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1  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Would-Be Hits on: August 14, 2021, 06:28:07 PM
Catch a Wave is a great choice, as is This Whole World (although I doubt it would get airplay, sadly).  Slip On Through, Here She Comes, California Calling, All Dressed Up For School.
2  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Feel Flows box set on: August 13, 2021, 07:17:49 PM
I thought I had heard ever song Dennis ever recorded, but I never heard that.  Sounds quite beautiful.
3  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Feel Flows box set on: August 08, 2021, 07:52:38 PM
I think that this version would have been a hit!  Great melody, driving percussion, fantastic lead vocal...the background vocals are sublime.
4  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Greatest Brian Wilson-Mike Love collaboration? on: August 08, 2021, 07:32:36 PM
This will be a minority opinion, but what the heck....one of my favorite collaborations is Little St. Nick.  Mike's lyrics are as cool as anything he ever wrote.  I have too many others to list, just wanted to throw that out there.
5  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Track Talk #8: California Saga/California on: July 11, 2021, 07:52:21 PM
I remember hearing this on AM radio as a kid and thinking it was just about the most beautiful thing I'd ever heard.  The water, water is so big and bold that it makes the hair on my arms stand on end to this day.  It is certainly the best song Alan Jardine ever wrote and one of the high points of the Seventies for The Boys, in my opinion.
6  Smiley Smile Stuff / Polls / Re: The Definitive SSMB's Studio Album Ranking - Ranking Process on: July 06, 2021, 11:20:38 PM
1. Pet Sounds
2. Surf's Up
3. Sunflower
4. 20/20
5. Holland
6. Live 1973
7. Live In London
8. Smiley Smile
9. Carl & The Passions
10. All Summer Long
7  Smiley Smile Stuff / Polls / Re: The Definitive Smiley Smile Message Board's Song Ranking - Ranking Process 2020- on: July 06, 2021, 11:17:43 PM
1. Surf's Up
2. 'Til I Die
3. Cabinessence
4. River Song (Dennis)
5. Feel Flows
6. This Whole World
7. Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
8. Country Air
9. Heroes and Villains (Smiley Smile)
10. All I Wanna Do

I, too, could easily do a top 50!  Tongue
8  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Ultimate Classic Rock - TOP 50 American Bands Of All Time on: July 06, 2021, 04:22:01 PM
I can argue that many bands should have been higher or lower, but damn!  Having The Boys at #1 makes everything alright.  A really incisive, albeit brief, article too.
9  Smiley Smile Stuff / The Beach Boys Media / Re: Blondie Chaplin and Rickey Fataar on: July 03, 2021, 11:43:29 AM
The first time I saw the Beach Boys live was with the Ricky and Blondie lineup.  Always loved these guys.  I wish they had stayed longer, I think their contributions would have been immense.
10  Smiley Smile Stuff / The Beach Boys Media / Re: Blondie Chaplin and Rickey Fataar on: July 03, 2021, 11:42:13 AM
The first time I saw the Beach Boys live was with the Ricky and Blondie lineup.  Always loved these guys.  I wish they had stayed longer, I think their contributions would have been immense.
11  Smiley Smile Stuff / The Beach Boys Media / Re: The Official BB You Tube Thread on: June 27, 2021, 10:38:46 PM
Haven't seen this on here...just posted on YT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uOuDmH4V3I

Closing of the Fillmore East 6/27/71
12  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Feel Flows box set on: June 25, 2021, 04:11:52 PM
Listening to Susie... er... is this a pattern? ie. The preview tracks coming from the least talented songwriters of the group (and definitely the least associated with the creative bonanza that the Sunflower/Surf's Up era represent)... what's next... a Bruce song?

that's harsh...I didn't say untrue, I said harsh
13  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Our Favorite Album Tracks on: June 23, 2021, 05:54:14 PM
Great topic!  I agree with most of what has been written so far.  My two cents, setting aside the well-known stuff like Surf's Up:

-Surfer's Rule
-Country Air
-Looking At Tomorrow
-Hold On Dear Brother
-Little Bird
-With Me Tonight
-This Whole World
-Where I Belong
-All This Is That
-Don't Talk (Put Your Hand On My Shoulder)
-This Car of Mine
-Time To Get Alone

of course I have a hundred more, but these are a few of the relatively unknown songs that deserve a second listen

14  Smiley Smile Stuff / 'Rank the Tracks' / Re: Rank the tracks #16: Sunflower on: June 23, 2021, 04:58:11 PM
1. This Whole World- Love at first sight.  If it's not the perfect pop song, it will do until the perfect song arrives.
2. All I Wanna Do- So good it created a new genre.  Amazing that more people don't know it.
3. Forever- so pretty. Soulful and sweet.
4. Slip On Through- Dennis shows off his vocal chops in one of the best lead vocals of the year.
5. Cool, Cool Water- quite lovely.  Yes, better suited to Smile, but music this great shouldn't feel out of place anywhere
6. Deidre- some of Bruce's compositions tend to be a bit, ummm, flaccid.  This one, like Disney Girls, finds him at his best.  Beautiful melody, lovely orchestration.  The "Baby, one, two, three" sequence is, like the "Deep and wide" on Time To Get Alone" one of the most memorable 5 seconds of vocals ever recorded.
7. It's About Time- Really catchy song burdened by silly lyrics. 
8. Got To Know The Woman- a rousing, ribald throwback based on a boogie piano riff.  Good song, hamstrung by the heavy-handed production.
9. Add Some Music To Your Day- a pleasant song with The Boys trading lead vocals.  I tend to skip this one after 50 years.
10. Our Sweet Love- A sweet, forgettable little love song.  Great Carl vocal, insipid lead guitar
11. Tears In The Morning- day-old coffee. Out of place on this album imo
12. At My Window- another throwaway.  A cute chorus but overall a track to skip.
15  Smiley Smile Stuff / 1960's Beach Boys Albums / Re: 20/20 on: June 22, 2021, 11:39:21 PM
this was one of the first BB albums I ever owned, after Surf's Up.  I bought it at age 12.  Loved it then and, almost 50 years later, it is still one of my favorites.  Nearly al the songs are excellent. The Smile-era songs represent the high water mark of our civilization, as far as I'm concerned.  The two radio hits are pleasant, and Never Learn Not To Love is awesome.  I didn't realize that it was a grab bag of assorted oddities until years later.
16  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: California Calling on: June 22, 2021, 11:21:43 PM
for those that don't know, it's Ringo on drums.  A good song, although the lyrics are weak (as has been stated)
17  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Songs Inspired by The Beach Boys on: June 19, 2021, 02:19:08 PM
just a few:

"She Did It" by Eric Carmen
"Shannon" by Henry Gross
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