BB Fantasy Singles Edit Challenge

[punkinhead]

So I was thinking the other day of all the different singles, in particularly those that didn't sell well and those that weren't album cuts (maybe a handful). Sometimes, I just feel a lot of the b-sides could have been better, in particularly choosing songs that were from past albums; for example, the Darlin'/Here Today single; why choose a Pet Sounds cut when Let the Wind Blow (or anything else from Wild Honey at that) is a far superior b-side? So I propose a challenge to edit any of the singles A or B side to your liking, and perhaps that change could have charted the single higher. Like switching the 10 Little Indians   A side to something far superior. I myself (when I get the time) will prolly do the whole catalog, including solo singles as well. Some of them I'll prolly leave alone, like I Get Around/Don't Worry Baby, obviously because it hit #1 and it's just a fantastic single. I'd also like to hear what, if Bambu had been released, what the single would have been. I think an obvious rule is to only choose songs that were released/written at that time (chronologically).


A great resource to use for this type of thing is Mr. Doe's: http://www.esquarterly.com/bellagio/usdiscog.html  


EDIT:

By the way, you can do whichever discography (US and UK).

[punkinhead]

1960s Singles:

Ten Little Indians/County Fair = Summertime Blues/County Fair
The Little Girl I Once Knew/There's No Other (Like My Baby) =Little Girl I Once Knew/Devoted to You (no party dubs)
UK Single (1967):Then I Kissed Her/Mountain Of Love = DELETED SINGLE  
Gettin' Hungry/Devoted To You = Gettin' Hungry/With Me Tonight
Wild Honey/Wind Chimes = Wild Honey/Country Air or Wild Honey/The Letter (live in Hawaii)
Darlin'/Here Today = Darlin'/Let the Wind Blow
Do It Again/Wake The World = Do it Again/We're Together Again


That's my 60s list for now.
I want to thank Mr. Doe for using his amazing site  

[punkinhead]

1970s Singles:

Add Some Music To Your Day/Susie Cincinnati = Add Some Music/All I Wanna Do
Tears In The Morning/It's About Time = Soulful Old Man Sunshine/It's About Time
Long Promised Road/Deirdre = Long Promised Road/Disney Girls
Marcella/Hold On, Dear Brother = Marcella/All This is That
Child Of Winter/Susie Cincinnati = Child Of Winter/Rollin' Up to Heaven (ding dang) 
Rock And Roll Music/TM Song = Rock and Roll Music/That Same Old Song
Susie Cincinnati/Everyone's In Love With You = Back Home/Everyone's in Love with You
Honkin' Down The Highway/Solar System = Honkin' Down the Highway/The Night was So Young
Peggy Sue/Hey Little Tomboy = Peggy Sue/My Diane

[Jay]

Can we do boot...er, "fantasy singles"? That is, singles that would have been released, had the songs themselves been released. If so, then my pick would be Constant Companion with Schoolgirl for the b-side. Followed by Love Remember Me with Love Surrounds Me as the b-side.

[shelter]

The Little Girl I Once Knew/There's No Other (Like My Baby) =Little Girl I Once Knew/Devoted to You (no party dubs)

At the time people were still supposed to believe that Party was actually recorded at a party. Releasing a song without the party overdubs kinda would've given it away.

[shelter]

I never understood why 'Forever' was a B-side to 'Cool, Cool Water'. You can argue about which song is better ('Forever' IMO), but I think it's obvious that 'Forever' is MUCH more radio-friendly.

[punkinhead]

Can we do boot...er, "fantasy singles"? That is, singles that would have been released, had the songs themselves been released. If so, then my pick would be Constant Companion with Schoolgirl for the b-side. Followed by Love Remember Me with Love Surrounds Me as the b-side.

Heck yeah you can   

[punkinhead]

The Little Girl I Once Knew/There's No Other (Like My Baby) =Little Girl I Once Knew/Devoted to You (no party dubs)

At the time people were still supposed to believe that Party was actually recorded at a party. Releasing a song without the party overdubs kinda would've given it away.

good call!

[punkinhead]

I never understood why 'Forever' was a B-side to 'Cool, Cool Water'. You can argue about which song is better ('Forever' IMO), but I think it's obvious that 'Forever' is MUCH more radio-friendly.

Yeah, I was thinking of editing that single, they kinda dont go together but both are 2 grreat songs....so i just left them alone

[punkinhead]

My Bambu single would be:

Constant Companion/It's Not Too Late

[Andrew G. Doe]

To my mind, the all time dumbest single release was this:

7/66     Capitol 5706     Wouldn't It Be Nice/God Only Knows 

Two guaranteed Top 10 hits - as A sides. Howsabout...

Wouldn't It Be Nice/You Still Believe In Me

God Only Knows/'Trombone Dixie'

[shelter]

To my mind, the all time dumbest single release was this:

7/66     Capitol 5706     Wouldn't It Be Nice/God Only Knows 

Two guaranteed Top 10 hits - as A sides.

Good call.

[Mike's Beard]

I honestly believe that if two unreleased Christmas songs in Micheal, Row the Boat Ashore and Morning Christmas had been packaged together as a double A side single around late November '78, they would have gave the Beach Boys a VERY strong chance of a Xmas No1.

[punkinhead]

1980s Singles:

Livin' With A Heartache/Santa Ana Winds = Santa Ana Winds (no spoken intro)/Livin' with a Heartache
Come Go With Me/Don't Go Near The Water = Come Go With Me/Sea Cruise
It's Gettin' Late/It's OK = It's Gettin' Late/Where I Belong
She Believes In Love Again/It's Just A Matter Of Time = California Calling/She Believes in Love Again
Rock And Roll To The Rescue/Good Vibrations (live in London) = R & R to the Rescue/Chasin' The Sky
Love And Mercy/He Couldn't Get His Poor Ol' Body To Move = Love and Mercy/Let it Shine
Somewhere Near Japan/Kokomo = Somewhere Near Japan/Make it Big

[Myk Luhv]

"Meet Me in My Dreams Tonight" should've been a single. The B-side should've been a classic throw-away track used to ensure the A-side is what gets played.

Whose idea was it to release the "Ten Little Indians"/"Country Fair" single? Granted, the associated album is kind of shitty and the good songs were released as singles so... I'd just have not issued that one. Can I do that? If not, I guess I'd issue "The Shift"/"Summertime Blues" or something, I don't know. That album sucks.

This would've been a good Surf's Up era single: "Long Promised Road"/"4th of July". I also would've issued something like "Trader"/"Steamboat" during Holland days. A monstrous Love You single should've been "Roller Skating Child" backed with "Ding Dang" -- whether the single is flipped or not, you get an awesome fuckin' song every time! Also, "Airplane"/"Mona" would be a good single, or flip it the other way, whatever. Another shoulda-been-a-single would be "Time To Get Alone" backed with "Be With Me".

Okay, so I'm basically naming songs I like a hell of a lot and should've been hits. Wishful thinking? Yeah, probably. I'm enough like Phil Spector to give no sh*t about what people think and I think they'd be awesome singles! Better than most of the weird choices they actually made, at any rate.

[Jay]

How about Fall Breaks and Back To Winter for an A-side, and Wind Chimes as a B-side for a Smiley Smile single?

[punkinhead]

"Meet Me in My Dreams Tonight" should've been a single. The B-side should've been a classic throw-away track used to ensure the A-side is what gets played.

Whose idea was it to release the "Ten Little Indians"/"Country Fair" single? Granted, the associated album is kind of shitty and the good songs were released as singles so... I'd just have not issued that one. Can I do that? If not, I guess I'd issue "The Shift"/"Summertime Blues" or something, I don't know. That album sucks.

This would've been a good Surf's Up era single: "Long Promised Road"/"4th of July". I also would've issued something like "Trader"/"Steamboat" during Holland days. A monstrous Love You single should've been "Roller Skating Child" backed with "Ding Dang" -- whether the single is flipped or not, you get an awesome fuckin' song every time! Also, "Airplane"/"Mona" would be a good single, or flip it the other way, whatever. Another shoulda-been-a-single would be "Time To Get Alone" backed with "Be With Me".

Okay, so I'm basically naming songs I like a hell of a lot and should've been hits. Wishful thinking? Yeah, probably. I'm enough like Phil Spector to give no merda about what people think and I think they'd be awesome singles! Better than most of the weird choices they actually made, at any rate.

I beleive it was Capitol who thought (after issuing Surfin' Safari) that the 'surfing fad was on its way out' that they issued Ten Indians.


That's why I created this thread, so we all have an opportunity to make up what singles we think would have charted.

[punkinhead]

To my mind, the all time dumbest single release was this:

7/66     Capitol 5706     Wouldn't It Be Nice/God Only Knows 

Two guaranteed Top 10 hits - as A sides. Howsabout...

Wouldn't It Be Nice/You Still Believe In Me

God Only Knows/'Trombone Dixie'

I agree, but maybe they were thinkin in terms of how Day Tripper/We can work it Out charted? I don't know, just throwing that out there.

[Custom Machine]

I never understood why 'Forever' was a B-side to 'Cool, Cool Water'. You can argue about which song is better ('Forever' IMO), but I think it's obvious that 'Forever' is MUCH more radio-friendly.

I agree completely that Forever should have been the A side and Cool, Cool Water the B side.  Unfortunately, when the promo single was sent to radio stations, Forever wasn't even included on the record, as that was during the time (rather brief, I think) when Warner Bros (and a number of other labels) sent out the A side in Stereo on one side of the promo copy, and in mono on the other.

[sockittome]

I beleive it was Capitol who thought (after issuing Surfin' Safari) that the 'surfing fad was on its way out' that they issued Ten Indians.

Then it's a wonder they didn't release Chug-a-lug instead! 

[Magic Transistor Radio]

Chug-a-lug/Coo Coo  Clock

Car Club/Custom Machine

Amusement Parks USA/Girl From NY City

Vegatable/Wind Chimes

Let the Wind Blow/Here Comes the Night

Forever/Its About Time

Long Promised Road/Feel Flows

Rio Grande/Mount Vernon and Fairway

[Matt H]

"Meet Me in My Dreams Tonight" should've been a single. The B-side should've been a classic throw-away track used to ensure the A-side is what gets played.

I agree, the first single from BW should have been "Meet Me in My Dreams Tonight" b/w "Let's Do It Again."

[shelter]

"Meet Me in My Dreams Tonight" should've been a single. The B-side should've been a classic throw-away track used to ensure the A-side is what gets played.

Whose idea was it to release the "Ten Little Indians"/"Country Fair" single? Granted, the associated album is kind of shitty and the good songs were released as singles so... I'd just have not issued that one. Can I do that? If not, I guess I'd issue "The Shift"/"Summertime Blues" or something, I don't know. That album sucks.

This would've been a good Surf's Up era single: "Long Promised Road"/"4th of July". I also would've issued something like "Trader"/"Steamboat" during Holland days. A monstrous Love You single should've been "Roller Skating Child" backed with "Ding Dang" -- whether the single is flipped or not, you get an awesome fuckin' song every time! Also, "Airplane"/"Mona" would be a good single, or flip it the other way, whatever. Another shoulda-been-a-single would be "Time To Get Alone" backed with "Be With Me".

Okay, so I'm basically naming songs I like a hell of a lot and should've been hits. Wishful thinking? Yeah, probably. I'm enough like Phil Spector to give no merda about what people think and I think they'd be awesome singles! Better than most of the weird choices they actually made, at any rate.

I beleive it was Capitol who thought (after issuing Surfin' Safari) that the 'surfing fad was on its way out' that they issued Ten Indians.


That's why I created this thread, so we all have an opportunity to make up what singles we think would have charted.

I think the only song on 'Surfin' Safari' that could've gone anywhere as a single (besides 'Surfin'', 'Surfin' Safari' and '409') is 'Little Girl (You're My Miss America)'.

[alanjames]

The coolest single would be: Sumahama/Brian's Back. Or Brian's Back/Sumahama

[punkinhead]

The coolest single would be: Sumahama/Brian's Back. Or Brian's Back/Sumahama

hmmmm, Idk, an all Mike single featuring some Beach Boy vocals? now is this for his solo album or Beach Boys?