Beach Boys Survivor #14 Winner: DARLIN'

[Gabo]

I'd Love Just Once To See You

[Phoenix]

Aren't You Glad

[feelsflow]

Sorry, I meant to type "live WITH my doctors".

Actually, that's how I've always heard the lyrics, too.

Before we get any deeper into this thread, let me give you a thumbs up for catching my mistake.  It happens.  Makes this world wide community what it is - all working together.  I've listened to this album since I was a kid, mostly on muddy mono vinyl.  I found a you-tube digital clip that someone made using "extraction" to create a stereo mix.  It makes it more clear what he's saying.  The lyrics are posted all over the net, should have double-checked first.  It doesn't make sense he would say "working nine-to-five" then use five again in the next line.  It's all too common to hear something one way, but after you read the lyrics and listen again...ah, that's what their saying.  So, good one Bubbly.

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I gave Wild Honey a fresh listen last night, and know how to proceed in my votes.  I love this record, there's really no weak tracks.    It's hard to pick - all the tracks are great.  Even my current pick, "I'd Love Just Once To See You" has a great groove going with the acoustic guitars on the verses.

Sure of what I hope will be the top three, we'll see.  Folks voting for "Let the Wind Blow" should go back and give it a re-check.  It's the closest thing here to Pet Sounds.  Mike and Brian having a real old fashioned get together trading verses.  Some of the Wild Honey tracks are a bridge to Friends, "Country Air" and "I'd Love Just Once To See You" would have fit right in.  "How She Boogalooed It"  - while I understand it being voted off so early, It's garage-rock at it's best.  Also points the way to what Dennis was going for with "All I Want To Do" and "San Miguel" and Carl and Alan were doing with Dennis on Sunflower's "It's About Time."

Point.  Wild Honey was a very important album/step for the "Band Sound" going forward.  Something they could present more realistically live.  I'm going to have to vote off some of these tracks just because they have such better live versions.  Carl got very much better, and quick, as a singer on tracks like "Darlin'," and the ones were he took over Brian's parts.

[bossaroo]

It doesn't make sense he would say "working nine-to-five" then use five again in the next line.

but it does makes sense to live with doctors while working from 9 to 5?

i've heard it as "pay for five doctors" from the first listen. i certainly hear Carl's enunciation of the f on the word "five" (i've heard the stereo mix too)

and anyone who's ever searched for lyrics on the internet knows there are a LOT of mistakes out there and they tend to get repeated in nearly every online offering. it's actually quite rare to find more than one version of a song's lyrics no matter how many sites you search. try it.


getting back to the topic at hand, how hard it is to choose what to vote off and how different everyone's choices can be.
why do we prefer some songs to others? it's hard to say. Paul McCartney has described how certain songs can make him cry simply from the melody or chord progression or combination of notes/harmony. i'm sure many people would not have the same reaction as he. what makes a song great? it's almost entirely subjective

i genuinely like Country Air, A Thing or Two and ILJOTSY more than Let the Wind Blow. vive la difference

[Sam_BFC]

Here Comes The Night, again 

[feelsflow]

bossaroo,  Me too, but the stereo mix is more clear (listening on these computer speakers are not the ideal way to hear details though).  And I don't know what "extractions" were used, or where they got them from.  I don't buy too many sessions boots.  Let's hope for a Deluxe on All the albums.  Listening/reading Mark and Alan?  I agree about the internet having mistakes, they are everywhere.  The track is so obscure, one of our collector's of sheet music might have seen it.  A Wild Honey Music Book? - I've never seen one.  I listened to the CD two-fer (2001 version) last night.  I still need to listen to the vinyl.  I have several pressings, including a 1st that I bought when it came out.  But I know that's gonna be muddy.  This track hasn't been subjected to a lot of mixing, as it has not been on any comps, none that I have seen or have access to.  I don't want to present myself as an "expert."  I'm old and can make mistakes, the memory is a...wait, what was I saying?  More than 50% of what I read here these days is speculation and "What If?"...I will continue to research "looking for the right one."

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Country Air is in my top three.  I'll list my top picks at the end of the game.  

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I chuckled when you mentioned McCartney.  Talk about subjective...I always get long stares when I say my favorite from him in the 80's is Press To Play   - yes, more than Tug of War.

vive la difference, indeed.

[pixletwin]

It's a tie between Aren't You Glad and I'd Love Just Once to See You (both have 9 votes).

Next new vote for either of those will decide.

GO!

[Quzi]

I'd Love Just Once to See You

[pixletwin]

Welcome to 2014 and the 14th edition of BEACH BOYS SURVIVOR

Brian's "cool down" album. A bunch of white guys in midst of hippies creating soul music.

I'd Vote Just Once (Quzi) to see you out of the running.

VOTE FOR YOUR LEAST FAVORITE TRACK!!!

I'll tally on January 14th

Wild Honey
Aren't You Glad
Country Air
Darlin'
Here Comes the Night
Let the Wind Blow

Round#1 - Mama Says January 3
Round#2 - How She Boogalooed It January 5
Round#3 - A Thing or Two January 7
Round#4 - I Was Made to Love Her January 9
Round#5 - I'd Love Just Once to See You

My least fave is.... Aren't You Glad.

[alf wiedersehen]

Here Comes the Night

[Summer_Days]

'Here Comes The Night'.


'Aren't You Glad' is amazing. You're all crazy.

[The Dumb Angel]

I'm kinda sad that ILJOTSY is gone. That song makes my day.  

Aren't You Glad

Changed my mind. I'm gonna go with 'Here Comes the Night'.

[Dudd]

Wild Honey

[Gertie J.]

hctn

[startBBtoday]

Here Comes the Night

[bluesno1fann]

The three songs that must make it to the finals are the title track, Darlin' and Here Comes The Night.


My vote goes to Country Air

[Alan Smith]

Here Comes The Night

[Niko]

Here comes the night

Never loved it, sry

[MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm]

Let the Wind Blow

i genuinely like Country Air, A Thing or Two and ILJOTSY more than Let the Wind Blow. vive la difference

  +1   

Country Air is either my favorite track on the album, or damn close. A real beauty!

[zachrwolfe]

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[Gabo]

Here Comes The Night. Great song, though. Brian was a great rock singer when he wanted to be.

[Les P]

Wild Honey

[Menace Wilson]

Here Comes The Night

[Marcella]

Here Comes the Night

[TimeToGetAlone]

Aren't You Glad