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Bear with me folks. We are almost out of the DARK AGES for the Beach Boys.


We need to catch up with rounds #29 and 30 so we are going to begin by VOTING OFF TWO TRACKS per round.

Tally on the 30th!!!

Hot Fun in the Summertime
Surfin'
Summer of Love
Island Fever
Still Surfin'
Slow Summer Dancin' (One Summer Night)
Strange Things Happen
Remember (Walking in the Sand)
Lahaina Aloha
Under the Boardwalk
Summer in Paradise
Forever

My least two faves on this one are easy: FOREVER and SURFIN'.

 :3d

summer of love
forever

"Remember (Walking in the Sand)" and "Forever"

I almost feel like "Summer of Love" should win.

Forever
and Summer Of Love

Summer of Love
Surfin'

Forever is hands down my favorite song on this album. If you hear it as a cover instead of a remake, it's really not that bad at all.

Under the Boardwalk, Surfin'

Summer of Love
Surfin'

No way should Forever go out before these two trainwrecks.  It still contains the same basic melody as the original.  If anything, it's more along the lines of iffy covers of classic songs like Hot Fun in the Summertime.

Hot Fun
Summer of Mike

Summer of Love
Still Surfin'

Surfin
summer of love

This album will be hard because nearly all the tracks are so horrible it's hard to single them out. Most problematically, I hardly ever listen to this album (though I've listened enough to know it's not worth further listens) so I don't have enough familiarity with the tracks to specify which one is more objectionable than the next. I probably won't vote in many more rounds on this one simply because I can't.

But I definitely vote for Surfin' -  that one definitely stands out to me as the worst.

My second vote goes to whichever song is the Bruce Johnston one (Slow Summer Dancing, right)? I remember a Bruce song here that was even worse than She Believes in Love Again which I hardly thought possible.

what's even the point

Save that question for Stars and Stripes vol. 1 aka Beach Boys Survivor #33.  ;D

Summer of Love
Surfin'

Summer Of Love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Oh, and Forever. Damn You John Stamos for ruining Denny's classic!

Summer Of Love

Surfin'

Summer of Love and Surfin'

Perhaps we should have a vote on whether we should do a Stars and Stripes round?

In my opinion, I don't think it's a good idea. It's basically a Country-themed remake of the Beach Boys classics from the 60's, and the Beach Boys themselves are only on backing vocals here.

Where to begin...a record that Stamass was allowed in to the sessions.  And on the concert stage.  I was left to wonder, why Carl?

So much to choose from

Surfin
Forever

Summer of Love
Surfin'

Summer of Love
Walkin in the Sand

Nah. No voted needed. It's a studio album featuring the Beach Boys. Co-produced by the Beach Boys. People may not like it, but it's a Beach Boys album... just thankfully not the FINAL Beach Boys album.

Summer Of Love
Under The Boardwalk

Remember walkin in the sand
Surfin

Forever
Surfin'

I agree. Both are pointless, insulting, and just plain bad.

Summer of Love
Surfin'

Summer of love, forever

Surfin'
Forever

Can't we just vote off the entire album all at once?

Interesting, I find Slow Summer Dancin' to be the best song off this album (though it's still not a good song). And though the cover of Remember is quite awful (especially Mike's part), Carl's vocals redeem it as one of the better songs off this album.

Forgot about the saxophone solos. Some of the worst I've ever heard. Makes Kokomo sound like a masterpiece.
Carl's vocals don't sound too forced to these ears, plus it's always great to hear a late period Carl vocal, as in only a few years he'd be gone.

Summer of Love
Surfin'

Tally comin' up soon.  :o

Trying to determine your favorite song off this album is kind of like selecting your favorite form of terminal cancer. 

I actually like this album more than Beach Boys (85).  :lol

For me, there's one pretty easy choice for this one.  Granted the album is bad, but all I have to do is turn to a contemporary top 40 and all of a sudden SIP doesn't bother me as much.

Me too.

choosing from the lp version, my two picks are...

01)  side a
02)  side b

 :lol

Bear with me folks. We are almost out of the DARK AGES for the Beach Boys.


Surfin' may be the only life... the only way... But in Survivor  it's the first to go. (18) (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

Hey now we'll it's love thing... well not really. Quite the opposite, actually. (19) (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

We need to catch up with rounds #29 and 30 so we are going to begin by VOTING OFF TWO TRACKS per round.

Tally on the May 2nd!!!

Hot Fun in the Summertime
Island Fever
Still Surfin'
Slow Summer Dancin' (One Summer Night)
Strange Things Happen
Remember (Walking in the Sand)
Lahaina Aloha
Under the Boardwalk
Summer in Paradise
Forever

Round#1 - Surfin' April 30
Round#1 - Summer of Love April 30

My least two faves on this one are easy: FOREVER and Strange Things Happen.

 :3d

Island Fever

Under The Boardwalk

Are we to assume that all these tracks are the US Versions?

Remember (Walking in the Sand)
Forever

Walking in the Sand
Hot Fun

Remember (Walking in the Sand)
Under the Boardwalk

Remember

Hot Fun

"Remember" and "Forever"

forever and under the boardwalk

:lol :lol  :lol brilliant!

Under the Boardwalk
Forever

I find it hard to believe anyone can like the Beach Boys nadir over one of their most underrated albums at all. Oh well.


Forever

Under The Boardwalk

You're amazed at that? Hell, I'm amazed at the differences between us all naming these best songs from each album. I would have never imagined this in the past. When I would run into another fan, we would almost agree on everything. My how times have changed. ;)

Island Fever
Forever

Can I just vote them all off?

Remember walkin in the sand
Slow summer dancin

Remember (Walking in the Sand)
Forever

Home taping is killing music…

Hot Fun in the Summertime
Forever

you're supposed to mention this album in every other thread, not only this one.

I vote for
Island Fever
Forever

Album is too bad to rate really. A pile of sh*t.

?

Never said I didn't like Goin on. I like just about everything the beach boys have released. With these threads, it's just a matter of what I like least in a group of tracks.

Still Surfin' and the title track

hot fun forever

Well, that was melodramatic...


Replace funny with awful and I'd agree


Yes, the UK version of the title track isn't nearly as bad as the US version.

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Bear with me folks. We are almost out of the DARK AGES for the Beach Boys.


If the song he sings to you is sung like the STAMOS, he must go. (11) (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

RemeBUH (rememBUHBUHBUHBUHBUH) voting this one off? (8)(http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

We need to catch up with rounds #29 and 30 so we are going to begin by VOTING OFF TWO TRACKS per round.

Tally on the May 4th!!!!

Hot Fun in the Summertime
Island Fever
Still Surfin'
Slow Summer Dancin' (One Summer Night)
Strange Things Happen
Lahaina Aloha
Under the Boardwalk
Summer in Paradise

Round#1 - Surfin' April 30
Round#1 - Summer of Love April 30
Round#2 - Forever May 2
Round#2 - Remember (Walking in the Sand) May 2

My least two faves on this one are easy: Under the Boardwalk and Strange Things Happen.

 :3d

Still Surfin'
Slow Summer Dancin' (One Summer Night)

Still surfin
under the boardwalk

Hot Fun
Slow Summer

Island Fever

Under The Boardwalk

Under the Boardwalk
Hot Fun in the Summertime

I still say Forever is a more passable remake than these are covers, but I imagine they'll all be gone soon enough.

Island Fever
Still Surfin'

"Hot Fun in the Summertime" and "Under the Boardwalk"

hot fun
slow summer dancing

Slow summer dancin
Lahaina aloha

Under The Boardwalk. Nice Carl Vocals at times, but otherwise a downright awful cover. Give me the original and the Stones version anyday!

Still Surfin'. Pretty unbelievable they did a Surfin' song in the bloody 90's. Embarrassing.






As for Forever, I hate how the most famous version to the general public is not the original Dennis Wilson classic, but the crappy John Stamos version  >:(

Slow summer
Boardwalk

1, What are you talking about? Everybody knows that Bruce Willis` version is definitive!  :)

2, A good job they didn`t do the same in 2012 eh?  ;)

Anyway, my votes go to:

Hot Fun in the Summertime
Island Fever

Huh, didn't know that Bruce Willis did a version (if he really did it and this isn't a joke).
If he did, I'll check it out. But expectations are not high.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EHDQFX0AL.jpg)

Checked out the Bruce Willis version and was pleasantly surprised. He's certainly not a bad singer, and his version isn't too bad. A lot better than I expected.
That said, I'd put it above the Beach Boys version and below the original and the Stones version.

Strange island fever happen

Under the Boardwalk.

Slow Summer Dancin'

re the Bruce Willis discussion - fuckin' hell, please stop!

hot fun

bored walk

Still Surfin' and Summer in Paradise

Under the Boardwalk
Slow Summer of Crushin' Skulls with a Giant Mallet on Each Fourth Beat

hot fun under the friggin boardwalk

Hot Fun in the Summertime
Island Fever

Still Surfin'
Hot Fun in the Summertime

Bear with me folks. We are almost out of the DARK AGES for the Beach Boys.


12 Votes were found Under the Boardwalk (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

9 for Hot Fun in the Summer Time. (I can't even be arsed to make up something). (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

We need to catch up with rounds #29 and 30 so we are going to begin by VOTING OFF TWO TRACKS per round.

Tally on the May 6th!!!!

Island Fever
Still Surfin'
Slow Summer Dancin' (One Summer Night)
Strange Things Happen
Lahaina Aloha
Summer in Paradise

Round#1 - Surfin' April 30
Round#1 - Summer of Love April 30
Round#2 - Forever May 2
Round#2 - Remember (Walking in the Sand) May 2
Round#3 - Hot Fun in the Summertime May 4
Round#3 - Under the Boardwalk May 4

My least two faves on this one are easy: Still Surfin' and Strange Things Happen.

 :3d

 things happen summer dancin'

Still Surfin'

Strange Things Happen

Slow Summer Dancin'
Island Fever

Anyone else voted on every single round without a single miss since the first Surfin' Safari round?

What a long and eventful journey this has been... and it ain't even over yet!

err..... pixel guy?

Island Fever
Still Surfin'

Next round will be hard, we'll be getting into the songs I can actually tolerate.

Still Surfin'
Slow Summer Dancin' (One Summer Night)

Wow, 2 of my faves just got voted off.  :-[

Slow summer dancin. (How is it still here?)
Lahaina aloha

Slow Summer Dancin' (One Bummer Shight)
Still Sufferin'

Charming.  And speak for yourself - I find the pithy to desperate poll tags and the school boyish song title augmentations much more interesting than the puerile opinions and other quite trying commentary offered by some.

Slow Summer dancin'
Lahanal Aloha

Strange island fever happen

Island Fever

Still Surfin'

Not all of them; yr opening and second comments are a little abrupt.  & what does "sth" mean.

Still Surfin'
Slow Summer Dancin' (One Summer Night)

Don't they play the Drifters and Sly in hell?

Not as bad as so many make it out to be. I could easily name worse. Bought it the day before Hurricane Andrew battered South Florida in '92 and played it continuously thru the storm. It then became our summer soundtrack for a few years when we'd vacation up at Cocoa Beach. Thought at the time that it sounded like the Beach Boys' swan song, the title track reminding me of Let it Be.

Should have opened with Island Fever's invitation to "get away." Surfin' - definitely an improvement over the original...didn't know the little fella had it in him. Summer of Love? Stupid, goofy and funny. Guess you have to be SoCal to get it. Was cool to see Surfer Joe resurface. Last we'd heard he'd gone off to Pendleton for a hitch with Uncle Sam's boys. Don't get the reference to the lady we once used to know...somebody help me with that. And I like the direct vocal harmonic quote from Don't Worry Baby. One Summer Night works just fine with your baby in your arms, swaying to the music at a southseasidebeachfronthideaway - try it, you'll like it! And, of course, Strange Things recalls that Pisces Lady so Funky Pretty, and I love the extended fade.

uh oh...battery is low

Ok. Plugged in again, so where was I? Yeah, Side Two -

Really like that extended fade into Remember Walking in the Sand. Who did that originally? I'm thinking the Shangr Las.

Lahaina Aloha gets some pretty good press, I guess for Carl's vocal delivery, but I'm sure a song about a one night stand is just beyond the pale. I mean, we're talking rock n roll here, not some degenerate art...well, never mind.

What's left? Under the Board Walk...a great old tune given a respectable interpretation, better I'd say than the Stones, which is I admit a stretch, but then I didn't care much for their reworking of Just My Imagination. In, fact, I'd say their best work was all done before 1966 - same as the Beach Boys (except for PS and GV of course)

They should have stuck Kokomo here just before the title track, which by the way sounds pretty good live with the added verses. And the burning sax reminds me of Gato so it's ok - everyone can't be Coltrane

So, I guess I like the album, my perception colored no doubt by the fond memory of that time and place in the early 90's.

But Hot Fun better than Sly...? I mean...really now...you've got to be...

"Still Surfin'"[/color]

Still Surfin'
Slow Summer Dancing

He said a mouthful but did he vote? 

ah well...My vote is: Strange things have found us / Layahiney A-low - HA!

I thought it was a bit irrelevant and abruptly rude too. But I have gotten used to such comments from rangerover. I don't they're intended to be rude, so I overlook them.

Island fever
Slow summer dancin'

Still surfin
 One summer night (slow dancing)

Still Surfin'
Summer in Paradise

Actually, personally, one of the things I've enjoyed most about these threads has been pixletwin's corny puns.    8)

Slow Summer Dancin
Island Fever

Am I the only one who thinks Still Surfin' channels a bit of Spector influence? The intro may be my favourite moment on the album.

Tally in  a few hours. Thanks for the kind words folks.

Island Fever and Still Surfin'

Seconded.

Bear with me folks. We are almost out of the DARK AGES for the Beach Boys.


You'll catch him on a wave on his way to class or being voted out of Survivor! (12) (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

One Summer Night survived over and over again... until now.  :'( (12) (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

Vote off your LEAST FAVORITE TRACK before we go to the final round!

Tally on the May 8th!!!!

Island Fever
Strange Things Happen
Lahaina Aloha
Summer in Paradise

Round#1 - Surfin' April 30
Round#1 - Summer of Love April 30
Round#2 - Forever May 2
Round#2 - Remember (Walking in the Sand) May 2
Round#3 - Hot Fun in the Summertime May 4
Round#3 - Under the Boardwalk May 4
Round#4 - Still Surfin' May 6
Round#4 - Slow Summer Dancin' (One Summer Night) May 6

My remaining least fave on this one is easy: Strange Things Happen.

 :3d

Summer in Paradise - Don't like all the past song name drops

Island Fever

Lahaina Aloha

Island Fever

Island Fever

Strange Things Happen

Well, that's my favourite off this album gone.... and coincidentally Bruce's last chance to win...

Strange Things Happen

Lahaina aloha

Island Fever I guess.  I really could have gone with Strange Things Happen as well, but Island Fever seems slightly more generic.

STH is my fave track on the album, Especially the version with the longer fade…

I'm not a fan of the song "Summer in Paradise."

Island Fever.

I do have to say that I think it's a shame about "Slow Summer Dancing."  Al's vocal on the chorus is one of the only things I like on this album.

Summer in paradise,,,

Lahaina Aloha

I agree. Slow Summer was probably my favorite to win.

island fever

Something about the bass vocals in Slow Summer Dancin' sounds awfully off to me. No idea whether it's off key or just a poorly arranged element but either way, not good. Chalk me up for another vote against Island Fever.

Island fever

Count me in as one of those who agree that Slow Summer was the best song off this album!

Island Fever

Island Feevuh

Island Fever

Bear with me folks. We are almost out of the DARK AGES for the Beach Boys.


You'll catch him on a wave on his way to class or being voted out of Survivor! (12) (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

11 smilers got the Island Fever and died. :'( (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

Vote off your FAVORITE TRACK!!!!

Tally on the May 10th!!!!

Strange Things Happen
Lahaina Aloha
Summer in Paradise

Round#1 - Surfin' April 30
Round#1 - Summer of Love April 30
Round#2 - Forever May 2
Round#2 - Remember (Walking in the Sand) May 2
Round#3 - Hot Fun in the Summertime May 4
Round#3 - Under the Boardwalk May 4
Round#4 - Still Surfin' May 6
Round#4 - Slow Summer Dancin' (One Summer Night) May 6
Round#5 - Island Fever May 8

I despise Strange Things Happen. "Everytime I touch my baby strange things happen to me"? Really?  ::)

I like Lahaina Aloha ok... Its sweet and inoffensive.

Summer In Paradise (especially the live version on MiC) is my pick for survivor. I actually like all the self referential lyrics. They make me laugh.  ;D

Lahaina Aloha

None of my top 4 made it to the finals!

Out of the remaining tracks, I pick Summer in paradise.

Lahaina Aloha

Hey everybody
Heres some good advice
Never listen to this album
or watch Baywatch Nights

but...ah..no...The Island one gets my vote (its still rubbish buh)

The lyrics to "Summer in Paradise" are either Mike's worst or a brilliant self-parody.  I still remember the first time I heard the album, when I heard the line:
"Surfer's recycle now, don't you know
Like everyone from California to…"
there was just enough time in that pause for me to think "Oh, for the love of God, don't say…" before Mike finally said "Kokomo."

In any case, Jardine's vocal on "Strange Things Happen" is probably the second best vocal performance on the album, after his own turn on the chorus of "Slow Summer Dancing (One Summer Night)," but they still aren't good enough to overcome the song's other weaknesses in bad TM-inflected lyrics and a dull melody.  Which means I'll have to vote for "Lahaina Aloha."

Strange things happen.

Lahaina Aloha, the one song on the album I actually like.

I know I want it, So it can stay, Girl it ain't gonna sail away...

Lahaina Aloha

Having just had the pleasure of listening to two of the remaining three tracks (iPhone shuffle) during a very long drive (okay, long by UK standards!), I have to say I'd forgotten how bad the title track was, and how good Lahaina Aloha is. Didn't have the pleasure of Strange Things happen but my overall preference is now for Lahaina Aloha. The live version of SiP rocks, but the studio version sounds like a first-ever run-through, stilted and stiff by comparison to the live track.

Lahaina Aloha has my vote.

Lahaina Aloha (despite the horrible drums)

Holy SIP, what a dire top 3.

Strange Things Happen

Lahaina Aloha

Summer In Paradise

Purely for the UK version. Much, much better than the original US version.

Lahaina Aloha

Lahaina Aloha

Lahaina Aloha

Lahaina Aloha - the only track I really enjoy on the album

Lahaina Aloha

Love both Strange Things Happen (the outro alone is probably the highlight of the whole album to me) and Lahaina Aloha, love the atmosphere of the latter.

I'll vote for Lahaina Aloha.

Lahaina Aloha...Carl saves this one

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Lahaina Aloha

Great summation of this record Zach, but after listening to most of it a few days ago - I had to, as it had gotten that I couldn't remember which ones were truly "the worst," I found some were worth mentioning.

I have posted a few times about Mike Love taking over the band with 15 Big Ones in the past (with Love You, L.A. Light Album, and the 85 album being the exceptions. Coincidence that those are the 3 above-decent albums to come out of that period?), and I did post a few times this morning.
But I didn't post about this topic this morning. You must have got me mistaken for someone else.

Rei,  It's in the Wikipedia = Wrinkles thread, where you proudly put up a link (the first one) to a simplistic, ridiculous/gossip rag like piece, mostly about their personal lives.  tragic - in a world where Denny's POB is held in as high regard as "the best of The Beach Boys records," and only Denny's record gets any mention in the field of solo/other projects that any Beach Boy took part in.  The article needs that "Wiki Magic" of which they speak - and quick.  You said you were "modifying" it.  So you must have read it.  I see you now have exceptions, maybe those should be noted in the article.  I'm fixing to shut down my board wandering for the night, but will try and post a reply there tomorrow.

Ohh... well it isn't really a gossip rag or whatever, it's just information on the band. And I didn't write anything about Mike Love and the Decline Of The Beach Boys, it was already there when I made some touch-ups. It does need more of a touch-up, I just added more information and corrected some incorrect information. Which is why I posted it on the Wikipedia = Wrinkles thread, so people from here can also contribute to that and touch up the page. Because TV Tropes is a very popular site, and the Beach Boys page needs a well-deserved fix-up!

Nah, Mike wasn`t in charge of KTSA either (his solo songs that were considered were all omitted).

Mike only really took over when Terry Melcher became producer and even then he wasn`t in complete charge as Al and Brian both had songs on Still Cruisin`.

Bear with me folks. We are almost out of the DARK AGES for the Beach Boys.



3 smilers should abstain from "touching" their baby.(http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)

4 smilers took Mike's advice to bring back Summer in Paradise. (http://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/images/smilies/survivor.gif)


And the winner (overwhelmingly so) with 20 votes...

Lahaina Aloha

Round#1 - Surfin' April 30
Round#1 - Summer of Love April 30
Round#2 - Forever May 2
Round#2 - Remember (Walking in the Sand) May 2
Round#3 - Hot Fun in the Summertime May 4
Round#3 - Under the Boardwalk May 4
Round#4 - Still Surfin' May 6
Round#4 - Slow Summer Dancin' (One Summer Night) May 6
Round#5 - Island Fever May 8
Round#6 - Strange Things Happen May 10
Round#6 - Summer in Paradise May 10

3 fresh (and final) threads of Beach Boys Survivor begin tomorrow.

THE BEGINNING OF THE END!!!  :o

 :3d

Even if it was voted as the best song off SIP, I still think it's an awful song  ;D

Really surprised Lahaina Aloha won. I've listened it two or three times, it's completely forgettable. Summer In Paradise and STH are both miles ahead of it.

Here's how I'd rank it, From Worst to Best:

12. Summer Of Love.
11. Forever.
10. Surfin'.
09. Under The Boardwalk.
08. Still Surfin'.
07. Strange Things Happen.
06. Hot Fun In The Summertime.
05. Island Fever.
04. Lahaina Aloha.
03. Remember (Walking In The Sand).
02. Summer In Paradise.
01. Slow Summer Dancin' (One Summer Night).

Lahaina Aloha was the obvious winner even if it is ruined by the drum heavy production. It says a lot for the stupidity of the group around this time that the best songs on SiP and BB85 were never performed in concert, to my knowledge.

Ditto. SSD (OSN) is my favorite too.

most definitely

most definitely not

Well, even the best songs off SIP are far below-average lol