Favorite Beach Boys Song

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Here's mine:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D73giKIOLIo&mode=related&search


I was born too late... To be a teenager in SoCal in the 60's....


That would have been awesome...

[no name no slogan]

1. three way tie between

"wouldn't it be nice", "don't worry baby" and "good vibrations"

Brian Wilson is God.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Paul McCartney Said "God Only Knows" Is The Best Pop Song He Ever Heard

That's high compliment...

[no name no slogan]

6. definitely

I own that Pet Sounds box, and it's simply amazing.

I've seen Brian twice in concert, once on his "comeback" tour in 2000-2001 and then again on the "Smile" tour in 2005. He played "God Only Knows" and it floored EVERYONE.

[Tikki]

3. Sail on, Sailor......

also, Good Vibrations.



Tikki

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. Sail on, Sailor Is From The Seventies...

That CD and Pet Sounds are my lone Beach Boys CDS...

[MrSlayer]

4. Close my eyes....

she's somehow closer now.
Softly smiles, I know she must be kind.

I like the verses here more than the chrous which is just ok.

Don't worry baby is listed twice, probably my second from them.

[opiate69]

5. "In My Room"

a stark look into the very ill mind of a musical genius...

edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YabBXayt3bs

[Ron Green]

14. That's the one, hands down.

Wonder why it isn't on the list.

[MissMillie]

25. sorry, but the lyrics to that song just plain suck

there's a place where I can go and tell my troubles too?


I don't tell my troubles to a place... don't know anyone who does.

[no name no slogan]

7. Almost forgot: "Heroes and Villains"

also quite notable

[Faygo Kid]

9. "God Only Knows," but grew up on "409" and "Surfin' Safari"

Still remember being about 12 years old in the summer when I hear those songs.

[last_texas_dem]

10. I voted for "Wouldn't It Be Nice"

of the poll choices. Here are some of my favorites: "Please Let Me Wonder", "Let Him Run Wild", "The Little Girl I Once Knew", "I Can Hear Music", "'Til I Die", "All This Is That", "Long Promised Road", "The Night Was So Young", "Girl Don't Tell Me" and "Break Away."

[wildhorses]

11. sloop john b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_KY_d9MQv8

The Beach Boys - Sloop John B Lyrics

We come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I wanna go home

The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the Cap'n's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home
(Hoist up the John B's sail)
Hoist up the John B
I feel so broke up I wanna go home
Let me go home

The poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home
This is the worst trip I've ever been on

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. For Some Reason I'm Thinking Of Charley Manson

Manson was friends with some of the Beach Boys before they discovered he was a lunatic...But before they did Manson hooked them up with some of his groupies and they gave Brian Wilson (I think) the clap...

[wildhorses]

13. you started this thread --

sloop=clap :shrug:

:wtf:

:rofl:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. I'm Just Thinking Of Charlie And The Beach Boys

The events that would culminate in the murders were set in motion in late spring 1968, when Dennis Wilson, of The Beach Boys, picked up two hitchhiking Manson girls and brought them to his Pacific Palisades house for a few hours. Returning home in the early hours of the following morning from a night recording session, Wilson was greeted in the driveway of his own residence by Manson, who emerged from the house. Uncomfortable, Wilson asked the stranger whether he intended to hurt him. Assuring him he had no such intent, Manson began kissing Wilson's feet. Inside the house, Wilson discovered twelve strangers, mostly girls.<35>

Over the next few months, as their number doubled, the Family members who had made themselves part of Wilson's Sunset Boulevard household cost him approximately $100,000. This included a large medical bill for treatment of their gonorrhea and $21,000 for the accidental destruction of an uninsured car of his they borrowed.<36> Wilson would sing and talk with Manson, whose girls were servants to them both.<37>

Wilson paid for studio time to record songs written and performed by Manson; he introduced Manson to acquaintances of his with roles in the entertainment business. These included Gregg Jakobson, Terry Melcher, and Rudi Altobelli.<38> Jakobson, who was impressed by "the whole Charlie Manson package" of artist/metaphysician, also paid to record Manson material.<39><40><41>


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. .

[wildhorses]

18. weird times

kingston trio did the song also.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. Yeah, And Terri Melcher Who Was At The House Was Doris Day's Son...

Weird...

[wildhorses]

20. hollywood attracts all kinds

the lunatic fringe, hangers on, artists....

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. You left out 'I Get Around'?

The cruisers' anthem?!

:spank:

[MilesColtrane]

21. Since the Beach Boys were Brian Wilson...

....I'll have to say "Caroline, No".

simply heartwrenching.

[enigmatic]

22. "Surf's Up"

Just about perfect..

[LibDemAlways]

23. I was a teenager in SoCal in the 60's. Not entirely awesome, but

there were benefits. Once saw Beach Boy Mike Love cruising in his convertible Mustang through Manhattan Beach on a Friday night. There was a local tv music show called "Groovy" which took place right on the beach and featured popular bands. Anyone could go and be part of it. Everyone seemed to have some sort of entertainment business connection, and we had big name bands like The Byrds play at our high school dances. The Beatles publicist Derek Taylor was emcee for a talent show at my jr. high. Still wondering how that happened. All in all, a good time and place to have grown up.

As for best Beach Boys song, my vote goes to Good Vibrations.

[Frank Cannon]

24. I voted "Good Vibrations", but I really love "Wendy"

There's just something about "Wendy". The weird intro, that driving guitar line, those awesome harmonies.. I don't know, but I love it. I can be absolutely miserable and that song will put a smile on my face every time.

[gbate]

27. I really like Wendy, also.

Isn't that the name of one of Brian Wilson's daughters?

[Frank Cannon]

28. Indeed

[MissMillie]

26. You know... you have Don't Worry Baby on the list twice

God Only Knows is the winner