The Beach Boys Love You

[NC]

LOL...since he did most of the work.

I can see why you feel The Night was So Young is overrated. God, I hate Carl's vocals on this. Probably the only time I'll ever say THAT about a song.

Honestly, it's the middle section of "I'll Bet He's Nice" where he drives me bananas. I'm speaking of the "Don't you ever tell me that you're leaving" part. That section of the song always sounded forced and phony to me.

Unrelated comment: I think Love You features some of Brian's most innovative chord changes.

[Mitchell]

I think he sounds drunk during I Bet He's Nice, actually.

[Matinee Idyll]

 

That "Baby... don't you ever tell me that you're leavin'", just that bit, is my second favourite vocal on the whole album.

My favourite is "IS SOMEBODY GONNA TELL ME..." etc, etc...

"T'get t'you babe ar want throo da ringa!" sounds more forced to me (but it's still cool)

[I. Spaceman]

Right on.
I love Carl's "drunk" voice, also showcased on It's Over Now, Life Is For The Living and Everybody Wants To Live.

[Matinee Idyll]

And I ain't heard none of those

I'll have to take your word for it, sir.

[Jason Penick]

Right on.
I love Carl's "drunk" voice, also showcased on It's Over Now, Life Is For The Living and Everybody Wants To Live.

"Liiiiiiiffffeeee...."   Yeah, that's classic.  I think Carl sounds drunk on just about everything he sings from this era: "Full Sail", "Sweet Sunday Kind of Love", "Livin' With a Heartache" and "Go and Get That Girl" all jump to mind as I write this.


Nothin' wrong with that, though.  I loves me some drunken Carl.

[Jonas]

aww shucks that drunk carl on 'life is for the living'?

i thought it was drunk brizza :x

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

And see, those are the vocals by Carl I *don't* like. I'm sorry, but on those he sounds like Peter Cetera singing underwater...with a mouth ful of peanut butter.

[Jason Penick]

And see, those are the vocals by Carl I *don't* like. I'm sorry, but on those he sounds like Peter Cetera singing underwater...with a mouth ful of peanut butter.

Now that's a disturbing mental image!

[Jason Penick]

aww shucks that drunk carl on 'life is for the living'?

i thought it was drunk brizza :x

Aww yeah, it's the Beach-Tang Clan!  The Brizza, the Crizza and the Drizza, plus their partnas in cryme Mizzle-Lizzle and Al-Jardinizzle.

[Reverend Joshua Sloane]

"Let's Put Our Hearts Together" used to break my heart listening to it. It's almost like a cheesy Mariah Carey tune, but because it is Brian and the group I can feel the sincerity in what is being sung. The simplicity in the lyrics is absolutely essential for this kind of song and album. Love is a complex thing but oftenly best described in an almost child-like way. Remember getting married on the front lawn to the neighbor girl? Yeah, that's the same emotion that is applied throughout this album. Simple happiness and bittersweet sadness.

[punkinhead]

love you is so quirky, i cant help but hold it by my side, it's all me and child-inmature like. i held the LP cover up to some girls, they love the cheesy-ness. i just hate that it's paper thin, i love that cover, it reminds me of a Light Bright. so is it really true Carl produced most of it? that  must mean a mix-down producer does everything? 

[planet_jake]

Far and away my favorite Beach Boy Album.

So very strange, so very catchy, so very Brian... I'm a man in love.

[MBE]

I don't get it. I just never liked it and I like quirky. Bad vocals and lyrics and mix. Sorry I just don't like it. If it said produced by Mike Love would you? Anyways Good Time is great as I love the Sunflower era, and I'll Bet He's Nice and Night Was So Young are very nice. The rest is funny in a sad way but hard to listen to. I think New Album and Adult Child are WAY better.

[Daniel S.]

One of the reasons I like it is because it gives you insight into how crazy Brian had gotten by 1977.

[James Hughes-Clarke]

The following quote, in my view, sums up Love You perfectly:

“The best description of this album, for those who have heard the music of Jonathan Richman, is to imagine Richman suddenly being given the musical talent of Bach, and two days in the studio. Anyone who doesn't love this album will loathe it, but it's their loss.”

(From http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A543025)

[Reverend Joshua Sloane]

One of the reasons I like it is because it gives you insight into how crazy Brian had gotten by 1977.

Aegir from this website makes weirder music from what I've heard. 

[Aegir]

Hahahahahahahaha, I'll take that as a compliment, weirder than Brian Wilson. Never really thought my music was weird, though, any tracks in particular?

[Jonas]

aww shucks that drunk carl on 'life is for the living'?

i thought it was drunk brizza :x

Aww yeah, it's the Beach-Tang Clan!  The Brizza, the Crizza and the Drizza, plus their partnas in cryme Mizzle-Lizzle and Al-Jardinizzle.

awesome.

[BananaLouie]

Carl sounds especially drunk on Everybody Wants To Live, I bought another copy of the 15 Big Ones/Love You two-fer its great rediscovering those songs especially on Love You, Let Us Go On This Way is one of the boy's best rockers.

[Reverend Joshua Sloane]

Hahahahahahahaha, I'll take that as a compliment, weirder than Brian Wilson. Never really thought my music was weird, though, any tracks in particular?

"Let The Bullgine Run" is actually a pretty good song. Obviously it would be better if it were properly recorded and performed by the Doors.

Don't shave the beard!

[Aegir]

Eh, Let the Bullgine Run is just a traditional song, terribly performed besides.. me and the other guy's vocals don't even match up half the time.

[Music Machine]

the 15 Big Ones/Love You two-fer its great rediscovering those songs especially on Love You, Let Us Go On This Way is one of the boy's best rockers.

It certainly is. I picked up that cd for 7 pounds at a used cd store on a trip to Scotland. Promptly after my first listen to it I flipped the booklet around so the Loves You cover was face up and treated the cd like it was Loves You paired with 15 Big Ones not the other way around. My favorite tracks are Let Us Go On This Way, The Night Was So Young and Johnny Carson.

I think it was a missed opportunity to not release The Night Was So Young b/w I'll Bet He's Nice as a single.

[briancarldennisal]

4.5
when i heard 'love you' 5 years ago at a friends house, i couldn't believe it was the beach boys, let alone brian wilson. 5 years later (and much more interested in all things BW) i went out and bought the twofer "15bigones&loveyou". i won't say much about 15 big ones cause i haven't really given it the time of day yet, but as for "love you" it has to be one of the greatest albums i have ever listened to. i played it for my girlfriend and she said "this is the creepiest thing i've ever heard...". i have to kind of agree with her, but i also have to add that its so childish and charming that you can not help but love it. "The Night Was So Young" kills me everytime. that guitar is perfect and along with carl and brian's vocals, it is in my top 5 favorite BB's songs. the other track i find to be wonderful is "Mona". the line "i know you're gonna love phil spector" is so great cause only brian wilson would ever say that to a girl! its the same as you or me saying "i know you're gonna like my parents". i love it. i love the way dennis sings it. perfect. great album.

[Magic Transistor Radio]

This is one of my favorite albums because it is full of great songs. But I had to give it a 4. Over half the songs are amazing, but a few are almost as bad as the original songs from 15BO (Ding Dang, Love is a Woman). But The Night Was So Young might just be as good as God Only Knows or Til I Die!