Worst Beach Boys Lyrics?

[harrisonjon]

You're So Good To Me:

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/You%27re-So-Good-To-Me-lyrics-Beach-Boys/DCD105977B65740748256982002BB4B8

[Chris Brown]

Those aren't great, but there are plenty of lyrics far worse to be had from the 80's/90's.  Case in point - "Summer of Love" :

http://www.lyricstime.com/beach-boys-summer-of-love-lyrics.html

[SMiLE Brian]

Those aren't great, but there are plenty of lyrics far worse to be had from the 80's/90's.  Case in point - "Summer of Love" :

http://www.lyricstime.com/beach-boys-summer-of-love-lyrics.html

Gah, those lyrics are bad when read out. More like summer of (mike) love.

[cablegeddon]

Those aren't great, but there are plenty of lyrics far worse to be had from the 80's/90's.  Case in point - "Summer of Love" :

http://www.lyricstime.com/beach-boys-summer-of-love-lyrics.html

Heh if those were in a Ac/Dc-song it would be some of their best lyrics.

[phirnis]

What's the particular problem with "You're So Good To Me"? I don't seem to get it.

[hypehat]

I know! It's not Kafka, but it's the way he sings them!

Susie Cincinnati makes me want to wretch.

[runnersdialzero]

Again, anyone naming anything that happened before 1980 can GTFO imo.

[Wrightfan]

That one line in Got to know the Woman:
"Come on...come on come and do the chick-un!

What were you thinking Denny?

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

God Only Knows!

................Just kidding

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Please don't stone me to death, but basically all of the Smile lyrics aside from Surf's Up/Wonderful/Good Vibrations leave me cold and don't touch either my heart or my mind.

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Having said that: Surf's Up might be up there among the top 5 greatest lyric sets of all-time!

[RollPlymouthRock]

Hey little tomboy, in just over 2 minutes the beach boys manage to damage their legacy significantly. Why did no one object to these lyrics? i can understand that Brian, Dennis and Carl were out of it to various degrees but what about Mike and Al? what made them think that this could be a good idea?

Please don't stone me to death, but basically all of the Smile lyrics aside from Surf's Up/Wonderful/Good Vibrations leave me cold and don't touch either my heart or my mind.

Cabinessence, Heroes and Villains?

What's the particular problem with "You're So Good To Me"? I don't seem to get it.

No problem better than most pop lyrics today.

[runnersdialzero]

Hey little tomboy, in just over 2 minutes the beach boys manage to damage their legacy significantly. Why did no one object to these lyrics? i can understand that Brian, Dennis and Carl were out of it to various degrees but what about Mike and Al? what made them think that this could be a good idea?

The best part of it is Al and Mike were specifically the ones who chose that one, of all the songs Brian had written recently (among them was "Still I Dream Of It"), to be on the album.

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Mike and Al are both obviously sex perverts and pedos!

[RollPlymouthRock]

Hey little tomboy, in just over 2 minutes the beach boys manage to damage their legacy significantly. Why did no one object to these lyrics? i can understand that Brian, Dennis and Carl were out of it to various degrees but what about Mike and Al? what made them think that this could be a good idea?

The best part of it is Al and Mike were specifically the ones who chose that one, of all the songs Brian had written recently (among them was "Still I Dream Of It"), to be on the album.

The mind boggles. Did they also reject it's over now? The only reason i can possibly think why they chose this song over all the others is cause its a bit more upbeat than say still i dream of it or it's over now (regardless of how it makes them sound like a bunch of paedo's).

[runnersdialzero]

"It's Over Now" was supposedly rejected because the subject of the song was above the age of 15.

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

With HLT, I think it was a case of them just being the Beach Boys and (on MIU as a whole) just trying to go back to the more innocent and fun days of All Summer Long/Today without realizing those lyrics would have been creepy enough even way back in 1964

[onkster]

Just an editorial note: we've had several new threads lately that are asking, what's "the worst" of this or that--lyrics, vocals, albums, songs, etc.

Yes, it can be fun to do this a little bit, but I want to put out a note of caution--as we get into the latter days of BB history, with new releases, new rereleases, and even the group and its people themselves, likely coming to an end, it gets a little too easy to start dipping into the desperation of topics like this.

I'm not trying to spoil anyone's fun, or constrict anyone's free speech or anything like that--I'm just saying that there's a risk of slipping into a more negative atmosphere here on the board, when I'm sure we'd rather be upbeat and having fun. I was on another board (not a BBs one, but I'm sure you know which one I mean, if you've read many of my posts), where the negativity ran rampant to the point that hardly any of the members liked anything at all. It was a constant barrage of "the worst song of so-and-so" and "why this new thing sucks" and on and on. It was a truly weird aberration of fandom: the fan set that doesn't even like anything by the object of that fandom itself. Eventually, people wound up saying the same negative merda over and over and over again, intelligence and courtesy went by the wayside, and board members began to treat each other poorly and insultingly. (Some of the worst offenders were the people that ran the board--which led to a rather patrician sort of moderation: if the insults came from the moderators, or agreed in tone or content of the moderators, it was allowed. Bleah.)

My point is:as long as this is done in a fun spirit and people don't start going medieval on each other, maybe what we have here is OK. Given the increased negativity here over the last year, I feel it's worth a mention though, because this is a great place to be, and it would be a shame for it to either go sour or collapse in flames.

Moderators: maybe my post belongs in the Sandbox--if so, please feel free to move this there. I felt that this location would be a good starting point for it though, since it's another "Worst" thread that is of late making the top of the list.

Oh, and by the way, "I'm Bugged At My Old Man" is the worst BB song. See? On-topic! 8^)

[RollPlymouthRock]

Just an editorial note: we've had several new threads lately that are asking, what's "the worst" of this or that--lyrics, vocals, albums, songs, etc.

Yes, it can be fun to do this a little bit, but I want to put out a note of caution--as we get into the latter days of BB history, with new releases, new rereleases, and even the group and its people themselves, likely coming to an end, it gets a little too easy to start dipping into the desperation of topics like this.

I'm not trying to spoil anyone's fun, or constrict anyone's free speech or anything like that--I'm just saying that there's a risk of slipping into a more negative atmosphere here on the board, when I'm sure we'd rather be upbeat and having fun. I was on another board (not a BBs one, but I'm sure you know which one I mean, if you've read many of my posts), where the negativity ran rampant to the point that hardly any of the members liked anything at all. It was a constant barrage of "the worst song of so-and-so" and "why this new thing sucks" and on and on. It was a truly weird aberration of fandom: the fan set that doesn't even like anything by the object of that fandom itself. Eventually, people wound up saying the same negative merda over and over and over again, intelligence and courtesy went by the wayside, and board members began to treat each other poorly and insultingly. (Some of the worst offenders were the people that ran the board--which led to a rather patrician sort of moderation: if the insults came from the moderators, or agreed in tone or content of the moderators, it was allowed. Bleah.)

My point is:as long as this is done in a fun spirit and people don't start going medieval on each other, maybe what we have here is OK. Given the increased negativity here over the last year, I feel it's worth a mention though, because this is a great place to be, and it would be a shame for it to either go sour or collapse in flames.

Moderators: maybe my post belongs in the Sandbox--if so, please feel free to move this there. I felt that this location would be a good starting point for it though, since it's another "Worst" thread that is of late making the top of the list.

Oh, and by the way, "I'm Bugged At My Old Man" is the worst BB song. See? On-topic! 8^)

It always strikes me as weird how people can get into petty arguments about which song is worse than the other. Is it strange that i'd like i'm bugged at my old man to be redone in a plastic ono band style? with some changed lyrics of course.

With HLT, I think it was a case of them just being the Beach Boys and (on MIU as a whole) just trying to go back to the more innocent and fun days of All Summer Long/Today without realizing those lyrics would have been creepy enough even way back in 1964

I think thats a good guess given how Mike Love would have been blown away by the success of Endless Summer.

[SBonilla]

Sherry She Needs Me - Track and production?: Beautiful! Lyrics?: Offensive.

[joshferrell]

The TM Song... I still don't know WTF they are talking about..lol..

[SBonilla]

Just an editorial note: we've had several new threads lately that are asking, what's "the worst" of this or that--lyrics, vocals, albums, songs, etc.

Oh, and by the way, "I'm Bugged At My Old Man" is the worst BB song. See? On-topic! 8^)

Lyrics in "I'm Bugged At My Old Man" such as "blew his cool" and "where it's at," show Brian putting his "How To Speak Hip" knowledge to use. It may make you cringe now, but it wasn't a cringer, back then, kids thought it was a funny song.

[onkster]

I was more bugged by the sheer awkwardness of "and he doesn't even know where it's at"...doesn't rhyme, has weird rhythm, sounds like it was made up as tape rolled...

[RollPlymouthRock]

Sherry She Needs Me - Track and production?: Beautiful! Lyrics?: Offensive.

In what way do you find it offensive?

The TM Song... I still don't know WTF they are talking about..lol..

Good choice some new age mystic mumbo jumbo probably.

[positivemusic]

I, too would vote for "Hey Little Tomboy" due to its sheer creepiness. But, it could've been much worse if they had included the ad lib part from bootleg versions!