Wilson, Brian - Guess You Had To Be There Lyrics






[Kacey Musgraves:]
Well I guess you had to be there
Such a different place
I was cruisin' along
Never thinkin' that we'd ever change
Yeah I guess you had to be there
It was a hell of a ride
Lines were blurry and hurried
But it felt like the stars had aligned

[Chorus:]
We were sharin' a new day
Singing a new song
And everyone's problems
Were suddenly gone
Everything I ever wanted
Is right before my face
Tell all the beautiful people
Were always at my place

[Kacey Musgraves:]
Well I guess you had to be there
All we wanted was more
There were winners and losers
And people passed out on my floor
And you know you should've called me
For that real good time
Guess you missed some of the gold
When you're too busy chasin' the shine

[Chorus]

We were sharing a new day
Sipping on a new wine
And everyone's problems
Were suddenly mine
And all you ever wanted
Was right in front of your face
Starts as a good thing
Turns into a hate





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  1. C.... B....

    Come over to my place

  2. s.... ....

    When Brian’s voice comes in / Wow! An explosion of beauty!

  3. B.... B....

    Great Brian, its a dream this song, the best, un estilo único, todas las canciones, gracias por esté regalo, dan alegría y ánimo cada día.

  4. R.... K....

    Too good for radio.

  5. D.... S....

    ❤️happy place

  6. J.... L....

    This sounds like a lost 60's classic......

  7. D.... S....

    In spirit 👍❤️

  8. g.... h....

    Anything Brian Wilson Records Is a Masterpiece.

  9. O.... C....

    What a positive and inspiring song in this current Mass Chaotic screwed up everyday world....

  10. M.... C....

    This sounds like summer, love it ! Great job by Brian and Kacey

  11. K.... R....

    I can relate music is my way out of life's grind.... great lyrics!!!!! What a happy song Especially when you have six-time Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves singing along with the master mr. Wilson. #summertime

  12. R.... K....

    Master Craftsman.

  13. m.... ....

    Awesome mix on the vocals. Kacey Musgraves just won Grammy Album of the Year last night. Bravo.

  14. K.... R....

    BRILLIANT 👌..... The beach boys sound, with Spacey Kaceys voice , 💋

  15. R.... K....

    Wilson is still knocking it out of the park

    R.... K....

    Unbelievable

  16. J.... L....

    can't wait for new Brian album......

    J.... L....

    You mean that ROCK AND ROLL album he's been saying for 30 years that he's gonna put out? :)

  17. J.... M....

    what an uplifting song----

  18. I.... M....

    Una cánción alegre y saltarina , me gusta

    I.... M....

    Sin duda!!!!! Es encantadora!

  19. L.... M....

    Brian is like fine wine he just gets better with age. Keep rocking with the Genius Brian Wilson!

  20. g.... ....

    Brilliant melody. Up there with anything he ever did.

  21. b.... ....

    Brilliant. Thank you Kacey and Brian.

  22. G.... B....

    Brian's voice is still awesome after all these years (Eugene Landy tried to destroy Brian, Landy should have got his ass kicked - and got life in prison)

  23. r.... l....

    All we wanted was more... and more... and more... and...😁

  24. A.... S....

    Jesus Christ is still Lord!

  25. m.... ....

    Can you imagine if Brian Wilson had NOT gone through his issues, both physical and emotional over all the Mike Love bullshit. It's actually pretty scary. And given the state of songwriting in general, he's still at the top of the heap at his age. Half the songwriters out there won't be known in 5-7 years and there will be people talking about Brian for 50 years AFTER he dies, which I sincerely hope is not soon. And I put C & W in their own slot because they have most of the good songwriters out there today.

    m.... ....

    You should look into the Tavistock's involvement in the music industry, especially in the 1960's. It really was Brian vs. the world.

  26. K.... K....

    My Music hero forever. Brian is Brilliant. ForeverThe memories still hold us together
    No matter if we're young or old As long as there's music we'll all live forever
    In the spirit of rock and roll

  27. N.... C....

    Superb harmonies by Brian. Great to hear this new stuff! Full credit to his genius.

  28. A.... S....

    Just stumbled upon this track this morning. Bravo!

  29. B.... B....

    Total ear candy that won't every go away.

  30. b.... ....

    Genius. Thank you!

  31. D.... ....

    The girl is some American Idol chick, right?

  32. A.... D....

    LOVE YOU BRIAN! (& Friends !)

  33. M.... H....

    Leave to Brian to put a banjo on this!!!!

  34. T.... N....

    I feel that we are so blessed to still have a musical genius with us in Brian Wilson, to revive that 'California beach sound' that so many of us grew up with and is globally recognized.

  35. C.... B....

    was.playing this driving the truck from cairns down through Ingham & down south for ages

  36. R.... S....

    A real pleasure to hear Brian Wilson craft another great song ... and, with Kacey Musgraves to boot. This is a winner.

  37. J.... L....

    This should have been a hit single. The album is brilliant. 70 odd and he's still writing great songs. Can't wait for his new album...!

  38. M.... M....

    Who are the 25 crap heads that don't like this. I'm 14, and I love old music. I know this isn't old, but older musicians are just better.

  39. J.... L....

    she makes me happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  40. J.... L....

    never realised she was on this album until now!

  41. r.... b....

    Back again, can't help myself....Calms me to no end, we were Happier then and didn't know it.....

  42. D.... K....

    So Sad Listening to this and Our 🌍 🙏🏻❤️ is in a mess

  43. D.... K....

    "This guy plays Sounds from Heaven"

  44. R.... B....

    Clamp on your Hear Set, this one is so beautiful it makes you Happy just to hear it.

    There is enough Great Music on this CD to keep everyone listening until the next effort arrives,,,,I give it a 95 !!!. the other 5 went up into smoke.....

  45. N.... M....

    Fair play, 100/100 for having backing vocalists using Beach Boys octave ranges and styles, love this song.

  46. N.... M....

    Its the most repeated track I play from No Pier Pressure.

  47. S.... S....

    My favorite from the álbum.Irresistible!

  48. b.... ....

    i'm glad brian is happy, but this adult contemporary bullshit is so awful and an embarrassment to brian.

  49. D.... I....

    Kacey's voice sounds like Judee Sill

  50. T.... H....

    I would like to thank Abbie, Andrew, and Beau for expressing my thoughts verbatim!!

  51. 1.... ....

    This is what I tell my son when he asked about the 60's. Great song Brian Wilson!

  52. J.... R....

    just 'magic music'

  53. j.... s....

    Brian you are truly the best, I have been a fan since the mid 60's your music always got me through the tough times.Love this album.

  54. B.... ....

    this is awful

  55. K.... L....

    There are sunny songs that make you feel good and then there's this, Brian and Kacey - pure radiance. Just like standing in the rays of a lovely sun.

  56. A.... ....

    Nice song. I do give Brian solo a fair bit of criticism 'cause I don't think it generally has a patch on his work with the Beach Boys (at least 60s-early 70s) at all, but this is OK. I like the more organic instrumentation, and think Brian could make a whole album centred around that and more stripped-down rather than the 'huge' productions he still usually tries to do.

  57. B.... C....

    I love this bounce and swing rhythm, it's not unlike 1960s, but the arrangements and sound quality are rich and complete. It just feels really good from the first second. I first heard just a snippet with somebody talking over it, and even so, I knew it was the song I wanted to hear from this album first. I had the same reaction to Brian's _Imagination_ remake of "Let Him Run Wild" -- just instantly excited -- but this song is every bit as good, and all new. So, YES to the new collaboration between Brian Wilson and Kacey Musgraves!

    B.... C....

    @Ben Culture thank you so much ben. glad you like the song!

  58. m.... s....

    The great Brian Wilson,everyone who hears this album will think he's cool.

  59. T.... ....

    Well this is fucking magic...

  60. C.... M....

    catchy--love it!

  61. E.... H....

    literally my 2 favorite musicians singer/songwriters

  62. m.... ....

    This album I've been critical of, but its growing on me. Thanks Brian.

  63. b.... L....

    he still has it.catchy songs and good people around him.dennis and carl have to be smiling.

  64. J.... H....

    Superb !

  65. P.... W....

    Laura Lorenz you are very cool!!

  66. P.... ....

    i came to hear kacey, but brian wilson is cool too

  67. A.... ....

    After several listens to this CD...I think this is my favorite track. It's like a polished apple. Whimsical reflection on the hey days of playing music in his "living room sandbox" with all the winners and losers "passed out on his floor".
    Glad to see Brian can look back now and laugh about it. Kacey Musgraves has that perfect voice that recalls the girl groups of the early sixties.
    Great little fuzz tone guitar break at 02:24 BTW.

  68. M.... C....

    ALBUM of the YEAR! Feel Good Music, as always.

  69. G.... P....

    Who's the girl? ... She sounds like Karen Carpenter. ...

  70. l.... ....

    We need more Happy songs now like this one.  Thanks Brian

  71. N.... B....

    Pure Musical Genius. I cannot get enough of this song, this album, or Brian Wilson!!!!
    I like all types of music from one end of the spectrum to the other end, and THIS album from top to bottom is by far the best album I have heard in the last 2 years!

  72. T.... C....

    Great song Brian!!!!

  73. T.... C....

    New ultimate summer song!!!! Definitely the nest solo album he has released!

    T.... C....

    Love it.

  74. B.... B....

    This is a dream come true. I'm so happy for Brian. Great job man!!! I hope this helps bring back some real music to the pop world. No Pier Pressure!!! :) thank God for Brian Wilson. I used to think I would've rather been a kid in the 60's. I mean seriously...what happened to the world... Now, however I wouldn't rather be any other time or place. We can do it again people. We can still make good music and the spirit of the 60's is alive and well. It just needs rekindled:) There is hope for the future!

    B.... B....

    @Beau Barker glad you enjoyed the song! thanks.

  75. m.... m....

    Veramente delizioso...

  76. t.... ....

    Awsome song keep them coming Brian!

  77. I.... M....

    Brian D Wilson felicidades por el nuevo disco, este Verano el Sol brillará más fuerte gracias a tí.

  78. G.... A....

    This song is beautiful. Brian and Kacey sing very good. A hit.

  79. o.... ....

    WOW!!!! The other BEACH BOYS missed out on this CD. I can hear where each one of them would have fit in vocally.

  80. C.... G....

    It's great that Brian is keeping himself busy but this stuff is not what I want to hear. I'm a Beach Boys fan and Mike Love hit the nail on the head when he said Heroes and Villains was Brians last, dynamic song. Apart from Love and Mercy and Rio Grande his solo stuff is feeble. Brian needs the Beach Boys just as much as they need him but alas it's all gone now. Ah well, time to put on the Summer Days and Summer Nights album.

    C.... G....

    I respect your opinion Chris, but thee is so much you are missing if your appreciation of Brian and/or The BB ends at Heroes and Villians. In no particular order, I suggest Sail On Sailor, Feel Flows, Marcella, Till I Die, All I Wanna Do, Cool, Cool Water, Imagination, all of That Lucky Old Sun, Soul Searchin, and the last 4 songs on That's Why God Made The Radio. Feel Flows (and Long Promised Road) are from Carl, but great BB tunes IMO. Amazing music all of it....and not my complete list.

    C.... G....

    @Doc Waltz BRIAN DID NOT WRITE FEEL FLOWS, CARL WILSON DID WITH LYRICS BY JACK RIELEY!! HEY WE ARE LUCKY HE IS STILL ALIVE FOR GOD SAKES!! ENJOY HIS GOLDEN YEARS OF MUSIC HE GAVES US ENOUGH!!

  81. D.... S....

    Very simple song in terms of structure, one (of many) areas where Brian is usually miles ahead of everyone else.  But even given that, it's still an incredibly engaging song from one of the best melodists in pop/rock music history.  I think if Brian wrote an album featuring new songs for 15 different mega-stars -- he could have one of the best-selling and most enjoyable albums in history.  There simply has never been -- and never will be -- another songwriter/producer/arranger like him again.  He's simply unique, and the world is a much better place because he is in it.  Buy the album, buy the songs -- make him want to keep writing and producing.  We can't afford to lose his voice, one so needed in this world.

    D.... S....

    CAN'T WAIT FOR HIS NEXT ALBUM....

  82. T.... S....

    love that Brian hand picked the Artist he is genius at harmonies hand down ... \m/ among his peers who steal Always from him \m/

  83. R.... D....

    What a GREAT song!  Hope it gets radio play.  Can't tell if I like Sail Away or this one better.  And then there's Right Time...........Can't wait for the album to drop. 

  84. D.... W....

    THE LYRICS ARE SPOT ON ABOUT BRIAN'S LIFE IN 1966-67 ERA! ALL THE HANGER'S ON INCLUDING MANSON WERE AT BRIAN'S HOUSE AND HIS HOME STUDIO!! THAT IS WHERE MANSON CUT ALOT OF HIS DEMO'S THERE!!

    D.... W....

    @David White I'm sorry but no it's not about Manson, that was Dennis's thing not Brian. Brian hardly knew Manson, he just listened to his brother and gave the go ahead to bring in Charlie. Brian is singing about his old 60's friends Danny Hutton, Julius Segal, Lorren Schwartz, Michael Vosse and all the times they became stoned and high from majiuana and other drugs and just hung out.

    D.... W....

    you  got it partially correct but it also is about everybody from that period including terry Melcher van dyke parks ans manson ok!! he recorded his demos at brains studio and a couple with the wrecking crew!! I worked and did research on the California myth book by david leaf!! its about everybody not just the guys you mentioned!!

    D.... W....

    Cool! Never knew that!

    D.... W....

    go on youtube and look up jerrycole the wrecking crew video! it is about 8 minutes long he talks about the wrecking crew doing a session with manson at western studios in 1969!! also about the Sharon tate connection with terry Melcher!!

  85. P.... d....

    Any of the released songs could easily be big hits! Brian brings in great tunes with a modern sound. I never thought I would say this, but props to Joe Thomas too.

  86. j.... ....

    very good !

  87. T.... C....

    Super song!!!!

  88. B.... B....

    I truly believe that this album is the best solo album Brian Wilson has ever put out!  Alot of the songs are very good and a few are definitely catchy.  This song itself is very playful and fun!  

    B.... B....

    @Brandon Butler I'll take Imagination by far

    B.... B....

    @Brandon Butler Lucky Old Sun is his greatest solo album. Ive listened to it over 50 times. I love it so much. I love Brian Wilson.

    B.... B....

    @Brandon Butler Without a doubt.

    B.... B....

    I have been hearing more and more fans rave about Lucky Old Sun.

    B.... B....

    I disagree respectfully. Supposing you are including SMiLE, SMiLE is much more amazing and genious

  89. P.... G....

    New Brian Wilson music. Awesome. Can summer be far behind?

  90. b.... p....

    what a great song! they are so great together!
    way to go!!

  91. E.... K....

    Awesome great Kacey vocals great song Bravo bravo

  92. C.... M....

    OMG Love it!

  93. L.... L....

    THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!

    L.... L....

    Yes it is

  94. �.... ....

    Still awesome brian

  95. M.... E....

    Good job Brian:)

  96. j.... a....

    Wow , how nice....so wonderful to hear such fantastic and melodic songs again. I feel so incredibly sorry for this generation's musical choices. The 60's 70's and 80's had a myriad of just ass kickin' music. Then, starting in the 90's, the melodies seemed to just, poof....disappear. It turned into grundge garbage. The 2000's until present was also just nondescript junk. Can't wait to hear the entire album.

    j.... a....

    @jeff asch THERE IS GREAT MELODIC MUSIC OUT THERE!! GO ON SPOTIFY SLACKER GROOVESHARK RHAPSODY AND OTHERS YOU WILL FIND IT!! CHECK OUT THE ROYALTY AND DUM DUM GIRLS VACCINES AND OTHERS YOU'LL LIKE IT!!

    j.... a....

    @jeff asch Jeff, there is lots of great newer music with strong melodies. David was correct go to spoitify. Check this one out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiU1U5ek3tE

    j.... a....

    @jeff asch Jeff, here is another one you might like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBnFCq5KvLw&list=RDaBnFCq5KvLw

    j.... a....

    No one writes a melody like Brian Wilson though

    j.... a....

    Vinylsearch2015 60, I also love this and She and Him. I have just listened to the Jessie Baylan song you posted a link too and it is utterly gorgeous!! I know it's a bit cheeky but if you know of any other artists in the same vein, could you post it please? I totally understand if you don't want to!!!

  97. B.... K....

    This is awesome.

  98. P.... B....

    Love it 1,000,000% why the music industry is still awesome....glorious..........thank you

  99. J.... O....

    Makes me SMILE!

  100. t.... ....

    ok this one is good. i think i'll buy the album now.