#50
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/30/Beach_Boys_-_Long_Promised_Road_%26_Deirdre.jpg/220px-Beach_Boys_-_Long_Promised_Road_%26_Deirdre.jpg
Long Promised Road - Surf's Up96 points, 4 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVoDULF4sAM
― iatee, Sunday, 14 August 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
great, great song
love the proto-emo video
― iatee, Sunday, 14 August 2011 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
in fact, I think Smiley Smile is way better than 2004 Smile for that reason. It's probably my favorite album of theirs taken as a whole, although not many tracks from it made my ballot (and I didn't do an album ballot). I kind of wish Wilson would have just taken all of his various demos and ideas and bits and pieces and edited them together into a sprawling mess of a double album in '67. I don't think it's nearly as interesting in its "finished" form.
I was initially underwhelmed by the 2004 Smile because I liked the rough, fragmented quality of the original recordings (from the 1993 Good Vibrations box set). The new "completed" version felt too much like a whimsical musical revue. But I was eventually able to take it on its own terms.
― jaymc, Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
crazy how many of these songs so far i see and think, "oh man should've voted for that one." "long promised road," so great. never seen that video either. in re: to the 2004 smile, i don't take i as the be-all end-all version of Smile, just another piece of the puzzle.
― tylerw, Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i happened to be in some record stores on the day that 2004 smile was released, and of course they were playing it every where i went, but i wasn't in the least tempted to buy it. i remember being much more excited when the good vibrations box came out. might eventually give in one day, though, who knows...
― dell (del), Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
feel like i ask this in every beach boys thread, but has anyone heard anything more about the alleged smile sessions box set? or was that just a tease.
― tylerw, Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
wiki sez: The album originally had a tentative July 12 release date, but this was later pushed back to August 9, 2011, to give the producers enough time to finish the missing pieces of the album. As that date approached, the release was again pushed back to a tentative date of October 4, 2011 and as of August 2011 has been pushed again to November 1, 2011.
― tylerw, Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
assuming the hold up is really due to mike love needing more time to record the snarky commentary that will run over the entire box set, a la his contribution to "heroes and villains" on lei'd in hawaii...
― tylerw, Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
Not all that excited for the smile box set unless there's some new/fresh or sonically uograded material, which seems unlikely.
― skip, Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
love that sleeve art for I Can Hear Music! nice find. (I voted for it btw)
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Sunday, 14 August 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
...and why didn't 'she's going bald' or 'gettin hungry' make it to smile?
― stop listening to the lyrics so much. you're ruining music (CaptainLorax), Sunday, 14 August 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
I think 'he gives speeches' wasn't on smile either
― stop listening to the lyrics so much. you're ruining music (CaptainLorax), Sunday, 14 August 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
that's true, I remember being disappointed about that
think she's going bald and getting hungry may have been recorded after smile was 'over'
― iatee, Sunday, 14 August 2011 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
hello
#49
Celebrate the News - Break Away single b-side99 points, 4 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwE9aY5F4Jw
― iatee, Sunday, 14 August 2011 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7d/Beach_Boys_-_Break_Away.jpg/220px-Beach_Boys_-_Break_Away.jpg
I am a big fan of this track
― iatee, Sunday, 14 August 2011 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
my #5, wasn't sure it would make it
― sb'ilby (buzza), Sunday, 14 August 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
one of those tracks w/ relatively few votes but they all put it high. only one more song made the list w/ 4 votes, anyone want to guess?
― iatee, Sunday, 14 August 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnojeqlzo8s&feature=related
late w/ this one but another great live clip
― iatee, Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
I hadn't spent enough time with "Celebrate The News" to vote for it but I listened to it a few minutes ago & now it's on repeat; that's a pretty out-there song! gorgeous too.
― Euler, Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
one of dennis' best
― iatee, Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
the ending is intense! & spooky!
got that Heroes & Villains book from the library that Shakey recommended, gonna start it tonight
― Euler, Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
#48
Time to Get Alone - 20/20103 points, 6 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM7vec73eSg
Hawthorne, CA rarity version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2jWSoOAjB8
Redwood (aka Three Dog Night) version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEkXa28HZ_Y
― iatee, Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
(X-post) When "Celebrate The News" takes off...hoooooollllllly shhhhhiiit. For my money DW's best track w/the Boys.
― Mucho! Macho! Honcho!: Turn Off The Dark (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
there is also *another* version in my rarities comp w/ a spoken interlude if you really luv this song
― iatee, Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
(ttga not celebrate the news)
― iatee, Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
recap:48 Time to Get Alone 10349 Celebrate the News 9950 Long Promised Road 9651 The Little Girl I Once Knew 9352 You Still Believe In Me 9353 I Can Hear Music 92 Kiss Me Baby 92 oops54 Then I Kissed Her 9255 Wild Honey 9056 Please Let Me Wonder 8857 Country Air 8458 Cool, Cool Water 7959 Add Some Music To Your Day 7860 Wind Chimes 7661 That's Not Me 7562 Aren't You Glad 7463 You're So Good To Me 7064 California Saga - Big Sur 6665 Let’s Go Away For Awhile 6566 Our Prayer 6467 River Song 6268 The Trader 6169 Here Comes The Night 60
― iatee, Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
no thoughts on ttga? it's not a personal favorite but I think the hawthorne version is more interesting.
― iatee, Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
I'm really happy to see Long Promised Road and The Little Girl I Once Knew in the list,they both were in my top ten. I remember trying convince someone I worked with that The Beach Boys were so much more than just a bunch of surf songs so I told him to listen to Long Promised Road, of course he hated it but he did only listen to Gary Moore so not too sure why I bothered. Little Girl is just perfection, probably my favourite song they did until Pet Sounds came out.
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
you could include it on pet sounds w/o changing much
― iatee, Sunday, 14 August 2011 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
#47
Forever - Sunflower103 points, 5 votes - oops these last two were tied
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tokxcbu_Uohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZpRfkzEIDIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcC5Ztwmir4
― iatee, Monday, 15 August 2011 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
The bridge on "Long Promised Road" is the most gorgeous moment of any Beach Boys song Brian didn't write. Also one of the first completely effective usages of synthesizers in a pop song (following various songs on Abbey Road and Who's Next, of course). Too bad Carl never came close to creating something this good again.
― Melle Mel and the Coconuts (thewufs), Monday, 15 August 2011 00:35 (twelve years ago) link
feel flows imo
― iatee, Monday, 15 August 2011 00:36 (twelve years ago) link
when the strings(?) come in near the end of ttga and repeat the melody it's one of the most beautiful moments in the beach boys catalog
i like forever but it is a little too corny/wedding song to make my top 20
― sb'ilby (buzza), Monday, 15 August 2011 00:39 (twelve years ago) link
'feel flows' vs. 'long promised road'
I totally forgot about that thread
― iatee, Monday, 15 August 2011 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I would never turn off forever if it were playing but it's not a personal fav. I think dennis wilson wrote 10 better songs than that.
― iatee, Monday, 15 August 2011 00:43 (twelve years ago) link
that said it feels 'complete' in a way that a lot of his songs don't
― iatee, Monday, 15 August 2011 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
Forever is a beautiful song but I always thought All I Wanna Do and Tears In The Morning were quite a bit better and touched me a lot more. Sunflower really is such a great album, buying that two albums on one disc set with Surf's up really was one of the best things I bought when I was younger.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 15 August 2011 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
Good description of forever as "complete", a lot of Dennis tracks sound like they could use some outside tlc/help.
Time to Get Alone - interesting 3/4 track but it's more frilly than pretty IMO. One of a few really solid songs on an underappreciated album though.
― skip, Monday, 15 August 2011 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
Celebrate the News is killer. I've definitely been sleeping on that one.
― the wheelie king (wk), Monday, 15 August 2011 03:29 (twelve years ago) link
but "Wild Honey" and "Darlin'" sound like early '70s AM radio. In 1967.
otm
― the wheelie king (wk), Monday, 15 August 2011 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
Many thanks for this thread - this is my first exposure to Time to Get Alone, Celebrate the News, Big Sur and The Trader.
― Darin, Monday, 15 August 2011 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
not a big deal for me personally because i don't have much to add, but any chance you could post these a little earier in the day? might get more the the euro vote chiming in? at the moment they're going up overnight here.
― caek, Monday, 15 August 2011 06:48 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I can try not to post them America-latenight
― iatee, Monday, 15 August 2011 08:53 (twelve years ago) link
The Little Girl I Once Knew is too low but I didn't vote so I can't really complain. Hope She Knows Me Too Well places high
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 15 August 2011 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
man looking through all their album covers is a horror show
wish i voted in this
― Spikey, Monday, 15 August 2011 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
catching up with the latest posts -- some great stuff. and it's about time stamos made an appearance, for christ's sake. where would the beach boys be without stamos!
― tylerw, Monday, 15 August 2011 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
#46
Little Pad - Smiley Smile104 points, 5 votes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZGPxesVlUo
― iatee, Monday, 15 August 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
Came super close to including Little Pad -- but it felt a little too slight at the end of the day.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 15 August 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
Did include it. Bit silly but what the hell. Regretting not including "Country Air" btw.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Monday, 15 August 2011 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
didn't vote for it, but it is lovely. great mixtape song.
― tylerw, Monday, 15 August 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link