Mon Sep 30, 2013, 08:00 PM

Is this the worst Beach Boys song of all time?

In general, I agree with the assertion that the Beach Boys are America's Beatles. Unlike the Fab Four, however, the Beach Fellas occasionally launched a turkey. Such as the first track on this video:

I suppose it is useful as an historical document. We now know that the introduction of the "shift" in the early 60's made a strong impression on young American males. But seriously, "wearin' a shift and it turns me on?" I can't remember too many other masturbatory songs about clothing...

-- Mal

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
Is this the worst Beach Boys song of all time? (Original post)	malthaussen	Sep 2013	OP
No	Doc_Technical	Oct 2013	#1
Welll.......	malthaussen	Oct 2013	#2
It sounds like a lot of their others	lame54	Oct 2013	#3
That might be the worst, but this song makes me want to pull my hair out	Art_from_Ark	Oct 2013	#4
Gotta be "help me Rhonda"	Laura PourMeADrink	Oct 2013	#5
How about "All of them"?	baldguy	Oct 2013	#6
If you want bad music	Joey Liberal	Oct 2013	#7
You may suggest that, but I demand one exception in the country category:	DFW	Oct 2013	#8
Maybe for my older sister	tonekat	Oct 2013	#9
"Kokomo," a crass, calculating, deliberately commercial piece of crap masquerading as a "hit."	Amerigo Vespucci	Oct 2013	#10
Album Cover	ascrodin	Oct 2015	#11

Response to malthaussen (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2013, 07:45 PM

Doc_Technical (3,096 posts)

1. No

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Wed Oct 2, 2013, 08:49 AM

malthaussen (14,090 posts)

2. Welll.......

I'm not completely sure they were serious in this one.

Although that's not really a criterion for "worst," I guess.

Gad, I never heard this one before. Thankfully.

-- Mal

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Wed Oct 2, 2013, 10:08 AM

lame54 (29,703 posts)

3. It sounds like a lot of their others

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Thu Oct 3, 2013, 10:43 PM

Art_from_Ark (27,247 posts)

4. That might be the worst, but this song makes me want to pull my hair out

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Thu Oct 3, 2013, 11:57 PM

Laura PourMeADrink (35,068 posts)

5. Gotta be "help me Rhonda"

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Fri Oct 4, 2013, 08:41 AM

baldguy (36,649 posts)

6. How about "All of them"?

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Fri Oct 4, 2013, 08:47 AM

Joey Liberal (5,526 posts)

7. If you want bad music

May I suggest rap or country (GOP music).

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Response to Joey Liberal (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 4, 2013, 12:02 PM

DFW (41,862 posts)

8. You may suggest that, but I demand one exception in the country category:

(only one TFT ever did in that genre)

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Fri Oct 4, 2013, 06:12 PM

tonekat (1,217 posts)

9. Maybe for my older sister

But the Beatles were my Beatles. The BB's represented an old fading culture. I appreciate their better works more these days.

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Fri Oct 4, 2013, 06:50 PM

Amerigo Vespucci (30,885 posts)

10. "Kokomo," a crass, calculating, deliberately commercial piece of crap masquerading as a "hit."

Runs a close second with the John Stamos remake of the Dennis Wilson track "Forever" (from Sunflower) that appeared on the final Beach Boys studio album Summer in Paradise (1992), also the last recorded Beach Boys work from Carl Wilson.

The album also included a whiny Mike Love remake of Sly & The Family Stone's "Hot Fun In The Summertime" and WAY TOO MANY other covers songs. It was a lazy, lifeless album, and I've always considered it their worst all around effort.

Seriously, you want the "worst of the Beach Boys," you'll find it right here. These boys went out with a whimper, not a bang.

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Response to Amerigo Vespucci (Reply #10)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 09:08 PM

ascrodin (12 posts)

11. Album Cover

The cover artwork is definitely better than any of the songs on that record. However, I do count "Lahaina Aloha" (By far the strongest track on Summer in Paradise, not that that's saying much) as one of my guilty pleasures.

P.S. Anyone here ever go on smileysmile.net?

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