best Dennis song by a good margin! Love that piano intro.
― skip, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, didn't vote for any solo tracks (except for "wrinkles" natch), but this one is great.
― tylerw, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
there's a "making-of" clip of that song floating around featuring Dennis conducting the gospel choir in the studio
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 12 August 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
amazing opener to the album, but not the Dennis solo tune I voted for. happy to see something from POB place.
gonna do two more then I gotta run
5 this evening/tonight
― iatee, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
is there a good book about the BBs in the 70s & 80s (& onward if needed)? I'm interested to learn more about the seedier side of the band. The 60s will have some of that too (Golden Penetrators & all that) but I don't want a book mostly focused on the 60s. I want the decadence in (alleged) decline.
― Euler, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
#67
Our Prayer - 20/2064 points, 3 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swQ1h_As22Q
seediest bio ever = Heroes and Villains. starts (and ends) with Dennis' death.
xp
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 12 August 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
I voted "Our Prayer" pretty high, top 5 iirc; those harmonies are haunted
― Euler, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for Our Prayer. no many how many times I listen to it I just cannot get my head around the vocal arrangement, it's so strange.
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 12 August 2011 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, beautiful track. still nothing i voted for so far, though!
― tylerw, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
I probably should've voted for "Our Prayer" but didn't. I've started a couple of mixes with it.
― jaymc, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
maybe I've listened to too much Perotin and Gesualdo but that doesn't sound so special in comparison.
― skip, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
another great potential album opener though.
― skip, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
#66
Let’s Go Away For Awhile - Pet Sounds 65 points, 3 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwGkv7cuM1k
have you guys heard this album, it's pretty good
― iatee, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
ah, i voted for this one. never gets old.
― tylerw, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
Love the two Pet Sounds instrumentals -- though, like, "Our Prayer," their slightness made me eventually cut them from my ballot.
― jaymc, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
I voted River Song really high. I don't know that it's the best Dennis song but it's the one that I think of the most. I like how it does a lot over the course of three-and-a-half minutes or so (see also It's About Time from Sunflower).
― fit and working again, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
though, like, "Our Prayer," their slightness made me eventually cut them from my ballot.
wait, what?
― Dominique, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
oh shit I just realized that #70 on my spreadsheet is actually #69 cause the first row is empty. so uh, add 1 to all those ranks, we're doing a top 69 and the next one is #64
― iatee, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
it's still an appropriate starting place, cause #70 only got 2 votes whereas 69 on got 3+
― iatee, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
#64
California Saga: Big Sur - Holland 66 points, 3 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KASDsSaJy64http://www.filesmap.com/mp3/y8KP/the-beach-boys-big-sur-alternate-version/
― iatee, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
last 3 later I guess
eh, almost voted for our prayer and let's go away... this waa a tough poll. those are really beautiful songs that are hard to argue with
― dell (del), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
They were on my shortlist of 40 or so. I needed justifications for cutting stuff, so short instrumentals seemed like a good place to start.
― jaymc, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
Cool with me.
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c471/c47141hsv99.jpg
― jaymc, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
I think the Beach Boys were pretty happy with 69 overall.
― Euler, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
feel like first image iatee posted in this thread is jut so representative of their uncanny coalescence of cheese and genius during their musty seventies, lurching into eighties on surfboard wax and taco dust fumes days
― dell (del), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
okay, I just found this thread and I'm real happy to see two of my votes right off the bat
I didn't specify what album my top 20 tracks were from but good call on 'here comes the night'. I'm sure you'll figure out what out album my 'gettin hungry' vote is from (but I don't expect it to place)
'trader' is a great song that I voted for. I didn't know of its existence until this poll
― stop listening to the lyrics so much. you're ruining music (CaptainLorax), Friday, 12 August 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
'trader' does lose steam but that chorus sounds amazing
― stop listening to the lyrics so much. you're ruining music (CaptainLorax), Friday, 12 August 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
I'm disappointed I didn't know about this earlier. How do we vote for these things?
Good list so far tho. Love the disco "Here Comes the Night" (tho that vid Tyler posted is so NSFW). Fun fact: it's co-arranged and produced by Curt Boettcher of Millennium/Saggitarius fame.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 12 August 2011 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
is it too nsfw? there's a shower scene but u know, pretty tasteful stuff.
― tylerw, Friday, 12 August 2011 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
Keep a closer eye on ILM and/or Site New Answers?
This is where the ballot schedule is maintained: Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Friday, 12 August 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
/I'm disappointed I didn't know about this earlier. How do we vote for these things? /Keep a closer eye on ILM and/or Site New Answers?This is where the ballot schedule is maintained: Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls --L.P. Hovercraft (WmC)
This is where the ballot schedule is maintained: Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls --L.P. Hovercraft (WmC)
Thanks -- tho I assume voting is closed for this, right? That link says otherwise.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 12 August 2011 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, ended yesterday, and the results thread started today. Led Zeppelin voting is going to start next week. The only emailed-ballot music poll going on right now is Jazz Albums.
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Saturday, 13 August 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, wait, this is the results thread. whoops
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Saturday, 13 August 2011 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
Surprised to see see people saying Trader drifts off, I've always loved that second half of it. Holland is a mixed bag for me but I've always thought Trader, Leaving This Town and Sail On Sailor are some of the very best songs they did, hopefully they will all place.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 13 August 2011 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
I was actually disappointed you didn't vote, nti! I was looking at older threads and I remembered you were a pretty big fan.
gonna post 3 more in a bit.
― iatee, Saturday, 13 August 2011 01:56 (twelve years ago) link
#63
You're So Good To Me - Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)70 points, 3 votes, 1 #1 vote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjvHKDcp_P8
― iatee, Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:02 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think I had that one on my ballot but yeah it is great. like their version of stripped down garage rock. vocals on the chorus are killer
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
wow, didn't know boettcher was involved on here comes the night
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
effin' blasting here comes the night disco edit right now
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:38 (twelve years ago) link
#62
Aren't You Glad - Wild Honey74 points, 3 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyi_TBBBYK4
― iatee, Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
one of the things I ended up removing from my ballot, I think. I'm glad it got some support. I've always thought it should be the first song on the album.
― iatee, Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
amazing song, prob my favorite on wild honey? just classic beach boys chord changes, perfect vocals. impossible to argue with
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:46 (twelve years ago) link
This was my #4. I am a huge Wild Honey fan and this is the standout song.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
tell me tell me you know what I mean
beep badeep badeep
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
yes!!
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
man...
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
#61
That's Not Me - Pet Sounds 75 points, 3 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHCEppiiXL8
― iatee, Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
what have i done
― brownie, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:55 (twelve years ago) link
do the beach boys have their own tequila
― brownie, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
seeing Brian a couple years ago was enough for me.
― skip, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
are they playing in the uk?
― Alexandre Dumbass (dog latin), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 10:19 (twelve years ago) link
Nothing's been announced :/
― I'm not going leftfield on you... (hypehat), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 12:20 (twelve years ago) link
R.I.P. Paul Tanner
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 9 February 2013 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
Without whom there would be no "Trombone Dixie."
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 9 February 2013 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
Or 'I Just Wasn't Made For These Times'.
― insert witticism here (hypehat), Sunday, 10 February 2013 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
SiriusXM is running Beach Boys channel through July. It's wonderfully inclusive: lots of bad solo stuff and fun oddities (three Love You tracks in the last 45 minutes!) squeezed in between the hits.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 June 2023 22:53 (ten months ago) link