Cheesiest Beach Boys Songs

[Denny's Drums]

Probably already done as a topic of discussion but what do you think are some of The Beach Boys cheesiest songs either as a group or as solo artists?  I would say...

1) How She Boogalood It
2) When A Man Needs A Woman
3) Belles Of Paris
4) TM Song
5) Disney Girls
6) Matchpoint Of Our Love
7) Sumahama
8) Kokomo
9) Endless Harmony
10) Tears In The Morning

[Reverend Joshua Sloane]

Great thread. The Beach Boys are the king of cheese sometimes.

Let's see,

The entire Surfin' album 
Anna Lee The Healer
Catch A Wave
Love and Mercy (Perhaps I'll be punched for this one)

[Denny's Drums]

Good choices, I never put much thought into any early surfing era Beach Boys songs as cheesy.  As for Love And Mercy that's fair, I would probably get punched for saying You And I and Pacific Ocean Blues is cheesy.

[Rerun]

Great thread. The Beach Boys are the king of cheese sometimes.

Let's see,

The entire Surfin' album 
Anna Lee The Healer
Catch A Wave
Love and Mercy (Perhaps I'll be punched for this one)

Screw L&M, how can you have Anna Lee?  That song is A-mazing.

[Reverend Joshua Sloane]

I like it, but it's cheese fest U.S.A.

[punkinhead]

-everyone's in love with you
-he came down (kinda)
-sumahama
-beaks of eagles

[Daniel S.]

What exactly do you mean by "cheese"? Is it exclusively romantic schmaltz, or tacky lyrics, etc? When someone says cheesy I usually think of a trite love song.

[I. Spaceman]

Surf's Up, Cabinessence, Don't Worry Baby, Sail On Sailor, This Whole World, Til I Die, Feel Flows, and the entire Pet Sounds album.

[Reverend Joshua Sloane]

Surf's Up, Cabinessence, Don't Worry Baby, Sail On Sailor, This Whole World, Til I Die, Feel Flows, and the entire Pet Sounds album.

Totally agree.

[Denny's Drums]

What exactly do you mean by "cheese"? Is it exclusively romantic schmaltz, or tacky lyrics, etc? When someone says cheesy I usually think of a trite love song.

All of the above, I think of overly sentimental and schmaltzy music like lush syrupy orchestral arrangments and lyrics, to me Bruce Johnston is the ultimate Schlockmeister.

[Denny's Drums]

Brian- Dream Angel, Rainbow Eyes, Don't Let Her Know She's An Angel, City Blues, Make A Wish (Pretty much most of Gettin In Over My Head)

Dennis- Cuddle Up, You And I, Pacific Ocean Blues, Rainbows.

Carl- Goin South

Mike- Kokomo, Getcha Back, Sumahama, Everyone's In Love With You.

Al- Lady Lynda, Beaks of Eagles.

Bruce- Pretty much everything.

[I. Spaceman]

Hey, what's up, Jason. I love Johnston and his cheesiness, just as much as Dennis' primal soul.

[Denny's Drums]

OMFG Ian!!??  How's it hanging?  Don't answer that!

[I. Spaceman]

Hey buddy, I missed yer McCartney lists and all.
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[Rerun]

Ok, how about the awful, "Be True to Your School?"  Rah Rah!

[Ron]

Oh hell no.  "Be True To Your School" is awesome.  Weren't they just out of high school then?

And what the heck are you thinking saying "Catch A Wave"?  That whole song is a euphenism for life... I know that, and I don't even know how to spell euphenism.  He's talking about how in life you have low spots and high spots, and the high times carry you through the bad times.  Just like a surfer waits all day for a nice wave to be sittin' on top of the world, people do that in life too.  In the second verse Mike says "They'll hit the road and I'll be surfin' soon, and when they catch a wave they'll be sittin' on top of the world" indicating that even though they're not surfing they're still catching waves, etc.  Finally, I leave you with:

"the ocean is yesterday--that's where the waves are coming from, from the past. The shore is tomorrow--where the waves are going to, where they die. Where they meet is where it gets rough, but that's where I want to be, riding the now."- Brian F'in Wilson

[Ebb and Flow]

Ok, how about the awful, "Be True to Your School?"  Rah Rah!

If you mean the version with the Honeys , then I agree with you, but not the LDC version.  Classic Beach Boys. 

The cheesiest Beach Boys song I think is probably 'The Surfer Moon', but only because of it's production.  Add to that all of the Dick Reynolds produced stuff on the Christmas Album.

And in terms of most cheese per Beach Boy, it has to be Bruce.  I like a lot of his songs, but his voice combined with his melodies=cheese.  Even 'Dierdre'.  But a lot of people would consider the entire BB catalog 'cheesy', including The Beatles and any old music.  But I prefer old cheese to new crap.

[Daniel S.]

You say cheese, I say heart. And whether it makes you cry or throw up depends on the talent of the composer.

[Aegir]

County Fair, Ten Little Indians, Chug-A-Lug, Heads You Win Tails I Lose, Cuckoo Clock, The Baker Man, You're So Good To Me, When A Man Needs a Woman, I Saw Santa Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, I Sleep Alone, PT Cruiser, Christmasey, anything by Mike Love that's not written with Brian

[I. Spaceman]

You're So Good To Me??
No WAY!
Same for Be True, Surfer Moon and Catch A Wave.

[Aegir]

You're So Good to Me has terribly cheesey lyrics. Come on, what kind of love song begins with, "You're kinda small" ? Is that supposed to be a compliment?

[I. Spaceman]

What kind of song contains the line "They isolate their heads and stay in their safety zone"? That a cheesy one?
Mar IS small!

[Aegir]

What kind of song contains the line "They isolate their heads and stay in their safety zone"?

A song about drugs; it fits perfectly. The whole song is full of hipster speak.

[I. Spaceman]

What kind of song contains the line "They isolate their heads and stay in their safety zone"?

A song about drugs; it fits perfectly. The whole song is full of hipster speak.

Well, You're So Good To Me is a song that is very personal to Marilyn Wilson. Therefore the specificity of the lyric about her very small stature is entirely fitting and endearing.

[Aegir]

I still don't see how mentioning that she's short is par for a love song.