It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results

it's no use. every time i think of getting away from it all i remember that Kokomo is where you go to get away from it all.

lol

hahaha

gave me a tropical contact high

Cosmic retribution for not voting for Kokomo in the tracks poll

Mike Love, can you shed a little light on the making of the intro to "TM Song" off your best album, 15 Big Ones? Were you and the rest of the Beach Boys given scripts or was it all ad-libbed? And what were you arguing about?

always wondered why Popeye had knee-nipples

Works in a Geordie accent

dog latin,
"TM Song" is a fun example of the guys horsing around in the studio. We all loved each other so much and had lots of laughs as "America's Band." Interestingly, you may note that the lyrics of "TM Song" foreshadow the lyrics of "Kokomo":
Maharishi gave it to me
And I wonder if it set me free
And it did
And he'll tell you "sometimes it goes real fast and other times it goes
Real slow
Any way you do it it's bound to work I know"
So you see the path to inner consciousness -- your own private Kokomo, if you will -- can be instantaneous, or it can take years.
Keep the Summer Alive,
Mike Love
http://www.jodihead.com/images/09/love.jpg

Mike, you truly are a genius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBFsJk6PWu0

skip,
I had a great time in that video. I wish they all could be California Girls.
be true to your school,
Mike Love, genius
http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/mike-love-beach-boys-preconcert-conference-nh-mvvUAH.jpg

Poll from Hell:

TS: Mike Love's "Summer of Love" vs. Brian Wilson's "Smart Girls"....

dear Mike,
who's more fun to recite your mantra with, David Lynch or Donovan

Shakey,
I enjoy meditatin' with both of those guys, they are both real cool dudes. Fun fact: David Lynch considered me for the role of "Bob" in Twin Peaks. What do you think? Would I have been a good "Bob"? I've never seen the show.
Brian's Back,
Mike Love
http://www.licklibrary.com/Images/Resources/The%20Beach%20Boys-MikeLove.jpg

Seriously just keeps getting funnier. I also love that this is just slipped into the back pages of the results thread where none but the die-hards will find it...serious bonus track quality.

Mike, what do you think about Brian's new Disney album?

Thanks Mike!

Incidentally, does it ever snow in California? If so have you ever lost your glove?

thanks for the poll. great times!

loved that sloop john b cover, did some image searching and some photoshopping to tidy up price stickers/rips. gone get this made a print: http://min.us/lbGcyH3un

we clearly need a beach boys singles cover poll one day

disappointed I didn't get to post 'good timin's cover. on my phone but someone should post it here, it's pretty lol.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/Beach_Boys_-_Good_Timin%E2%80%99.jpg

wow

I need that up in my house.

Just imagine the music playing while those dogs dance - amazing!!

the good timin' pic is from the LA album cover.

ah yeah you're right. Nice artwork all round. Reminds me vaguely of a puzzle-toy I used to have when I was really little. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mccoycreations/5811130833/

lol at the pic for "Love Surrounds Me"

oh man

Link?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mccoycreations/5811130833/

totally lol

kinda want, except honestly they're pretty ugly

Wow. You know, as obsessed as I have been with the BB's, I've never actually owned or even heard LA Light Album. But I figure any record that has Good Timin', Love Surrounds Me, Baby Blue, Here Comes the Night and Shortenin' Bread can't be that bad.

those are all the good songs pretty much - altho there are better versions of Good Timin and Baby Blue out there. Shortenin' Bread gets derided but I totally love it, it's a hoot.

"Angel Come Home" is great too.

I actually think the Shortenin' Bread I have on an Adult Child boot is better too.

What do we think are the best mixes of Good Timin' and Baby Blue? The former w the vocal by Dennis was a little less than I'd hoped -- seemed like a demo IIRC. I'm not sure I heard any other completed versions. And while I have some mix of Baby Blue that's a little rougher, I feel like the LA version is pretty perfect. Are there others?

we're probably thinking of the same versions, I suspect. I dunno if there's others.

I would just like to say that it is absolutely amazing that L.A. (Light Album) was their TWENTY-THIRD studio album and it still had good shit on it. how many rock bands can you say that about.

L.A. (Light Album) spawned a top-ten hit in the UK with Al Jardine's Bach-inspired "Lady Lynda", written for his wife, and later rerecorded as "Lady Liberty" after their divorce

also lol

hahahahaha

Only in the Beach Boys.

i love Baby Blue, is there a "Bambu" session version of it that's less polished?

yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6fKeSrvMu4

differences are pretty minor tbh

I've been listening to the BB/BW rarities posted above - lots of good stuff I'd never heard. What's the story behind the Andy Paley sessions never seeing a proper release? Alot of BW's best work since Love You IMO, and his voice was in the best form it's been since the early '70s.

I have a version of "Sherry She Needs Me" that sounds alot better than the one there - obviously from the same recording (circa '75 vocals over '65 instrumental backing) but different mix/speed/key and richer sounding, but it's in an obsolete audio format I downloaded in the early '90s and can't seem to convert to MP3.

I dunno if there is a story-story? but brian used a handful of the songs in a recent solo album. the beach boys guested on a few. 'soul searchin' and 'you're still a mystery' I think are the only ones?

That solo album was god-awful. I've always thought the Paley Sessions were certainly better than the self-titled and Imagination...but only a hair.

aw man I will totally stan for the first s/t one

production is pretty horrible but catchy songs

yeah hard for me to get past the production on that one -- love and mercy sounds good in its live incarnation though (also pretty good in that don was doc)

absolutely none of which is on youtube? wtf

xp

> production is pretty horrible but catchy songs

His voice sounded thin and washed out on s/t too - it's much better on Paley sessions and Imagination, but slipping again over the last ten years (including on 2004 Smile).

BW is his own best producer, or at least used to be. Joe Thomas (on Imagination) confuses slick and polished with rich and dense, the kind Brian used to do so well for SD&SN or Pet Sounds.