Greatest Beach Boys Songs Survey - Winner Revealed and Album Rankings!

[Smilin Ed H]

Voted.  Put Kokomo in the 'decent' category.

[KokoNO]

So did I, heh. My username is just a joke for anyone wondering. There's so many worse Beach Boys songs than that one. 

[Eric Aniversario]

I just finished!  Thanks for doing this...I did notice at least one song was repeated...How She Boogalooed It

[KokoNO]

I noticed that as well. There could be another one or two songs repeated that are known under different names, but shouldn't be a big deal. If the scores are different between the two, I'll just give the song the higher of the two scores.

[Alan Smith]

I don't think that will be a problem for 'Bogalooed it

[KokoNO]

You'd be surprised. I bet it will finish in the Top Twenty, right behind Our Love To You.

[KokoNO]

Also, I made that song up.

[Paulos]

Done, looking forward to the results.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Small nit-pick - "Brian's Back" isn't a BB track, and neither is "All Alone".

[KokoNO]

There's a few others that fit that description as well. I just took everything from the Wiki list in order to be comprehensive.

[Alan Smith]

Nice one - just did mine and was pleasantly remind how many songs I consider classics!

[Andrew G. Doe]

There's a few others that fit that description as well. I just took everything from the Wiki list in order to be comprehensive.

Comprehensive, maybe. Inaccurate, certainly. 

[KokoNO]

Crazy seeing the perfect scores dwindle as more people participate in the poll. I'm amazed at how many have already participated, so we should get a very nice tally hopefully. But yeah, some interesting song choices that currently have had all their votes go to the "Classic" category. Not necessarily some of the first tracks that you would think of...

[Eric Aniversario]

Crazy seeing the perfect scores dwindle as more people participate in the poll. I'm amazed at how many have already participated, so we should get a very nice tally hopefully. But yeah, some interesting song choices that currently have had all their votes go to the "Classic" category. Not necessarily some of the first tracks that you would think of...

I love stats and surveys...thanks again, can't wait for the results!  It looks like you don't want to reveal anything yet, which is good...that could influence opinions!

[KokoNO]

Yeah, I won't be giving anything away for that reason. I know some people are inclined to vote strategically. 

[Wrightfan]

Voted. Got a bit confused when it came to vegetables, wind chimes and wonderful as I wasn't sure if we were talking Smiley or SMiLE.

[KokoNO]

Voted. Got a bit confused when it came to vegetables, wind chimes and wonderful as I wasn't sure if we were talking Smiley or SMiLE.

Didn't matter since you're going by your favorite version of any of these songs.

[KokoNO]

Just thought I'd post in this topic to vent about something.....I can NOT stand forums where people needlessly bump their own threads back to the top so that others will participate in the discussion and/or poll. There is nothing more appalling than that and I'm glad to say that I haven't witnessed anything like that happening on this forum.

But I'll be the first to let you all know if anything like that does end up occurring. I'll definitely keep my eyes open.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Just thought I'd post in this topic to vent about something.....I can NOT stand forums where people needlessly bump their own threads back to the top so that others will participate in the discussion and/or poll. There is nothing more appalling than that and I'm glad to say that I haven't witnessed anything like that happening on this forum.

But I'll be the first to let you all know if anything like that does end up occurring. I'll definitely keep my eyes open.

QED.

[Aegir]

I think it's stupid that "Here Comes the Night" and "Here Comes the Night (Disco)" are listed as separate versions when no other song is, except, arguably "With Me Tonight" and "You're With Me Tonight" which are also pretty much the same song. also, if you're going to The Monkey's Uncle then you have to also include Karen. and why put Our Prayer and Gee as one track?

[runnersdialzero]

Just gonna take this opportunity to say I really don't like the verse of "Good Vibrations", especially the little riffy thing right before the chorus. The chorus is frigging awesome, though, as is the organ bridge. I've been waiting for the right time to say it because it's totally blasphemous and will make everyone hate me, and this is semi-relevant.

I'll also say the theremin (or whatever it actually is) being bone dry and slightly out of tune in the original mix is brilliant, intentional or not. Mixes that drench it in reverb (because it was the 60s. Come on guys, 60s = lots and lots of reverb) or the BWPS being all "corrected" pitch-wise just grinds my gears all to hell.

I think it's stupid that "Here Comes the Night" and "Here Comes the Night (Disco)" are listed as separate versions

They're arguably extremely different, most notably one being laughably bad (although indeed laughably bad - it at least has some kind of entertainment value) and is like 20 Gosh Darn minutes long, where as one is over in like one minute and is pretty awesome. This is the sole example in the Beach Boys catalog where I think one "song" deserves two separate entries.

[KokoNO]

Yeah, my reasoning was the same as runnersdialzero. The rest of the tracks are musically the same as one another for the most part, just with minor changes. The two versions of Here Comes The Night have little in common other than the lyrics.

The "With Me Tonight" stuff is kind of an oversight....sort of.

I figured "Our Prayer" and "Gee" were kind of insignificant on their own and they really do kind of seem connected at the hip when listening to Smile and work as the introduction to the first major number. Mostly, it's a given that they would perform better in this poll if they were combined so I did as such.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Yeah, my reasoning was the same as runnersdialzero. The rest of the tracks are musically the same as one another for the most part, just with minor changes. The two versions of Here Comes The Night have little in common other than the lyrics.

... and chords, and the melody. Which is understandable because they are exactly the same song.

[Aegir]

I figured "Our Prayer" and "Gee" were kind of insignificant on their own and they really do kind of seem connected at the hip when listening to Smile and work as the introduction to the first major number. Mostly, it's a given that they would perform better in this poll if they were combined so I did as such.

"Our Prayer" insignificant on its own? BLASPHEMY!

[shelter]

I figured "Our Prayer" and "Gee" were kind of insignificant on their own and they really do kind of seem connected at the hip when listening to Smile and work as the introduction to the first major number. Mostly, it's a given that they would perform better in this poll if they were combined so I did as such.

I think that 'Our Prayer' is the single best demonstration of how magical The Beach Boys were vocally, and simply one of the beautiful pieces of music the group ever made. I never cared a whole lot for the 'Gee' fragment, so I definately prefer 'Our Prayer' on its own.