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This has probably been done [many times] before, but just in case anyone has updated their tastes since the last "your favorites" thread:

What are your top 5 favorite albums and your top 5 favorite songs?

My lists change all the time but usually contain one or two Wishbone Ash albums/songs.

I'll just post a top two, that's easier...

1. Pet Sounds
2. SMiLE (67)

1. Be my Baby
2. Don't Worry Baby

Well, might as well post mine....it does change constantly, but as of now:

Favorite Albums:

1. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
2. Odessey and Oracle - The Zombies
3. Brian Wilson Presents Smile - Brian Wilson
4. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
5. The Doors - The Doors

Runner Up: Boston - Boston

Favorite Songs:

1. 7th Symphony - Beethoven
2. L'estro Armonico Op. 3 (Concerto Grosso No. 10 in B Minor) - Vivaldi
3. In The Back Of My Mind (instrumental) - Beach Boys
4. Surf's up - Brian Wilson   
5. Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands - Bob Dylan

Runner Up: The Escapist - Coldplay
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And please respond to this! I'm always looking for new music and I know a lot of you have a wide range of tastes and I'd love to hear what you Beach Boys fanatics love to listen to!

interesting you chose In the Back the my Mind (backing track). It is rather good....heck, that whole side! Kiss Me baby's instrumental is killer too.

Since you wanna hear our wide variety of music, I'll not post any BB/BW as a favorite.
In no particular order:

Radiohead's OK Computer
Electric Light Orchestra's Out of the Blue
The Who's Tommy
George's All Things Must Pass
Klaatu's Sir Army Suit

I'll not post any BB's/ too 'canon' choices either, as it'd probably be a fight between Pet Sounds, Smile, Friends, Surf's Up and Love You ;D

Instead, here's a list I might well regret in a few days, but in no particular order.....

1) Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space
2) NEU! - NEU! 75
3) Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul/The Isaac Hayes Movement (impossible to pick between the record with the jaw-dropping 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix' or the record with the most rid-god-damn-diculous Beatles cover ever on it)
4) The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
5) Judee Sill - Heart Food/Judee Sill (Again, two records I can't decide between. Heart Food is better, but the selftitled is too damn good to not listen to. This woman is close to godlike in my eyes - Beautifully slack California voice, huge baroque arrangements, beautiful songs...)

1. Pet Sounds
2. SMiLE
3. ...Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes
4. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
5. A Christmas Gift for you

1. Be my Baby - Ronettes
2. Don't Worry Baby - Beach Boys
3. I Want to Hold Your Hand - Beatles
4. Why do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & the Teen-agers
5. Teenage Kicks - Undertones

This week:

Nat King Cole-Live at the Copa
Frank Sinatra-The Capitol Years
Louis Jordan-Best of
Phil Spector Christmas Album
The Who-Odds and Sods

This moment:

1. Pet Sounds
2. BWPS
3. 'Marquee Moon' - Television
4. 'Dub Housing' - Pere Ubu
5. 'Soundz From The Hotline' - Lee Perry and the Upsetters
6. 'Earth's Rightful Ruler' - Augustus Pablo
7. 'Of Rivers And Religion' - John Fahey
8. 'Goldberg Variations' - Angela Hewitt
9. 'Younger Than Yesterday' - The Byrds
10. 'The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady' - Charles Mingus

Singles:

1. 'God Only Knows'
2. 'Lady Friend' - The Byrds
3. 'I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down' - Elvis Costello
4. 'X-Offender' - Blondie
5. 'Hurricane' - Bob Dylan

Albums
1. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
2. The Beach Boys - Sunflower
3. Elliott Smith - XO
4. Brian Wilson - Smile
5. Lagwagon - Let's Talk About Feelings

Songs
1. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
2. Warm Sounds - Birds and Bees
3. France Gall - Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son
4. PhD - I Won't Let You Down
5. The Stranglers - Golden Brown

BTW, I'd like to mention a couple notes about these last two albums.
One, All Things must Pass is produced by Spector and his amazing Wall of Sound, a great follow up to all his singles from the 'Back to Mono' box set.
The other thing I'd like to mention is if you're a Beatles fan, do check out Klaatu, there's an interesting story behind their existence in which many were convinced this was the Beatles in the 70s, that's a pretty good testament. Their album 'Sir Amry Suit' just happens to be one of my fav albums by them. 

Top 5 albums:

1. The Velvet Underground: 3rd Album
2. Big Star: 3rd/Sister Lovers
3. Bob Dylan: Desire
4. Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue
5. The Beach Boys: Sunflower

Top 5 songs:

1. Pale Blue Eyes: The Velvet Underground
2. Different Drum: Mike Nesmith (Stone Ponies version)
3. Surf's Up: The Beach Boys
4. Kate Bush: Man With The Child In His Eyes
5. Moonshine: Dennis Wilson

Long time visitor, first time poster. Here are my favourites, in no particular order:

Another Green World - Brian Eno
Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
Odessey and Oracle - The Zombies
Marquee Moon - Television
Scott 4 - Scott Walker

Visions of Johanna - Bob Dylan
The Big Ship - Brian Eno
Marquee Moon - Television
Theme (Eternal Sunshine...) - Jon Brion
Halleluwah - CAN

Albums (no particular order)

The Beach Boys - Sunflower
Os Mutantes - Tudo Foi Feito Pelo Sol
The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
Bruce Haack - The Electric Lucifer

Songs (no particular order)

Arnaldo Baptista - Navegar de Novo
Bill Holt - Dreamies Program Eleven
The Beach Boys - Kiss Me Baby
Bruce Haack - Blow Job
Serge Gainsbourg - La Noyee

Nice to see some Serge Gainsbourg in here, lately I've been listening to his reggae albums almost nonstop.

Back when the board was first getting started there was a Gainsbourg thread on here (my own) that was, until the vocal credits thread overtook it, the thread with the most posts on the forum. It never really went anywhere after mid-2006. Problem is that a good English Gainsbourg forum is a hard thing to find...

My top 5 non-BBs albums and songs:
Albums:
Barenaked Ladies-Born On A Pirate Ship
She and Him-Volume 1
The Zombies-Odessey and Oracle
Flaming Lips-Yoshimi Batttles the Pink Robots
Love-Forever Changes

Songs:
Smokey Robinson-The Tracks of My Tears
Chuck Berry-Roll Over Beethoven
Elvis Presley-Blue Moon of Kentucky
Neko Case-Bowling Green
Barenaked Ladies-I Live With It Everyday

1. Beach Boys - Smile
2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
3. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
4. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
5. Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine

1. Beach Boys - Surf's Up
2. Pink Floyd - Echoes
3. The Beach Boys - Til I Die
4. The Beatles - Happiness Is a Warm Gun
5. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

Way too hard..

I feel like Echoes is highly underrated...it's one of my favs of Floyd.
I love to play it for friends who only really know Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall (hard to believe, I know)...they always respond: "isn't this from Dark Side?"  ;D

Albums

1) Surf's Up - Beach Boys
2) Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. - Genesis
3) White Album. - The Beatles
4) Ummagumma - Pink Floyd
5) Faith - The Cure

It'd take me about a year to compile my 5 fav songs!

Hehe. The long original Meddle version is amazing. But takes some listening. I find it hard to find people who like that music. :P

Albums:

1. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
2. Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
3. John Fahey - The Voice Of The Turtle
4. The Stooges - Funhouse
5. Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman & Orchestra - Waves In The Ether

Singles:

1. Beach Boys - 'In My Room'
2. Beach Boys - 'Good Vibrations'
3. Albert Ayler - 'Truth Is Marching In'
4. Charlie Parker - "Ko Ko'
5. Link Wray - 'Rumble'

I'll eat my boot if that ain't their best song!

IMHO Echoes is Pink Floyd's ultimate accomplishment.

Some live versions kick a little more ass than the Meddle version. but still......

The "Live At Pompeii" version is fantastic, esp the 'clanky bass' section.

agreed

1.Revolver-The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds-The Beach Boys
3. Wood Face- Crowded House
4.The White Album-The Beatles
5. Surfs Up-The Beach Boys

1.GOk-The Beach Boys
2. Wouldn't It be nice-The Beach Boys
3. Happiness is a Warm gun- The Beatles
4.Love- John Lennon
5. Surfs Up- The Beach Boys

In no order.
Albums

The Beatles-Revolver
Daniel Johnston-Yip Jump Music
Captain Beefheart-Bat Chain Puller
The Beach Boys-Friends
The Kinks-Arthur

Songs
Hmmm...

Albums:

The Beach Boys - Friends
The Millennium - Begin
Odessy And Oracle - The Zombies
The Pretty Things - Parachute
Close To The Edge - Yes

Songs:

The Beach Boys - Passing By
Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
Burt Bacharach - The Windows of the World
Keith West - On A Saturday
Todd Rundgren - A Dream Goes On Forever

Nice to see The Zombies Oddessy and Oracle a consistent favourite.

Since hearing Friends I always wondered if Dennis got the instrumental idea for 'Be Still' from 'Butcher's Tale' - it has quite similar effects for both the organ and the vocals.

I prefer Syd. "The Gnome" was far Floyd's finest moment.

another fine moment: Pow R. Toc H.

to me, it sounds like a Smiley outtake

Albums
The Stranglers- Feline
The Muttonbirds - Envy Of Angels
Freddie Mercury - Barcelona
Hello Sailor - Hello Sailor
Graham Brazier - East Of Eden

Such a shame they broke up just after it's release. Frankly I don't rate their earlier work much at all but Oddessy is a masterpiece. Another record from that year which should have attracted more listeners is SF Sorrow by The Pretty Things. I think a lot of great stuff was overlooked that year due to Sgt Pepper.

Never heard that Pretty Things record but I'm tempted to give it a try since all the other albums you mentioned are favourites of mine too (though I haven't listened to any Yes in recent years, maybe one of these days I'm going to dig out Close to the Edge).

Only non- BB stuff...

ABC- Lexicon of Love
New Order- Low Life
The Doors- An American Prayer
David Bowie- Low
Pink Floyd- The Wall

Probably something like...

Pet Sounds - BB
Lincoln - They Might Be Giants
This Is It - The Strokes
Tommy - The Who
This Year's Model - Elvis Costello

Try this on for size:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVKXzcKUtgU

and this (both from "Parachute"):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilbzf9VYT3k&feature=related

Sorry for the delay...

Albums:
TBB - Surf's Up!
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
The Band - Music from Big Pink
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
U2 - Achtung Baby

Songs:
The Kingsmen - "Louie Louie"
TBB - "Don't Worry Baby"
Duane Eddy - "Peter Gunn"
Del Shannon - "Runaway"
Tubeway Army - "Are 'Friends' Electric?"

I got that Spiritualized album on vinyl a ways back and it is still so good. A definite favourite. Did you see them perform it live?

I kinda wanna do another list. My tastes have changed over the year somewhat...

I know very little about Spiritualized apart from that album and some of Jason Pierce's work with Spacemen Three. LAGWAFIS is so good that I'm not in a hurry to look out any more of their stuff----I can't imagine it being up to that standard.   

My updated list:             
Beach Boys-Summer in Paradise
The Clash-Cut the Crap
Velvet Underground-Squeeze
Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks Salute Nascar
and whatever the most recent Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana album is called. 

:lol :lol

Oh man, you have to check out the rest. If you liked the fuzzy, droney aspects of it, get Pure Phase and Lazer Guided Melodies first, and if you preferred the orchestral stuff, get Let It Come Down & Songs In A&E first. But they're all essential. Maybe Amazing Grace is less so....

Also, live bootlegs. There are millions of them. Most of them rock....
As if you couldn't tell, I'm almost as big a fan of Jason as I am of Brian. He's that good.  Oh man. Now I have to dig the records out.

Thanks for the tip. My CD wish list is empty since buying all U2's studio albums so this will fill it up nicely. :=)

Beach Boys Sunflower
Elvis Presley Elvis Is Back
The First Edition Monumental
Jerry Lee Lewis Live at The Star Club
Rolling Stones Aftermath UK version

LPs-

1. Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
2. Minutemen- Double Nickels on the Dime
3. Ramones- Pleasant Dreams
4. Queers- Don't Back Down
5. Napoleon XIV- They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!

singles-

1. Beach Boys- Good Vibrations
2. Beach Boys- I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
3. Ramones- Touring
4. Ice-T- Cop Killer
5. Surf Punks- No Fat Chicks

Hmmm...my top 5 that first came to mind:
Albums:
Pet Sounds-The Beach Boys
Sgt. Pepper-The Fab Four
Live Rust-Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Teen Dream-Beach House
Selling England by the Pound-Genesis

Songs:
God Only Knows-BB
Strawberry Fields Forever-Fab Four
I'm Not in Love-10cc
Supper's Ready-Genesis
Lotta Love-Neil Young

Whoa, thanks. I've had SF Sorrow for a long time but I've never liked it that much and don't really get the hype. I'll have to get this album asap!


Why not post a top 5 I guess while I'm here.

1. Beach Boys - Friends
2. The Byrds - Notorious Byrd Brothers
3. The Hollies - Evolution
4. H.P. Lovecraft - H.P Lovecraft I
5. Love - Da Capo

Damn, all 60s albums. Ok how about top 5 albums 1970-present (excluding BB)

1. T.Rex - Bolan's Zip Gun (f*** the haters)
2. Peter Gabriel - Scratch (ugh, too hard to pick just one)
3. XTC - English Settlement
4. Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
5. Circulatory System - S/T

What a wonderful way of making it the top 10 favourite albums! Ten is infinitely preferable, seeing just how much good stuff there is to choose from.

maybe?:

pet sounds
lilys "eccsame the photon band"
cornelius "fantasma"
mbv "loveless"
brian eno "another green world"

sometimes interchangable with:
 
mercury rev "deserters songs"
stereolab "transient random noise bursts with announcements"
boards of canada "geogaddi"

I can listen to these whole albums without skipping a song :)
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Prince - Purple Rain
Marvin Gaye - What's Goin On

other pink floyd materpieces include "animals" & "obscured by clouds"

 :rock

:thewilsons

Top Five Albums:

1. of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping (2008)
2. Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
3. John Lennon- Plastic Ono Band (1970)
4. David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
5. The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds (1966)

I don't even want to try songs.

Top 10 Songs: (In No Particular Order)
The Beach Boys - Caroline No
The Beatles - Free As A Bird
The Doors - Indian Summer
Foo Fighters - Floaty
Led Zeppelin - I'm Gonna Crawl
Marvin Gaye - My Last Chance
Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. (Demo version)..sounds completely different then that "Thriller" version.
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
Stone Temple Pilots - Samba Nova
Sugar Ray- Someday

Honorable Mention : Sade - War of the Hearts

Top 5 albums?  Hmmmm...that may now be in flux due to the release of The SMiLE Sessions...but before that disturbing development, the list would have been roughly as follows:

1. The Beatles (The Beatles)
2. Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE (Brian Wilson)
3. Something/Anything? (Todd Rundgren)
4. Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles)
5. a tie between Rubber Soul (The Beatles) and Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)

I think I'll just disqualify box-sets and keep things easy...

Albums:

1. Revolver - The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
3. The White Album - The Beatles
4. Odessey and Oracle - The Zombies
5. Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks

Songs:

1. A Day in the Life - The Beatles
2. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
3. She's a Rainbow - The Rolling Stones
4. Try a Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
5. My Generation - The Who

Albums

Duck, You Sucker – Ennio Morricone
Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys
Blonde On Blonde – Bob Dylan
Scott Joplin Piano Rags – Joshua Rifkin
A Charlie Brown Christmas – Vince Guraraldi

Songs (BB5 not included)

Waters Of March – Tom Jobim
Esquinas – Djavan
Clube da Esquina nº 2 - Milton Nascimento
Is Anybody Goin’ To San Antone – Martin/Kirby
Odds & Ends – Bacharach/David

The first three albums are consistent with me, the order could change, there are a lot of albums that could slide into slots 4 & 5:

1. Sgt Pepper
2. Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE
3. Close to the Edge - Yes
4. Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) - Captain Beefheart
5. Jump! - Van Dyke Parks

Songs

1. Changing of the Guards - Bob Dylan
2. Here Comes the Flood - Peter Gabriel
3. Rain - The Beatles
4. Hear Me Lord - George Harrison
5. Big Eyed beans from Venus - Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

Albums:

1. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
2. Jordan: The Comeback - Prefab Sprout
3. Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
4. Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
5. Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica - The Ronettes

Honourable Mention: Elemental - Tears for Fears

Songs:

1. Wouldn't it Be Nice - The Beach Boys
1. God Only Knows - ''    ·    ''
1. Time to Get Alone - "   ·    "
4. Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals
5. Europa and the Pirate Twins - Thomas Dolby

I'd say at the moment my favorite albums are:

1. The Smile Sessions
2. Lizard-King Crimson
3. Meddle-Pink Floyd
4. Revolver-The Beatles
5. Uncle Meat-The Mothers

Update:

Favorite albums:

1: Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
2: Chuck - Sum 41
3: Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE - Brian Wilson
4: Oddessy and Oracle - The Zombies
5: Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan

Runner Up: The Eminem Show - Eminem

Favorite songs:

1: Tijuana Taxi - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
2: In The Back Of My Mind (instrumental) - The Beach Boys
3: Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
4: Up With The Birds - Coldplay
5: Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands - Bob Dylan

Runner Up: We'll Run Away - The Beach Boys

Albums:

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
Rubber Soul - The Beatles
The Smile Sessions - The Beach Boys
Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd
Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks

Songs:

God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
Be My Baby - The Ronettes
Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
Penny Lane - The Beatles
Do You Believe In Magic - The Lovin' Spoonful

Albums

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
Abbey Road by The Beatles
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks
Sgt. Pepper's by The Beatles


As for songs, it's way too hard. However, probably my two "desert island" songs would be Surf's Up (the 2011 version) and Here, There and Everywhere by The Beatles.

you have amazing taste in music. :)

Well, thanks. I'm doing my best. :)

As always any list I make is subject to change

Albums

1) The Beach Boys - Sunflower
2) The Beatles - Revolver
3) Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
4) Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
5) Paul McCartney - Ram

Songs

1) The Beatles - Paperback Writer
2) John Lennon - Watching The Wheels
3) Big Star - September Gurls
4) David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
5) Pink Floyd - See Emily Play

I applaud your willingness to 'keep it safe' and name albums that are acknowledged as classics by everybody, instead of doing the tempting thing and naming a bunch of weird sh*t people might not have heard. 

I gotta agree with you, those are 4 great albums through and through, every song. 

THANKS :) when i was a child the first 3 those albums were given to me by my father, so they hold a sentimental value to me.

Albums (not in order)

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
Ys - Joanna Newsom
Weezer (Blue Album) - Weezer
Odessy And Oracle - The Zombies
Forever Changes - Love

As for songs, can't do it, it's too hard.

The lead singer of the zombies probably has the best singing voice ever in the history of music.

Blunstone is very good but as for the best ever? Jeff Buckley, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, Carl Wilson would all be above him (IMO).

Talking of Joni Mitchell I can't believe I left Blue out of my top 5 albums.

Let's do songs.

1. Step - Vampire Weekend (I listen to this song like, every day. Never get sick of it. It's perfect in every way.)
2. Wouldn't It Be Nice - Was #1, but Step kicked it out of the way.
3. Australia - The Shins (always makes me happy.)
4. Let It Happen - Tame Impala... I thought I'd get tired of this song, but nope...
5. Why do we only get 5? Am I supposed to put a classic '60s song here? Can I put Sufjan here? I'll just go with this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJJT00wqlOo).

#4 and 5 are recent obsessions. I realize I sound like I only ever listen to those bands, but 2 years ago Billy Joel and the Head and the Heart would have made this list. We'll see what happens in the future  8)

Albums:

1. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

2. Iron Maiden - Brave New World

3. The Who - Quadrophenia

4.  Rainbow - Rising

5.  Queen II

Songs:

1.  Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Wish You Were Here)

2.  Rainbow - Stargazer (Rising)

3.  The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (Surf's Up)

4.  Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (Number of the Beast)

5.  The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (Magical Mystery Tour)

1-Little Feat-Waiting for Columbus
2-Beach Boys-Wild Honey
3-Robbie Robertson-Contract From the Underworld of Red Boy
4'John Trudell (with Jesse Ed Davis)
5-Brian Wilson Presents Smile
6-TenCC-TenCC
7-Texas Tornados-1st lp
8-Frank Sinatra In the Wee Small  Hours
9.Marvin Gaye-What's Goin' On
10'Miles Davis-Porgy and Bess

Songs

1-Little Feat-Dixie Chicken
2-The Beach Boys-Surfs Up
3-Duke Ellington-Take the 'A' Train
4-Van Dyke Parks-Palm Tree and Moon
5-Mystery Train-Elvis Presley
6-Chuck Berry-Nsdine
7-Laura Nyro-Wedding Bell Blues
8-Smokey Robinson- A Quiet Storm
9-The Band-Whispering Pines
10-Robbie Robertson and Ulali-Mawk Schi

Mr. Reum, No. 7 is listed "Texas Tornados-1st la". I wiki'ed them and there is no such album. Did you mean 1st live album or just 1st record?

Probably not really top five ever, but at the moment these songs and albums rule my world!

I didn't include anything by The Beach Boys

Songs:
The Undertones - Teenage kicks
Flamin' Groovies - Shake some action
Guns'n'Roses - Get in the ring
The Blue Hawaiians - Lonely star
Bad Religion - Generator

Albums:
Bracket - Reqiuem
Masked Intruder - Masked Intruder
NOFX - Punk in drublic
Chumbawamba - ABCDEFG
Weezer - Blue album

I like you, Hot Rod.

Thanks

Albums

1. Pet Sounds
2. Revolver
3. Rubber Soul
4. Moondance
5. Rumours

Songs from those Albums

1. Wouldn't It Be Nice
2. And Your Bird Can Sing
3. I'm Looking Through You
4. Into the Mystic
5. Second Hand News

And Your Bird Can Sing is such an underrated Beatles song. 

You can say the same about a few of the deeper Revolver tracks ie  For No One & Dr. Robert.

2petsoundsnola: "2nd-hand news" & "Don't stop" were the only songs I liked from that "Rumours" album. I think it's overrated. I am fan of early Fleetwood with Peter Green.
"And your bird" is very cool; Paul should dare to do the best John songs live. Why not?

2Peter Reum: I see the edit - well done.

RR,

Paul usually includes at least one John song in concert as a tribute.  He's done Strawberry Fields and Day in the Life in the past. I think he now does Mr. Kite. 

I think his band would knock And Your Bird Can Sing out of the park.  I don't think that song has ever been done live by a Beatle.

Yes, I've seen "Fields" & "Kite". I meant he should do every John song, solo/Beatles. The guy is dead, what stops Paul to do them? It isn't Yoko's business and Sean & Julian wouldn't mind, I'm sure. He was like father to J.

I think the expectation is for Paul to mostly stick to the songs he wrote with a couple tributes to John and George thrown in. 

Paul McCartney probably is interested in promoting his own music. And Yoko Ono is the owner of his estate, so it quite literally is her business. She also was his wife.

Pretty much. 

I'd love to see Paul again, but whew, those tickets prices.  I've seen him twice though (2002 & 2009).  Was delighted to hear A Day in the Life in person in 2009. 

That's an experience to be jealous of. Perhaps - competing with Surfs Up - the best song ever, to me.

Paul must be allowed to sing his buddy's songs. He knew John since teenage years. Yoko or anybody else shouldn't stop him sing any John song he wants. If I was owner of estate I would totally ignore if smb. sang songs of my relative. I mean what harm it can do? It's not a sin or sth. Let whoever sing them. I wouldn't fret over it or sue. Frankly, I don't get when the artists sue each other for such little thing.

Got to see Surf's Up last summer.  

My all time favorite is Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and I've seen Roger Waters do that one a few times.  There's nothing like seeing your favorite all time song done live by one of its creators.  

He's allowed to.  In a live setting, you can sing anything you want.  It becomes a more sticky issue when you go to release a live album.

But, I'm sure Paul had heard endless times about how his songwriting isn't as strong as John's.  Why would he want to fill the setlist of a Paul McCartney show with John Lennon songs? 

I don't have a problem with the general notion that one should get to sing what one wants, but professional musicians want to be paid for their work, and they might have some concern for how their music is used. If someone objects to a politician or corporation using their music to promote something they don't support, for instance, I think they should have an apparatus to withdraw rights.
Regarding this specific instance, I find it unlikely that Paul McCartney wants to fill his show with John Lennon music. He's got his own work and legacy to promote.

Edited: echoing KDS.

Shine On is up there certainly. You've had some great concert experiences. Wow.

I should add that I saw Brian's band do Surf's Up.  I just realized that Mike's band did it a few times too. 

Of the top five songs, I listed on here, I've heard four of them in person. 

I've also gotten to hear some of my favorite albums in person like Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, Quadrophenia, and Operation: Mindcrime, and I'll soon ad Pet Sounds to that list. 

When I was younger I saw a lot of live music in small packed clubs or in seatless concert arenas, which I started having mild panic attacks in. I never really was aware of seated theater-based live non-classical music. I really regret missing tons of amazing concerts over the last few decades. But good for you! Those sound amazing.

Honestly, I don't get that political analogy, corporation whatever - it's too difficult.
I know that Paul is Paul, he has big ego, understandably and rightly so. I was speaking in general terms that it wouldn't be too tough for him one day out of the blue to suddenly start singing John's stuff. I don't mean he must do it every day, just make surprise drops or half hour show of John. He does it by cutting his own setlist which is easy, right?

Here, there are lawsuits or complaints from artists now and then when a politician or corporation will start using their music in advertisements or rallies.
I mentioned it because I was thinking of the general principle that one should get to sing what one wants. I was saying that I agree with the general idea, but there are exceptions that make sense to me.

Gotcha but we talk about Paul singing his buddy-roo John's stuff.

I added to the above post. I was just ruminating on the general principle that you put forth.

Luckily, a lot of the classic artists are still out there touring.  The Who did Quadrophenia in 1996, and Brian did Pet Sounds in 2002 and 2006.  I thought I'd missed out on both.   Sure enough The Who revived Quadrophenia in 2012 and Brian's doing Pet Sounds again.  

As a 35 year old who wasn't around when these bands were in their heyday, I'm very thankful for nostalgia.  

Thanks for the edit notice.
...OK, they don't make sense to me, then. Agree to disagree?

No prob :-)

RR,

Just to help you a little further.  To an extent, you're right.  In a live setting, Paul McCartney can do whatever he chooses.  He can do a set of John Lennon songs.  He can do a set of Little Richard songs. 

But, it's also the music business.  People pay a LOT of money to see Paul McCartney in concert.   So, there's a certain expectation when that expensive ticket says "Paul McCartney" that you're hearing music written by Paul McCartney. 

And like Emily says, Paul wants to promote his music. 

I was trying to think of an apt analogy, but I can't think of any band with two such prolific songwriters. 

I doubt Paul has any desire to become a John Lennon tribute band at this point in his life.

Yes, ofc. Business is business. Fans pay to hear Paul's stuff. But I'd think the same fans might get started as Beatles fans & really happy to hear Paul singing John's solo and band songs. So if he puts in the middle of setlist or bookending with John, they'll be really glad. It wouldn't be "here we go again", it would be unusual.
Tribute band or not, he has like nobody else right to pay tribute to his close friend of many years. It would be quality performance. Frankly though, I don't mind tribute bands per se. They are harmless.

Sure, tribute bands are harmless, and can be fun.  But nobody's paying hundreds of dollars a ticket to see a tribute band. 

Paul had done John Beatle songs.  There's no way he'd do a John solo song. 

As much as I like Dennis's POB album, I really wouldn't want to hear River Song or Holy Man at a Brian Wilson concert. 

Then we differ. And I said quite a bit that he may play the John set, like, in the middle of the main show. Not daily routine, just when he feels like it. John solo or John Beatle - still John. Same with Dennis' stuff on Brian's concert.

That's fine.  We can agree to disagree.  Paul does a short John / George tribute portion of each show though. 

Brian occasionally has done Little Bird or Forever for Dennis, but those are still Beach Boys songs that Brian played or sang on.