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Rank the tracks #5: Shut Down Volume 2
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November 25, 2012, 08:02:33 PM »
I really love this album. Definitely has it's low points, but the high points on it, are really high.
12. Denny's Drums - I love Dennis, but this is all over the place. Maybe that's the point?
11. Shut Down, Part 2 - Great playing, but it's the same ol' stuff.
10. Louie, Louie - Blah.
9. Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Blah volume 2.
8. Cassius" Love vs. "Sonny" Wilson - I think this is just hilarious.
7. Pom Pom Play Girl - Carl's first lead. Just to think how many perfect songs he'd sing lead on in the coming years.
6. This Car of Mine - Dennis singing about that car. Awesome.
5. In the Parkin' Lot
4. Keep an Eye on Summer - Beautiful.
3. Don't Worry Baby - Gah, I'm crazy about this.
2. Fun, Fun, Fun - This will stand the test of time forever. Such a "fun" song. See what I did there?
1. The Warmth of the Sun - Good Lord, does it get any better than this? So much sweet, and sad, fitting perfectly together.
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November 25, 2012, 08:35:03 PM »
1.Don’t Worry Baby - Perfection.
2.Keep An Eye On Summer - Very 'high school' track. Twist on the doo-wop formula.
3.The Warmth Of The Sun - Haven't connected with it in the same way as DWB, but I think I will one day, andI do love it. Beautiful.
4.Pom Pom Play Girl - Love the funky chord changes and short length. Precursor to This Whole World?
5.Fun, Fun, Fun - Works wonderfully in a live setting.
6.In The Parkin’ Lot - Killer harmonies at the beginning!
7.This Car of Mine - Dennis doing his Dion swagger.
8.Cassius Love vs. Sonny Liston - Easily the best of the 'filler talk' tracks. If it weren't for it's wonky placement on the album, I'd like it a lot more.
9.Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Nice arrangement but not a huge fan of the song by any artist.
10.Shut Down II
11.Louie Louie
12.Denny’s Drums
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November 25, 2012, 08:57:58 PM »
1. The Warmth Of The Sun
2. Don’t Worry Baby
3. Fun, Fun, Fun
4. In The Parkin’ Lot
5. This Car of Mine
6. Keep An Eye On Summer
7. Pom Pom Play Girl
8. Shut Down II
9. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
10. Cassius Love vs. Sonny Liston
11. Louie Louie
12. Denny’s Drums
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November 25, 2012, 10:01:02 PM »
1. Don't Worry Baby This is the one that turned me onto the BB
2. The Warmth Of The Sun On a par with no1
3. Fun Fun Fun Great great....... but only in mono
4. In The Parking Lot I guess it's the opening and closing harmonies
5. Pom Pom Playgirl
6. Why Do Fools Fall In Love Loved the original before I heard of the BB love Brian's singing on this
7. Shut Down Part 11 Always been a sucker for instrumentals this one doesn't dissapoint
8. Keep An Eye On Summer
9. This Car Of Mine Run of the mill not great not bad
10. Louie Louie Ditto
11. Denny's Drums
12. Cassius Love vs Sonny Wilson Totally embaressing
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November 25, 2012, 10:04:51 PM »
As much as I love David, harmonically and production wise this was a whole new level for the group. In my top ten easily despite the filler.
1 Fun, Fun Fun
2. In The Parkin' Lot
3. Who Do Fools
4 Warmth Of The Sun
5 Don't Worry Baby
6. Pom Pom
7. Cassius Love vs. Sonny Wilson
8. Shut Down 2
9 Keep An Eye On Summer
10 This Car Of Mine
11 Louie, Louie
12 Denny's Drums.
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November 25, 2012, 10:14:13 PM »
1. Don't Worry Baby
2. The Warmth of the Sun
3. Keep An Eye on Summer
4. In the Parkin' Lot
5. Fun, Fun, Fun
6. This Car of Mine
7. Why Do Fools Fall in Love
8. Shut Down, Part II
9. Pom Pom Play Girl
10. Louie Louie
11. "Cassius" Love vs. "Sonny" Wilson
12. Denny's Drums
Big divide between the best and worst tracks this time around, but the best tracks are that good. Don't Worry Baby is the perfect early Beach Boys song. If only it weren't for the blatant filler tracks, it would be hard to resist this album. If for instance the best new songs from Little Deuce Coupe could have just stuck around here it'd a strong one for sure.
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November 25, 2012, 11:20:52 PM »
1. Don’t Worry Baby - My second favorite Beach Boys' song, just behind "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
2. Fun, Fun, Fun - The absolute epitome of the band's early stuff and with nary a mention of surf or sea.
3. The Warmth Of The Sun - Another fantastic cut
4. Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Great cover! Stays true to the original but with some phenomenal vocal work, especially from Brian.
5. This Car of Mine - I always like this but hated the fact that it just ended "out of nowhere". I've since remedied that by creating an extended version.
6. Pom Pom Play Girl - Much weaker than the above but the early Carl vocal gives it a sentimental edge.
7. Keep An Eye On Summer - Decent enough but WAY too cliche for my tastes.
8. Denny’s Drums - Both weak and very simplistic but understandable, given Dennis's fan base, and kinda charming
9. Shut Down II - Weak but not awful
10. In The Parkin’ Lot - Another cliche
11. Louie Louie - Ouch!
12. Cassius Love vs. Sonny Liston - For ANYONE who wonders why the Boys don't get the same respect as the Beatles, I present to you the last two tracks on my list. Just TRY to imagine the Fabs releasing ANYTHING like those, even on Beatles For Sale!
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November 26, 2012, 12:11:04 AM »
1= Warmth Of The Sun - one of my very favourites
1= In The Parkin' Lot - heavenly tag, rocking song, fit together perfectly, no unnecessary padding, just two minutes of pop perfection.
1= Don't Worry Baby - Couldn't bear to put this absolute classic in third place so...
4. Fun, Fun Fun
5 Keep An Eye On Summer - a great, underrated song
6. Shut Down part 2 -love the sax
7. This Car Of Mine- great tune, great vocal
8. Louie, Louie- not the greatset version, but not bad at all
9. Why Do Fools Fall In Love- don't like this much for some reason, prefer the original. Admittedly it sounded great at Wembley.
10. Pom Pom Playgirl - A Brian Wilson technical tour-de force that doesn't quite work for me.
11. Cassius Love vs. Sonny Wilson - I'm glad this exists. I wonder why they didn't play it on this year's tour.
12 Denny's Drums.
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November 26, 2012, 08:53:04 AM »
1. Don't Worry Baby
2. Fun Fun Fun
3. The Warmth Of The Sun
4. Keep An Eye On Summer
5. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
6. In The Parkin' Lot
7. Pom Pom Play Girl
8. This Car Of Mine
9. Shut Down Part 2
10. Cassius Love V. Sonny Wilson
11. Louie Louie
12. Denny's Drums
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November 26, 2012, 09:26:58 AM »
No rank making for me, but when I see these tracks listed I can almost imagine why the Beach Boys became 'uncool' in america as opposed to for example Britain. Cassius vs Sonny is a prime example of what British audiences never knew about since they 'discovered' the Beach Boys as late as 1966. Hence no one ever knew about the utterly uncoolness of a track like that. I mean, it has charm for sure, and as a devoted fan it's a pleasure hearing it. most other ppl would be 'wtf is dis?'
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November 26, 2012, 09:53:22 AM »
This is a little better than Deuce Coupe, but still not one of my favorite albums.
1. The Warmth of the Sun (The only song I really love on this album)
2. Pom Pom Play Girl
3. Fun, Fun, Fun
4. Don't Worry Baby
5. Why Do Fools Fall In Love (These four are nice songs, but not great)
6. Keep An Eye On Summer (Could be a great song, but I don't care for the mix)
7. Shut Down Part 2
8. Denny's Drums (A couple of nice instrumentals)
9. In the Parkin Lot
10. This Car of Mine
11. Louie Louie
12. Cassius Love vs Sonny Wilson (I don't care for the last 3 songs. The last track I listed can be fun to listen to....once.)
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November 26, 2012, 11:28:30 AM »
Don't Worry Baby
The Warmth of the Sun
Fun, Fun, Fun
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Keep an Eye on Summer
Pom Pom Play Girl
This Car of Mine
Shut Down, Pt 2
In the Parkin Lot
Louie Louie
Denny's Drums
'Cassius' Love Vs. 'Sonny' Wilson
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November 26, 2012, 11:41:26 PM »
1. Don’t Worry Baby
2. The Warmth Of The Sun
3. Keep An Eye On Summer
4. In The Parkin’ Lot
5. Fun, Fun, Fun
6. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
7. This Car of Mine
8. Pom Pom Play Girl
9. Shut Down II
10. Cassius Love vs. Sonny Liston
11. Louie Louie
12. Denny’s Drums
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November 27, 2012, 06:08:16 AM »
1. The Warmth of the Sun
2. Don't Worry Baby
3. Fun, Fun, Fun
4. Keep An Eye on Summer
5. In the Parkin' Lot
6. Why Do Fools Fall in Love
7. Love vs. Wilson
8. Shut Down Part II
9. This Car of Mine
10. Denny's Drums
11. Pom Pom Play Girl
12. Louie, Louie (Good song, bad cover)
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November 27, 2012, 08:13:49 AM »
1. Fun, Fun, Fun
2. Don't Worry Baby
3. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
4. The Warmth Of The Sun
5. In The Parkin' Lot
6. Pom Pom Play Girl
7. This Car Of Mine
8. Keep An Eye On Summer
9. Louie, Louie
10 Shut Down Part II
11 "Cassius" Love vs "Sonny" Wilson
12 Denny's Drums
Though I had heard them on 45's, this is the first Beach Boys album that I ever heard in 1964. It left a lifelong impression on me.
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November 27, 2012, 09:33:42 AM »
1. Don't Worry Baby
2. The Warmth of the Sun
3. Fun, Fun, Fun
4. Why Do Fools Fall in Love
5. In the Parkin' Lot
6. Keep an Eye On Summer
7. This Car of Mine
8. Pom-Pom Playgirl
9. Shut Down Part 2
10. Louie, Louie
11. Denny's Drums
12. Cassius Love vs. Sonny Wilson
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November 27, 2012, 11:13:47 AM »
01. Don't Worry Baby
02. The Warmth of the Sun
03. Fun, Fun, Fun
04. Why Do Fools Fall in Love
05. Keep an Eye on Summer
06. In the Parkin' Lot
07. This Car of Mine
And then the rest...
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November 27, 2012, 12:40:53 PM »
1) Don't Worry Baby
2) The Warmth Of The Sun
3) Why Do Fools Fall In Love
4) In The Parkin' Lot
5) Fun, Fun, Fun
6) Louie Louie
7) Keep An Eye On Summer
Pom, Pom Play Girl
9) This Car Of Mine
10) Denny's Drum
11) Shut Down, Part II
12) "Cassius" Love VS. "Sonny" Wilson
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November 27, 2012, 05:22:56 PM »
I would rank them, but "Cassius" Love VS. "Sonny" Wilson is the only good song on here.
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November 29, 2012, 01:06:14 AM »
This album could be so much better. Oh well. I still love it for those few fantastic tracks.
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Don't Worry Baby
- Just great. Especially Mike's low part during the chorus.
2.
Warmth of the Sun
3.
Fun Fun Fun
- Such a relief. Finally, a fast-paced instrumental track that fits the quality of the song itself. So many early fast songs are great, but up til now they've all had these really weak backing tracks (with the exception of "Surfin USA" and a couple others maybe). I'm looking at you, "Don't Worry Baby."
4.
In The Parking Lot
- Fun melody, and one of their most successful songs as far as making me feel like a teen in the early '60s. "Grass is all covered in dew," so fucking good!
5.
Pom Pom Playgirl
- Another fun schooltime melody. The fade is dope.
6.
This Car of Mine
- Love the "Diddly-oh" part -- enough to place this before "Keep An Eye..."
7.
Keep An Eye On Summer
- Nice chord changes. Doesn't thrill me as much as it used to, though.
8.
Why Do Fools...
- Here's where the album starts to lose me. A fine performance, but I just don't care why fools fall in love.
9.
Shut Down Pt 2
- It's an OK instrumental. Still -- SKIP!
10.
Cassius Love vs. Sonny Wilson
- Can't believe I dislike the next 2 tracks so much that I'm placing a skit before them. It really is an amusing skit though!
11.
Denny's Drums
12.
Louie Louie
- NOOOOOO!
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1. Fun, Fun, Fun
2. Don’t Worry Baby
3. The Warmth Of The Sun
4. Keep An Eye On Summer
5. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
6. Pom Pom Play Girl
7. In The Parkin’ Lot
8. This Car of Mine
9. Louie Louie
10. Cassius Love vs. Sonny Wilson
11. Shut Down II
12. Denny’s Drums
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December 02, 2012, 12:46:01 PM »
God i LOVE this album! Screw the doubters. Ok, it goes...
1. Dont Worry Baby
2. The Warmth Of The Sun
3. In The Parkin' Lot
4. Fun Fun Fun
5. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
6. Pom Pom Play Girl
7. Shut Down Vol 2
8. Keep An Eye On Summer
9. This Car Of Mine
Love all of the above.
10. Louie Louie
11. Denny's Drums
12. Cassius....
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December 03, 2012, 10:35:29 AM »
1. The Warmth of the Sun
2. Don't Worry Baby
3. Fun Fun Fun
Any album with Denny's Drums and Sonny vs Cassius is cruisin' for a bruisin', but the top tier is the equal of any other BB album's.
4. In The Parkin' Lot
5. Why Do Fools Fall in Love
6. Keep an Eye on Summer
7. Shut Down Part 2
8. Pom Pom Playgirl
9. This Car of Mine
I have a sneaking regard for Shut Down Part 2, and think they would have done better to have padded out their early albums by setting Carl to work on instrumentals more often. Pom Pom Playgirl is a recently acquired taste.
10. Louie Louie
11/12. Denny's Drums/Sonny vs Cassius
Thud. Fancy putting Louie Louie on Best of the Beach Boys (the one that squeezed Pet Sounds out of the marketplace).
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Fun, Fun, Fun
The Warmth of the Sun
Don't Worry Baby
A
In the Parkin' Lot
A-
Pom Pom Play Girl
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
B
Keep an Eye on Summer
B-
This Car of Mine
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Shut Down, Part 2
“Cassius" Love vs. "Sonny" Wilson
F
Denny's Drums
Louie, Louie
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Any confirmed evidence of Dave playing on this album, which would be his 5th; Al is obviously on it, his first?
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