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« Reply #25 on: March 04, 2015, 07:47:56 AM »

To me 'All I Wanna Do' shows his best range and soul of any of the songs he sings.
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« Reply #26 on: March 04, 2015, 08:05:44 AM »

All I Wanna Do is the penultimate Mike vocal.
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« Reply #27 on: March 04, 2015, 08:27:51 AM »

All I Wanna Do is the penultimate Mike vocal.
Maybe it should find it's way into the setlist... Wink

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« Reply #28 on: March 04, 2015, 09:17:16 AM »

Here Today
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Kiss Me Baby

Also love his parts on Let Him Run Wild and It's About Time
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« Reply #29 on: March 04, 2015, 09:34:27 AM »

One of Mike's best moments, that I think exemplifies a lot of what makes him important to the group's sound is his doubling of Carl's voice on the first line in 'This Whole World' (listen closely ... in the left channel). If you 'OOPS' the track, you can hear just Mike.

So wait, what's the deal with the first line of TWW? Something about the quality of the vocal in that first line always left me a little uncertain, but i just always assumed it was Carl. Then, a few months ago, i was taken aback when i noticed that the consensus here says it's Brian. With a new perspective, i listened to that opening over and over and slowly i started hearing it as Brian. But then i returned to it after some time only to revert to my initial stance that it's Carl. However, since then i've (mostly) come around to accepting that it's Brian. But you say it's Carl and Mike doubling each other?? Why you do this to me, Donny?  Cry
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« Reply #30 on: March 04, 2015, 10:22:22 AM »

Meant For You is a great Mike vocal. I wonder, did Mike not like the way he sounded on this song? Did he (or Brian) feel this wasn't the right "Mike" type of sound? Because he so rarely sounded like this again on record.

Also: Kokomo, which presumably due to the cheesy lyrics and massive overexposure of the song, probably makes it overlooked as one of Mike's best-delivered vocals. "By and by we'll defy", for example, has a little twinge of vibrato or something, which sounds super to my ears.
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« Reply #31 on: March 04, 2015, 11:20:33 AM »

"In an ocean...or in a glass...cool water, is SUCH a gas."

Simple.  Perfect. Humorous.  Timeless.   Refreshingly right.

 [Yet...not that many seconds later..."cool water is such a groove" which is dated and therefore not a good idea to have included it.]
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« Reply #32 on: March 04, 2015, 03:16:42 PM »

I've always liked the way Mike sings words with an "er" sound in them, especially the word "girl".  I know that is not a favorite lead, but it is what it is.  I really like his voice, nasal bit and all.  It's nostalgic and reminds of the good things in life, which probably means it reminds me of the relative innocence of youth, which is when I was first exposed to the Beach Boys.
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« Reply #33 on: March 04, 2015, 03:59:05 PM »

One of Mike's best moments, that I think exemplifies a lot of what makes him important to the group's sound is his doubling of Carl's voice on the first line in 'This Whole World' (listen closely ... in the left channel). If you 'OOPS' the track, you can hear just Mike.

So wait, what's the deal with the first line of TWW? Something about the quality of the vocal in that first line always left me a little uncertain, but i just always assumed it was Carl. Then, a few months ago, i was taken aback when i noticed that the consensus here says it's Brian. With a new perspective, i listened to that opening over and over and slowly i started hearing it as Brian. But then i returned to it after some time only to revert to my initial stance that it's Carl. However, since then i've (mostly) come around to accepting that it's Brian. But you say it's Carl and Mike doubling each other?? Why you do this to me, Donny?  Cry

Do you know how to 'OOPS' the track? Someone with more computer-music knowledge can tell you ... I think you just have to invert the phase/polarity on one of the channels in audacity or something (basically, you want to cancel out the middle channel). You'll hear it's Mike! ... just him without Carl. But yeh, it's Carl on the main vocal in the middle and Mike in the left channel.

Anyway, I honestly feel like this is one of those moments that makes me understand why Mike is such an important part of the BB sound. It sounds kinda off-the-cuff too. I think the combination is one of those 'hidden' voices that can add so much dimension to the whole.

But "That's Not Me" kills me and makes me weep in certain moods.
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« Reply #34 on: March 04, 2015, 11:01:23 PM »

"In an ocean...or in a glass...cool water, is SUCH a gas."

Simple.  Perfect. Humorous.  Timeless.   Refreshingly right.

Originally, "In a bottle or/In a glass/Coca Cola is/Such a gas".
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« Reply #35 on: March 05, 2015, 10:14:22 AM »

All I Want To Do from 20/20-his best rocking vocal. All I Wanna Do from Sunflower and Here Today are great too. I also like his part on Sloop John B.
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« Reply #36 on: March 05, 2015, 10:25:11 AM »

His bass vocal on Let Him Run Wild is freaking amazing.
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« Reply #37 on: March 05, 2015, 01:03:59 PM »

I think it's rather telling seeing who's not participating on this thread .....

Some folks really just don't like the Beach Boys
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« Reply #38 on: March 05, 2015, 01:32:06 PM »

I'll give my three favorites:

I Get Around- Mike gives the song the vocal edge to match the cool lyric
Here Today- I love the song. Great lead vocal, great background vocals, and a terrific arrangement. Probably my second favorite Pet Sounds track after Wouldn't It Be Nice.
All I Wanna Do- Great vocal range on this song.
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« Reply #39 on: March 05, 2015, 01:37:06 PM »

Lots of great mentions here.

More recently, it was quite a thrill for me the first time I heard Mike pop up for the second verse of Isn't It Time.
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« Reply #40 on: March 05, 2015, 04:26:05 PM »

All I Want To Do - great rocking vocal , Mr Peace and Sex
All I Wanna Do - majestic and spiritual
California Girls - so well phrased and taken, hard to imagine anyone else surpassing it
All This Is That - Ok not all his vocals, but like many others (eg Cabinessence) his singing adds the well measured earth to this
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« Reply #41 on: March 05, 2015, 05:26:16 PM »

Kiss Me, Baby is my favorite lead, and I also like most all of his bass parts.
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« Reply #42 on: March 05, 2015, 07:27:36 PM »

Kiss Me, Baby is my favorite lead, and I also like most all of his bass parts.
Another great bass part of Mike's is Break Away. You can really hear it in all it's glory on the Hawthorne CA mix.
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« Reply #43 on: March 05, 2015, 07:54:46 PM »

I really like his whiny proto-punk vocals on "Little Honda," but my favorite Mike Love vocal has to be that bit in "Summer of Love" where he proclaims "it" to be a "love thing." I almost pissed myself laughing rewinding it over and over and over again. Weak bladder or comedy gold? You decide.

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« Reply #44 on: March 05, 2015, 08:07:17 PM »

I always dug how Mike sang his lead on "Don't Hurt My Little Sister."  Just squares up and nails it.  He does like, the first person voice of the "big brother."  And the Boys sings what he's feeling and thinking.  Just a brilliant little composition.  Everything is perfect.  Perfect!!!
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« Reply #45 on: March 05, 2015, 08:08:38 PM »

All I Want To Do is a favourite of mine for sure
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« Reply #46 on: March 05, 2015, 08:10:53 PM »

I love how he sings "409".
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« Reply #47 on: March 05, 2015, 08:11:51 PM »

I think it's rather telling seeing who's not participating on this thread .....

Some folks really just don't like the Beach Boys

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« Reply #48 on: March 05, 2015, 08:16:27 PM »

California Girls - so well phrased and taken, hard to imagine anyone else surpassing it

Yes, yes.  And triple yes.  Quite possibly one of the most greatest, iconic lead vocals of all time - as far as I'm concerned.  That entire song is gold -- something altogether extraordinary.  A religious ceremony.
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« Reply #49 on: March 05, 2015, 08:25:16 PM »

Also a huge fan of Mike's lead on California Saga III - CaliforniaJust love it!!!

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