"Love and Mercy" is the directorial debut of Bill Pohlad, who produced "Brokeback Mountain," "Into the Wild," and "12 Years A Slave." The film stars Paul Dano as Wilson in the mid-1960s as Wilson began using drugs and brought the Beach Boys away from their conventional California surfing music and more towards psychedelic tunes using a variety of unique methods. The end result was the album "Pet Sounds," which "Rolling Stone" magazine claims in the second greatest album of all time, second only to the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." The film flips back and forth from the Dano scenes as he struggles more and more with mental health problems to the mid-1980s, where Wilson is played by John Cusack and under the intense and unethical control of Dr. Eugene Landy, played by Paul Giamatti.
Most of the songs in "Pet Sounds" are among the best of the Beach Boys, and in my opinion, they are as follows:
50. That's Why God Made the Radio
49. Student Demonstration Time
48. Surfin'
47. Sail On, Sailor
46. Do You Remember?
45. The Surfer Moon
44. Carl's Big Chance
43. I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
42. I Can Hear Music
41. Hang On to Your Ego
40. And Then I Kissed Her
39. Disney Girls (1957)
38. Let's Go Away for a While
37. Friends
36. Forever
35. Darlin'
34. 409
33. That's Not Me
32. Be True to Your School
31. Feel Flows
30. The Long Promised Road
29. Wild Honey
28. Little Honda
27. Little Deuce Coupe
26. Cabinessence
25. Shut Down
24. I Know There's an Answer
23. Dance, Dance, Dance
22. Catch a Wave
21. Don't Worry, Baby
20. Kokomo
19. You Still Believe In Me
18. Do You Wanna Dance?
17. I'm Waiting For the Day
16. Surfer Girl
15. Heroes and Villains
14. Do It Again
13. Help Me, Rhonda
12. Surfin' Safari
11. I Get Around
10. Surfin USA
9. Fun, Fun, Fun
8. In My Room
7. Surf's Up
6. Baraba Ann
5. California Girls
4. Sloop John B
3. Good Vibrations
2. Wouldn't It Be Nice
1. God Only Knows
Honorable Mention: Pet Sounds, Getcha Back, All Summer Long, Our Prayer, Gee, You're So Good to Me
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I would add 'Wendy' to this list.... it was a historical moment when they performed it on the Ed Sullivan Show.... and you are spot on putting 'Good Vibrations' near the top of the list....
ReplyDelete"Wendy" is a good one, but I'm not in love with it. It's like "Hawaii": it sounds weird but is enjoyable nevertheless.
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