#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
wait, what?
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
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
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 pollsī --L.P. Hovercraft (WmC)
This is where the ballot schedule is maintained: Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot pollsī --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
effin' blasting here comes the night disco edit right now
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:38 (twelve years ago) link
#62
Aren't You Glad - Wild Honey74 points, 3 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyi_TBBBYK4
― iatee, Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
one of the things I ended up removing from my ballot, I think. I'm glad it got some support. I've always thought it should be the first song on the album.
― iatee, Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
amazing song, prob my favorite on wild honey? just classic beach boys chord changes, perfect vocals. impossible to argue with
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:46 (twelve years ago) link
This was my #4. I am a huge Wild Honey fan and this is the standout song.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 13 August 2011 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
tell me tell me you know what I mean
beep badeep badeep
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
yes!!
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
man...
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
#61
That's Not Me - Pet Sounds 75 points, 3 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHCEppiiXL8
― iatee, Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
must. stop . listening . to . 'aren't you glad . .
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:17 (twelve years ago) link
love the percussion in this one
― iatee, Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:18 (twelve years ago) link
Great Mike vocal on "That's Not Me."
― timellison, Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
two great mike vocals in a row, actually
― iatee, Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
yes yes and yes! that crystalline mike love sound. i don't care how adolescent the lyrics might come across; this song is devastating on so many levels
the organ, the percussion, the background vocal harmonies. it's situated in-between a bunch of emotionally resonant songs such that it feels almost lightweight by contrast, but man
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
aren't you glad was my #8, love that song
forgot about you're so good to me, wouldn't have voted for it but solid tune
― buzza, Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
guitar figure reprised on 'the night was so young', if i'm not mistaken
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
background vox in that's not me are positively unreal. seriously wonder if those guys ever sounded so sublime before or since then
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
like, cannot listen to 1:40 to 1:50 or so w/o getting total chills
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
only one of the bottom 10 i'm not familiar with is california saga but that sounds pretty good and i like/love the other 9, picked 2/10 so far
― buzza, Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:33 (twelve years ago) link
i feel really lucky, b/c i "discovered" pet sounds when i was 19, and listened to it every night for a month, it was like a ritual, i just soaked it up...i don't think i had ever been so blown away by a record before that. just listening to what they sounded like when they all sang together, it was so affecting. you hear the stories about brian wilson supposedly praying to make a beautiful record or whatever. i dunno, but whatever mojo he had going on at that time was obv. extremely effective
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
gonna do one more tonight
― iatee, Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
#60
Wind Chimes - Smiley Smile / Smile76 points, 4 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crcq3G18JLchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2VkxzhWbxI
2004 version vastly superior imo but the part where the drums come in at about 2:00 bugs me to no end, a tasteless addition to the song
― iatee, Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
surprised that didn't finish a bit higher, that's the one song i kicked myself for not including after i submitted my ballot
― buzza, Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
if i walked into a church and heard ppl singing like the vocals on that's not me, i'd so quickly be like 'where do i sign up?'
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, get what you mean, that fill is so naff
― dell (del), Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:44 (twelve years ago) link
i can't listen to the 2004 Smile because of the vocals
― buzza, Saturday, 13 August 2011 04:00 (twelve years ago) link
eh, i like the rockin' part of windchimes.
― tylerw, Saturday, 13 August 2011 04:01 (twelve years ago) link
weirdly, the first version i heard was by baby lemonade. does anyone remember that band? http://powerpopcriminals.blogspot.com/2010/10/baby-lemonade-wonderful-ep-1993-baby.html
― tylerw, Saturday, 13 August 2011 04:03 (twelve years ago) link
Sure, saw them when they were Arthur Lee's backing band once.
― timellison, Saturday, 13 August 2011 04:15 (twelve years ago) link