It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results

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....

people need to listen to steamboat again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzJv1nmJEHM

and my late ballot:
1. Can't Wait too Long
2. Heroes & Villains
3. God Only Knows
4. Their Hearts Were Full of Spring
5. Cabinessence
6. 'Til I Die
7. Wouldn't It Be Nice
8. Sail on Sailor
9. Friends
10. Steamboat
11. Let the Wind Blow
12. In My Room
13. Our Prayer
14. I Get Around
15. Vegetables
16. Don't Go Near the Water
17. Country Air
18. It Takes A Mess of Help to Stand Alone
19. She Knows Me Too Well
20. Darlin'

4. Their Hearts Were Full of Spring

^^^real heads know where it's at, well done

that hit 67 in the list w/ his vote included

Girls On The Beach, I'm So Young also make it (River Song, Trader, Here Comes the Night knocked out of top 69)

^^^^^
I repped hard for this one!

That was fun. I never thought I'd ever post a pop-culture reference shout-out to "Bull Session with the Big Daddy" knowing that many people reading it would get the joke...

auxiliary question: suggestions for what you think are the "definitive" vocal performance for each Beach Boy? like I'm listening to "She Knows Me Too Well" for the millionth time this week & I think (maybe) this is Brian's best lead. But what's Mike's? Carl's? etc.

carl's is darlin' I think

Mike's finest moment? I Get Around, All I Wanna Do, or Big Sur imho

Carl's is God Only Knows c'mon now

dennis - forever

Carl: The first three seconds of "Let Us Go on This Way"

thx iatee, this thread was a great read

also, i saw the "Bridge Over Troubled Water" documentary last night and regardless of what you think of S@G there were a ton of great studio anecdotes that will appeal to sound geeks. The Wrecking Crew's rhythm section figured prominently in it.

np it was fun to organize

my fave carl vocals are this whole world and long promised road
brian - please let me wonder
mike - meant for you, all i wanna do

^Brian - please let me wonder, yes!

looking back, it's funny how emabarrased i'd be when friends would come over to my house and find me singing into the mirror, Endless Summer blaring away

Thanks for organizing and running this one, iatee! Definitely some surprises in it for a non-BB-head like me.

i'm the only one who voted for it but i think this track is incredible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZz4eTuH7i4

goes well with the burrito bros "man in the fog" on a mix

Just me or did Good Timin' not get a single (on time) vote? I consider myself a serious BB's fan -- and that song (the chorus mostly) is as moving to me as anything in their catalog.

San Miguel's kind of an obscurity, but it is great

Good Timin' version on LA Light kinda sucks, probably kept it out of the running

I love Good Timin' - it was in my long list, but not the final one.

That top 5 is perfect. Well done ILX and massive thanks to iatee for such a great poll!

My Top 20:

Surf's Up 40
God Only Knows 36
'Til I Die 33
Help Me Rhonda 30
Vegetables 28
Forever 26
I'm So Young 25
Wind Chimes 24
Wonderful 23
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times 22
Feel Flows 21
Diamond Head 20
Little Pad 19
Country Air 18
Big Sur 17
Be Here In The Morning 16
Darlin 15
I Know There's An Answer 14
Let The Wind Blow 13
There's No Other Like My Baby 12

ALBUMS
Best to worst

1 Smiley Smile / Smile
2 Surf's Up
3. Love You
4. Summer Days (And Summer Nights!)
5. Party!

Jan and Dean probably don't rate much around here, but this song is my favorite of theirs. Beach Boys sing this version (Brian Wilson wrote it).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkMbF4pOTlQ&feature=related

Can't believe Soulful Old Man Sunsine didn't place in my list, but it was quite a conservative one and listening back to SOMS, it didn't hit the spot like it once did.

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

― iatee, Friday, August 19, 2011 3:33 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

Except for "Be True To Your School," which is so ridiculously square it's kind of charming even so, OTM. Thanks for doing this, iatee! It's been a lot of fun.

I love Be True TO Your School, but for this reason.

I can dig that