# Line Up Beach Boys Fans- What Is Your Favourite Song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103 "2010-01-23T12:11:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/41 "2010-01-24T00:56:51Z")
No “e” on the end of cool. Damn! Anal Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/42 "2010-01-24T01:05:57Z")
_Heroes and Villains_ became my favourite Beach Boys song after I learned that it was the basis for the “Black Sheep” sequence in _Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story._ ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/43 "2010-01-24T01:18:27Z")
Surfin’ USA, simply because I absolutely nail it when I sing it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/44 "2010-01-24T02:22:37Z")
Hands down - _God Only Knows_ Dark Horse - _Surf’s Up_ Seasonal - _Little Saint Nick_ ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/45 "2010-01-24T02:30:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Seasonal - _Little Saint Nick_ No, please, **Silenus** , not that “throw-away” tune with the stupid lyrics???!!!:):)🙂 May I please recommend _this_ one?😉 ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8TDmWvRVJUo/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/8TDmWvRVJUo?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Thanks! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/46 "2010-01-24T02:32:38Z")
What can I say - I love the harmonies. “Run run reindeer…” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/47 "2010-01-24T02:33:37Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > No, please, **Silenus** , not that “throw-away” tune with the stupid lyrics???!!!:):)🙂 > > May I please recommend _this_ one?😉 > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TDmWvRVJUo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TDmWvRVJUo) > > Thanks! > > Quasi Like their lyrics were sometimes smart ? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/48 "2010-01-24T02:35:02Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What can I say - I love the harmonies. > > “Run run reindeer…” 😃 You’re _allowed_, my friend, you’re allowed!🙂 Loved your other choices, BTW!🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/49 "2010-01-24T02:36:57Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Like their lyrics were sometimes smart ? Post #40 in this thread. Yes. Smart.🙂 Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/50 "2010-01-24T03:41:16Z")
Musically I vote for **Good Vibrations**. If it’s just for great singing, then I’d go with **God Only Knows.** Unfortunately, the Beach Boys also recorded [Seasons in the Sun](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzjIra9pheU), so we can’t claim they never had a bad recording. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/51 "2010-01-24T04:58:17Z")
\*… "have you ever been down Salina’s way, Where Steinbeck found the valley? And he wrote about it, the way it was, in his travelins with “Charlie”?"\* **Those** are the Beach Boys this ol’ “Flower Child” remebers, even though “Holland” came later! Thanks! Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/52 "2010-01-24T05:09:48Z")
Meant to add an apostrophe _after_ _Salinas_. And I think I also may have missed one at the end of the word “travelins” Also, I scrogged up “remembers” up there! Just shoot me, okay? ; Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Sigmundex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Sigmundex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmundex)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/53 "2010-01-24T05:28:03Z")
1a selection: Don’t Worry, Baby 1b selection: In My Room 1c selection: Just about every other song posted previously! ---
**Author:** ![deadindays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@deadindays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deadindays)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/54 "2010-01-24T14:10:54Z")
**God Only Knows.** Absolute masterpiece. Closely followed by **You Still Believe In Me** , **Wouldn’t It Be Nice** and **Do It Again**. Didn’t like Kokomo. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/55 "2010-01-24T15:01:12Z")
Shit. I just re-read through the thread and realized that one of my choices, _Little Old Lady From Pasadena_, was actually a Jan and Dean song. Ooops. I also want to add another vote for _Don’t Worry Baby_. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/56 "2010-01-25T16:46:09Z")
Just about all my faves have already been mentioned, but I just want to put in a good word for their gorgeous cover of “I Can Hear Music”. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/57 "2010-01-25T18:51:34Z")
Kokomo Don’t Worry, Baby In My Room ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/58 "2010-01-25T19:18:48Z")
“Heroes and Villains” definitely. The Beach Boys always had great harmonies, but H&V was almost polyphonic with different vocal parts interweaving into the full melody. It blows me away whenever I hear it. I’m shocked by the love for “Kokomo”, which I thought of as a generic and forgettable pop song. Am I being whooshed? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/59 "2010-01-25T21:19:28Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > …I’m shocked by the love for “Kokomo”, which I thought of as a generic and forgettable pop song. Am I being whooshed? It’s a #1 hit, you don’t think some people may actually like it? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103/60 "2010-01-25T21:25:36Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > It’s a #1 hit, you don’t think some people may actually like it? Yeah, but what do they know? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/line-up-beach-boys-fans-what-is-your-favourite-song/526103.md?page=4)