Beach Boys Survivor #14 Winner: DARLIN'

[G.C]

How She Boogalooed It

[Forrest Gump]

Boogaloo

[Les P]

I Was Made to Love Her.  I'm in the minority here, but I don't care for Carl's vocals on I Was Made to Love Her or Wild Honey.  Dropping the key signature a step or two would have made the latter much more enjoyable to me.

[MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm]

Nothing on this album I don't enjoy, but I'll go with Boogalooed for this slot.   

[Disney Boy (1985)]

I was friends with a guy a few years ago - few years older than me, drink problem, but pretty good fun most of the time. Terrible taste in music however. He liked Blue, Robbie Williams, etc. Anyway, I'd still play him the Beach Boys all the time to try and show him the error of his ways, but nothing worked.... until one day when we were sat chatting/drinking with the Smiley Smile/Wild Honey 2-fer on in the background. As I Was Made To Love Her kicked in, he stopped talking and his eyes lit up - he LOVED it!! And - no lie - he had me play it over and over and over again, so late into the night that eventually my then-neighbour from the flat downstairs came up and went nuts: "Turn that f**king song off!"

(Oh, he also later liked the intro to Friday Night and Got To Know The Woman - everything else? Nah...)

[Phoenix]

A Thing Or Two

[Domino]

How She Boogalooed It

[Moon Dawg]

  A Thing or Two

[Ovi]

I was friends with a guy a few years ago - few years older than me, drink problem, but pretty good fun most of the time. Terrible taste in music however. He liked Blue, Robbie Williams, etc. Anyway, I'd still play him the Beach Boys all the time to try and show him the error of his ways, but nothing worked.... until one day when we were sat chatting/drinking with the Smiley Smile/Wild Honey 2-fer on in the background. As I Was Made To Love Her kicked in, he stopped talking and his eyes lit up - he LOVED it!! And - no lie - he had me play it over and over and over again, so late into the night that eventually my then-neighbour from the flat downstairs came up and went nuts: "Turn that f**king song off!"

(Oh, he also later liked the intro to Friday Night and Got To Know The Woman - everything else? Nah...)

Nice story, but "to show him the error of his ways"? "Terrible taste in music"? Really? There's no need to act snobbish just because you dig The Beach Boys and he doesn't. And by the way, Robbie Williams did put out some great pop singles and he's one hell of a showman imo.

[pixletwin]

I was friends with a guy a few years ago - few years older than me, drink problem, but pretty good fun most of the time. Terrible taste in music however. He liked Blue, Robbie Williams, etc. Anyway, I'd still play him the Beach Boys all the time to try and show him the error of his ways, but nothing worked.... until one day when we were sat chatting/drinking with the Smiley Smile/Wild Honey 2-fer on in the background. As I Was Made To Love Her kicked in, he stopped talking and his eyes lit up - he LOVED it!! And - no lie - he had me play it over and over and over again, so late into the night that eventually my then-neighbour from the flat downstairs came up and went nuts: "Turn that f**king song off!"

(Oh, he also later liked the intro to Friday Night and Got To Know The Woman - everything else? Nah...)

Nice story, but "to show him the error of his ways"? "Terrible taste in music"? Really? There's no need to act snobbish just because you dig The Beach Boys and he doesn't. And by the way, Robbie Williams did put out some great pop singles and he's one hell of a showman imo.

His tone suggested he was saying that tongue in cheek... At least that is how I read it.

[Ovi]

I was friends with a guy a few years ago - few years older than me, drink problem, but pretty good fun most of the time. Terrible taste in music however. He liked Blue, Robbie Williams, etc. Anyway, I'd still play him the Beach Boys all the time to try and show him the error of his ways, but nothing worked.... until one day when we were sat chatting/drinking with the Smiley Smile/Wild Honey 2-fer on in the background. As I Was Made To Love Her kicked in, he stopped talking and his eyes lit up - he LOVED it!! And - no lie - he had me play it over and over and over again, so late into the night that eventually my then-neighbour from the flat downstairs came up and went nuts: "Turn that f**king song off!"

(Oh, he also later liked the intro to Friday Night and Got To Know The Woman - everything else? Nah...)

Nice story, but "to show him the error of his ways"? "Terrible taste in music"? Really? There's no need to act snobbish just because you dig The Beach Boys and he doesn't. And by the way, Robbie Williams did put out some great pop singles and he's one hell of a showman imo.

His tone suggested he was saying that tongue in cheek... At least that is how I read it.

I apologize in advance if that's the case.

[Disney Boy (1985)]

I was friends with a guy a few years ago - few years older than me, drink problem, but pretty good fun most of the time. Terrible taste in music however. He liked Blue, Robbie Williams, etc. Anyway, I'd still play him the Beach Boys all the time to try and show him the error of his ways, but nothing worked.... until one day when we were sat chatting/drinking with the Smiley Smile/Wild Honey 2-fer on in the background. As I Was Made To Love Her kicked in, he stopped talking and his eyes lit up - he LOVED it!! And - no lie - he had me play it over and over and over again, so late into the night that eventually my then-neighbour from the flat downstairs came up and went nuts: "Turn that f**king song off!"

(Oh, he also later liked the intro to Friday Night and Got To Know The Woman - everything else? Nah...)

Nice story, but "to show him the error of his ways"? "Terrible taste in music"? Really? There's no need to act snobbish just because you dig The Beach Boys and he doesn't. And by the way, Robbie Williams did put out some great pop singles and he's one hell of a showman imo.

His tone suggested he was saying that tongue in cheek... At least that is how I read it.

I apologize in advance if that's the case.

It was tongue in cheek yes, however... I think Robbie Williams was, is, and almost certainly always will be, absolutely bloody awful!

[Ovi]

I was friends with a guy a few years ago - few years older than me, drink problem, but pretty good fun most of the time. Terrible taste in music however. He liked Blue, Robbie Williams, etc. Anyway, I'd still play him the Beach Boys all the time to try and show him the error of his ways, but nothing worked.... until one day when we were sat chatting/drinking with the Smiley Smile/Wild Honey 2-fer on in the background. As I Was Made To Love Her kicked in, he stopped talking and his eyes lit up - he LOVED it!! And - no lie - he had me play it over and over and over again, so late into the night that eventually my then-neighbour from the flat downstairs came up and went nuts: "Turn that f**king song off!"

(Oh, he also later liked the intro to Friday Night and Got To Know The Woman - everything else? Nah...)

Nice story, but "to show him the error of his ways"? "Terrible taste in music"? Really? There's no need to act snobbish just because you dig The Beach Boys and he doesn't. And by the way, Robbie Williams did put out some great pop singles and he's one hell of a showman imo.

His tone suggested he was saying that tongue in cheek... At least that is how I read it.

I apologize in advance if that's the case.

It was tongue in cheek yes, however... I think Robbie Williams was, is, and almost certainly always will be, absolutely bloody awful!

Don't know, I think his radio hits are quite good if taken in reasonable doses and for what they are. Except the Angel-type ballads, that is. But even those are better than your average Celine Dion ballad. I probably wouldn't want to sit through an entire album of his, but when taken as a single-orientated pop star I think he's fine.

Anyway, where were we? Wild Honey? I vote for How She Boogalooed It, even though it's quite fun.

[pixletwin]

Welcome to 2014 and the 14th edition of BEACH BOYS SURVIVOR

Brian's "cool down" album. A bunch of white guys in midst of hippies creating soul music.

Toodleloo, says the majority, to Boogaloo.

VOTE FOR YOUR LEAST FAVORITE TRACK!!!

I'll tally on January 7th

Wild Honey
Aren't You Glad
I Was Made to Love Her
Country Air
A Thing or Two
Darlin'
I'd Love Just Once to See You
Here Comes the Night
Let the Wind Blow

Round#1 - Mama Says January 3
Round#2 - How She Boogalooed It January 5

My least fave is.... A Thing or Two.

[alf wiedersehen]

A Thing or Two

[bluesno1fann]

A Thing Or Two

Worst chorus on a BB's song ever!

[musicismylife101]

A Thing or Two

[The Dumb Angel]

A Thing or Two

[EgoHanger1966]

I Was Made To Love Her

[Niko]

I'd Love Just Once to See You

[chrs_mrgn]

A thang R 2

[Emdeeh]

I'd Love Just Once to See You

[zachrwolfe]

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[Les P]

I Was Made To Love Her

[baseball95]

A Thing Or Two