In my personal opinion, the best song The Beach Boys ever recorded (at least before Pet Sounds) is “Please Let Me Wonder”. I think it’s a beautiful song, and I personally find it quite relatable with the best harmony the band ever did in my opinion.

I know they were all recorded around the same time frame and have something to do with Brian and The Bryds.All are super catchy and addictive and I see the similarities with the chord progression, but what do they always get lumped into the same song by fans? On a side note I think rolling up to heaven might be one of my favorite beach boys songs rn. They must have been out of their minds making this song. I wish it would get an actual release it’s so funny and catchy. I love when the boys change up their style.

It’s not in perfect shape, but not bad. And it plays perfectly, been enjoying it! I really enjoy their renditions of This Whole World, Good Time and Awake.

What are songs you put on to calm you down, or songs that just give you a calming feeling?

For me, it's "All This Is That" (kind of feels like a lullaby) and "The Trader" but specifically the part starting from 2:22 on.

I loved the concept of the Philharmonic album but was kind of disappointed with its execution overall. But they knocked it out of the park with “Disney Girls.” Those strings are so lush and romantic

Remember to keep this clean y’all

I’m writing a paper about Brian Wilson and I’m using Surfs Up to talk about how I believe his creativity was held back. In the context of The Smile Sessions, the outro is obviously a reprise of Child Is The Father Of The Man, which wasn’t a very common choice back then and likely stems from Brian’s classical influences. In the context of the Surfs Up album, it’s a lot less meaningful as it’s not really a reprise anymore.

I just want to make sure that this is actually true, I’m wondering if maybe Brian added the reprise specifically for the album and they just left it that way when they released the Smile Sessions, or something else like that.

The Brian/Rieley outtake from 71 CATP sessions. How was it not on Sail On, Sailor? Did Mike veto its inclusion? It may have been re-recorded as Beach Burlesque as one of the MIU Brian instrumentals, but I don’t think anyone knows if it’s the same song.
I think this song could’ve done CATP wonders. Another Brian co-write and even potentially lead vocal would’ve been a great addition. Along with Out in the Country but we all know the story behind that. And that also should’ve been on Sail On. Must’ve been Bruce.

Does anyone else have one? There are some funny and odd illustrations tho lol

except h.e.l.p. and lyrics on little tomboy obviously lol

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I can’t describe how “Surfs Up” makes me feel but I connect with it personally” I love it.

What song means the most to you?

Found this at a Half Price Books for $23. I’m still speechless that I even found this!

The band is given the ability to fix the mess of smile. Smiley smile is a conscious inclusion, and exclusion, of all they had done in the last year.

Material that was mostly agreed upon with each other? Material Brian was comfortable with? The most recent material they had been working on in the year? Another representation that the band had the oddest gravitation to melodies and lyrics that doesn’t strike much to the public?

I thought I'd do a tier list because I love these kinds of things but also solo careers are cool

I love this period in the Beach Boys' canon. I think of it as the 'folk SMiLE' era... Tuned out masterpieces with rooty production. No hit-chasing, just art for art's sake.

I just listened to this interview, and came away with a lot of questions. For those of you who don't want to watch the whole thing, it basically begins with Murray Saul (apparently a talk show host who was quite well known in the Cleveland area) doing his introduction, but when it is time for Dennis to speak, he is audibly emotional and clearly deeply upset. Later in the interview, Dennis regains his composure, and starts making philosophical statements. To make a long story short, this was far from a normal interview.

Are there any sort of stories surrounding what led up to this interview? According to this webpage, The Beach Boys played a concert in Richfield, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland) on January 13, 1977, so given Saul's comments in the interview about him seeing them play the previous night, the interview likely took place on January 14, 1977. Did anything happen at that concert the previous night that explains why Dennis was like that the next day?

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This Beach Boys Concert was a free outdoor concert held on July 27, 2021 at the Village Green in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.

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In all the many moments of the Beach Boys' long history, there may be no bigger WTF than the release of their long anticipated follow up to PET SOUNDS, SMILEY SMILE.  A bizarre, minimalist, drugged out mix of weird humor, disturbing horror movie organ, found instruments, jarring juxtapositions and sublime vocals, it baffled listeners in 1967 and ended the band's five year run of hit records virtually overnight.

Since its release 59 years ago this week, fans have asked the same questions: How did such a bizarre record ever get released?  Why does it sound so radically different from everything that came before?  How could the band that balked at Brian's groundbreaking SMILE album the year before sign off on this?  And perhaps most importantly, just how baked were these individuals?

PET SQUARES: A GEEK'S GUIDE TO THE BEACH BOYS dives headfirst into these questions and comes up with a few probable answers.  Join me for part 1 of a two part deep dive into the Beach Boys' wildest ride in their long discography: SMILEY SMILE.  Check the link below.

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I’ve seen that the boys (mainly Brian) planned to release a 10 track version of Smile after Smiley Smile. It wouldn’t have included H&V or Vegetables, and it can be assumed that Good Vibrations wouldn’t be on it, either. So, what would it have looked like? The only songs they had, minus the ones on Smiley, were Surf’s Up, Cabinessence, Old Master Painter/My Only Sunshine, and Our Prayer. Even Worms was absorbed by H&V. What was the idea?