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I'm working on a project and need a consensus.  Please rank the following songs in order, using your favorite version of each song.  Which version you choose for each song doesn't really matter (as long as it's one by the Beach Boys) but feel free to say which version you used, if you want. The important thing is the order of each song.

Thanks!

Come Go With Me
Getcha Back
Goin' On
Good Timin'
Isn't It Time
It's OK
Rock And Roll Music
Summer In Paradise

My favorite versions are all original album versions unless noted otherwise:

1. Good Timin'
2. It's OK
3. Getcha Back
4. Goin' On
5. Come Go With Me
6. Rock And Roll Music (1979 Midnight Special TV Show)
7. Summer In Paradise
8. Isn't It Time

 

1. Good Timin'
2. Goin' On
3. Getcha Back
4. Isn't It Time (Album version)
5. Come Go With Me
6. Summer In Paradise (US version)
7. It's OK
8. Rock And Roll Music

7-Come Go With Me
5- Getcha Back
4- Goin' On
1- Good Timin'
6-Isn't It Time
2- It's OK
3- Rock And Roll Music (2012 remix)
8- Summer In Paradise (I've never heard this)

My choices are album version unless otherwise noted.

1. Getcha Back
2. Goin' On
3. Good Timin'
4. It's Ok
5. Summer in Paradise (Live MiC version)
6. Come Go With Me
7. Isn't It Time
8. Rock and Roll Music (MiC version)

Not a very inspiring list, but...

1 Getcha Back
2 Isn't It Time
3 Good Timin'
4 Summer In Paradise (live version. Either studio version would be at the bottom)
5 It's OK
6 Good Timin'
7 Come Go With Me
8 Goin' On
9 Rock And Roll Music

Good Timin'
Getcha Back
It's OK
Goin' On
Rock And Roll Music
Isn't It Time
Come Go With Me
Summer In Paradise

Very close between the top 4:

1. Getcha Back
2. It's OK (45 version)
3. Rock And Roll Music (45 version)
4. Good Timin'

And similarly, the bottom 4 are pretty close

5. Summer In Paradise (US studio version)
6. Come Go With Me
7. Isn't It Time (45 version)
8. Goin' On

You have Good Timin on there twice

That's because I'm a complete idiot and it's past my bedtime. It should be at 3, not 6.

1. Good Timin'
2.  Goin' On
3.  Getcha Back
4. It's Okay
5.  Isn't it Time
6. SIP
7. Come Go with Me (by virtue of being a cover; otherwise it would be at number 3)
8. Rock and Roll Music (ditto, otherwise at number 4)

What we have here is one of my very favourite songs of the 70s, "It's OK", which would head my list by several thousand miles.
A fun cover that I always enjoy, "Come Go With Me", which would be a distant second by default
Five vaguely pleasant songs I seldom or never listen to and would have difficulty ranking.
And a record I despise with all my heart, "Rock N Roll Music", which would be so far at the end of the list you would need a telescope to see it

Getcha Back
Good Tmin'
It's OK
Rock n Roll Music
Summer In Paradise
Goin' On
Come Go With Me
Isn't it Time

It's OK is tied to my high school days, so it's a personal anthem. Never really liked Getcha Back, and Rock And Roll Music wears me out. All Album cuts.

So….

It's OK
Good Timin'
Come Go With Me
Isn't It Time
Goin' On
Rock and Roll Music
Getcha Back
Summer in Paradise

Good Luck with that!  ;)

It's OK
Good Timin'
Goin' On
Isn't It Time
Getcha Back
Rock And Roll Music
Come Go With Me
Summer In Paradise

  Good Timin'
  It's OK
  Goin' On
  Isn't It Time (album version)
  Rock and Roll Music
  Getcha Back
  Come Go With Me
  Summer in Paradise

   45 rpm versions unless otherwise noted

yay, I love lists!

1. It's OK (MiC Version)
2. Goin' On (The sax solo I could do without though)
3. Good Timin'
4. Come Go With Me (15BO Version)
5. Getcha Back
6. Rock and Roll Music (MiC Version w/Extra Verse)
7. Isn't it Time (Album Version)
8. Summer in Paradise (Nice melody, but the references to the other Beach Boys songs just absolutely kill it for me)

All album cuts 'cept R&RM and CGWM

It's OK
Goin' On
Come Go With Me (15BO version)
Rock and Roll Music (MiC version, or if it counts the one on Get the Boot)
Good Timin'
Isn't It Time
Getcha Back
Summer in Paradise

I'm pretty easy to please, I like all these tracks though I've always thought Good Timin' was a bit of fluff.

1. It's OK
2. Getcha back
3. Summer in Paradise
4. Goin' on
5. Isn't it time
6. Rock and Roll Music
7. Come Go With Me
8. Good timin'

1. Isn't It Time
2. It's OK
3. Rock and Roll Music
4. Good Timin
5. Goin On
6. Come Go With Me
7. Getcha Back
8. Summer in Paradise

1) Goin' On
2) It's OK
3) Good Timin'
4) Come Go With Me
5) Getcha Back
6) Rock And Roll Music
7) Isn't It Time
8) Summer In Paradise

1. It's OK
2. Goin' On
3. Good Timin' (live version with Dennis lead)
4. Getcha Back
5. Isn't It Time
6. Come Go With Me
7. Rock And Roll Music
8. Summer In Paradise

Man this is one of those five way tie for second-to-last place kind of lists.

Good Timin' (by several miles)
It's OK (by a kilometer or so)
Goin' On
Come Go With Me
Getcha Back
Isn't It Time
Rock and Roll Music
Summer In Paradise

Good Timin'
Goin' On
Come Go With Me
Rock and Roll Music (MIC mix)
It's OK
Summer In Paradise (live at Wembley, UK, version)
Isn't It Time (album version)
Getcha Back

1. Good Timin'
2. Goin' On
3. Isn't It Time
4. It's OK
5. Getcha Back
6. Come Go With Me
7. Rock and Roll Music
8. Summer in Paradise

1.  Getcha Back
2.  Good Timin'
3.  Isn't It Time
4.  Goin' On
5.  It's OK
6.  Come Go With Me
7.  Rock And Roll Music
8.  Summer In Paradise

1. Goin' On
2. It's OK
3. Getcha Back
4. Come Go With Me
5. Good Timin' (Dennis lead)
6. Isn't It Time
7. Rock 'n' Roll Music (MiC)
8. SIP

It's OK
Goin' On
Getcha Back
Good Timin'
Isn't It Time
Come Go With Me
Rock N Roll Music
SIP

1. Goin' On
2. It's OK
3. Good Timin'
4. Isn't It Time
5. Rock and Roll Music
6. Come Go With Me
7. Getcha Back
8. Summer in Paradise

my reply is an abbreviated ranking by necessity:

1) R&R Music - ONLY the original 45rpm single mix though, which has the correct Brian Wilson feel to it.  I like it now as much as when I first heard it over the radio then.  I have absolutely no use for all the other dreadful embellishments mixed;
2) Getcha Back (original LP version) - I like it but it's considerably down the list from #1;
3) It's OK (original 15 big ones version) - I like it still although it doesn't have all that much staying power.
4) Good Timin' (again, original LP) - nice song & vocals but Guercio unfortunately turned it into Muzak. 

Except for it's OK I enjoy playing these on the piano.

All the other songs though I admit I don't care much ever if I hear them again

1. Goin' On
2. Getcha Back
3. Good Timin'
4. It's OK
5. Rock and Roll Music
6. Come Go With Me
7. Isn't It Time
8. Summer in Paradise

1. Goin' On
2. Good Timin'
3. Come Go With Me
4. Rock and Roll Music
5. Getcha Back
6. It's OK
7. Isn't It Time
8. Summer in Paradise

I think I'm one of two KTSA fans on this board... Carl is so awesome on "Goin' On." I notice that several of you listed it at the top.

1. Good Timin'
2. It's OK
3. Rock And Roll Music
4. Goin' On
5. Getcha Back
6. Come Go With Me
7. Isn't It Time
8.Summer In Paradise

Thanks so much to everyone who weighed in. I really appreciate it!  I can't say I'm surprised by the songs that scored lowest.  For those interested, the results (using the point system often used by Andrew and others on this board) are as follows.

Good Timin' - 181 points (winning by just one point!)
It's OK - 180
Goin' On - 166
Getcha Back - 147
Come Go With Me - 106
Isn't It Time -105
Rock And Roll Music - 103
Summer In Paradise - 60

I was more interested in the bottom of the list and as expected, those that ranked there were doomed from the start. Summer In Paradise is pretty much unanimously seen as their worst album, while "Rock And Roll Music" is generally thought to be the biggest wasted moment, as far as singles go, and "Isn't It Time" isn't "classic", or even five years old at this point.  Those facts may have affected the voting but you all have spoken and that's what counts.  Thanks again for helping me out!

Good Timin' (Album version)
Getcha Back (Album version)
It's OK (Single version. Love it sped up.)
Isn't It Time (Album version)
Goin' On (Album version)
Rock And Roll Music (Made in California "hot mix.")
Come Go With Me (M.I.U album version.)
Summer In Paradise (Only have heard the live version on Made in California.)

Just missed out on this apparently, but I'll weigh in anyway.

1. It's OK
2. Good Timin'
3. Getcha Back
4. Goin' On
5. Rock and Roll Music (Made in California or Single Version only; 15 Big Ones version might be dead last on this list)
6. Come Go with Me (M.I.U.)
7. Isn't It Time (Album version)
8. Summer in Paradise (Live 1993)

Couldn't resist doing this. Like the top 4 a whole lot more than the bottom 4.

1. Getcha Back (Mike and Brian sound absolutely great on this one)
2. It's OK (Sped up single mix preferred, blasted out really loud)
3. Rock And Roll Music (Only if it's the single mix)
4. Isn't It Time (Album version strongly preferred)

5. Come Go With Me (I like the Del Vikings original a whole lot more)
6. Good Timin' (Nice vocals, but a very boring song)
7. Goin' On (Pleasant enough)
8. Summer In Paradise (Embarrassingly trite lyrics)