Paging all board members: BB songs we all agree on

[buddhahat]

So the original idea of this thread was to establish a list of BB songs that we all like. Anybody can submit a favourite tune, and anyone can request it to be scratched from the list on the basis that they hate it, or are even just feel indifferent about it. As the thread is losing momentum I wanted to try and coax other members in to have their say.

Hopefully what we're left with is a list of songs that everybody here feels are good Beach Boys songs. There's no real point to it, although you could create your own comp from the list as Heartical Don suggests: The Beach Boys Classics As Selected By The Experts At The Smiley Smile Dot Net Message Board However it might end up being the shortest Greatest Hits ever!

Surfin Safari
Lana
Farmer's Daughter
Land Ahoy
Chug-A-Lug
Surfin USA
Lonely Sea
Surfer's Rule
Surfer Girl
Surfer Moon
In My Room
Catch A wave
No Go Showboat
Our Car Club
Cherry, Cherry Coupe
Custom Machine
Don't Worry baby
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
In The Parkin Lot
Fun Fun Fun
The Warmth Of The Sun
The Girl's On The Beach
Santa's Beard
Little Saint Nick
I Get Around
Wendy
Hushabye
We'll Run Away
All Summer Long
All Dressed UP For School
Don't Back Down
Dance, Dance, Dance
Good to My Baby
Don't Hurt My Little Sister
I'm So Young
When I Grow Up To Be A Man
Please Let Me Wonder
Kiss Me Baby
She Knows Me Too Well
In The Back Of My Mind
Guess I'm Dumb
Girl From New York City
Amusement Parks USA
Salt Lake City
California Girls
Girl Don't Tell Me
You're So Good to Me
Your Summer Dream
Help Me Rhonda
Help Me Rhonda (Endless Harmony version)
Let Him Run Wild
Little Girl I Once Knew
Trombone Dixie
Wouldn't It Be Nice
You Still Believe In Me
That's Not Me
Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
Let's Go Away For A While
Sloop John B
God Only Knows
I Know There's An Answer
I'm Waiting For The Day
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
Caroline No
Good Vibrations
Our Prayer
Heroes & Villains (Cantina version)
Worms
Look
Child Is Father Of The Man
Windchimes (Smile version)
Cabinessence
Wonderful (SMiLE version)
Heroes & Villains (Smiley version)
Little Pad
Country Air
Aren't You Glad
I'd Love Just Once To See You
Darlin
Let The Wind Blow
Meant For You
Friends
Wake The World
Be Here In The Morning
When A Man Needs A Woman
Anna Lee The Healer
Passing By
Little Bird
Busy Doin Nothin
Diamond Head
Do It Again
Cotton Fields
I Can Hear Music
Time To Get Alone
I Went To Sleep
Never Learn Not To Love
Be With Me
We're Together Again
Celebrate The News
Old Man River
Sail Plane Song
Can't wait Too Long
Breakaway
Soulful Old Man Sunshine
Slip On Through
This Whole World
Add Some Music
At My Window
All I Wanna Do
Forever
Our Sweet Love
Cool Cool Water
Fallin In Love
San Miguel
My Solution
Don't Go Near The Water
Feel Flows
Long Promised Road
Take A Load Of Your Feet
Disney Girls
A Day In The Life Of A Tree
Till I Die
Surf's Up (71 version)
Sound Of Free
Over The Waves (Carnival Song)
Sloop John B (In Concert 73)
Sail On Sailor (In Concert 73)
Let The Wind Blow (In Concert 73)
You Need A Mess Of Help
Marcella
Cuddle Up
Make It Good
All This is That
Only With You (Live 1972 Carnegie Hall Version)
Sail On Sailor
The Trader
Only With You
Big Sur
California saga/California
Funky pretty
Radio King Dom
Rollin Up To Heaven
Pallisades Park
Talk To Me
Brian's Back
Had To Phone Ya
Susie Cincinnati
That Same Song
It's Ok
Johnny Carson
Roller Skatin Child
Solar System
I bet He's Nice
The Night Was So Young
Airplane
Mona
She's Got Rythm
Winds Of Change
Winter Symphony
Still I dream Of It
Lines
Just Once In My Life
It's A Beautiful Day
Good Timin
My Diane
Goin On
Stevie
California Dreamin
Rock & Roll To The Rescue
Getcha Back
Male Ego
Where I Belong
Somewhere Near Japan
Kokomo
Still Cruisin'
In My Car
Island Girl
Make It Big
Problem Child
Lahaina Aloha
Strange Things Happen
Summer In Paradise
Summer Of Love
You're Still A Mystery
Smart Girls
Soul Searchin

[The Shift]

A fine list -  I wouldn't strike anything there... can I add a few? (They'll probably be among the first to go!)

Soulful Old Man Sunshine
Celebrate the News
This Whole World
Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
Cabinessence

[hypehat]

As being responsible for one of those threads, i'll gladly contribute.

I don't like, off those lists.....

Surfin' Safari and The Warmth Of The Sun (controversial, i know  )

[Fall Breaks]

Nice thread! Let me add

Breakaway
The Trader

just out of curiosity.

Although I love Soulful Old Man Sunshine, I'll stick my chin out and say it'll be the first to go due to some people thinking it sounds like something out of a shampoo commercial. Well, if so, I'd buy that shampoo... 

[BillA]

Little Girl I Once Knew
Let Him Run Wild
God Only Knows
Wonderful (SMiLE version)
This Whole World
All This is That

[Emdeeh]

I Just Wasn't Made For These Times

Sorry, but I must dissent here -- IJWMFTT is a thoroughly cringe-worthy song in my opinion. Your mileage may vary, and I expect it to!

[Nicko]

I confess that I'm indifferent towards the single version of Heroes and Villains, Celebrate the News and think that Let Him Run Wild is a tad overrated.

[buddhahat]

Thanks for the contributions. Many I had overlooked in my haste, especially Breakaway which is one of my favourites and Don't Talk which is obviously a stone cold classic, although I'm sure there's someone here who may disagree!

I'm afraid I have had to scratch Trader from the list as I am definitely not a fan, and although I was once well into Soulful Old Man Sunshine, it has started to grate a bit on recent plays.

[The Heartical Don]

All Summer Long
Meant For You
Good Timin'

[buddhahat]

All Summer Long
Meant For You
Good Timin'

Thanks Heartical Don. Love Meant For You, and have added Friends & Busy Doin Nothin to the list also. Have to confess, I am not much of a Good Timin' fan. It's a beautiful production but tends to be one I skip so mercilessly struck it through as soon as I had typed it!

[The Heartical Don]

Girl Don't Tell Me

(the list is getting really pretty BTW, I hope many will write in, and no one acts the threadkilla...)

[phirnis]

What about "All I Wanna Do"? "Sail On, Sailor"? "Kiss Me, Baby"?

[The Heartical Don]

What about "All I Wanna Do"? "Sail On, Sailor"? "Kiss Me, Baby"?

I concur.

[Big Bri]

I'd like to add:
Sloop John B. (In Concert 1973)
At My Window
Let The Wind Blow (In Concert 1973)
Cool, Cool Water
Funky Pretty

[SloopJohnB]

What about "Wouldn't It Be Nice"? 

[Nicko]

The live Sloop John B is ok but there are far better songs on that LP imo.

Sail on Sailor I have never really gotten into and as Brian hates it, should be scratched for that reason alone I guess.

Funky Pretty's lyrics aren't exactly top notch.

[buddhahat]

Some pretty heinous ommissions, specfically Wouldn't It Be Nice - can't believe I missed that!

Sorry to instantly strike through the In Concert tracks. They're ok, but I'd rather take the originals any day. Guess I'm just not a huge BB live fan.

BTW at the risk of inciting a wave of destruction, feel free to suggest songs you'd like struck through, as I don't want to be the only one criticising evreybody's suggestions!

[Nicko]

To show that I'm not completely negative, how about...

Forever
Long Promised Road
Where I Belong
Surfer Moon

[LostArt]

I had typed a long reply, but as I was doing so, more songs were added to and stricken from the list.  At that point I honestly could not choose one to eliminate from those remaining, but with the new additions, I see one that I don't care much for, and that is At My Window.  Some of my favorites have already been eliminated, like Heroes & Villains, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, Celebrate The News, and others.  I would have eliminated a few of those already crossed out, like Soulful Old Man Sunshine.

[Nicko]

Let the Wind Blow and Your Summer Dream should also be on the list imo.

I would strike Little Girl I Once Knew as I don't think it's a classic.

[The Shift]

Should have added:

I Can Hear Music
Only With You

and if it's okay to have live, unreleased versions, I'd make it:

Only With You (Live 1972 Carnegie Hall version)

[The Heartical Don]

To show that I'm not completely negative, how about...

Forever
Long Promised Road
Where I Belong
Surfer Moon

Mucho sorry, but I don't like Long Promised Road that much. Where I Belong is debatable, but it may stay.

[Beach Boy]

What abot "Somewhere Near Japan"?  

BTW I never liked "Don't Talk", worst Pet Sounds song, at least in my personal opinion, sorry.

[buddhahat]

Ok sorry about this, but as the list has grown I've realised there are a lot of favourites that I feel should be here. Feel free to strike away ...

I've added:

In My Room
Wendy
We'll Run Away
That's Not Me
Aren't You Glad
I'd Love Just Once To See You
Darlin
Passing By
Little Bird
Add Some Music
Don't Go Near The Water
Feel Flows
A Day In The Life Of A Tree
Johnny Carson
Solar System
I bet He's Nice
The Night Was So Young
Airplane
Goin On

[Emdeeh]

Personal strikes from the list above:

"Don't Go Near the Water"
(I like it a lot, but it's more an OK song than a classic)

"A Day in the Life of a Tree"
(now, if one of the Beach Boys had sung the lead instead....)

And anything from *Love You*
(I'm firmly in the "why did they ever record -- or release -- that one?" category)

Just to end on a positive note, there are still a lot of great picks left on the list.