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« on: November 22, 2012, 01:27:46 PM »

A prime example is The Little Girl I Once Knew.  The arrangement is so amazing but lyrics are so dumb. Such a wonderful composition deserves better.  Wonder what Tony Asher or VDP would have done with it?
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« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2012, 01:59:00 PM »

Salt Lake City.
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« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2012, 01:59:17 PM »

Surf's Up. The lyric should be simpler explaining how this is about them leaving surf music forever. Wink
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« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2012, 02:29:22 PM »

A prime example is The Little Girl I Once Knew.  The arrangement is so amazing but lyrics are so dumb. Such a wonderful composition deserves better.  Wonder what Tony Asher or VDP would have done with it?

I like the lyrics to The Little Girl I Once Knew.

As for the OP's question:

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Salt Lake City
Amusement Parks USA
Do You Remember
Cool Cool Water (Sunflower version)
Don't Go Near The Water
Make It Big
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« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2012, 02:36:50 PM »

Don't Hurt My Little Sister
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« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2012, 02:52:55 PM »

Spring Vacation!

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« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2012, 04:04:36 PM »

The first two songs that come to mind:

'Our Car Club'. Great, groovy tune, of their early upbeat songs this is one of the most sophisticated ones. Too bad the lyrics sound like they were written by a 9 year old, it brings the song down from being a potential 9 to just a 7 1/2.

'Spring Vacation'. Such a mellow, effortlessly grooving song, this could have been that one song to prove that at 70+ years old, The Beach Boys in fact could still be cool. But the cringeworthy lyrics royally ruin it.
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« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2012, 06:16:38 PM »

- Santa's Beard
- Merry Christmas, baby
- Take A Load Off Your Feet
- California Saga (California)
- My Diane
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« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2012, 06:31:32 PM »

I Get Around (Don't get me wrong, I'm in love with this song, but the music is definitely above the lyrics)
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« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2012, 08:56:16 PM »

Surf's Up. The lyric should be simpler explaining how this is about them leaving surf music forever. Wink

Surf's Up is about the fall of a civilization, which is a metaphor for Brian and the boys.
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« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2012, 12:20:13 AM »

Have to agree about "Spring Vacation". Even though it's an overall decent song I find myself trying to imagine what this one might've sounded like with the original set of lyrics (were they even completed at the time? Anyway...).

"The Little Girl I Once Knew" is perfect the way it is and the same goes for "Salt Lake City". Grin
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« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2012, 03:55:32 AM »

Have to agree about "Spring Vacation". Even though it's an overall decent song I find myself trying to imagine what this one might've sounded like with the original set of lyrics (were they even completed at the time? Anyway...).

"The Little Girl I Once Knew" is perfect the way it is and the same goes for "Salt Lake City". Grin

in his own universe this might be the case, TLGIOK and SLC have attrocious lyrics. They can be 'fun' and appreciated in some cases. But you have to be a hardcore fan to forgive those lyrics. I would never show these songs to anyone. For a good reason.




I would say Cool Cool Water is perfect because it doesn't strive to do anything. It's more of a mantra, repeating all along in a world without trouble and worry. 'In an ocean or in a glass, cool water is such a gas' might be pushing boundaries but due to the overall nature of the song this cheese is well-qualified, highly classy cheese.



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« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2012, 03:56:45 AM »

Love Is A Woman

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« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2012, 04:00:39 AM »

Love Is A Woman

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this album could only be liked by Beach Boys fans and it's Brian singing his heart out. The lyrics are cheese which could only pass because Brian sings them and he means every word of it! Plus is voice is perfectly suited at that time to sing those lyrics. I guess they are dumbed down lyrics, but how could it be better? These lyrics, while 'dumb' are better than most serious lyrics at that time and of later.
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« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2012, 10:25:40 AM »

Most of FRIENDS (the album) and a few of the tunes on SURFS UP (Don't Go Near the Water, Take a Load Off..., etc)
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« Reply #15 on: November 23, 2012, 04:01:39 PM »

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« Reply #16 on: November 23, 2012, 04:07:35 PM »

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« Reply #17 on: November 23, 2012, 04:11:39 PM »

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« Reply #18 on: November 23, 2012, 04:58:10 PM »

Don't Worry Baby  - get rid of the car stuff.
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« Reply #19 on: November 23, 2012, 05:10:16 PM »

Surf's Up. The lyric should be simpler explaining how this is about them leaving surf music forever. Wink

Surf's Up is about the fall of a civilization, which is a metaphor for Brian and the boys.

Surf's Up would have been better if it were written from the perspective of boy-girl attraction-someting everyone can relate to. Wink
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« Reply #20 on: November 23, 2012, 05:58:25 PM »

Surf's Up. The lyric should be simpler explaining how this is about them leaving surf music forever. Wink
I've always thought Surf's Up should have described someone going surfing, and at one point he gets wiped out by a wave and almost drowns, and after that happens some seagulls are laughing at him from above, but he recovers and makes it back to shore and then wonders if he should go surfing again. But the whole thing would be metaphoric about society trying to do something, but things go really wrong, but it recovers, and then afterwards society reassesses whether it was the right thing to do or not. Or something like that. At first glance the lyrics would sound literally about a guy going surfing, but there would be clues that one should not take the lyrics literally and there was really a deeper meaning behind the whole thing.
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« Reply #21 on: November 23, 2012, 06:11:43 PM »

"I'm So Lonely"
I love the music and melody.
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« Reply #22 on: November 23, 2012, 08:44:58 PM »

Add Some Music To Your Day

This is a song that sounds beautiful but the lyrics are so inane that it has taken me 18 years to get to a point to where I can hear it often without skipping it. 
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« Reply #23 on: November 23, 2012, 09:53:36 PM »

"cool cool water is such a groove" is such a bad lyric, especially the way Mike sings it.

the line "hit the dirt, do a two-and-a-half" has always bugged me.

"It's so cold I go brrr!"

"We should have walked off the court but we both didn't have the nerve."

personally i love "Little Girl I Once Knew" and "Don't Hurt My Little Sister" ...even "Salt Lake City" has grown on me. those lyrics are so bad they're awesome: "The way the kids talk so cool is an out-of-sight thing!"

The lyrics on the Friends album are all great in my estimation, and I love all of Love You even the line mentioned above.

but there's a lot more to choose from.


"Deirdre" for instance. songs about bathing with your daughter=BAD.
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« Reply #24 on: November 23, 2012, 10:21:34 PM »

Deirdre isn't about Bruce daughter.

Are you thinking of Tears In The Morning?
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