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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 12, 2022 1:58:43 GMT
01 Wouldn't It Be Nice 02 California Girls 03 In My Room 04 Good Vibrations 05 God Only Knows 06 Caroline, No 07 I Get Around 08 Sloop John B 09 Help Me, Rhonda 10 Cabin Essence
11 Fun, Fun, Fun 12 Don't Worry Baby 13 Surfer Girl 14 Surf's Up 15 Our Prayer 16 This Whole World 17 Dance, Dance, Dance 18 Surfin' U.S.A. 19 Kiss Me Baby 20 You Still Believe In Me
21 I'm Waiting For The Day 22 The Warmth Of The Sun 23 'Til I Die 24 Little Saint Nick 25 Be True To Your School 26 All Summer Long 27 Do It Again 28 You're So Good To Me 29 It's OK 30 Wendy
31 Please Let Me Wonder
32 (Don't Talk) Put Your Head On My Shoulder 33 Heroes And Villains 34 Sail On, Sailor 35 The Night Was So Young 36 Cuddle Up 37 All I Wanna Do 38 Barbara Ann 39 Darlin' 40 That's Not Me
41 Forever 42 When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) 43 She Knows Me Too Well 44 I Know There's An Answer 45 I Just Wasn't Made For These Times 46 Catch A Wave
47 Good Timin' 48 Little Deuce Coupe 49 Disney Girls (1957) 50 The Little Girl I Once Knew
51 Lonely Sea 52 Roller Skating Child 53 Shut Down 54 Getcha Back 55 A Day In The Life Of A Tree 56 I'll Bet He's Nice 57 I Can Hear Music 58 Lady Lynda 59 Where I Belong 60 Break Away
61 Add Some Music To Your Day 62 Let Him Run Wild 63 Baby Blue 64 Salt Lake City 65 Palisades Park 66 Girls On The Beach 67 Marcella 68 Hushabye 69 Back Home 70 Surfin' Safari
71 Let The Wind Blow 72 From There To Back Again 73 Little Honda 74 All This Is That 75 Summer's Gone 76 Do You Wanna Dance 77 Don't Back Down 78 Aren't You Glad 79 Busy Doin' Nothin' 80 California Dreamin'
81 California Saga: California 82 Santa Ana Winds 83 Pacific Coast Highway 84 Long Promised Road
85 Only With You 86 Wake The World 87 You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone 88 Time To Get Alone 89 Match Point Of Our Love 90 Goin' On
91 Feel Flows 92 Susie Cincinnati 93 The Trader 94 Friends 95 Airplane
96 Spring Vacation 97 Here Comes The Night (1979 Single Version)
98 Kokomo 99 Livin' With A Heartache
100 Somewhere Near Japan
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Post by kds on Mar 12, 2022 2:03:27 GMT
Impressive. Very impressive.
My hat's off to you for attempting a Top 100 list. Hell, my top ten changes by the day.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 12, 2022 2:14:33 GMT
Impressive. Very impressive. My hat's off to you for attempting a Top 100 list. Hell, my top ten changes by the day. I keep seeing those "Greatest" or "Best Of" lists posted on the internet for different artists and different types of music - and disagreeing with most of them - so I thought I would attempt one of my own. I started this Beach Boys' one a while ago, however, I kept tinkering with it...excessively. So, I figured I better just finally post it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2022 4:04:37 GMT
Only one song from Radio. Sheriff is Darkside on summer's gone?
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Post by The Cincinnati Kid on Mar 12, 2022 4:09:27 GMT
Very nice list. I always end up driving myself crazy trying to do it. There are probably a good 20-25 songs I wouldn't have in mine, so maybe I'll give it a go since I can work off of yours.
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Post by The Cincinnati Kid on Mar 12, 2022 4:12:19 GMT
Only one song from Radio. Sheriff is Darkside on summer's gone? I count at least three, including Summer's Gone.
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Post by B.E. on Mar 12, 2022 4:21:42 GMT
I’m VERY tempted to give it a try!
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 12, 2022 4:42:51 GMT
Very nice list. I always end up driving myself crazy trying to do it. There are probably a good 20-25 songs I wouldn't have in mine, so maybe I'll give it a go since I can work off of yours. It was a lot of fun. The only challenging part was sticking to my convictions and ranking them according to what I think, not what others might think. That's where the tinkering came in. I was questioning my rankings against the consensus, or what I thought was the consensus. As I was ranking them, I was actually thinking of some members on this board who I knew liked certain songs and disliked others.
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Post by The Cincinnati Kid on Mar 12, 2022 4:58:22 GMT
Very nice list. I always end up driving myself crazy trying to do it. There are probably a good 20-25 songs I wouldn't have in mine, so maybe I'll give it a go since I can work off of yours. It was a lot of fun. The only challenging part was sticking to my convictions and ranking them according to what I think, not what others might think. That's where the tinkering came in. I was questioning my rankings against the consensus, or what I thought was the consensus. As I was ranking them, I was actually thinking of some members on this board who I knew liked certain songs and disliked others. Yeah, I was shocked to not see Amusement Parks USA on your list. I was trying to quickly throw a list together while I'm listening to the Boys and realizing again how tough it is. I'm at 25 and I'm already thinking wait a minute, I can't have *this* song in front of *that* song. I haven't really listened to them since before the holiday season and I'm having to reevaluate songs I haven't thought about in a long time.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 12, 2022 12:29:30 GMT
It was a lot of fun. The only challenging part was sticking to my convictions and ranking them according to what I think, not what others might think. That's where the tinkering came in. I was questioning my rankings against the consensus, or what I thought was the consensus. As I was ranking them, I was actually thinking of some members on this board who I knew liked certain songs and disliked others. Yeah, I was shocked to not see Amusement Parks USA on your list. I was trying to quickly throw a list together while I'm listening to the Boys and realizing again how tough it is. I'm at 25 and I'm already thinking wait a minute, I can't have *this* song in front of *that* song. I know you were kidding, but that's part of the dilemma. How do you separate your favorites from "The Greatest" or "The Best". There is a difference. I might LIKE "Amusement Parks U.S.A." more than, say, "Surfin' U.S.A.", but just because I like it more doesn't make it a BETTER song. That's where objectivity (or subjectivity ) comes in, along with the consensus factor. You start questioning yourself, "Just because I LIKE it more, does that make it a...better song?" And, your degree of liking a particular song might also be temporary. That's another factor at play. Do you think your infatuation with a song might wear off, while you know your appreciation of another song is probably locked in and has been for years.
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Post by B.E. on Mar 12, 2022 14:24:02 GMT
Well, that pretty much answers my question, SJS. I was wondering if you approached it as “greatest” or “favorites” or a mix of both. I’ve been thinking all morning about how I’m going to approach my list. First, studio albums and non album singles only. Second, it’s going to be a “favorites” list but I’ll use “greatest” as a secondary criteria to break the dozens of virtual ties I’m sure to encounter. Third, I think it would be interesting if we note how many songs we select from the 3 major eras: 62-66, 67-73, and 76-12. Fourth, if I select my 100 but fail to rank them, I’ll just post them in chronological order by album. Dang, if only I weren’t stuck working today!
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 12, 2022 14:42:27 GMT
Well, that pretty much answers my question, SJS. I was wondering if you approached it as “greatest” or “favorites” or a mix of both. I’ve been thinking all morning about how I’m going to approach my list. First, studio albums and non album singles only. Second, it’s going to be a “favorites” list but I’ll use “greatest” as a secondary criteria to break the dozens of virtual ties I’m sure to encounter. Third, I think it would be interesting if we note how many songs we select from the 3 major eras: 62-66, 67-73, and 76-12. Fourth, if I select my 100 but fail to rank them, I’ll just post them in chronological order by album. Dang, if only I weren’t stuck working today! For my list, there were two songs (three actually if you count "Kokomo") that epitomized the favorites vs. greatest dilemma, and that was "Rock And Roll Music" and "Come Go With Me". I don't particularly like those songs but they were both big hits. So, am I...wrong...to not include them? In the end, I analyzed them, both the strong and weak parts, and concluded that, no, they did not warrant being in the Top 100 Greatest songs. I tried very hard to not let the commercial success influence me, but it was always there, in both my inclusions (or exclusions) and rankings.
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 12, 2022 14:42:50 GMT
I was thinking I really, really ought to do my taxes today ... and then Sheriff John Stone creates a nearly perfect distraction. Which will win out!?
Frankly I'm terrified to begin a Top 100. I'm afraid I'd end up fiddling around for a month only to decide I can't do it. And that idea of some objective best versus favorite, I know for sure that as hard as the latter is to decide, the former is twice as hard just to decide the criteria for. If it's popularity, suddenly "Surfin USA" is a Top 10, and I don't hear it that way; yet if I try to think about some sort of artistic achievement, then that almost ends up as subjective as just saying "favorite."
I'll think about it. For the taxes' sake.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 12, 2022 14:47:41 GMT
I was thinking I really, really ought to do my taxes today ... and then Sheriff John Stone creates a nearly perfect distraction. Which will win out!?
Frankly I'm terrified to begin a Top 100. I'm afraid I'd end up fiddling around for a month only to decide I can't do it. And that idea of some objective best versus favorite, I know for sure that as hard as the latter is to decide, the former is twice as hard just to decide the criteria for. If it's popularity, suddenly "Surfin USA" is a Top 10, and I don't hear it that way; yet if I try to think about some sort of artistic achievement, then that almost ends up as subjective as just saying "favorite."
I'll think about it. For the taxes' sake.
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Post by carllove on Mar 12, 2022 15:30:23 GMT
Ok Sheriff - Just as I’m getting ready to clean out my back bedroom (Also known as the Hoarder room where Amazon boxes go to die), you post your top 100 list and now all I can think about is my top 100 Beach Boys songs. I must remain strong ….
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