Finally listening to music in the car again

[wintergreen]

i'm kind of partial to wouldn't it be nice and sloop john b, but they might be superfluous given the list you've assembled.

[Spoilt Victorian Child]

Well that's only the pre-Today! stuff. Obviously I am going to make her listen to Pet Sounds.

I think a lot of those are going to end up getting skipped but I also think it's valuable to drive home how square they were before Brian started smoking pot.

[Spoilt Victorian Child]

I mean they literally covered "Why Do Fools Fall in Love."

(I love that song.)

[mites]

the beach boys are really the best

[chairkicker]

be true to your school is so great

[wintergreen]

oops. thought i saw god only knows in the list.

[mites]

I dunno to me it sucks


however I went to CR

[chairkicker]

well it's just mike love being an idiot. but the song. the song is cool

[mites]

I dunno I just. I don't get along with it. and I love early known retard beach boys

[chairkicker]

i get it. but "now what's a matter buddy, ain't you heard'a my school?" will make me laugh... until i die

[mites]

wait no you're right this song rules.

as long as it isn't the version with the cheerleaders. that is too much

[Spoilt Victorian Child]

"Surfin'": "This sounds like ice-cream-shop music. ... Okay I think I get the idea." [skipped after second chorus]

"Chug-A-Lug": "Is this song about...root beer?" (A: "It literally is about root beer.") "This is pretty endearingly stupid." (Later: "I even liked that retarded 'Chug-A-Lug' song.")

"County Fair": "This girl sounds retarded. ... Do you just like the part where she calls him a loser?" (A: "Yes.")

"Surfer Girl": "How is it that these songs are all so wholesome and the girl-group songs are so creepy?" (I suggested it was partly because the Beach Boys wrote their songs.)

"Be True to Your School": "What the fuck is he saying? ... Brian just doesn't give a shit what these lyrics are about, does he?" (But liked, I believe.)

"In My Room": liked

"Hawaii: [turned volume way down]

"I Get Around": "Okay I know this one. ... It does sound a lot better than anything else so far."

"All Summer Long": "I can't tell if I know this song or if they all just start the same way. ... Does he ever just make Mike Love stop writing the lyrics?" (A: "...we'll get to that.")

"Little Honda": "Did they get paid for this or did they just want to write a song about a Honda?" (A: "I'm pretty sure it's just the same idea as the Small Faces singing about getting high in the park.")

Today!: mostly liked
-- "Do You Wanna Dance?": "It does seem like there is so much more going on in this song [than in their previous work]."
-- "Don't Hurt My Little Sister": "Seriously, when does Mike Love stop writing the lyrics?"
-- "Help Me Rhonda": "Are they saying 'Wanda' or 'Rhonda'? ... I guess there isn't much difference."
-- "Please Let Me Wonder": "This is the first song in a while that I actually haven't liked."
-- "I'm So Young": suffice to say that girl-group covers make her angry
-- "She Knows Me Too Well": "This song sucks too."

[mites]

oh man if merciel ends up liking the beach boys I'm gonna be so pumped

also: fucc yess chug-a-lug

[Spoilt Victorian Child]

I want to do both Smiley Smile and SMiLE but I don't know how well she's going to handle "Vega-Tables."

[young opiate]

still my favourite thread currently, though i am curious why you didn't cherrypick from endless summer

i mean it's pretty much flawless as is.

[Spoilt Victorian Child]

That would probably have been smarter, yes. I was still in my "greatest-hits collections are for my mom" phase when I got into the Beach Boys, so I didn't really know what was on Endless Summer.

I am glad I included "Surfin'" and some of their other goofy early stuff though. I realized about halfway through that I'd left off "Surfin' USA," but hopefully she knows that one already.

[wintergreen]

oh man if merciel ends up liking the beach boys I'm gonna be so pumped

not sure why i'm glad to hear that she does/might, but i am.

[Spoilt Victorian Child]

Pet Sounds: "I liked it apart from that one song. And the other song. ... My favorite tracks were 1, 2, and 'Sloop John B.'"
-- "Wouldn't It Be Nice": "It does sound like they all suddenly got a lot better at their instruments." (On being informed of the Wrecking Crew.)
-- "You Still Believe in Me": "Is this about his girlfriend dumping him because he went crazy?" (A: "Not...really.")
-- "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)": "This is the first song I don't like. It's booorrring."
-- "Let's Go Away for Awhile": did not like
-- "Sloop John B": "I would try to clap along but I don't have enough rhythm and you would laugh at me."
-- "Caroline, No": "Oh, 'pet sounds.'"

Smiley Smile: did not care for
-- "Heroes and Villains": "This doesn't really sound any darker than their other stuff."
-- "Vegetables": "I thought Mike Love stopped writing the lyrics. Wasn't this other guy supposed to do a better job?" (A: "I think I would just call it a different job.") "This would be a perfectly good song if it weren't about vegetables."
-- "Fall Breaks and Back to Winter": "This sucks dude."
-- "She's Goin' Bald": "Okay I'm skipping this one." [skipped]
-- "Little Pad": "God damn it." [skipped]
-- "Good Vibrations": "Does this album get any better?" (A: "Better...you mean, better than this song? Um...no.")

At which point we just listened to Pet Sounds again.

[Merciel]

I really like "Sloop John B" a lot.

I've been singing it to the dogs since last night. I don't think SVC can tell though because my singing is about as good as you would imagine.

[OKterrific]

-- "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)": "This is the first song I don't like. It's booorrring."

[Spoilt Victorian Child]

I have this tight-lipped smile that I use on occasions like that.

I probably didn't talk enough about "God Only Knows"'s place in history so I guess just read this section: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Only_Knows#Recognition_and_influence

[Spoilt Victorian Child]

I still can't decide if it's worth doing Wild Honey/Friends/20/20.

[Shart Damage]

worth it

skipping Summer Days isn't cool, also. "Let Him Run Wild" totally slays.

[Spoilt Victorian Child]

For some reason most of Summer Days was attached as bonus tracks to the version of Today! on Spotify, so she did hear "Let Him Run Wild" and so forth.

[Spoilt Victorian Child]

I guess with 20/20 I get to tell her about Charles Manson at least.

[MADONNA WAYNE GACY]

isn't "break away" on the friends/20 20 twofer.

that song is a true hood classic.

[universe]

"Sloop John B" is pretty incredible.

[pantsoclock]

"Girls on the Beach" and "Wendy" getting the short shrift here.

[pantsoclock]

Other early favorites: "Lonely Sea," "Farmer's Daughter"

[chairkicker]

"Sloop John B" is pretty incredible.

it is. arrangement is literally perfect