It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results

The roll-out of this poll completely conflicted with my schedule, sadly, I wish I could've been more involved. But iatee, thanks for doing this, you the man!

Lol, korneulez put "Roller Skatin' Child" before "God Only Knows." I think Dominic Priore just had a heart attack and died.

More thanks, iatee, great poll for the not-quite-seasoned but more-than-novice fan like myself, lots of cuts to check out. I think 18 from my super canon ballot placed, had Don't Talk as #1.

songs:
#1. You And I (DENNIS WILSON)
02. When A Man Needs A Woman
03. Little Bird
04. That's Not Me
05. Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
06. Baby Blue
07. Child Is Father Of The Man (original '66->'67 SMILE bootleg, NOT the later/2004 official Brain Wilson version)
08. Farewell My Friend (DENNIS WILSON)
09. Busy Doin' Nothing
10. Anna Lee, The Healer
11. Caroline, No
12. California Girls
13. Good Vibrations
14. Don't Worry Baby
15. In My Room
16. Be With Me
17. Please Let Me Wonder
18. Sound Of Free (DENNIS WILSON & RUMBO)
19. Til I Die
20. Darlin'

albums:
#1. Friends
#2. Pet Sounds
#3. Pacific Ocean Blue
#4. Smile (original/bootleg recordings)
#5. The Beach Boys Today!

I'm the only vote for "You And I"?!

Jan and Dean probably don't rate much around here

I got plenty of love for em. Especially their skateboarding skills.

1. I Get Around #7
Heroes and Villains #9
Little Bird #39
California Girls #8
Help Me, Rhonda #21
'Til I Die #5
Surf's Up #2
Sail On, Sailor #43
This Whole World #22
Fun, Fun, Fun #36
Then I Kissed Her #54
Break Away #18
The Little Girl I Once Knew #51
I Can Hear Music #53
Good Vibrations #3
Our Sweet Love
Friends #35
All Summer Long #42
Time to Get Alone #48
20. Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (a.k.a. "Fire")

I'm bananas with old Beach Boys songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EUrKOTshIM&feature=related

thanks iatee, you guys

can't belieeeeeeeeve that when i grow up to be a man didn't make it!!

Angel Eyes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWL1k6aM3hE&playnext=1&list=PL606F9C04F73F6C87

wow

the first 9 seconds of Angel Eyes sounds like two or three different BB songs (Girls on the Beach @ Surfer Girl maybe, I've been drinking)

that is a hoppin Route 66

what barbershop songs do you guys like

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.

― Naive Teen Idol

yeah I prob should have included this on mine. great song.

esp the version with dennis singing

ok, I give in. you guys win. for the past couple of days all that's been running through my head is Celebrate The News, Can't Wait Too Long, and Till I Die.

It's funny though, I just realized that the CDs of Friends and Wild Honey that I own don't have Celebrate or Can't Wait. I wonder how much of the recent appreciation has to do with grouping these on twofers with bonus tracks. Taken in their original configurations, some of those albums are pretty patchy and underwhelming. But now that I can kind of skip around through them all at once on spotify and only listen to the highlights it's easier to find an entry point.

Big thanks to iatee for doing this.

Are you going to tally up all of us late stragglers too? Or are you too wiped out after all this?

in the google spreadsheet link I posted upthread I have the breakdown of the results + results w/ you included. your vote bumped surf's up to the top, dominique's brought it back to #2. til I die hit #4 and can't wait too long jumped to #26

haha omg we convinced wk!!

It's funny though, I just realized that the CDs of Friends and Wild Honey that I own don't have Celebrate or Can't Wait. I wonder how much of the recent appreciation has to do with grouping these on twofers with bonus tracks.

had no idea these were ever issued on CD as single albums tbh. those twofers came out when I was working my first post-high school job at a record store and were some of the first "freebies" I remember angling for. the bonus stuff on there is just insane and yeah being able to skip around made me appreciate the era as a whole and focus less on the albums as discrete entities.

This thread (andthe previous nom thread) has been educational and amazing. Thanks iatee and all.

if anyone is getting into obscure-beach boys mode for the first time, my rarities comp was sorta an attempt to collect a lot of the hard to find but (imo obv) good tracks. I didn't include too many twofer bonus tracks cause I assumed people had heard most of those. (there's also lots of not amazing but maybe historically interesting stuff)

but yeah you gain a lot of appreciation for late period beach boys when you realize how every single released album could have included better tracks

kokomo is still a jam btw, deserved more votes even though it didn't get mine

sorry for cretinousness iatee, but where do i find your rarities comp? Is it on this thread?

http://www.divshare.com/download/10408550-0b2
http://www.divshare.com/download/10410104-0bb

This is the thread where we talk about great Beach Boys+BW unreleased/demo/semi-released songs

If I had put a rarity in my top 20, it might have been Old Man River.

Thank you skip/iatee!

had no idea these were ever issued on CD as single albums tbh. those twofers came out when I was working my first post-high school job at a record store and were some of the first "freebies" I remember angling for.

I bought them used in the late '90s so they were probably '80s versions sold off by someone who had upgraded to the reissues. They look like the typical '80s CDs with no liner notes and just a single page insert. And since I didn't like them I never dug any further after that.

I always liked Transcendental Meditation though. I don't really get the hate for that one.

1. All I Wanna Do
2. 'Til I Die (7:32 version I linked to in the voting thread)
3. I Was Made to Love Her
4. When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
5. God Only Knows
6. Let The Wind Blow
7. You're Still A Mystery
8. Feel Flows
9. Celebrate The News
10. Country Air
11. The Man With All The Toys
12. Hang On To Your Ego
13. Good Vibrations
14. She's Goin' Bald
15. Here Comes The Night
16. Gettin' Hungry
17. Trader
18. Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring
19. Lookin' At Tomorrow
20. Lady

Only 11 of my picks placed. People rediscovering The Beach Boys should get the Smiley Smile/Wild Honey twofer with the bonus tracks

I always liked Transcendental Meditation though. I don't really get the hate for that one

yeah, that track is boss imo

in fact i voted for it

I had no problem w/ its existence in the world, but I think it's a crappy ending for 'friends'

Except for their big hits I'm unfamiliar with the Beach Boys, and while I still think those happy sunny surf songs are pretty annoying, I'm so happy that I discovered Till I Die thanks to this thread. What a gorgeous song! Thank you guys.

I think I'm happiest about people discovering new stuff

so many dope live videos on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vJT5TyMEwI

wow great clip - who's playing bass there...?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1EPXBQV3yM

I didn't vote or contribute but have listened to at least 10-15 tracks or versions for the first time ever or in years thanks to this poll, so thanks!

omg is that brian on the left?

ha, yes

no idea who's playing bass but that concert has 3 more clips on youtube shakes. I think it's pretty much the whole concert.

omg on Brian in that clip

What are they doing singing California Girls as the third song in the set? Must have seemed awful square in 1969

they were in france

I just noticed that. That stuff was not released in continental Europe until the late 60s right?

they also play break away, do it again and ... the nearest far away place

I have no idea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grj7sjQ0_p4

the 60s really were such a weird decade