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This could be a fun and fascinating thread: Let's compile a list (with the music [via YouTube or whatever] too if possible) of songs about our favourite group or any of its constituent members. Whether it's lyrics and music or just one of 'em, bring it on. Now's your chance to bust out that song you really like written about Bruce or Al~ Bonus if your song is in a genre not generally associated with the kind which might have such a group as an obvious influence, has an interesting story behind it or an otherwise good quote! Here are two to start...

Tullycraft - "I Kept The Beach Boys" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzIHSCGBulo) (Surf Beat Fun, 2002)

John Cale - "Mr. Wilson" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UuyRvoITY4) (Slow Dazzle, 1975)

Okay friends, now it's your turn!

Okay, I guess I'll start with the obvious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch84fmOa414

The Queers - Brian Wilson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2HGT0qL0zo)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fylKnLQNeQ

Spring Vacation.

There's a Belle and Sebastian song that includes a lyric about loving Brian, Dennis, Carl and Al and even finding it my heart to love Mike Love. Can't remember the name but it's a nice moment from a good band.

I Love My Car, isn't it?

If mere references do count, there's a track called "Surf Song" on the fabulous Smell the Mitten LP by The Hot Toddies where the big guy is referenced:

"Bonfire on the beach, whoa! / Pacifico and some mushroom tea, whoa! / Dude I must be tripping / Is that Brian Wilson up on the hill?"

 :3d

Lindsey Buckingham - D.W.Suite  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9GOvjlPSVA


Although probably more a tribute to than about Dennis

f*** You Mike Love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKGjv1Y6Zsg

Believe it or not, such a song exists.

Weird Al - Pancreas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqDBB0no6dQ

My contribution to the genre, Three Little Wilsons:

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

Kids, never rhyme shadow with... shadow.

Not about the Beach Boys but directly references them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ggWhBUM9pg&t=3m45s

Here is a rather great one ( in fact I think its rather brilliant and very XTC )

Tears For Fears - Brian Wilson Said

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwbcFQKp4kM

It's one of the best Pet Sounds/SMiLE pastiches out there, but that song is about the human pancreas, not the Beach Boys.  ;D

Chris Rainbow - DEAR BRIAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YMQZhuqSAw&feature=related

Darn, bet me to it! My love of TFF and this song actually predated my obsession with the Beach Boys, so it was nice when the two things lined up.

Beach Boy Blood (In My Veins) by Dave Edmunds, written by Michael Lanning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWqnWB0RH6k

One from Reg Dwight (with Carl & Bruce on Backing Vox ) 'since god invented girls' , and if I remember correctly there was a another track from said album with all the boys on but someone stole the masters during production.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIBBd6-p9wY


And old favourite of mine from The Stills-Young Band 'long may you run'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n81mSTKgIuw

Kraftwerk — 'Autobahn', not 'about' them as such but very much inspired by.

Blazing Salads: "Life of Brian" (1993)

Blazing Salads were two iconic Oz rock legends, Glenn Shorrock (former lead singer of Little River Band) and Brian Cadd. Here's a link to the lyrics: http://www.lrb.net/html/lyrics/lifeofbrian.txt

Also can throw in Oz's Richard Clapton with his 1984 single, "Goodbye Barbara Ann".

Mr Wilson - The Hormones
Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did - Barenaked Ladies

Was it ever revealed whose idear it was for Brian and his band to play the Barenaked Ladies song?

I think Brian says in the interview at the end of the Roxy CD that it was his wife's idea...

It's always Melinda's idea.

Brian, why did you adopt 9 children and 14 dogs even though you could die at any moment within the next 15 years?

"Well, my wife thought it was a good idea."

Tbf, having a dog and another shot at fatherhood is probably good for Brian's psyche.


It's just the quantity that's rather alarming....

I remember hearing that a line in the Beatles "Happiness is a Warm Gun" about the "all American bullet-headed Saxon mother's son" was about Mike. Not sure if that is try though.

actually, that line's from "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill", which is about Richard Cooke whose mother was studying with the Maharishi at the same time the Beatles (and Mike) were in Rishikesh. he killed a tiger.

D'oh! Double wrongness. Why on earth did I write Happiness is a Warm Gun?  :lol

The Richard Cooke thing is new to me though. Thanks!

Here, I found a website (with properly attributed sources), with a longer, more detailed explanation if you're interested: http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/the-continuing-story-of-bungalow-bill/

Brian's Facebook posted this so it doesn't get more official than that... Rich Aucoin: "Brian Wilson is A.L.i.V.E." (http://youtu.be/ljiWYQYjutw) -- this just makes me wish even more that I wasn't having a bad trip during his (and Dan Deacon's) set at Evolve this year, haha.

"Ten Feet High And Rising" - Alan Carvell

"Beach Boy" - Airwaves

And of course, "Drfit Away", Dobie Gray.

Ok, I cried a little. I'd love to hear this guy's reasoning for picking some of the moments that he chose and leaving out other more obvious ones. Little Darian looks like my best friend's lesbian sister. And I kind of wish he didn't kill him at the end.



Another song about/inspired by the Beach Boys by one of my favorite bands: American Music by the Violent Femmes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8KGHatrPWE

Drummer DeLorenzo, who arranged the song, has an especially interesting take on it, relating both to the backing vocals and the drug line. "It's a little love letter to Brian Wilson, saying, 'Get well soon,'" he says. "I moved it away from a thrash Johnny Thunders feel, which is how Gordon wrote it, and turned it into a shuffle. In fact, the 'drug' line is Gordon's own little homage to Johnny Thunders. Nobody's going to get that, but that's what we talked about. But a lot of American music for me comes down to the Beach Boys, and that's why we had to have the sleigh bells, the background vocals, the timpani, the keyboards. We even quote 'I Can Hear Music' at the end of the song. It's pretty wet. There's a lot of surf in that song!"

Bubblegum Lemonade - Caroline's Radio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd5yln65O6w

And of course, "Drift Away", Dobie Gray. ;)

....Here's title ('To Brian Wilson') and music if that qualifies : Marmalade Army - 2BW :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90fur5MAYM

didn't bruce write "I write the songs" about brian?

He denies it now that it is about Brian, but I swear that back in the late 70's and 80's that he did reference Brian as person who he was writing about in the song.

I think it's more about God.

I’ve been alive forever,
And I wrote the very first song.
I put the words and the melodies together,
I am music,
And I write the songs.

I write the songs that make the whole world sing.
I write the songs of love and special thing s.
I write the songs that make the young girls cry.
I write the songs, I write the songs.

My home lies deep within you,
And I’ve got my own place in your soul.
Now, when I look out through your eyes,
I’m young again, even though I’m very old.

Chorus

Oh my music makes you dance
And gives your spirit to take a chance,
And I wrote some rock ’n’ roll so you can move.
Music fills your heart,
Well, that’s a real fine place to start.
It’s from me it’s for you,
It’s from you, it’s from me,
It’s a world wide symphony.

Chorus

I am music, and I write the songs.

"Round The Bend" by The Beta Band features a verse about Brian Wilson and "Wild Honey"

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpqjqb04171qlghpmo1_400.jpg)

Twelve months later...

This is my list of songs that mention "The Beach Boys" (collectively) in the lyrics. Most have (or maybe had!) a YouTube or other audio link at the original site: here (http://beachboysforum.freeforums.org/songs-that-mention-the-beach-boys-t663.html)...   

"Round The Bend"----The Beta Band
"Long May You Run"----The Stills-Young Band
"Sycamore Bay"----The Vinyl Kings
"Punk Rock Girl"----The Dead Milkmen
"(Here They Come) From All Over The World"----Jan & Dean
"Surfside Motel"----The Doleful Lions
"Perfect Summer Day"----Andi
"Jamie"----Weezer
"Scrapbook"----Chicago
"455 Rocket"----Gillian Welch
"7-11"----The Ramones
"Losing My Edge"----LCD Soundsystem
"I Love L.A."----Randy Newman
"High Time"----Daniel Tashian
"I Hate The Beach Boys"----The Bobs
"I Kept The Beach Boys"----Tullycraft
"Beach Boys Britain"----Alan Boyd
"I Hate California"----Jonathan Coulton
"Summertime Thing"----Chuck Prophet
"Hot Rod U.S.A."----The Rip Chords
"Surfin's Back Again"----The Fantastic Baggys
"The Day I Wrote The Book"----Jackdaw4
"A Tribute To The Beach Boys (1976)"----The Sands of Time
"Goodbye Marlon Brando"----Elton John
["Perfect Lovesong"----The Divine Comedy]
"Love Will Destroy Us In The End"----Hefner
["I'm Just A Girl"----Deana Carter]
"Pop Tarte"----Baby Lemonade
"Three Brothers, A Garden And Love"----Veeder van Doorn
"Miss Delaney"----Jack's Mannequin
["Caroline's Radio"----Bubblegum Lemonade]

Names in square brackets are of songs that mention "Beach Boys" (no "the") ...

"Jesus Loves You, Brian Wilson" by Lost Dogs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0OhPBKoHUE

Blimey…   hadn't dipped into this thread before. DW Suite starts off with a favourite tune (it's a trad Scottish folk song) of my partner's late husband.

Here's an odd, fun and slightly creepy one...
The Phantom Surfer by Chris White & the Surfonics. It's about 'the ghost of Dennis'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K3ok-w6qrU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K3ok-w6qrU)

Couple from ‘The Golden Age’ :

This is a classic, so many songs in there, count ‘em!
‘Love Those Beach Boys’ by The Sea Shells (Goliath 1357) 1964

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhnA1aQE1Eg

plus

probably the same group

‘Our Surfer Boys‘  by  The Surf Bunnies (Goliath 1352) 1963

… “Jan, Dean, and Brian and Jimmy too, won’t you be our guys?”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kQb6QB5WnY

one more,

‘The Scavenger’ by Gary Paxton,  (Garpax 44177) 1963

FLICK FORWARD TO 3:08 MINUTES FOR THIS!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E3yBPMIfXU

“I shut down The Beach Boys in their 409…”

Notice in the later cover by Capitol labelmate Dick Dale,  the lyrics were changed to

“I shut down the hodads in their 409…”

Quite right too.

Others:

“The west coast started surfin’, with The Beach Boys band, Jan & Dean and The Surfaris spread the sound throughout the land”

‘The Story Of The Rockers’ by Gene Vincent (Playground P100) 1968 written by Jim Pewter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWZ90RYpjaw

and

for those of us who love those instrumentals, (where are you Louie?), here’s a tribute to the sandbox called ‘Brian’s Beached Piano‘ by Dave Wronski & Slacktone from the album ‘Into The Blue Sparkle’ (Goboy 1002) 2000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbWFzD1qvzs





here’s a tutorial… Great sound!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6bvPxWJUK0

Now we what OSD does in his spare time. The lyrics are up to his niveau! ;D

Song I wrote 12 years ago, was really just stuck for a title:
http://themartialarts.bandcamp.com/track/murry-audree (http://themartialarts.bandcamp.com/track/murry-audree)

Elton John's  The Captain and the Kid

"Postcards from Richard Nixon"  Brian Wilson's promised land is referenced.

Why has no one mentioned 'Brian's Back'?

Bon Jovi - Last Cigarette (references Brian Wilson)

And there is a song by a female where she sings about dreaming she met BW, I believe there is also a reference toMLandy..*  I have the disc somewhere, can't recall her name or the name of the song.**

*Phone won't let me correct "toMLandy" or extra period.  Should be "to Landy".
**Cindy Lee Berryhill - Song for Brian

Cindy Lee is the widow of Paul Williams. There is a connection.

Pancreas isn't the only Weird Al song that has Beach Boys themes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN6avab0fIY

 :lol

Shannon   Henry Gross .. ,And i thought the lyrics to Drift Away were: Give me the beat boys and thrill my soul...

I always thought it was, Give me the Beach Boys and free my soul... I still sing that way to this day. :)

I'm allergic to 'Shannon'. I get skin rash.

"Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)"

'...and if it's not like Brian sang, Surf's Up, mmm, mmm..."

A Day in the Life of Grand by Ashley Park:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzOlmnsGJ6w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzOlmnsGJ6w)

Carl's Song by the Magic Numbers. Apparently sung by Carl to the composer in a dream.

I am allergic to 'Life Is A Rock' also. Blisters on my private parts.

1. In Sonic Youth's Tunic (Song for Karen), Kim Gordon relates, "I'm in heaven now - I can see you, Richard/Goodbye Hollywood, goodbye Downey/Hello Janis, hello Dennis, Elvis". Since the middle Wilson also features in the video to Sonic Youth's Teenage Riot, I think we can be pretty confident that "Dennis" is our man.

2. Soko sings that she will "never love you more than", inter alia, "God Only Knows".

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

3. I long ago lost my copy of Look! Listen! Vibrate! Smile!, but I recall reading in it than some manner of punk rock band had a song called Kill Mike Love.

Nice to see this thread is still going! I forgot one, "Universal Frequencies" by His Name Is Alive, from Stars on ESP (4AD, 1996). William Defever, the group's mastermind and sole constant member, said during period interviews that this song was his attempt to write a sequel to "Good Vibrations".

"Universal Frequencies" by His Name Is Alive (http://youtu.be/VbIVwqU-KzI)

How about The One You Can't Have, by the Honeys? "Brian's always sweet to me"-- was that BW?

Also, "Chug-A-Lug"... and the movie version of "Almost Summer".

r u loco?!! its not bb brian, do some searchin'..

That was quite uncalled for, Gertie. I think you should apologize to Amy.

Actually, it is, according to Marilyn when I asked her in 1983, and again in 1986.

2john k: Thanks for bringing this thread up again! Your list is very impressive, though 1 tune, Andi's "Perfect Summer Day" can't be found. It's posted on the other forum at page 2. Can you update the link since you, actually, shared that song? Thanks in advance.

Jolly good, only I'd rather get rid of those repetitive "doo wah doo wah"s.

Fine attempt, beautiful church organ ending. Still, as it usually is, the initial version is superior to the follower(s).

Some additions: Billy Hinsche - One In A Million;
Kayla Williams - First American Band;
Alan Carvell - Every Wilson Tune;
The Righteous Brothers - Rock & Roll Heaven (remake);
The Four Seasons - No Surfin' Today;
Dan Scarpa - Vanilla Island; 
Bikeride - Carl Wilson Suite
Entire album dedicated to Carl called "The CW Lake Mystery"

From Ben Vaughn:


http://youtu.be/qiGnvgSIOj4

One of my favorites from The Jayhawks..."Mr. Wilson"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25RqSWr4enM


And nod to Alex Chilton in it as well.

Thank you for your kind words! And thanks for pointing out that the link to the song by Andi has done a runner.

After a spot of detective work I discovered that "Perfect Summer Day" is a composition by Dave Coe with lyrics (and, i assume, vocals) by Andrea C. Crimmins. Okay, it's a demo but it's still a song about The Beach Boys, and surely that justifies its inclusion in this topic:

http://www.broadjam.com/artists/songs.php?artistID=7500&mediaID=38883 (http://www.broadjam.com/artists/songs.php?artistID=7500&mediaID=38883)

 

From the album Good Songs About People Who Make Good Songs Always by The Passionate and Objective Jokerfan:

"A Song About Al Jardine"
"I Have Love For Mike Love"
"Carl Wilson, Good Guy"
"Robert Schneider Is The Brian Wilson Of His Generation"

I kid you not. Listen on Spotify.

There's a Kathy Mattea country song called "455 Rocket". 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQZV6q00sUc

It's about her buying a car from a little old lady, and the car has a huge engine in it.  She drives it all over the place, and wrecks it one day... there's a line where she says "As we skidded... I thought I heard the angels sing.... It sounded like the Beach Boys"

Wow, very impressive investigation, John! Thank you again! I immediately liked that song, understated beauty.

NB: Since there's no download link & because I'm not a fan of just on-line listening to music, more of a downloader, I did some detective work too & found this really useful information:
http://audials.com/en/how_to_record_internet_radios/broadjam.html (http://audials.com/en/how_to_record_internet_radios/broadjam.html) - scroll down & read how to use this Audials Tunebite thing after downloading it to your comp. It's free! I'd already done that & it works nicely! Hopefully, it works for you too! Enjoy (all)!

Via lots of soundcloud interconnections I found a band "The Sunny Boys". Was amazed by their BBs renditions of Surfin' Safari & Barbara Ann, so I also checked their self-penned songs, & one of them featured the line about the BBs at 37 sec. mark: https://soundcloud.com/thesunnyboys/03-the-sunny-boys-mahalo

Nice song, the a cappella intro is terrific, kind of reminisces "Island Girl" (although I'd say it about 80% of "Mahalo", steel drum solo & all). Even the singer sounds like a cross between Al & Bruce. That being said, there's 1 thing better than on "Island Girl" - accordion instead of saxophone. Added some sweet touch to the tune.

Actually, it is, according to some honey called Marilyn. That's what she told me, anyway.

"Oh gimme the Beach Boys, free my soul  I wanna get lost in your rock n roll and drift away"      ......no wait...that ain't how it goes.

It does when I sing it.  ;D

Uncle Kracker's version of "Drift Away" does say "give me The Beach Boys" towards the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8itvQSruCE

Well I be damned!  I don't care for Uncle Kracker but it's cool he did that.  I have ALWAYS sang it like that . 

I thought that's what they said the first time I heard it. :-)  Glad it's not because the song sucks!

Chug a Lug
Denny's Drums
Carl's Big Chance
Brian is Back
Endless Harmony
Summer in Paradise
Southern California

Cassius Love vs Sonny Wilson

Unless I missed it no has mentioned Neil Young's "Long May You Run"

lyric: maybe The Beach Boys have got you now, with those waves singing Caroline...Caroline No
Roling down that empty ocean road, get into the surf on time.

jet without wings

First of all, sorry for the reanimation of this old thread. I've been looking at the Smiley Smile board for a few years, but just joined a few days ago.

When I saw this thread when it came up, I wanted to contribute a song. It's actually my band The Barbecuties. We play pop punk and I wrote a song about Brian called The Life Of Brian. Here we go

http://thebarbecuties.bandcamp.com/track/the-life-of-brian (http://thebarbecuties.bandcamp.com/track/the-life-of-brian)

Long May You Run is simply one of my favorite songs.  Period.  It shows up on a lot on my comp mixes of BB's songs.

Since God Invented Girls - Elton John
A Postcard From Richard Nixon - Elton John

The Brian Is Back - Elton John

Honeyrider - You made me hate The Beach Boys (well, at least they have them in the title)

How about your band's tune, Hot Rod?: http://thebarbecuties.bandcamp.com/track/the-life-of-brian

About Brian, obv., however, you will hear mention of many BBs songs. Cool uptempo number.

Also Custer's marching song. For all the good it did him.

"When I beat the little deuce coupe
Brian broke right down and cried"

Rip Chords, "Trophy Machine"

I cannot stop listening to that song. And the video is magnificent!

The melody at the beginning is "Wild Mountain Thyme" - a traditional Scottish tune. Later in the song you hear "Garryowen" which is a traditional Irish march that Custer was fond of. I've always wondered why Buckingham incorporated these Celtic melodies into a tribute to Dennis. Was it simply because Wilson is a Scottish surname?

Flesh and Blood - Wilson Phillips

Like A Brother - Beckley Lamm Wilson

Seems So Long Ago - Carl Wilson

My own list of songs that mention "(The) Beach Boys" (collectively) in the lyrics has swelled since i last linked it---- here! (http://beachboysforum.freeforums.org/songs-that-mention-the-beach-boys-t663-50.html#p17640)   

Here´s a song from me about Carl:

https://soundcloud.com/melahide/cdw-we-miss-you

Lovely song there, Manfred----the others too. :=)

Mr.Wilson_john cale, brian wilson_barenaked ladies, Brian Wilson_the queers, Life of brian_the barbecuties..

the sunny boys are killer, great italian group that began as a beach boys tribute.

She's my summer dream is nice
Zeppo

Cool to see this one mentioned....I had a very minor role in writing this song, though I didn't realize it name-checked the Beach Boys.  The song itself is about a local musician who played in a few semi-known L.A. bands in the '80s and '90s.

I couldn't help smiling when I discovered this one:

http://andyandthenag.bandcamp.com/track/ode-to-the-beach-boys (http://andyandthenag.bandcamp.com/track/ode-to-the-beach-boys)

Recent song "Calipopicana" - Kylie Hughes.

And, found this VA collection called "Surfonic Water Revival". The page says it's dedicated to Carl, while paying tribute to surf music. Some of it is direct, some a blend of ska & surf (example).

http://frontlinerecords.us/artists/?131
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfonic_Water_Revival

Take a close look at titles.

A blend of ska and surf? Skarf! ;D

Here we go

https://soundcloud.com/the-razorblades/lets-go-down-to-brighton (https://soundcloud.com/the-razorblades/lets-go-down-to-brighton)

Very tasty!

Loudon Wainwright - One Time at a Time. Not about Brian but mentions him.  Great song.

First heard this one on the Brian Wilson Pandora station

Splittsville - The Love Songs of B Douglass Wilson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjNcbHI8X-s

Just happened on this Ebay listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/151649062056     Andy Crowley & The Freaks of Nature -- Inside Brian Wilson's Brain
Couldn't find it on youtube tho

The Guardian reprinted a 1990 article about Sonic Youth, which says:


The article:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/10/sonic-youth-1990-say-are-you-anti-american-i-think-its-pretty-cool-people-should-be-anti-american

The video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reSOp1domrU

(Now back to Mike's latest provocation.)

A - Pacific Ocean Blue
A - pacific ocean blue: https://youtu.be/v5_B_cWmA6w

A bit of rocker in celebration of Denny.

I've managed to crank up my list of songs that mention "(The) Beach Boys" to 85:

http://beachboysforum.freeforums.org/songs-that-mention-the-beach-boys-t663-50.html#p17640

 

Jackie DeShannon's  "Boat to Sail".
Lyrics include "Brian Wilson songs are never left behind. Don't you worry,baby, you're a friend of mine".
Brian and Marilyn Wilson provide the  background vocals.
Real nice song

A quick update on the "Songs that mention 'The Beach Boys'" topic at my other board, now with a grand total of 88!

http://beachboysforum.freeforums.org/songs-that-mention-the-beach-boys-t663-50.html   

Was just re-listening to an album by pete yorn from 2001 and a song says "He’s talking out of the left side of his mouth" and the song is called "murry" so i googled it and apparently pete yorn read "heroes and villans" and wrote the song about murry (and brian i think)
Just looked for a video of it and check this out, he projects a picture of murry behind him while he sings the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k-iKwOSNS0

I see PY calls it "Murray". Thank you! I'm always moved by the affection Murry has been shown at times over the years.

You may know this other song about him:   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPsjkIXEFA

'Who Killed the Smile' by my old band Exhibit B!

https://open.spotify.com/track/6BBKmIxBdSxcVbIoRbB2fm

Youre right, i thought he spelled it Murry but the fan who uploaded it spelled it wrong, but now im looking at my CD and he spelled it Murray. Wonder if that was intentional or just a screwup?

Thats a great title for a song about Murry...just looked up a cover of the orignal "two-step side-step"...wow...its so square compared to the BB music

Get Out of Bed by James Clarke Five

"Wilson, get out of bed
Brian Wilson, get out of bed
I don't care what you're firing up your nose
I don't care if you wrote God Only Knows
get out of bed"

https://open.spotify.com/track/4QTMt1h0ijAopbVU9AmQah

Sorry, James, I don't do Spotify. I did enjoy what I heard of yours elsewhere (YouTube?).

Great lyrics there!

Ha! After a whole year I found a new song, "Farmer's Daughter" by The News, that mentions "The Beach Boys" in the lyrics (here just after 0:20). I'm now up to 98 songs that do this (with or without the "The"). Hoping to hit treble figures soon!

https://snewsproductions.bandcamp.com/track/farmers-daughter

http://thebeachboysforum.forumotion.com/t19-songs-that-mention-the-beach-boys#21

Triple figures! Yay!!!!!!!! :o

Maybe I've missed this being mentioned, but Panic! At The Disco's Crazy=Genius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjarLiQ6jc4

"She said you're just like Mike
Love but you wanna be Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson
Said you're just like Mike
Love but you'll never be Brian Wilson"

"She said you're just like Mike
Love but you wanna be Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson
Said you're just like Mike
Love but you'll never be Dennis Wilson"

I didn't see this one mentioned...

Belle and Sebastian: I Love My Car

I love my Carl
I love my Brian my Dennis and my Al
I could even find it in my heart to love Mike Love