My Solution

[Jay]

Can anybody help me with trying to figure out the lyrics to My Solution? I don't mean the narration, but the lyrics buried underneath.

[Chris Brown]

This is the first verse (I'm fairly confident it's correct):

I dropped my dog in my solution,
He looked so different in my solution.
I knew I'd found my peace solution,
My instant aid to evolution.

After that it gets pretty indecipherable for me.  The only other tidbits that spring to mind just from memory are "what have I done with my solution" (repeated by the group before the instrumental break) and "I met a damsel outside my castle." 

[Jay]

That's pretty much what I could come up with. Is there a version available without the narration?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Can anybody help me with trying to figure out the lyrics to My Solution? I don't mean the narration, but the lyrics buried underneath.

Top of my head:

What have I done (
With my solution
He walked so gently
He would harm no-one

Success had come
To my solution
My instant aid
To evolution

What have I done
With my soluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Damsel
Outside my castle
She looked so fair
Her dark brown hair

What have I done
With my solution
My instant aid
To evolution

[let's pick that one up later]

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

In its own simple, quite way, that's actually pretty badass. Whose lyrics were they?

[Andrew G. Doe]

In its own simple, quite way, that's actually pretty badass. Whose lyrics were they?

Mike & Van Dyke. I hear Jack helped too.

[Jay]

Can anybody help me with trying to figure out the lyrics to My Solution? I don't mean the narration, but the lyrics buried underneath.

Top of my head:

What have I done (
With my solution
He walked so gently
He would harm no-one

Success had come
To my solution
My instant aid
To evolution

What have I done
With my soluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Damsel
Outside my castle
She looked so fair
Her dark brown hair

What have I done
With my solution
My instant aid
To evolution

[let's pick that one up later]

Thanks a bunch!  BY the way, who does that insanely high note?

[Paulos]

My Solution is such a whacked out, batshit crazy song and probably the weirdest song be it released or unreleased that the Beach Boys have ever done but I love it, favourite part is from  1:30 - 1:50 which is the 'What have I done? With my soluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu....' bit.

It is Brian doing the narration right? I'd love to see this song on a future rarities compilation, if only to show how downright weird/inventive Brian could be.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

In its own simple, quite way, that's actually pretty badass. Whose lyrics were they?

Mike & Van Dyke. I hear Jack helped too.

WHAT?! I just realized I have never known who wrote it until now.  That's....certainly a weird combination to say the least!

[Jay]

For a long time, I thought it was Mike doing the talking. Fun fact: The first time I ever heard this song, it was real late at night, and I was the only person in the house awake. Bad idea. 

[grillo]

In its own simple, quite way, that's actually pretty badass. Whose lyrics were they?

Mike & Van Dyke. I hear Jack helped too.

I heard the original lyrics were by Tandyn Almer and Tony Asher.

[Mike's Beard]

That long sustained note on the synth just before the last verse is the most evil, creepiest thing I have ever heard. And I'm more than a tad surprised that the lyrics were a collaboration between Mike and Van, who'd have thunk it?

[Chris Brown]

I've always assumed that the insanely high note (off the top of my head, I think it's a G) was Brian, although I'm not sure who else was at the session so I suppose I could be wrong.

The lyrics are indeed pretty badass.  Just the idea of Mike and Van Dyke collaborating is incredibly cool.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Amazing what people will believe when you don't add a smiley to a completely ludicrous statement. 

[Mikie]

Ah Ha Ha Ha Ha!!  You kept a straight face and they fell for it!  I think I'll try that soon and see what happens. 

Yeah, I can imagine Mike Love, Van Dyke Parks, and Jack Rieley writing together. 

[grillo]

Amazing what people will believe when you don't add a smiley to a completely ludicrous statement. 

just for the record, I got it (see my post above). I just hate to get lumped in with these dullards!

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

That what happens when you post real early in the morning

[Chris Brown]

Nice one AGD!  Your reputation around here is such that I didn't even think twice when you said that.

Now that we have that cleared up, I always assumed that Brian wrote all the lyrics.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Nice one AGD!  Your reputation around here is such that I didn't even think twice when you said that.

Now that we have that cleared up, I always assumed that Brian wrote all the lyrics.

That's the general assumption, although the way he stumbles towards the end leads me to believe he might be making up the 'lead' on the spot.

[bgas]

Amazing what people will believe when you don't add a smiley to a completely ludicrous statement. 

Yeah, aint it.

[summerinparadise.flac]

That is so crazy, you guys.

[punkinhead]

it'd be really fantastic to get something like this on a future rarities comp (remastered and all), but also, interview the remaining Beach Boys about this and other rarities for the liner notes or even better, an accompaniment book...and add quotes from Dennis/Carl about the particular tracks, much like the Beatles Anthology book. 

[Mr. Cohen]

The whole time Brian was supposedly "in bed", he was actually working on creating an alternative source of energy from inorganic materials.  Unfortunately, the fumes from some of the chemicals he was working on had unfortunate side effects: weight gain, physical damage to the vocal chords, and temporary mental impairment. Rather than face ridicule from the scientific community, it was agreed upon by Brian and his friends and associates to cover up what had happened with a fake story that involved depression and drugs.

[Jay]

The whole time Brian was supposedly "in bed", he was actually working on creating an alternative source of energy from inorganic materials.  Unfortunately, the fumes from some of the chemicals he was working on had unfortunate side effects: weight gain, physical damage to the vocal chords, and temporary mental impairment. Rather than face ridicule from the scientific community, it was agreed upon by Brian and his friends and associates to cover up what had happened with a fake story that involved depression and drugs.

I think your post count is rather appropriate for this thread. 

[Mike's Beard]

Amazing what people will believe when you don't add a smiley to a completely ludicrous statement. 

Whoops! Well I fell for that one didn't I!! I think it's because you are usually such a straight shooter in these matters Andrew. Now if the same statement had come from that ghost guy............