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Title: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: Cristian Kiper on December 07, 2022, 05:02:30 PM
Was listening to the 2000 remaster of CATP on Spotify and noticed that Here She Comes has way more plays than all the other songs on the album:

(https://i.ibb.co/LZ4kw9N/catp.png)

I like the song, but wouldn't have expected it to be the most popular, considering other songs have been featured in more greatest hits albums. Was it featured in a movie or TV show?


Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: B.E. on December 07, 2022, 07:21:23 PM
It's very surprising! I first learned of this from The Cincinnati Kid who analyzes the Beach Boys Spotify statistics. Check it out over on The Beach Boys Today forum. 

https://thebeachboystoday.proboards.com/thread/580/beach-boys-spotify-streaming-statistics (https://thebeachboystoday.proboards.com/thread/580/beach-boys-spotify-streaming-statistics)


Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: Cabinessenceking on December 08, 2022, 03:28:01 PM
While HSC slaps pretty hard it can definitely be considered a deep cut. Has it been featured prominently in some media or is that purely organic popularity?


Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: Wirestone on December 08, 2022, 04:58:26 PM
I bet people are searching for Hall and Oates' "Maneater" with the phase "Here she comes."


Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm on December 08, 2022, 06:33:19 PM
I bet people are searching for Hall and Oates' "Maneater" with the phase "Here she comes."

Brilliant!  :lol  That would explain it.



Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: hongkongcrowe on December 08, 2022, 09:03:35 PM
It's a great tune - do we know whether it was ever played live?


Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: B.E. on December 09, 2022, 05:37:16 AM
Thank you, Wirestone. At 400M plays, I believe you've solved the mystery.


Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: Rocker on December 09, 2022, 09:05:28 AM
I'm not surprised. That song has aged very well and it's sound works even in today's music scene.



It's a great tune - do we know whether it was ever played live?


It was

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wR5D_V3Uxw


Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm on December 09, 2022, 05:41:13 PM
It was

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wR5D_V3Uxw

Nice! I like this, sounds a bit funkier than the studio version somehow. Thanks for the link!



Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: Jay on December 09, 2022, 06:23:13 PM
That song is the closest they ever got to sounding like a real rock band.


Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: DennysDrums83 on December 10, 2022, 08:22:06 AM
I love Here She Comes!  One of my favorites!


Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: DennysDrums83 on December 10, 2022, 12:09:18 PM
It was

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wR5D_V3Uxw

Nice! I like this, sounds a bit funkier than the studio version somehow. Thanks for the link!



I was hoping that a live version would be included in the box set.


Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: Lonely Summer on December 10, 2022, 03:18:44 PM
That song is the closest they ever got to sounding like a real rock band.
Yeah, the Beach Boys were never a real rock band.
"You say we're manufactured, to that we all agree, so make your choice and we'll rejoice in never being free"


Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: Awesoman on December 28, 2022, 04:05:59 AM
It's definitely an underrated track.  It's also the most "un-Beach Boys"-sounding track they ever did.  Surprised that it overtook "Marcella".


Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: Toursiveu on January 10, 2023, 12:51:22 PM
In a perfect world, Here She Comes would be included in every Greatest Hits compilation from the Beach Boys. It's an amazing song.


Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: William Bowe on January 12, 2023, 06:10:53 AM
Compare and contrast the play counts for the CATP songs from Sail On Sailor:


Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: Mark Dillon on January 28, 2023, 12:49:16 PM
My daughter is 16 and has recently become a Beach Boys obsessive. This is one of her very favorite tracks. She's listening with fresh ears. Maybe the contributions of Ricky and Blondie need to be reevaluated. The song certainly has strong hooks.


Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: Awesoman on January 31, 2023, 06:37:31 AM
My daughter is 16 and has recently become a Beach Boys obsessive. This is one of her very favorite tracks. She's listening with fresh ears. Maybe the contributions of Ricky and Blondie need to be reevaluated. The song certainly has strong hooks.

Ricky and Blondie deserve a lot of credit for keeping the band afloat during that period, especially in the touring circuit.  They provided the group with a much-needed edge that definitely added some grit to their music.  I think had they stuck around a bit longer for at least one more album, they would have probably successfully had completely fused and blended their sound in with the band.  We could have potentially had a killer album comparable to the "earthy" sound that the Rolling Stones were demonstrating on their albums at the time (Let It Bleed, Beggar's Banquet,  etc.). 


Title: Re: Here She Comes - Most popular song on CATP
Post by: BJL on January 31, 2023, 09:01:08 AM
My daughter is 16 and has recently become a Beach Boys obsessive. This is one of her very favorite tracks. She's listening with fresh ears. Maybe the contributions of Ricky and Blondie need to be reevaluated. The song certainly has strong hooks.

Ricky and Blondie deserve a lot of credit for keeping the band afloat during that period, especially in the touring circuit.  They provided the group with a much-needed edge that definitely added some grit to their music.  I think had they stuck around a bit longer for at least one more album, they would have probably successfully had completely fused and blended their sound in with the band.  We could have potentially had a killer album comparable to the "earthy" sound that the Rolling Stones were demonstrating on their albums at the time (Let It Bleed, Beggar's Banquet,  etc.). 

I agree completely. An alternate-reality 1975 album with Blondie and Ricky still on board, considering the work that Dennis was doing in that time frame, and where Dennis and Blondie ended up going with their respective 1977 solo albums, should have been absolutely stunning. Throw in Brian continuing his early-70s pattern of working up a couple of his stronger compositions instead of half-assing covers, and you have a hell of a record.

Of course, this is like the alternate reality of an alternate reality, given that even without Blondie and Ricky a ton of great-to-promising material was thrown out in this time frame in favor of Brian Wilson half-assing covers.