It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results

Love the two Pet Sounds instrumentals -- though, like, "Our Prayer," their slightness made me eventually cut them from my ballot.

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).

though, like, "Our Prayer," their slightness made me eventually cut them from my ballot.

wait, what?

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

it's still an appropriate starting place, cause #70 only got 2 votes whereas 69 on got 3+

#64

California Saga: Big Sur - Holland
66 points, 3 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KASDsSaJy64
http://www.filesmap.com/mp3/y8KP/the-beach-boys-big-sur-alternate-version/

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

wait, what?

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.

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

Cool with me.

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c471/c47141hsv99.jpg

I think the Beach Boys were pretty happy with 69 overall.

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

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

'trader' does lose steam but that chorus sounds amazing

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.

is it too nsfw? there's a shower scene but u know, pretty tasteful stuff.

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

/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)

Thanks -- tho I assume voting is closed for this, right? That link says otherwise.

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.

Oh, wait, this is the results thread. whoops

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.

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.

#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

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

wow, didn't know boettcher was involved on here comes the night

effin' blasting here comes the night disco edit right now

#62

Aren't You Glad - Wild Honey
74 points, 3 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyi_TBBBYK4

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.

amazing song, prob my favorite on wild honey? just classic beach boys chord changes, perfect vocals. impossible to argue with

This was my #4. I am a huge Wild Honey fan and this is the standout song.

tell me tell me you know what I mean

beep badeep badeep

yes!!

man...

#61

That's Not Me - Pet Sounds
75 points, 3 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHCEppiiXL8

must. stop . listening . to . 'aren't you glad . .

love the percussion in this one

Great Mike vocal on "That's Not Me."

two great mike vocals in a row, actually

yes yes and yes! that crystalline mike love sound. i don't care how adolescent the lyrics might come across; this song is devastating on so many levels

the organ, the percussion, the background vocal harmonies. it's situated in-between a bunch of emotionally resonant songs such that it feels almost lightweight by contrast, but man

aren't you glad was my #8, love that song

forgot about you're so good to me, wouldn't have voted for it but solid tune

guitar figure reprised on 'the night was so young', if i'm not mistaken

background vox in that's not me are positively unreal. seriously wonder if those guys ever sounded so sublime before or since then

like, cannot listen to 1:40 to 1:50 or so w/o getting total chills

only one of the bottom 10 i'm not familiar with is california saga but that sounds pretty good and i like/love the other 9, picked 2/10 so far

i feel really lucky, b/c i "discovered" pet sounds when i was 19, and listened to it every night for a month, it was like a ritual, i just soaked it up...i don't think i had ever been so blown away by a record before that. just listening to what they sounded like when they all sang together, it was so affecting. you hear the stories about brian wilson supposedly praying to make a beautiful record or whatever. i dunno, but whatever mojo he had going on at that time was obv. extremely effective

gonna do one more tonight

#60

Wind Chimes - Smiley Smile / Smile
76 points, 4 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crcq3G18JLc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2VkxzhWbxI

2004 version vastly superior imo but the part where the drums come in at about 2:00 bugs me to no end, a tasteless addition to the song

surprised that didn't finish a bit higher, that's the one song i kicked myself for not including after i submitted my ballot

if i walked into a church and heard ppl singing like the vocals on that's not me, i'd so quickly be like 'where do i sign up?'