Beach Boys Survivor #14 Winner: DARLIN'

[bossaroo]

Made to Love Her

[Menace Wilson]

I Was Made To Love Her

[Gabo]

Love Her.

[shelter]

I Was Made To Love Her.

It's a really good song. But they tried to stay really close to the original and the original's better. So this is kind of a pointless cover version.

[Summer_Days]

UGH I love everything here (and Mama and Boogaloo)!  Hmmm...

I'll vote very reluctantly for 'I Was Made To Love Her'....no no 'A Thing Or Two'....

Ah hell. 'I Was Made To Love Her'. Dammit I love that song.

[Disney Boy (1985)]

The verses are tremendous and Carl's singing is top-notch, however A Thing Or Two sadly gets my vote.

[Alan Smith]

Thing.
Thing.

[Mike's Beard]

A Thing or Two.

[Fall Breaks]

IWMTLH

[Matt H]

A Thing or Two.

[buddhahat]

A Thing Or Two, too

[G.C]

A Thing or Two

[MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm]

I really like all the tracks left, including A Thing or Two, and Carl's great vocal redeems I Was Made To Love Her in a big way for me. I'll go with Let the Wind Blow.

[Summer_Days]

I really like all the tracks left, including A Thing or Two, and Carl's great vocal redeems I Was Made To Love Her in a big way for me. I'll go with Let the Wind Blow.

 

'Let The Wind Blow' is the best song on the album!

[MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm]

I really like all the tracks left, including A Thing or Two, and Carl's great vocal redeems I Was Made To Love Her in a big way for me. I'll go with Let the Wind Blow.

 

'Let The Wind Blow' is the best song on the album!

I figured 15 minutes or less before I got a reply like this. Not bad!   

Why do you think it's the best song? Idly curious. I know it gets a lot of love here, I just prefer the other tracks more.

[MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm]

(And BTW, where does the great Dennis quote in your sig come from? If it's an interview I'd love to watch or read the entire thing.)

[Summer_Days]

Well, 'Let The Wind Blow' is one of my favorite Beach Boys songs. Besides having a good melody and harmonies, I like the lyrics and the incredible leads by both Mike and Brian, particularly Brian's part: "let the bees make honey, let the poor find money, take away their sorrow, give 'em sunshine tomorrow....but don't take her out of my life, PLEASE keep her a part of my liiiife." Incredible.
It just ticks all the boxes for me. That said, I guess I'd be all right if 'Darlin'' or 'Aren't You Glad' won instead. But 'Let The Wind Blow' is a beautiful song with cool, cool vocals.

I grabbed the Dennis quote from surfermoon.com. Might be from a magazine, I dunno.

[feelsflow]

I'd Love Just Once To See You

[TimeToGetAlone]

A Thing or Two.  I thoroughly enjoy the bouncy verses, but I don't like how it's completely at odds with the chorus.

[Marcella]

I Was Made to Love Her--very unimaginative cover

[alf wiedersehen]

Well, 'Let The Wind Blow' is one of my favorite Beach Boys songs. Besides having a good melody and harmonies, I like the lyrics and the incredible leads by both Mike and Brian, particularly Brian's part: "let the bees make honey, let the poor find money, take away their sorrow, give 'em sunshine tomorrow....but don't take her out of my life, PLEASE keep her a part of my liiiife." Incredible.
It just ticks all the boxes for me.

I concur - it's probably my favorite on Wild Honey as well.

The music is very subdued, it's mostly that funky sounding piano (that funky sounding piano also has great a bassline, by the way). Then, a very understated guitar lick persists throughout the song and does a great job of accentuating the piano. Later, an organ comes in and plays long, sustained notes and adds an air of tenseness to the music.

Then, there are those gorgeous background harmonies that you don't really notice - they blend in and seem to become part of the music. Then, the actual lead comes in and is absolutely superb. The delivery is very emotional and longing and the lyrics are wonderful and heartfelt. As the singing stops, it moves into a quiet passage of just the piano and backing vocals to great effect - bringing you up and then guiding you back down.

Then, it goes to the loudest section. Here, you can feel the desperation and the pleading in his voice as he's begging to let this woman he loves continue to a part of his life.

"Let the bird sing, with the coming spring, let the church bells ring, let the rain fall, let the grass grow, let the moon glow, on the fallen snow, but don't take her out of my life."

Musical magic.

[Shady]

I Was Made To Love Her

[zachrwolfe]

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[Phoenix]

A Thing Or Two

[2 and a half]

I'd Love Just Once to See You