Songs about The Beach Boys, individually or collectively

[The Heartical Don]

Why has no one mentioned 'Brian's Back'?

[Empire Of Love]

Bon Jovi - Last Cigarette (references Brian Wilson)

And there is a song by a female where she sings about dreaming she met BW, I believe there is also a reference toMLandy..*  I have the disc somewhere, can't recall her name or the name of the song.**

*Phone won't let me correct "toMLandy" or extra period.  Should be "to Landy".
**Cindy Lee Berryhill - Song for Brian

[The Heartical Don]

Bon Jovi - Last Cigarette (references Brian Wilson)

And there is a song by a female where she sings about dreaming she met BW, I believe there is also a reference toMLandy..*  I have the disc somewhere, can't recall her name or the name of the song.**

*Phone won't let me correct "toMLandy" or extra period.  Should be "to Landy".
**Cindy Lee Berryhill - Song for Brian

Cindy Lee is the widow of Paul Williams. There is a connection.

[Wrightfan]

Pancreas isn't the only Weird Al song that has Beach Boys themes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN6avab0fIY

 

[Mr. Wilson]

Shannon   Henry Gross .. ,And i thought the lyrics to Drift Away were: Give me the beat boys and thrill my soul...

[drbeachboy]

Shannon   Henry Gross .. ,And i thought the lyrics to Drift Away were: Give me the beat boys and thrill my soul...

I always thought it was, Give me the Beach Boys and free my soul... I still sing that way to this day.

[The Heartical Don]

Shannon   Henry Gross .. ,And i thought the lyrics to Drift Away were: Give me the beat boys and thrill my soul...

I'm allergic to 'Shannon'. I get skin rash.

[Andrew G. Doe]

"Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)"

[metal flake paint]

'...and if it's not like Brian sang, Surf's Up, mmm, mmm..."

A Day in the Life of Grand by Ashley Park:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzOlmnsGJ6w

[Fall Breaks]

Carl's Song by the Magic Numbers. Apparently sung by Carl to the composer in a dream.

[The Heartical Don]

"Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)"

I am allergic to 'Life Is A Rock' also. Blisters on my private parts.

[William Bowe]

1. In Sonic Youth's Tunic (Song for Karen), Kim Gordon relates, "I'm in heaven now - I can see you, Richard/Goodbye Hollywood, goodbye Downey/Hello Janis, hello Dennis, Elvis". Since the middle Wilson also features in the video to Sonic Youth's Teenage Riot, I think we can be pretty confident that "Dennis" is our man.

2. Soko sings that she will "never love you more than", inter alia, "God Only Knows".

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

3. I long ago lost my copy of Look! Listen! Vibrate! Smile!, but I recall reading in it than some manner of punk rock band had a song called Kill Mike Love.

[Myk Luhv]

Nice to see this thread is still going! I forgot one, "Universal Frequencies" by His Name Is Alive, from Stars on ESP (4AD, 1996). William Defever, the group's mastermind and sole constant member, said during period interviews that this song was his attempt to write a sequel to "Good Vibrations".

"Universal Frequencies" by His Name Is Alive

[Amy B.]

How about The One You Can't Have, by the Honeys? "Brian's always sweet to me"-- was that BW?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Also, "Chug-A-Lug"... and the movie version of "Almost Summer".

[Gertie J.]

How about The One You Can't Have, by the Honeys? "Brian's always sweet to me"-- was that BW?

r u loco?!! its not bb brian, do some searchin'..

[JK]

How about The One You Can't Have, by the Honeys? "Brian's always sweet to me"-- was that BW?

r u loco?!! its not bb brian, do some searchin'..

That was quite uncalled for, Gertie. I think you should apologize to Amy.

[Andrew G. Doe]

How about The One You Can't Have, by the Honeys? "Brian's always sweet to me"-- was that BW?

r u loco?!! its not bb brian, do some searchin'..

Actually, it is, according to Marilyn when I asked her in 1983, and again in 1986.

[RangeRoverA1]

2john k: Thanks for bringing this thread up again! Your list is very impressive, though 1 tune, Andi's "Perfect Summer Day" can't be found. It's posted on the other forum at page 2. Can you update the link since you, actually, shared that song? Thanks in advance.

"Jesus Loves You, Brian Wilson" by Lost Dogs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0OhPBKoHUE

Jolly good, only I'd rather get rid of those repetitive "doo wah doo wah"s.

Nice to see this thread is still going! I forgot one, "Universal Frequencies" by His Name Is Alive, from Stars on ESP (4AD, 1996). William Defever, the group's mastermind and sole constant member, said during period interviews that this song was his attempt to write a sequel to "Good Vibrations".

"Universal Frequencies" by His Name Is Alive

Fine attempt, beautiful church organ ending. Still, as it usually is, the initial version is superior to the follower(s).

Some additions: Billy Hinsche - One In A Million;
Kayla Williams - First American Band;
Alan Carvell - Every Wilson Tune;
The Righteous Brothers - Rock & Roll Heaven (remake);
The Four Seasons - No Surfin' Today;
Dan Scarpa - Vanilla Island; 
Bikeride - Carl Wilson Suite
Entire album dedicated to Carl called "The CW Lake Mystery"

[Robbie Mac]

From Ben Vaughn:


http://youtu.be/qiGnvgSIOj4

[Terry]

One of my favorites from The Jayhawks..."Mr. Wilson"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25RqSWr4enM


And nod to Alex Chilton in it as well.

[JK]

2john k: Thanks for bringing this thread up again! Your list is very impressive, though 1 tune, Andi's "Perfect Summer Day" can't be found. It's posted on the other forum at page 2. Can you update the link since you, actually, shared that song? Thanks in advance.

Thank you for your kind words! And thanks for pointing out that the link to the song by Andi has done a runner.

After a spot of detective work I discovered that "Perfect Summer Day" is a composition by Dave Coe with lyrics (and, i assume, vocals) by Andrea C. Crimmins. Okay, it's a demo but it's still a song about The Beach Boys, and surely that justifies its inclusion in this topic:

http://www.broadjam.com/artists/songs.php?artistID=7500&mediaID=38883

 

[Fall Breaks]

From the album Good Songs About People Who Make Good Songs Always by The Passionate and Objective Jokerfan:

"A Song About Al Jardine"
"I Have Love For Mike Love"
"Carl Wilson, Good Guy"
"Robert Schneider Is The Brian Wilson Of His Generation"

I kid you not. Listen on Spotify.

[Ron]

There's a Kathy Mattea country song called "455 Rocket". 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQZV6q00sUc

It's about her buying a car from a little old lady, and the car has a huge engine in it.  She drives it all over the place, and wrecks it one day... there's a line where she says "As we skidded... I thought I heard the angels sing.... It sounded like the Beach Boys"

[RangeRoverA1]

After a spot of detective work I discovered that "Perfect Summer Day" is a composition by Dave Coe with lyrics (and, i assume, vocals) by Andrea C. Crimmins. Okay, it's a demo but it's still a song about The Beach Boys, and surely that justifies its inclusion in this topic:

http://www.broadjam.com/artists/songs.php?artistID=7500&mediaID=38883

Wow, very impressive investigation, John! Thank you again! I immediately liked that song, understated beauty.

NB: Since there's no download link & because I'm not a fan of just on-line listening to music, more of a downloader, I did some detective work too & found this really useful information:
http://audials.com/en/how_to_record_internet_radios/broadjam.html - scroll down & read how to use this Audials Tunebite thing after downloading it to your comp. It's free! I'd already done that & it works nicely! Hopefully, it works for you too! Enjoy (all)!