Beach Boys Survivor #12 WINNER: HEROES AND VILLAINS

[Marcella]

Sure hope Little Pad survives, but its death appears imminent anyway.

My vote is to Good Vibrations, which belongs on this album about as much as a mustache belongs on the Mona Lisa

[Disney Boy (1985)]

Good Vibrations      Looking more and more like the plan is to have this 1966 Single win as an album track.  Not too late pixtletwin to just let it be a stand alone, as a SINGLE Only track, as that's what it was.  And why are we leaving the other Single only tracks out of this deal?

Because Good Vibrations wasn't a "singles only" track. Had it never been included as a track on Smiley Smile you would have a case, but as it track #6 I think it belongs.

Well, you got me there pixletwin.  I'll just shut up and keep voting for Good Vibrations until it wins.

No need to shut up. It's an interesting point you've brought up. I do still need to figure out how to handle thos single tracks and the two fers tracks. 

Bit late now surely...?

Good Vibrations

[Domino]

Good Vibrations

[Gabo]

good vibes

[leggo of my ego]

well I will never vote against GV in any context. 

LiL PaD

[TimeToGetAlone]

Little Pad.

[Shady]

Good Vibes for obvious reasons

[Les P]

Wind Chimes

[shelter]

It would suck big time if GV would get voted off this soon. I know it doesn't belong on the album, but we're voting for best and worst songs, and not for songs that do or don't belong, right?

[Disney Boy (1985)]

If we were just voting for 'Best Songs' then why bother with the album-by-album format? Personally i'm voting for each song based on a number of factors, including how well it fits on the album - and GV doesn't fit on Smiley.

Whether it was meant for Smile or not, it fits, owing to the production. However, production-wise it doesn't fit on Smiley and that's not something that can just be ignored when being asked to vote for your 'Favourite song on Smiley Smile'.

[Orange Crate Art]

When I'm in the mood to listen to Smiley Smile I usually don't want to hear Good Vibrations. Not because I don't like the song because I love the song. But I agree that it's out of context with the rest of the album.

[Phoenix]

My vote is to Good Vibrations, which belongs on this album about as much as a mustache belongs on the Mona Lisa

Again, that's not what this is about. We're voting through each round to get to the final best TRACK from those that APPEAR on the album.  By the time we're finished it's about the best OF the bunch, not about the bunch itself.  But some people keep wanting to be obtuse. 

[Gabo]

I honestly don't even think GV is the best song on the album. Compared to the rest of SS, the lyrics are completely uninteresting.

[Disney Boy (1985)]

My vote is to Good Vibrations, which belongs on this album about as much as a mustache belongs on the Mona Lisa

Again, that's not what this is about. We're voting through each round to get to the final best TRACK from those that APPEAR on the album.  By the time we're finished it's about the best OF the bunch, not about the bunch itself.  But some people keep wanting to be obtuse. 

Nonsense. There's nothing obtuse about it.

As I said before:

If we were just voting for 'Best Songs' then why bother with the album-by-album format? Personally i'm voting for each song based on a number of factors, including how well it fits on the album - and GV doesn't fit on Smiley.

Whether it was meant for Smile or not, it fits, owing to the production. However, production-wise it doesn't fit on Smiley and that's not something that can just be ignored when being asked to vote for your 'Favourite song on Smiley Smile'.

[EgoHanger1966]

My vote is to Good Vibrations, which belongs on this album about as much as a mustache belongs on the Mona Lisa

Again, that's not what this is about. We're voting through each round to get to the final best TRACK from those that APPEAR on the album.  By the time we're finished it's about the best OF the bunch, not about the bunch itself.  But some people keep wanting to be obtuse. 

Nonsense. There's nothing obtuse about it.

As I said before:

If we were just voting for 'Best Songs' then why bother with the album-by-album format? Personally i'm voting for each song based on a number of factors, including how well it fits on the album - and GV doesn't fit on Smiley.

Whether it was meant for Smile or not, it fits, owing to the production. However, production-wise it doesn't fit on Smiley and that's not something that can just be ignored when being asked to vote for your 'Favourite song on Smiley Smile'.

It shouldn't matter how the song fits on the album. You vote for your favorite song as long as it's ON THE ALBUM! Good Vibrations is on Smiley Smile - due to the need of a smash single on the album or not, it's still there. The fact that so many board members are voting off one of the most essential songs in the catalog is baffling.

[Rocky Raccoon]

Little Pad

[Disney Boy (1985)]

My vote is to Good Vibrations, which belongs on this album about as much as a mustache belongs on the Mona Lisa

Again, that's not what this is about. We're voting through each round to get to the final best TRACK from those that APPEAR on the album.  By the time we're finished it's about the best OF the bunch, not about the bunch itself.  But some people keep wanting to be obtuse. 

Nonsense. There's nothing obtuse about it.

As I said before:

If we were just voting for 'Best Songs' then why bother with the album-by-album format? Personally i'm voting for each song based on a number of factors, including how well it fits on the album - and GV doesn't fit on Smiley.

Whether it was meant for Smile or not, it fits, owing to the production. However, production-wise it doesn't fit on Smiley and that's not something that can just be ignored when being asked to vote for your 'Favourite song on Smiley Smile'.

It shouldn't matter how the song fits on the album. You vote for your favorite song as long as it's ON THE ALBUM! Good Vibrations is on Smiley Smile - due to the need of a smash single on the album or not, it's still there. The fact that so many board members are voting off one of the most essential songs in the catalog is baffling.

So context is totally irrelevent??

[Matt H]

Wind Chimes

[Cabinessenceking]

Little Pad

[Dudd]

Wind Chimes

[pixletwin]

Someone picked up those BAAAAAAD Vibrations!

Vote for your LEAST FAVORITE TRACK

Votes will be tallied on December 11th.

Heroes And Villains
Vegetables
Little Pad
Wind Chimes

Round#1 - Fall Breaks And Back To Winter November 18
Round#2 - She's Goin' Bald November 20
Round#3 - Gettin' Hungry November 26
Round#4 - Whistle In December 2
Round#5 - With Me Tonight December 4
Round#6 - Wonderful December 6
Round#7 - Good Vibrations December 9 

This is where it gets hard for me. I love just about every remaining song almost equally... But I gotta vote for something sooooo...

My least fave is... Little Pad.

[Alan Smith]

Little Pad

[Phoenix]

My vote is to Good Vibrations, which belongs on this album about as much as a mustache belongs on the Mona Lisa

Again, that's not what this is about. We're voting through each round to get to the final best TRACK from those that APPEAR on the album.  By the time we're finished it's about the best OF the bunch, not about the bunch itself.  But some people keep wanting to be obtuse. 

Nonsense. There's nothing obtuse about it.

As I said before:

If we were just voting for 'Best Songs' then why bother with the album-by-album format?

The answer isn't too hard to figure out.  It's because that's how they were released!  When we get to the end and do the final round, featuring the best of the best tracks from each album, are you going to judge THEM how well they fit in with each other too?  Why?  Why not?  

If we WERE judging how well things fit, we'd be doing another "personal tracklist" threads. By your logic (and not to single you out as I have absolutely nothing against you, but also the logic of everyone else applying the same "logic"), you could vote a song off in the first round (because it didn't "fit") but then vote to keep later (if it stayed on the list) because halfway thru, the remaining "album" could have a completely different flow. But no one does this.  Why?

Like I said, there are two different games going on here and one is about voting down some of the bands biggest hits and absolute best tracks just to show how cool it is to think outside of the box.  

[Phoenix]

It shouldn't matter how the song fits on the album. You vote for your favorite song as long as it's ON THE ALBUM! Good Vibrations is on Smiley Smile - due to the need of a smash single on the album or not, it's still there. The fact that so many board members are voting off one of the most essential songs in the catalog is baffling.

 




And I still vote for "Little Pad" but I'm clearly in the minority who think it's not as good a TRACK as "Good Vibrations".

[EgoHanger1966]

Wind Chimes.