Mike Love seriously misunderstood what it was that made the Beach Boys matter. He had absolutely no shadow of a clue that Paul McCartney's respect for his cousin Brian didn't particularly extend to Brian's brothers, let alone a fortunate cousin. Mike's longevity has become tedious, his ego as embarrassing as his delusions of relevance.
I met Mike Love in London earlier in the year and told him my favourite album was Summer In Paradise. He eyed me suspiciously, then offered a fistbump. I felt like I betrayed all of music as I returned the bump.
@@octurn i dont make a habit of meeting controversial band members. They were book signing and I couldn't bring myself to say what amazing work you were a part of. But I wanted the book.
@@octurn perhaps. They are only human beings, they have to be somewhere. Stop your idolizing. They walk the streets, they go to restaurants, they stay in hotels, they go to record stores.
The Beach Boys have a legitimate claim to having made the best and worst albums of all time. That is pretty impressive. I think it's also worth noting that Brian has almost 0 involvement in this one. As for Mike, I don't think there's a County Fair in the US he hasn't performed at.
Brian's only connection was as the writer of "Surfin'." The version on "Summer in Paradise" gets my vote as the musical low point in the Beach Boys' history. Brian wasn't listed as a member of the group in the liner notes.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again......calling Summer in Paradise a dumpster fire is an insult to the fine infernos that come from large metal trash bins. Great video once again!
I'm a huge Beach Boys fan, so I bought this when it came out. You are too kind to it. It is truly the worst piece of garbage ever released by a major act. I've only been able to listen to it twice. The second time just to prove to myself it was as truly horrible as I thought it was on first listen. I am embarrassed for Carl Wilson and Al Jardine for being involved with it. If any more proof were needed to demonstrate conclusively Mike Love's total lack of artistic vision and creativity, this album is it.
@@TZ1000-zu7ki Honestly not wanting to tarnish Carl's memory would be a perfectly valid reason for why this has never been reissued or made available on streaming platforms like Spotify.
Even when they do, it's like, "No, please don't, no, no, just don't, Mike, hey, look at me, don't do it, Michael, listen..." Egomaniac: Nah, it'll be fine, the fans will love it.
I'm a lifelong Beach Boys fan - I have almost everything, and I know their entire catalog as well as anyone could. And while I won't defend this album, I will say that in my opinion, there are two very good songs here - one of them is Slow Summer Dancing (One Summer Night), a Bruce Johnston co-write, and an Al Jardine co-vocal before he got sacked. I think that's a nice slow tune. The other is Still Surfin' which I think is a gem. I like the ecological slant in the lyric, and I think it's catchy, and sounds like the band has always sounded. In fact, when their final album That's Why God Made The Radio was released, I burned my own deluxe version of it on a CD-R, removing its two weakest songs, adding two others (Endless Harmony, and Maybe I Don't Know) from the 1980s along with a Brian track from That Lucky Old Sun (California/That Lucky Old Sun (Reprise). I used both Still Surfin' and Slow Summer Dancing, resequenced the entire album to play like what that album should have been - a final statement. The first half looks back on their career, and the second half says goodbye. It's a meditation on where they came from, what they became, and who they finally were. That version of the album with those two songs from Summer In Paradise, is my all-time favorite album - even though I have the only copy, and nobody else has ever heard it. So I can't condemn Summer In Paradise entirely because those two songs have value to me, and because of that, it's not the worst album of all-time in my opinion. But I will concede it's the worst album The Beach Boys ever made.
I'll give you three reasons why I think you're wrong about this album. 1). I'm unreasonable 2). I'm absurd and 3). I have no idea what I'm talking about.
Haha. I figured the Beach Boys were done in 1967. Good Vibrations was the end of The Beach Boys for me. I still liked their earlier surfing and hotrod songs, but I'd moved on to The Doors, Hendrix, Cream, etc.
From friends in 68 to Holland in 73,they made great albums,Where Carl & Dennis,showed that they had enormous talent.I saw them tour summer in paradise at Wembley,great as usual,I liked the album cover,& yes,the albums an embarrassment,but I have heard worse in the passed,including Lou reeds Metal music.
Discovering 'Summer In Paradise' is like finding a used condom washed up on the coast of California's Big Sur: At first you're appalled, and then you consider... well, someone must've had fun with this. I found a $5 used copy on CD at my local pawn shop ages ago, and I've heard they made less than 10,000 of them worldwide; maybe less than 5,000, by some accounts.
It’s a terrible album, but my vote goes to Cut The Crap by The Clash. Tinny, out of sync and out of time drum machines that clearly nobody knew how to use, ghastly synthetic horns and totally random synth stabs, brain dead lyrics, oi! style football terrace chant choruses in EVERY SINGLE SONG….the album is completely unlistenable. ‘Summer In Paradise’ and the other albums mentioned in the comments are awful, but not to the extent they have been almost completely airbrushed from bands’ histories, like Cut The Crap has (apart from the song ‘This Is England’, which is quite good I admit). Ok Mick and Topper had been sacked by the time Cut The Crap came out, but it is still technically a Clash album, and for an album to be practically airbrushed out of a band’s history is to the extent Cut The Crap has is virtually unprecedented. I mean, the title of the album alone - they couldn’t have set themselves up any worse for the reviews if they tried.
@@bradcomer4524 yes I've seen Todd's video on Cut The Crap, it's great. His line about the song Dictator sounding like 'two radio stations trying to share the same frequency' is spot on. Seen a few of his videos and really enjoyed them and his dry, world weary sense of humour, didn't know he'd done Summer In Paradise, will give it a watch next!
I love The Beach Boys. It’s a shame they are often derided for the -admittedly- terrible stuff they made. Post Pet Sound albums like 20/20, Friends, Holland, Surf’s Up and particularly Beach Boys Love You are really great. It’s too bad their reputation got so tarnished by the Mike Love shenanigans and Brian Wilson’s mental issues. It undermined the quality of music they were capable of and did put out. So forget all that, put on Holland and just listen without prejudice.
While I won't refute most of Mike Love's well-documented faults, I don't think he was completely useless to the Beach Boys. To his credit, he did write some very good lyrics (Warmth of the Sun, Big Sur, All This is That...and his revised lyrics to Good Vibrations are much better than Tony Asher's original set), and while he had none of the vocal range of his bandmates, he did have a distinctive tone that worked perfectly on some songs, and his deep baritone was a nice addition to their vocal harmonies. But that aside, yeah, he's pretty much an asshole.
Anyone who owned the original CD will know the only redeeming feature was the fact that the case was almost impossible to open. Yep so bad it needed a child proof lid.
@@111Benzie I know the CD came in a case with a complicated latching design. I own a copy. And I know by Beach Boys standards (my favoutite band) it is a very poor effort. So sorry I don't know what YOU'RE talking about.
I'll have to take your word on that particular Beach Boys album = However - I nominate Ted Nugent - Shutup & Jam. The cheese factor could not be higher and the guitars couldn't be more generic. Contains classics like I Love My BBQ (I love my barbecue, it's what Americans do) brilliant lyrics...
Hmmm...lessee...there's the M.I.U. album, L.A., Still Cruisin'...need we continue? Anything that begins with "Mike Love" has already started its trip downhill.
@@dj71162 Had the album since its original release. I stand by what I -- and many others -- have said. You are, of course, entitled to your own opinions.
MIU and LA have some stunning tracks on them. A few crap ones, admittedly - but that’s the case with most albums. But although Mike Love’s voice is a great part of the classic vocal sound he has always behaved like a prat on stage.
@@TheOverlordOfProcrastination Agreed, it’s too easy to just discard any post Pet Sounds output. Holland, 20/20, Friends, Love You, Surf’s Up are great albums. And MIU and L.A. have their moments too. It’s a pity Mike Love’s terrible reputation put such a blemish on The Beach Boys brand. But if you put all of that crap aside, 70s Beach Boys is pretty good.
L.A. doesn't receive the credit that it deserves. It starts of with an excellent song by Brian and Carl, contains Dennis's last ever output which is among his best, and has some great songs by Carl too. The songs by Mike and Al are not bad at all. Bruce's 11-minute disco version of Here Comes The Night is maybe not everybody's cup of tea, but it's a historical landmark, a lot of fun and really well produced. And it closes with the equally historical, only official release of Brian's quintessential 1970s oddity, Shortening Bread. Even the album sleeve has a front side that is apt and pretty, and a back side that is weird and creepy. The whole thing is a classic of their late period.
Good show Barry. Never heard that album but I don’t think I’m missing anything. The Beach Boys ended for me with Surf’s Up though I did like Getcha Back and their California Dreamin’ cover as exceptions.
The horrible drums courtesy of Jim Keltner on the E-Mu SP-1200 sampling drum machine…I give Keltner, a studio stalwart, major credit for changing with the times and embracing electronics in the 80s. But ugh. I have always loathed this album!
It's not the worst album ever. The worst album ever is, Anne Frank The Music For Today (2004). 22 young people from Lincolnshire, with the guidance of five professional music producers made an album based on the Anne Frank exhibition. Track listing 1. Dark Eyes 2. Wrong Time Wrong Place 3. What Have We Done? 4. Child Free/Tree of Hope 5. Music is My Freedom 6. In Spite of Everything 7. Two Years 8. Concentration 9. I Just Wanna Play 10. Sit and Hope TRIGGER WARNING FOR TRACK 11 😂 11. Jews Blues Yeah. Worst. Album. Ever.
I'm up to Track 5. Track 1 is ok, Track 2 is forgivable when you realise it's made by a bunch of kids and then... The highest praise I can give this is that Frank Zappa would have liked it.
Well, it wasn't easy, but I made it through the whole album. The standout track has to be the last one, "Jews Blues." It's an upbeat number sung by a kid who appears to be doing a bad impression of Louie Armstrong, with catchy lyrics like "aw, aw, we're dyin'. All the Jews are dyin'." I highly recommend it.
Like a lot of bad music, a lot of this is boring, really boring. But 'Jew's Blues' is like driving past a fatal car crash. You shouldn't stare but you can't help it. Mad lyrics-'Don't know why but Hitler does not like us!' Really has to heard to be believed.
I met Mike Love in Australia in 1978. The concert was terrible but he still had a very high opinion of himself. I once had an album where the harmonica was in the wrong key & it wasn’t Jazz.
Be interesting to get your take on the trend by some bands to change their lyrics "for modern times" (Duran Duran removed the word "Queer" and replaced it with "Queen" for their version of Bowie's Five Years) - and also the censorship of original album covers: e/g the Blind Faith album and also Hendrix's bevy of naked beauties :-) To me its all art and should stay as it was.....
Hendrix absolutely hated that cover concept. That's why he didn't show up for the photo shoot for it and the models hold pictures of him and the "Axis: Bold As Love" cover. He had sketched out his own concept around a Linda Eastman photograph that he wanted to be used. The record label completely ignored it.
@@SpaceCattttt Good point, but eternity makes for several million repeats, and I'm afraid I won't be able to join you there in hell's den of ultimate torture.
@@brotherWesley Eternity has no number. A few million repeats is just enough to get the party started. Why can't you join me? I can see why you wouldn't want to, but there's nobody keeping you out...
Saw the Beach Boys perform in Adelaide (South Australia) in the early 2000s. By the Beach Boys I mean "Mike Love and several other guys none would know". Mike spent the whole performance wiping away whatever it was constantly running out of his nose. Can't think what caused that! IThe show was a triple act of old performers: Beach Boys, Christopher Cross (who was quite good) and the original line-up of Daddy Cool who were fantastic (and the real reason I was there).
I only know this album from the Todd in the Shadows Video (and now this one I guess), but I think what sets it apart from merely bad is that it is bad anyway, and then has Mike Love's oozing, leering, dirty old man creepiness all over it. A basic problem with late Beach Boys is their songs are thematically stuck in youth, but the other Beach Boys are able to perform such material in a nostalgic vein, whereas Mike Love clearly just wants to go cruise for chicks. Off-putting.
Not to interrupt the well-deserved Mike Love bashing, but that oh-so-beloved mad genius Brian Wilson went full paedo on "The Beach Boys Love You" album in 1977. He was a total creep in his lyrics long before his cousin. At least Love wasn't perving on little girls on roller skates and fantasising about whatever the hell kind of deranged sickness is going on in "I Wanna Pick You Up". Then again, Mike had no problem singing Brian's weird creepy brain farts, like the "Loves You" stuff or "Hey Little Tomboy". And that thing was basically Brian's solo LP that was just marketed as a Beach Boys album. It was even supposed to be called "Brian Loves You", initially.
@@henrygvidonas9573 Oh I know, and agree. He even married a minor in his actual life. I'm just talking about who gives me creepy vibes strictly as a performer when singing old Beach Boys 60s classics, and it's Mike Love. And it's not really so much a "oh the poor tortured genuis" thing (though that no doubt helps). Brian Wilson is just too strange and fragile a presence for me to find knee-jerk repulsive in the same way even if intellectually I know the case against him, whereas Mike Love is a very ordinary kind of creepy, and the knee knows exactly how to jerk. I doubt it's just me.
Truly wretched. Bill Wyman can relax, this record outshines Wymans 'Monkey Grip' as the worst collection of vinyl excrement ever. I'd rather have a root canal then listen to Mike Love ever-forever. Thanks brother, you're appreciated.
Actually, if they had of listened to Mike, the guy who stayed sober and off the drugs ,then they may have been successful with the old surf ,hot rod songs,and furthered their carrer . The wilsons lost the plot and everyone blames mike? He was goofy fair enough, but I think he gets a bad rap
I'm still trying to figure out why "Pet Sounds" is held on such a high pedestal. The Beach Boys have some good tracks, but I don't consider any of their albums to be "killer".
It's a very unpopular opinion and one that I agree with. I have given Pet Sounds several listens and didn't think much of it. Yeah, it's okay but I'd rate "Revolver" light years ahead of it.
I have a Beach Boys "Greatest Hits" CD album. The last track on it is a cover of The Mamas and Papas' California Dream from around 1986. Was that from this album?
No. That cover is not on this steaming pile of an album. It first appeared as the final track on the 1986 "Made in USA" album which was a "greatest hits" album (since it doesn't use that phrase, the better term would be "compilation" album) and it was the last track. But, it also appeared on some other compilations (per Allmusic, it's the last track on "The Absolute Best, Vol 2" and the "Greatest Hits Vol 3: Best of the Brother Years").
It wasn't on one of their recognised studio albums (possibly a single release), but it is on Greatest Hits Vol. 3: The Best of the Brother Years. (I think that's what it's called.)
The Beach Boys are one of a long line of 60's bands who captured a moment, and then spent the rest of thier lives trying to re-live it, with increasingly poor and uninspiring results. The belligerent nostalgia of thier original fanbase carried them through otherwise indifferent times, and none of them realised that nobody wanted or needed to hear Kokomocodamol apart from that one loudmouth, berating the youth about how they had real music back in his day. Mike Love is the equivalent of Yoko Ono; a hack, getting by on his out dated association with real and genuine talent.
Those snippets are terrible. Sounds like what The Battle of Marston Moor was to ELO back in the early days (different sounds - same redeeming features). Actually I take that back - this sounds much worse (and the former was simply a terrible track).
I have a real soft spot for the beach boys, they wrote some amazing songs but they really did some awful stuff too. But why does it keep showing Bruce Johnson while naming Al Jardine 😂
Well, it was the 1980s and many of those 1960s bands attempted to remain relevant in a world that had come down from its' collective acid-trip and was trying to find a new path. For most of those bands from the 60s, it just didn't work for them in the 80s. Jefferson Airplane is my favorite band from the 1960s but their "reunion" album from 1989 entitled Jefferson Airplane was horrible so I felt that pain too. I can't think of any of those 60s bands that actually thrived in the 1980s aside from the Grateful Dead who had massive success with the song "Touch Of Grey" back in 1987 which pushed them into the mainstream but other than that I can't think of any other 1960s era bands who really made waves in the 1980s.
The Dead acted their age. They came off gracefully playing their own brand of music and not following the current trends unlike other 60s acts in the 80s such as CSNY and Neils solo output.
yeh agree only time saw dead was the 87 tour arena both nights and rfk 94 at least they could play the music they wanted to some good others not so much94 was outdoor rain mudfest so sound not as good indoor arena 87
If you want to hear the best Beach Boys music listen to a greatest hits album . Most of their albums are really bad . After Pet Sounds it all went down hill
I will always be deeply annoyed that the one time I saw a celebrity in the wild at Disneyland, it was Mike Love (accompanied by an all-douchebag entourage).
I worked at a corporate record store when this came out and we were supposed to play it in the store to promote it. I think hearing it first actually hindered sales. Surf's Up will always be my go-to Beach Boys album. By the way, I love that painting to your right. Beautiful. Thanks for the video!
@@rickszabo4312 The most talented of the Oak Ridge Boys was their tenor, Willie Wynn. Willie stepped aside when the other three outvoted him and left gospel music behind them. I spent a good portion of an afternoon with Willie a few years after the abomination that was Elvira, and his opinion was, roughly: "Money is not why I sing. I sing for the joy harmony brings, and that's not pride but gratitude. I never did enjoy singing catchy but shallow songs, and I am a little proud that I never had to sing that piece of garbage once. "
I'll have to dig this album up somewhere, I've never heard of it or listened to it. My #1 for worst album is the self-titled "Its A Beautiful Day" with the big hit 'White Bird'. Besides that standout track, its just 35 minute of droning violin and cello. Having to spend an hour listening to a grade school orchestra recital would be preferrable to this album. Its so loathsome it could be played to ward off zombies. And to think about 20 years ago a clean copy of it would sell for $1500.
I saw the thumbnail and thought you were going to say Journey's Escape album, I would have disagreed but agree about The Beach Boys. They had so many albums but just couldn't seem to find their sound after Pet Sounds.
This isn't the first place I've dropped this comment, but I still stand by it: If the songs on Summer In Paradise were as awesome and magnificent as the sleeve art, this would have been one of the BBs absolute greatest albums. Alas, of course, this wasn't the case, though I do think "Lahaina Aloha" is a pretty decent piece of work and keeps this album from being a complete dumpster fire.
The last Beach Boys album worth listening to was their last album with Brian "That's Why God Made the Radio" The final trilogy by Brian ending with "Summer's Gone"is classic Beach Boys
I worked for an independent distributor in '92 when we flew out to Minneapolis to get the big news that we would have the EXCLUSIVE on a new Beach Boys record! Well I got to pick Bruce up from the airport and to meet Mike, but this album hitting the streets or anyone's CD player was the biggest non event of anybody's lifetime. Some were expecting the Beach Boys sound. Some were expecting Kokomo redux. It didn't live up to anybody's expectations, and I don't think it even lives up to your headline, but the saddest thing is that Carl put his name to it. Cest La Vie
I've always been a Beach Boys fan 'n 'bout this time I struck up a friendship with Terry Melcher. Never knew he was part o' this album production but we bonded o'er the classic film The Loved One. He produced the classic hits by The Byrds 'n Paul Revere & The Raiders. His famous mom was Doris Day.
You're mistaking "worst" with "not my taste". BB85 is a 1980s classic and objectively a good album, though maybe not what fans wanted to hear. SiP comes with a health warning. Be careful with that stuff.
People forgot about the collaboration with The Fat Boys back in the 80s called Wipeout. Funny how Mike Love started trashing rap music after these fiascos.
Thanks for listening to this for us, Barry, but I won't be joining you. Brian Wilson WAS The Beach Boys as far as I'm concerned. Pet Sounds, Good Vibrations, Heroes & Villains were amazing work. But that's it for me with this band, I'm afraid.
This from someone in an Iron Maiden t-shirt- irony? Could be worse (Blur). All the same, I don't know the album and must take your word for it. I think every band has a "time limit"; their best work is produced in the first four years, and after that... Think of what The Smiths achieved in their all too brief time together from 1983-87, though I accept that by "The Smiths" I mean the combined genius of Morrissey & Marr. How about overrated music genres? Jazz funk, English folk music, death metal, reggae (honourable exception: Wait In Vain), 99% of ballad music (and I'm Irish), and anything involving bagpipes. Best and most underrated genre: American country music. Also, C&W singers have THE best names: Dwight Yoakam, Clint Black, Randy Travis, Shelby Lynne, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams (on asked how he wrote his songs, said: "I just hold onto the pen and God sends 'em through"--what beautiful humility!), Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Travis Tritt, Garth Brooks...
Mike Love "pimped out" the band...nailed it...
"This is a festering dog turd of an album" - come off the fence and tell us how you really feel :-)
Along with "this excremental offering", lol 😊
@@RogueReplicant It was one of the best reviews I've seen in a while! Glad I wasn't drinking my coffee when he said that!
Mike Love seriously misunderstood what it was that made the Beach Boys matter. He had absolutely no shadow of a clue that Paul McCartney's respect for his cousin Brian didn't particularly extend to Brian's brothers, let alone a fortunate cousin. Mike's longevity has become tedious, his ego as embarrassing as his delusions of relevance.
Boy, you nailed it on all accounts. I couldn't agree more.
And his political "activism"is a disgrace to the Beach Boys legacy.
Disagree on the Wilson brothers. They moved out of Brian's shadow in the 70s and wrote some decent stuff.
Positively dreadful album
@@harvey1954 "decent"
Those poor girls having to pretend to like the song for video. They should get combat pay.
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Having to hang out with Mike Love, in and of itself, qualifies them for combat pay.
I met Mike Love in London earlier in the year and told him my favourite album was Summer In Paradise. He eyed me suspiciously, then offered a fistbump. I felt like I betrayed all of music as I returned the bump.
And let me guess. After meeting Mike Love you turned the corner and bumped into Carl Palmer.
@@octurn i dont make a habit of meeting controversial band members. They were book signing and I couldn't bring myself to say what amazing work you were a part of. But I wanted the book.
You did but at least you know what you did and will behave better in the future 😜
@@octurn perhaps. They are only human beings, they have to be somewhere. Stop your idolizing. They walk the streets, they go to restaurants, they stay in hotels, they go to record stores.
Hey @@ackerjawaka4742! How do you know I don't love the album?! Ok, ok, I'll be better behaved when Bruce comes to town.
Mike Love has done a fantastic job of tarnishing the name and credibility of the Beach Boys.
He sure has!
The Beach Boys have a legitimate claim to having made the best and worst albums of all time. That is pretty impressive. I think it's also worth noting that Brian has almost 0 involvement in this one. As for Mike, I don't think there's a County Fair in the US he hasn't performed at.
Hey, fifty bucks is fifty bucks.
Not "almost 0". Just 0.
Brian's only connection was as the writer of "Surfin'." The version on "Summer in Paradise" gets my vote as the musical low point in the Beach Boys' history. Brian wasn't listed as a member of the group in the liner notes.
Best & worst, great observation 👍
I've said it before, and I'll say it again......calling Summer in Paradise a dumpster fire is an insult to the fine infernos that come from large metal trash bins. Great video once again!
Yeah--like that rates as the worst album when you got all those overrated, in with the critic's records.
I'm a huge Beach Boys fan, so I bought this when it came out. You are too kind to it. It is truly the worst piece of garbage ever released by a major act. I've only been able to listen to it twice. The second time just to prove to myself it was as truly horrible as I thought it was on first listen. I am embarrassed for Carl Wilson and Al Jardine for being involved with it. If any more proof were needed to demonstrate conclusively Mike Love's total lack of artistic vision and creativity, this album is it.
@@TZ1000-zu7ki Honestly not wanting to tarnish Carl's memory would be a perfectly valid reason for why this has never been reissued or made available on streaming platforms like Spotify.
This album is a reminder that some truly terrifying stuff occurs when friends and loved ones fail to say "No, please don't. That's a terrible idea."
Even when they do, it's like, "No, please don't, no, no, just don't, Mike, hey, look at me, don't do it, Michael, listen..."
Egomaniac: Nah, it'll be fine, the fans will love it.
Mike Love has friends? That's a bold assumption if ever I heard one.
I'm a lifelong Beach Boys fan - I have almost everything, and I know their entire catalog as well as anyone could. And while I won't defend this album, I will say that in my opinion, there are two very good songs here - one of them is Slow Summer Dancing (One Summer Night), a Bruce Johnston co-write, and an Al Jardine co-vocal before he got sacked. I think that's a nice slow tune. The other is Still Surfin' which I think is a gem. I like the ecological slant in the lyric, and I think it's catchy, and sounds like the band has always sounded. In fact, when their final album That's Why God Made The Radio was released, I burned my own deluxe version of it on a CD-R, removing its two weakest songs, adding two others (Endless Harmony, and Maybe I Don't Know) from the 1980s along with a Brian track from That Lucky Old Sun (California/That Lucky Old Sun (Reprise). I used both Still Surfin' and Slow Summer Dancing, resequenced the entire album to play like what that album should have been - a final statement. The first half looks back on their career, and the second half says goodbye. It's a meditation on where they came from, what they became, and who they finally were. That version of the album with those two songs from Summer In Paradise, is my all-time favorite album - even though I have the only copy, and nobody else has ever heard it. So I can't condemn Summer In Paradise entirely because those two songs have value to me, and because of that, it's not the worst album of all-time in my opinion. But I will concede it's the worst album The Beach Boys ever made.
I'll give you three reasons why I think you're wrong about this album. 1). I'm unreasonable 2). I'm absurd and 3). I have no idea what I'm talking about.
You have me convinced. 😏
This guy's making a lot of sense... I propose we make him our leader.
4) I'm Mike Love.
Donald…. Is that you !?
Haha. I figured the Beach Boys were done in 1967. Good Vibrations was the end of The Beach Boys for me. I still liked their earlier surfing and hotrod songs, but I'd moved on to The Doors, Hendrix, Cream, etc.
Your age is showing
You old rocker
From friends in 68 to Holland in 73,they made great albums,Where Carl & Dennis,showed that they had enormous talent.I saw them tour summer in paradise at Wembley,great as usual,I liked the album cover,& yes,the albums an embarrassment,but I have heard worse in the passed,including Lou reeds Metal music.
Metal Machine Music is a zen masterpiece. Side 3 is the best.
@@TranceMasterJack Each to their own
I use to like the Partridge family before I heard Lou Reed
@@gerrylambert5225 I am old, that is a fact
I hear that the album was so bad that Charles Manson finally canceled the decades-long fatwa against the Beach Boys and Melchior.
He was in prison by then and feeling pretty good about not having access to this album.
Discovering 'Summer In Paradise' is like finding a used condom washed up on the coast of California's Big Sur: At first you're appalled, and then you consider... well, someone must've had fun with this.
I found a $5 used copy on CD at my local pawn shop ages ago, and I've heard they made less than 10,000 of them worldwide; maybe less than 5,000, by some accounts.
"... well, someone must've had fun with this. "
Summed up brilliantly!
Unfortunately, that "someone" happened to be Mike Love going solo.
Its colossal commercial failure had the ironic effect of making it one of the Beach Boys' most collectible items.
Coney Island white fish
Surf! Summer! Album sounds like an episode of Beverly Hills 90210
Or Baywatch, for that matter!
Oh that's right.....
How dare you insult the treasure that is Beverly Hills 90210!
It’s a terrible album, but my vote goes to Cut The Crap by The Clash. Tinny, out of sync and out of time drum machines that clearly nobody knew how to use, ghastly synthetic horns and totally random synth stabs, brain dead lyrics, oi! style football terrace chant choruses in EVERY SINGLE SONG….the album is completely unlistenable. ‘Summer In Paradise’ and the other albums mentioned in the comments are awful, but not to the extent they have been almost completely airbrushed from bands’ histories, like Cut The Crap has (apart from the song ‘This Is England’, which is quite good I admit). Ok Mick and Topper had been sacked by the time Cut The Crap came out, but it is still technically a Clash album, and for an album to be practically airbrushed out of a band’s history is to the extent Cut The Crap has is virtually unprecedented. I mean, the title of the album alone - they couldn’t have set themselves up any worse for the reviews if they tried.
Excellent summary of a terrible album. My thoughts exactly. But it at least has one listenable song whereas Summer in Paradise has none.
yes terrible record when came out friend dj got no way im plsying any of these crappy songs
He referenced the youtuber todd in the shadows, it's a great channel and he has highly entertaining videos on both of those albums.
@@bradcomer4524 yes I've seen Todd's video on Cut The Crap, it's great. His line about the song Dictator sounding like 'two radio stations trying to share the same frequency' is spot on. Seen a few of his videos and really enjoyed them and his dry, world weary sense of humour, didn't know he'd done Summer In Paradise, will give it a watch next!
Dr. Adamski's musical pharmacy has my vote certainly for the worst album I've ever heard!
I love The Beach Boys. It’s a shame they are often derided for the -admittedly- terrible stuff they made.
Post Pet Sound albums like 20/20, Friends, Holland, Surf’s Up and particularly Beach Boys Love You are really great. It’s too bad their reputation got so tarnished by the Mike Love shenanigans and Brian Wilson’s mental issues. It undermined the quality of music they were capable of and did put out.
So forget all that, put on Holland and just listen without prejudice.
Rumor has it Mike Love originally wanted to title this album "Mike Love's Beach Boys in Mike Love's Summer In Paradise, starring Mike Love"
Doesn't even have his sister, Darlene, singing on it either.
While I won't refute most of Mike Love's well-documented faults, I don't think he was completely useless to the Beach Boys. To his credit, he did write some very good lyrics (Warmth of the Sun, Big Sur, All This is That...and his revised lyrics to Good Vibrations are much better than Tony Asher's original set), and while he had none of the vocal range of his bandmates, he did have a distinctive tone that worked perfectly on some songs, and his deep baritone was a nice addition to their vocal harmonies.
But that aside, yeah, he's pretty much an asshole.
Van Morrison's Contractual Obligation Album gets my vote.
No, that album is amazing! I can just never figure out if my favorite song from it is "Blow In Your Nose" or "Nose In Your Blow". 🤣
Yeah, I drew the line at that album. Funny how each of Brian's solo lps from this time on are not that bad.
Anyone who owned the original CD will know the only redeeming feature was the fact that the case was almost impossible to open. Yep so bad it needed a child proof lid.
I bought a cassette copy, which in Canada was released on the Attic label.
@@orbyfan I still have trouble opening the CD case. Not that I do that very often. I've only kept it to keep my Beach Boys collection complete.
@@andrewwarrenmusicnz4373 It's a good omen! The music gods are protecting your hearing 😊
You don't know what you are talking about.
@@111Benzie I know the CD came in a case with a complicated latching design. I own a copy. And I know by Beach Boys standards (my favoutite band) it is a very poor effort. So sorry I don't know what YOU'RE talking about.
I'll have to take your word on that particular Beach Boys album = However - I nominate Ted Nugent - Shutup & Jam. The cheese factor could not be higher and the guitars couldn't be more generic. Contains classics like I Love My BBQ (I love my barbecue, it's what Americans do) brilliant lyrics...
Hmmm...lessee...there's the M.I.U. album, L.A., Still Cruisin'...need we continue? Anything that begins with "Mike Love" has already started its trip downhill.
Have you heard "Big Sur" off the Holland album? He has written some good songs.
@@dj71162 Had the album since its original release. I stand by what I -- and many others -- have said. You are, of course, entitled to your own opinions.
MIU and LA have some stunning tracks on them. A few crap ones, admittedly - but that’s the case with most albums.
But although Mike Love’s voice is a great part of the classic vocal sound he has always behaved like a prat on stage.
@@TheOverlordOfProcrastination Agreed, it’s too easy to just discard any post Pet Sounds output. Holland, 20/20, Friends, Love You, Surf’s Up are great albums. And MIU and L.A. have their moments too.
It’s a pity Mike Love’s terrible reputation put such a blemish on The Beach Boys brand. But if you put all of that crap aside, 70s Beach Boys is pretty good.
L.A. doesn't receive the credit that it deserves. It starts of with an excellent song by Brian and Carl, contains Dennis's last ever output which is among his best, and has some great songs by Carl too. The songs by Mike and Al are not bad at all. Bruce's 11-minute disco version of Here Comes The Night is maybe not everybody's cup of tea, but it's a historical landmark, a lot of fun and really well produced. And it closes with the equally historical, only official release of Brian's quintessential 1970s oddity, Shortening Bread. Even the album sleeve has a front side that is apt and pretty, and a back side that is weird and creepy. The whole thing is a classic of their late period.
"A bevy of bikini beauties"
I appreciate your witty alliterations.
And not a bikini in sight,as far as I could tell. Only Guantanamo color one-pieces. Would a “Gaggle of Gurning Girliesl” be a better fit?
Eloquent brutality!
Continuously shite! Brilliantly put. Mike love’s love vacation. Oh the horrors. 😂
Good show Barry. Never heard that album but I don’t think I’m missing anything. The Beach Boys ended for me with Surf’s Up though I did like Getcha Back and their California Dreamin’ cover as exceptions.
You didn't like Holland?
Steer clear of anything that fart did as a solo outing. Stars & Stripes was a BB duets LP with country acts. It’s a vomit bucket as well.
The horrible drums courtesy of Jim Keltner on the E-Mu SP-1200 sampling drum machine…I give Keltner, a studio stalwart, major credit for changing with the times and embracing electronics in the 80s. But ugh. I have always loathed this album!
How do you make such a legendary sampling drum machine sound so bad? lol
Why do i always think of the old gray whistle test when i come across you. 😂
As a Beach Boys fan I’m proud to say I’ve never listened to it. I’m also very sad to have heard the snippets you played. Long live Brian Wilson.
It could have been worse...Melcher might have brought in Manson.
Probably would have been an improvement, lol.
@@mondoenterprises6710 Beat me to it lol.
@@mondoenterprises6710 I'll listen to Lie over this any day.
Ironic that Melcher's connection to Manson was through one of the Beach Boys.
Actually, Manson wasn't all that bad. If he hadn't gone on to become a mass murderer, he'd have been a big music star.
It's not the worst album ever. The worst album ever is, Anne Frank The Music For Today (2004). 22 young people from Lincolnshire, with the guidance of five professional music producers made an album based on the Anne Frank exhibition.
Track listing
1. Dark Eyes
2. Wrong Time Wrong Place
3. What Have We Done?
4. Child Free/Tree of Hope
5. Music is My Freedom
6. In Spite of Everything
7. Two Years
8. Concentration
9. I Just Wanna Play
10. Sit and Hope
TRIGGER WARNING FOR TRACK 11 😂
11. Jews Blues
Yeah. Worst. Album. Ever.
I thought you were joking, but after a quick Google search...
Oh good Lord.
I'm up to Track 5. Track 1 is ok, Track 2 is forgivable when you realise it's made by a bunch of kids and then...
The highest praise I can give this is that Frank Zappa would have liked it.
Sounds like it is going to be dreadful. Don't know it but will check it out! Thanks! 👍
Well, it wasn't easy, but I made it through the whole album. The standout track has to be the last one, "Jews Blues." It's an upbeat number sung by a kid who appears to be doing a bad impression of Louie Armstrong, with catchy lyrics like "aw, aw, we're dyin'. All the Jews are dyin'." I highly recommend it.
Like a lot of bad music, a lot of this is boring, really boring. But 'Jew's Blues' is like driving past a fatal car crash. You shouldn't stare but you can't help it. Mad lyrics-'Don't know why but Hitler does not like us!' Really has to heard to be believed.
I met Mike Love in Australia in 1978. The concert was terrible but he still had a very high opinion of himself. I once had an album where the harmonica was in the wrong key
& it wasn’t Jazz.
...Carl was the one who got hauled over the coals by the press for that one - it's a bad move for a big name US act to dud Aussies with a lousy show!
Be interesting to get your take on the trend by some bands to change their lyrics "for modern times" (Duran Duran removed the word "Queer" and replaced it with "Queen" for their version of Bowie's Five Years) - and also the censorship of original album covers: e/g the Blind Faith album and also Hendrix's bevy of naked beauties :-) To me its all art and should stay as it was.....
Hendrix absolutely hated that cover concept. That's why he didn't show up for the photo shoot for it and the models hold pictures of him and the "Axis: Bold As Love" cover.
He had sketched out his own concept around a Linda Eastman photograph that he wanted to be used. The record label completely ignored it.
Manfred Mann removed "Super Spade" from "My Name's Jack" and replaced it in later versions with "Superman".
Oh, it's an atrocious album, but I'd rather listen to it on repeat for eternity than anything by Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles or Justin Bieber...
@@SpaceCattttt Good point, but eternity makes for several million repeats, and I'm afraid I won't be able to join you there in hell's den of ultimate torture.
@@brotherWesley Eternity has no number. A few million repeats is just enough to get the party started.
Why can't you join me? I can see why you wouldn't want to, but there's nobody keeping you out...
We all know somebody like Mike Love.. I've been trying to avoid them all my life.
Several tracks were redone for the UK version in an effort to salvage the album, which means the US version is EVEN WORSE.
As soon as I clicked on this I knew what it was gonna be!
I don't mind the fit babes in the video but that Casio drum sound undoes it all.
@@krissymarklewis1793 The auto-tune equivalent of the day ushered in by the absurd Cher and weaponised against us to this day.
Mike Love is to music like Kathleen Kennedy is to Star Wars.
Saw the Beach Boys perform in Adelaide (South Australia) in the early 2000s. By the Beach Boys I mean "Mike Love and several other guys none would know". Mike spent the whole performance wiping away whatever it was constantly running out of his nose. Can't think what caused that! IThe show was a triple act of old performers: Beach Boys, Christopher Cross (who was quite good) and the original line-up of Daddy Cool who were fantastic (and the real reason I was there).
I only know this album from the Todd in the Shadows Video (and now this one I guess), but I think what sets it apart from merely bad is that it is bad anyway, and then has Mike Love's oozing, leering, dirty old man creepiness all over it.
A basic problem with late Beach Boys is their songs are thematically stuck in youth, but the other Beach Boys are able to perform such material in a nostalgic vein, whereas Mike Love clearly just wants to go cruise for chicks. Off-putting.
Not to interrupt the well-deserved Mike Love bashing, but that oh-so-beloved mad genius Brian Wilson went full paedo on "The Beach Boys Love You" album in 1977. He was a total creep in his lyrics long before his cousin. At least Love wasn't perving on little girls on roller skates and fantasising about whatever the hell kind of deranged sickness is going on in "I Wanna Pick You Up". Then again, Mike had no problem singing Brian's weird creepy brain farts, like the "Loves You" stuff or "Hey Little Tomboy".
And that thing was basically Brian's solo LP that was just marketed as a Beach Boys album. It was even supposed to be called "Brian Loves You", initially.
@@henrygvidonas9573 Oh I know, and agree. He even married a minor in his actual life. I'm just talking about who gives me creepy vibes strictly as a performer when singing old Beach Boys 60s classics, and it's Mike Love.
And it's not really so much a "oh the poor tortured genuis" thing (though that no doubt helps). Brian Wilson is just too strange and fragile a presence for me to find knee-jerk repulsive in the same way even if intellectually I know the case against him, whereas Mike Love is a very ordinary kind of creepy, and the knee knows exactly how to jerk. I doubt it's just me.
Weird Al Jardine
Truly wretched. Bill Wyman can relax, this record outshines Wymans 'Monkey Grip' as the worst collection of vinyl excrement ever. I'd rather have a root canal then listen to Mike Love ever-forever. Thanks brother, you're appreciated.
Mike Love: Always looking back; never forward.
Actually, if they had of listened to Mike, the guy who stayed sober and off the drugs ,then they may have been successful with the old surf ,hot rod songs,and furthered their carrer . The wilsons lost the plot and everyone blames mike? He was goofy fair enough, but I think he gets a bad rap
Maybe this record is better in reverse?
I'm still trying to figure out why "Pet Sounds" is held on such a high pedestal. The Beach Boys have some good tracks, but I don't consider any of their albums to be "killer".
It's a very unpopular opinion and one that I agree with. I have given Pet Sounds several listens and didn't think much of it. Yeah, it's okay but I'd rate "Revolver" light years ahead of it.
Pet Sounds is overrated.
I agree, Pet Sounds has some good individual tracks, but is nothing like a concept album as many seem to portray.
You're not listening completely.
@@eaglebauer944 Okay, whatever you say.
I have a Beach Boys "Greatest Hits" CD album. The last track on it is a cover of The Mamas and Papas' California Dream from around 1986. Was that from this album?
No. That cover is not on this steaming pile of an album. It first appeared as the final track on the 1986 "Made in USA" album which was a "greatest hits" album (since it doesn't use that phrase, the better term would be "compilation" album) and it was the last track. But, it also appeared on some other compilations (per Allmusic, it's the last track on "The Absolute Best, Vol 2" and the "Greatest Hits Vol 3: Best of the Brother Years").
The horror!
They did a great job on California Dreaming, IDK what album it was on.
It wasn't on one of their recognised studio albums (possibly a single release), but it is on Greatest Hits Vol. 3: The Best of the Brother Years. (I think that's what it's called.)
It was a single and then included on the collection Made in the USA.
bobby womack did the best version
…not bloody likely, i’ve heard OK Computer, what a pretentious load of rubbish…
The Beach Boys are one of a long line of 60's bands who captured a moment, and then spent the rest of thier lives trying to re-live it, with increasingly poor and uninspiring results. The belligerent nostalgia of thier original fanbase carried them through otherwise indifferent times, and none of them realised that nobody wanted or needed to hear Kokomocodamol apart from that one loudmouth, berating the youth about how they had real music back in his day. Mike Love is the equivalent of Yoko Ono; a hack, getting by on his out dated association with real and genuine talent.
"You know me. I'm not one to be contentious or snippy," ...long pause.
Come on Barry, we love it when you are.
Those snippets are terrible. Sounds like what The Battle of Marston Moor was to ELO back in the early days (different sounds - same redeeming features). Actually I take that back - this sounds much worse (and the former was simply a terrible track).
There are thousands albums worst than this one.
No.
I have a real soft spot for the beach boys, they wrote some amazing songs but they really did some awful stuff too. But why does it keep showing Bruce Johnson while naming Al Jardine 😂
I played it once through. Listening to it was akin to being water-boarded, covered with honey and red ants while sitting in a Judas chair.
This poses the question:
*What is THE WORST ALBUM you’ve ever heard?*
Please leave a comment below. 👇
For me 4 non blondes first album and the frogs My Daughter the Broad.
the beach boys were always overhyped for me,no balls in their songs to speak of at all.just audible candy floss
That pause at 1:35 was comic timing at its best
Great video Barry! 😂
I didn't think anything could be worse than Love Beach, but this is orders of magnitude worse and how did Keke Rosberg get involved😉
Well, it was the 1980s and many of those 1960s bands attempted to remain relevant in a world that had come down from its' collective acid-trip and was trying to find a new path. For most of those bands from the 60s, it just didn't work for them in the 80s.
Jefferson Airplane is my favorite band from the 1960s but their "reunion" album from 1989 entitled Jefferson Airplane was horrible so I felt that pain too.
I can't think of any of those 60s bands that actually thrived in the 1980s aside from the Grateful Dead who had massive success with the song "Touch Of Grey" back in 1987 which pushed them into the mainstream but other than that I can't think of any other 1960s era bands who really made waves in the 1980s.
The Dead acted their age. They came off gracefully playing their own brand of music and not following the current trends unlike other 60s acts in the 80s such as CSNY and Neils solo output.
The Moody Blues
@ndogg20 Exactly. I 100% agree and that's why they made it through the 80s.
yeh agree only time saw dead was the 87 tour arena both nights and rfk 94 at least they could play the music they wanted to some good others not so much94 was outdoor rain mudfest so sound not as good indoor arena 87
The Rolling Stones with Start Me Up/Tattoo You.
Or was it too early in the decade?
Great,your stuff is excellent!
If you want to hear the best Beach Boys music listen to a greatest hits album . Most of their albums are really bad . After Pet Sounds it all went down hill
Excuse me while I puke.
"... this excremental offering..." Wow, that escalated quickly, lol 😊 👊 😭
I actually looked for this on iTunes and I can’t find it anywhere.
I love your channel, great video. Nice to hear you reference another of my favorite CZcams channels Todd in the Shadows, its highly recommended!
I'm going to watch that music video with the sound muted. You forgot to mention that KISS did a cover of "Remember (Walking In The Sand)" as well.
I just realized I mixed up Aerosmith with KISS' "Then S/he Kissed Me".
I will always be deeply annoyed that the one time I saw a celebrity in the wild at Disneyland, it was Mike Love (accompanied by an all-douchebag entourage).
great to actually hear the music for once....well, maybe not THIS music, but you get idea.... Keep it up, good Sir!
I worked at a corporate record store when this came out and we were supposed to play it in the store to promote it. I think hearing it first actually hindered sales. Surf's Up will always be my go-to Beach Boys album. By the way, I love that painting to your right. Beautiful. Thanks for the video!
It's to bad Love's cover of the Oakridge Boys "Elvira" didn't make it onto this album
@@rickszabo4312 The most talented of the Oak Ridge Boys was their tenor, Willie Wynn. Willie stepped aside when the other three outvoted him and left gospel music behind them. I spent a good portion of an afternoon with Willie a few years after the abomination that was Elvira, and his opinion was, roughly: "Money is not why I sing. I sing for the joy harmony brings, and that's not pride but gratitude. I never did enjoy singing catchy but shallow songs, and I am a little proud that I never had to sing that piece of garbage once. "
Check out Pavlov's dog - pampered menial. You want the worst album? There you go !!
worst album ever?
Sammy Hagar’s catalog: “hold my beer…”
Sammy Hagar 1980s whatever
I'll have to dig this album up somewhere, I've never heard of it or listened to it. My #1 for worst album is the self-titled "Its A Beautiful Day" with the big hit 'White Bird'. Besides that standout track, its just 35 minute of droning violin and cello. Having to spend an hour listening to a grade school orchestra recital would be preferrable to this album. Its so loathsome it could be played to ward off zombies. And to think about 20 years ago a clean copy of it would sell for $1500.
I saw the thumbnail and thought you were going to say Journey's Escape album, I would have disagreed but agree about The Beach Boys. They had so many albums but just couldn't seem to find their sound after Pet Sounds.
1:34 lol
An album doesn't have anyone cavorting about with a bevy of beauties. That's the videos 😉
So much competition, but-as someone who likes only one Beach Boy song-I'll support this pick. Love the Hasselhoff mention...
This isn't the first place I've dropped this comment, but I still stand by it: If the songs on Summer In Paradise were as awesome and magnificent as the sleeve art, this would have been one of the BBs absolute greatest albums. Alas, of course, this wasn't the case, though I do think "Lahaina Aloha" is a pretty decent piece of work and keeps this album from being a complete dumpster fire.
The last Beach Boys album worth listening to was their last album with Brian "That's Why God Made the Radio" The final trilogy by Brian ending with "Summer's Gone"is classic Beach Boys
I worked for an independent distributor in '92 when we flew out to Minneapolis to get the big news that we would have the EXCLUSIVE on a new Beach Boys record! Well I got to pick Bruce up from the airport and to meet Mike, but this album hitting the streets or anyone's CD player was the biggest non event of anybody's lifetime. Some were expecting the Beach Boys sound. Some were expecting Kokomo redux. It didn't live up to anybody's expectations, and I don't think it even lives up to your headline, but the saddest thing is that Carl put his name to it. Cest La Vie
I've always been a Beach Boys fan 'n 'bout this time I struck up a friendship with Terry Melcher. Never knew he was part o' this album production but we bonded o'er the classic film The Loved One. He produced the classic hits by The Byrds 'n Paul Revere & The Raiders. His famous mom was Doris Day.
He also recorded surfish tunes with Bruce Johnston.
In the early 1990s Baywatch was considered so bad it was good-New Order performed their single "Regret" on Set with David Hasselhoff for TOTP.
To say this is "a festering dog turd..." Is being very unfair to dog turds.
Summer in Paradise is my guilty pleasure. Beach Boys 85 is their worst album.
You're mistaking "worst" with "not my taste". BB85 is a 1980s classic and objectively a good album, though maybe not what fans wanted to hear. SiP comes with a health warning. Be careful with that stuff.
@@jasnostj Nope. I chose my words very carefully. I meant “worst”.
People forgot about the collaboration with The Fat Boys back in the 80s called Wipeout. Funny how Mike Love started trashing rap music after these fiascos.
Those few seconds of the Hot Fun cover hurt. You should’ve warned us first.
Mike Love. It sounds like such a nice name. Too bad it belongs to that git.
I'm still enjoying the tantalizing artwork in the background.
Thanks for listening to this for us, Barry, but I won't be joining you. Brian Wilson WAS The Beach Boys as far as I'm concerned. Pet Sounds, Good Vibrations, Heroes & Villains were amazing work. But that's it for me with this band, I'm afraid.
Well said
Wrong, the Boys wrote some great stuff in the 70s. All This Is That is one of the best things they ever did and Brian didn't have any part in it.
It's so bad, it's a must have album! Best put-downs on CZcams, had me in tears of laughter.
I was 20 in 92 and really getting into the Beach Boys stuff , then i bought this ......YUK!
One of your best videos. You nailed it 100 percent. Hysterical 😆😁
This from someone in an Iron Maiden t-shirt- irony? Could be worse (Blur). All the same, I don't know the album and must take your word for it. I think every band has a "time limit"; their best work is produced in the first four years, and after that... Think of what The Smiths achieved in their all too brief time together from 1983-87, though I accept that by "The Smiths" I mean the combined genius of Morrissey & Marr. How about overrated music genres? Jazz funk, English folk music, death metal, reggae (honourable exception: Wait In Vain), 99% of ballad music (and I'm Irish), and anything involving bagpipes. Best and most underrated genre: American country music. Also, C&W singers have THE best names: Dwight Yoakam, Clint Black, Randy Travis, Shelby Lynne, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams (on asked how he wrote his songs, said: "I just hold onto the pen and God sends 'em through"--what beautiful humility!), Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Travis Tritt, Garth Brooks...
For anyone who thinks this is the worst album of all time never heard my last album. It's that bad...