Beach Boys
Pop, Pop/Rock, Surf Pop/Rock, Sunshine Pop, Rock & Roll, Psychedelic Pop

Die Beach Boys sind die Band des 1962 aufkommenden Stils Surf Music. Eine unbeschwerte, leicht verdauliche Anlehnung an den Rock 'n' Roll, die den neuen American Way of Life mit den Leitbildern Wellenreiten, Freizeit, Sonne feierte. Der kommerzielle Niedergang dieser fröhlichen Happy Go Lucky-Musik begann mit der "British Invasion" 1964. Die "große Zeit" der Beach Boys hielt noch die ganzen 60er Jahre an. Und auch in den 70ern und späten 80ern hatten sie noch vereinzelt Top10-Hits.

Götter & Titanen
Songs: 22, Alben: 19, Ø(S/A): 1,16

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1996 Stars and Stripes Vol. 1  
1992 Summer in Paradise  
1989 Still Cruisin'  
1985 The Beach Boys  
Beach Boys
keepin' the summer alive


1980 36,5%
keepin' the summer alive
oh darlin'
some of your love
livin' with a heartache
school day
goin' on
sunshine
when girls get together
santa ana winds
endless harmony
 
1979 L.A. (Light Album)  
1978 M.I.U. Album  
1977 Love You  
1976 15 Big Ones  
1973 Holland  
Beach Boys
carl and the passions - "so tough"


1972 43,9%
Pop/Rock, Pop, Rock & Roll
Note
You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone  (4+)
Here She Comes  (3+)
He Come Down  (3)
Marcella  (3-)
Hold on Dear Brother  (3-)
Make It Good  (4+)
All This Is That  (4+)
Cuddle Up  (3)
 
Beach Boys
surf's up



1971 49%
don't go near the water
long promised road
take a load off your feet
disney girls
student demonstration time
feel flows
looking at tomorrow
a day in the life of a tree
'til i die
surf's up
 
Beach Boys
sunflower


1970 38,3%
Pop/Rock, Sunshine Pop, Pop
Slip on Through
This Whole World
Add Some Music to Your Day
Got to Know the Woman
Deirdre
It's About Time
Tears in the Morning
All I Wanna Do
Forever
Our Sweet Love
At My Window
Cool, Cool Water
 
Beach Boys
20/20


1969 50,5%
Pop/Rock, Sunshine Pop, Pop, Psychedelic Pop
Do It Again
I Can Hear Music
Bluebirds over the Mountain
Be With Me
All I Want to Do
The Nearest Faraway Place
Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
I Went to Sleep
Time to Get Alone
Never Learn Not to Love
Our Prayer
Cabin Essence
 
Beach Boys
friends


1968 38%
Pop, Pop/Rock, Sunshine Pop, Psychedelic Pop, Rock & Roll
  Meant for You
Friends
Wake the World
Be Here in the Morning
When a Man Needs a Woman
Passing By
Anna Lee, The Healer
Little Bird
Be Still
Busy Doin' Nothin'
Diamond Head
Transcendental Meditation
 
Beach Boys
wild honey


1967 36,4%
Pop, Pop/Rock, Sunshine Pop, Psychedelic Pop
Wild Honey
Aren't You Glad
I Was Made to Love Her
Country Air
A Thing or Two
Darlin'
I'd Just Love Once to See You
Here Comes the Night
Let the Wind Blow
How She Boogalooed It
Mama Says
 
Beach Boys
smiley smile



1967 58,9%
Psychedelic Pop, Pop, Sunshine Pop, Baroque Pop, Pop/Rock
Heroes and Villains
Vegetables
Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (W. Woodpecker Symphony)
She's Goin' Bald
Little Pad
Good Vibrations
With Me Tonight
Wind Chimes
Gettin' Hungry
Wonderful
Whistle In
Ein Album wie ein Vogelnest: inmitten wirren Gestrüpps (experimenteller Sunshine Pop?) liegt ein Ei: good vibrations.
Beach Boys
pet sounds


1966 54,5%
wouldn't it be nice
you still believe in me
that's not me
don't talk
i'm waiting for the day
let's go away for awhile
sloop john b
god only knows
i know there's an answer
here today
i just wasn't made for these times
pet sounds
caroline no
1990 schreibt Brian Wilson folgendes über die Motivation zu pet sounds:
"In December of 1965, I heard the album rubber soul by the Beatles. It was definitely a challange for me. I saw that every cut was very artistically interesting and stimulating. I immediately went to work on the songs for pet sounds." (Aus dem Booklet.)

Den Erfolg, den die Beatles mit ihren Folgealben nach rubber soul hatten, konnte pet sounds nicht verbuchen, auch wenn es sowohl in den USA als auch in D und GB in den Top10 war.

Wouldn't it be nice, god only knows und vor allem sloop john b sind zwar leuchtende Sterne am Pop-Song-Himmel, dennoch reicht es für das gesamte Album nicht zu einem Tipp. Die Flut von Lückenfüllern ist einfach erdrückend.

Ob die Kritiker des Rolling Stone diese Füller nicht sehen, oder ob ihr Urteil von der Erinnerung an die erste romantische Mondscheinnacht getrübt ist (im Autoradio lief beim ersten Kuss sloop john b), vermag ich nicht zu beurteilen. Für sie ist pet sounds ein "Geniestreich der Pop-Historie" und daher auch unter ihren musikalischen Meilensteinen der 60er zu finden.

Wenn man seine Sicht auf die Top10-Hits beschränkt, muss die Bewertung natürlich positiv ausfallen: Folgende Zeilen hat wahrscheinlich die ganze Welt gesungen:

we come on the sloop john b
my grandfather and me
'round nassau town we do roam
drinking all night
got into a fight
well i feel so broke up
i wanna go home...

Und wenn man '66 noch nicht das Licht der Welt erblickt hatte, dann hat man den sloopen John  spätestens im Gitarrenkurs nachgeträllert - oder zumindest hat man das versucht... Aber das wird mir jetzt zu intim...

Beach Boys
party



1965 51,8%
Pop, Rock & Roll
Hully Gully
I Should Have Known Better
Tell Me Why
Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow
Mountain of Love
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Devoted to You
Alley Oop
There's No Other (Like My Baby)
Medley: I Get Around/Little Deuce Coupe
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Barbara Ann
Ein Cover-Album
Beach Boys
summer days (and summer nights)



1965 56,6%
Pop, Baroque Pop, Sunshine Pop, Pop/Rock
The Girl from New York City
Amusement Parks
Then I Kissed Her
Salt Lake City
Girl Don't Tell Me
  Help Me, Rhonda
California Girls
Let Him Run Wild
You're So Good to Me
Summer Means New Love [instrumental]
I'm Bugged at My Ol' Man
And Your Dream Comes True
 
Beach Boys
today


1965 49,6%
Pop, Baroque Pop, Sunshine Pop, Pop/Rock
Do You Wanna Dance?
Good to My Baby
Don't Hurt My Little Sister
When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
Help Me, Rhonda
Dance, Dance, Dance
Please Let Me Wonder
I'm So Young
Kiss Me, Baby
She Knows Me Too Well
In the Back of My Mind
  Bull Session with the "Big Daddy"
 
Beach Boys
christmas album


1964 42,5%
Pop, Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll, Surf
Little Saint Nick
The Man With All the Toys
Santa's Beard
Merry Christmas, Baby
Christmas Day
Frosty the Snowman
We Three Kings of Orient Are
Blue Christmas
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
White Christmas
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Auld Lang Syne
 
Beach Boys
all summer long



1964 49,9%
Pop, Pop/Rock, Surf, Rock & Roll
I Get Around
All Summer Long
Hushabye
Little Honda
We'll Run Away
Carl's Big Chance
Wendy
Do You Remember?
Girls on the Beach
Drive-In
  Our Favorite Recording Sessions
Don't Back Down
 
Beach Boys
shut down, volume 2



1964 60,2%
Pop, Pop/Rock, Surf, Rock & Roll, Sunshine Pop
Fun, Fun, Fun
Don't Worry Baby
In the Parkin' Lot
"Cassius" Love Vs. "Sonny" Wilson
The Warmth of the Sun
This Car of Mine
Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
Pom Pom Play Girl
Keep an Eye on Summer
Shut Down, Pt. 2
Louie, Louie
Denny's Drums
 
Beach Boys
little deuce coupe


1963 47%
Pop/Rock
  Little Deuce Coupe
Ballad of Ole' Betsy
Be True to Your School
Car Crazy Cutie
Cherry, Cherry Coupe
  409
  Shut Down
Spirit of America
  Our Car Club
No-Go Showboat
A Young Man Is Gone
Custom Machine
Die grau markierten Songs waren schon auf einem der Vorgänger-Alben.
Beach Boys
surfer girl



1963 58,6%
Pop/Rock, Surf, Rock & Roll
Surfer Girl
Catch a Wave
The Surfer Moon
South Bay Surfer
The Rocking Surfer
Little Deuce Coupe
In My Room
Hawaii
Surfer's Rule
Our Car Club
Your Summer Dream
Boogie Woodie
 
Beach Boys
surfin' usa



1963 57,8%
Pop/Rock, Surf, Rock & Roll
Surfin' U.S.A.
Farmer's Daughter
Misirlou
Stoked
Lonely Sea
Shut Down
Noble Surfer
Honky Tonk
Lana
Surf Jam
Let's Go Trippin'
Finders Keepers
 
Beach Boys
surfin' safari



1962 61,9%
Pop/Rock, Surf, Rock & Roll
Surfin' Safari
County Fair
Ten Little Indians
Chug-A-Lug
Little Girl (You're My Miss America)
409
Surfin'
Heads You Win, Tails I Lose
Summertime Blues
Cuckoo Clock
Moon Dawg
Shift
 
     

= Top10-Hit (in Deutschland, GB, USA, US R&B, US Country)

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