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Fav Intro: "Child is the Father of the Man" on bwps it sounds so epic like a movie is about 2 begin.

Fav Outro: "Cabin Essence" ..just hearing mike's hypnotizing voice singing  "over and over the crow cries uncover the cornfield" is just magical & i love how it fades away.

"Til I Die" has  a very similar outro.(beautiful)

"I'm So Young" also has a great outro it pauses then the doo wop begins :D

Intro: God Only Knows. Honorable mention to Do it Again (love those drums)
Outro: Probably Cabinessence

oh yeah "do it again" has a very memorable intro. those drums come knocking in. lol 
Thats one of their better singles, i just wish it did better than it did. :/ By that time surfing songs were completely dead :[

Personally, Fun, Fun, Fun has the best intro and outro. Sure the intro is a JBG knock-off but it perfectly telegraphs that this is gonna be a fun song! And the outro speaks for itself, especially in concert.

Best intro is hands down "Don't Worry Baby".  It fades in, which is unique, and you hear those drums and just know what's coming: the Beach Boys at their best, singing to the heavens. 

Best outro that springs to mind would be God Only Knows.  Hard to top that, again the Beach Boys at their best singing in the round. 

Favorite Intro:
California Girls
Do It Again
Dance, Dance, Dance
All I Wanna Do
Love To Say Dada


Outro:
Child Is Father of The Man
Be With Me
All This Is That

i love in fun,fun,fun when brian starts hitting high notes lol..and  the intro sounds like the beginning of a chuck berry song.

i forgot all about "all this is that" :[

Favorite Intro -- In the Parking Lot

Favorite Outro -- You Still Believe In Me

My favorite intros have to be Wouldn't It Be Nice, God Only Knows and Don't Worry Baby.

As for outros/fades, there are way too many to choose from, but if I had to narrow it down to three, I'd go with Cabinessence, God Only Knows and Caroline, No.

all lovely songs you named :) ..you don't like the intro to "child is the father of the man?"

It's shameful that "Don't Go Near The Water" hasn't been said already. Best outro.

And no one's mentioned the "A Day In The Life Of A Tree" outro either -- that (and the "'Til I Die" outro) needs a 5.1 mix all of its own!

i said "til i die" already :)

There are many favorites, but the ones that pop up in my mind right now are:

Intros
Don't Back Down (alternate version)
Don't Worry Baby
California Girls
Happy Days
River Song

Outros
Surf's Up (1971)
Love Surrounds Me
The Trader
Sunshine (BW-Imagination)

Intro: In the Parking Lot

Outro: Cabinessence or Surf's Up.

oh snapz i forgot "had to phone ya" has an awesome ending too :)
"the night was so young" does too cuz it fades away and i'm totally like  "noooo don't go away!!" lol.

For an intro, though not my favorite, but pretty close , is Wendy. It gives you no clue as to where the song is going to go, which is kind of the genius behind it. For the outro, just because the Boys use it to close out thousands of shows throughout their career, Fun, Fun, Fun.

Outro to California Girls (stack-o-tracks) is my absolute all-time favorite Beach Boy outro (and probably all-time favorite moment altogether).

I blast that sh*t from my stereo with the bass cranked high....utterly amazing.

Favorite intro - Don't Worry Baby

Intro: The Little Girl I Once Knew

Outro: can't decide

Since it hasn't been mentioned already as a favorite intro...Breakaway.

Intro - California Girls

Outro - This Whole World

Intro: The Warmth of the Sun, Please Let Me Wonder, Fun Fun Fun.

Outro: Caroline No (dogs barking and a train passing by), God Only Knows, Wouldn't It Be Nice (good night my baby, sleep tight my baby), You Still Believe In Me, plus some others ones that have already been mentioned like Surf's Up, Cabin Essence, This Whole World, Fun Fun Fun.

Two outros not mentioned:  The harmonies of solitude in "The Warmth of the Sun," and the final moments of the influential "Feel Flows."  Would also mention the understated tinkling of Smiley Smiles' "Wind Chimes."

Intro not yet mentioned:  the pure joy that is "Vege-Tables."

I love in wind chimes how the drums and horns come in outta nowhere :) thats amazing.
The warmth of the sun has a sweet outro to that makes me replay it because i don't want it 2 end lol.

Although accentuated by synths, the "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" remake of "Warmth of the Sun" has that very same beauty you never want to end.

The outro to Be with me, the sound of someone going crazy In the last few seconds as the strings fade out Intrigues me

Intro........you still believe In me? or little pad, It's so stupid but I can't help laughing every time I hear It. 'Do it!'

Not very original but…

Intro: Do It Again

Outro: Cabinessence, Surf's Up, You Still Believe In Me, God Only Knows

Intro: California Girls
Outro: God Only Knows

my fav outro is 'All I Wanna Do'

I love how it fades out with Brian singing 'my love is burning brightly...'

In fact the whole last minute of that song blows me away whenever i hear it

Beautiful

the intro of 'When A Man Needs A Woman' always makes me smile. always.

the outro of 'In The Back Of My Mind' is quite a thing too.


more groovy intros:
Trombone Dixie
that power chord on This Whole World
All Summer Long
Salt Lake City
Little Girl I Once Knew
Warmth of the Sun
Busy Doin Nothin
Can't Wait Too Long
Sloop John B
Trader. "hi!"

outros:
Good Vibrations. so much power
I Wanna Pick You Up. pat that butt!
I'd Love Just Once To See You
I'm Waiting For The Day
Our Sweet Love. love that sleighbell!
Forever. Brian going off
You Still Believe In Me
Little Bird
Airplane. Brian and Carl going off.
Roller Skating Child... Brian's final interjection

Intro - Wendy, as per Dr Beach Boy (it kinda has 2 intros)
Outro - This whole world (BB's and American Spring)

Intro:
California girls (predictable but it's the most effective intro in pop history)

Outro:
This whole world
Honorable mention: I'd love just once to see you

Intro:  Fun Fun Fun, Dance Dance Dance, Wendy. I can't believe I'm going to write this but Be True To Your School ( done correctly though with no wheeeeeeeennnnnnnnn)

Outro: California Girls (Knebworth has my favorite), God Only Knows, Don't Go Near The Water, Surfs Up

I need to ask, what is predictable about the intro to California Girls?

He means it's a predictable choice.

Thanks!

Favorite outro:  All I Want to Do    :o

I'll second that.

Another great intro: 

You Need A Mess of Help To Stand Alone
Here She Comes

Ha nice call...and fitting username!

Classic BW 'tags':

1 - Wind Chimes (Smiley)
2 - Add Some Music
3 - Good Vibrations
4 - Help Me Rhonda
5 - Break Away
6 - Airplane

I forgot to mention the intro to The Girl From New York City!  Great stuff!

You don't count.  >:D

Intro - California Girls
Outro - God Only Knows (a cappella ending)

Intro: Mona
Outro: Mona

 :smokin

 :lol

Intro: I do love the intro to Mt. Vernon & Fairway a whole lot. But I'm going leftfield-er and saying 'Soulful Old Man Sunshine' - up until the lyrics kick in is BLISS.
Fade: Fade to Vegetables.

In The Parkin' Lot.

Hehe, genius  :lol

Outro: Surf's Up, Break Away, IJWMFTT

the warmth of the sun has a pretty amazing outro as well :)

More great outros:

Busy Doin' Nothin'
In the Still of the Night (always thought this was really powerful)
Fun Fun Fun on both In Concert and Knebworth is absolutely incredible

This answer came straight to me.

Intro: The little girl I once knew
Outro: In the Back of my Mind

thank you rockandroll  :P

intro: Ding
outro: Dang

Intros:

Be With Me - Best one-second intro ever, the drum beats before Denny's vocal (and the rest of the amazing track kick in)
Hushabye
The Warmth of The Sun


Outros

Surf's Up
God Only Knows

Intro: God Only Knows
Outro: God Only Knows

Gotta add "Celebrate The News" for great outros...

easy "California Girls" for both

Favorite intro-     Good Vibrations-   The organ with its weird effect together with Carl's singing is intoxicating.
Favorite outro-    In The Back Of My Mind-   The descending chord progression at the end is a masterpiece in itself.

Surprised I haven't seen this mentioned yet but I love the intro to I Get Around. One note, another note with Mike, the boys come in, falsetto wails over the top and the song's kicked off-all in under 7 seconds.
Most of my favourites have been mentioned, although I do like the beginning to She Knows me Too Well

In terms of outros, the Sessions boxset of GOK floors me everytime with the additonal vocals and IJWMFTT.

And of course All I Want To Do!

This.  :police:

Intro: The Little Girl I Once Knew
Outro: Surf's Up

Intro: California Girls, Do You Like Worms, Do It Again and Never Learn Not To Love

Outro, in order:

1. Surf's Up
2. Celebrate The News
3. Funky Pretty
4. God Only Knows
5. A Day In The Life...
6. Til I Die
7. Baby Blue
8. Caroline No
9. Fun Fun Fun
10. Cabin Essence

The intro to "The Little Girl I Once Knew" makes me think of Pokemon (the game, not the show, dumbass). I enjoy it. In 1965, Brian visualized a portable game in which you collected monsters and trained them to battle against one another in the late 90s and wrote a partial soundtrack for it. Ahead of his time, indeed.