Beach Boys Survivor #11 WINNER: SURF'S UP!!!!

[Les P]

This is a hard one, but...Surf's Up.

[feelsflow]

Surf's Up     As said, this has more than one "best" version.  Great enough to win Best on this patched together release.  They did a good job, with what they had to work with.  Much better than any boot I've ever heard.  Better than what Brian and the Wondermints put together in 2004 too, at least for me.  Yeah, Surf's Up, my favorite of all the songs Brian and Van Dyke ever wrote.  Very close to my heart.  When we get to the 1971 album, it might just win again.

[buddhahat]

As I've already voted for heroes in the smiley thread, it has to be Surf's Up.

[pixletwin]

Ooops. 

[alf wiedersehen]

Hmm...

I like the more succinct version of "Good Vibrations" compared to the one presented here.

I also prefer the solo '67 version of "Surf's Up" Brian cut during the Wild Honey sessions than the one here.

I suppose I will vote for "Heroes & Villains," as it's the song that got me into Smile in the first place.

[Marcella]

Surf's Up, but as a SMiLE fanatic I'd be happy if any of these 3 won. We'll done to get down to this trio

[Cabinessenceking]

Surf's Up

[chrs_mrgn]

I already made my vote but I too will be happy with any of these tracks winning.

[Disney Boy (1985)]

I prefer the single version of Good Vibrations and the '71 version of Surf's Up, so...

Heroes & Villains.

[Gabo]

Surf's Up

[Shady]

Has to be Good Vibrations.

So tough!

[pixletwin]

We are basing this track listing off of The Smile Sessions disc 1 for our voting.... and away we go!

HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF ROUND ELEVEN OF THE SMILEYSMILEDOTNET BEACH BOYS SURVIVOR!!!!!

With 4 votes I guess there were more Villains than Heroes.

With 7 votes, it would seem those Good Vibrations weren't good enough.  

And with 16 votes, the winner of the 11th round of BEACH BOYS SURVIVOR is.... Mmmmm Hmmmm Mmmmm A board a tidal wave...

SURF'S UP!!!
Round#1 - Gee November 18
Round#2 - I Wanna Be Around / Workshop November 20
Round#3 - Look (Song for Children) November 25
Round#4 - I'm in Great Shape December 2
Round#4 - Love to Say Dada December 2
Round#5 - Holidays December 4
Round#5 - The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O'Leary's Cow) December 4
Round#6 - My Only Sunshine (The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine) December 6
Round#6 - BarnyardDecember 6
Round#7 - Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock) December 9
Round#7 - Child Is Father of the Man December 9
Round#8 - Our Prayer December 11
Round#9 - Vega-Tables December 13
Round#10 - Wind Chimes December 15
Round#11 - Wonderful December 18
Round#12 - Cabin Essence December 20
Round#13 - Heroes And Villains December 22
Round#13 - Good Vibrations December 22

Thank you all for playing.

REMEMBER TO JOIN US FOR WILD HONEY AFTER THE NEW YEAR!!!!

[Les P]

Thanks for doing this, Pixletwin.  When this started I thought it was kind of a waste of time (and maybe it is!).  I mean, why not just have one poll for favorite song per album and be done with it?  But as I've gotten into this process, it has made me think about which songs I prefer and why, and it's also been interesting to hear others' opinions.  And when one person's favorite song is another person's least favorite, that really illustrates the wide variance in subjective taste.   So...let's celebrate that diversity - in people AND in music - and not bash each other for not being alike!

[pixletwin]

Well said Les. I enjoy doing this a lot. I really look forward to reading the comments and seeing the results.

[bluesno1fann]

The Right Song Won 

[Marcella]

As a wise man once said, thank goodness we all like different things or else everyone would be in love with my wife! Vive last difference!

[The Shift]

The Right Song Won 

The wrong version of the right song won but, as the right version is on the wrong album, all's right!

[pixletwin]

The Right Song Won 

The wrong version of the right song won but, as the right version is on the wrong album, all's right!

Bilbo Baggins couldn't have said it better. 

[Shady]

No complaints here

[Disney Boy (1985)]

So will Surf's Up now be left off the Surf's Up round??

[The Shift]

So will Surf's Up now be left off the Surf's Up round??

This is a worthy question.  The Surf's Up Surf's Up is a "fan mix" (for want of a better word) by the band and Stephen Desper; the TSS Surf's Up is a "fan mix" by (presumably) Mark And Boyd. Which leaves the only true versions of Surf's Up – true as in true to Brian's intention at that moment that they were recorded – as the version cut immediately after the Inside Pop session, and the versions known as the Wild Honey sessions version, one of which premiered on TSS.  Just Brian and piano, double-tracked or not double-tracked.  So unless compilation tracks will have their own Survivor battle, there'll never be a vote on an authentic version of Surf's Up.







That said, the '71 version rocks!

[pixletwin]

So will Surf's Up now be left off the Surf's Up round??

This is a worthy question.  The Surf's Up Surf's Up is a "fan mix" (for want of a better word) by the band and Stephen Desper; the TSS Surf's Up is a "fan mix" by (presumably) Mark And Boyd. Which leaves the only true versions of Surf's Up – true as in true to Brian's intention at that moment that they were recorded – as the version cut immediately after the Inside Pop session, and the versions known as the Wild Honey sessions version, one of which premiered on TSS.  Just Brian and piano, double-tracked or not double-tracked.  So unless compilation tracks will have their own Survivor battle, there'll never be a vote on an authentic version of Surf's Up.







That said, the '71 version rocks!

Surf's Up will be judged when we get to that album. Surf's Up is like Smile in a microcosm. There will never be a definitive Smile version, because it doesn't exist and likely never did.

[leggo of my ego]

well I missed voting on tbe last round but pleased with the outcome anyway.

now is there a chance that Here  Comes The Night will survive long in the Wilde Honey competition??


you know what to do!

[zachrwolfe]

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[Disney Boy (1985)]

now is there a chance that Here  Comes The Night will survive long in the Wilde Honey competition??

Hope so!

Ditto. What a track!