{"id":977086,"date":"2020-05-22T10:30:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T16:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=1004344"},"modified":"2020-05-22T10:30:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T16:30:58","slug":"brian-wilson-shares-neil-finn-piano-cover-of-god-only-knows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/brian-wilson-shares-neil-finn-piano-cover-of-god-only-knows\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Wilson Shares Neil Finn Piano Cover of \u2018God Only Knows\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/neil-finn-cover.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/brian-wilson\/\">Brian Wilson<\/a> has shared a gorgeous cover of the song \u201cGod Only Knows\u201d from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/crowded-house\">Crowded House<\/a> frontman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/neil-finn\/\">Neil Finn<\/a>. According to Wilson, the Melbourne singer and instrumentalist first recorded vocals of himself singing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/beach-boys\/\">Beach Boys<\/a> classic while out on a walk, and then taped a full piano version back at his house during quarantine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.375\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Neil Finn of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/crowded-house\/\" id=\"auto-tag_crowded-house\" data-tag=\"crowded-house\">Crowded House<\/a> took a walk and recorded himself singing \u201cGod Only Knows\u201d and then added a piano version at home. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JADkntnLHL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/JADkntnLHL<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrowdedHouseHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@CrowdedHouseHQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Wilson (@BrianWilsonLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianWilsonLive\/status\/1263857171676233730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">May 22, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Finn\u2019s cover stays largely true to the source material, only with the added room noise and ambiance of his home. It\u2019s a comforting rendition of the <em>Pet Sounds<\/em> track for this very frightening time.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Wilson released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/brian-wilson-van-dyke-parks-what-a-wonderful-world-orange-crate-art-reissue-992164\/\">his own cover<\/a> of \u201cWhat a Wonderful World\u201d with Van Dyke Parks, set to appear on the 25th-anniversary reissue of the pair\u2019s 1995 collaborative album <em>Orange Crate Art<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>There have also been rumblings that Wilson and the other surviving members of the Beach Boys are currently mapping out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/beach-boys-60th-anniversary-reunion-tour-997685\/\">60th-anniversary reunion tour<\/a>. \u201cAnything that\u2019s creative and done for positive reasons is good with me,\u201d Mike Love told&nbsp;<em>Rolling Stone<\/em> in a recent interview. Still, due to COVID-19, as well as Wilson\u2019s own health issues, it\u2019ll likely be some time before the Beach Boys will be able to hit the road and tour.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3>Popular on Rolling Stone<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/brian-wilson-neil-finn-crowded-house-god-only-knows-1004344\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Wilson has shared a gorgeous cover of the song \u201cGod Only Knows\u201d from Crowded House frontman Neil Finn. According to Wilson, the Melbourne singer and instrumentalist first recorded vocals of himself singing the Beach Boys classic while out on a walk, and then taped a full piano version back at his house during quarantine. 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