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Here's Mojo magazines Top 50 Beach Boys tracks. What'd you think?
1. SURF'S UP 2. GOOD VIBRATIONS 3. GOD ONLY KNOWS 4. CALIFORNIA GIRLS 5. TIL I DIE 6. CAROLINE, NO 7. HEROES & VILLAINS 8. DON'T TALK 9. WOULDN'T IT BE NICE 10. I GET AROUND 11. CABINESSENCE 12. FEEL FLOWS 13. I JUST WASN'T MADE... 14. YOU STILL BELIEVE IN ME 15. DON'T WORRY BABY 16. SAIL ON SAILOR 17. LET'S GO AWAY FOR AWHILE 18. SURFER GIRL 19. IN MY ROOM 20. I KNOW THERE'S AN ANSWER 21. DO YOU LIKE WORMS? 22. OUR PRAYER 23. I'M WAITING FOR THE DAY 24. PET SOUNDS 25. FUN FUN FUN 26. THE WARMTH OF THE SUN 27. SURFIN' USA 28. DISNEY GIRLS 29. DARLIN' 30. HERE TODAY 31. I CAN HEAR MUSIC 32. YOU'RE SO GOOD TO ME 33. BREAK AWAY 34. BARBARA ANN 35. ALL SUMMER LONG 36. TEARS IN THE MORNING 37. SLOOP JOHN B 38. COOL, COOL WATER 39. WHEN I GROW UP 40. CUDDLE UP 41. LONG PROMISED ROAD 42. LET HIM RUN WILD 43. LITTLE DEUCE COUPE 44. THAT'S NOT ME 45. WILD HONEY 46. DO IT AGAIN 47. VEGE-TABLES 48. HELP ME RHONDA 49. WIND CHIMES (Smiley Smile version) 50. FOREVER
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« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2012, 07:09:01 AM » |
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Not my Top 50 (please don't ask for it) but good choices. Surprised that "Please let me Wonder" isn't there. And where's "Kokomo" Just kiddin'. "Surf's Up" at #1 is great.
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« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2012, 07:21:19 AM » |
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Pretty good list, except maybe for 'Barbara Ann'.
#1 and #2 are the exact same as my two top favourites.
Thanks for sharing.
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« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2012, 08:21:42 AM » |
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Decent list from a decent magazine, but Bruce gets as many entries as Dennis! Would have included Slip on Through or Little Bird at least
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« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2012, 08:27:06 AM » |
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Interesting to see the European perspective.
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« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2012, 08:32:43 AM » |
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They missed Kiss me baby...and I would put Kokomo on that list
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« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2012, 08:35:28 AM » |
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Here's Mojo magazines Top 50 Beach Boys tracks. What'd you think?
1. SURF'S UP 2. GOOD VIBRATIONS 3. GOD ONLY KNOWS 4. CALIFORNIA GIRLS 5. TIL I DIE 6. CAROLINE, NO 7. HEROES & VILLAINS 8. DON'T TALK 9. WOULDN'T IT BE NICE 10. I GET AROUND 11. CABINESSENCE 12. FEEL FLOWS 13. I JUST WASN'T MADE... 14. YOU STILL BELIEVE IN ME 15. DON'T WORRY BABY 16. SAIL ON SAILOR 17. LET'S GO AWAY FOR AWHILE 18. SURFER GIRL 19. IN MY ROOM 20. I KNOW THERE'S AN ANSWER 21. DO YOU LIKE WORMS? 22. OUR PRAYER 23. I'M WAITING FOR THE DAY 24. PET SOUNDS 25. FUN FUN FUN 26. THE WARMTH OF THE SUN 27. SURFIN' USA 28. DISNEY GIRLS 29. DARLIN' 30. HERE TODAY 31. I CAN HEAR MUSIC 32. YOU'RE SO GOOD TO ME 33. BREAK AWAY 34. BARBARA ANN 35. ALL SUMMER LONG 36. TEARS IN THE MORNING 37. SLOOP JOHN B 38. COOL, COOL WATER 39. WHEN I GROW UP 40. CUDDLE UP 41. LONG PROMISED ROAD 42. LET HIM RUN WILD 43. LITTLE DEUCE COUPE 44. THAT'S NOT ME 45. WILD HONEY 46. DO IT AGAIN 47. VEGE-TABLES 48. HELP ME RHONDA 49. WIND CHIMES (Smiley Smile version) 50. FOREVER
PLMW belongs in any top50 list. Apart from that... BA? TITM? LDC? ICHM? Don't know about those in a top50 list. Well, at least CUDDLE UP is in there, and a few other awesome album cuts.
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« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2012, 11:09:24 AM » |
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I'm surprised that The Night Was So Young, I Bet He's Nice, Johnny Carson or Had To Phone Ya are not on the list. They all beat anything by Bruce.
Otherwise I think the list is rather well done, perhaps too heavy on PS and Smile? I wouldnt put Let Us Go Away For Awhile in the top 20, nor would many other!
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« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2012, 11:14:39 AM » |
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That's a pretty great list and I'm glad they weren't afraid to go for the deeper cuts. "Cuddle Up"? "Wind Chimes (Smiley Smile version)?" They get brownie points for those. You compare that to a list made by a magazine based here in the US like Rolling Stone and it'd probably be completely different (and not in a good way).
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« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2012, 11:54:02 AM » |
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Interesting list but you can almost hear the affected and self-conscious discussions when they decided they were going to put every Pet Sounds song on the list. I mean that almost has to be something decided on in advance.
The order is really strange, for my own personal tastes. It's odd to me that someone would consider Wouldn't It Be Nice only the fourth best song on Pet Sounds, and Sloop John B. the second worst (I feel that that comes as a reaction to the age-old misconception that the song wasn't supposed to be on the album).
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« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2012, 11:56:52 AM » |
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Pretty good. If it gets peope listening to something a bit more obscure I'm stoked. Of course tehre are a handful I might take off and replace with something different. And I'd probably put in my room higher.
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« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2012, 12:24:58 PM » |
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I could think of ten or twelve things I'd like to add, but I don't think any of these aren't great.
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« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2012, 12:35:00 PM » |
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This is a very die-hard centered list, though. Not an accurate representation of anything at all (IMO). I mean, you have to be REALLY into the BB's to put Do You Like Worms? on a top 50 list!
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« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2012, 12:44:21 PM » |
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Interesting list but you can almost hear the affected and self-conscious discussions when they decided they were going to put every Pet Sounds song on the list. I mean that almost has to be something decided on in advance.
The order is really strange, for my own personal tastes. It's odd to me that someone would consider Wouldn't It Be Nice only the fourth best song on Pet Sounds, and Sloop John B. the second worst (I feel that that comes as a reaction to the age-old misconception that the song wasn't supposed to be on the album).
Why is That's Not Me always considered to be the worst song on Pet Sounds? Because it has a significant Mike Love lead? That's Not Me is great!
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« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2012, 12:47:50 PM » |
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I'm surprised that The Night Was So Young, I Bet He's Nice, Johnny Carson or Had To Phone Ya are not on the list. They all beat anything by Bruce.
Otherwise I think the list is rather well done, perhaps too heavy on PS and Smile? I wouldnt put Let Us Go Away For Awhile in the top 20, nor would many other!
PS and SMiLE account for the bulk of the top 25 alone.
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« Reply #15 on: April 26, 2012, 12:54:47 PM » |
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Interesting list but you can almost hear the affected and self-conscious discussions when they decided they were going to put every Pet Sounds song on the list. I mean that almost has to be something decided on in advance.
The order is really strange, for my own personal tastes. It's odd to me that someone would consider Wouldn't It Be Nice only the fourth best song on Pet Sounds, and Sloop John B. the second worst (I feel that that comes as a reaction to the age-old misconception that the song wasn't supposed to be on the album).
Why is That's Not Me always considered to be the worst song on Pet Sounds? Because it has a significant Mike Love lead? That's Not Me is great! I don't think that's the reason. But while I do like That's Not Me, there is seemingly less going on with it than on other tracks -- it has a fairly simple set up, instrumentally. In that sense, it seems to fit the least with the Pet Sounds aesthetic. Lyrically and vocally though it fits in perfectly.
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« Reply #16 on: April 26, 2012, 03:23:18 PM » |
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My own thoughts:
Every single Pet Sounds track in the top 50? Yes it's their seminal album, but this shows a somewhat limited imagination doesn't it, especially as...
There's NO tracks from side two of Today! included, at all. No Please Let Me Wonder. No Kiss Me Baby. No She Knows Me Too Well. Are these list compilers even Beach Boy fans??
According to this list, the best track on Sunflower is.... Tears In The Morning. It ranks higher than Cool Cool Water and Forever (This Whole World doesn't feature at all!)
Dennis is utterly sidelined - he only just manages a single track in the top 40 (bearing in mind Bruce has two!!)
A very unusual list then, which somehow manages to be surprising but unimaginative at the same time. Still, it's still great to see such a big feature on the BB's in such a highly regarded music magazine, and on the cover too (pity Brian's face has been weirdly-photoshopped though).
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« Reply #17 on: April 27, 2012, 12:18:22 AM » |
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Mojo asked for Beach Boys fans to let them know what song(s) they should've included but didn't. Email at: mojo@bauermedia.co.uk (keep it brief)
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« Reply #18 on: April 27, 2012, 12:29:04 AM » |
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Good list, but it lacks personality.
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« Reply #19 on: April 27, 2012, 01:07:24 AM » |
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Mojo asked for Beach Boys fans to let them know what song(s) they should've included but didn't. Email at: mojo@bauermedia.co.uk (keep it brief) Everybody send them an email and tell them Kokomo, Everyone's In Love With You and the '79 version of Here Comes The Night should not have been excluded.
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« Reply #20 on: April 27, 2012, 01:41:07 AM » |
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Here's something like my top 25. Doesn't match up that well with Mojos...
Time To Get Alone I Went To Sleep Slip On Through Let's Go Away For Awhile Good To My Baby I Can Hear Music Little Bird I Just Wasn't Made For These Times Be With Me I Know There's An Answer Girl Don't Tell Me Anna Lee Airplane 'Til I Die The Trader Busy Doin' Nothing Just Once In My Life All I Wanna Do Leaving This Town Don't Talk Funky Pretty Little Pad Break Away Add Some Music Surf's Up
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« Reply #21 on: April 27, 2012, 02:11:25 AM » |
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Tears in the Morning but no Roller Skating Child? Oh please!
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« Reply #22 on: April 27, 2012, 04:50:29 AM » |
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Definitely Tears in the Morning is the first to go in my fantasy correction of this so-called list.
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