The very worst Beach Boys related 'song' ever released

[adamghost]

Summer Of Love is atrocious.  When Girls Get Together is pretty interminable as well.

I confess I have yet to hear Wrinkles.

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

At least Summer Of Love is catchy as hell!

Problem Child might be the worst thing recorded by anyone ever

[bluesno1fann]

Summer Of Love is atrocious.  When Girls Get Together is pretty interminable as well.

I confess I have yet to hear Wrinkles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCSJ3DRhs7g

Good Luck, you're going to need it! 

At least Summer Of Love is catchy as hell!

Problem Child might be the worst thing recorded by anyone ever

I actually find it to be the other way around 

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Summer Of Love is atrocious.  When Girls Get Together is pretty interminable as well.

I confess I have yet to hear Wrinkles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCSJ3DRhs7g

Good Luck, you're going to need it! 

At least Summer Of Love is catchy as hell!

Problem Child might be the worst thing recorded by anyone ever

I actually find it to be the other way around 

I think you need to go on a "Love vacation"

[bluesno1fann]

Summer Of Love is atrocious.  When Girls Get Together is pretty interminable as well.

I confess I have yet to hear Wrinkles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCSJ3DRhs7g

Good Luck, you're going to need it! 

At least Summer Of Love is catchy as hell!

Problem Child might be the worst thing recorded by anyone ever

I actually find it to be the other way around 

I think you need to go on a "Love vacation"

Granted, the "Naa na na na na" from Problem Child is fucking annoying, and it keeps repeating throughout the whole song!
But I'd still take Problem Child over Summer Of Love anyday.
Besides, I love Carl's singing on Problem Child!

And at least Problem Child doesn't have this:
"We'll be California Dreamin' Baywatchin' every day, Just off the Malibu Surfin' USA"

[CenturyDeprived]

Summer Of Love is atrocious.  When Girls Get Together is pretty interminable as well.

I confess I have yet to hear Wrinkles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCSJ3DRhs7g

Good Luck, you're going to need it! 

At least Summer Of Love is catchy as hell!

Problem Child might be the worst thing recorded by anyone ever

I actually find it to be the other way around 

Agreed
I like "Problem Child" as a guilty pleasure. When the harmonies kick in on "first we'll be married, with kids after awhile", it sounds (however briefly) like classic BB harmonies there.
They should re-release it with the "Naa na na na na" removed, a la the Party "sound effects" overdub removal.

The only part of "Summer of Love" that I find barely tolerable is the choruses ("Girls are always ready for a Summer of Love...")... and not until Adamghost pointed out that it's the recycled "Child Of Winter" riff did it make sense why I kinda (just a little bit) like that part of the song.

I'll be one of the few (or maybe a growing number?) of people who like a decent smattering of songs from "Summer in Paradise" (album). I think there's a halfway decent EP's worth of material there if you eliminate about 65% of the rest. I really like the "Still Cruisin'" album, and the better tracks from SIP are like a "Still Cruisin'", Part Deux.

[zachrwolfe]

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[Mr. Wilson]

Summer of Love.. In The Still Of The Night... Blueberry Hill..  Love Is A Woman.. Johnny Carson... Wrinkles.. Santa's Goin To Kokomo...  When Girls Get Together.. Silent Nite.. Problem Child.. Belles of Paris...  TM Song..  Make It Good...  Winds of Change.. A Day In The Life of A Tree...  Louie Louie..  South Bay Surfer.. Anna Lee The Healer.. Transendental Meditation...  Passing Friend..  Bill + Sue.. Smart Girls.. Im Begging you please.. Cocaine sessions.. Little Deuce Coupe w// James House...  Barbie w/Brian Wilson ..Luau.. Jumpin Jack Flash.. Santa's Got An Airplane.. Country Love LP.. Mike + Dean junk.. Imagine.. My Solution ..  Bluebirds tick tock version.. A Friend Like You.. The Waltz.. You Touched Me.... Lady Liberty.. I know you asked for a couple but I was on a roll.. These songs on this list  make me ILL.. .. None of these IMHO ever should have seen the light of day...

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Summer Of Love is atrocious.  When Girls Get Together is pretty interminable as well.

I confess I have yet to hear Wrinkles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCSJ3DRhs7g

Good Luck, you're going to need it! 

At least Summer Of Love is catchy as hell!

Problem Child might be the worst thing recorded by anyone ever

I actually find it to be the other way around 

Agreed
I like "Problem Child" as a guilty pleasure. When the harmonies kick in on "first we'll be married, with kids after awhile", it sounds (however briefly) like classic BB harmonies there.
They should re-release it with the "Naa na na na na" removed, a la the Party "sound effects" overdub removal.

The only part of "Summer of Love" that I find barely tolerable is the choruses ("Girls are always ready for a Summer of Love...")... and not until Adamghost pointed out that it's the recycled "Child Of Winter" riff did it make sense why I kinda (just a little bit) like that part of the song.

I'll be one of the few (or maybe a growing number?) of people who like a decent smattering of songs from "Summer in Paradise" (album). I think there's a halfway decent EP's worth of material there if you eliminate about 65% of the rest. I really like the "Still Cruisin'" album, and the better tracks from SIP are like a "Still Cruisin'", Part Deux.

The chorus also cribs a bit of "Some Of Your Love" as well....

[Alan Smith]

I kinda don't mind Wrinkles on first listen. It's pretty unremarkable, yeah, but nowhere near the level of awful reached by Summer of Love, most of SIP, Still Cruisin' and Problem Child.

+1, it could easily have gotten a bit of AM rotation back in the day.

And any song with a lyric as dubious as - "He came once Christmas, in a basket" is ok by me 

I'm sure it's already had a mention in this rather old thread, but, and I say this as a major Al fan, nothing in the catalogue is as shameful as "Lady Liberty", if only for it's pillaging of the original number.

[bluesno1fann]

Summer of Love.. In The Still Of The Night... Blueberry Hill..  Love Is A Woman.. Johnny Carson... Wrinkles.. Santa's Goin To Kokomo...  When Girls Get Together.. Silent Nite.. Problem Child.. Belles of Paris...  TM Song..  Make It Good...  Winds of Change.. A Day In The Life of A Tree...  Louie Louie..  South Bay Surfer.. Anna Lee The Healer.. Transendental Meditation...  Passing Friend..  Bill + Sue.. Smart Girls.. Im Begging you please.. Cocaine sessions.. Little Deuce Coupe w// James House...  Barbie w/Brian Wilson ..Luau.. Jumpin Jack Flash.. Santa's Got An Airplane.. Country Love LP.. Mike + Dean junk.. Imagine.. My Solution ..  Bluebirds tick tock version.. A Friend Like You.. The Waltz.. You Touched Me.... I know you asked for a couple but I was on a roll.. These songs on this list  make me ILL.. .. None of these IMHO ever should have seen the light of day...

I'm going to have to disagree with Love Is A Woman, Johnny Carson, Problem Child (Guilty Pleasure), Make It Good, A Day In The Life Of A Tree, Passing Friend and Jumpin' Jack Flash.   

I kinda don't mind Wrinkles on first listen. It's pretty unremarkable, yeah, but nowhere near the level of awful reached by Summer of Love, most of SIP, Still Cruisin' and Problem Child.

+1, it could easily have gotten a bit of AM rotation back in the day.

And any song with a lyric as dubious as - "He came once Christmas, in a basket" is ok by me 

I'm sure it's already had a mention in this rather old thread, but, and I say this as a major Al fan, nothing in the catalogue is as shameful as "Lady Liberty", if only for it's pillaging of the original number.

Lady Liberty isn't too bad. Lady Lynda is great, Lady Liberty isn't good. But there are far worse BB's songs

[Mr. Wilson]

Have you ever seen the SNL live version of  Love Is A Woman..?? Oh My Im lost for words..

[Niko]

Wrinkles is a good candidate, but musically I've heard worse.
Though with Wrinkles, the first time I listened to it, I thought it was all right. With each listen after, it got worse and worse for me.

Wrinkles has never been released.

[bluesno1fann]

Wrinkles is a good candidate, but musically I've heard worse.
Though with Wrinkles, the first time I listened to it, I thought it was all right. With each listen after, it got worse and worse for me.

Wrinkles has never been released.

Another reason why I didn't say it was the worst 

[Alan Smith]

I kinda don't mind Wrinkles on first listen. It's pretty unremarkable, yeah, but nowhere near the level of awful reached by Summer of Love, most of SIP, Still Cruisin' and Problem Child.

+1, it could easily have gotten a bit of AM rotation back in the day.

And any song with a lyric as dubious as - "He came once Christmas, in a basket" is ok by me  

I'm sure it's already had a mention in this rather old thread, but, and I say this as a major Al fan, nothing in the catalogue is as shameful as "Lady Liberty", if only for it's pillaging of the original number.

Lady Liberty isn't too bad. Lady Lynda is great, Lady Liberty isn't good. But there are far worse BB's songs

Which ones in your opinion are worse than Lady Liberty?

[Jay]

Carl saves Lady Liberty from being a total train wreck.

[Niko]

Wrinkles is a good candidate, but musically I've heard worse.
Though with Wrinkles, the first time I listened to it, I thought it was all right. With each listen after, it got worse and worse for me.

Wrinkles has never been released.

Another reason why I didn't say it was the worst 

It isn't a candidate though.

[bluesno1fann]

I kinda don't mind Wrinkles on first listen. It's pretty unremarkable, yeah, but nowhere near the level of awful reached by Summer of Love, most of SIP, Still Cruisin' and Problem Child.

+1, it could easily have gotten a bit of AM rotation back in the day.

And any song with a lyric as dubious as - "He came once Christmas, in a basket" is ok by me  

I'm sure it's already had a mention in this rather old thread, but, and I say this as a major Al fan, nothing in the catalogue is as shameful as "Lady Liberty", if only for it's pillaging of the original number.

Lady Liberty isn't too bad. Lady Lynda is great, Lady Liberty isn't good. But there are far worse BB's songs

Which ones in your opinion are worse than Lady Liberty?

The whole of the SIP album and 15 Big Ones, for one.
A majority of KTSA, Still Cruisin, MIU, Beach Boys Party, and LDC.
There are many other worse songs, but that's all I'll name

[Disney Boy (1985)]

Summer of Love.. In The Still Of The Night... Blueberry Hill..  Love Is A Woman.. Johnny Carson... Wrinkles.. Santa's Goin To Kokomo...  When Girls Get Together.. Silent Nite.. Problem Child.. Belles of Paris...  TM Song..  Make It Good...  Winds of Change.. A Day In The Life of A Tree...  Louie Louie..  South Bay Surfer.. Anna Lee The Healer.. Transendental Meditation...  Passing Friend..  Bill + Sue.. Smart Girls.. Im Begging you please.. Cocaine sessions.. Little Deuce Coupe w// James House...  Barbie w/Brian Wilson ..Luau.. Jumpin Jack Flash.. Santa's Got An Airplane.. Country Love LP.. Mike + Dean junk.. Imagine.. My Solution ..  Bluebirds tick tock version.. A Friend Like You.. The Waltz.. You Touched Me.... Lady Liberty.. I know you asked for a couple but I was on a roll.. These songs on this list  make me ILL.. .. None of these IMHO ever should have seen the light of day...

My Solution? Are you nuts??

Also, Stevie and Oh Lord both originated from the Cocaine Sessions and they're both good. As is Anna Lee, Johnny Carson and, especially, A Day In The Life Of A Tree.

Mind you, I can't stand It's Over Now so hey... (Oh, and I also quite like Battle Hymn)

Personally I think Summer of Love and Lady Liberty are the two biggest BB offenders. Summer of Love probably the worst as it's been far more widely heard and therefore more reputation-destroying.

As often noted, this is also pretty horrendous: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfmH2wHTQZ8

I don't know which I hate more: the actual song itself, Mike's buttock-clenchingly embarrassing introduction or when he does the prayer gesture at the end. 

[Mike's Beard]

Make It Good
TM Song
Let's Put Our Hearts Together
SOLAR SYSTEM*
Love Is a Woman
Why Won't Someone Dance With Me
Winds of Change
When Girls Get Together
Passing Friend
Maybe I Don't Know
I Do Love You
Crocodile Rock
Problem Child
Under The Boardwalk
Stamosised Forever
Spring Vacation
Bill & Sue
Beaches In Mind

Now that would make a god awful compilation cd.

*Special emphasis for worst Beach Boys song ever.

[bluesno1fann]

Make It Good
TM Song
Let's Put Our Hearts Together
SOLAR SYSTEM*
Love Is a Woman
Why Won't Someone Dance With Me
Winds of Change
When Girls Get Together
Passing Friend
Maybe I Don't Know
I Do Love You
Crocodile Rock
Problem Child
Under The Boardwalk
Stamosised Forever
Spring Vacation
Bill & Sue
Beaches In Mind

Now that would make a god awful compilation cd.

*Special emphasis for worst Beach Boys song ever.

Are you freaking kidding me?!

pleasebejokingpleasebejokingpleasebejokingpleasebejoking

[Niko]

My Solution? Are you nuts??

I've never understood the love of the song either.
What do you like about it?

[Disney Boy (1985)]

My Solution? Are you nuts??

I've never understood the love of the song either.
What do you like about it?

Ok, firstly the humour - they sound like they're having a great time!

Secondly, I like the melody.

Thirdly, and most of all, the inventiveness and the sound effects and so on. Bootleg quality aside, it sounds fantastic! I particularly like the instrumental break towards the end.

But even if you don't like all of this, I don't get how it can't be judged one of their worst ever songs. I still think it deserves to be admired artistically, whereas Summer of Love etc. - they are just utterly creatively bankrupt.

[Cabinessenceking]

cheesy video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btb8cS6CIRo

bloody aweful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RryIroTqs-k
(when Dean fucks up the sled asshole Mike tosses snowballs and laughs. Luckily some very helpful and very TV-perfect people were close by to aid him.)

nadir of music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6U2ubpBd28

[Mike's Beard]

Make It Good
TM Song
Let's Put Our Hearts Together
SOLAR SYSTEM*
Love Is a Woman
Why Won't Someone Dance With Me
Winds of Change
When Girls Get Together
Passing Friend
Maybe I Don't Know
I Do Love You
Crocodile Rock
Problem Child
Under The Boardwalk
Stamosised Forever
Spring Vacation
Bill & Sue
Beaches In Mind

Now that would make a god awful compilation cd.

*Special emphasis for worst Beach Boys song ever.

Are you freaking kidding me?!

pleasebejokingpleasebejokingpleasebejokingpleasebejoking

No joke, I hate it, but that's 90% down to Gary Moore's horrible, horrible guitar shredding. In all honestly I thought you'd be more upset that I singled out the Dennis Wilson shitefest that is Make It Good.