is there a thread 'rank the decades + cities you want to time machine travel to'?
― iatee, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
LOL at that video. Brian looks horrible and their dancing is hilarious. Carl really is a trooper. I wonder what he thought after realizing he was now fronting a disco act.
― skip, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
The Trader is a bit half baked for me - like Sail on Sailor without a proper hook. Pleasant track though.
― skip, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
Carl really is a trooper. I wonder what he thought after realizing he was now fronting a disco act.
I think this was actually Carl's idea iirc...? by all accounts reception of the song was awful, fans really turned on them.
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 12 August 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
honestly it's weird that they didn't enlist Van McCoy for that track and make it a genuine hit
yeah, i feel like carl was way into it? and in retrospect he was right? i dunno, cos when yr dealing w/the beach boys all the dysfunctional family sitch invariably comes into play, and being in a band is difficult enough w/o any of that.
― dell (del), Friday, 12 August 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
You're right, I'm sure he was into it, he probably dragged some of the band kicking and screaming. It still must have been weird to hear that percussion kick in after spending 15 years of being a way different band. Then again they made so many stylistic shifts in their career that maybe it was no big deal.
― skip, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i feel like they were probably just like "wtf, let's do this. who cares." guess there are stories of them being booed at concerts when they played it?
― tylerw, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
#68
River Song - Pacific Ocean Blue (Dennis Wilson) 62 points, 3 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4yFWBbG_ZAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJeHcHzGyZQ
― iatee, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
best Dennis song by a good margin! Love that piano intro.
― skip, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, didn't vote for any solo tracks (except for "wrinkles" natch), but this one is great.
― tylerw, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
there's a "making-of" clip of that song floating around featuring Dennis conducting the gospel choir in the studio
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 12 August 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
amazing opener to the album, but not the Dennis solo tune I voted for. happy to see something from POB place.
gonna do two more then I gotta run
5 this evening/tonight
― iatee, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
is there a good book about the BBs in the 70s & 80s (& onward if needed)? I'm interested to learn more about the seedier side of the band. The 60s will have some of that too (Golden Penetrators & all that) but I don't want a book mostly focused on the 60s. I want the decadence in (alleged) decline.
― Euler, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
#67
Our Prayer - 20/2064 points, 3 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swQ1h_As22Q
seediest bio ever = Heroes and Villains. starts (and ends) with Dennis' death.
xp
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 12 August 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
I voted "Our Prayer" pretty high, top 5 iirc; those harmonies are haunted
― Euler, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for Our Prayer. no many how many times I listen to it I just cannot get my head around the vocal arrangement, it's so strange.
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 12 August 2011 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, beautiful track. still nothing i voted for so far, though!
― tylerw, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
I probably should've voted for "Our Prayer" but didn't. I've started a couple of mixes with it.
― jaymc, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
maybe I've listened to too much Perotin and Gesualdo but that doesn't sound so special in comparison.
― skip, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
another great potential album opener though.
― skip, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
#66
Let’s Go Away For Awhile - Pet Sounds 65 points, 3 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwGkv7cuM1k
have you guys heard this album, it's pretty good
― iatee, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
ah, i voted for this one. never gets old.
― tylerw, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
Love the two Pet Sounds instrumentals -- though, like, "Our Prayer," their slightness made me eventually cut them from my ballot.
― jaymc, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
I voted River Song really high. I don't know that it's the best Dennis song but it's the one that I think of the most. I like how it does a lot over the course of three-and-a-half minutes or so (see also It's About Time from Sunflower).
― fit and working again, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
though, like, "Our Prayer," their slightness made me eventually cut them from my ballot.
wait, what?
― Dominique, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
oh shit I just realized that #70 on my spreadsheet is actually #69 cause the first row is empty. so uh, add 1 to all those ranks, we're doing a top 69 and the next one is #64
― iatee, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
it's still an appropriate starting place, cause #70 only got 2 votes whereas 69 on got 3+
― iatee, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
#64
California Saga: Big Sur - Holland 66 points, 3 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KASDsSaJy64http://www.filesmap.com/mp3/y8KP/the-beach-boys-big-sur-alternate-version/
― iatee, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
last 3 later I guess
eh, almost voted for our prayer and let's go away... this waa a tough poll. those are really beautiful songs that are hard to argue with
― dell (del), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
They were on my shortlist of 40 or so. I needed justifications for cutting stuff, so short instrumentals seemed like a good place to start.
― jaymc, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
Cool with me.
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c471/c47141hsv99.jpg
― jaymc, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
I think the Beach Boys were pretty happy with 69 overall.
― Euler, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
feel like first image iatee posted in this thread is jut so representative of their uncanny coalescence of cheese and genius during their musty seventies, lurching into eighties on surfboard wax and taco dust fumes days
― dell (del), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
okay, I just found this thread and I'm real happy to see two of my votes right off the bat
I didn't specify what album my top 20 tracks were from but good call on 'here comes the night'. I'm sure you'll figure out what out album my 'gettin hungry' vote is from (but I don't expect it to place)
'trader' is a great song that I voted for. I didn't know of its existence until this poll
― stop listening to the lyrics so much. you're ruining music (CaptainLorax), Friday, 12 August 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
'trader' does lose steam but that chorus sounds amazing
― stop listening to the lyrics so much. you're ruining music (CaptainLorax), Friday, 12 August 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
I'm disappointed I didn't know about this earlier. How do we vote for these things?
Good list so far tho. Love the disco "Here Comes the Night" (tho that vid Tyler posted is so NSFW). Fun fact: it's co-arranged and produced by Curt Boettcher of Millennium/Saggitarius fame.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 12 August 2011 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
is it too nsfw? there's a shower scene but u know, pretty tasteful stuff.
― tylerw, Friday, 12 August 2011 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
Keep a closer eye on ILM and/or Site New Answers?
This is where the ballot schedule is maintained: Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Friday, 12 August 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
/I'm disappointed I didn't know about this earlier. How do we vote for these things? /Keep a closer eye on ILM and/or Site New Answers?This is where the ballot schedule is maintained: Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls --L.P. Hovercraft (WmC)
This is where the ballot schedule is maintained: Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls --L.P. Hovercraft (WmC)
Thanks -- tho I assume voting is closed for this, right? That link says otherwise.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 12 August 2011 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, ended yesterday, and the results thread started today. Led Zeppelin voting is going to start next week. The only emailed-ballot music poll going on right now is Jazz Albums.
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Saturday, 13 August 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, wait, this is the results thread. whoops
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Saturday, 13 August 2011 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
Surprised to see see people saying Trader drifts off, I've always loved that second half of it. Holland is a mixed bag for me but I've always thought Trader, Leaving This Town and Sail On Sailor are some of the very best songs they did, hopefully they will all place.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 13 August 2011 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
I was actually disappointed you didn't vote, nti! I was looking at older threads and I remembered you were a pretty big fan.
gonna post 3 more in a bit.
― iatee, Saturday, 13 August 2011 01:56 (twelve years ago) link
#63
You're So Good To Me - Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)70 points, 3 votes, 1 #1 vote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjvHKDcp_P8
― iatee, Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:02 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think I had that one on my ballot but yeah it is great. like their version of stripped down garage rock. vocals on the chorus are killer
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
wow, didn't know boettcher was involved on here comes the night
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
student demonstration kicks
― brownie, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
pumped up kicks would seg really well into do it again
― iatee, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:47 (twelve years ago) link
Are all the other Wilsons still dead? This seems like a lot of money for only 1/3 of the Wilsons.
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:48 (twelve years ago) link
no dennis isn't dead anymore
― iatee, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
he's the drummer in gay dad now
― erotic war comedy pollster (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
it's a ton of money but w/e. gonna grow a beard for this tbh
http://www.civilwaracademy.com/images/john-reynolds.jpg
― brownie, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
i got a designated driver which means PARTY TIME
JAMAICA KEY LARGO ETC
― brownie, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:52 (twelve years ago) link
al jardine is worth it
― brownie, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:54 (twelve years ago) link
already psyched
― brownie, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:55 (twelve years ago) link
what have i done
do the beach boys have their own tequila
― brownie, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
seeing Brian a couple years ago was enough for me.
― skip, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
are they playing in the uk?
― Alexandre Dumbass (dog latin), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 10:19 (twelve years ago) link
Nothing's been announced :/
― I'm not going leftfield on you... (hypehat), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 12:20 (twelve years ago) link
R.I.P. Paul Tanner
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 9 February 2013 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
Without whom there would be no "Trombone Dixie."
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 9 February 2013 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
Or 'I Just Wasn't Made For These Times'.
― insert witticism here (hypehat), Sunday, 10 February 2013 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
SiriusXM is running Beach Boys channel through July. It's wonderfully inclusive: lots of bad solo stuff and fun oddities (three Love You tracks in the last 45 minutes!) squeezed in between the hits.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 June 2023 22:53 (nine months ago) link