string bass which play a bowed tremolo over the song's chorus.〔 The total production costs exceeded those of any music single ever produced.〔 Acknowledged as a work of 1960s modernism, Wilson is credited with further developing the use of the recording studio as an instrument. Its success earned the Beach Boys a Grammy nomination for Best Vocal Group performance in 1966 and the song was eventually inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1994.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/indepth/goodvibrations.shtml )〕 An early psychedelic pop classic of the counterculture era, it has featured highly in many charts, being voted number one in the Mojo Top 100 Records of All Time chart in 1997〔 and number six on ''Rolling Stone''s list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time )〕 ==Origins and lyricism== Bandleader Brian Wilson was largely responsible for the track's composition and its vocal arrangement, with bandmate Mike Love contributing lyrics and the "''I'm picking up good vibrations / she's giving me excitations''" vocal riff in the chorus.〔 Wilson explained that the song was inspired by his mother: "() used to tell me about vibrations. I didn't really understand too much of what it meant when I was just a boy. It scared me, the word 'vibrations'. She told me about dogs that would bark at people and then not bark at others, that a dog would pick up vibrations from these people that you can't see, but you can feel." Most of the song's structure and arrangement was written as it was recorded. From the start, Wilson envisioned applying a theremin for his likening it to "a woman's voice or a violin bow on a carpenter's saw." AllMusic reviewer John Bush pointed out: "Radio listeners could easily pick up the link between the title and the obviously electronic riffs sounding in the background of the chorus, but Wilson's use of the theremin added another delicious parallel – between the single's theme and its use of an instrument the player never even touched."〔 Brian credited his brother Carl for suggesting the cello as an instrument to use. He also stated that its triplet beat on the chorus was his invention,〔 and that it was based on the Phil Spector production "Da Doo Ron Ron". Alternately, Van Dyke Parks says to have suggested the idea of making the cello play triplets to Brian and believes that having Brian exploit the cello "to such a hyperbolic degree" was what established the musical credulity between the duo. Brian claimed in 2012 that the song's "''gotta keep those good vibrations''" bridge was inspired by Stephen Foster.〔 Al Jardine compared the section to Foster's "Down by the Riverside."〔 In early 1966, Brian first enlisted ''Pet Sounds'' lyricist Tony Asher for help in putting words to the idea. He explained that his first reaction to the unfinished song as it was played on piano by Brian was that it had an interesting premise with the potential for hit status, but could not fathom the end result due to Brian's primitive piano playing style. Asher remembers that Brian wanted to call the song "Good Vibes," but Asher advised that it was "lightweight use of the language," suggesting that "Good Vibrations" would sound less "trendy." Soon after, Brian asked his then-new writing partner Van Dyke Parks to pen lyrics for the song, although Parks declined. Ultimately, Love submitted the final lyrics for "Good Vibrations," claiming to have written them on the drive to the studio, and that they were inspired by the impending flower power movement occurring in San Francisco and some parts of the Los Angeles area.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= MIKE LOVE NOT WAR: Q&A With A Beach Boy, 2012. )〕 Writer Bruce Golden observed: Reportedly, Capitol Records executives were worried that the lyrics contained psychedelic overtones, and Brian is said to have based the song's production on his LSD experiences.〔 In 2012, Brian clarified that the song was written on marijuana, not LSD.〔 In earlier years, he said about the lyrics: "We talked about good vibrations with the song and the idea, and we decided on one hand that you could say … those are sensual things. And then you'd say, 'I'm picking up good vibrations,' which is a contrast against the sensual, the extrasensory perception that we have. That's what we're really talking about." According to Love, the lyric "'she goes with me to a blossom world' was originally meant to be followed by the words 'we find,'" but Brian elected to cut off the line in order to highlight the bass track linking into the chorus. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Good Vibrations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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