It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results

the dumbest of the Beach Boys' hits on their dumbest album.

yeah, i could go without ever hearing this again.
great b-side, tho!

back in the days when people sang and played guitars to amuse themselves it may have been just the ticket though.

Spotify playlist updated with the list so far: http://open.spotify.com/user/sp10000/playlist/36kXCKE1TDnsvQHiUCtfPt

Songs like Barbara Ann are why I ignored the Beach Boys for the better part of my life.

i think party! can be a good time but i don't love it. i imagine actually partying with the band at the time might've been fun. at least partying with dennis anyway.

ooh and thanks for the spotify playlist. i just got on there. i know, i'm behind. i just wasn't made for these times.

great b-side, tho!

yeah Girl Don't Tell Me is superior in almost every way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3IkXrgv3I&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfDZn1crMU8

lol at all the barbara ann hate, who voted for it

yeah show yourselves! talk about "slight"!

#39

Little Bird - Friends
122 points, 4 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BLyXRPl1aE

I did not vote for Barbara Ann, but I'll take a shot at defending it. I was just listening to Friends and I thought I would pause it for a minute to listen to Barbara Ann. It's one of those songs that I feel like I pretty much never need to hear again for the rest of my life. But when I started listening to it, you know what, fuck it, this song is a classic. If you can set aside all of the mccain-etc baggage for a moment and actually listen to it, the song is undeniably great. It's a bit pitchy, but it adds to the silly "party" vibe.

At the very least it's hard not to have some kind of reaction to it, even if your reaction is hate and disgust. Which is a pretty sharp contrast to the first 8 songs I just finished listening on Friends which just kind of drifted by in a mellow wash of meh.

that mellow wash of meh kicked barbara ann's ass by 6 points

haha, xpost. case in point.

yeah show yourselves!...

i voted for it!

I didn't vote for Little Bird but it's a solid, strange little tune. Love the "guess I'll go mow the lawn" bit. song strings together a whole bunch of little, simple riffs in an engaging way.

I believe it uses a melody from child is father of the man

that's at the tag, I think...?

oh yeah, I didn't notice that. maybe that's what bugs me about it.

my favorite part of Little Bird is the "there's fruit so me and it tastes so good" line. The cello at in the bridge is very Smile-esque (is that the part from Child is the Father?) and the song rocks harder than it first appears (turning it up helps). If I had to pick a song from Friends that would have been it.

the whole backing track at about 1:25 sounds like it may have been recycled or at least just replayed from Child is the Father. The bass line, wah wah muted trumpet, etc.

#38

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Surfin%27SafariCover.jpg

Surfin' Safari - Surfin' Safari
123 points, 5 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS7SUFz36lg

oh shit forgot to note, barbara ann had one #1 vote

Hard to believe this is the same group that released "Surfin" only a few months previously. Plus, great album cover.

oh shit forgot to note, barbara ann had one #1 vote
--iatee

oh shit forgot to note, barbara ann had one #1 vote

wtf

One thing about this poll: every time one of the canon/greatest hits songs that I didn't vote for places, I feel guilty and pretentious.

didn't vote for anything earlier than girl don't tell me, lots of these early ones are obv great but between being oldies radio fodder (ie played out) and not ~speaking~ to me like the 66-72 period they didn't make the cut

xp lol

#37

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfr2q4yzGh1qa488po1_500.jpg

Guess I'm Dumb (Glen Campbell) - Single
125 points, 5 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Yj9oHikgY

Is Barbara Ann the first one so far to have had a #1 vote?

I didn't vote for Little Bird but it's a solid, strange little tune. Love the "guess I'll go mow the lawn" bit. song strings together a whole bunch of little, simple riffs in an engaging way.

yeah, i didn't remember it being made up of all those different little parts, with little in the way of repetition. love that chord change around 1:36, too!

Guess I'm Dumb is epic

You're So Good To Me did

Kiss Me Baby did too but that was a mistake reveal

xp

if the beach boys had recorded this song, as was apparently the initial plan, who would best for the lead vocal? I can't figure it out.

oh crud, i forgot to vote for guess i'm dumb. should been included on pet sounds imo... as good as anything on there

would guess brian would do the vocal best.

never heard this before. What's the story?

who would best for the lead vocal? I can't figure it out.

Brian for sure! it has a bit of an "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" vibe.

http://naiveharmonies.com/2010/02/stacks-glen-campbell-guess-im-dumb/ x[

xp

yeah I guess brian makes the most sense

Did anyone vote for My World Fell Down by Sagittarius, or would that have been too much of a stretch?

guess i'm dumb is pretty sweet (tho i don't think it and solo material should really be in this poll w/e)

i could see mike love almost pulling that off using his "sensitive" voice from a few years later, but not at the time of the glen recording

nobody voted for it, woulda been a stretchhh xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIeC8WU3tbg

this got two votes tho

I didn't vote for any of the later solo work, but I included Guess I'm Dumb as it feels like part of the Today->Smile peak era despite the different vocalist - and it's really strong.

man, guess i'm dumb is tooo good. i could have thrown that in my number one spot without much hesitation.

37 Guess I’m Dumb 125
38 Surfin' Safari 123
39 Little Bird 122
40 Barbara Ann 116
41 Little Deuce Coupe 116
42 All Summer Long 114
43 Sail On Sailor 111
44 Wendy 111
45 Wonderful 105
46 Little Pad 104
47 Forever 103
48 Time to Get Alone 103
49 Celebrate the News 99
50 Long Promised Road 96
51 The Little Girl I Once Knew 93
52 You Still Believe In Me 93
53 I Can Hear Music 92
54 Then I Kissed Her 92
55 Wild Honey 90
56 Please Let Me Wonder 88
57 Country Air 84
58 Cool, Cool Water 79
59 Add Some Music To Your Day 78
60 Wind Chimes 76
61 That's Not Me 75
62 Aren't You Glad 74
63 You're So Good To Me 70
64 California Saga - Big Sur 66
65 Let’s Go Away For Awhile 65
66 Our Prayer 64
67 River Song 62
68 The Trader 61
69 Here Comes The Night 60