Blogs on "Smart Girls"

[DJ M]

These blogs are kinda late in the game, but.....

http://idolator.com/tunes/wtf%3F/mc-brian-wilson-kicks-game-at-the-smart-girls-328725.php

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/11/brian-wilsons-l.html

[the captain]

This was linked from Pitchfork today, too.

[DJ M]

Thanks for the tip Luther.  This one slipped by me:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/47384-brian-wilson-smart-girls-mp3

[warnakey]

I know someone who works for Pitchfork. They were all playing this song in their office and laughing their heads off. Apparently the idea to actually write about it on the site got pulled by the editor though.

What a terrible mistake that song was (and still is).

[Lola Jane]

This really sounds like some sort of promo.  You've got to hand it to Brian, he has one helluva sense of humour, I quite like the tongue in cheek.  Possibly I'm the only one here...

"Women doctors, and lawyers too - can really make a man out of you."   

[Pretty Funky]

This is just the type of crazy tune that would probably do well as a novelty tune given Brians past.

http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/DG/brianwilson_smartgirls.mp3

Lyrics below if anyone wants to sing-a-long!


Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee
My name is Brian and I'm the man
I write hit songs with a wave of my hand
Songs of surf and sun and sand
I make great music with my band
Songs you dance to and songs of joy
I'm the original Beach Boy

Everybody's gone surfin' Surfin USA

All the songs I used to write
Talked about girls who weren't too bright
Round round get around I got around
What I was lookin' for I never found
As time goes on I've seen the light
Intelligent chicks are dynamite

When I grow up to be man
Giddy-up giddy-up 409

Now some guys like the flashy types
And some guys dig the ugly types
I'm no different from the rest
I love hips and legs and breasts
But strictly on a higher plane
What really turns me on's her brain

Smart girls, talkin' 'bout smart girls
Sexy legs with high IQs
Smart girls, I love the smart girls
You brainy babes with your attitudes

Smart smart smart smart girls

Did I love you little surfer girl
Or was it just your bod and long blonde curls
Fun fun fun was all we heard
Cruisin' in her daddy's thunderbird
ba ba ba ba barbara ann
She ran away with another man

This is the worst trip
Help me, Rhonda
Get her out of my heart

Rhonda helped helped, helped me for a while
Not much going on behind her smile
I wanna hot hot, massive stimulation
Women with more imagination
Yeah smart girls are my inspiration
Given me
Good good good good vibrations

Wouldn't it be nice
if they gave PHDs
For strokin' me with hypotheses
Gimme a gal who teaches school
Who's not afraid to break the rules
Women doctors and lawyers, too
Can really make a man out of you

Smart girls, talkin' 'bout smart girls
Sexy legs with high IQs
Smart girls, I love the smart girls
You brainy babes with your attitudes

Smart smart smart smart girls

Smart girls
Wish they all could be
Smart girls
Rhyme in poetry
A clever head is a real turn-on
You bright, you brainy amazons
Authors, scientists, and architechts
Sultry babes with intellect

Don't worry baby
Everything will turn out

God only knows what I'd be
Without smart girls
hip hop and harmony
I'm wiser now, I know where it's at
Intelligence is an aphrodisiac
So if you're seekin' that perfect mate
Listen to Brian, beauty's great but

Smart girls, talkin' 'bout smart girls
Sexy legs with high IQs
Smart girls, I love the smart girls
You brainy babes with your attitudes

Big brains are awesome, dude

Smart smart smart smart girls

Smart girls, talkin' 'bout smart girls
Sexy legs with high IQs
Smart girls, I love the smart girls
You brainy babes with your attitudes

I wanna congratulate you
You were just fine

[Andrew G. Doe]

"And some guys dig the ugly types"

I've always heard this as "dig blonde archetypes".

[SloopJohnB]

"And some guys dig the ugly types"

I've always heard this as "dig blonde archetypes".

Me too. And I think it somehow makes more sense. 

[Andrew G. Doe]

That's the first time I've listened to that track for maybe ten years.

And now I recall why. 

[mikeyj]

What a terrible mistake that song was (and still is).

I wouldn't really call it a mistake as such. I mean it never was released officially and really should never have been heard by any of us fans.

[smile-holland]

I still wonder whether Brian was blood serious when he wrote (or was told to write) this song, or if this is a huge joke of him ridiculing those typical Mike Love lyrics. Because if the latter, he definitely succeeded.    Compare these lyrics with for instance "Summer Of Love"... (or any other SIP-lyric from dr. Love). I can't imagine Mike making a joke of his own lyrics.

[Alex]

Is the rest of Sweet Insanity as bad/so-horrible its funny as Smart Girls?

[Roger Ryan]

You could almost imagine someone like Randy Newman doing this song and have it praised as a great put-on. I'm glad it stayed unreleased (sort-of), but I never thought it was that atrocious. In fact, I think the track features one of Brian's most energetic lead vocals.

The best of "Sweet Insanity" was redone for GIOMH, but there are still a couple of good songs like "Somebody To Love" and "Water Builds Up" that haven't come out but would hold their own with Wilson's released canon.

[Swamp Pirate]

Even though, I'm pretty sure Smart Girls wasn't written/recorded as a parody song, it works wonderfully as one.

Can you imagine just how funny a video for this could be if done right? 

[Pretty Funky]

News - Music, movie, Entertainment
WILSON'S LOST RAP SONG RELEASED ONLINE
 
Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com)
2007-12-03 23:18:31 -



A rap song THE BEACH BOYS star BRIAN WILSON recorded as a limited edition gift giveaway to fans and friends is causing a stir in cyberspace after a copy of the 1989 cassette single was unearthed.
Fans can now download Smart Girls, which Wilson recorded with his psychotherapist Eugene Landy, at radio station WFMU's Beware Of The Blog website.
Only 250 cassette versions of the tune, which features samples of famous Beach Boys riffs, were cut.
The Smart Girls recording has remained a musical myth since the early 1990s when Wilson played the song while he was a guest on Dr. Demento's Los Angeles radio show.

[Beach Boy]

That's the first time I've listened to that track for maybe ten years.

And now I recall why. 

 

I don't know if I hate or love this song.    I mean it's fun listen to but very embarrassing too.

I bet if it was from Mike everyone would hate it.

[Aegir]

That's because Mike has no history of mental illness and if he wrote a song like "Smart Girls" it would be completely on purpose.

[mikeyj]

I bet if it was from Mike everyone would hate it.

Well don't most people hate this song anyway? It's nothing really to do with it being Brian so therefore everyone loves it. And this (whether it is meant to be or not) totally sounds like a parody (as people have already mentioned), whereas Summer of Love etc.. are supposed to be serious!!

[Wilsonista]

Is the rest of Sweet Insanity as bad/so-horrible its funny as Smart Girls?

There are some great songs on SI like Someone To Love, Don't Let Her Know She's An Angel, Rainbow Eyes, and Do You Have Any Regrets (the last one with an HORRIBLE arrangement - Darian Sahanaja's version is far superior to Brian's IMO). But there is some gawdawful, cringe-inducing dreck. Hotter comes to mind. Make A Wish does too. ut Smart Girls' awfulness is a beast unto itelf!

Battle Hymn might actually be a funnier musical joke.

[the captain]

I still stand behind Smart Girls as an intentionally humorous song. It is better than a good deal of the sh*t on SI. There isn't a single "great" song, but several are ok. The production throughout causes violent vomiting.

[Dancing Bear]

Some years ago one of the keyboard players for the "Brian Wilson" solo album posted here that Brian would offer atrocious material on purpose, just to see how far he could go with that. Maybe this is one of his put ons that went too far.

[Aegir]

Really? Wow. I now understand why I dislike some of Brian's music. It's supposed to be terrible! Oh, that Brian Wilson.

[Wilsonista]

I believe the guy's name was Michael Bernard - that's him with Brian performing Love and Mercy and In My Car on the Endless Summer series.  He used to take part in chat session at cab.com. I loved storeis like that because, to me it was the ultimate middle finger to Landy.