This shoulda been a poll
I prefer Surf's Up, and the argument for why has been made repeatedly and eloquently upthread
I love Sunflower too but as someone said upthread it's way more of a bundle of awesome tracks. Surf's Up is nearly perfect (and I know it's a terrible song but I don't really ever skip "Student Demonstration Time" - I think I like the vocal performance)
― Wimmels, Friday, 7 August 2015 16:11 (eight years ago) link
not one single mention of "All I Wanna Do" on this thread, you're all crazy
― geoffreyess, Thursday, August 6, 2015 3:54 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
No kidding! There are times when I think this might be my favorite BB song.
― Off Pudding (Old Lunch), Friday, August 7, 2015 8:35 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Mine too, easily.
― geoffreyess, Saturday, 8 August 2015 01:20 (eight years ago) link
"all i wanna do" is indeed about as good as it gets, and mike's never sang better. it's been said many times elsewhere but it really is wild that the beach boys, of all people, predicted shoegaze, dream pop, even chillwave – all in one song
― soyrev, Friday, August 7, 2015 8:41 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yes.
Slip on Through reminds me of Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer' for some reason. Can't say why.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 8 August 2015 02:33 (eight years ago) link
surf's up has higher peaks, but suffers badly from denny pulling his tunes from the record. surf's up with denny's tunes on it would definitely beat sunflower, where dennis's tunes are some of the highlights.
― rushomancy, Saturday, 8 August 2015 11:25 (eight years ago) link
agreed. real shame about that – dennis' songs should have definitely been on the record (replacing "student" and "feet" and reconfiguring the sequence would have solved all problems), though to an extent i also understand carl's conviction that "surf's up" should be the closer. i guess it could have worked well as an opener, too, though – "don't go near the water" is a bit confusing in that position.
― soyrev, Saturday, 8 August 2015 12:30 (eight years ago) link
holy crap:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upfghY2KK3s
― chaki (kurt schwitterz), Monday, 31 August 2015 21:33 (eight years ago) link
1983!
― Οὖτις, Monday, 31 August 2015 21:44 (eight years ago) link
Stephen Desper's "study videos" are p amazing. He's the recording genius that engineered/recorded and produced Sunflower/Surfs Up. There's a melody Brian sang during Cool Cool Water sessions that just gives me chills. Unfortunately Carl demanded that it was buried in the mix wtf.
https://vimeo.com/47129488PW: Original Intention
― chaki (kurt schwitterz), Thursday, 15 October 2015 19:47 (eight years ago) link
This is fucking amazing.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 16 October 2015 02:48 (eight years ago) link