On QVC Mike made a comment about how well the the new single TWGMTR is charting in England. Did anyone hear that? He didn't have to mention that.

I think U.K. dates will be added. How about a second leg of the tour? I don't think the BBs will forget you guys. Too much history with all the support given in the late 1960's and beyond.

If not for the popularity in the UK from 1966-1974 the band would've disbanded. That I am certain of. There would not have been enough sales to keep them in the business. At least they wouldn't continued using the Beach Boys name.

if with headphones: all of PS and Smile (i use the Smile A.D 4 mix)

[Adult Child]

I hope they would give half a disc to Adult Child, it really deserves it as much of the music is very good!

My suggestion. All very Accessible material for anyone!
 I think a girl would like this (not too outrageous fan material). Good luck 

All Summer Long
Hawaii
Catch A Wave
Don't Back Down
Let Him Run Wild
You're So Good To Me
California Girls
That's Not Me
Wouldnt It Be Nice
God Only Knows
IJWMFTT
Caroline No
Heroes And Villains
Surf's Up
Good Vibrations
Country Air
Wild Honey
I Can Hear Music
All I Wanna Do
Cool Cool Water
Add Some Music
Celebrate The News
Day In Life Of Tree
Til I Die
Feel Flows
You Need A Mess Of Help
All This Is That
On My Way To Sunny California
Had To Phone Ya
Just Once In MY Life
The Night Was So Young
I Bet He's Nice
My Diane
Love Surrounds Me
Getcha Back
Where I Belong

it's quite funny how one of the bands i hate more than any other (along with Nickelback) is mentioned in a Beach Boys fanboard. I don't see who could like them both, they're just too different.

My view.

Think About the Days - 8 (a very pleasant short wordless hymn. I expect it will be one of the better tracks after hearing it followed by the horrific 'Spring Vacation')

Spring Vacation - 3
(dreadful, pointless, bad production, bad lyrics with disgusting references to old classics - just worse than 'Brian's Back' because unlike that song this one isn't catchy, it isn't deep, there is no redeeming vocal part by Carl. I almost vomited when I heard this because I was expecting another TWGMTR.  My bad I guess. Also the title reminds me of a very bad shark film which shares the title. It starts promising then dies horribly.)

That's Why God Made The Radio - 8
(this is a very good song. It is not cheesy enough to call it a cheese slice and although the production is NOT very Brian Wilson nor PS or Sunflower in any regards it is well done.)

God Only Knows. The only song I've ever heard that I consider to be absolutely perfect. There's something magical happening on literally every second of that song. I could listen to it ten times in a row without getting bored.

+ 1

no joke, it always seemed to me to be about a low-level street gang.

"my buddies and me are getting real well known, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone", you know?

back in the days the idea of making car songs had to adress the culture surrounding good cars. imagine what 'Grease' set out to portray, then put it in LA and you have what IGA is about.

Impossible with this version, and the released version, as parts were added on the mixdown to mono.

 
does that inlude the Today version?

[To Capitol]

To Capitol: Please release stereo version of  "Help   Me Rhonda (alternate)" from Endless Harmony Soundtrack on upcoming box release!!

This song is so good, but that added falsetto just makes it for me. With that falsetto by Brian it easily becomes my favourite pre-PS song.  
A stereo release of (perhaps all three versions?) of this song would be highly cherished by the fan community and also be very accessible to the casual consumer.

Do others agree?

I listened to the album and felt it was disposable garbage. There was no soul or heart into any of the songs. Picking such well known songs and making them good was a daunting task from the beginning but the execution of the album is sub par in every aspect. It was terrible. I will never listen to it again nor advise anyone to give it a listen.

If the Drummer and Brian's biopic garner attention and popular/critical acclaim that could easily be possible within the next 5 years.

anyone who can come up with the chord progression of Surf's Up in just a couple of minutes is by definition a  genius.  You can hear from the sessions that he had a very good idea of how he wanted it.

I feel Marcella is out of place in set 1  anyone else?

The Beach Boys have never been about politics, so political rant should be left out of conversation with fans or public setting.

This contrasts them to the likes of John Lennon who was a very outspoken person of strong opinions from the very beginning (as a European I find the public burning of albums in the southern states after the 'more popular than Jesus' comment to be utterly hilarious and an indicator of the general mood of the US).

Point is if someone as a public figure has shown his political ideology and support(or lack of) to a political figure then it is more acceptable to the fans.
No one would bash Lennon if he were alive today and said the Republican party has become a disaster (which he ofc would do, who are we kidding).

But Beach Boys should stay out of this.
I personally have no spiritual affiliation or religious conviction, but I still think its great when Brian talks about the spirituality of music! I love the new song 'TWGMTR' even though to my rational mind the song makes no sense whatsoever, but I understand what it wishes to say, and I find it beautiful.

It's becoming great, but this show still needs some WILD HONEY, SU and COOL WATER

I think it's definately better than those you mentioned, but it just has so many strange, head scratching moments that it's hard for me not to skip a bunch of tracks while I listen to it.  Part of it, though, was a 'victim of the time'... a lot of songs/albums from that time period are strange and head scratching by any artist.

For instance, why do a cover of "Rock & Roll Music" if you don't have anything good to add to it, since it's already been done perfectly by Chuck Berry, and then amazingly, later improved upon by John Lennon.  There was no way to cover that song and have it be even decent compared to Chuck's or the Beatles version, but yet THEY STILL TRIED IT. 

The single version was better than the album version, you can really heard that moog. Dennis or Carl should've sung it, not Mike. They came close to pulling it off.

[TM]

Anything to do with TM

Even All This Is That?

not that, ATIT is a great song. I was thinking TM!

good on them!

I don't think it will chart in America because many americans have their ears up their assh*les listening to their contemporary R&B artists who spew out large quantities of the least memorable songs in the history of recorded music.

I'm sure fans on fan sites for other bands don't spend there entire time talking about what they don't like about the bands in question... How about we start a thread: 'Why the Beach Boys are the greatest band of all-time and one of the most inventive, imaginative and exciting mainstream bands of all time'?

Fans of other groups are very quick to glorify ANYTHING that group ever did. That's why they hail them as 'Gods' of rock, which is imo total bullsh*t.

This board is very down to earth, it seems most people here are very open to making jokes and criticising this group. Tearing it apart and disecting the groups history and their individual personalities (which from the bands persepctive must be quite interesting/scary).

I think the atmosphere of this board is superb and dynamic, people have lots of different opinions on this very creative group which is as brilliant musically as it is brilliantly flawed by the people in it. Great show to watch.

The Night Was So Young - the least favorite Love You track. Roughly speaking, I don't like Carl's voice (esp. in the chorus), annoying guitar twangs, etc. Harmonies are the only embellishment in this almost unlistenable tune.

But the arrangement of this is so good. That moog has never been better used than in these songs and TNWSY is not an exception! Carl was trying to sound like Dennis I think. Because for a long time I thought it was Dennis singing it, and then it sounded fine. The lyrics are very typical Brian of this period but it without doubt a very well made song surely?

TBH, Love You-era songs are perfect for the vocal range of Brian & co

I can easily see them do 'The Night Was So Young', 'Honkin' or even 'Johnny Carson' (as an oddity for festivals or similar)

[Entire 1978 christmas album]

Susie Cincinnati
Loop De Loop
Entire 1978 christmas album
Hey Little Tomboy (either version)
anything from MIU -except 'My Diane'
Anything to do with TM

Yeah, Al with WIBN. That would be awesome!

But he always gets the lines muddled! 

"Wouldn't it be nice if we were closer!"

That was intended! Given that they were all over 25 and had all married at least once they decided to change the line 

IJWMFTT - yes he was, made the best 60's record. Brian woulda been a fine hipster in these days, but better back then.

Wouldnt It Be Nice - generally not, most likely not.

That's Not Me - so you claim dude.

You Still Believe In Me - Tell me how the f*ck you know that Brian?