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1. Happy Endings
2. Little Deuce Coupe w/ James House
3. Summer Of Love
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Re: Three Worst Beach Boys singles
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September 05, 2013, 01:01:17 AM »
I'm surprised to see East Meets West on several people's lists. I think that's one of the best songs they did in the 1980s (although I know that doesn't say much).
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Quote from: Pinder Goes To Kokomo on September 04, 2013, 03:55:24 PM
Quote from: Disney Boy (1985) on September 04, 2013, 01:29:03 PM
Quote from: Pinder Goes To Kokomo on September 04, 2013, 11:59:13 AM
Problem Child
Little Girl I Once Knew
Wipe Out
Huh?
Little Girl I Once Knew
?? Wow, what don't you like about it? (It's probably my own personal favourite pre-Pet Sounds track, period, let alone favourite single).
Anyway...
Here Comes The Night (disco)
Fun Fun Fun (with the Quo)
Wipe Out
Yeah, I don't quite know why, but I just don't like the song. I dig it on a production level, but nothing else about it appeals to me. It just seems overly dorky to me and not in an endearing way. I think it would have worked much better as an album track than a standalone single..... I dunno. Maybe I'll go give it a few more listens. I certainly would never call it bad. I mean Summer Of Love is BAD but in the most entertaining way possible and it IS damn catchy at the same time.
Ok, well to me personally the chorus kicking back in after the mid-song musical interlude is one of the greatest moments in their entire catalogue, but each to their own... Hell, Holland is your favourite Beach Boys album so I'm certainly not about to question your superb taste!
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September 05, 2013, 04:36:56 AM »
These are the singles I find immensely boring:
1. Bluebirds over the Mountains (even the video, while being kind of entertaining, didn't help for tolerating the song)
2. Happy Endings (as Mr. John Stone, I don't get how it turned out that Little Richard sang with the Boys the slow number, not sth. from fast songs)
3. Tears in the Morning (since the title of the thread doesn't specifically mention of naming only US or UK singles, so here we have BJ dreck. Plus I heard that the Netherlands is like the the 3rd main music-charting country. Then go Australia, Germany, New Zealand & the rest)
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September 05, 2013, 05:43:16 AM »
Definitely Rock and Roll Music/TM Song. It's like they deliberately picked the two worst songs on the album.
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Quote from: Ovi on September 05, 2013, 05:43:16 AM
Definitely Rock and Roll Music/TM Song. It's like they deliberately picked the two worst songs on the album.
If we're judging singles by both sides, my vote goes to Susie Cincinnati b/w Everyone's In Love with You.
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Quote from: Ovi on September 05, 2013, 05:43:16 AM
Definitely Rock and Roll Music/TM Song.
I enjoy both of these songs & regarding TM Song, it's my most favorite 15BO track. Generally, I like almost every suggested song here, f.ex., East Meets West is the real treat. Same is Rock & Roll to the Rescue with groovy aeroplane sounds at the end.
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Weirdly, I think the first two Beach Boys songs I heard were Wipeout and Happy Endings.
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September 05, 2013, 07:21:12 AM »
I know I'm supposed to dislike "Wipeout", but I don't. It's not that I seek it out, but I do have it on a comp (the later years) in my car. It's very Brian, I sometimes find myself singing
the "wipe it out wipe out, wah wah wah" part. I don't know....it's fun, it's harmless. I think, like "Forever" with Stamos, it brought some new fans to the band; that video was played a lot.
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'Wipeout' is not
that
bad if you just judge it for what it is. Of course it's not a good Beach Boys song, but as a hip hop novelty song, it's fun enough.
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I've always thought TM Song had a killer backing track
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I also enjoy Wipeout for Brian's vocals.
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Re: Three Worst Beach Boys singles
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Quote from: Quzi on September 05, 2013, 09:29:59 AM
I've always thought TM Song had a killer backing track
I think so too. It's a very Friends song overall, which can't be bad as far as I'm concerned. Don't mind the lyrics at all, they're funny.
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April 07, 2014, 05:32:01 AM »
1. Summer Of Love.
2. Wipe Out.
3. Peggy Sue.
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Quote from: Love Surrounds Me on April 07, 2014, 05:32:01 AM
3. Fun, Fun, Fun (With Status Quo).
This was a Status Quo single ft. The Beach Boys, not the other way around.
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Quote from: Nicko1234 on September 04, 2013, 03:47:39 PM
Quote from: phirnis on September 04, 2013, 02:50:56 PM
Never understood how they could choose Tears in the Morning as a single. I don't mind the song per se but come on, a single from your supposed comeback album?
It was a hit.
Was it? I can't find it in my British Charts book and i can't remember it being a hit. I can't find it in Brad Ellliot's list of charting BB records either.
In truth, I had to wait another 30 years to discover it came from an album called
Sunflower
...
Edit: Sorry, phirnis, you're quite right. I see it went top 5 in my home country of the Netherlands. I hadn't moved there yet so it didn't register. Well done, the Dutch! :=)
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Re: Three Worst Beach Boys singles
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Quote from: john k on April 07, 2014, 06:19:15 AM
Was it? I can't find it in my British Charts book and i can't remember it being a hit. I can't find it in Brad Ellliot's list of charting BB records either.
In truth, I had to wait another 30 years to discover it came from an album called
Sunflower
...
I admire your diligence in spending 7 months reasearching.
Number 4 in the Netherlands which is why it is occasionally included on compilations I guess.
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April 07, 2014, 06:30:25 AM »
I just looked it up, "Summer Of Love" was originally the B-Side to "Hot Fun In The Summertime" and issued later as an A-Side.
My choices for worst A-sides are: "Summer Of Love", "Hot Fun In The Summertime" and "Child Of Winter". I just listened to "Happy Endings" for the first time, that is, I only listened to parts of it, because it
is
terrible. An A/B comparison with "Child Of Winter" though made me choose the latter.
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Quote from: Nicko1234 on April 07, 2014, 06:29:53 AM
I admire your diligence in spending 7 months researching.
Haha. i only saw this topic an hour ago. There's an awful lot to plough through over here. I've abandoned any thoughts of investigating the Smile discussion----life's too short!
On the subject of awful, the only BB single that makes me cringe is "Happy Endings". Others were
unfortunate
for different reasons ("Ten Little Indians", "Then I Kissed Her" in '67) but nothing comes anywhere close to "Happy Endings" for sheer awfulness. Evidently two plusses
can
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1. Kokomo
2. Kokomo
3. Kokomo
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Re: Three Worst Beach Boys singles
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April 07, 2014, 08:03:34 AM »
I don't really listen to 80's BB so for me I would have to say:
1) I Can Hear Music
2) Bluebirds over the Mountain
3)Add Some Music to your Day
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Oh man, take 1 and 3 over to the unpopular opinions thread
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Re: Three Worst Beach Boys singles
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April 07, 2014, 09:13:42 AM »
I kind of can't believe anyone is listing anything from the 60s or even 70s (sans the '78 "Here Comes The Night", maybe) over anything from the 80s or 90s. D =
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