Your top 3 Pre-Pet Sounds songs vs. Your top 3 Post-Smile songs...

[JohnnyQuest]

Please Let Me Wonder
The Warmth of the Sun
She Knows Me Too Well


vs.

Do It Again
Be With Me
The Night Was So Young



The second half wins. 

[Cabinessenceking]

oh boy here we go again...

DWB
TWOTS
CalGirls

Steamboat
'Til I Die
Cool Cool Water (sunflower)

[Iron Horse-Apples]

Your top 3 "felt bored so I thought I'd start another list thread" vs your top 3 "scraping the bottle of the barrel"  threads.

[Gertie J.]

somebody spends too much time in the sun.....

[Iron Horse-Apples]

somebody spends too much time in the sun.....

Had to come in. I used to be able to stay outside in the sun all day. Not anymore, I get all sticky and irritable

[Gertie J.]

chill out dude, i wasn't talking to you. i comletely agreed with you, actually. i'm too sick-n-tired of the 'top whatever' topics.

[Iron Horse-Apples]

chill out dude, i wasn't talking to you.

Where in my post did you think I was angry? Methinks you're the one who needs to chill. Get out of that sun and have a Nobbly Bobbly or something 

[Gertie J.]

thanx for advice. 

[drbeachboy]

Pre
Fun Fun Fun
Don't Worry Baby
California Girls

Post
Slip On Through
Long Promised Road
Sail On Sailor

[Iron Horse-Apples]

thanx for advice. 

Look on the bright side. If this kicks off into a big row then we'll have completely derailed this thread. What d'ya want to take. Autotune deny-er, Love You lover, Mike Love apologist or Brianista?

[TimeToGetAlone]

Pre

Kiss Me Baby
Don't Worry Baby
Please Let Me Wonder

Post

All I Wanna Do
'Til I Die
The Trader

[Gertie J.]

thanx for advice. 

Look on the bright side. If this kicks off into a big row then we'll have completely derailed this thread. What d'ya want to take. Autotune deny-er, Love You lover, Mike Love apologist or Brianista?

holy cow, there's NO word as 'deny-er' in the english language!! not anymore. if ya don't believe me, go ahead and check dictionary.

[Iron Horse-Apples]

thanx for advice. 

Look on the bright side. If this kicks off into a big row then we'll have completely derailed this thread. What d'ya want to take. Autotune deny-er, Love You lover, Mike Love apologist or Brianista?

holy cow, there's NO word as 'deny-er' in the english language!! not anymore. if ya don't believe me, go ahead and check dictionary.

How dare you question my speling!

[Gertie J.]

now i know how it feelz to chat with brianista. 

[shelter]

I Get Around
Lonely Sea
California Girls

vs.

This Whole World
Time To Get Alone
Forever

Very easy win for the post-Smile songs

[Iron Horse-Apples]

now i know how it feelz to chat with brianista. 

Yes, it feels exactly like this.

[Wah Wah Wah Ooooo]

I Get Around
Surfer Girl
Dance, Dance, Dance

vs.

This Whole World
The Night Was So Young
'Til I Die

I think the earlier set wins, barely.

[JohnnyQuest]

I Get Around
Lonely Sea
California Girls

vs.

This Whole World
Time To Get Alone
Forever

Very easy win for the post-Smile songs

I Get Around
Surfer Girl
Dance, Dance, Dance

vs.

This Whole World
The Night Was So Young
'Til I Die

I think the earlier set wins, barely.

Carl's vocal performance on This Whole World is hands down better than any and everything he's ever recorded with the BB's. (And for once his soulful singing doesn't seem/sound forced.)
Those very last seconds of that song *sigh*  (mmm mmmmmmmm) Come to think of it Sunflower wasn't that bad of an album.

[Ovi]

What do you mean by "soulful"? Aren't 'I Can Hear Music', 'Darlin', 'I Was Made To Love Her', 'Girl Don't Tell Me' for example, soulful? Do you think those leads are forced?

[JohnnyQuest]

What do you mean by "soulful"? Aren't 'I Can Hear Music', 'Darlin', 'I Was Made To Love Her', 'Girl Don't Tell Me' for example, soulful? Do you think those leads are forced?

They all sound terribly forced. His "soulful" singing doesn't seem genuine at all and to be honest it's not even decent enough to be categorized as blue eyed soul.

[drbeachboy]

What do you mean by "soulful"? Aren't 'I Can Hear Music', 'Darlin', 'I Was Made To Love Her', 'Girl Don't Tell Me' for example, soulful? Do you think those leads are forced?

They all sound terribly forced. His "soulful" singing doesn't seem genuine at all and to be honest it's not even decent enough to be categorized as blue eyed soul.

I'll grant you that I Was Made To Love Her might sound a bit forced, but none of the others sound that way at all. Amazing what different ears pick up. I don't think blue-eyed soul was what he was aiming for, so yeah, I wouldn't categorize as that either.

[JohnnyQuest]

What do you mean by "soulful"? Aren't 'I Can Hear Music', 'Darlin', 'I Was Made To Love Her', 'Girl Don't Tell Me' for example, soulful? Do you think those leads are forced?

They all sound terribly forced. His "soulful" singing doesn't seem genuine at all and to be honest it's not even decent enough to be categorized as blue eyed soul.

I'll grant you that I Was Made To Love Her might sound a bit forced, but none of the others sound that way at all. Amazing what different ears pick up. I don't think blue-eyed soul was what he was aiming for, so yeah, I wouldn't categorize as that either.

What was sound he was aiming for? It sounds very much like a pathetic attempt at blue eyed soul. (no offense)

[drbeachboy]

What do you mean by "soulful"? Aren't 'I Can Hear Music', 'Darlin', 'I Was Made To Love Her', 'Girl Don't Tell Me' for example, soulful? Do you think those leads are forced?

They all sound terribly forced. His "soulful" singing doesn't seem genuine at all and to be honest it's not even decent enough to be categorized as blue eyed soul.

I'll grant you that I Was Made To Love Her might sound a bit forced, but none of the others sound that way at all. Amazing what different ears pick up. I don't think blue-eyed soul was what he was aiming for, so yeah, I wouldn't categorize as that either.

What was sound he was aiming for? It sounds very much like a pathetic attempt at blue eyed soul. (no offense)

Pre Hall & Oates, blue-eyed soul was The Righteous Brothers. Carl was aiming more at just good ol' R&B.

[Phoenix]

Using Pet Sounds as the line in the sand, I assume that album itself is off the table.  And since no one chose "Good Vibrations" in either category, I assume that's considered part of the "Pet Sounds era".  Using those guidelines, here's mine:

Pre
Don't Worry Baby
California Girls
Help Me, Rhonda

Post
Surf's Up
I Can Hear Music
Darlin'


Post, I suppose, but just by a hair.

[Chocolate Shake Man]

Pre:

The Warmth of the Sun
California Girls
When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)

Post:

Forever
Darlin'
Sail on Sailor