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« on: May 05, 2006, 09:10:04 PM »
What would you pick as the best Beach Boys song written by each member of the group aside from Brian (not counting songs co-written with Brian)?

My picks would be:

Al -- Looking at Tomorrow
Bruce -- Disney Girls
Mike -- Big Sur
Ricky/Blondie -- Hold on Dear Brother
Carl -- Long Promised Road
Dennis -- this is the toughest choice for me -- too many great songs; I guess I would pick "Forever"
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« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2006, 09:27:50 PM »
Mike              -  "Brian's Back"
Al                  -  "California Saga"
Bruce            -  "Disney Girls" ( but my favorite is "Nearest Faraway Place")
Carl               - "Where I Belong" ("Heaven" is his best overall)
Dennis           - "Cuddle Up"
Blondie/Ricky - "Here She Comes"
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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2006, 09:49:39 PM »
Agree with most of the Sheriff's picks:

Mike              -  "Brian's Back" (since "All I Wanna Do" is ineligible)
Al                  -  "California Saga" (just let the Sheriff pick that one for me since "At My Window" is ineligible)
Bruce            -  "Disney Girls" (but my favorite is "Dierdre")
Carl               - "Feel Flows"
Dennis           - "You And I" (solo album; from the BBs I like "Baby Blue" and "Angel Come Home")
Blondie/Ricky - "Here She Comes"

I've brought this up as a thread of its own before: when you get past Brian and Dennis, it gets pretty slim.
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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2006, 11:00:42 PM »
'All This Is that'
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« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2006, 04:38:15 AM »
Mike - "Big Sur"
Carl - "Feel Flows" (or "Our Sweet Love" if that counts. I'm not sure how much of it he wrote.)
Dennis - Too many to choose from--like trying to choose my favourite Brian track, which I can't.
Bruce - either "Dierdre" or "Brand New Old Friends"
Al - "California" or "At my Window"
Ricky/Blondie - "Leaving This Town"
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« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2006, 07:24:38 AM »
Mike- Big Sur (Landlocked)
Carl- Feel Flows
Al- Lady Lynda
Dennis- be with Me
Bruce- Disney Girls
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« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2006, 09:41:33 AM »
It's hard to JUST pick one, but at the moment I'll go with:

Bruce: Tears in the Morning
Ricky/Blondie: Here She Comes
Dennis: Celebrate the News / Mona Kani
Carl: Trader
Al & Mike: Transcendental Meditation
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« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2006, 10:31:21 AM »
Hard Times is a great Blondie/Ricky track.
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« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2006, 10:55:01 AM »
forgot blondie/ricky, arg!

tie between hold on dear brother & leaving this town
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« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2006, 02:02:24 PM »
Ricky/Blondie - Hold on dear brother
Al - Susie cincinatti
Mike - Big Sur (Original)
Dennis - Its a new day
Carl - Feel flows
Bruce - Deirdre
and Al and Mike - Don't go near the water
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« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2006, 02:20:24 PM »
Good call on "It's A New Day"- that's a fabulous piece of work.  Should have been on the solo album.
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« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2006, 03:47:12 PM »
Best non Brian track

All This Is That.

Best other Al - California
Mike - not much choice here...it can only be Big Sur
Carl - Long Promised Road
Dennis - End Of The Show
Bruce - Disney Girls
Blondie & Rickie - Leaving This Town.
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« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2006, 07:03:02 PM »
Dennis: Slip On Through
Carl: (Tie) Long Promised Road and The Trader
Al: Susie Cincinatti
Mike: Big Sur
Bruce: Deirdre
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« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2006, 08:26:48 PM »
Quote from: Glenn Greenberg on May 06, 2006, 07:03:02 PM
Dennis: Slip On Through
Carl: (Tie) Long Promised Road and The Trader
Al: Susie Cincinatti
Mike: Big Sur
Bruce: Deirdre

.......ditto, except I would sub "Forever' in place of 'slip on thru', and you have my list...
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« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2006, 02:03:10 AM »
How She Boogalooed It
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« Reply #15 on: May 07, 2006, 03:37:52 AM »
Really? you're like the first person I've heard that likes it. I think I like it, but I'm also guilty of feeling sorry for the song & really wanting to like it and giving it credit.


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« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2006, 11:16:53 AM »
Al - Looking Down the Coast/ Monterey
Bruce - Brand New Old Friends
Carl - Feel Flows
Dennis - way too many, can't pick just one
Mike - Big Sur (the first version)
Ricky/ Blondie - hard to choose, but I really like Get Your Mind Made Up
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« Reply #17 on: May 08, 2006, 09:30:38 AM »
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Dennis           - "You And I" (solo album; from the BBs I like "Baby Blue" and "Angel Come Home")

Actually, "Angel Come Home" is written by Carl (although lead vocal is by Dennis).
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« Reply #18 on: May 08, 2006, 10:59:15 AM »
Yeah, I get mixed up on that one.  At some point I had thought it was co-written by the two of them, can't remember why I was confused on that.  Great song, though. 
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« Reply #19 on: May 08, 2006, 12:08:09 PM »
Suzie Cincinatti makes me go 'Meh.' Original Big Sur is cool, way cooler than the other one. Looking At Tomorrow is OK. Trader is alright, though the lyrics are a bit dopey. Hold On Dear Brother is good, if a bit sub-Elton John. All This Is That is quite good, though I think the arrangement is what really makes it so. Disney Girls is Bruce's best. Can I give a shout-out to San Miguel? I think that Dennis was really firing on all cylinders there.
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« Reply #20 on: May 08, 2006, 12:23:27 PM »
ever heard the re-working of San Miguel that dennis did for perhaps plans for Bamboo? it's a bit slower and seems like a great jam. i love it!
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« Reply #21 on: May 08, 2006, 11:21:31 PM »
Quote from: punkinhead on May 07, 2006, 03:37:52 AM
Really? you're like the first person I've heard that likes it. I think I like it, but I'm also guilty of feeling sorry for the song & really wanting to like it and giving it credit.


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Yeah, I think it's a really catchy, rockin' song. The lyrics are a little cheesey, but in a good way.
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« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2006, 08:58:36 AM »
Mike - Big Sur
Al- Take A Load Off Your Feet
Carl- Trader
Dennis- Lady
Bruce - Disney Girls
Ricky/Blondie- Leaving This Town
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« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2006, 09:12:27 AM »
well, as long as we're talking about solo songs as well...You & I is it, hands down. the best dennis wilson track...reminds me of Chicago for some reason
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« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2006, 10:07:06 AM »
Quote from: punkinhead on May 09, 2006, 09:12:27 AM
well, as long as we're talking about solo songs as well...You & I is it, hands down. the best dennis wilson track...reminds me of Chicago for some reason

Don't tell me that "You and I" is the best Denny track!  It's the only one missing from my "copy" of POB!
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