All I Want To Do

[dombanzai]

Do any of the experts on here know whether Dennis intended to sing lead on this track or was it always his intention to have Mike singing it, which he does a damn fine job I have to say. I would have thought Dennis would have loved to have stuck his lead vocal on this.

[Micha]

Mike sings so powerfully on it that when I first heard it I thought it WAS Dennis!

[The Heartical Don]

Well, Dennis does his own thing on it, a fair representation of his personality, I was told.

[Disney Boy (1985)]

A great song!! The dislike for it slightly baffles me...

[runnersdialzero]

Do any of the experts on here know whether Dennis intended to sing lead on this track or was it always his intention to have Mike singing it, which he does a damn fine job I have to say. I would have thought Dennis would have loved to have stuck his lead vocal on this.

I have to guess he just figgered Mike was right for the part, just as he had Carl sing "4th Of July", "San Miguel", "Only With You" etc.

One of Mike's best leads. Didn't know he had that sort of thing in 'im until hearing this song.

[Wrightfan]

It's a nice rocker but it's one of the weaker tracks on the album.

[Orange Crate Art]

Some people consider it a 'weaker' part of the album. I disagree. The song has balls, like most of Dennis' songs do. The Beach Boys needed some nasty rock songs like All I Want To Do. I wish they would've done more harder rock stuff like that. Maybe less people would've thought of them as surfing Doris Days, or whatever it was Bruce said.

[bluesno1fann]

Some people consider it a 'weaker' part of the album. I disagree. The song has balls, like most of Dennis' songs do. The Beach Boys needed some nasty rock songs like All I Want To Do. I wish they would've done more harder rock stuff like that. Maybe less people would've thought of them as surfing Doris Days, or whatever it was Bruce said.

Yeah. If only more people were aware of Beach Boys songs like this instead of pathetic crap like Catch A Wave.
Whenever I try and get friends into the Beach Boys, This is one of the first songs I go for to get them into it

[Gabo]

Some people consider it a 'weaker' part of the album. I disagree. The song has balls, like most of Dennis' songs do. The Beach Boys needed some nasty rock songs like All I Want To Do. I wish they would've done more harder rock stuff like that. Maybe less people would've thought of them as surfing Doris Days, or whatever it was Bruce said.

Yeah. If only more people were aware of Beach Boys songs like this instead of pathetic crap like Catch A Wave.
Whenever I try and get friends into the Beach Boys, This is one of the first songs I go for to get them into it

Seriously? Catch A Wave is a much better song than All I Want To Do, lyrically and especially melodically.

[feelsflow]

It's a nice rocker but it's one of the weaker tracks on the album.

Some people consider it a 'weaker' part of the album. I disagree. The song has balls, like most of Dennis' songs do. The Beach Boys needed some nasty rock songs like All I Want To Do. I wish they would've done more harder rock stuff like that. Maybe less people would've thought of them as surfing Doris Days, or whatever it was Bruce said.

Yeah. If only more people were aware of Beach Boys songs like this instead of pathetic crap like Catch A Wave.
Whenever I try and get friends into the Beach Boys, This is one of the first songs I go for to get them into it

What are you all callin' "weaker"?  All the tracks on 20/20 are strong.  Only weak track for me was Cotton Fields, and Al soon took care of that.  And bluesno1fann,  Catch A wave?  Crap?  Them's fightin' words!

[zachrwolfe]

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[Alex]

I think bluesno1fan was being sarcastic RE Catch a Wave.

[bluesno1fann]

I think bluesno1fan was being sarcastic RE Catch a Wave.

Not really.
Then again, it's simply my opinion

[Micha]

You can have any opinion. The weakest track on 20/20 to me is I Went To Sleep, and lots of people just love it.

[RiC]

Awesome song. Just a little bit too short. It's highly underrated, one of the best rockers they ever recorded. It really is a great one to play to people who think Beach boys only did some surf songs and that's it. They are always surprised, in a good way.

[ash]

great track. the version on Made In California is stonking, one of my favourite moments on the set.
It is one of the rare occasions when The Beach Boys actually rock real hard. Wish they'd done it more and credit to Mike for a terrific vocal performance.

[TimmyC]

Had no idea this was a Mike lead vocal. Always thought it was Dennis. Makes this pretty weak track just a little bit more interesting. Cool.

[runnersdialzero]

Yeah. If only more people were aware of Beach Boys songs like this instead of pathetic crap like Catch A Wave.

See? Anger!

[feelsflow]

You can have any opinion. The weakest track on 20/20 to me is I Went To Sleep, and lots of people just love it.

Wow,  That's a great Brian track.  I will say, they should have put it on Friends, ...not like they didn't have room.  I do have it on my Friends Comp.

[Andrew G. Doe]

You can have any opinion. The weakest track on 20/20 to me is I Went To Sleep, and lots of people just love it.

Wow,  That's a great Brian track.  I will say, they should have put it on Friends, ...not like they didn't have room.  I do have it on my Friends Comp.

Would have been an excellent trick if they'd managed to.

Friends was released 6/24/68...

Sessions for "IWTS" were 6/4/68 (track) & 11/18/68 (vocals)

[phirnis]

Not a huge favorite of mine but I hardly ever skip it, unlike Bluebirds... Glad they didn't go in that hard rock direction but it's a nice (and successful) experiment.

[Iron Horse-Apples]

Yeah. If only more people were aware of Beach Boys songs like this instead of pathetic crap like Catch A Wave.

What's the bet we go on his Youtube channel and find loads of I Love "Catch A Wave" videos?

[Alan Smith]

Well, Dennis does his own thing on it, a fair representation of his personality, I was told.

  someone else does Dennis's thing, twice, indeed...

Great song, simple, driving - horns and fuzz - and good to hear Mike tryin' a different approach.

[bluesno1fann]

Yeah. If only more people were aware of Beach Boys songs like this instead of pathetic crap like Catch A Wave.

What's the bet we go on his Youtube channel and find loads of I Love "Catch A Wave" videos?

Go ahead, check 

[dombanzai]

I don't know why anyone would not like either All I Want To Do or Susie Cincinnati – both are brilliant records. Actually, Susie Cincinnati is easily one of my favourite Beach Boys songs out of everything they have done – a great track to drive to. There's an idea for a new compilation" The Beach Boys Let Rip, featuring 20 great rocking Beach Boys tracks. All I Want To Do, Susie Cincinnati, Slip On Through, Keepin' The Summer Alive.... what else?