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Album cover parody of Little Deuce Coupe by Beach Boys
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Music Quotes:

The Beach Boys and other such groups have not attracted families and have in fact created drug and alcohol problems and other serious dangers for visitors.
- James Watt
 

Band Name Origins:

  • If the Pendleton story is true, and I have no reason to believe that it isn't , I would like to point out that the "Pendleton" the Beach Boys would refer to would be an outer shirt (not a sweater) made by Pendleton Woolen Mills. Standard surfer dress at the time. Submitted by: Bill
  • Before being known as the Beach Boys, the were known as Carl and the Passions, Kenny and the Cadets, and The Pendletones (which was a type of striped shirt, not sweater, that they wore). When their first single, Surfin', was released the name 'Beach Boys' was thrown on the demo tape because it was topical and the rest is history. Submitted by: Dennis

Better Off Solo:

Name
New Career
Comments & Submitter Name
"Brian Wilson""The Beach Boys went downhill once 'SMiLE' didn't get released in 1967 and Brian Wilson wasn't even really a Beach Boy after that. Now Brian Wilson is doing much better than his other band." - Paul Warren

Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:

Song Name
Comments & Submitter Name
"Mama Says""Eat a lot, sleep a lot, brush 'em like crazy. Run a lot, do a lot, never be lazy." That's all the lyrics to this a capella song. - Paul Warren
"TM Song"T.M. is short for "transcendental meditation", which the Beach Boys mention. Neither the acronym nor the "song" is heard anywhere. - beach
"Busy Doin' Nothin'"You can tell this is Brian Wilson's down years when he couldn't even use the title in his lyrics. - Paul Warren

New Band Names:

New Name
Why It's Better
Submitter Name
The Beach MenThis must be the oldest living boys on record.oldtimer

Better Names for Current Songs:

Original Song Name
New Song Name
Submitter Name
"Bop A Ram""Barbara Ann"Cat
"Colon Blow""Kokomo"oldtimer
"Blow Up Your School""Be True To Your School"Beach
"Kosovo""Kokomo"wcwmni
"camel-toe""kokomo"dave

There are additional new song names available.

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name
Song & Band Name
Comments & Submittor Name
"Sleep Walk""I Get Around," The Beach BoysKathy
"Hurts So Bad""Don't Worry Baby," Beach BoysKathy
"Mr. Bojangles""Dance Dance Dance," Beach BoysKathy
"How Do You Talk To An Angel""God Only Knows," Beach BoysKathy
There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available.

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"Help Me, Honda" originally "Help Me, Rhonda"
Veronica Krumpfelhagen
"Help Me, Rhoda" originally "Help Me, Rhonda"
Veronica Krumpfelhagen
"Slop John B" originally "Sloop John B"
Bridget Andrews
"Loop John B" originally "Sloop John B"
Bridget Andrews
"Long Promised Rod" originally "Long Promised Road"
Peter

There are additional song titles with a letter removed available.

Add a Letter To a Song Title:

"Help Mel, Rhonda" originally "Help Me, Rhonda"
Veronica Krumpfelhagen
"Help Meg, Rhonda" originally "Help Me, Rhonda"
Veronica Krumpfelhagen
"Help Men, Rhonda" originally "Help Me, Rhonda"
Veronica Krumpfelhagen
"Smurfin' Safari" originally "Surfin' Safari"
Peter
"Win My Room" originally "In My Room"
Carmen Mistletoe

There are additional song titles with a letter added available.

Change a Letter In a Song Title:

"I Can Fear Music" originally "I Can Hear Music"
Paul
"I Jet Around" originally "I Get Around"
Rhoda Dohr
"I Pet Around" originally "I Get Around"
Rhoda Dohr
"I Bet Around" originally "I Get Around"
Jeff
"Sloop Joan B" originally "Sloop John B"
Bridget Andrews

There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.

Song Parody Recordings:

Feb 20 "Taco Bell" by Mikey Squirrel a parody of "Kokomo" by Beach Boys
A salute to everyone's favorite Mexican fast food restaurant, done Beach Boys style! soundclick.com: (Mp3) (Comments)
Aug 8 "Fun, Fun, Fun, Oy!" by Steve Bryant a parody of "Fun, Fun, Fun" by The Beach Boys
A perfect lampoon via an old car song. Also on home page. http://www.phillytalk.com: (Mp3) (Comments)
Aug 26 "Wish They All Could Lead California" by Spaff.com a parody of "California Girls" by The Beach Boys
David Letterman's #1 Arnold Schwarzenegger campaign promise: "Speak directly to the voters in clear, honest, broken English." - Robert Lund Spaff.com: (MP3) (Comments)

Song Parodies:

Original Song Name
Parody Song Name
Parody Author
"Kokomo""Cokenomo"Ann Hammond
"Little Deuce Coup""Nitwit Kook Douche"John A. Barry
"Wouldn't It Be Nice""Wooden Teeth Are Nice"Alvin Rhodes
"The Sloop John B""The Hoops Doc J"Michael Pacholek
"Help Me Rhonda""Help Me Ronco"Stan Hall
"Wouldn't It Be Nice?""Wouldn't It Be Nice?"Stan Hall
"Little Saint Nick""Grizzled Old Nick"John A. Barry
"Help Me, Rhonda""Elves Needs Santa"John A. Barry
"409""EV1"John Penry
"Surfin' USA""Sweetbreads USA"Invisible Boy

There are additional song parodies available.

Untapped Commercial Ideas:

Song Name
Product
Submittor
Little HondaHonda MotorcyclesPaul Warren
I Get AroundHarley DavidsonNoah McKelvie
Fun, Fun, FunChuck E. Cheese'sJohn C
Surfer GirlRon Jon's Surf ShopEd
Surfin' U.S.A.Ron Jon's Surf ShopEd
There are additional commercials that haven't been done yet available.

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name
Company/Organization
Submittor
I Just Wasn't Made For These TimesSimon Cowell's answering machinePickle
Good VibrationsEarthquake Warnings/ReliefDiddims
Catch A WaveTsunami Relief Hotlinedeirde
I Get AroundSTD ClinicMarv
California GirlsThe League Against StereotypesG30RG3
There are additional on hold music ideas available.

Duets Not Yet Performed:

First Band/Song Name
Second Band/Song Name
New Song Name
Submittor
Hang On, Sloopy
   The McCoys
Sloop John B.
   The Beach Boys
Hang On, Sloopy John B.
Jen
Mama Said Knock You Out
   LL Cool J
Wipe Out
   The Beach Boys
Mama Said Wipe You Out
I'm suing you for every penny you've got!
Ed
Spiders And Snakes
   Jim Stafford
In My Room
   Beach Boys
Spiders and Snakes In My Room
Glenn
Complicated
   Avril Lavigne
California Girls
   The Beach Boys
Complicated California Girls
Yeah right how complicated can they be?
Ed
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :

Fall Out Beach Boys
Fall Out Boy combined with Beach Boys
Submitted By: Peter
Green Beach
Green Day combined with Beach Boys
Submitted By: B.C.
Beautiful South Beach Boys
Beautiful South combined with Beach Boys
Celebrating those diet gurus.
Submitted By: Heather Brockwell
Summer Beach Boys
Donna Summer combined with Beach Boys
Not "Bad Boys".
Submitted By: soul

There are additional Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.

Misheard Lyrics:

"California Girls"
Misheard Lyrics:
I dig a French bikini and I smile at the boss
while I crap right in my pants
Original Lyrics:
I dig a French bikini on Hawaiian island dolls
by a palm tree in the sand.
"Fun, Fun, Fun"
Misheard Lyrics:
And she'll have fun fun fun
till her daddy gets cheaper then, hey
Original Lyrics:
She'll have fun, fun, fun
'Til her daddy takes the T-bird away.
"Kokomo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Key Largo,
Montego
Baby wild eagles
Original Lyrics:
Key Largo,
Montego
Baby why don't we go?
"Babara Ann"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bob Bob Bob Bob Bob Morann
Original Lyrics:
Ba, Ba, Ba, Ba, Barbara Ann
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Story:

"Little Deuce Coupe"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's one more thing
I got the Big Slip Daddy.
Original Lyrics:
There's one more thing
I got the pink slip, Daddy!

Story about this misheard lyric by: Dominick

The Big Slip Daddy was Positraction, or Limited Slip Differential. This fits in with all the other equipment they're talking about. Who cares if he's got the pink slip? If he owns the car, of course he has the pink slip! If he won the pink slip in a race by beating the Little Deuce Coupe, then I want to see the car he beat it with!!

There are additional misheard stories available.

Song Parody Fragments:

"California Girls"
Better Lyrics:
I been all round this great big world and I seen all kinds of girls,
eah, I can't wait to get back to Asia back to the cutest girls in the world.
I wish they all could be Oriental, (wish they all could be Oriental)
I wish they all could be Oriental girls.
Original Lyrics:
I been all round this great big world and I seen all kinds of girls,
yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the states, back to the cutest girls in the world.
I wish they all could be California, (wish they all could be California)
I wish they all could be California girls.
Submitted by: Larry B
"Fun Fun Fun"
Better Lyrics:
And she'll roll blunts blunts blunts
Till her daddy takes the reefer away
Original Lyrics:
And she'll have fun fun fun
Till her daddy takes the t-bird away
Submitted by: Mikey
"Wouldn't It Be Nice"
Better Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be nice if we were younger
Then we wouldn't have to die so soon
Original Lyrics:
Wouldn't it be nice if we were older
Then we wouldn't have to wait so long
Submitted by: ASF

Funny Lyrics:

"Sloop John B"
The Funny Lyrics:
The poor cook, he caught the fits,
And threw away all my grits,
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn.
Why They're Funny:
They're funny because it's about the cook stealing your grits and corn. Seriously. What can be better than that?
Submitted by: Brett
"California Girls"
The Funny Lyrics:
And the Southern girls with the way they talk
They knock me out when I'm down there.
Why They're Funny:
This line is funny because people's first thoughts when they hear these lyrics today is likely to be 'oral sex on Southern girls', but back when the song was recorded (1960's), it would not have been taken in that context at all.
Submitted by: n8
There are additional Funny lyrics available.

Repetitive Lyrics:

"Good Vibrations"
The Repetitive Lyrics:
Good, Good, Good, Good Vibrations, Yeh
Why They're Repetitive:
Early Take, available on Smiley Smile album, except for the verses, this is the only lyric in the whole song
Submitted by: Bobo
"Help Me Rhonda"
The Repetitive Lyrics:
Help me Rhonda, Help help me Rhonda
Why They're Repetitive:
This unfortunately is the chorus/refrain and is repeated 6 or 7 times _ What? They thought I wouldn't get the words the second time?
Submitted by: Bill

Misrhymed Lyrics:

"Don't Worry, Baby"
The Misrhymed Lyrics:
take along my love with you
...nothing could go wrong with you
Why They're Misrhymed:
It would have been so easy to move the word 'along' so it would become 'take my love along with you,' which would then rhyme with 'nothing could go wrong with you.' Just a mistake during the recording session?
Submitted by: PhiskPhan
"Surfin'"
The Misrhymed Lyrics:
And when the dj tells me that the surfin' is fine

That's when I know my baby will have a good time
Why They're Misrhymed:
The word 'fine' doesn't exactly rhyme with the word 'time'.
Submitted by: C.C.
There are additional misrhymed lyrics available.

Inappropriate Lyrics:

"Auld Lang Syne"
The Inappropriate Lyrics:
And if you hap happen to be listening to this album right now
Why They're Inappropriate:
At the end of the Beachboys Christmas album, there is a message spoken by Dennis Wilson while Auld Lang Syne is being sung. It includes the above phrase which is very redundant. If you are hearing these words, obviously you're listening to the album. He should have left this out, especially since he goofed up on the word happen.
Submitted by: JD
"Drive-In"
The Inappropriate Lyrics:
Remember, 'only you can prevent forest fires'
Why They're Inappropriate:
What does that have to do with a drive-in movie?
Submitted by: ayane
There are additional inappropriate lyrics available.

Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:

"Disney Girls"
The Lyrics:
Oh reality, it's not for me
And it makes me laugh
Oh, fantasy world and Disney girls
I'm coming back
Who They Mention:
Walt Disney
Submitted by: beach
 

Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:

"Surfin' USA"
The Lyrics:
You eee 'em wearing their baggies
Huarachi sandals, too
Product Brand Name:
Huarachi sandals
Submitted by: beach
"Fun Fun Fun"
The Lyrics:
And she'll have fun, fun, fun
'Til her daddy takes the T-Bird away
Product Brand Name:
Ford Thunderbird
Submitted by: Paul Warren

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"Wouldn't It Be Nice"
Opening Lines:
Wouldn't it be nice if we were older, Then we wouldn't have to wait so long.
Comments:
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" was a 1966 top five hit and was from the Beach Boys' historic and very inventive lp, "Pet Sounds". "Pet Sounds" lp by many rock critics is considered the start of modern day rock, since "Pet Sounds" very greatly influenced the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" lp a year later.
Submitted by: Peter
"Barbara Ann"
Opening Lines:
Ah, ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann, Ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann.
Comments:
"Barbara Ann" was a #3 party and girls (of course) hit for the Beach Boys from the winter of 1966.
Submitted by: Peter
There are additional spelling lyrics available.

Bad Grammar in Song Lyrics:

" I Get Around "
The Lyrics:
My buddies and me are gettin' real well known
Why:
Should be -- "My buddies and I are getting really well known--" They're really well known for the way they butcher the English language.
Submitted by: Jim S.
 

Song Title Anagrams:

"A Barn, A Barn" originally "Barbara Ann"
Submitted by: Peter
"I Surf Anus" originally "Surfin' USA"
Ah, that would fit another group quite nicely!
Submitted by: Adrienne Ramseur
"Avoiding Robots" originally "Good Vibrations"
Submitted by: Carmen Stokes
"Ruins Affairs" originally "Surfin' Safari"
Submitted by: Carmen Stokes

Real Places Mentioned in Songs:

"Surfin' USA"
The Lyrics:
Note to Peter and others: The reference to 'Narabine, Australia" in 'Real Places Mentioned In Songs' [ie, The Beach Boys Surfin USA] should be 'Narrabeen, Australia
Why:
Narrabeen, Australia is commonly mispelt on web as Narabine, Australia when refering to Beach Boy lyrics for Surfin USA
Submitted by: Steven Andrew
"California Girl"
The Lyrics:
Well east coast girls are hip I really dig those styles they wear And the southern girls with the way they talk They knock me out when I'm down there
The mid-west famers daughters really make you feel alright And the northern girls with the way they kiss They keep their boyfriends warm at night
I wish they all could be California I wish they all could be California I wish they all could be California girls
The west coast has the sunshine And the girls all get so tanned I dig a french bikini on Hawaii island Doll by a palm tree in the sand
I been all around this great big world And I seen all kinds of girls Yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the states Back to the cutest girls in the world
Why:
Twenty years before David Lee Roth's Top Ten version (1985), the original version of "California Girls" (1965) was a #2 worldwide hit (despite it's obvious jingoism preference for the women or girls of the United States) for the Beach Boys and would usher in the time period when the Beach Boys would eclipse the Four Seasons as the most popular worldwide American group and the second most popular group of the 1960's after the Beatles. Upabove I have transcribed the first four verses and the first singing of the main chorus. In the first three verses we have shoutouts to various regions (the five main ones) of the United States (the East Coast, the South, the Mid-west, the North and the West Coast). In the third verse is a shoutout to the 50th state of Hawaii, and some might say the country of France with the mention of the french bikini that was becoming very popular worldwide at the time this song was a major hit. In the chorus is the shoutout to the state of California. And in the fourth verse is a shoutout to the United States (as the States).
Submitted by: Peter
There are additional Real Places Mentioned in Songs available.

Songs That Are Banned:

"Wouldn't It Be Nice"
I've heard that lines like "You know its gonna make it that much better / When we can say goodnight and stay together" caused many radio stations to decline to play the song when it was new. The thought was that the lyrics were suggestive of a couple sharing a bed, with sex implied. Defenders have often pointed out how it is elsewhere indicated in the lyrics that the singer is thinking about a time when the couple are married, and that would mean that the sex envisioned is entirely within the bounds of wedlock and in no way "illicit".
Submitted by: Jane Farnsworth

Lyrics Pronunciation:

"Surfin' USA"
The Lyrics:
...At Waimea Bay
Everybodys gone surfin'
Surfin USA!
Why:
I live in Hawaii, and it's not "Wai-ah-mee-ah" Bay. It's "Wy-may-ah"!
Submitted by: Aleahcim
"Surfin' USA"
The Lyrics:
If everybody had an ocean across the USA,
Then everybody'd go surfin' like Cal-i-forn-AYE-EIGH.
Why:
In order to make a rhyme with USA, they draw out the "-ia" at the end of "California" to make it two full syllables, one rhyming with "eye" and then the last rhyming with "weigh".
Submitted by: Jonathan

Super Short Pop Songs:

"Pom Pom Play Girl" Length: 1:32
Got cheerleaders?
Submitted by: John
"When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)" Length: 2:04
Another short one off American Summer.
Submitted by: John
"Do You Remember" Length: 1:40
Good tribute song, but very short...never heard it on the air.
Submitted by: John
"Meant For You" Length: 0:38
This song begins the Friends album.
Submitted by: JD

Song Title Spoonerisms:

"Kittle Loose Dupe" originally "Little Deuce Coop"
Submitted by: Regina Haniger
"Be Screw To Your Tool" originally "Be True To Your School"
Submitted by: Adrienne Ramseur

Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:

"Here Today"
The Lyrics:
Keep in mind, love is here today and it's gone.
Tomorrow it's here and gone so fast.
Why:
One of the many reasons 'Pet Sounds' wasn't that successful in 1966 was because there were so many depressing songs or upbeat yet depressing songs. This song has a great bass solo, a heavy horn section, but this song is about a woman who left this man and he tells his friend to be careful.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
 

Lyrics Spoonerisms:

"I Get Around"
The Lyrics:
I'm gettin' bugged drivin' up and down the same old strip
Why:
I'm gettin' bugged strivin' up and down the same old drip
Submitted by: Rhoda Dohr
 
 
 
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