beach boys pox

they weren't

a pox on mike love

i do wonder if certain members of the band fought to have all the phases of the beach boys given "fair" representation on this box set. the last box set basically skipped the latter-day (late 70s–90s) stuff or passed over it very quickly.

probably about 3% of beach boys fanatics are truly interested in hearing outtakes from "keepin the summer alive"

"kokomo (john stamos vocal rmx)"

ok, i'm going to do a POXX:

1. I Get Around
2. God Only Knows
3. Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
4. Gettin' Hungry
5. Don't Worry Baby
6. Don't Back Down
7. Kiss Me Baby (this will have to stand in for the suite of ballads on side B of Beach Boys Today)
8. Wendy
9. Wild Honey
10. Wonderful

11. Hushabye
12. When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
13. Darlin'
14. Falling in Love (Lady) (will have to stand in for the better Dennis tracks--there are only a few IMO)
15. Little Honda
16. Girl Don't Tell Me
17. You Still Believe in Me
18. This Whole World
19. 'Til I Die
20. Surfer Girl

although i'm kind of a diehard fan and listen to those almost-no-Brian '70s albums and enjoy (most of) them, I still feel their best stuff is from 64-66. i don't get the same burst of exaltation from the later stuff.

also, it's hard to separate the different parts of Smile for me, which is why only one song from that project made my list(s).

shouldn't surprise anyone to know that this

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0f/Four_by_The_Beach_Boys.jpeg

is my favorite BB record

"Darlin'" is such an underrated tune, shoulda been a hit. a sentiment apparently shared by Brian, since he recorded at least 3 different versions of it

some other folx agree

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

Did you vote in the tracks poll? A lot of us did top twenties in that:

It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results

Two years ago already!

no, i usually miss the polls b/c i don't pay close enough attention to the board to know when they are happening. and that page is crashing my web browser :(

how did "I Get Around" fare in the poll? as huge as it is, I think that tune is not fully appreciated. it's extraordinary, one of the very best singles of the 1960s.

god the Rovell sisters were fucking creepy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7QQGblCGJs

xp

tons of youtubez in that poll thread iirc

my memory is that I Get Around placed really high, like top 10

also Mike Love pics, of course

Here's the top thirty:

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

I guess that's a pretty happy result, although there's a preponderance of ballads and softer tunes. beach boys were a rock band!

anyone else rate gettin' hungry? that's one of those unintentionally (?) avant-garde things they came up with frequently enough. i love the stark contrast b/t verses and chorus.

someone upthread mentioned this one and i'd give it an honorary place on my list

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5OXKRIyaxQ

kind of obvious that glen's working from a brian guide vocal, no?

Go down just a little farther and you get:

31 Surfin' USA 146
36 Fun, Fun, Fun 132
38 Surfin' Safari 123
40 Barbara Ann 116 1
41 Little Deuce Coupe 116
42 All Summer Long 114

Warms my heart to see high placement of Let The Wind Blow. So perfect. Cabin Essence top 10 is right on as well, mebbe my favorite smile item. But no Dance Dance Dance? ;_;

"let the wind blow" is a great song and should've been on my list. it covers a lot of musical ground in two and a half minutes.

i keep coming back to smiley smile and wild honey, even if the former is kind of denigrated since it's not smile. but for me they are really satisfying records, as long as you skip "transcendental meditation" (in theory I like the dissonant nature of that song but it just doesn't work, and certainly breaks the mood of the LP).

i have to admit that none of the subsequent albums really do it for me, even though there are a lot of gems sprinkled around. i just can't accept "sunflower" or "holland" as great albums b/c there are a few too many disposable songs, and occasionally an embarrassing one. (and some songs that are somehow both great _and_ embarrassing, like some of dennis's stuff like "cuddle up.")

i should add that i like a lot of textures/instrumentation they were exploring in late 60s/early 70s--the electric piano, the moog bass, etc.

oh and finally i do really like "do it again" but somehow what that song _signifies_ (a self-conscious, nostalgic return to "classic" beach boys themes) kind of gets in the way of how it _sounds_.

The old smiley smile/wild honey 2fer was my first beach boys. I remember it had amazing liner notes. Wish I still had it for that reason.

i keep coming back to smiley smile and wild honey, even if the former is kind of denigrated since it's not smile. but for me they are really satisfying records, as long as you skip "transcendental meditation"

"TM" is on the Friends album, though

oh, i get those mixed up sometimes. i like friends a lot too.

Sharon Marie's 1964 recording of "Thinkin' 'Bout You Baby" >>>>> American Spring's

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let's try that again:

spotify:track:4ZfgIKj2RWHThoa5pPTStQ

I remember it had amazing liner notes.

I have all those twofers and the only reason I haven't gotten rid of the CDs is because all of the liner notes are gold

by the time they get around to the last few 70s albums they just kind of give up on there being anything meaningful to write about tho, which is a bit lol. Peter Buck writes the "Love You" ones, I think Tom Petty writes one of the others

man if you ever feel like scanning and PDFing that series of booklets for the common weal I'd adore you.

I might have some spare time after I get done scanning the serialized short fiction pieces scattered throughout the first Whole Earth Catalog (1970).

This is a great obscurity from about 1971 I can't find a Youtube of - this one is from before Brian and Carl added their vocal overdubs. It's still pretty great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdrdB9E0sWQ

http://albumlinernotes.com/-Twofers_.html

iatee had the version w Carl and Brian on his rarities comp iirc

Xpost :D

xp I have that one too; it would be nice have it in online in streamable form somewhere tho.

That's a Murry song btw. Big Daddy was on a roll with "Break Away" and then this

wait Murry wrote Break Away?

When this record was released, I remember how different and fresh it sounded. It still does.

– Elton John, 2000

xp, yeah murray as "reggie dunbar"

Murry and Brian co-write actually. Only song in existence with that particular songwriting credit.

Was "Reggie Dunbar" because Murry was still under contract to another label for Many Moods?

Break Away's a good song, although the extra dry production has always seemed strange and uncharacteristic of Brian. I think it says in the two-fer liner notes about that one that Mike was pissed that it was "under-produced", which is sort of true.

it's al who complained about the production

Sure would like a little pad in Hawaii

xxxp many moods was on capitol.

and Break Away was their last single for Capitol

the mystery deepens...

by the time they get around to the last few 70s albums they just kind of give up on there being anything meaningful to write about tho, which is a bit lol. Peter Buck writes the "Love You" ones, I think Tom Petty writes one of the others

― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, September 13, 2013 11:08 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the '70s album reissues were done later and the liner notes are hit and miss (most are missing the band-history stuff that was on all of the 60s stuff) and there are _no_ bonus tracks. but they sound real good.

although if the liners were more thorough i guess it'd mostly be about band members' drug abuse and mental breakdowns, etc. just an ugly, tangled story i imagine.

so annoyed that capitol took two-fers w/ bonus tracks out of print and replaced them with those stereo+mono things. although i admit i prefer everything in mono. but i hate that all the great bonus tracks just disappeared. see also most recent reissues of elvis costello LPs.

"reggie dunbar" sounds like a jamaican producer; maybe it's murry wilson's rasta alter-ego.

I bet at some point Mike Love tried to convince the boys to do a reggae album

mike love does not approve of marijuana though