The Specific Beach Boys Musical Moment That Is Kicking Your Ass Right Now

[The Madcap]

The "sometimes, i feel very sad" part of I Just Wasn't Made For These Times.

[Jay]

The "da, da da da da" part on the SMiLE version of Wonderful, right at the "Father down, the path was a mystery" verse.

[TdHabib]

The background vocals under "and when I go anywhere I see love" on "This Whole World." Amazing.

[CenturyDeprived]

The part in "We'll Run Away" where Brian sings "anyhowwww" so beautifully twisted and going into a heavenly kind of modulation, at roughly 1:44 in the song.

Gives me chills, as do the chord changes happening at this part... so quickly do these brilliant changes go by, and you just want to hear them again right away.

Magical part on a really underrated song, and a superb BW vocal overall.

[hypehat]

*strained falsetto* STARTED A CHAIN-CH-CHAIN REACTION! STARTED A CHAIN-CH-CHAIN REACTION! STARTED A CHAIN-CH-CHAIN REACTION OF LOVE!


I just realised i revived this thread last time.... with the same song   Why on earth they haven't used this is beyond me. It'd be a million and two seller, i swear.

[rab2591]

I've got the instrumental to 'California Girls' blasting from my stereo system right now. This is unreal.

"listening to them at their best is like being in some vast dream cathedral decorated with a thousand gleaming American pop culture icons." - That Lester Bangs quote sums up this song perfectly.

I love the Summer Days version, but this instrumental blows me away every time I listen to it.

[Chris Brown]

I've got the instrumental to 'California Girls' blasting from my stereo system right now. This is unreal.

"listening to them at their best is like being in some vast dream cathedral decorated with a thousand gleaming American pop culture icons." - That Lester Bangs quote sums up this song perfectly.

I love the Summer Days version, but this instrumental blows me away every time I listen to it.

I'm with you on that one.  The first time I heard that I was blown away.  That reverb during the choruses still knocks me out!

[Les P]

The last section/minute of the SS/WH version of "Can't Wait Too Long"...sometimes I can just listen to it over and over  (Same with "Whistle In").

[HighOnLife]

I was listening to Hawthorne the other day and "Lonely Days" caught my ear. That's one snippet that I wish had been made into a two or three minute number.

[Les P]

I was listening to Hawthorne the other day and "Lonely Days" caught my ear. That's one snippet that I wish had been made into a two or three minute number.

I agree, it's a lost gem.  I did an edit repeating the existing verse & chorus, then fading on a repeated chorus, and it feels more complete.

[Shady]

I've had KTSA on repeat for the past week 

Carl on "Livin' With A Heartache" and Mike on "Goin' On" is whats makin my heart melt right now...and kickin my ass 

[SG7]

Realizing how off of Bruce Johnston's album Goin' Public album, "Won't Somebody Dance With Me" is one hell of a creepy song. It's kicking my ass in hilarity. 

[Jay]

The backing vocals on the booted take 12 of Slip On Through. 

[Magic City Surfer]

The string section break in the second half of Little Bird. Freakin' cool.

[rab2591]

The string section break in the second half of Little Bird. Freakin' cool.

That part always reminded me of a song I heard when I was a child, but I can't remember what it was. I think it was from a children's show....or possibly a sing-a-long tape. Either way, gotta agree that it's freakin cool. 

[Menace Wilson]

"Be here and make my life FULLLLLL"

The buzzing synth that comes in at roughly 1:25 in "Passing By." 

"Let him run wild, he'll find out" (something about the way he sings "find out")

The backing vocals at the end of "Breakaway."

The "na na na"s on "Little Bird."

"Is somebody gonna tell me why she has to hi-yi-yiiide?" from "The Night Was So Young"

[Magic City Surfer]

I got more.  Man, this is a great topic.

"kiss a little bit, fight a little bit. WHOA, BABY..."  from Kiss Me, Baby chorus

the driving guitar and theramin at the end of GV

 the flute jam in Feel Flows

a cappella break in I Can Hear Music

a whole bunch more, but I gotta run now.

[pixletwin]

I have had "We'll Run Away" stuck in my head for 3 or 4 days now. Can't get the thing out.

[punkinhead]

I've really been into Stevie lately.

Stevie just might be Brian's best unreleased song (not counting anything to do with Smile.)
I love the lyrics and the melody.

BTW, if this was during the hamburger/coke sessions, I'm really surprised [Brian or Denny] had session musicians (horn players)

[Chris Brown]

I have had "We'll Run Away" stuck in my head for 3 or 4 days now. Can't get the thing out.

Great tune that one - Brian really sang the hell out of it.  His leads during that '64-'65 era were just out of this world.

[Runaways]

pat pat pat pat her on her butt butt

[rab2591]

pat pat pat pat her on her butt butt

 
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Another ass-kicking moment: Dennis singing "the sun in her hair, the warmth of the air" in 'Girls On The Beach' - friggin' awesome.

[Jay]

I've really been into Stevie lately.

Stevie just might be Brian's best unreleased song (not counting anything to do with Smile.)
I love the lyrics and the melody.

Absolutely. I also think it's his best unreleased song. I LOVE the little "bah, bah bah bah" riff right at the end of the chorus. I hope you get where I mean. Talking about riffs anf harmonies in Beach Boys songs is often difficult in messageboards. 

[Jay]

I just now listened to the complete version of Mona Kani. For some reason, I had always shut it off after a few seconds of the intro. Holy hell, talk about an ass kicking moment! 

[pancakerecords]

Dennis singing Bruce Johnston's part at the end of "God Only Knows" from the 1972 Carnegie show.