It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results

I do have Spotify but I'm not finding an a cappella Caroline, No - all sorts of other alternate versions - sessions, lower speed, stereo mix, stack-o-vocals (no instruments but no added vocals), promo spot. No a cappella though

Just listened to Smart Girls for the first time, easily the worst song I've ever heard. I remember reading about it in the Wouldn't It Be Nice book years ago "I knew they wouldn't like my rap song" never imagined it would be that awful. I always thought Mike Love's Brian's Back would be the worst Beach Boys realted song I heard.

One of my favorite songs adapted to film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sPrDTI21RM

I always thought Mike Love's Brian's Back would be the worst Beach Boys realted song I heard.

Mike Love's worst/best song is WRINKLES

albums:

there were 18 votes, bout half the voters included album votes.

used a pretty simplistic scoring system (5 points = #1, 1 point = #5) but it seems to have worked alright.

17. Surfin' USA (2 points)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ARDo07TDQlY/RpKfCdfMRNI/AAAAAAAAA6M/7xPx-RJ9QDA/s320/The+Beach+Boys+-+1963+-+Surfin%2527+Usa.jpg

16. Surfer Girl (2 points)
http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/images/album-The-Beach-Boys-Surfer-Girl.jpg

15. Party! (2 points)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0c/BeachBoysParty.album.cover.jpg/220px-BeachBoysParty.album.cover.jpg

14. 15 Big Ones (3 points)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d840/d84007ill36.jpg

13. L.A. (Light Album) (4 points)
http://personales.ya.com/thebeachboys/imatges/lalight.jpg

12. Pacific Ocean Blue (5 points)
http://di1.shopping.com/images/pi/9e/03/c2/2046411219-200x200-0-0.jpg?p=s6.3d0023a79c26deaf9516&a=2&c=1&l=8055916&t=100105162849&r=1

11. All Summer Long (5 points)
http://iwantpizza.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/allsummerlong.jpeg

10. Love You (11 points)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/LoveYouCover.jpg

9. Sunflower (12 points)
http://991.com/newGallery/Beach-Boys-Sunflower-70972.jpg

8. Smile (13 points) (I just put the scattered votes for versions of this together, prob should have said 'official releases only')
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/Beachboys_smile_cover.jpg

7. Summer Days (15 points)

6. Smiley Smile (16 points)

5. Friends (23 points)

4. Wild Honey (25 points)

3. Surf's Up (30 points)

2. Today! (33 points)

1. Pet Sounds (69 points)

hmm last 7 pics aren't loading for me

7. Summer Days (15 points)
http://www.goldminemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Beach-BoysSDSNCoverArt.jpg

6. Smiley Smile (16 points)
http://www.sergent.com.au/beachboys/smileysmile.jpg

5. Friends (23 points)
http://images1.buymusichere.net/images/w/34/720034.jpg

4. Wild Honey (25 points)
http://covers.a-go.in/max/the_beach_boys_-_1967_wild_honey.jpg

3. Surf's Up (30 points)
http://www.grayflannelsuit.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/the-beach-boys-surfs-up-album-cover.jpg

2. Today! (33 points)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZM61V4BQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

1. Pet Sounds (69 points)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ITyogY%2BlL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

15 big ones???

a lot of votes for student demonstration time there

I remember some derisive comments about an unreleased Sweet Insanity track on old Usenet forums at the time. I had heard only one of them, Rainbow Eyes, a small clip on a TV newsmagazine show that had a feature about Brian involving the Landy controversy at the time, and they played a short clip; it sounded like generic, pretty bad '80s pop with thin vocals. I imagined Smart Girls was kind of like that, only a bit worse. OMG but not this bad....

now I can look at the album votes...

> Today! is the eighth studio album by The Beach Boys, and their first of three in 1965. Although few realized the significance of the album at the time, Today! marked a major turning point inside the band's world, and in particular, leader Brian Wilson's personal life.

> After Pet Sounds, the album is arguably the most acclaimed album of the Beach Boys' career

So I guess we upheld that Wikipedia claim then

I would have liked to see Pacific Ocean Blue and Sunflower a bit higher. Surprised that Today is number two, it just missed my top five.

so, 1 and 2?

pet sounds didn't even make my top 5. very snoozy stuff imo

Bracing self for "Matchpoint of Our Love"/"When Girls Get Together" 1-2 shockah...

#3

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ER0YC5MDL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Good Vibrations - Smiley Smile
627 points, 24 votes, 1 #1 vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eSN8Cwit_s

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

you know, I've never really cared about Good Vibrations :/ usually skip it on Smiley Smile

can't believe I was the only #1 vote for this.

how many ballots total?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC2gZMNkyJo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Gh_pOM9n0

36, skip

i like good vibrations but i'm not like YES! good vibrations! actually liked just hearing a big bootleg of the sessions more than the song itself.

tempted to do a Civil War General or Beach Boy trivia thread

i grew up listening to Endless Summer non stop - Good Vibrations always stunned me. still kinda does but I don't actively listen to it anymore

sadly i think this was first exposure to good vibrations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74JyDmAu9Zw
kinda want a sunkist now.

I was going to say the 80s suck, but then again we have CRUMBELIEVABLE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFjctVBg6K8

lol EMF - god i loved that song

did mike love own stock in sunkist or something? this one is kind of hawt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sf_XkP2WlM

kinda want a sunkist now.

distinctly remember this as the first time I was disappointed to hear a song in a commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sndJDH4LSV8&NR=1

mike love, Sunkists biggest shareholder, in happier times

http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/stonewall-jackson-dennis-larson.jpg

http://sonic.net/~dsktracy/bbstuff/Miscellaneous/1986%2025th-anniversary%20Sunkist%20beach%20ball.jpg

looks like dostoevsky

Has 'Sloop John B' placed yet? I hope not because I'd much rather see 'When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)' in the top 2.

background:

#2 spent almost the entire voting process at #1.

it was #1 at midnight.

some minutes after voting was technically over, I received a ballot from one "capt. lorax"

his ballot flew into the two towering top results - and #1 came crashing down.

with results so close - a 6 point margin - there's good reason to have some serious doubts about the 'official story'.

in any case:

#2

Surf's Up - Surf's Up
782 points, 25 votes, 8 #1 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2_wBbS7I08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Z5YELBXhA

#1

http://ideagirlconsulting.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/god-only-knows-the-beach-boys-idea-girl-consulting-linda-randall.jpg

God Only Knows - Pet Sounds
788 points, 27 votes, 4 #1 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOMyS78o5YI

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?hl&key=0AiYP1BY2nXu3dDd5UnpsMG5xcWNPS0lwUDRFMEFKN2c

Two worthy top placers, thanks for doing this iatee!

Ha, good for me

no real surprises in the top 10

funny that they didn't even put brian on the cover of the GOK single!

that "Surfs Up....mmmm hmmmm..." part always kills me

Dennis is wearing a Beatle wig

xp

almost looks like his hair has been pasted on there after the fact.

anyway, god only knows = overrated

JK!!! love it.

my lol ballot:

1. I Get Around
2. Fun Fun Fun
3. Help Me, Rhonda
4. Surfin' Safari
5. Surfin' USA
6. Little Deuce Coupe
7. Surfer Girl
8. Good Vibrations
9. Do You Wanna Dance?
10. California Girls
11. Wouldn't It Be Nice
12. Don't Worry Baby
13. 409
14. Little Honda
15. Noble Surfer
16. Gettin' Hungry
17. Country Air
18. Vegetables
19. Car Crazy Cutie
20. The Little Girl I Once Knew

yeah thanks, this was fun! wish I'd voted in time (and had god only knows at #3 and didn't rank surf's up, so this wouldn't have been so close)

Could never rank any of these songs. Plucked bass 4eva.

argh can't find my ballot but I swear it was TOTALLY AWESOME

gonna have to redo this whole thing once this comes out dudes
http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/brianwilson452.jpg

In the Key of Disney:

01 You've Got a Friend in Me (from Toy Story)
02 Bare Necessities (from The Jungle Book)
03 Baby Mine (from Dumbo)
04 Kiss the Girl (from The Little Mermaid)
05 Colors of the Wind (from Pocahontas)
06 Can You Feel the Love Tonight? (from The Lion King)
07 We Belong Together (from Toy Story 3)
08 I Just Can't Wait to Be King (from The Lion King)
09 Stay Awake (from Mary Poppins)
10 Heigh-Ho/Whistle While You Work (from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
11 When You Wish Upon a Star (from Pinocchio)