Keith Phipps assembled a list of "17 particularly peculiar Beach Boys songs." They may be peculiar, but they're also a lot of fun to listen to.
(Via Michel Leddy, who asks "how could he have left out “I’m Bugged at My Old Man”?)
17 particularly peculiar Beach Boys songs
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Nice list, makes me wish I still had all the old Beach Boys records that my folks were going to throw out years ago. For the life of me I can't remember what happened to them. Though I do prefer Dylan's version of "The Times They Are A Changing."
That's today's AVCLUB Inventory
“Give me some root beer!”: 17 particularly peculiar Beach Boys songs
http://www.avclub.com/articles/give-me-some-root-beer-17-particularly-peculiar-be,35789/
Can't forget :
I'm A Genius, Too! The Murry Wilson Tapes - WFMU's Beware of the Blog
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/10/im_a_genius_too.html
"Listening back to the full Help Me Ronda sessions again, I'm struck by how sane Brian sounds when compared to Murry, and how mature and patient he is for a 22 old standing up to his abusive, alcoholic father. After listening in on this session, It's easy to see why the Beach Boys eventually purchased Murry a fake audio console for their sessions, so he could twiddle knobs to his heart's delight without destroying anything."
: )
might want to recheck the link?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dME6DR35sM
shows a Beach Boys and Hollies cover of
"Times they are a changing", not
"17 peculiar Beach Boys songs" ....
Can't forget Take A Load Off Your Feet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD2rDyNZbUo
and Disney Girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWs8Ia71L-Q
How can we forget "She's Going Bald"?
Or my favorite, "Don't Touch My Socks"