Beach Boys lyric that made you laugh

[Caroline, Now]

"I threw away my candy bar and I ate the wrapper, and when they told me what I did, I burst into laughter."
"Have you seen the grand coolie workin' on the railroad?"

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Stark naked in front of my mirror
A pudgy person somehow did appear
Seems lately all I've eaten is sugar and fat
It's getting obvious that's not where it's at!

[Magic Transistor Radio]

From Drive-In

'If you say you watched the movie, you're a couple of liars,
and remember, Only you can prevent forest fires
Down at the Drive-In'

Mike even sings it in an extremely deep voice, so what is its purpose?

Its a Smokey The Bear reference... which will be lost on you if you're not from the U.S. or over 30.

Wow! I'm an American over 30 and I never got that. In fact, I never paid that close attention to the lyric.

I'm guessing it was a U.S. commercial cuz we Americans are more apt to start forest fires? 

[Eric Aniversario]

"A cigarette butt when you throw it in the water goes 'phffftt'..."

"LIIIIIFE IS FOR THE LIVING - don't sit on your ass, smoking grass..."

These two literally made me laugh out loud the first time I heard them: chiefly because I couldn't believe they'd got as far as being written, recorded, mixed and mastered without somebody saying, "Er, hey Brian... you know those lines... do you think maybe they could use some more work...?"

MattB

These are my top 2 choices as well...I've had several friends go into uncontrollable fits of laughter when hearing these lines...and also the ones that follow it in Everyone Wants to Live...

...but the trick, but the trick is you shouldn't laugh.
Cause if you laugh you're just a coward,
Cause if you laugh you're just a coward!   

hahaha

Also "Too Much Sugar"...the high vocals..."Gettin in shape is what it's all about, don't you just think it's true?" and also just the entire song in general!

[bossaroo]

I had to fix a lot of things this morning cuz they were so scrambled,
but now it's ok... i tell you i've got enough to do.


I'm fat as a cow, how'd i ever get this way?


A man needs a woman like a woman needs a man,
when the two get together uh-uh-uh-uh-huh-huh


Doughy lumps, stomach pumps, enemas too!
that's what you get when you eat that way.


I talked your folks out of making you cut off your hair


When girls get mad at boys and go,
many times they're just puttin' on a show.


If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk forever.


Early in the game when you broke me just like a serve (matchpoint, matchpoint)
We should've walked off the court but we both didn't have the nerve (matchpoint, matchpoint)
So we volleyed a while with small talk and a smile and as push comes to shove
I'd say this must be the matchpoint of our love


When I was younger my mother told me Jesus loved the world,
and if that's true then why hasn't he helped me to find a girl?


Now the movie's starting, oh...
the movie's startin' kind of slow but it'll get better.

[Summertime Blooz]

From Drive-In

'If you say you watched the movie, you're a couple of liars,
and remember, Only you can prevent forest fires
Down at the Drive-In'

Mike even sings it in an extremely deep voice, so what is its purpose?

Its a Smokey The Bear reference... which will be lost on you if you're not from the U.S. or over 30.

Wow! I'm an American over 30 and I never got that. In fact, I never paid that close attention to the lyric.

I'm guessing it was a U.S. commercial cuz we Americans are more apt to start forest fires? 

In the 60s growing up I spent many a Saturday afternoon at the neighborhood movie theater. Mixed in with the coming attractions and cartoons it seems like there was always one of those Smokey Bear Ad Council ads. Ads with the Litterbug were also very common. So- that's what the reference is all about.

[runnersdialzero]

teh hell's this "over 30" stuff? I'm 26, I know it. I had someone else, someone who's only 17 or 18 ask me "What's up with the Smokey the bear reference?" regarding the song before. Strange that some people know it and others have never heard of such a thing, even if you'd think they'd be old enough.

Stark naked in front of my mirror
A pudgy person somehow did appear
Seems lately all I've eaten is sugar and fat
It's getting obvious that's not where it's at!

Yes!

[Alex]

The entire Summer in Paradise album gets me rolling on the floor.

[Ron]

All of Brian's health songs, starting with TAke a Load off your feet and going through WAY past the Love You album were just hilarious in that I can't believe they got recorded and that he talked the other guys into singing them with a straight face. 

Or lines like "In the morrrrning, I'mmm a Mr. Businessman...."

knowing damn well "In the morrrning, I'm still in bed because I like to sleep half the day" would be more appropriate. 

Or how that turns into almost a rap in the second part of the song (games two can play).

"I was layin' in my bed... last... Night! I heard the radio, it was... out of Sight! Joe South Was Singin'... GAmes People Play.... and I like to play games that TWO can play!!!!"

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And this may be sacreligious, but Mike's unintended, or if it was intended, brilliant vocal in "Getcha Back" where he sounds pouty the whole song is hilarious to me.  I love that song, I mean absolutely love it but "Mayyyybeeee he treats you like a MOVIE star..." just the way he says everything sounds like he's so disgusted with that guy.  I laugh everytime I hear it. 

[Ron]

Another great one.  Brian singing "I Just got my Pay"... in the second chorus (I think) in the background, he says

"Lets Get Undressed... and get back in bed...."  or something like that. 

[Mahalo]

At the end of County Fair, when the girl walks off with the strong dude and calls the protagonist of the song a "Loser". It is one of my all time favorite BB moments. 

[JK]

Mike's "Let's find/They take the big one" etc in "South Bay Surfer"...

[runnersdialzero]

And this may be sacreligious, but Mike's unintended, or if it was intended, brilliant vocal in "Getcha Back" where he sounds pouty the whole song is hilarious to me.  I love that song, I mean absolutely love it but "Mayyyybeeee he treats you like a MOVIE star..." just the way he says everything sounds like he's so disgusted with that guy.  I laugh everytime I hear it. 

Yes. I enjoy the song for the same reasons.

[over and over]

bull session- you stepped on my french fries.

That was a great track 

[SMiLE Brian]

bull session- you stepped on my french fries.

That was a great track 

Such a great ending to a great album.

[WaxOn]

...Why did he sell my surfboard?
He cut off my hair in my sleep

I wish I could see outside
But he tacked up boards on my window
(Gosh it's dark)

I can't hit the surf, can't drag
Can't do a doggoned thing
(Wish I could)

I tried to call up my chick
But he jerked my phone right out of the wall

They gave me some breadcrumbs
And a little glass of water
And they're out there eating steak
(Smells so good)

I ripped up my wardrobe
And I'm growing a beard
Oh when will they let me come out

I'd listen to my radio
But he took it and he's using it in his own room
(Now it's gone)

 

This breaks me up every time.
I love the Gosh it's dark

[SonoraDick]

"Christmas comes this time each year"

[MarcellaHasDirtyFeet]

Solar System. All of it. Coupled with the delivery, it becomes the most ridiculous song I've ever heard.

I mean:
" The constellations are stars that form animals Leo and Capricorn, too"

What, Leo the Lion and Capricorn (the... Goat fish?) don't qualify as animals?

[Slow In Brain]

Back Home...

...you won't believe how I've grown.

Lol

[Jay]

The weird "Do it!" right before Little Pad.  The entire song She's Goin Bald. 

[Eric Aniversario]

"Too Much Sugar"...pretty much the whole song, but especially these parts:

Too much sugar and too much cake,
you'll end up with a belly ache.
Take that greasy steak and fries,
Slap that fat right on your thighs!

Gettin in shape is what it's all about,
Don't you just feel it's true?
Move it all around just like Jane Fonda now,
Let there be a brand new you!

...

[SMiLE Brian]

The weird "Do it!" right before Little Pad.  The entire song She's Goin Bald. 

The band should sing she's goin bald at the grammies as the ultimate head scratcher....

[Don_Zabu]

Not a lyric, but the guitar solo in "It's About Time" kind of makes me chortle.

It's just so out-of-place for there to be a face-melting guitar solo in a Beach Boys song.

[Iron Horse-Apples]

"I get a lot of farts in the morning"

Busy Doin' Nothing

[I. Spaceman]

"Sherry, don't hate her guts because she took me away, and maybe you'll wanna make friends with her some day".