Discuss & Rate Beach Boys Songs Day by Day

I'm not a huge fan of the song, but it's good. 3/5

 

Get what you're saying about the vocals, but it's Dennis. Kind of goes nowhere and fades. 3

 

As I've said before, I'm a big fan of Dennis's mid-tempo rockers like this. Love the slide guitar and piano and the beat beat beat. The lyrics are pure autobiography - don't care about my ma and pa, want to steal a car, dirty needle, marijuana, beer and wine. The vocal, if it's Dennis all the way through, is his best vocal in years. I like the New Orleans horn section coming in but it would have been better if they had held that off to the second half of the song, to provide some contrast. Could use a middle 8 to break up the monotony of the beat as well but I love the beat anyway and the song isn't too long. I'm going to be generous with a 4/5.

 

In case anyone out there hasn't seen this - and shame on you if you haven't - here are Craig Slowinski's notes for Bambu:
http://www.tiptopwebsite.com/custommusic2/craigslowinskicom2.pdf#page=1

 

I haven't seen this before!! Interesting - Craig agrees with me that the first vocal on Time for Bed is someone else:

"Opening voice: Earle Mankey ? or Gregg Jakobson ?"

So I'm not going crazy!! And apparently the Beach Boys attempted a version of this.

 

I think he means the talking at the start - doesn't he????

 

Oh - I hadn’t thought of that. You’re probably right.

 

Crazy lyrics, but the party setting gets my rating up to a 4/5, 8/10. The music alone takes me there.

 

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Today's song is Album Tag Song:

 

To be honest, it's pretty difficult to judge this one, even though it's more than just the bare bones. Doesn't do a lot for me, to be honest. 2

 

I feel the same way as @smilin ed, though I will give it an exceedingly weak three.

 

Yep, ditto.

2/5

 

Interesting Smilelike piece that had potential. As is, 3.

 

I think the Beach Boys could have really benefitted from many of these Dennis songs from the mid 70s on, though I think some of them would have been elevated by having the other guys on them - not unlike Brian's solo stuff. I like Dennis' stuff but it does get a bit samey over the course of a whole album - again the same with all their solo stuff to an extent and the reason why they're all more enjoyable together. Looking forward to delving into Brian's solo albums.

 

As Craig points out in his notes, the intro/outro is the actual tag to the album, recorded during the Pacific Ocean Blues sessions - the middle is a piano demo, unrelated, interposed by John Hanlon. I love the actual "tag" part AS as a tag, and it is "Smilelike" as oldsurferdude noted - just needs some interesting vocal parts added. But it doesn't make it as song, and the middle demo doesn't fit. I'm going with a 2.

 

I don't feel the Dennis stuff on Pacific Ocean Blue feels too samey, but when you add on 15 bonus tracks, then it does start to feel samey!

 

I love both the "tag" part and the song in the middle. Dennis always sounded so sincere on his love ballads. 4/5 from me.

 

I think that's probably more what I meant! Very grateful for it's long awaited release though - sometimes I just find it a bit much in one sitting.

 

Potential is the key word. I don't want to give "Album Tag Song" a 2, so I'm a 3/5, 5/10 - right in the middle of an undecided rating.

 

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Today's song is All Alone:

 

This song is a classic if you ask me. Harrowing performance, the toughness of Dennis’ lead giving the song absolutely the right depth. Great sax solo, just a great record. 5/5

 

The best of the Munoz songs - Dennis gives the vocal his all, rewriting some of the lyrics (I assume he was the one that came up with recycling the "wouldn't it be nice to live again" idea in the first line), heart-felt and emotional. There's a re-record out there with a partial vocal but I couldn't find it on youtube. But I like the simplicity of the arrangement of this version, it fits the lyric and the mood of the song. 5/5 from me also.

 

Yep. 5.