It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results

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)

oh dear

oh my

My thoughts exactly tylerw.

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150284295279235&oid=34250497240&comments
sounds kinda smile-y tbh

Kind of disapointed that Under The Sea isn't being coverred though.

glad colors of the wind is in there tho

shakey, yer ballot:

shakey mo 40 Summer Days Let Him Run Wild
shakey mo 36 Other Can’t Wait Too Long
shakey mo 33 Pet Sounds God Only Knows
shakey mo 30 Friends Meant For You
shakey mo 28 20/20 Do It Again
shakey mo 26 All Summer Long I Get Around
shakey mo 25 Wild Honey Darlin
shakey mo 24 Other Dreamer
shakey mo 23 Other Their Hearts Were Full of Spring
shakey mo 22 20/20 Time to Get Alone
shakey mo 21 20/20 I Can Hear Music
shakey mo 20 Love You The Night Was So Young
shakey mo 19 20/20 Our Prayer
shakey mo 18 Carl and the Passions You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
shakey mo 17 Summer Days I'm Bugged at my Ol' Man
shakey mo 16 Holland California Saga - Big Sur
shakey mo 15 Smiley Smile Little Pad
shakey mo 14 Sunflower Add Some Music To Your Day
shakey mo 13 Wild Honey Country Air
shakey mo 12 Friends Busy Doin Nothin

I will say that one of the best times of my life was had at the Brian Wilson/Pet Sounds show. I was hanging out and some guy from Croatia wanted my ticket so that his friend could get in (there was a re-admission policy). He came back, bought me a beer and hugged me- said it was his dream to hear these songs live with his friend.

actually i just wanted to write oh my in quick succession after oh dear. i saw this earlier today on fb, and listening now. who knows, maybe it will be good? sorta kinda smiley because of the instrumentation, but...

But now he'll join the pantheon of artists that include Ringo Starr and Gene Simmons who have recorded "When You Wish Upon a Star" as a closing track for an album.

kind of an awesome run of headlines on pfork
Brian Wilson Announces Album of Disney Songs
Lou Reed and Metallica Announce Release Date
Peter Gabriel to Release Orchestral Album

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31QiBmNDcnL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

was thinking this'd be more up Brian's alley

lol

10 Shortnin' Bread

(no joke)

my ballot

1 Til I Die
2 Let The Wind Blow
3 All I Wanna Do
4 Surf's Up
5 Celebrate The News
6 Cabinessence
7 Little Pad
8 Aren't You Glad
9 This Whole World
10 Busy Doin Nothing
11 Meant For You
12 Break Away
13 It's About Time
14 San Miguel
15 Time To Get Alone
16 Sail On Sailor
17 Girl Don't Tell Me
18 Do It Again
19 I Can Hear Music
20 Baby Blue

16 made the top 40

when you get a sec can you post mine iatee? i am totally blanking on what i voted for.

I'm on my phone so it's hard for me to recheck the results, but what are all the "I can't believe it didn't place" surprises?

I think 'When I Grow Up' didn't place. That song has a lot going on (in a good way) and the lyrics are good

Here's my ballot.

I'm Waiting For The Day
Let The Wind Blow
God Only Knows
I Get Around
Our Prayer
Surf's Up
Wouldn't It Be Nice
She Knows Me Too Well
Don't Worry Baby
California Girls
Surfin' USA
Sloop John B
Caroline, No
Wild Honey
Surfer Girl
Fun, Fun, Fun
Barbara Ann
Little Honda
Farmer's Daughter
Add Some Music To Your Day

albums:
Pet Sounds
Today
Surf's Up
Surfin' USA
Sunflower

Almost everything I voted for placed. "Catch a Wave" should have made it, wouldn't expect "Mona" to though. Kinda wish I'd put "I Get Around" as #1, or even had an all-Endless Summer top 10 to right the balance even though it wouldn't be honest.

1) Surf's Up
2) I Get Around
3) 'Til I Die
4) California Girls
5) Sloop John B
6) God Only Knows
7) The Warmth of the Sun
8) Good Vibrations
9) Surfer Girl
10) Long Promised Road
11) Wendy
12) Caroline, No
13) Heroes and Villains (2004 Version)
14) Cabinessence
15) Don't Worry Baby
16) Catch A Wave
17) Wouldn't It Be Nice
18) All Summer Long
19) Break Away
20) Mona

nice votes for Little Honda and Farmer's Daughter, Euler

Mine:

1. Good Vibrations
2. Don't Worry Baby
3. Fun, Fun, Fun
4. Wouldn't It Be Nice
5. God Only Knows
6. Surf's Up
7. Surfin' USA
8. Little Deuce Coupe
9. Dance, Dance, Dance
10. No-Go Showboat
11. Cabinessence
12. I Get Around
13. Please Let Me Wonder
14. Girl Don't Tell Me
15. 'Til I Die
16. Darlin'
17. This Whole World
18. I Can Hear Music
19. Keepin' the Summer Alive
20. Kokomo

Wow, God Only Knows, hah. You guys are pretty emo.

the track that went up the most in my estimation through this poll: "Celebrate the News".

Thanks for doing this, iatee!

I always liked Little Honda. It wasn't their best but chugged along... this Hondells video is nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqKi_9p1zks

Mine:

To: eee✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧1. "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
2. "Surf's Up"
3. "Don't Worry Baby"
4. "Girl Don't Tell Me"
5. "Add Some Music To Your Day"
6. "Celebrate The News"
7. "Thoughts of You" Dennis Wilson
8. "Heroes and Villians"
9. "Let The Wind Blow"
10. "Good Vibrations"
11. "Feel Flows"
12. "Do It Again"
13. "Wild Honey"
14. "Cabinessence"
15. "I Get Around"
16. "Never Learn Not To Love"
17. "My Custom Machine"
18. "Holy Man" Dennis Wilson
19. "The Girl From New York City"
20. "Got to Know The Woman"

I was one of the 11th hour voters. Had to throw this together in a couple minutes after I'd declared I'd vote on the other thread with time to spare and then getting a phonecall which led me to spend the next hour on the phone to to save a weekend project.

np xp

tylerw 40 Shut Down V2 Don't Worry Baby
tylerw 36 Other Can’t Wait Too Long
tylerw 33 Pet Sounds God Only Knows
tylerw 30 Today! Kiss Me Baby
tylerw 28 Surf's Up Surf's Up
tylerw 26 Smiley Smile Heroes and Villains
tylerw 25 Single / B-side Break Away
tylerw 24 Friends Friends
tylerw 23 Smiley Smile Wonderful
tylerw 22 20/20 I Went To Sleep
tylerw 21 Love You I Wanna Pick You Up
tylerw 20 Wild Honey Darlin
tylerw 19 Friends Busy Doin Nothin
tylerw 18 Surf's Up Til I Die
tylerw 17 Shut Down V2 The Warmth Of The Sun
tylerw 16 Surfer Girl Surfer Girl
tylerw 15 All Summer Long I Get Around
tylerw 14 Today! She Knows Me Too Well
tylerw 13 Pet Sounds Let’s Go Away For Awhile
tylerw 12 Pet Sounds Caroline No

Only two of mine missed: Catch A Wave and California which I feel is overlooked coming after the largely-disliked Beaks of Eagles. I didn't think to vote for Pacific Ocean Blue or Smile, either of which I could have put in my top 5.

Thanks iatee (and everyone else). Great thread.

1 surfs up
2 good vibrations
3 river song
4 cabinessence
5 wouldn't it be nice
6 she knows me too well
7 heroes and villains
8 let the wind blow
9 till i die
10 kiss me baby
11 that's not me
12 aren't you glad
13 cool cool water
14 i get around
15 friends
16 the warmth of the sun
17 california girls
18 catch a wave
19 all summer long
20 california saga / california

1 Pet Sounds
2 Today
3 Sunflower
4 Friends
5 Wild Honey

my ballot fwiw

iatee 40 Other Can’t Wait Too Long
iatee 36 Surf's Up Til I Die
iatee 33 Holland California Saga - Big Sur
iatee 30 Other Soulful Old Man Sunshine
iatee 28 Sunflower All I Wanna Do
iatee 26 Surf's Up Surf's Up
iatee 25 Surfin' USA Farmer's Daughter
iatee 24 Pet Sounds I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
iatee 23 Single / B-side Break Away
iatee 22 Single / B-side Celebrate the News
iatee 21 Love You Mona
iatee 20 Friends Busy Doin Nothin
iatee 19 Pet Sounds Wouldn’t It Be Nice
iatee 18 Friends Passing By
iatee 17 Summer Days Girl Don't Tell Me
iatee 16 Love You The Night Was So Young
iatee 15 Pet Sounds Caroline No
iatee 14 All Summer Long All Summer Long
iatee 13 Wild Honey I Was Made To Love Her
iatee 12 Surf's Up Feel Flows

I thought buzza had the second best picks, after mine obv

15. Noble Surfer

? what the hell is this?

full results for to anyone too lazy to open up the google spreadsheet

SONG POINTS #1 votes
1 God Only Knows 788 4
2 Surf's Up 782 8
3 Good Vibrations 627 1
4 Wouldn’t It Be Nice 588 2
5 Til I Die 569 2
6 Don't Worry Baby 531 1
7 I Get Around 468 2
8 California Girls 396
9 Heroes and Villains 374
10 Cabinessence 346 1
11 In My Room 338 2
12 Caroline No 302
13 I Just Wasn't Made for These Times 274 1
14 The Warmth Of The Sun 250 1
15 Darlin 241
16 Let The Wind Blow 225
17 Feel Flows 224
18 Break Away 222
19 Girl Don't Tell Me 214
20 Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) 213 1
21 Help Me Rhonda 210
22 This Whole World 209
23 Let Him Run Wild 203 1
24 Busy Doin Nothin 198 1
25 All I Wanna Do 189 1
26 Surfer Girl 184
27 She Knows Me Too Well 178
28 Do It Again 173
29 I Know There's An Answer (Hang On To Your Ego) 153
30 Sloop John B 149
31 Surfin' USA 146
32 Can’t Wait Too Long 144 1
33 Kiss Me Baby 141 1
34 I'm Waiting For The Day 140 1
35 Friends 137
36 Fun, Fun, Fun 132
37 Guess I’m Dumb 125
38 Surfin' Safari 123
39 Little Bird 122
40 Barbara Ann 116 1
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 1
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
70 Dance, Dance, Dance 59
71 Anna Lee, The Healer 58
72 Be With Me 57
73 Catch a Wave 56
74 Farmer's Daughter 56
75 Sweet Mountain 54 1
76 Meant For You 51
77 I'm So Young 50
78 When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) 49
79 Girls On The Beach 46
80 I Was Made To Love Her 46
81 Child Is Father Of The Man 45
82 Little Honda 45
83 Do You Wanna Dance? 44
84 I Went To Sleep 44
85 Soulful Old Man Sunshine 43
86 Vegetables 42
87 Diamond Head 41
88 You And I 40 1
89 Baby Blue 38
90 Tears In The Morning 38
91 409 37
92 Never Learn Not To Love 37
93 Their Hearts Were Full of Spring 37
94 The Night Was So Young 36
95 When A Man Needs A Woman 36
96 Be True to Your School 34
97 Here Today 33
98 Leaving This Town 33
99 Mona 33
100 Gettin' Hungry 32
101 It's About Time 32
102 Be Here In The Morning 29
103 Carry Me Home 28
104 Your Summer Dream 28
105 Honkin' Down The Highway 26
106 Thoughts of You 25
107 You're Still A Mystery 25
108 A Day in the Life of a Tree 24
109 Dreamer 24
110 Farewell My Friend 24
111 Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (a.k.a. "Fire") 24
112 No-Go Showboat 22
113 I Wanna Pick You Up 21
114 Roller Skating Child 21
115 The Man With All The Toys 21
116 Deirdre 20
117 Here She Comes 20
118 Only With You 20
119 Pet Sounds 20
120 He's A Doll (The Honey’s) 19
121 Let Us Go On This Way 18
122 Love and Mercy 18
123 Passing By 18
124 San Miguel 18
125 She's Goin' Bald 18
126 You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone 18
127 I'm Bugged at my Ol' Man 17
128 Noble Surfer 17
129 I Do 16
130 It's Ok 16
131 Be Still 15
132 Fall Breaks and Back to Winter 15
133 Keep An Eye On Summer 15
134 My Custom Machine 15
135 Our Sweet Love 15
136 Shortenin' Bread 15
137 Tell Me Why 15
138 Disney Girls 14
139 Holy Man 14
140 In The Back Of My Mind 14
141 Johnny Carson 14
142 Slip On Through 14
143 Sound Of Free 14
144 Surf City 14
145 All This Is That 13
146 Car Crazy Cutie 13
147 Do You Like Worms 13
148 I Should Have Known Better 13
149 Keepin' The Summer Alive 13
150 Lookin' At Tomorrow 13
151 Shut Down 13
152 Summer Means New Love 13
153 Surfer Moon 13
154 Surfin' 13
155 The Girl From New York City 13
156 California Saga - California 12
157 Got to Know The Woman 12
158 I'd Love Just Once To See You 12
159 Kokomo 12
160 Lady 12
161 Steamboat 12
162 There's No Other Like My Baby 12
163 Transcendental Meditation 12

decent little surf track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0BDEeEoEkM

surfs up @ #2? come on dudes

almost half my votes didn't place :(

Meant For You
Dreamer (Dennis)
Their Hearts Were Full of Spring
Time to Get Alone
I Can Hear Music
The Night Was So Young
You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
I'm Bugged at my Ol' Man <<<THIS WAS ROBBED
Country Air

underachievers:

73 Catch a Wave 56
74 Farmer's Daughter 56
78 When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) 49
79 Girls On The Beach 46
91 409 37
96 Be True to Your School 34
97 Here Today 33
151 Shut Down 13

I would have voted for Catch A Wave but I forgot to include it on my ballot.

wow I seem to have deleted Surfin' USA from my ipod how did that happen

Spotify playlist complete: http://open.spotify.com/user/sp10000/playlist/36kXCKE1TDnsvQHiUCtfPt

I'm not that shocked about some of the lesser surf-cars tracks - there are so many of them - but When I Grow Up not making the top 70 is surprising.

my ballot (I didn't put a whole lot of thought or time into it)

1. God Only Knows
2. Good Vibrations
3. Help Me, Rhonda
4. Girl Don't Tell Me
5. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
6. I Get Around
7. Don't Worry Baby
8. Let Him Run Wild
9. Wouldn't It Be Nice
10. Wonderful
11. Cabinessence
12. Child is Father of the Man
13. The Warmth of the Sun
14. Sloop John B
15. You're So Good To Me
16. All Summer Long
17. Wendy
18. Caroline No
19. Do You Like Worms
20. Mrs. O'Leary's Cow

it was a blast revisting all these songs. shouts to iatee for organizing!

1. Surf's Up
2. Good Vibrations
3. Cabinessence
4. Heroes and Villains
5. Breakaway
6. California Girls
7. Don't Worry Baby
8. In My Room
9. Til I Die
10. Time to Get Alone
11. This Whole World
12. Wendy
13. Do It Again
14. God Only Knows
15. I'm Waiting For the Day
16. I Do
17. Wouldn't It Be Nice
18. Disney Girls
19. Surfer Moon
20. Catch a Wave

Shakey, "Country Air" did place

my amesome ballot:

1. The Warmth of the Sun <--- just all out gorgeous
2. God Only Knows
3. Please Let Me Wonder
4. Let Him Run Wild <--- best produced
5. Your Summer Dream <--- most underrated
6. Girls on the Beach
7. Guess I'm Dumb <--- song I didn't expect to place, much less so high
8. Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
9. In My Room
10. I'm Waiting for the Day
11. Caroline, No <---- best album closer ever
12. Break Away <---- this was their contractial-obligation last single for Capitol
13. California Girls
14. Here Today
15. Don't Worry Baby
16. Kiss Me, Baby
17. Keep an Eye on Summer <--- did I really put this in my top 20?
18. In the Back of my Mind
19. Summer Means New Love
20. i Get Around

albums:

1. Today!
2. Pet Sounds
3. Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) (my top 3 have flipped over and around many times over the last decade)
4. Surfer Girl
5. Friends (so have my next two for that matter)

My picked out all of my favorites from a complete song list and picked out the ones I *really* liked (about 40), then whittled it down to my 20 favorites, tossing out alot of really great songs, but in each case there was something in my eventual top 20 that I liked better. I looked over my final selections, and noticed something that shocked me....