Endless Bummer: The very worst of The Beach Boys

[Letsgoawayforawhile]

I found this torrent, and the track list is

Carl's anti drug radio spot
Good Vibrations (featuring a very drunk Carl)
You are so beautiful (featuring a very drunk Dennis)
Brian hanging with some nerds
Be true to your bud
Hyatt Regency promo
Smile promo
Mike slams Smile
Vocal rehearsal 1
Smart girls
Carl & The Passions radio promo
Kokomo (Spanish version)
Mr. Sandman/God only knows
Cell block No.9
Mike does Dylan
Never learn not to love
Help me Rhonda session
I'm a genius too
We need help
Vocal rehearsal 2

The link is:
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[Aegir]

what's "Brian hanging with some nerds" ?

[MyGlove]

why is "you are so beautiful" on this?

[Ziggy Stardust]

wow, some interesting titles there i've never heard of

[Kirk]

I think  "Brian hanging with some nerds" is the 1981 tape where a couple of fans cornered him on tour and taped him without his knowledge. At one point they have him call Dennis to see if he'll come hang out in Brian's hotel room, too, but Dennis is too sick and misses that show. They ask him about "Sweetie" ... All from memory, so correct me if I'm way off.

[Lowbacca]

why is "you are so beautiful" on this?

It's not about the song itself, but the (bad) performance.

[Freddie French-Pounce]

My version came with some more 'Interesting' subtitles:

Both vocal rehearsals are from the SMiLE sessions, (all failed takes)

[Ziggy Stardust]

i want to hear it

[Letsgoawayforawhile]

Mine came with those too, but I didn't want to type it all out.

[Disney Boy (1985)]

I must hear this CD asap!! Must, I tell you, MUST! Please....

[runnersdialzero]

"YYYESSSS!!!

...

THES NEXT SONG... ES DEDECATED FROM ALL OF US... TO ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!! OKAY?!?!?!?!"

[stack-o-tracks]

what's "Brian hanging with some nerds" ?

I think it's the one where he's talking to some fans and eventually he asks them if they know where to find some cocaine.

[Alan Smith]

That's the one - sounds a lot earlier than '81 as someone noted above.

Carl singing GV while hammered is amusing.

[Rocky Raccoon]

An FYI to mods:  Torrents are not illegal.  The only people who are screwing with the law are the ones who upload copywrited material to a torrent.  Until its taken down, it can only be assumed to be legal so don't get all crazy when somebody posts a link to one.

[rn57]

Where's the "Dennis Wilson & Rambo" demo, complete with Frank Stallone arrangements? No record deserves to call itself Bummer if that's missing. And no "Santa's Goin' To Kokomo" outtake either. (True, that's solo material, but then Brian and the nerds kind of is too.)

[stack-o-tracks]

An FYI to mods:  Torrents are not illegal.  The only people who are screwing with the law are the ones who upload copywrited material to a torrent.  Until its taken down, it can only be assumed to be legal so don't get all crazy when somebody posts a link to one.

The webmasters and moderators of this site do not want to have links to bootleg downloads posted on their forum. That's the bottom line.

[Jason]

An FYI to mods:  Torrents are not illegal.  The only people who are screwing with the law are the ones who upload copywrited material to a torrent.  Until its taken down, it can only be assumed to be legal so don't get all crazy when somebody posts a link to one.

An FYI to you: From the rules of this forum posted here - http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,122.0.html

3) Talking about bootlegs is fine. Posting messages asking for bootlegs or offering bootlegs is not fine. That's what private messages and emails are for. The same of course applies to official recordings.

I'm not against bootlegs and neither are the other mods. We all believe in the free sharing of bootlegs as long as it does not hurt the band (and ideally, those who would put money in a bootlegger's pocket as opposed to the band's are problematic). However, board policy as stated by ComicList (Charles), the guy who runs this forum, is what it is. I'm sure that Charles would agree with us about bootlegs, but we also need to keep in mind that members of the band's organization reads these forums.

This is no different than when I had to make examples of folks who were being ever so clever with their Please Make Pretty Mountains Perennially Merry Private Messages schtick. Not only does it open the board up for further scrutiny, but it also opens up MEMBERS who keep doing it to scrutiny. If the Beach Boys organization decides that the board is basically being used for bootleg trading, they can always ask the board's hosts for the IP addresses of those who constantly request Porky Men Practically Memorable Private Messages.

Be glad I only remove the links...BRI might not be so forgiving. Just FYI and all.

[Letsgoawayforawhile]

Sorry about bending the rules.
No harm intended!

[Jason]

Don't worry about it. I'm really not trying to be an ass about it...but I also don't want to see people get in trouble, either.

[over and over]

Love this boot! Carl drunk is the gem.

[joshferrell]

I didn't think that the "Prayer" outtakes should have been on it,to me that doesn't make sense,this is a very boring cd BTW..

[AlFall]

This one is fun to listen to ---- once. 

The Carl drug spot is  just Carl saying "stay off drugs" while "Darlin" plays in the background.  I wish I could say hearing Carl singing GV while falling down drunk is funny, but it's just sad, and I've got to turn it off after a few seconds.  I'm not sure if Dennis is drunk on "You Are So Beautiful" - his spoken intro is a bit inarticulate, but he says sweet things to the audience and sings reasonably well until he tries to do a Joe Cocker impression and lets out an expletive.   It sounds like it's raining on the tape.  The Budweiser commercial is one of rock's most disgusting sellouts of all time.  "Brian Hanging with Nerds" is just a boring conversation between Brian and fans from some unknown year.  "Vocal Rehearsal 1"  is a rehearsal of HV and "Vocal Rehearsal 2" is a rehearsal of Our Prayer; most of these tracks are also on The SMiLE Sessions.  "Smart Girls" is a horrible rap with obnoxious synths, a relic from Brian's Landy days.  The Smile Promo is also on The Smile Sessions.  Mike goes on a rant against "Heroes and Villains", kinda contradicting his current claims that he "just had a problem with some of the lyrics on SMiLE".  "Kokomo" in Spanish is as bad as it sounds.  The full Murry Wilson "I'm A Genius Too" tape is interesting - the tension is very apparent.  After one listen, however, you'll delete it from your playlist.

[petsite]

This stuff has been around forever. The Brian talking to 2 nerds is when a fan (who shall remain nameless) snuck a tape recorder into Brian's room in SF in late 1981 while the group was playing there. Brian talks about City Blues, Sweeite and Stevie.

[Wirestone]

Mike's H&V "rant" was written and produced by Brian.

[Cliff1000uk]

This stuff has been around forever. The Brian talking to 2 nerds is when a fan (who shall remain nameless) snuck a tape recorder into Brian's room in SF in late 1981 while the group was playing there. Brian talks about City Blues, Sweeite and Stevie.

Ahhh, the fan is (well) known, then? I assumed it was just a couple of random guys.