It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results

IMHO, you all need to be listening to more Beach Boys Love You.

i think there might be one or two love you tracks coming up!

I'd be surprised if there aren't tbh

my guess would be either The Night Was So Young or Johnny Carson...

god, I sure as hell hope not

I'll be surprised but not sad if no Love You tracks show up.

"busy doin' nothing" though! love it. just great that in the late 60s when everything was getting crazy cosmic/psychedelic, wilson was writing a song like this.

/given the lyric is written straightforwardly, with not a single metaphor elsewhere, I think you have to take that one literally: it's not a turn of phrase./

Again, disagree absolutely.

Just re-reading the lyrics, I have to say: violence is a real stretch here -- and sort of reeks of overanalysis. Mental abuse, sure. Bad boyfriend, agreed. But no way does this song suggest physical violence in any way. And frankly, if you imagine Mike Love singing instead of Brian, it all makes a lot more sense.

I had a few Love You tracks on my list that all got lost when whittling down to my top 20. "Honking Down the Highway", "The Night Was So Young", maybe "Let's Put Our Hearts Together" or "Good Time" would be in my top 40 certainly.

Great song, but for my money, I'll take its twin, "I'd Love Just Once to See You."

"when's the last time you baked me a pie?"

I was thinking of making a song that was just all the kitchen/dishes/food references in Brian's songs all strung together

cuz there are a LOT

have never been able to get into Love You because of the vocals, same reason I don't dig the 2004 Smile

I'm gonna chow down my vegetables

FOOD!

have never been able to get into Love You because of the vocals, same reason I don't dig the 2004 Smile

vocals (mostly Carl iirc) on the Night Was So Young are super-sweet!

huh, i just listened to that, sounded like brian mostly

hmm listening now - yeah you might be right. it seems less harsh/strained than some of the other songs, which made me think of Carl

Honking Down the Highway

Yes! The God Only Knows of Beach Boys Love You.

I pour some milk, and I start to think

you guys are gosh darn crazy

#21

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Beach_Boys_-_Help_Me%2C_Rhonda.jpg

Help Me Rhonda - Today! / Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
210, 8 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81BjS3k_FZ8

As much as I hate Love You, there may be no better single moment in the Beach Boys catalog than the intro to "Let Us Go on This Way" - honk, synth, HEY!

it's really the synths and weird drums that make Love You for me...? as Wild Honey predates some 70s rock tropes, so Love You sort of predicts the synth-heavy 80s. I can't think of any other act of their vintage that was going balls-deep into synths like this album does, it's really rather striking.

well, the lyrics add a special something too

make me go *brrrr* LOL

Wow, Help Me Rhonda didn't even make top 20!!??

had to make room for "Mona"

which I am listening to right now and loving. disco disco discoteque mama I know yr gonna love Phil Spector

I ended up keeping both this and California Girls off my ballot despite their near perfection as pop singles. Hard to point to anything WRONG with Rhonda but it has been played to death and feels a bit repetitive and lyrically simple compared to the other tracks from Today.

I figured California Girls was a shoo-in anyway so yeah I didn't bother. it's perfect though.

I got behind on this thread & am now catching up. I was the #1 vote for "I'm Waiting For The Day"; one of the perfectest songs I know. Also I voted for "Barbara Ann" because it's fun to sing.

enjoying the book Heroes & Villains so far btw; didn't realize that Dennis had knocked up Mike Love's daughter, with whom he'd moved in with when she was 15...endless summer!

I don't really need to hear California Girls ever again, but I can never get tired of Help Me Rhonda. I love the 12 string riff and the bom-bom-bom line that leads into the chorus. And the almost "in media res" quality of the opening line.

in fact, without putting much thought into it, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Rhonda is the Beach Boys' greatest guitar riff. It belongs up there with the Daytripper riff and others like that.

enjoying the book Heroes & Villains so far btw; didn't realize that Dennis had knocked up Mike Love's daughter, with whom he'd moved in with when she was 15...endless summer!

I know riiiite? so many great anecdotes in that book. Like the time Mike Love was on an all-apple-juice diet and wouldn't go anywhere without his jug of apple juice, becoming increasingly combative and paranoid

lol

as though there's anything wrong with knocking up your cousin's 15 year old illegitimate daughter.

have you guys ever seen the old "beach boys: an american band" documentary? among other odd bits, every time bw is interviewed in it, he is lying in bed

tbf she was 17 when he knocked up iirc

Mike Love has a child named Christian. true story. (I've met Mike Love's daughter btw, apparently her brother quite resents his name)

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Help Me Rhonda is perfection

everybody on this thread has to look at this RIGHT NOW

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq14oclwKZ1qjhphb.jpg

lol, which one of you is doing this comic

did you get any notable anecdotes from his daughter that you can share here?

this is what she was working on

have you guys ever seen the old "beach boys: an american band" documentary? among other odd bits, every time bw is interviewed in it, he is lying in bed

omg this thing. I remember it coming off as a weird Beach Boys infomercial. I kept waiting for Love to turn to the camera and invite the viewer to call now for their new greatest hits compilation.

this was Hayleigh his eldest (acknowledged) daughter

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I saw that doc on TV when I was a kid. That and the Summer Dreams movie shaped my whole perspective on the Beach Boys at a young age.

What are the assorted Wilson children up to nowadays? I made the mistake of googling for Gage Wilson at work after reading Dennis' wiki and clicking on a link to pictures of a porn star of the same name.

well that wouldn't be that surprising, would it?

Carnie's famous for being fat that's all I got.

Is this it for today?