Jonathan cuts through my Beach Boys sentimentality and reminds me that maybe things aren’t so bad. Two notes:
- I took the #1 hit fact from the Billboard website. I sincerely hope their own site has the right information.
- Regardless of what you think about the contemporary pop world (and I understand the Rihanna/Britney/Gaga/Beyoncé point but damn, the current top 10 is putrid), these Smile tracks are a must-listen. I’m sure many Beach Boys diehards have heard them in one form or another, but now there’s an easy entry point for new fans and a tidy compilation of pop that’s still surprising and forward-thinking.
And here is why you never trust that guy on the Internet.
I’m totally down with Beach Boys sentimentality. (Though in my canon, “God Only Knows” > “Good Vibrations.”) It’s ’60s sentimentality I can’t abide!
No disagreement about the current top ten, either. Could fucking Drake be the closest thing to a good song on there?
As someone with an interest in the charts, I couldn’t let this go: “Good Vibrations” entered the Hot 100 on October 22, 1966 (at #81). It hit #1 on December 10, 1966. And in my humble opinion, 1966 was maybe the greatest run of number-ones in the Hot 100’s history. Almost any other year (2011 included) is going to pale in comparison.
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imathers said:
I love “Good Vibrations,” but this is dreadfully short sighted… but I see that Michelle and J-Breezy have already taken up that torch, so I’ll leave it at that.
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sallyo reblogged this from screwrocknroll and added:
As someone with an interest in the charts, I couldn’t let this go: “Good Vibrations” entered the Hot 100 on October 22,...
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theremixbaby reblogged this from jamiesoncox and added:
I gotta respectfully disagree with you on this one. 1. Not all...Vibrations.” That
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screwrocknroll reblogged this from jamiesoncox and added:
why you never trust...Internet. I’m totally down with
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jamiesoncox reblogged this from screwrocknroll and added:
Jonathan cuts through my Beach Boys sentimentality and reminds me that maybe things aren’t so bad. Two notes: I took the...
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screwrocknroll reblogged this from jamiesoncox and added:
called 2003. some guy on...Internet reckons (the actually better) “Reach Out (I’ll Be...
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ajohnny said:
Behhhh, Adele’s always the whipping boy (girl?)! Have you read guardian.co.uk/music/2… ?
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