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

[Bellagio 1975]

"Rollin' Up To Heaven" is currently mine.  It's basically my "Be My Baby."      

[Joel Goldenberg]

Dennis's Mexico and the BB's You're Still A Mystery, in their entirety, are now forever in my head.

[Joel Goldenberg]

ending tag to Funky Pretty

I love the part where Al comes in with "where's my spark in the dark." With the harmonies and synths behind him, I feel like there's suddenly no gravity.

[the professor]

SPRING VACATION--the whole underrated, misunderstood song.

[drbeachboy]

SPRING VACATION--the whole underrated, misunderstood song.

Not underrated or misunderstood by me. It is still my favorite Side 1 track. I'm also a big fan of Shelter, especially the chorus.

[bluesno1fann]

Our Sweet Love.

Had a weird dream last night. Won't go into the details, but near the end, Our Sweet Love was strangely playing. It was the music and Carl's vocals, no backing vocals whatsoever, and it was on a loop.

Few weeks before that, had another dream with Carl's vocals on Baby Blue on a loop (Just the first part, no Denny vocals or Carl vocals after Denny's). Can't go into the details of that dream because it's long been forgotten, Baby Blue otherwise.

[Micha]

The dream I had last night -  I was on stage during a C50 concert with an electric piano in front of me, which is kind of pity as I only play guitar. The song was Barbara Ann, and I hit a single B note which turned out to be the root note. Then Mike Love came over to see what I was doing and then I awoke. My first awake thought was "But Barbara Ann is in F#!" I wish I had thought of that while I was still dreaming...

A silly but true story, my kick-ass moment for today.

[job]

SPRING VACATION--the whole underrated, misunderstood song.

+1

[RangeRoverA1]

I'm also a big fan of Shelter, especially the chorus.

Am a fan of "Shelter" myself, although my mileage varies, as I'm more into Brian-sung verses. It's awkward but otherwise beautiful.

[Joel Goldenberg]

The dream I had last night -  I was on stage during a C50 concert with an electric piano in front of me, which is kind of pity as I only play guitar. The song was Barbara Ann, and I hit a single B note which turned out to be the root note. Then Mike Love came over to see what I was doing and then I awoke. My first awake thought was "But Barbara Ann is in F#!" I wish I had thought of that while I was still dreaming...

A silly but true story, my kick-ass moment for today.

I had my own BB-related dream a few days ago. I'm watching a circa-1977 concert with Brian flailing away on his bass on stage in a very active way, then I see current-day Brian and ask how his kids are. He gives an enthusiastic rapid-fire reply, but I don't understand much of it.

[Joel Goldenberg]

Heard him during the Montreal show this summer, still has the best voice of them all 

 

Was at the Montreal show too. Damn right about Al, he was amazing!

[bluesno1fann]

Got To Know The Woman

Especially the "Come On and do the Chicken" part and after that until the final chorus!

[zachrwolfe]

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[Tablevega]

Live at the Roxy.  All of it.  I listened to it for the first time yesterday then had to hear it right through twice more.  Great to hear Brian so relaxed and happy, and there's something about his war-torn vocalising that works so well in the music despite its less-than-perfect quality.  To make up for the loss of the unearthly purity of his early voice, the songs have a sense of humanity and humility that works for me.

[gsmile]

Live at the Roxy.  All of it.  I listened to it for the first time yesterday then had to hear it right through twice more.  Great to hear Brian so relaxed and happy, and there's something about his war-torn vocalising that works so well in the music despite its less-than-perfect quality.  To make up for the loss of the unearthly purity of his early voice, the songs have a sense of humanity and humility that works for me.

Yes, that's a truly excellent live album.  I wish the C50 double disc sounded as good as Roxy!

The BB moment that's kicking my ass right now:

Brian's "Love you baby" counter-melody at the end of the MiC version of "Our Sweet Love".

[shangaijoeBB]

all of "Carry Me Home". What a song!

[RangeRoverA1]

Does "Shelter" not contain Brian-sung verses?

It does, but let me correct you: in discussing "Shelter", drbeachboy said he prefers the chorus & I said I like the verses [Brian-sung]. That's where we differed, hence "my mileage varies".

all of "Carry Me Home". What a song!

1st time I see a crooked rhyme being on-topic.

[Watch a Cave]

Live at the Roxy.  All of it.  I listened to it for the first time yesterday then had to hear it right through twice more.  Great to hear Brian so relaxed and happy, and there's something about his war-torn vocalising that works so well in the music despite its less-than-perfect quality.  To make up for the loss of the unearthly purity of his early voice, the songs have a sense of humanity and humility that works for me.

Yes, that's a truly excellent live album.  I wish the C50 double disc sounded as good as Roxy!

The BB moment that's kicking my ass right now:

Brian's "Love you baby" counter-melody at the end of the MiC version of "Our Sweet Love".

I love this part of "Out sweet love" as well.  Stunning little vocal by Brian.. too bad it is buried on the actual album version.

[Adult Child]

Brian's vocal on We'll Run Away is so perfect. I've been listening to it constantly for about 2 weeks.

[bluesno1fann]

Not exactly Beach Boys, it's a solo song.

Pipeline by Bruce Johnston. I LOVE IT!

I'd say it's just as good as the brilliant original by the Chantays (Who coincidentally has a drummer who has the same name as the late Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch). Been listening to both versions a lot recently.

In fact, it's the only reason why I have Going Public on my iPhone!

[rab2591]

Not exactly Beach Boys, it's a solo song.

Pipeline by Bruce Johnston. I LOVE IT!

I first listened to this last week and was quite impressed. It's nothing incredible, but it's catchy and sounds great.

[ThyRavenAscend]

In "Getcha Back", the oo's leading into the second verse, and Mike picks up with, "I'm gettin' tired..."  LOVE that transition SO MUCH.

(Never thought I'd love "Getcha Back", but it's really grown on me.)

[BiNNS]

Love Surrounds Me - "Desiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiire" and "Put your arms aroooooooooound me".

[Ovi]

The moment when the horns kick in from Dennis' Time...holy hell, as powerful as any 'classic' guitar solo you'd want to compare it to.

[Ram4]

Sherry She Needs Me - love that chorus, especially the last powerful Sherry Baby line of each chorus.  And it's surreal to hear the 1965 Brian sing "said goodbye" after hearing the 1976 Brian sing the rest of the song.  I can't believe they didn't bother finishing it in 1965 - they were so close!  I could imagine Dennis singing the main vocal in '65.