Greatest Unhearlded Beach Boys Song

For near-obscure, my money is on that Denny-Manson creepfest, "Never Learn Not To Love." Muh-muh-mow, Muh-muh-mow, Muh-muh-mow-mow-mow.

But there's so much more.

Other personal faves I never hear discussed/mentioned:
"Don't Go Near the Water" - creep factor: check!
"Can't Wait Too Long"
"I'm Bugged at My Old Man" More creepiness! But still makes me laugh. One of the few times they were actually trying to be funny and it worked.
"I Went to Sleep" The perfect song to send to listen to while dozing off on the lawn on a summer's day (and ditto "Busy Doin' Nothin'" which is like a companion piece - these two just go together).

At least no one's said "Student Demonstration Time" (yet).

ps. just got my copy of Grodeck Whipperjenny from Dusty Groove. This better be good!

Maybe we should change this thread to "Hilarious Vocal Moments of the Beach Boys". In which case I nominate the hit-of-nitrous-tape-speeding-up acapella break in "She's Goin' Bald".

maybe not so obscure after that terrible cameron crowe movie, but 'feel flows'

i like 'do it again' also. the crazy effects they have going on the drums that lead into it...plus the whole thing plods along at a quaalude pace, even though it's supposed to recall their earliest hits like 'surfin' usa'. end result = groovy.

However, "Let the Wind Blow" and "Can't Wait Too Long" are perhaps in my top 10 BB songs regardless of being unheralded.

I actually can't stand "Disney Girls" - that "tootsie roll" line never fails to make me cringe.

"Our Car Club" - not really a great song, but a very strange one
"Hushabye" and "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" - two glorious covers done up in Wall of Sound style
"We'll Run Away" - one of my favorites, kind of a foursquare melody except for the beginnings of the verses which are heavenly
"Don't Back Down" - I find this one kind of moving
"Please Let Me Wonder," etc. - or is side B of Today!! a cliche already
all of Wild Honey, but especially the title track and "Here Comes the Night"
"Friends" - especially the wordless vocal part
all of So Tough and Holland, but especially "Make It Good," "Cuddle Up," and "The Trader"

and the greatest of all,

"The Night Was So Young" - heard to its best advantage alongside "Let's Put Our Hearts Together"

A little later: "Passing By," "Make It Good," and yes: "Can't Wait Too Long." That song is pure fucking genius. Or "Leaving This Town." Agreed: doesn't sound much like the BB's, but it's fucking good.

Really late gems: "My Diane" (bootleg version w/ Brian on vox sounds incredibly pained and beautiful), "Baby Blue" -- one of Dennis's very best. Should I be embarrassed that the Bach(man)-cock-rock of "Keepin' the Summer Alive" is kind of pleasing to my ears?

"Busy Doin' Nothing" is fantastic, as is the song I usually think of as it's sister-song about Brian's-Boring-Life, "I'd Love Just Once To See You."

Also, amateurist, what I meant (and didn't really make clear) was that being jonzed by the BBs has almost become passe now, after about a decade of being touted by the hoi polloi as being better than the Beatles.

Steamboat wasn't mentioned here. Great buzzed-up guitar solo.

I like the majority of Bruce Johnston ones including "Disney Girls 1957"

(Hi Rick, Hi Dave, Hi Pop, Good Morning Mom - Get up, guess what, I'm in love with a girl I've found - She's pretty swell cos she likes church bingo chances and old time dances)

I like all of "Sunflower" too...that and "Love You" are the two last great BBs albums, I think. These days I prefer "Wild Honey" to "Pet Sounds," altho it's probably just a case of overexposure to the latter.

"Trader" got mentioned upthread--that's great. I got addicted to "Soulful Old Man Sunshine" for a while, too.

Oh god yes!

Let The Wind Blows is a fucking amazing song. I was watching that Brian and he's singing that song. I nearly blubbed. It's the upwards chord shift just as he sings, "But don't let her out of my life" that slays.

Dennis's songs are rightly being heralded, especially Forever, but Steamboat from Holland is wonderful and really quite weird.
That album also has Trader, possibly Carl's finest.

Girl Don't Tell Me by a mile

"Baby Blue", fantastic song, what shit album is that on?

Sail On Sailor. Is this "unheralded"? I thought so.

I have "Baby Blue" on a mix CD of unreleased Dennis Wilson stuff that was supposed to be for Bamboo/Dreamer... I'm not sure if the Beach Boys released their own version of it...? If so it must be on one of the last two albums (MIU or LA Light) those are the only two I don't have.

i like 'do it again' also. the crazy effects they have going on the drums that lead into it...plus the whole thing plods along at a quaalude pace, even though it's supposed to recall their earliest hits like 'surfin' usa'. end result = groovy.

qft

bullshit environmentalism slash AMAZING songs:
a day in the life of a tree
dont go near the water

also darlin'

LITTLE PAD was what got me thinking "yeah the Beach Boys are amazing!"

THE 7 MINUTE VERSION OF TIL I DIE. IT IS THE TITS.

what is that from chaki?

it's been mentioned a couple of times, but, yeah, "Can't Wait Too Long" is way up there, maybe one of my fave Beach Boys songs ever. Oddly enough it seems to be a part of Brian Wilson's latest "Lucky Old Sun" song suite ...

"This version is a remix engineer Steve Desper did for his own pleasure, going through the instrumental track first before introducing the vocals. This alternate mix ended up on the Endless Harmony rarities collection."

I believe you can find it in the leonardo music journal. xpost

yes yes i noticed that yesterday thx

came here to post 'cant wait too long'

I love "All I Wanna Do" off Sunflower. Such great production.

The Trader

seconding Girl Don't Tell Me...it didn't even make the box set.

thirding GDTM as one of the greatest unheralded songs by anyone ever. nearly as great, maybe even better, than the beatles song that inspired it.

which Beatles song was that

ticket to ride. the connection between the two is well-trod territory.

oh man yeah I can totally hear it now that you mention it

That's weird - I didn't start this thread in 2001. The database must have got corrupted.

"Let's Go Away For A While"

This title kills me. One of the all-time greats. You can see the whole story of the relationship in those few words. They're having trouble. They are hoping some time away together might help. A "while" -- how long is it? Not long enough. Eventually they have to return to their lives and the problems are still there. They are doomed.

"Solar System" from Beach boys Love you kills me

"It Came To My Windows"

(Provided all "Pet Sounds" tracks count as heralded)

I had my cds of the 64-71 stuff out for the first time in a long time last week and was reminded of the genius that is "Celebrate The News", Dennis' b-side to "Break Away." So amazing, especially near the end when it speeds up up and away into the stratosphere.

I want to second "Let The Wind Blow", for the "let the bees make honey" part especially. It starts with something easy: bees make honey, no problem. But then: "let the poor find money, take away their sorrows, give them sunshine tomorrow", these verge on the impossible. And Brian's voice gives the game away as he sings those lines: they sound impossible, hopeless; and then he drops the bomb, "but don't take her out of my life" and you realize both that he knows she's gone, and that he recognizes how powerless he is. My favorite Beach Boys vocal, period, just on that bridge alone.

"diamond head"
-- gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, April 11, 2004 7:47 AM (3 years ago)

^^^^

Mike Love in sensitive lyrics shocker! (xp)

"Feel Flows"

the "doing doing doing" one from many a Smile bootleg...

disney girls

the "doing doing doing" one from many a Smile bootleg...
"Cabinessence"? It's also on 20/20. It's one of my favorites.
"kokomo" is my answer.

"kokomo" is my answer

lolz who will rep for Student Demonstration Time

i also have been listening to "celebrate the news" a lot lately, so good

currently i only have 2 BB songs on my iTunes. the italo Here Comes the Night and Celebrate the News. dunno how the second one got on there.

Celebrate the News is great. Maybe it was on lovefingers or something. What's the italo Here Comes the Night?

I say Girl Don't Tell Me. It didn't even make the box-set and it's the best song ever.

disco version from LA Light I assume

I have yet to get around to buying the LA Light/MIU album. one of these days...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYboGE243jA

student demonstration time is really good!

i love disco version of here comes the night! i love that song any way you slice it.

student demonstration time is really good!

I knew it...

Big Sur

yeah, I know the disco version of Here Comes the Night, I just thought maybe there was something else that was like, all drumulator and vocoders.

make one!

There are only two good Beach Boys songs, and they are "California Saga Part 1 and "California Saga Part 3." Lock thread.

Oh, also "Be Here in the Mornin'." But those three are the only ones a reasonable person (i.e. me) needs on his hard drive.

"Corporal Jigsore Quandary"

THE 7 MINUTE VERSION OF TIL I DIE. IT IS THE TITS.

-- chaki, Thursday, 4 October 2007 17:42 (5 months ago) Bookmark Link

hey yea "marcella"

One arm over my shoulder
Sandals dance at my feet
Eyes that'll knock you right over
Ooo Marcella's so sweet

This version of 'Big Sur' from Landlocked:
http://rapidshare.com/files/101224289/13_big_sur.mp3.html

been on a monster Beach Boys vision quest lately, and have a gang of songs to bring up.

- nthing Sail On, Sailor; I only really like it and The Trader off Holland, but those two songs are more than enough to ensure that that album stays on my shelf for life. (word on the street is that there's a reissue coming which includes We Got Love as a bonus track; that song slays too.)

- the entire 1973 live album is relatively slept on; I'm especially fond of Carl's performance of Let The Wind Blow, but aside from that it's just neat to hear their songs rearranged. it's like the Beach Boys' Shaken-Up Versions.

- the Good Vibrations and Made In California box sets (both on Spotify) have some unreal stuff and are totally worth investigating. Good Vibrations has Still I Dream Of It and (ESPECIALLY) 4th Of July, which might well have been the best song on Surf's Up if it had made the running order, and I do not say that lightly because I love that album with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns going supernova all at once. MIC, meanwhile, has a bunch of solid takes on otherwise-familiar tracks (PLEASE check out the remixes of Do It Again and Please Let Me Wonder as well as the stunning alternate take of Meant For You), a couple of really great demos (particularly the piano version of California Feelin' and the gobsmackingly gorgeous Where Is She?), and a whole bunch of god-tier Dennis stuff. Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again (justifiably) got most of the attention, but it's also got My Love Lives On, Baby Blue, and a whole bunch more. The whole fourth disc is basically No, Seriously, Dennis Owned: The Disc, so it's obviously pretty great.

- my favorite proper Smile song is probably Wind Chimes, but my favorite thing on the entire project is probably Our Prayer, quite possibly my favorite opening song ever; it's absolutely spellbinding. also a few years ago my little sister and I went home to visit my mom for Christmas. on the way home from the airport she mentioned that her CD player had finally given up the ghost after like 25 years, so we should expect the house to be quieter than usual. that year I had gotten my sister a copy of Smile; she was eager to check it out upon unwrapping it, so she threw it in the DVD player. and that's how my mom learned that DVD players can play CDs too - by the sound of Our Prayer being the first piece of music to play in her house in close to a year. she looked like that kid in Band of Brothers to whom the soldiers give the chocolate bar; it was pretty awesome. also also this song gets extra bonus points for its inclusion on Sarcastic Disco Masters.

- speaking of my mom, I also have a lingering affection for Barbara Ann after hearing her try and fail to describe how big a kick she got out of how they went from being "unbelievably stoned. like higher than anyone I ever encountered back in the sixties" during the verses into those devastatingly on-point harmonies in the chorus. I freely admit that it's just a bunch of silly fluff, but it's hard to deny the glory of those moments when they snap to melodic attention.

- and speaking of corny shit, the title track from That's Why God Made The Radio sounds like a chintzy karaoke version of Beauty School Dropout, but it's catchier than the Hanta virus and the chorus is just lethally great. eminently worth your time.

I actually made a CD-length Spotify playlist of lesser-known (for the most part) Beach Boys/related songs that I'd give to someone who only knows the famous stuff plus a couple ; here's a link if anyone wants to check it out; for best results, turn on Spotify's crossfader with a five-second blend. tracklist:

1. Our Prayer
2. Barbara Ann
3. In My Room
4. Sail On, Sailor
5. That's Why God Made The Radio
6. Disney Girls (1957)
7. Where Is She?
8. I'll Bet He's Nice
9. Please Let Me Wonder (2007 stereo remix)
10. Don't Worry Baby (2009 stereo remix)
11. We're Together Again (2012 stereo remix)
12. California Feelin'
13. Wind Chimes (Smile Sessions version)
14. Meant For You (alternate version)
15. Baby Blue
16. Still I Dream Of It
17. 'Til I Die
18. Surf's Up (album version)
19. River Song (the Dennis solo track, but this song's awesomeness justifies breaking the format)
20. My Love Lives On
21. Barbara
22. A Day In The Life Of A Tree
23. 4th Of July
24. Feel Flows
25. (Wouldn't It Be Nice To) Live Again)
26. You're Welcome

greatest band of all time non-negotiable

"Leaving This Town" wasn't mentioned once! Crazy! I love some of those Fataar and Chaplin songs so much. "All I Wanna Do" is great but at least got a couple mentions.

some of the greatest (genuinely) unheralded beach boys songs are the early '70s ones by dennis wilson that the band suppressed basically for jealousy. slowly being exhumed on the boxsets...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jinTmcYwAdQ

most Beach Boys songs have been "heralded" by somebody, so the question is what has been underemphasized amongst the awesomeness:

1. "In the Back of My Mind" is the template for subsequent acid songs right down to the falling apart orchestral bit + and schizo vocal tracking at the end.

2. "Busy Doin' Nothin'" lyric & treatment leads straight to Jonathan Richman & David Byrne celebrations of everyday banality activity songs.

3. "All I Wanna Do" production seamlessly appropriate to 90s ecstasy era sound.

So, that's three songs predicting three future pop music eras. Beach Boys dominion shall not pass from this earth.

"Busy Doin Nothin" is so fucking gangster. I think of it and "I Went To Sleep" as flip sides of a coin. Light and dark sides of a fucked person's everyday routine

I have been that fucked person, I should add, so both resonate p hard

Sleep Is Your Best Entertainment Value

When all that Dennis Wilson reissue celebration was going on I was really pissed that there was barely a mention of "Baby Blue", one of the most devastating songs I've ever heard. That song knocked the shit out of me one night. Top 5 Beach Boys songs easily (admittedly I've probably only got a third of their output. I don't recall most of the listed songs and it's daunting about thinking of collecting all the good stuff).

Vic Perry says: "All I Wanna Do" production seamlessly appropriate to 90s ecstasy era sound.

I'm a huge fan of Holland, I like pretty much everything on it. It might be my favourite even, but probably not their best.

i would say "all i wanna do" predicts new order/new wave guitar leads, dream pop/shoegaze, and chillwave all in one go. and is better than 99% of all three.

holland is not a bad record, though not including their mid-60s prime i'd put sunflower, wild honey and friends above it. surf's up, too, for all its faults.

I agree with myself from 9 years ago: Aren't You Glad

Also Honking Down the Highway

i picked up that "live in sacramento 1964" thing and it's a ton of fun.

Fourteen years and no-one's mentioned 'Long Promised Road'. Wow. Or is it just more heralded than I thought?

D'oh. Scrub that. Mentioned in 2005. That's what happens when you omit to "Click here if you want to load them all".

Long Promised Load (Them All)

"don't go near the water" has been mentioned twice but nobody's pointed out the total beach boys godmode of the last 45 seconds or so of that song. absolutely gutting, and a total surprise after the (perfectly fine) song that came before.

Lots of great ones already mentioned. I'd add The Little Girl I Once Knew. Really don't think it deserved to flop like it did and it's never on their singles compilations.

"Won't You Tell Me"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdrdB9E0sWQ

This 1971 recording has lead vocals from Dennis Wilson and ex-Sunray Rick Henn. A later mix has those two, Brian, and Carl singing the melody in unison, the only Beach Boys song I can think of where they do, but it's missing the stunning backing vocals from this earlier mix. I hope there's a version out there with both the backing vocals and the three Wilsons on lead, or if not that the two can be digitally melded together to create a complete track. But even as it is, it's a stunner.

Wow that is insanely good.

after all these years I cant believe how there are still gems like that to be discovered

In my friend's interpretation of the song Cuckoo Clock... well, I'll let him explain:

By my eye/ear, we're either talking about:

1. The teenage couple is "interrupted by a cuckoo clock" (naive reading)
2. The teenage couple is interrupted by... pardon my French, Brian's boner/premature ejac...("I put that birdie away... We both apologized for why... I had to swallow my pride...")
3. The cuckoo is an unidentified other guy who attempts to cuckold Brian ("He'll never bother us again... We just forgot about him...")

What do you think? I'll let him know the group consensus.

"Still I Dream Of It" has been mentioned already and has been a favorite since I discovered it on a compilation as a teenager.
Also "Our Sweet Love" which is like a part2 to "God Only Knows" (both lyrically and musically).
As For Dennis, "Fallin' in Love" is gorgeous.
And also mentioned already but "A Day In The Life Of A Three" is heartbreaking.

See also the Beach Boys-adjacent version of 'Fallin' in Love' by American Spring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5neKNaRMq0

Hum. It sounds like they sing on the demo backing track of the BBoys'one.
And the vocals are very not well recorded/mixed on this one !

A friend at uni was obsessed with "Brian's Back" from the Endless Harmony Soundtrack and used to listen to it every day, it is really not a contender for this thread.

How about "Morning Christmas" from the Ultimate Christmas album from 1998. It's track 23 and well into the sub-par 1977 unreleased Xmas album, so you had to fight to get to it. It's probably Dennis' best ever song, and also the most solemn recording of all time. Beautiful piano figures and slowed-down strings.
― John Allison (John Allison), Monday, July 18, 2005

Clicked this hoping, due to the season, it was someone talking about Morning Christmas. Turned out to be me, 19.5 years ago.

@marzbarz1849
11 years ago
I did the background vocals on this song with Dennis back in November of 1977! My Ex husband and I were being produced by Earle Mankey at the time and Earle told Dennis about me. Dennis had me come over to Brother Studio. There was a stain glass wall of the Solar System in the studio that was strung with Christmas Lights. Dennis lit up the glass wall and said "sing like an angel"! I was only 19 at the time. It was an experience I will never forget! At 2:01 in to the song, you'll hear that Dennis knocked over the music stand with the lyrics on it during a vocal take! Thanks for posting....

Enjoyed hearing "Child of Winter" on the radio this morning.

_How about "Morning Christmas" from the Ultimate Christmas album from 1998. It's track 23 and well into the sub-par 1977 unreleased Xmas album, so you had to fight to get to it. It's probably Dennis' best ever song, and also the most solemn recording of all time. Beautiful piano figures and slowed-down strings.
― John Allison (John Allison), Monday, July 18, 2005_

Came to post about this, my favorite Christmas record. The search function suggests it has only been mentioned twice before on ilm.

There are only two good Beach Boys songs, and they are "California Saga Part 1 and "California Saga Part 3." Lock thread.

Even the trolls scorn "The Beaks of Eagles", Al's triumph. Also, no-one mentioned "The Nearest Faraway Place", Bruce's shining glory.

Break Away, Kokomo, Please Let Me Wonder

Enjoyed hearing "Child of Winter" on the radio this morning.

― Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, December 25, 2024

a friend (who is generally knowledgeable about these things) tells me that "dozens" of Beach Boys outtakes have popped up on youtube. i tried searching youtube and found videos titled "Yakuza Helicopter Highway Ambush", "Don't Eat The Wrong 'BLT'", and "Local Advocate Doing 2,000 Push-Ups For A Good Cause". if i try really hard i can dupe myself into thinking these videos might meaningfully relate to my search for "beach boys outtakes", but none of them are quite what i'm looking for. anybody have more information on what these outtakes are? at this point, of course, we're well below barrel-scraping on the vaults, but i don't fucking care, the beach boys did weird and interesting stuff. this would happen during a week when youtube has broken the youtube downloader functionality again, lol. even if the songs themselves have been taken down, i kinda want to grab the video of someone doing 2,000 push-ups live on air for a good cause. it's the kind of thing i go for.

seems like some stuff is here: http://www.youtube.com/@VoidLykos335

oh shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veJU2s8HqeE

oh and https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22thebeachboys%22&sort=-publicdate&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22audio%22

this might be the Greatest Unhearlded Beach Boys Song though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwcB5OOSqZo

nice, many thanks for the links!

my friend did pop over what's i guess a complete list of what's in this leak, which i've seen called alternately "Taking Off - Roughs and Rarities" or "The Stash of Lust and Despair" - i honestly like the latter title better. the whole list is valuable to me because it does get split up into all kinds of different forms and formations... the stuff on archive.org is a lot of it, but there's some of it that's not up there (and stuff like this does tend to get nuked from the internet archive... leaks like this are generally taken pretty seriously, see for instance the Genesis Gigaleak causing the Genesis-Movement torrent site to be taken down)

i've tried to put the list behind a cut, cuz it's pretty long, but i think cuts can be a little wonky and i can't remember if i did it right. sorry in advance if it doesn't work.

20XX-XX-XX I Feel This Love-Give Me Your Love (Website Mix)
199X-XX-XX Everyone's Gone to the Moon (Demo)
199X-XX-XX In a Rhapsody (Demo, Snippet)
200X-XX-XX California Feelin'
200X-XX-XX In a Rhapsody (Snippet)
200X-XX-XX Take Another Look
201X-XX-XX In a Rhapsody (Snippet)
1963-07-14 Hawaii (Track)
1964-12-16 Kiss Me, Baby (Track)
1965-01-09 Please Let Me Wonder (Backing Vocals)
1965-03-29 Sherry She Needs Me (Track)
1965-XX-XX Then I Kissed Her (Early Version)
1966-10-04 Our Prayer (Alternate Mono Mix)
1966-10-05 Wind Chimes (Version 2)
1966-10-06 Wonderful (Alternate Mono Mix)
1966-10-11and12 Cabinessence - Who Ran the Iron Horse (Alternate Mono Mixes)
1966-10-13 Child is Father of the Man (Alternate Mono Mix)
1966-10-18 Do You Dig Worms (Alternate Mono Mix)
1967-02-10 Heroes and Villains (Cantina Version, Safety Copy)
1967-09-11 California Girls (Lei'd In Hawaii Rehearsal)
1967-09-11 God Only Knows (Lei'd In Hawaii Rehearsal)
1967-09-11 Help You Rhonda (Lei'd In Hawaii Rehearsal)
1967-09-11 Heroes & Villains (Lei'd In Hawaii Rehearsal)
1967-09-11 Surfer Girl (Lei'd In Hawaii Rehearsal)
1967-09-11 The Letter (Lei'd In Hawaii Rehearsal)
1967-09-11 You're So Good to Me (Lei'd In Hawaii Rehearsal)
1967-11-14 Country Air (Stereo Mix)
1968-03-28 Wake the World (Track)
1968-03-29 Be Here in the Morning (Alternate Mix)
1968-06-08 Sailplane (Alternate Mix)
1968-06- 19 Walkin' (Cassette Mix)
1968-XX-XX Is it True What They Say About Dixie (Session Excerpt)
1968-XX-XX Time to Get Alone (A Cappella, Excerpt)
1969-01-13 San Miguel (Track)
1969-03-31 Break Away (A Cappella)
1969-07-08 I'm Going Your Way
1969-07-08 Slip On Through (Early Version)
1969-08-15 Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) (A Cappella, Excerpt)
1969-11-04 When Girls Get Together (Track)
1969-11-06 Our Sweet Love (Track and Background Vocals)
1969-11-11 Raspberries, Strawberries (Tracking Session)
1969-11-XX Where is She (Cassette Mix)
1969-11-XX Where is She (Rough Mix)
1969-XX-XX Long Promised Road (Demo)
1969-XX-XX This Whole World (A Cappella)
1969-XX-XX This Whole World (Background Vocals)
1969-XX-XX This Whole World (Track)
1970-01-18 Back Home (Mike Lead)
1970-01- 19 Back Home (Al Lead #1)
1970-01- 19 Back Home (Al Lead #2)
1970-01- 19 Back Home (Al Lead #3)
1970-01- 20 Awake (Demo, Single-Tracked Vocal)
1970-08-15 Big Sur (Session Intro, Alternate Mix)
1971-0X-XX Ecology
1971-0X-XX Hawaii Song
1971-0X-XX I've Got a Friend
1971-0X-XX Ol' Movie
1971-0X-XX You've Been Here Before
1971-04-04 Long Promised Road (A Cappella)
1971-04-04 Long Promised Road (Track)
1971-05-23 (Wouldnt It Be Nice to) Live Again (A Cappella)
1971-05-23 (Wouldnt It Be Nice to) Live Again
1971-06-18 Surf's Up (A Cappella, Excerpt)
1971-07-XX Behold the Night
1971-XX-XX Just for You
1972-01-21 Spark in the Dark (Snippet)
1972-02-17 Body Talk (Grease Job)
1972-04-12 All This is That (Alternate Mix)
1972-04-12 All This is That (Faders Up)
1972-04-15 Rooftop Harry
1972-04-18 Make it Good (Rough Mix)
1972-06-XX Carry Me Home (Take 3)
1972-06-XX Carry Me Home
1972-07- 19 Steamboat (Alternate Mix)
1972-09-XX Better Get Back in Bed (Alternate Mix)
1972-XX-XX House of Lies
1972-XX-XX I've Got Love (Take 1)
1972-XX-XX I've Got Love (Take 2)
1972-XX-XX Loretta Laredo
1972-XX-XX Session Rehearsal
1972-XX-XX The Trader (Section Two, A Cappella)
1972-XX-XX The Trader (Section Two, Track and Background Vocals)
1972-XX-XX Unknown Riff
1974-03-02 Brian's Jam
1974-03-05 String Bass Song
1974-03-12 Dr. Tom
1974-10-XX 10,000 Years
1974-11-04 Good Timin' (Alternate Mix)
1974-11-12 California Feelin'
1974-11-12 Lucy Jones
1975-02-12 Holy Man (With Scratch Lead)
1975-02-12 Slow Blues
1975-03-11 Rainbows (Early Version)
1975-03-12 Princess of the Rain
1975-05-29 Dang Dong
1975-10-XX Carl's Song (Angel Come Home)
1975-XX-XX Carl's Song (It Could Be Anything)
1975-XX-XX Take Me Out to the Ballgame (Tracking Session)
1976-03-10 On Broadway ( 1976 Mix)
1976-03-30 Had to Phone Ya (Track)
1976-04-21 String Thing 2
1976-06- 20 Surfer Girl - Clangin' (It's OK Session)
1976-08-01 Hey Little Tomboy ( 1976 Mix)
1976-09-23 Only With You (Rough Mix)
1976-09-XX Friday Night (Unused Bridge)
1976-XX-XX Taking Off
1977-1X-XX Pacific Ocean Blues (Tour Rehearsal, Take 3)
1977-1X-XX What's Wrong (Tour Rehearsal)
1977-03-13 Feel the Pull (Tug of Love) (Rough Mix)
1977-04-11 It's Trying to Say ( 1977 Mix)
1977-04-12 Lines ( 1977 Mix)
1977-04-13 Everybody Wants to Live ( 1977 Mix)
1977-06-03 Shortenin' Bread ( 1977 Mix)
1977-06-XX Deep Purple ( 1977 Mix)
1977-06-XX Life is for the Living ( 1977 Mix)
1977-10-XX Something New (Love Remember Me)
1977-11-08 Match Point of Our Love (Track)
1977-11-15 How's About a Little Bit of Your Sweet Lovin'
1977-11-17 Beach Burlesque
1977-11-17 Wontcha Come Out Tonight (Alternate 1977 Mix)
1977-11-18 Egypt
1977-12-13 My Diane (Alternate 1977 Mix)
1977-XX-XX I Wanna Live
1977-XX-XX Only Love for You
1977or8-XX-XX Can't Wait Too Long ( 197X Mix)
1977or8-XX-XX Can't Wait Too Long (Alternate 197X Mix, Tag)
1977or8-XX-XX Do You Dig Worms ( 197X Mono Mix)
1977or8-XX-XX Fire ( 197X Mono Mix)
1977or8-XX-XX Fire (Alternate 197X Mono Mix, With Effects)
1977or8-XX-XX Old Master Painter ( 197X Mono Mix)
1978-1X-XX Baby Blue (Part 3, A Cappella)
1978-04-13 Karen's Song
1978-05-10 Basketball
1978-05-10 Bowling
1978-05-11 Rubles
1978-07-15 Lord Let Me Out of Here
1978-08-31 Calendar Girl
1978-09-01 California Feelin' (Drumless)
1978-09-01 California Feelin'
1978-09-01 I'm Begging You Please (Demo)
1978-09- 19 Calendar Girl (Remake)
1978-11-02 Full Sail (A Cappella)
1978-11-13 There's a Feeling Through the Air
1979-10-18 Smoky Places
1979-10- 19 Boys and Girls
1979-10-29 Surfer Suzie
1979-11-06 Da Doo Ron Ron (A Cappella)
1979-11- 20 Why Didn't I Tell You
1979-11-29 Starbaby
1979-12- 20 I'll Always Love You
1980-05-03 Bucks
1980-05-03 Children of the Night
1980-12-XX City Blues (Demo)
1980-12-XX I Searched the World (Demo)
1980-12-XX Why Don't You Tell Me Why (Demo)
1981-01-09 Stevie
1983-09-14 It's Just a Matter of Time
1983-09-14 Male Ego
1983-09-14 The Boogie's in Town
1985-XX-XX Black Widow (Demo)
1985-XX-XX Christine (Demo)
1985-XX-XX I'm Broke (Demo)
1985-XX-XX Let Me Show It to You (Demo)
1986-02-27 Night Time (Demo)
1986-02-27 Wouldn't That Be Cool (Demo)
1986-07-02 So Long
1986-08-03 Heavenly Bodies
1986-09-23 Christmas Time
1986-10- 20 Magnetic Attraction (Version One)
1986-10-27 Angel (Demo)
1986-10-27 Rings (Demo)
1986-10-27 Sweetie (Demo)
1986-10-27 Walking on Water (Demo)
1987-04-XX Night Time (Faders Up)
1987-05-07 There's So Many (Rough Mix)
1987-05-27 I Feel This Love (Rough Mix)
1987-05-XX Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long (Version One)
1987-05-XX Doin' Time on Planet Earth
1987-05-XX He Couldn't Get His Poor Old Body to Move (Rough Mix, Track)
1987-05-XX He Couldn't Get His Poor Old Body to Move (Rough Mix)
1987-05-XX Let's Do It Again (Version One)
1987-05-XX Night Time (Rough Mix)
1987-05-XX Saturday Evening in the City
1987-05-XX Saturday Morning in the City
1987-05-XX The Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll (Rough Mix)
1987-06-11 Let's Do it Again (Faders Up)
1987-06-11 Little Children (Faders Up)
1987-06-17 Walkin' the Line (Faders Up)
1987-06-21 Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long (Faders Up)
1987-06-XX Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long (Rough Mix)
1987-06-XX Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long (Track)
1987-06-XX Little Children (Rough Mix)
1987-06-XX Terri, She Needs Me (Rough Mix)
1987-06-XX There We Were (Background Vocals and Chorus)
1987-06-XX There We Were (Background Vocals)
1987-06-XX There We Were (Without Lead)
1987-06-XX There We Were
1987-08-07 Goodnight Irene (Track, Snippet)
1987-08-08 Goodnight Irene (Alternate Mix)
1987-09-22 Walkin' the Line (Rough Mix, Alternate Lyrics)
1987-09-XX Melt Away (Version One, Rough Mix #1)
1987-09-XX Melt Away (Version One, Rough Mix #2)
1987-09-XX Melt Away (Version One, Track Mix)
1987-10-03 Rio Grande (Demo)
1987-10-12 Rio Grande (Faders Up)
1987-10- 19 Rio Grande (Rough Mix, Rain Dance Section)
1987-10- 19 Rio Grande (Rough Mix, Rio Grande Section)
1987-10-XX Rio Grande (Vocal Demo)
1987-11-02 Melt Away (Faders Up)
1987-11-03 Rio Grande (Bay State Bluegrass Band, Version One)
1987-11-03 Rio Grande (Bay State Bluegrass Band, Version Two)
1987-11-XX Melt Away (Rough Mix #1)
1987-11-XX Melt Away (Rough Mix #2)
1987-11-XX Melt Away (Track Mix #1)
1987-11-XX Melt Away (Track Mix #2)
1987-11-XX One for the Boys (Background Vocals)
1987-11-XX Rio Grande (Rough Mix, Compilation)
1987-12-07 Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long (Rough Mix)
1987-12-07 Here We Are (Rough Mix)
1987-12-07 Let's Do It Again (Rough Mix)
1987-12-07 Little Children (Rough Mix)
1987-12-07 Melt Away (Rough Mix)
1987-12-07 Night Time (Rough Mix)
1987-12-07 Walkin' the Line (Rough Mix)
1987-XX-XX Baseball U.S.A. (Demo)
1987-XX-XX Carl and Gina (Rough Mix #1)
1987-XX-XX Carl and Gina (Rough Mix #2)
1987-XX-XX Carl and Gina (Writing Session)
1987-XX-XX Give Me Your Love, Jam (Writing Session)
1987-XX-XX I Feel This Love
1987-XX-XX Let's Do It Again (Rough Mix)
1987-XX-XX Let's Go to Heaven in My Car (Rough Mix, Single-Tracked Vocal)
1987-XX-XX Love and Mercy (Rough Mix #1)
1987-XX-XX Love and Mercy (Rough Mix #2)
1987-XX-XX Love and Mercy (Rough Mix #3)
1987-XX-XX Love and Mercy (Rough Mix #4)
1987-XX-XX Love and Mercy (Rough Mix #5)
1987-XX-XX Melt Away (Version One, 1987 Rough Mix)
1987-XX-XX Night Time, Give Me Your Love (Writing Session)
1987-XX-XX The Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll
1987-XX-XX There's So Many (Rough Mix)
1987-XX-XX Walkin' the Line (Rough Mix #1)
1987-XX-XX Walkin' the Line (Rough Mix #2)
1987or8-XX-XX Rio Grande (Rough Mix #1, Compilation)
1987or8-XX-XX Rio Grande (Rough Mix #2, Compilation)
1987or8-XX-XX Rio Grande (Rough Mix #3, Compilation)
1987or8-XX-XX Rio Grande (Rough Mix #4)
1987or8-XX-XX Rio Grande (Rough Mix #5)
1988-0X-XX Hotter (Vocal Demo)
1988-02-18 Rio Grande (Rough Mix, Compilation)
1988-02-XX Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long (Rough Mix, Early Album Assembly)
1988-02-XX Here We Are (Rough Mix, Early Album Assembly)
1988-02-XX Let It Shine (Rough Mix, Early Album Assembly)
1988-02-XX Let's Do It Again (Rough Mix, Early Album Assembly)
1988-02-XX Little Children (Rough Mix, Early Album Assembly)
1988-02-XX Love and Mercy (Rough Mix, Early Album Assembly)
1988-02-XX Melt Away (Rough Mix, Early Album Assembly)
1988-02-XX Night Time (Rough Mix, Early Album Assembly)
1988-02-XX Rio Grande (Rough Mix, Early Album Assembly)
1988-02-XX There's So Many (Rough Mix, Early Album Assembly)
1988-02-XX Walkin' the Line (Rough Mix, Early Album Assembly)
1988-03-05 One for the Boys (Faders Up)
1988-03-25 Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long (Rough Mix, Track)
1988-03-25 Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long (Rough Mix)
1988-03-25 Christmas Time (Rough Mix)
1988-03-25 Heavenly Lover (Rough Mix)
1988-03-25 Meet Me in My Dreams Tonight (Rough Mix, Landy Lyrics)
1988-03-25 Melt Away (Version One, Rough Mix #1)
1988-03-25 Melt Away (Version One, Rough Mix #2)
1988-03-25 Rock Groove (Boogie Woogie Beat, Rough Mix)
1988-03-XX Heavenly Lover
1988-04-01 Hotter ( 1988 Version)
1988-05-XX Walkin' the Line (Rough Mix)
1988-XX-XX Heavenly Lover (Demo #1)
1988-XX-XX Heavenly Lover (Demo #2)
1988-XX-XX Meet Me in My Dreams Tonight (Demo #1)
1988-XX-XX Meet Me in My Dreams Tonight (Demo #2)
1988-XX-XX Meet Me in My Dreams Tonight (Demo #3)
1988-XX-XX Meet Me in My Dreams Tonight (Rough Mix #1)
1988-XX-XX Meet Me in My Dreams Tonight (Rough Mix #2)
1990-XX-XX Brian (Rough Mix)
1990-XX-XX Do You Have Any Regrets (Rough Mix)
1990-XX-XX Don't Let Her Know She's an Angel (Rough Mix)
1990-XX-XX Fairy Tale (Is There a Chance) (Rough Mix)
1990-XX-XX Intro (Rough Mix)
1990-XX-XX Let's Stick Together (Rough Mix)
1990-XX-XX Make a Wish (Rough Mix)
1990-XX-XX Rainbow Eyes (Rough Mix)
1990-XX-XX Smart Girls (Rough Mix)
1990-XX-XX Someone to Love (Rough Mix)
1990-XX-XX The Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll (Rough Mix)
1990-XX-XX Water Builds Up (Rough Mix)
1992-08-15 I'm Broke (Remix)
1993-05-22 God Did It
1993or4-XX-XX Slightly American Music
1994-10-07 I'm Goin' Home
1994-11-14 Elbow '63
1994-XX-XX Chain Reaction of Love (Remix)
1994-XX-XX I'm a Little Teapot (Rough Mix)
1994-XX-XX I'm a Little Teapot
1995-03-03 Baywatch Nights
1995-03-10 Marketplace
1995-03-XX Must Be a Miracle
1995-08-28 I'm Psyched
1995-08-29 Soul Searchin'
1995-11-08 Soul Searchin'
1995-XX-XX Daria (Mono)
1995-XX-XX Daria (Stereo, Excerpt)
1995-XX-XX This Little Girl of Mine
1995-XX-XX Turn On Your Love Light
1995-XX-XX What Rock and Roll Can Do
1996-02-13 Caroline, No (Background Vocals)
1996-02-23 Everything I Need
1996-XX-XX Cry (Demo)
1996-XX-XX Happy Days
1996-XX-XX In God We Trust
1996-XX-XX Melinda Honey (Snippet)
1996-XX-XX Right Before Your Eyes (Demo)
1996-XX-XX Rock and Roll Express (Demo)
1996-XX-XX Where Has Love Been (Demo)
1997-XX-XX South American (Rough Mix)
1997-XX-XX Sunshine (Rough Mix)
1997-XX-XX Sweetie (Rough Mix)
1997-XX-XX This Isn't Love
1999-10-XX Proud Mary ( 2004 Mix)
1999-10-XX Proud Mary
2000-XX-XX Let it Shine (Live, Remix)
2001-08-07 Must Be a Miracle
2001-08-13 God Did It
2001-08-XX Stay Right Here in Heaven
2001-XX-XX Be My Baby (Live, Remix #1)
2001-XX-XX Be My Baby (Live, Remix #2)
2001-XX-XX Busy Doin' Nothin' (Live, Remix)
2001-XX-XX Do it Again (Live, Remix)
2001-XX-XX Forever (Live, Remix)
2001-XX-XX Melt Away (Live, Remix)
2001-XX-XX Our Prayer-Heroes and Villains (Live, Remix)
2001-XX-XX South American (Live, Remix)
2001-XX-XX Surf's Up (Live, Remix)
2002-XX-XX Good Timin' (Live, Remix)
2002-XX-XX The Night Was So Young (Live, Remix)
2003-01-10 Touch Me, Angel (Demo)
2003-01-13 Rock and Roll Has Got a Hold on Me (Demo)
2003-03-17 A Friend Like You (Rough Mix)
2003-03-18 City Blues (Rough Mix)
2003-03-18 How Could We Still Be Dancin' (Rough Mix)
2003-XX-XX Gettin' in Over My Head (Rough Mix)
2003-XX-XX Marcella (Live, Remix)
2003-XX-XX Touch Me, Angel (Rough Mix)
2004-XX-XX Johnny B Goode (Live, Remix)
2005-XX-XX This Could Be the Night (Live, Remix)
2006-08-XX Goin' Home (Original Version)
2006-XX-XX Angels in Love
2006-XX-XX Ever Strong
2006-XX-XX Family Reunion (Night Came Gently)
2006-XX-XX Goin' Out Tonight
2006-XX-XX Good Kind of Love (Original Version)
2006-XX-XX I Wanna Be With You
2006-XX-XX Live Let Live (Original Version)
2006-XX-XX Message Man (Original Version)
2006-XX-XX Morning Beat (Original Version)
2006-XX-XX Palisades Park
2006-XX-XX Proud Mary
2006-XX-XX Rave On (Rough Mix)
2006-XX-XX Strangers in the Night
2006-XX-XX Walking Down the Path of Life
2006-XX-XX Wonderin' What You're Up to Now
2007-04-XX Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love
2007-XX-XX Forever She'll Be My Surfer Girl (Original Version, Background Vocals)
2007-XX-XX Forever She'll Be My Surfer Girl (Original Version)
2007-XX-XX Goin' Home (Original Version, A Cappella)
2007-XX-XX Goin' Home (Original Version, Later Lyrics)
2007-XX-XX Goin' Home (Original Version, Track)
2007-XX-XX Good Kind of Love (Original Version, A Cappella)
2007-XX-XX Good Kind of Love (Original Version, Background Vocals)
2007-XX-XX Good Kind of Love (Original Version, Rough Mix)
2007-XX-XX Good Kind of Love (Original Version, Track)
2007-XX-XX I'm Broke
2007-XX-XX Live Let Live (Original Version, A Cappella #1)
2007-XX-XX Live Let Live (Original Version, A Cappella #2)
2007-XX-XX Live Let Live (Original Version, Background Vocals)
2007-XX-XX Live Let Live (Original Version, Rough Mix)
2007-XX-XX Live Let Live (Original Version, Track)
2007-XX-XX Message Man (Original Version, A Cappella)
2007-XX-XX Message Man (Original Version, Background Vocals)
2007-XX-XX Midnight's Another Day (Original Version, A Cappella)
2007-XX-XX Midnight's Another Day (Original Version, Background Vocals)
2007-XX-XX Midnight's Another Day (Original Version, Rough Mix)
2007-XX-XX Midnight's Another Day (Original Version)
2007-XX-XX Morning Beat (Original Version, A Cappella)
2007-XX-XX Morning Beat (Original Version, Background Vocals, Excerpt)
2007-XX-XX Morning Beat (Original Version, Later Lyrics, Guide Vocal)
2007-XX-XX Morning Beat (Original Version, Later Lyrics)
2007-XX-XX Morning Beat (Original Version, Track)
2007-XX-XX Oxygen to the Brain (Original Version, A Cappella)
2007-XX-XX Oxygen to the Brain (Original Version, Background Vocals)
2007-XX-XX Oxygen to the Brain (Original Version, Later Lyrics)
2007-XX-XX Oxygen to the Brain (Original Version, Track)
2007-XX-XX Oxygen to the Brain (Original Version)
2007-XX-XX Southern California (Demo)
2007-XX-XX That Lucky Old Sun-Between Pictures (Outtake)
2008-XX-XX Good Kind of Love (Alternate Mix)
2008-XX-XX I'm Into Something Good
2008-XX-XX Just Like Me and You (Track and Background Vocals)
2008-XX-XX Just Like Me and You
2008-XX-XX Message Man (Rough Mix)
2008-XX-XX Message Man
2008-XX-XX Oh, Mi Amor (Track and Background Vocals)
2009-12-09 's Wonderful (Rough Mix, Track)
2009-12-09 I Got a Crush On You (Rough Mix, Track, Take 1)
2009-12-09 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (Rough Mix, Track)
2009-XX-XX Alone in Paris (Rough Mix)
2010-01-22 The Like in I Love You (Rough Mix, Track)
2010-02-04 I Loves You, Porgy (Rough Mix)
2010-03-13 Nothing But Love (Rough Mix)
2010-XX-XX Gershwin Banjo
2010-XX-XX Rhapsody in Blue (Reprise) (Rough Mix, Alternate Take)
2010-XX-XX Summertime (Rough Mix)
2011-01-12 Peace On Earth (Rough Mix, Track)
2011-02-25 A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes (Rough Mix)
2011-XX-XX From There to Back Again (Rough Mix)
2011-XX-XX Going Back to Neverland
2011-XX-XX Pacific Coast Highway (Rough Mix)
2011-XX-XX River of Music
2011-XX-XX Stained Glass Window
2011-XX-XX Stormy Days
2011-XX-XX Think About the Days (Rough Mix)
2011-XX-XX Victim of Circumstance
2014-XX-XX The Last Song (Rough Mix)

oh thank god it worked

given the the age of this thread and the vast wisdom of the beach boys Knowers i think it's impossible for any beach boys song to be "unheralded" by someone... that being said my votes are for little pad & steamboat

"Won't You Tell Me"

This 1971 recording has lead vocals from Dennis Wilson and ex-Sunray Rick Henn. A later mix has those two, Brian, and Carl singing the melody in unison, the only Beach Boys song I can think of where they do, but it's missing the stunning backing vocals from this earlier mix. I hope there's a version out there with both the backing vocals and the three Wilsons on lead, or if not that the two can be digitally melded together to create a complete track. But even as it is, it's a stunner.

― Lee626, Sunday, January 11, 2015 9:44 AM (eleven years ago)

ok i had to look this up, the later mix lee626 references is probably from "get the boot"? the intro says "brian and carl up, backgrounds down mix one".... i think the 2019 "feel flows" version is the mix lee626 was wanting... probably didn't need a digital meld, just a mix from the multitracks that didn't fade down the bg vox :) lee626 otm re this song btw!

given the the age of this thread and the vast wisdom of the beach boys Knowers i think it's impossible for any beach boys song to be "unheralded" by someone... that being said my votes are for little pad & steamboat

― nulloplasty, Friday, February 6, 2026 10:33 AM (thirty-nine minutes ago)

sure, everything's heralded by someone, but it's nice to hear what folks dig. personally as much as i love the bbs i can't actually keep all the vast stuff in their head at once, so it's nice to hear what people think is unheralded... also your username goes hard, strong approve.

"Steamboat" has had a few mentions on ilx but still feels underappreciated... a bit too low-key of a song I guess. It's my favorite from the album.

just kinda dipping into this here and there, some notes:

the tandyn almer/brian wilson '75 backing track "princess of the rain" is a banger. it's got some of that synth that would show up so strongly in "love you". i mean we're talking about a song that pretty much nobody had heard until a couple days ago so it makes sense that it'd be unheralded. so hard to know what a song would sound like when there's just a backing track out there.

right now going through some early '80s BW demos. there's an '85 four-song demo starting with "black widow" (not the piano version i know, electric keyboards) and followed with "christine", "i'mi broke", and "let me show it to you" - i'm not really familiar with any of those other songs, though there are versions of "i'm broke" from '92 and '07 in this set so clearly he kept it in mind. anyway it's a fun demo.

there's another four-song demo from october 86, this one a home demo starting with a fucking _gorgeous_ "don't let her know she's an angel", a longtime fave of BW deep cut aficionados. then there's "rings" - i think i recognize the chord progression, i think i've heard a version of it before, "sweetie", a kinda generic triplet-based doo-wop piece with an attempt at a more interesting BW-style bridge that doesn't quite get there, and "walking on water", an early take on "walkin' the line" that's uh definitely got theological implications lol. i don't think this is the version of "walkin' on water" i've heard before - there's a little more hesitation, for instance, before the word "miracles" that i don't remember. i could be wrong tho haha

the three-song december 1980 demo with garby leon is a lot rougher. it's another home demo-style recording, a beat-up tape with some unintentional phasing and a mix that favors the piano over the vocals. the songs just aren't there like in the '85 and '86 demos, and neither is brian, really. they lean towards that roy orbison "oh boy" thing that he does on "sweetie", but there's nothing as interesting here as the bridge attempt on "sweetie".

he sounds better on the september '83 bw demo (sounds like a studio demo) - "it's just a matter of time", "male ego", and "the boogie's in town". "male ego" is definitely the standout, mind. overall, the four demos do paint a picture of BW kind of getting it together as a songwriter in this time period. none of which excuses or justifies the bullshit landy bulled, to be clear!

"shortnin' bread" obsessives will be delighted at "brian's jam", 13 minutes of brian playing, yeah, i mean, you know what, in march of '74. i'm not even being ironic, at this point i've listened to brian playing "shortnin' bread" so much that my brain is cooked and i like listening to it.

there's a pretty cool '72 tape of holland rehearsals, 35 minutes or so, very flames-forward, very jammy. i don't really know any of the titles - couldn't tell you if "i've got love" has anything to do with "we got love", not because i don't know the song but because they're just playing that loose, haha. the _vibes_, though, the vibes are fucking impeccable.

"The Lonely Sea".

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D06B_1t6-WKM&ved=2ahUKEwj7wO3P6saSAxU9BDQIHUhnMy4QwqsBegQIFRAB&usg=AOvVaw0b78Kj9g99GiaAu2AGRrW6

i really like this one and am glad it exists (rejected BriWi theme song for a failed sci-fi comedy ca. late 1980s, if you didn’t know the context you would prob figure it out b/c that’s exactly what it sounds like)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OvY1NSX_vg