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« on: August 21, 2014, 10:30:21 AM »

With the recent discussion about Summer In Paradise, it made me think about the somewhat short list of songs Mike Love wrote for The Beach Boys without Brian Wilson. It's a diverse list, and very few songs are written exclusively by Love without the help of another band member. Obviously from the 1980s on, his writing style focused primarily on nostalgia.

I didn't include any Mike Love solo tracks, mostly because I don't know the catalogue very well. But if there are any spectacular solo songs that deserve mention, I'd love to know about them.

I believe this is the full list (please let me know if I forgot any). What's your favorite and least favorite?

A Young Man Is Gone
How She Boogalooed It
Sounds of Free
Don't Go Near The Water
Student Demonstration Time
All This Is That
Big Sur
Leaving This Town
We Got Love
Only With You
Everyone's In Love With You
Brian's Back
Bells of Christmas
Kona Coast
Sumahama
It's a Beautiful Day
Goin' To the Beach
Getcha Back
Rock N Roll To the Rescue
Still Crusin'
Somewhere Near Japan
Kokomo
Make It Big
Summer of Love
Island Fever
Still Surfin'
Strange Things Happen
Lahaina Aloha
Summer in Paradise
Daybreak Over the Ocean

I would have to go with:

Best - Getcha Back
Worst - Sumahama
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« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2014, 10:49:57 AM »

Best-Big Sur
Worst-Everyone's In Love With You (too syrupy, especially the arrangement)
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« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2014, 10:55:53 AM »

Best-Big Sur
Worst-Everyone's In Love With You (too syrupy, especially the arrangement)

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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2014, 11:13:45 AM »

Best - Big Sur, or maybe Viggie.

Worst - Wrinkles.
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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2014, 11:16:23 AM »

All This is that is more of a Jardine thing, but I'll go with that.

Worst? Half the sh*t he wrote with Terry Melcher in the 80s/early 90s.
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« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2014, 11:17:29 AM »

Best - Big Sur - one of my favorite songs by anyone, pure poetry.
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« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2014, 11:20:40 AM »

Best = All This is That
Worst = Problem Child (which I believe Mike wrote with Melcher)
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« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2014, 11:33:50 AM »

Best = All This is That
Worst = Problem Child (which I believe Mike wrote with Melcher)

Nope. Problem Child was written by Terry Melcher alone.
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« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2014, 11:34:32 AM »

I would go for All This is That, but It's more Al, like Leaving this Town is more Blondie and Ricky. Big Sur, for me. The worst there is Summer of Love, the biggest piece of sh*t the BB recorded.
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« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2014, 11:40:29 AM »

[2014-08-21 20:37:24] Swedish Frog: you can’t really say ml wrote a young man is gone
[2014-08-21 20:37:32] Swedish Frog: since it is a cover with new words
[2014-08-21 20:37:53] Swedish Frog: it’s like me changing the words of hey jude, that does not make me a co-writer
[2014-08-21 20:38:05] Smile Brian: Agreed, post that
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« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2014, 11:50:27 AM »

[2014-08-21 20:37:24] Swedish Frog: you can’t really say ml wrote a young man is gone
[2014-08-21 20:37:32] Swedish Frog: since it is a cover with new words
[2014-08-21 20:37:53] Swedish Frog: it’s like me changing the words of hey jude, that does not make me a co-writer
[2014-08-21 20:38:05] Smile Brian: Agreed, post that

Take that up with The Beach Boys. They have him the co-write credit. He made the song worse, right? And I would assume no one will vote for it in the best category.
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« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2014, 12:00:39 PM »

[2014-08-21 20:37:24] Swedish Frog: you can’t really say ml wrote a young man is gone
[2014-08-21 20:37:32] Swedish Frog: since it is a cover with new words
[2014-08-21 20:37:53] Swedish Frog: it’s like me changing the words of hey jude, that does not make me a co-writer
[2014-08-21 20:38:05] Smile Brian: Agreed, post that

Take that up with The Beach Boys. They have him the co-write credit. He made the song worse, right? And I would assume no one will vote for it in the best category.

You know what I mean. I can re-write the lyrics of Surf's Up, that does not make me a songwriter. I had no part whatsoever in the creation of that song, I am not its creator. I am not the talented one.
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« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2014, 12:01:19 PM »

I don't know if Mike "wrote" any of those by himself... but All This Is That is one of the best songs ever.

And the worst for me, might be Everyone's in Love With You... because it's like a giant party pooper in the silly, fun 15 Big Ones party.  It's not the worst song in the world... but it's just so out of place and strange on this album.  He would be involved in "worser" songs... but they're usually on equally bad albums and as such, don't stick out as much.
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« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2014, 12:13:54 PM »

Best--Big Sur (California Saga version)
Worst--Summer of Love (though I think Bean Bag is right about "Everyone's In Love With You" screwing up its album much more than this does Summer in Paradise)

Not to nitpick, but technically "Sound of Free" was released on a DW solo single; if you include that, why not "Pacific Ocean Blues?"
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« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2014, 12:18:13 PM »

Best: close call between Big Sur, All This Is That and Viggie, I think I choose Big Sur (ATIT was Al's and Carl's also, and Viggie wasn't released).

Worst: Summer of Love... by far.
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« Reply #15 on: August 21, 2014, 12:34:45 PM »

Mike's best compositions can be found on the avant gardely groundbreaking milestone record When Sounds:

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« Reply #16 on: August 21, 2014, 12:40:38 PM »

"I don't wanna know" is a great song. I think it was on a "Celebration"-album
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« Reply #17 on: August 21, 2014, 01:19:24 PM »

As far as Mike's solo compositions, Cool Head, Warm Heart is really one of the best BBs related songs post-2000. Those harmonies in the intro are pretty great, and it's TM-related without being too overbearing.
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« Reply #18 on: August 21, 2014, 01:23:08 PM »

As far as Mike's solo compositions, Cool Head, Warm Heart is really one of the best BBs related songs post-2000. Those harmonies in the intro are pretty great, and it's TM-related without being too overbearing.

He did not write the intro.
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« Reply #19 on: August 21, 2014, 01:26:42 PM »

Best: "Leaving This Town"
Worst: Not into worsts
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« Reply #20 on: August 21, 2014, 01:31:32 PM »

Best--Big Sur (California Saga version)
Worst--Summer of Love (though I think Bean Bag is right about "Everyone's In Love With You" screwing up its album much more than this does Summer in Paradise)

Not to nitpick, but technically "Sound of Free" was released on a DW solo single; if you include that, why not "Pacific Ocean Blues?"

I included Sound of Free because it was released on MIC.
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« Reply #21 on: August 21, 2014, 02:15:40 PM »

What is the song Viggie?  I've never heard that one.
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« Reply #22 on: August 21, 2014, 02:21:46 PM »

Best--Big Sur (California Saga version)
Worst--Summer of Love (though I think Bean Bag is right about "Everyone's In Love With You" screwing up its album much more than this does Summer in Paradise)

Not to nitpick, but technically "Sound of Free" was released on a DW solo single; if you include that, why not "Pacific Ocean Blues?"

I included Sound of Free because it was released on MIC.

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« Reply #23 on: August 21, 2014, 02:29:48 PM »

What is the song Viggie?  I've never heard that one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CruGtoJM8Os
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« Reply #24 on: August 21, 2014, 03:07:44 PM »

Best: We Got Love

Worst: Summer Of Love
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