The Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations" vs. Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - "Good Vibrations"

ok i listened to the marky mark and the funky bunch song but i still have to go with one of my favorite songs of all time.

c'mawn c'mawn c'mawn feel it feel it

The amount that I love Marky Mark's "Good Vibrations" is truly embarrassing.

I love that piano riff. And that piano solo. And every fucking line of that song.

I have cast my vote.

I really wish that the Beach Boys song was worse so that I would feel less ashamed right now.

I used to hate the Marky Mark one, but I think it had to do more with the video... also the fact that I thought the dude wasn't really doing anything other than a poor job at rapping. There's just something about Mark Wahlberg I don't like, I guess. That said the house piano and the female vocal sample? are both awesome!
But anyone who's listened to both (I guess you haven't, Kenny) and doesn't vote for the Beach Boys is either deaf or insane.

BTW, if anyone hasn't listened to the Beach Boys one, you need to listen to the studio version, not the video above (sorry crüt):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0yoiBYbT2I

Mark's version is so overused in just about every pop phenomenon, commercials really, that The Beach Boys version - while I think an overrated song - is a complete breath of fresh air.

I agree with the Beach Boys one being overrated. I think all the twists are little bit too much. But the intro alone is out this world.

impossible decision

I sincererely hope that Beach Boys will walk this.

I mean, a bit of completely worthless rubbish representing the early 90s at their very worst, up against one of the greatest masterpieces of musical history.

Even I will vote for the Beach Boys, but Marky Mark's is a wonderful song ("I wanna see seat comin' out yo PORES").

The amount that I love Marky Mark's "Good Vibrations" is truly embarrassing.

I love that piano riff. And that piano solo. And every fucking line of that song.

I have cast my vote.

I really wish that the Beach Boys song was worse so that I would feel less ashamed right now.

― My name is Kenny, Thursday, May 27, 2010 12:52 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ditto

god I love both of these songs so very much, not sure I can choose

I mean, a bit of completely worthless rubbish representing the early 90s at their very worst, up against one of the greatest masterpieces of musical history.

Gotta agree with Geir on this one, guys.

no you don't

in fact everyone should now vote Marky Mark so that Geir explodes

I've never heard it and I'm voting for it

i'm not sure what disagreements do to Geir but i'm pretty sure it's not make him explode

marky mark

Do we really need a month to think about this?

YES WE DO

yes

tbh I am considering making both of those embeds autoplay

first one is embed-disabled :(

but the one daavid posted isn't

voting for Nate Dogg

i LOVE the marky mark song and i kind of want him to do me but the beach boys one is just amazing. tough decision though :(

I cannot vote in this poll because it doesn't exist. Nobody would even think to ask the implied question. It would be like asking "Do you prefer really great sex, or Having both legs sawn off without anesthesia?"

That said, the Geir-splatter idea is an interesting one. :-)

I want to be like Geir.

Nah, it's more like asking "Do you prefer really great sex, or a successful marriage?" Both sides have their advocates.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

the real question is, how seriously are you taking this decision? and the other real question is, do you hate fun?

Suggest ban

took long enough

tbh I am considering making both of those embeds autoplay

― Image: electrostimulation applied on a penis (HI DERE), Thursday, May 27, 2010 2:29 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^ btw I am 100% for this if you can also find an embed-enabled version of the first vid

Marky Mark's GV reminds me of feeling genuinely happy and young. The Beach Boys' GV reminds me of feeling artificially happy and young.

Sadly, in retrospective, I'm more prone to feel artificially happy and young.

the beach boys song has two great moments and the rest of it is a bit lame, but it's obviously superior to mark wahlberg lol.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

sorry but marky mark’s “good vibrations” is a better house / hip house track than beyonce’s “show me love” knockoff

also this should have been much closer, pretty sad that old ilx couldnmt FEEL IT FEEL IT

I easily prefer Marky Mark's to the Beach Boys'. I really do quite love it even though his rapping is a bit hard to chew.

Also, I'm thinking, one of two US 1991 No. 1s that sound like they *could* have been British but weren't (Memory Bliss is the other but obv no Brit would have dared sample True, at least at the time. No such cultural self-consciousness of that sort for PM Dawn thankfully).

his rapping is not any worse than, say, tyree cooper or k.i.d. (from dj mink’s “hey hey can u relate”) although yeah given his public persona then and now a bit harder to swallow

though as much as i like that track i much prefer just about everything tyree and dj mink

Shut up, dicks

gosh josefa sorry if marky mark appreciation has you shook, but i'm here to prove to you that we can party on the positive vibe, and pump positive vibes, so come along for the ride

Ok if you put it that way then I’m down for the sweet ride

great news! give it another listen, i'm sure you will find pure enjoyment in the rhythm and rhyme that's designed to / make your behind move to what i'm inclined to