Beach Boys Survivor #16 WINNER: TIME TO GET ALONE!!!

[Disney Boy (1985)]

Cabinessence - it's by some considerable distance the best released version of the song, and what a song!

Much as I love TTGA, Cabinessence just has so much power and energy - one of Brian's very greatest.

[2 and a half]

Cabinessence - you could say it doesn't belong on the album but it's a bit of a ragbag album anyway. And it's a work of genius (the track that is)

[leggo of my ego]

I missed a few rounds but for the final

Time To Get Alone. but definitely.

[Watch a Cave]

Of the remaining I gotta go with I Can Hear Music.   That middle accapella section rules..

[Phoenix]

I Can Hear Music

[smilethebeachboysloveyou]

Cabinessence.

[Quzi]

I love Time to Get Alone an awful lot, I even culled the footage from An American Band and synched it to a version that incorporates the acapella Hawthorne tag. But even all that love isn't enough to topple Cabinessence from the peak of Mount Wilsonville for me, it's just an absolutely insane song. The first time I heard all those textures, such as that striking fuzz bass in the chorus, my little mind blossomed - for a good solid three months I just couldn't get over that "boing" backing vocals could be so effective in a song.

[pixletwin]

Tally at 11 am pst. 

[Mayoman]

Cabinessence

[runnersdialzero]

Crabinessence

[Freddie French-Pounce]

Crabinessence

Every board I go to it's just Crabs everywhere!

Cabinessence, though TTGA is a close second

[pixletwin]

20/20 is the fifteenth studio album by American rock group the Beach Boys, released on February 10, 1969 and their last studio album released with Capitol Records that contained new material for the next seventeen years. Produced by the Beach Boys, the album includes songs that span across variety of different genres including hard rock, country and psychedelic pop. The lead single "Do It Again" was the band's first attempt at revisiting the surf sound they abandoned eight albums prior and it charted at number one on the UK and Australian charts.

20/20 got its name from being the Beach Boys' twentieth album release when compilations were included in the tally. A collage inside the gatefold depicts Brian Wilson behind an eye examination chart as a play on the title. It reached number three in the UK and number 68 in the US.

8 People could Hear Music.. not enough to win.... 

16 people lit the lamp and fire mellow, but their BB fire was put out.... 

22 people voted that it was....

!!!TIME TO GET ALONE!!!
Time To Get Alone will now move to the 16th slot in Super Survivor.


Round#1 - Bluebirds Over the Mountain January 3
Round#2 - The Nearest Faraway Place January 5
Round#3 - All I Want to Do January 7
Round#4 - Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) January 9
Round#5 - Never Learn Not to Love January 12
Round#6 - Our Prayer January 14
Round#7 - Be with Me January 16
Round#8 - Do It Again January 18
Round#9 - I Went to Sleep January 20
Round#10 - I Can Hear Music January 22
Round#10 - Cabinessence January 22

Thanks for playing. Join us later today for round one of ODDS AND ENDS!!!!!

[Disney Boy (1985)]

If Time To Get Alone is better than Cabinessnce than I'm an 18-year old Thai ladyboy.

Still, can't win 'em all. Looking forward to the next round!

[Shady]

I guess most people voted against cabin essence because it's not really a 20/20 track. I did

[TimeToGetAlone]

To me it's not any more of a travesty than Little Bird and Good Vibrations getting ousted when they did.   That being said, I would have been happy with either winner in this battle.

[Dudd]

I guess most people voted against cabin essence because it's not really a 20/20 track. I did

I would have voted against Cabinessence for the same reason if it wasn't the best mix available. The mono version they put on the Smile Sessions box just doesn't sound good, the stereo mix on here sounds wonderful.

[bluesno1fann]

How I Can Hear Music - or Be With Me for that matter - was beaten by Time To Get Alone I'll never understand... 

[Summer_Days]

If Time To Get Alone is better than Cabinessnce than I'm an 18-year old Thai ladyboy.

I always liked it more. TTGA is one of my top 10 favorite BBs songs. Not one Smile track is in that top ten. Well, maybe 'Surf's Up'.

Yay! What a fantastic song.

I guess most people voted against cabin essence because it's not really a 20/20 track. I did

Or maybe some just think TTGA is a better song. *shrug*

[bluesno1fann]

Yay! What a fantastic song.

Can you or anyone tell exactly what's good about Time to Get Alone (let alone fantastic)? Just some list of advantages. It's a blasphemy that Cabinessence didn't win this round. I thought everyone would like it more than anything on 20/20. BY DEFAULT.

Agreed with Time To Get Alone. It's a fairly boring, uneventful song. Not bad, but certainly not good.
I think it's blasphemy that I Can Hear Music didn't win!

[John Manning]

I think it's blasphemy that I Can Hear Music didn't win!

'Tis a good one but Cabinessence is grander. Though alternately, I wouldn't mind if I Can Hear Music won, it's still better than TTGA.

TTGA is Brian back in full flight after the collapse of Smile and the chill-out of Wild Honey and Friends.

In my humble opinion. I find it an inspiring, spacious piece of work.

[Summer_Days]

It's a beautiful song, melodically, vocally, everything. The vocals in particular are incredible. "Inspiring, spacious piece of work" - good way to put it, John. TTGA and 'I Went To Sleep' capture Brian in that full flight again.

'Cabinessence' is one of my favorite Smile songs too. But TTGA is a bit more grand for me on a heart level. Almost the same way Pet Sounds is over Smile.

[pixletwin]

TTGA is Brian at his best without a hint of pretension. I also love the backing vocals. "Time... time... time..." it's just as grand s cabinessence, but in it's own way.