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 :o WOW i Always liked this song when i bought the double cd best of brother years but this version/mix rocks!! This should be the new single from the MIC box set i think.

Never heard the tune before and I was mightily impressed with it.

It was on the Brother Years CD?  It wasn't on the US version, I've only previously ever heard it on bootleg.

He probably means 10 Years of Harmony.

Yes thats the one. Forgot the correct title, sorry

http://www.allmusic.com/album/ten-years-of-harmony-mw0000266927

This song hurts my soul. This is the very definition of treating music as a job.

What? Seriously? I could not possibly disagree with you more. One of their finest non-BW songs in their canon. I am even tempted to day it's brilliant. In any event, this a GREAT song.

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I vow to never listen to it ever again.

Oh god..

Still about a minute longer than it needs to be. They should have played with the sequence of the recorded vocals to get rid of those godawful Americathon references. Definitely possible, I managed to do it to some effect about a year ago...

I prefer the original version, but it's nice to have a different version. And I was very glad and surprised to see this included at all! Always been a favorite of mine

Not got round to CD 4 yet. Is it the version with the extended fade? I hope so coz that's my favourite bit. Love that accordion(?) sound.

Well, I've now listened to CD 4 and no, it doesn't feature the extended fade. Bummer. Still, top song!

I like the song to a certain extent and still I absolutely agree!

What references to Americathon?

It kills my soul, hey hey hey.

We already knew that. It wasn't from Pet Sounds or Smile or written by Brian, so it can't be any good, right?

This song is kind of a flashback for me.  I remember when it came out, it got a fair amount of airplay where I lived, and then it.....vanished.  I never knew the title (hadn't listened that closely as I was just barely starting to get into the BBs at the time) and for several years I didn't give it much thought.  Revisiting it today, it sounds pretty good to me.  A lot catchier than most of their output (IMO, of course) from that period.

If IABD has been discussed here before, and I'm sure it has, somehow I missed it! 

As far as I'm concerned, that's not the point. Big fan of what everyone contributed to the group's catalog, especially in terms of their 70s records. But It's a Beautiful Day does sound somewhat contrived I think, in the same way that much of KTSA sounds contrived. That said, I kinda like it anyhow and I think it could've helped to balance the Light Album.

Well, it was written to work within the confines of what the movie was about, so yea, the lyric is a bit contrived. I always liked the music and vocals. Another fine vocal performance from Carl on the chorus.

I'm with the kill my soul crew on this one. Ew. This should be the single from "Worst of the Beach Boys."

Always liked it.

Cheese, yes, but mighty tasty cheese.

I like it, but I also like "Problem Child" so what do I know?  The big saving grace of both for me is Carl.

Maybe because it actually was a job, since it was commissioned as a soundtrack song for the movie "Americathon"? The Boys did a good job with their job, since the song was played over the opening credits and it works very well in that context. I have no problem with it. It's catchy, it has a great Carl vocal, and it was more than what Brian was doing at the time.

No? Have i ever given any indication that i subscribe to that line of thinking? Was there anything in my two short sentences that suggests that? Do you honestly think it’s that simple? -- Beach Boys fan doesn't like one of their songs, must be because it's not Pet Sounds/Smile or written by Brian? I have argued before that Pet Sounds has ended up, in some ways, hurting the Beach Boys because it makes it easy for the uninitiated to ignore everything else, reducing the band's entire career to that one record. It irks me how much attention that one album always gets because they have plenty of stuff that is just as great. I also don’t think that Brian is infallible. And i wasn’t even aware that he wasn’t part of this song, because i’ve never felt the need to look into it. So, what were you basing your response on? Or am i just taking it too seriously?

IIRC, Brian actually plays on the track.