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VOTE OFF YOUR LEAST FAVORITE TRACK!!!

Tally on February 13th!!!

Don't Go Near the Water
Long Promised Road
Take a Load Off Your Feet
Disney Girls (1957)
Student Demonstration Time
Feel Flows
Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
A Day in the Life of a Tree
Til I Die
Surf's Up

My least fave would have to be.... "Student Demonstration Time". By Beach Boys standards it rocks, but ultimately it's just a cover song on an album of amazing originals.

Student Demonstration Time

Take A Load Off Your Feet

SDT may not fit in as well, but it's still a better track than ^

SDT

Student Demonstration Time

Student Demonstration Time

STD

Feet

feet

Take A Load Off Your

Student Demonstration Time

SDT

SDT...

It's like finding broken glass in your caviar. And it's message is all wrong: "hey kids, there's a protest on… KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN THEY MIGHT NOT NOTICE YOU!"

SDT--then I vote for Disney Girls until it dies--which, sadly, will probably be about 6 rounds or so--truthfully I should vote for Disney Girls as I consistently skip it, while I don't with SDT, but SDT is s weaker track and thus it garners my vote

Feet

I'll buck the trend, and say

A Day in the Life of a Tree

There is an interesting concept trying to break out there, but I can't make it past the droning vocal and just don't enjoy listening to it.

While neither are my favorites, I can live with Student Demonstration Time (I actually like the unexpected shift in tone of the album), and even Feet is OK despite the groaning lyrics... kinda sounds like it could be a snappy kids song from a 70s episode of Sesame Street or Electric Company.

Student Demonstration Time

SDT

Take a Load off Your Feet

Student Demonstration Time

Why the hate for Take a Load Off?  I like it.


Anyway this is easy.. my vote goes to Student Demonstration Time.  

Student Demonstration Time.  I don't skip many songs, but I always skip this.

I'll go with Lookin'. Not bad, but I barely ever listen to it.

what he said  ^

I love how weird "Take a Load Off Your Feet" is.

I vote SDT.

Student Demonstration Time.

Feet

Student Demon.

I don't hate it, though. It does rock.

Student Demonstration Time

feet

Student Demonstration Time


Another easy one

SDT

I don't hate it nearly as much as most people do

A Day in the Life of a Tree

 :o

 Lookin' at Tomorrow

Feet.

SDT gets my vote. Toss up between this and Take a Load Off Your Feet.

Honestly I can see why a few people have voted for A Day in the Life of a Tree. It's great, but I just feel like it could be better. Like something's missing or something.  :-\

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Easy. Student Demonstration Time.

Student Demonstration Time

Student Demonstration Time

Even though I actually think Feet is probably the weaker track, I'm going to vote for Student Demonstration Time for the sadly accurate reasons stated above.

I like SDT!

Feet gets my vote.

I hope everyone voting for Feet gets squashed by a giant foot.

I've never understood all the hate for TALOYF. Did Al write it, or co-write it with Brian? I'm not sure but it certainly sounds very Brian to me and fits right in with all those humour songs he wrote in the early 70s - H.E.L.P, Games Two Can Play, Good Time etc. The production is great too with all those crazy sounds. Isn't there a good Desper story about Brian getting right into the recording of Feet and getting up on the roof and crunching stuff or maybe I imagined all that?

Anyway, a no-brainier for me: Student Demonstration Time. I skip it every time.

A Day in the Life of a Tree

All because of Jack.  It's a great song but his delivery means I have to be in the exact right mood to enjoy it which isn't something I would say about ANY of the other tracks.

Take a Load Off Your Feet

Student Demonstration Time

Sexualy Transmitted Disease - Oops I mean, SDT

Brian and Al wrote it together (with Gary Winfrey), but I'm pretty sure it was Al's song before it was Brian's.
Also, I think the "roof" story was told by Al.

SDT

it's just wrong on so many levels

I've always thought of it as a bit silly and dated (lyrically that is, I quite like it musically), but what do you think is so 'wrong' about it? I mean it's not exactly "Summer of Love"...

SDT

STUDENT

Tally comin' in 3 1/2!  :o

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I don't think a song has ever been voted off with so many votes (32). Does that mean it's the most hated song in BB history?  :lol

Best get outta site because Student Demonstration Time is getting shot down! (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

VOTE OFF YOUR LEAST FAVORITE TRACK!!!

Tally on February 13th!!!

Don't Go Near the Water
Long Promised Road
Take a Load Off Your Feet
Disney Girls (1957)
Feel Flows
Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
A Day in the Life of a Tree
Til I Die
Surf's Up

Round#1 - Student Demonstration Time February 13

My least fave would have to be.... Take a Load Off Your Feet.. Disney girls comes close though.

FEET

Lookin' At Tomorrow

Take a Load Off Your Feet

Feel Flows

Lookin' At Tomorrow

A Day in the Life of a Tree   :P

Take a Load Off Your Feet

Take a Load Off Your Feet

Feet

Take a Load Off Your Feet

Take A Load Off Your Feet

Take A Load On Your Feet

Don't Go Near The Water.

Don't Go Near the Water

Feet.

A Day In The Life Of A Tree

FEET

Anything involving avocado cream has to go - Feet.

I'm even less surprised.


Take A Load Off Your Feet

feet

Disney Girls

Feet.

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Feet

Fake a Load Off Your Teat

I don't skip any tracks when I listen to this album, which is often.  Played MiC disc #6 and Sunflower last night.  I love the "Don't Go Near The Water" backing track, and will be hard to bonk that one when the time comes.  But, that's not tonight.

Take a Load Off Your Feet

A Day in the Life of a Tree

feet

Take a Load Off Your Feet

Long Promised Road

Lookin' at Tomorrow, mainly because I think the production is muddier than Take a Load Off and I think the rest are on a level above those two.

Seriously?

Lookin at tomorrow

Long Promised Road undoubtedly has some of the worst verse lyrics I've ever heard. "...so hard to laugh a childlike giggle when the tears start to torture my mind"? "..so hard to lift the jewelled sceptre when the weight turns the smile to a frown"? Seriously? These comically overwrought lyrics are just plain awkward to listen to. In fact, the entire narrative sounds heavily laboured; it's the anti-thesis of one of the greatest strengths of the Beach Boys in that direct human emotion has been compromised in favour of promoting high-school imagery in an exercise to be deemed "cool and deep" by pseudo-intellectuals. It's transparent, tacky and smells of desperation. I will say that the instrumentation of the bridge is competent, unfortunately, I really struggle getting past the banality of the chorus to give it the attention it deserves.

I felt the same way for a long time but I've learned to accept the BB's lyrical incompetence. Very few of their songs after Smile have what most would consider "good" lyrics.

Seriously compare their lyrics in that era (or any era) to those of their contemporaries. It's like they completely lacked taste. Just listen to Add Some Music To Your Day. I love that song musically, but the lyrics are bad, bad, bad. 

If you've learned to accept the Beach Boy's lyrical incompitance, then how come you can't accept in your opinion Dennis's severe lyrical incompitance?

Reread my earlier comments. Dennis's lyrics have a completely different tone than Brian's or anyone else in the band, and I frankly don't like them.

 'Lookin' at Tomorrow"

Disney Girls

Don't Go Near the Water

nice sentiment, but AWFUL lyrics

Feet.

Personal opinion and all, but the fact that people are voting for ADITLOAT, Long Promised Road or Feel Flows - Feel Flows - rather than Feet or Don't Go Near the Water is - to me - incomprehensible!

I've already cast my last vote in this round… there's only one track I'd rather see off this album.

Student Demonstration Time

A Day in the Life of a Tree

Feet

AGreed. Especially on ADITLOAT. That song never fails to take my breath away, quite literally. Jack Reilly and all.

I'll throw my vote away on Dont go near the water - ecology songs.. boo.  :p

Don't Go Near the Water

Agreed. It did take me a while to get used to the song, as it was sung by Jack Reilly, but now I think it's definitely one of the better songs off Surf's Up. Those who are voting off ADITLOAT likely doesn't get it. Same for the brilliant Long Promised Road and Feel Flows

Before I knew a whole lot about Brian's history, I had always assumed this was the debut of his cracked voice (not knowing that was still 3-4 years to the future). I was actually surprised when I learned it wasn't Brian.  :lol

You are correct pixletwin.  The lyric sheet gave no mention to vocal credits.  The group wasn't getting any press, other than to say the track "Surf's Up" was to be included.  That was The Big Hype Line...another track from the (even then) legendary SMiLE sessions.  Every record they did was hyped with that by-line except Friends.  That got no promotion.  I thought it could be Brian, using a lower register.  Maybe they thought it would create interest not to say.  You would have had to have seen the TV special to remember what "Surf's Up" was, and that was awhile ago then.  Jack came out of nowhere as well, who was this new writer the boys had brought in?  I don't remember anybody saying he was their new manager either.  After the record came out there was mention of the ecology angle.  These were the days right after the California oil spill that more or less began the movement.  And those Riots Mike was singing about.  Real Riots where folks were not backing down.  Putting their lives on the line in the face of Ronnie's Bullsh*t, "If they want blood, I'll see to it they get some."  What "Don't Go Near The Water" was about, I've never thought those lyrics were silly.  The Environmental Protection Agency was created by folks writing just such "silly" songs.  Anything to make people aware.   Pre-internet  info on many artists was lacking, the Press was powerful, Print was powerful.  Even rags like Rolling Stone were just getting started.  Most of the "Teen" pulp was still focused on what color their eyes were.  Artists like the Beach Boys and CSN&Y were looking them right between the eyes.  They were Blood Red and Shouting to be heard.  In every way this album was very special to me at the time it was released.  Sunflower got little respect.  Surf's Up Did.  It was also Carl's finest stand up until this point.

I guess I'm the only one, but I find "Feel Flows" long, boring, and pointless.  "Don't Go Near the Water" isn't great, but I like the harmony on the coda, and "Feet" is kind of quirky and amusing.  Neither rank very highly for me, but I like them better than "Feel Flows."

I kinda prefer Feet to Long Promised Road. But this tune never misses any of my alternate Surf's Up tracklists. Sorry TALOYF.

Feet

Sorry for the tally delay folks.  :'(


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I don't think a song has ever been voted off with so many votes (32). Does that mean it's the most hated song in BB history?  :lol

Don't cry Pete. Your Feet proved a feat lasting as long as two rounds. (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

VOTE OFF YOUR LEAST FAVORITE TRACK!!!

Tally on February 19th!!!

Don't Go Near the Water
Long Promised Road
Disney Girls (1957)
Feel Flows
Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
A Day in the Life of a Tree
Til I Die
Surf's Up

Round#1 - Student Demonstration Time February 13
Round#2 - Take a Load Off Your Feet February 17

My least fave would have to be.... Disney Gurrrrls.

DGNTW

Feel Flows

Don't Go Near The Water

A Day in the Life of a Tree

Lookin' at Tomorrow

Don't Go Near The Water.

Lookin at tomorrow

Lookin' at Tomorrow

Don't Go Near the Water

Definitely Lookin' at Tomorrow

Don't Go Near the Water

Don't Go Near The Water

I like it - and the backing track is great - but it's easily the weakest song of those remaining.

Don't Go Near the Water

At this point it's easily either Don't Go Near The Water or Lookin' At Tomorrow.

Guess I'll go with DGNTW for now

Don't Go Near the Water

  Lookin' at Tomorrow

Don't Go Near The Water

Eny meany miny moo - Lookin At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)

A Day In The Life Of A Tree

dont go nere the water

Looking at tomorrow.

Tomorrow!

Disney Girls

(In my opinion, just for the tag DGNTW must survive a couple of more rounds. Its sublime!)

Don't Go Near the Water

Looking at Tomorrow has its existence justified through that prog rock version they did in the eighties(!), it rocks and is just so unexpected for a live band that had really fallen into the trappings of nostalgia.

Long Promised Road.

:o

This I have completely missed.

Don't Go Near the Water

Don't Go Near The Water

Disney Girls--gonna take awhile for this overrated tune to go. Nice to see Pixletwin is with me

Here you are:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upfghY2KK3s

Lookin' At Tomorrow

Don't Go Near The Water

A Day In The Life Of A Tree

Disney Girls (1957)

Don't Go Near the Water

Lookin' at tomorrow

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Water

Don't Go Near the Water

Lookin' at Tomorrow

Disney Girls noooo  :o
It's in my top 3 for this album  ;D

I vote for Don't Go Near The Water. Great song, but that part Al sings makes me cringe every time I hear it. Sorry Al  :'(

Had to bump this to the next page.  Hope it saves "Lookin' At Tomorrow" for awhile.  Mar Beat has some other Great stuff, check out his channel.  Including Fisher & Brooker's "Ghost Train" and videos he put together for a couple of Mike and Dean tracks.

Lookin' at Tomorrow.

DGNTW - i think its doomed this round.

lookin' at tomorrow....shame about dgntw.....if you were actually around in 1971 that song fit the times. it was the song played on am radio in my neck of the woods, even on wls and wcfl when one could pick them up at night, when the lp was first released. sounded great back then. it got lots more play time than the lpr single back here.

Don't Go Near the Water

Don't Go Near the Water

Lookin'

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I don't think a song has ever been voted off with so many votes (32). Does that mean it's the most hated song in BB history?  :lol

Don't Go Near the Water in Mexico!!!!! (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

VOTE OFF YOUR LEAST FAVORITE TRACK!!!

Tally on February 21st!!!

Long Promised Road
Disney Girls (1957)
Feel Flows
Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
A Day in the Life of a Tree
Til I Die
Surf's Up

Round#1 - Student Demonstration Time February 13
Round#2 - Take a Load Off Your Feet February 17
Round#3 - Don't Go Near the Water February 19

My least fave would have to be.... Disney Gurrrrls... If this one doesn't get voted off soon I may contract diabetes.

Disney Girls

Yah,. any song that mentions Disney, Tootise Roll, Cape Cod, Patti Page & Country Time Lemonade is too commerical

Shame on you Brucey.

Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)

Difficult to do but.....Disney :(

hey Lookin' at Tomorrow... i'm lookin' at you

Now it's getting tough, I really like all the songs that we've got left. But anyway...

A Day in the Life of a Tree.

Disney Girls

Well that's the three obvious ones gone - now it gets difficult.

I absolutely love every one of the remaining songs, but going to reluctantly say Lookin' At Tomorrow, despite that bit towards the end when the chiming organ comes in always - always - making the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. Arguably Al's finest moment.

Switching to Lookin' At Tomorrow (because Disney Girls has no right to be voted out until at least the last half of voting rounds).

A Day in the Life of a Tree

Lookin' At Tomorrow.

dizZZZney gurlzzzz..

Disney Girls

Long Promised Road. Never been a big fan of this song, I've always preferred Feel Flows.

Lookin'

Tree, Day in Life of

Lookin' At Tomorrow

After this it's gonna get tough

A Day in the Life of a Tree

Lookin' at Tomorrow

Lookin

Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)

Feel Flows

"Disney Girls (1957)"

  Lookin' at Tomorrow

Lookin at tomorrow

Disney

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Lookin' at tomorrow

Disney Girls

Lookin' at Tomorrow

+1

A Day in the Life of a Tree

Bess and me were feelin' bad 'bout voting off Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
Al Jardine made us sweep up Red Barn's floors (after the Red Hot Chilli Peppers had been there)

This is really hard.

Doesn't count for much but Long Promised Road

Long Promised Road

Lookin' at Tomorrow

Lookin at Tomorrow

Disney Girls

Disney Girls

I'll have to say Disney Girls

Disney

close race between dg and lat.

Tomorrow

Lookin At Tomorrow, although I love it.

Disney Girls (1957)

This is probably Bruce's best song but I just love the feel of Lookin' At Tomorrow.

Thanks! Wow. Talk about an anomaly. Love it!

Not as close as you might think. DG-16 vs LaT-21


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VOTE OFF YOUR LEAST FAVORITE TRACK!!!

Tally on February 23rd!!!

Long Promised Road
Disney Girls (1957)
Feel Flows
A Day in the Life of a Tree
Til I Die
Surf's Up

Round#1 - Student Demonstration Time February 13
Round#2 - Take a Load Off Your Feet February 17
Round#3 - Don't Go Near the Water February 19
Round#4 - Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) February 21

My least fave would have to be.... still...... Disney Gurrrrls... If this one doesn't get voted off soon I may contract diabetes.
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A Day In The Life of A Tree

A Day in the Life of a Tree

Long Promised Road

A Day in the Life of a Tree

Disney Girls

I can quite honestly say that every one of these remaining tracks is either a masterpiece or as close to a masterpiece as it's possible for a song to be without actually being one.

Disney Girls is perfect, but hey gotta vote for something...

Boggles my mind that a person can vote off the majestic A Day in the Life of a Tree. It deserves to be in the final 3. One of the greatest outros and wonderfully (subconsciously?) introspective songs Brian ever wrote. You would vote that off before "Fantasy world and disney girls, I'm coming back". I know the words were by Jack Reiley, but damn if it didn't inspire something wonderful and sad inside Brian.

*-25 to my faith in humanity*

 :P

Long promised road. Please don't eliminate ADITLOAT ! It's one of Brian's finest songs along with 'Til I Die.

Disney Girls. Completely out of tune with the remaining album and it's drossy, just so Bruce can remind the listener who composed it.

The production screams 'Hey I'm not a Brian Wilson song!'

Wow, these last songs are really great.
Here goes...

"Surf's Up"

This is where things get really hard.

Along with Deirdre, Nearest Faraway Place and She Believes In Love Again, Disney Girls is my favourite Bruce track.

But sorry Bruce, have no choice but to vote for Disney Girls.

Hope ADITLOFT lasts another round "fingers crossed"

Disney Girls

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We've reached another echelon of album quality now.  I suppose I'll go with Disney Girls, but it could easily go to Long Promised Road or A Day in the Life of a Tree as well.

A Day In The Life...

Looks like I'll have to vote for "Disney Girls," even though I like it better than either of the Carl tracks, in order to protect "A Day in the Life of a Tree," which, put=on or not, is magnificent.

Disney Girls.

A Day in the Life of a Tree

Disney Girls - I'm not gonna bag it tho'.  Evocative and personal lyrics, pretty cool track and vocal arrangements.  It just happens to be up against some crushingly stellar competition.

Long Promised Road. Awful lyrics.

Disney Girls

Tree deserves to make much further!

A Day in the Life of a Tree

Still disney.

I just can't beleive Tree is maybe going to get voted off in the next round!!!

disney

Long Promised Road

Disney Girls.  I actually much prefer Dierdre over this as my favorite Bruce song.

A Day in the Life of a Tree

the tree song

A Day in the Life of a Tree

Sorry, tree huggers.  :)   ADITLOAT.

Long Promised Road.

A Day in the Life of a Tree

It's down to brass tacks now, all the remaining songs are fantastic but I'm going with ADITLOAT because of the slightly jarring Jack vocal.

DG

Disney girls

Long Promised Road

Disney Girls

Feel Flows

Disney Girls (1957)

Can I use my vote as a negative ie -1 for ADITLOAT  :'(

Looks like the best way to do that would be to vote for Disney Girls

 Okay dammit - No Quarter!  Disney Tootise Roll Cape Cod Girls

ADITLOAT

A Day In The Life Of A Tree.

I never really got into this one, primarily because I think Jack sounds terrible and I'm not really into lyrics - I've always been about the music and the melody first.  Had this been performed by the band in a glorious multi-part harmony in the classic BB style, I'd love it.

Disney Girls

A Day in the Life of a Tree.

Fine lets go with that...

Doesn't mean Disney Girls wasn't a real highlight of C50 for me though!

Tally in a few hours.

Disney Girls (1957)

My faith in humanity was restored (for this round at least).  :P


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VOTE OFF YOUR LEAST FAVORITE TRACK!!!

Tally on February 25th!!!

Long Promised Road
Feel Flows
A Day in the Life of a Tree
Til I Die
Surf's Up

Round#1 - Student Demonstration Time February 13
Round#2 - Take a Load Off Your Feet February 17
Round#3 - Don't Go Near the Water February 19
Round#4 - Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) February 21
Round#5 - Disney Girls (1957) February 23

My least fave would have to be.... Feel Flows.

Ugh, this is hard... I'll have to go with Feel Flows

long promised road

Lo Pro Ro

I might as well say it now, this is the hardest Survivor round so far!

I absolutely love all the remaining songs.

But I have to vote for ADITLOAT. Sorry Jack, but I just can't have Carl's songs go yet

Kills me but "Long Promised Road"

Long Promised Road

Road

Tree   :)

Surf's Up

the tree song

A Day In The Life Of A Tree.

Tree

LPR

I'm going to change my vote to Long Promised Road. I like it better than Feel Flows, but I want to try and save A Day In The Life of a Tree.

Long Promised Road  :-\

Long Promised Road.

A Day in the Life of a Tree

A Day in the Life of a Tree

Tree

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Tree

A Day in the Life of a tree

Long Promised Road

A Day in the Life of a Tree

ADITLOAT

Feel Flows

Road .


Less of the deforestation.

Long Promised Road

A day in the life of a tree

Long Promised Road

Feel Flows goes

Long

Long promised road

Can't believe I'm voting for Feel Flows considering I absolutely adored it after being exposed to it in Cameron Crowe's masterpiece Almost Famous, but Feel Flows garners my vote nonetheless. I, too, can't understand the dislike for ADITLOAT but I will refrain from playing "voting games" and trying to save it as I am trying to adhere to the spirit of Survivor where you wouldn't know without a doubt every other person's vote....

A Day in the Life of a Tree

"A Day In The Life of a Tree"

A Day in the Life of a Tree.

Here is where I have to get out my Axe. &

chop A Day in The Life of I read the news today Oh, Boy. 

A Day in the Life of a Tree

Feel Flows

Long Promised Road

The part about the jewled sceptre is too pretentious even for me. hate voting it off though.

Feel flows

Feel Flows

Will go with Feel Flows.

Was tempted to follow pixeltwin's tactical vote approach! (Will he change again in light of recent votes...?)

Feel Flows  :(

Long Promised Road

I don't think so... I reckon one flip-flop is all we can allow.  :-\

They're honestly all good tracks.  I think for me it's between the Carl songs and A Day in the Life of a Tree.  I'll go with Long Promised Road just slightly.

 Tree

A Day in the Life of a Tree

I prefer my Beach Boys songs to be sung by Beach Boys.

Tally in about 2 1/2 hours.   :o

A Day in the Life of a Tree

A day in the life of a tree

My faith in humanity was destroyed (for this round at least).  :P


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Today is the day the tree has been chopped down. I weep.  :'(  (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

VOTE OFF YOUR LEAST FAVORITE TRACK!!!

Tally on February 27th!!!

Long Promised Road
Feel Flows
Til I Die
Surf's Up

Round#1 - Student Demonstration Time February 13
Round#2 - Take a Load Off Your Feet February 17
Round#3 - Don't Go Near the Water February 19
Round#4 - Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) February 21
Round#5 - Disney Girls (1957) February 23
Round#6 - A Day in the Life of a Tree February 25

My least fave would have to be.... Feel Flows.

I almost though Tree might survive this round. Voting was neck in neck with Long Promised Road (19 votes vs Tree's 23 votes).  :'(

Feel Flows

Long Promised Road

Cant believe Tree is gone...

My vote goes to Long Promised Road

Agreed. Tree is my favorite song on the album.  :'(

This wont be popular but this cobbled together Surf's Up is my least favorite of the survivors.

Heard the Smile sessions all-Brian cut first & that cant be beat in my mind.

Gotta go with Long Promised Road again

Long Promised Road

Surf's Up.

Reason being I don't want the same song to win two rounds. I've seen it win SMiLE, now a different song should win the Surf's Up round.

Oh, and SAVE THE CARL TRACKS!!!

Feel Flows

Feel Flows

Yep :'(

Feel Flows then!

Feel Flows

Feel Flows

Feel Flows

feel flows

Feel flows

LPR

Long Promised Road

Feel Flows

Farewell, tree...

Long Promised Road.

Long Promised Road

Surf's Up

  Among the remaining tracks "Long Promised Road" is the obvious choice.

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Feel Flows

LPR

Long Promised Road

Long Promised Road, by a good 3000% or so at this stage...

Long Promised Road

Long Promised Road

All great songs tho.

Long Promised Road

I love all those tracks so much, I can't vote against any of them.

Long Promised Road

Long Promised Road

Feel Flows.

lpr

Long Promised Road. But I have to add that these last few remaining songs are some of the best songs anyone has ever done, anywhere, anytime.

Long promised road

Surf's Up

Sure it's a masterpiece - arguably their finest work - but we're supposed to be voting for personal favourites and to me Carl's songs are the album highlights.

Long promised road

!  >:( >:( >:( !

.

Feel Flows

Long Promised Road

Feel Flows.

I too weep for the Tree.

Here's another vote for Feel flows.

Feel Flows

Long Promised Road

Feel Flows

Tally in about 3 hours.  ;D

looks like buh bye Long promised road.

Now for the epic battle between Surfs Up and Till I Die!  ;D

I dont think anyone has voted against Till I Die yet.. jus saying.  ;)

Such a powerful album.  Most everyone is picking their least favorite Carl track to bonk.  Too bad.  Glad they got this far.  By this point Carl's vocals bled soul.  The lyrics, all of Jack's lyrics on this, reflect my life in the early 70's, just starting out on my own.  All of my votes have been to help get both of Carl's tracks to the finals.  This has been the toughest Round so far.

Welcome back to the a new round of BEACH BOYS SURVIVOR. Remember to be respectful of others opinions. Please don't spam the thread with too much opinionating (a little is ok  ;D).... and without further ado...

"So hard" to keep 24 smilers from voting off Long Promised Road.  ;D  (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

So here we are. The FINAL ROUND of BEACH BOYS SURVIVOR #21!!! Vote for the song that floats your boat, that gives you goosies, or that you find yourself enjoying the most out of what is left.

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE TRACK!!!

Tally on March 1st!!!

Feel Flows
Til I Die
Surf's Up

Round#1 - Student Demonstration Time February 13
Round#2 - Take a Load Off Your Feet February 17
Round#3 - Don't Go Near the Water February 19
Round#4 - Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) February 21
Round#5 - Disney Girls (1957) February 23
Round#6 - A Day in the Life of a Tree February 25
Round#7 - Long Promised Road February 27

Feel Flows is good. Not Carl at his best (I think Long Promised Road is a better song). Definitely nowhere near the other two songs.

Surf's Up, I love. Brian's best song. But the SMiLE version already won out (and I do prefer that one to the 1971 version)...

So my favorite (which is A Day in the Life of a Tree, but since that's gone) is definitely - hands down - 'Til I Die. These lyrics, written by Brian, are among the finest in the Beach Boys canon. As fine as anything Van Dyke/Reiley/Love ever wrote. And that is saying A LOT!

Til I Die - Absolutely Stunning

I assume you are tallying on Saturday.

Surf's Up.

"'Til I Die" - and not because "Surf's Up" already won, which is a lame reason to vote for it.

 :o

Not. Leap. Year.

Got it.  :P

Til I Die

This would be a difficult call if it were a version of Surf's Up with Brian on the lead the whole way through, but Carl's lead vocal always struck me as a little indifferent.  Thus, I choose:

Til I Die.  One of the best Beach Boys songs ever.  Nothing on this album even comes close.

'Til I Die. My favourite BB song ever.

This

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Til I Die

Til I Die

Till I Die 

Til I Die

'Til I Die.

Surf's Up is a superior song, but I really don't want the same song to win 2 different rounds.

And much as I love the Carl songs off this album, it's just not as good as 'Til I Die.

'Til I Die!!!

I might have considered Surf's Up, but's it's already won the Smile Survivor.

Surf's Up

'Til I Die is my favourite song on this incredible album (Thanks Marilyn)

'Til I Die or Surf's Up?

I'm going to have to go with 'Til I Die

I know it's already won the Smile round, but this is my preferred version of my favorite song ever, so I have to go with Surf's Up.

Til I Die

'Til I Die

"Surf's Up!"  Brian's solo was beautiful, But This is the best version.  The Beach Boys Version!

'Til I Die

'Til I Die, if only because due to the way this tournament has been setup, Surf's Up is already a winner.  Not that 'Til I Die is merely a consolation prize, as a gorgeous gem in its own right.

'Til I Die, and it's not that close. I strongly prefer Brian's vocal on Surf's Up to Carl's.

Untill I Die

The way Brian sings "Domino!" sends chills down  my spine. Carls is nice. But it lacks "something".

Til I Die

Surf's Up

Surf's Up

gotta be

 
'Til
I
Die

Surf's Up

While I dearly love all three songs, I'm casting my vote for "Feel Flows."

Surf's Up

'Til I Die.

Surf's Up

Tough call but I'm voting 'Till I Die.

'Till I Die

'Til I Die

Surf's up

fino alla morte

About time someone else sang its praises.  Eric, there's only a handful of us sane around these parts. Have people forgotten that this was the first released version, and that it came only four years after the Smile sessions fell apart? It's damn-near contemporaneous and is still the most gorgeous piece of music committed to vinyl by anyone, anywhere, any time. I'm resigned to Til I Die walking away with the prize and for many voters it'll be on the spurious reason that a version of Surf's Up – the wrong version, cobbled together 44 years after the event – has already had a top slot.

I wouldn't go so far as to try to persuade people to change their votes, but if anyone wanted to change their vote now I wouldn't think any less of them and wouldn't hold their earlier misguided opinion against them.  We can't all be right all the time.  Well, you can't all be right all the time.






I'm not upset…







just murderous…

Thanks!


This will always be the definitive version for me!

Regardless of which version, Surf's Up has already won (rightfully) anyway. Do you guys honestly want the same song to win two Survivor Rounds? I say you guys should just be happy that song has already won

If it was the same song it would have been omitted from the second poll, just as the repeated tracks on early Capitol albums were omitted from those polls. Carl nailed it in both performance and co-production terms. It's bliss, whereas the Brian lead doesn't quite do it for me.

On that note, should That Same Song be omitted from the 15 Big Ones poll, as it is That Same Song and not another version? I think we should be told… :lol

Surf's Up!!!

Surfs up mmmhmmmmmmm

I don't care that another version won in an earlier round.  I also don't think that the fact that this was released earlier makes it any better.  I just think that Carl's lead is only technically pretty on this song and lacks, for lack of a better word, soul.  That would be true even if it were the only release version, but the fact that we have several versions now with Brian's lead vocal providing precisely what is absent from Carl's vocal only makes it more obvious.  Even if it were a different version of "Surf's Up," I'm not sure whether I would choose it over "Til I Die," but given this choice, it's quite easy for me.


All of which is to say, I'm not changing my vote.

I much prefer the finished version to the Smile version, I just think that 'Till I Die is the better song. It's bleak and yet somehow life affirming. Brian never wrote a better song IMO.

I voted for Till I Die too but I don't agree it's the better song. Surf's Up is a swan on an album of ducklings - I just decided to vote for my favourite duckling

I think I prefer Brian's lead too. Brian's voice always had a bit more of an "edge" than Carl's. Objectively speaking, I think that the 2011 version might be the best one.

But still, the 1971 version of 'Surf's Up' is and will always be the definitive one for me. That's the version that has the history. That's the 'Surf's Up' that people have been listening to for 43 years. You can't just replace that by something that was assembled on a computer three years ago.

I agree - it's a lame reason to vote for "'Til I Die."
If people think that "Surf's Up" is a better song, then they should vote for it regardless if another version already won.
I voted for "'Til I Die" because I like it more.

Surf's Up    8)

Both songs are fantastic, but Surf's Up is unique like no other song. I'd vote for it on any album.

Til I die.

Til I Die for the win.

As for Surfs Up everyone has a favorite mix of that song. I heard the Smile sessions first so that is my
favorite, but no matter to me SU won previously

Til I Die is a true overlooked masterpiece -- expecting it to contend with the heavyweights in the "Last Round"

My biggest beef with the 1971 version of SU is the darn organ. It obscures the beauty of the original 1967 session musician's playing. That and Carl's singing doesn't  quite carry the emotional drive of the song to where it needed to be.

IMO of course.  ;D

Til I Die. Sorry Surf's Up you've already won before. Brian's vocal on on the 1st movement of Surf's Up is better than Carl's.

Surf's Up

All great songs and while I put the title track (with Brian's lead) on Smile, add additional songs to this album, and call it Landlocked, the directions couldn't be simpler:  VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE TRACK!!!

I don't know why everyone has to make these things complicated.  Just answer the question(s) honestly.  ::)

I think it fills it out a little. Adds a bit of sheen.

The track would feel even more out of place without it. It feels sonically like an extension of Feel Flows, LPR, and Til I Die because of that organ sound.

True. The organ kind of adopts it into the familial sound texture of the other songs. But taken out of that context, to my ears, it muddies the production.

You're right. These people who're voting for their second favourite track because Surf's Up won an earlier vote need to ask themselves what they'll do at the next election - vote Republican because your favourite Democrats won last time? It's so fair it's almost admirable! :lol

Love them both, but Til I Die is so powerful and poignant. It says so much with so little. I've listened to it, along with God Only Knows, more than any other song.

Surf's Up

A lament for Tree

Feel Flows

It does things to me...

Most people who have voted for TID and mentioned surfs up have done so stating that they prefer Brian's vocals to carls. How exactly does that make Surfs Up their true favorite track?

WELCOME TO THE END OF ROUND #21 of BEACH BOYS SURVIVOR!!!!



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2 Smilers had to Feel the Flow against the much stronger currents.  (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

16 Smilers heard the children's song as the finest. (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

...and the winner of Round #21 of Beach Boys Survivor is...

with 33 votes...


Til I Die

Round#1 - Student Demonstration Time February 13
Round#2 - Take a Load Off Your Feet February 17
Round#3 - Don't Go Near the Water February 19
Round#4 - Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) February 21
Round#5 - Disney Girls (1957) February 23
Round#6 - A Day in the Life of a Tree February 25
Round#7 - Long Promised Road February 27
Round#8 - Feel Flows March 1
Round#8 - Surf's Up March 1

Join us next week when we begin rounds 23,24, and 25!!!!

Thank you all for playing!!!!

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I suppose the right song won. But if WIBNTLA made it to Surf's Up, I would have voted for that to win.


I might as well say it now. This was the single hardest Survivor round so far. All the previous rounds were a piece of cake compared to this. Anyone else agree?

Yea!

My favourite song won, for once.  :pirate

Although I fear there will be blood on the axe tonight, down yonder Yorkshire dales - stop for no bearded hitchhikers should you be down that way after dark

Aye.

Stick to the roads lads, stay off the moors…

Almost right…

"Boys, keep off the moors, stick to the roads"

Not surprised to see 'Til I Die win. The title of "best track on [insert album title here]" becomes rather interchangeable when songs as great as Surf's Up, Feel Flows and 'Til I Die are competing.

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Not for me. Forever easily gets my vote. Though if a miracle happens and All I Wanna Do gets voted off instead of Slip On Through, I'll vote for Slip On Through instead!