Best Beach Boys song?

[SaharaTea]

“Wouldn’t It Be Nice” has always been my favorite.

“Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray…”

[bienville]

More options for the non-20 Biggest Hits types

[Bridget_Burke]

@pulykamell

As the OP states, “for what should be obvious reasons.”

It’s the only Beach Boys song that gets radio play that forces me to change the station. I’d count “Wipe Out,” too, although I can’t remember the last time I heard it on the radio, and it’s a collaboration with the Fat Boys, so I don’t consider it a Beach Boys song.

“Wipe Out” was a cover–originally recorded by the Surfaris.

I picked a bunch of Beach Boys tunes–many of the non-arty oldies. Because they were so much fun.

[pulykamell]

@Bridget_Burke

“Wipe Out” was a cover–originally recorded by the Surfaris.

Of course it’s originally by the Surfaris. But I assumed the OP was talking about this Wipe Out, which is not really quite a cover.

[kevja]

Neither list doesn’t include “I Can Hear Music”

Yikes. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a Beach Boys song I didn’t like but not to have that on the list is a mistake, or I need new contacts.

[Nars_Glinley]

I’m surprised to be the first one to vote for Rock and Roll Music. I love their version as well as Chuck Berry’s and The Beatles’.

[bienville]

@kevja

Neither list doesn’t include “I Can Hear Music”

Yikes. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a Beach Boys song I didn’t like but not to have that on the list is a mistake, or I need new contacts.

Aargh! Sorry, kevja!

When I made Part 2 of the list my original intent was to come up with 28 songs, added to DCnDC’s list of 22 songs to make a nice clean 50.

The I got carried away and decided I would do 78 songs to make it a total of a nice round 100 songs.
I ended up with 82 songs- “I Can Hear Music” was on that list. But since I was 4 over the round 100 that I wanted, I nixed a few that were cover songs.

:smack:

[Thudlow_Boink]

@bienville

Aargh! Sorry, kevja!

When I made Part 2 of the list my original intent was to come up with 28 songs, added to DCnDC’s list of 22 songs to make a nice clean 50.

The I got carried away and decided I would do 78 songs to make it a total of a nice round 100 songs.
I ended up with 82 songs- “I Can Hear Music” was on that list. But since I was 4 over the round 100 that I wanted, I nixed a few that were cover songs.

:smack:

But you made it a “choose only one” poll. No way in hell can I choose only one of those 82 songs.

[Winnie]

God Only Knows without question. Just thinking about that song sends chills up my spine.

[don_t_ask]

@Ms_Boods

Don’t look at it that way, as pissing away a lot of ideas, but rather as taking something huge and unfinished, and narrowly honing it down – Brian deliberately edited down 90 hours’ worth of music (riffs and ideas) to create a 3:35 ‘pocket symphony’ – it’s why I find listening to the various rehearsals and practices fascinating.

Thanks for that post. I checked out your apparent exaggeration to discover that it wasn’t one. Amazing stuff.