The Johnny Bacardi Show

For Roger:

THE BEACH BOYS' GREAT TWENTY-EIGHT. PLUS TWO.

Sorry, couldn't narrow it down, and "The Great Twenty-Eight" just sounds too cool for school. Just ask Chuck Berry. Anyway, here's my list of personal favorite Beach Boys tunes. Not what I think are the best, mind you, just the ones that are special to me. I'm leaving a whole lot of great songs off this list, which goes like a little something like this....

SURFER GIRL (from Surfer Girl)

IN MY ROOM (from Surfer Girl)

LITTLE DEUCE COUPE (from Little Deuce Coupe)

ALL SUMMER LONG (from All Summer Long)

WHEN I GROW UP (TO BE A MAN) (from The Beach Boys Today)

SHE KNOWS ME TOO WELL (from The Beach Boys Today)

YOU'RE SO GOOD TO ME (from Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!))

LET HIM RUN WILD (from Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!))

WOULDN'T IT BE NICE (from Pet Sounds)

GOD ONLY KNOWS (from Pet Sounds)

CAROLINE, NO (from Pet Sounds)

GOOD VIBRATIONS (from Smiley Smile)

BREAKAWAY (1969 single appears on Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys)

DARLIN' (from Wild Honey)

FRIENDS (from Friends)

DO IT AGAIN from (from 20/20)

ADD SOME MUSIC TO YOUR DAY (from Sunflower)

DIERDRE (from Sunflower)

ALL I WANNA DO (from Sunflower)

LONG PROMISED ROAD (from Surf's Up)

FEEL FLOWS (from Surf's Up)

YOU NEED A MESS OF HELP TO STAND ALONE (from Carl and the Passions: So Tough)

ALL THIS IS THAT (from Carl and the Passions: So Tough)

IT'S OK (from 15 Big Ones)

GOOD TIME (from The Beach Boys Love You)

HONKIN' DOWN THE HIGHWAY (from The Beach Boys Love You)

THE NIGHT WAS SO YOUNG (from The Beach Boys Love You)

GOOD TIMIN' (from L.A. (Light Album))

SUMAHAMA (from L.A. (Light Album))

SURF'S UP (Brian solo vocal, demo version from the Good Vibrations box)

And honest to God, folks, I liked Holland OK, but the only track which I really wanted to include was the somewhat overlong "Trader", and I regretfully cut it.

So there you have it! Comments?