Favorite lesser known Beach Boys songs

Susie Cincinnati

 

and I'll add "This Car Of Mine", "Hold On Dear Brother" and "Woncha Come Out Tonight"

 

All This Is That
Busy Doing Nothing
Time To Get Alone
From There To Back Again/Pacific Coast Highway/Summer’s Gone
Had To Phone Ya
Soulful Old Man Sunshine

 

You Still Believe In Me
I think this is one of the most beautiful songs anyone has ever written!

 

Solar System
Johnny Carson
Love Is a Woman

 

my faves that don't tend to be on the hits comps or the live shows past couple of decades, and avoiding pet sounds and smile since they have their own overpowering legend and thus hard for me to consider anything on them lesser known, would include in a top 10:
1) The Trader; 2) Solar System; 3) Funky Pretty; 4) Leaving This Town; 5) When Girls Get Together; 6) Mona; 7) Everyone's in Love With You; 8) Don't Back Down; 9) Don't Hurt My Litte Sister; 10) This Whole World (no order here...)

 

this thread reminds me that there are like another 30 i could add. i like me a lot of obscure beach boys....

 

Pitter Patter

 

"Lesser-known" is relative, but my list would include:

Don't Back Down
Kiss Me, Baby
I'm So Young
She Knows Me Too Well
Let the Wind Blow
Wake the World
Feel Flows
'Til I Die
It's O.K.

 

One of my favorites is a rocking 1963 track with a great Brian falsetto and a couple of tricky key changes: No-Go Showboat.

(-Despite the title, the song is most definitely a Go-Go Showboat!!!)

 

In The Back of My Mind
Please Let Me Wonder
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
Marcella (Live)

 

Lonely Sea
Don't Talk
I Went to Sleep
A Day in the Life of a Tree
Back Home

 

I've always been beguiled by
Girl Don't Tell Me

You Still Believe In Me
is stunning, but I don't know whether it counts as "lesser known".

 

Alphabetically:

California Dreamin'
Girl Don't Tell Me
Good Timin'
I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
Santa's Beard
Santa's Got an Airplane
Wake the World (even though it's too short)
Why Do Fools Fall in Love

 

I'd say "Feel Flows", but that's a lot better known now thanks to Almost Famous.

My vote is for "Hard Times" - hands down the best of the Ricky/Blondie tracks (and sadly unreleased).

 

since shf is good for nothing less than record fan pedantry, i'll point out that girl don't tell me being on ENDLESS SUMMER which i consider the gold standard for 'bbs songs that most everyone will know' i can't count it as obscure, tho certainly it is one of the ES songs the artists have neglected the most live.

 

Just from the 1970s:

Endless harmony
Love surrounds me
Match point of our love
Roller skating child
Just once in my life
Only with you
4th of July
At my window

 

4th of July

 

I don't know the first one, but the other four definitely qualify.

Is "Feel Flows" considered well known? I don't think so, and that would have to be one of their best.
Also "At My Window".

 

Loads have already been mentioned, but Celebrate the News is an obvious choice for me.

 

dont forget Forever

 

agree with everyones choices...gonna add Full Sail in there.and I Wanna Pick You Up