Beach Boys Solo Survivor #1 Winner: Dennis Wilson's River Song

[MarcellaHasDirtyFeet]

Haha I tried. I can't do it. Can't pick one. Have fun guys. This sh*t's hard. 

 

[ThyRavenAscend]

Drmr

[rogerlancelot]

"Time"

[Disney Boy (1985)]

You folks are voting off the best tracks.[/left]

My vote:  "Moonshine"

The irony!!

[John Manning]

Dreamer

[mikeyj]

Rainbows

[Shady]

Disgusted you and I is gone

Rainbows

[pixletwin]

Welcome back, one and all, to the first thread of the Beach Boys Solo Survivor.

The Solo Survivors are going to tackle the main solo albums of members of the Beach Boys. This will not include solo albums released prior to membership in the Beach Boys. This will also not include works done by members who were participating in different groups (ie David Marks in The Moon or The Marksmen) nor will it include "Best Of" albums or rehash albums (ie Summertime Cruisin' by Mike Love and Bruce Johnston will not be included. This also means we will not be including Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE or I Just Wasn't Made For These Times.) Lastly, we will not be including EP's or Unreleased Albums.

Some of the Solo Survivor albums may be hard to come across. Smilers are encouraged to locate legal copies of the solo albums. I expect these rounds to go quicker with less voting than normal. No big deal.

So without further ado...

Pacific Ocean Blue is Dennis Wilson's only studio album, released in 1977. It was the debut and final studio album released by this member of the Beach Boys, and when released, was both warmly received critically, and noted for outselling the Beach Boys' contemporary efforts.

They killed the track, but they couldn't kill the dream. (9)

Per the usual, vote for your LEAST FAVORITE TRACK. The track with most votes will be voted off.

Tally on July 31st

River Song
Moonshine
Thoughts of You
Time
Farewell My Friend
Rainbows
End of the Show

Round#1 - What's Wrong July 18
Round#2 - Friday Night July 21
Round#3 - Pacific Ocean Blues July 23
Round#4 - You and I July 25
Round#5 - Dreamer July 29

Of all the Survivor rounds we have done, this one has been the most difficult for me.

My sixth vote will go to Rainbows.

[baseball95]

Rainbows

[Ovi]

rainbows

[Tord]

Moonshine.

[Matt H]

Time

[Eric Aniversario]

Moon shine

[Disney Boy (1985)]

End of the Show

[feelsflow]

"Moonshine"

[TimeToGetAlone]

Moonshine

[Emdeeh]

Thoughts of You

[Niko]

End of the Show

[John Manning]

Rainbows

[Catbirdman]

Moonshine

[Fall Breaks]

EOTS

[bluesno1fann]

End Of The Show

Surprised at it's popularity

[Alan Smith]

End of The Show, thank you very much

[ThyRavenAscend]

M00N5H!NE

[Disney Boy (1985)]

Can't fathom all these votes for Moonshine!!?? It's my undisputed favourite song on the album. That melody, those synths, the heartbreaking lyrics and Dennis' equally heartbreaking delivery... It's one of those songs I can listen to repeatedly without ever tiring of it. Oh and the fade - heavenly! Hey ho...