The Beach Boys' Albums portrayed by Spongebob

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[@KevinFinkbeiner]

Little fun fact: "Best Day Ever" was written (or co-written) by Andy Paley, who's done a lot of work with Brian Wilson during his first solo album, and on an unfortunately aborted Beach Boys reunion album in the 1990s.

[@MidosujiSen]

Brian straight up sings on "Doin' the Krabby Patty" in the chorus lol

[@drifter402]

Also on the spongebob album features tones of the Wrecking Crew. Apparently they really wanted it to be like Pet Sounds.

[@andrewkent6402]

Oh, you mean Summer in Paradise

[@davidnissim589]

It literally sounds like an unused track from Pet Sounds. Also the album Best Day Ever has Brian Wilson on a few songs

[@thisduckisgoingtokillme]

That's awesome lmao. There's a few production choices in Best Day Ever (the song specifically) that call back to Pet Sounds like the reverb palm muted guitars and flute lines in the verses that sort of follow the verse melody like in "I'm Waiting For The Day" I knew some elements in that song somehow sounded familiar!

[@ThereAreThoseWhoCallMeTim]

_Artist Unknown_ perfectly captures the relationship between Brian and Murray Wilson as a whole.

[@lordgarmadon2598]

The "Smile" one had me laughing like crazy.

[@TrekBeatTK]

That truly sums the whole thing up accurately

[@davidnissim589]

It's disturbingly accurate

[@Doctor_Robert]

Spongebob definitely payed more tribute to the Beach Boys than any other band tbh...

[@AJSmith67]

I like their krabby road episode too

[@neonfroot]

I think Spongebob was the show to really pay homage to the Beach Boys in terms of soundtrack. Everyone wants to go for the Beatles

[@kingtom]

I think The Fool Who Ripped His Pants would have worked well for 'Little Deuce Coupe' since the opening of that song is a homage to 'Be True To Your School'

[@BrendanJSmith]

How?

[@HEWHOTAWNS]

This is scaryingly accurate.

[@julianG1212]

SpongeBob and beach boys have a lot in common

[@Champiness]

“Wow! Thousands of dollars fluttering in the breeze! I guess that’s the true meaning of summer!” was an absolutely amazing pull

[@TrekBeatTK]

If you told me that was a Mike Love quote, I would believe it.

[@danielpatternson6149]

Funny thing is, you could say that for That’s Why God Made the Radio as well

[@jorgenofalltrades]

0:43 even the music sounds like a Beach Boys tune!

[@chielwouterscw]

Most music in Spongebob was very much influenced by the surf rock sound.

[@davidnissim589]

Brian Wilson sings the chorus of Doin’ The Krabby Patty, and Best Day Ever was clearly influenced by Pet Sounds

[@limoncitoproducciones3370]

Cómo se llama esa canción? Se me hace familiar

[@loves__art]

So happy this was made since I can tell Stephen Hillenburg was a Beach Boys fan

[@Asmallcorneroftheinternet]

Oh God, that Summer In Paradise clip was absolutely perfect.

[@davidmckelvey2601]

This is probably the most accurate one I have ever seen

[@elijahhernandez983]

This was more accurate than Love & Mercy

[@SloopJohnCat]

This was included in Love & Mercy DVD along with other bonus deleted scenes

[@dylanwesley3964]

Wasn't love and mercy known for being an accurate biopic though? Even Brian and AL Jardine said so themselves. At least for the 60s part.

[@haileyshannon7548]

more accurate than anything Mike Love ever said

[@BrendanJSmith]

​@haileyshannon7548 more accurate than "The Beach Boys: An American Family". Which portrayed Brian and Mike as having some kind of Lennon/McCartney-esque songwriting partnership and Van Dyke Parks and company as a bunch of manipulative bottom-feeders who only wanted to take advantage of Brian. Needless to say, neither of which are true, along with many, MANY other things.

[@sloopfan3706]

The SMiLE one was too accurate

[@officialFredDurstfanclub]

Jesus that Smile clip was terrifyingly on point

[@Rango37]

Mermaid Man looks like Brian Wilson

[@therealjt6000]

Ringo B he really does!

[@whatzittooya9012]

And Barnacle Boy has Mike Love's hairline

[@mr.blue7357]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAH

[@Logan912]

Eh, more like Ernest Borgnine than anything. Of course, there’s a reason for that.

[@themeparksandme]

Some of these I found very difficult to see the connection with, but others were definitely accurate, like Today!, Smiley Smile, and Friends.

[@ChromeDestiny]

I think most of them worked really well and were funny except for the ones for Carl and The Passions and Holland. I think "The power within!" would make more sense for Carl and The Passions cause of the stuff about TM and " We have technology!" would have worked for Holland cause of all the Moog and synths.

[@thepaperbasket5128]

I actually wanted to use "we have technology" for Summer in Paradise, 'cause they really overdid the electronic stuff on there quite a bit, but forgot about it when actually putting it together. Still bugs me I screwed that up. I can't really see 'the power within' working with Carl and the Passions, since it's really only that one song and even that doesn't have a really trippy vibe. I could see the Holland skit working with Carl and the Passions too, because CatP is probably the album with the most soloing. I chose the scene because on CatP The Beach Boys were trying to find a new sound which resulted in some stuff that felt kinda rough and 'barbaric' in a sense. I get the confusion over Holland, I could have probably picked a better scene, though not so sure about "We have technology", as I made Mt. Vernon and Fairway a seperate clip, which contains a lot more Synth than the main album. My basic idea for the clip was just that Holland was one of the 'rockier' records in their career and closed off an incredible string of albums with an absolute peak moment, just like that music scene in Spongebob closed off an incredible string of seasons with an incredible scene, after which both The Beach Boys and Spongebob would see a huge quality drop.

[@ShaneFlemingFilms]

Smile and Smiley Smile are absolutely perfect

[@TheLittleOsmondsFan13]

I'm 11 and love SpongeBob and The Beach Boys 😊

[@groovesinman9112]

I've never realized how many albums the Beach Boys have made until now.

[@bukakkesteakhouse2077]

A lot of these are singles

[@thepaperbasket5128]

@@bukakkesteakhouse2077 No, all of these are albums, except Mt. Vernon and Fairway, which was a bonus EP to Holland, and the Carl vs. Landy one, which... well, wasn't music.

[@barrybenson9748]

i never knew i needed this so much

[@TheRokkiephantomlove]

More like Brians mental state potrayed by spongebob

[@superkaila64]

summer days and summer nights and pet sounds had me screaming

[@diffusewings4937]

That wild honey one was spot fucking on

[@revoltanhero2610]

Great video. This is hilarious if you understand the references. The Summer in Paradise one had my rolling lmaoo

[@bicuspidmars]

The surfer girl one was terrifyingly accurate

[@Flapperdame16]

Wow- this is super accurate!!! And funny- love the Summer in Paradise clip, sooo true!

[@DistantLights]

The beach boys today one was brilliant

[@beatles123]

The smile one nearly killed me. I was laughing so hard i couldnt focus on the resr. It was so acurate yet so wrong and mean. lol I LOVE SMiLE, but GOD that was great.

[@nicholastroiano2689]

One of the greatest American bands of all-time! Pet sounds is my favorite beach boys album!

[@Agos226]

Lost it at Bull Sessions

[@SamParker321]

Wild honey is so accurate holy shit 😂😂💀💀💀💀

[@febbecool]

It's insane!!!

[@achair650]

Summer and paradise also could have been spongebob and Patrick performing "ayyyyyyyeeeeehhhh" after getting chased by the mob at the radio station

[@davidnissim589]

The LA Light Album one was the best

[@daniellavaladez7820]

The “Today” one had me dying!!! So freaking accurate!

[@shewolfcub3]

Honestly Summer days and summer nights is incredible from a musical standpoint; it sounds a lot like Pet Sounds and Smile and has some very complex artistic compositions breaking through despite Capitol forcing more pop-streamed lyrics

[@kickerguy]

Light Album is really accurate once you remember that very... interesting disco version of Here Comes the Night. On a related note, aside from disco HCTN -and the butchered version of Shortenin' Bread-, Light Album is pretty chill.

[@lordgarmadon2598]

How was the Light Album version of Shortenin' Bread butchered. The Adult/Child mix was better, but how was the Light Album version butchered.

[@sloopfan3706]

Disco HCTN low key slaps tho

[@calebwebb6554]

Agree with everything except Smile should’ve been paired with the clip of SpongeBob ripping up the sketch book (smile sessions) and putting it back together (smiley smile), with mike love as squid of course

[@JacobEifert]

The L.A. Album one was god damn perfect.

[@thepaperbasket5128]

Thanks. I was actually really surprised no one was mentioning that, I also thought it was one of the best.

[@kevd008]

It's the same as I thought, the part of Squidward gently dancing with the cannon in the background and the bird is totally Lady Lynda, which in my opinion is the best song on that album And then the disco part, well, we all know what it represents

[@jokkergar]

Its funny you can reuse the today clip for pet sounds replacing Murray wilson with Mike love and it fits perfectly.

[@stevenriddle22]

I think mr. CRABS was doing TOM WAITS.. LOL

[@cesarmadero05]

1. Surfin' Safari - (Surfin') 2. Surfin U.S.A. - (Misirlou) 3. Surfer Girl - (In My Room) 4. Little Deuce Coupe - (Little Deuce Coupe) 5. Shut Down Volume 2 - (Don't Worry Baby, The Warmth of the Sun) 6. All Summer Long - All Summer Long, Hushabye 7. The Beach Boys Christmas Album - Little Saint Nick 8. The Beach Boys Today! - (Help Me Ronda, Bull Sessions with Big Daddy) 9. Summer Days and Summer Nights - (California Girls) 10. Beach Boys Party! - (Barbara Ann) 11. Pet Sounds - (You Still Believe In Me) 12. Smile - (Good Vibrations, Fire (Mrs. O' Leary Cow) 13. The Beach Boys Smiley Smile - (Gettin' Hungry, She's Goin' Bald) 14. Wild Honey - (Wild Honey, A Thing or Two, How She Boogalooed It) 15. Friends - (Meant for You / Friends) 16. 20/20 -(Do It Again) 17. Sunflower - (Forever, Cool, Cool Water) 18. Surf's Up - (Student Demostration Time) 19. So Tough - (You Need A Mess of Help to Stand Alone) 20. Holland - (Sail On Sailor, Funky Pretty) 21. Mt. Vernon and Fairway (A Fairy Tale) EP 22. 15 Great Ones - (Had To Phone Ya, That Same Song, It's OK, Rock n' Roll Music) 23. Love You - (Love Is A Woman) 24. Adult/Child - (It's Over Now, Life is for the Living). 25. M.I.U. - (She's Got Rhythm, Hey Little Tomboy) 26. L.A. Album - (Lady Linda, Here Comes The Night) 27. Keepin' The Summer Alive (Goin' On) 28 - The Beach Boys 85 (Getcha Back, Maybe I Don't Know) 29. Still Cruisin' - (Kokomo) 30. Summer in Paradise - (Summer of Love) 31. Stan Love suing Brian Wilson 32. The Beach Boys Surfin' Stripes - (I Can Hear Music) 33. That's Why God Made The Radio - (Do It Again, That's Why God Made the Radio, Isn't It Time?)

[@Babyboss65]

Pretty good assessment, though some clips of course work for more than just a handful of tracks, and some don't reference the music as much as the circumstances or the cover art. Outside of those, I'd add Keep An Eye on Summer and In the Parking Lot to Shut Down, Girls on the Beach to All Summer Long, take off Forever from Sunflower and put This Whole World instead (though a lot kinda fit), I'd add He Come Down to Carl and the Passions and maybe Leaving This Town to Holland. Also, Stan Love suing Brian? I don't think that ever happened. Also, you especially nailed Wild Hone, those were pretty much the exact three songs I thought of.

[@thepaperbasket5128]

@@Babyboss65 Lmao I just realized I replied with the wrong account. This comment is by me, who made the video, in case anyone got confused. :D

[@lordgarmadon2598]

The Light Album one would work with comparing any song, besides the Shortenin' Bread, with the Disco remix.

[@thepaperbasket5128]

@@lordgarmadon2598 True. I think I was mostly thinking of Good Timin', but most songs indeed work.

[@lordgarmadon2598]

@@thepaperbasket5128 Good Timin has been my favorite song since i was very young. Full Sail is a close second on the album, as well as Baby Blue.

[@philmstud2k]

This is so underrated. Everything was perfect.

[@TastySandwich100]

This is a criminally underrated video

[@magictransistorradio4933]

I have never watched SpongeBob, but this was right on the money with the Beach Boys albums. Lol!

[@cobeyc.b5946]

One of the best of these, died at Shut Down Vol. 2 and Surfer Girl

[@imalonerdottie]

Somehow I knew exactly which clip you would use for Smile

[@EijiSalvador]

Smile was spot on

[@sagefichera3747]

3:21 is straight up a Wild Honey song and it is hilarious

[@barrington6151]

love when squidward comes off as the mike love to spongebob's brian the SMiLE section is genius

[@carpalcrusaders]

Surfs Up had me CRYING that is too accurate

[@nikog606]

That clip perfectly represented my feelings on MIU

[@majesthijmenii1976]

Wild Honey was incredibly accurate lol. Also Holland does indeed rock and roll

[@tylergalindo1278]

New favorite video...of all time.

[@thesingingfiddler]

ok the indoors things got me hahahaha

[@luisfelipecamargobackinful4642]

2:43 painfully accurate

[@KevinFinkbeiner]

Murry, there's already enough syncopation on the song; it doesn't need more!

[@subooking]

Do Beach Boy songs portrayed by Spongebob

[@crizbit9746]

Ah yes. My favorite beach boys album. “Carl Wilson vs. Eugene Landy fighting over brian Wilson”

[@thepaperbasket5128]

Haha, yeah, that one's a bit weird, but I thought the scene was too fitting to leave out. ':D

[@lawrence142002]

That album was called Endless Bummer

[@crizbit9746]

@@lawrence142002 that’s even better lmao 😂

[@Dazforevz]

The wild honey one😳😂 Also adult child was neverrr released cool u know about it

[@palamabron2481]

Too bad the Crusty Crab Pizza song doesn't come up. That would've fit for one of the more soulful albums.

[@lachlann.k8915]

6:52 HAHAHAHA

[@phlog_dog7336]

The Today! one killed me.

[@neonfroot]

Lets be honest. In terms of fashion sense and musical aesthetic, 1970s beach boys is the best beach boys

[@cardboardheadguy7814]

Nah Mid 60s is the best petsounds / Smile era

[@neonfroot]

@@cardboardheadguy7814 Yes. 1966 - 1975 was the best Beach Boys era.

[@cardboardheadguy7814]

No no SMILE ERA WAS THE BEST surf up

[@gdawg1585]

My favorite Beach Boys era is after 1964

[@chielwouterscw]

I find pre 1967 the most enjoyable to listen to tbh. Really lifts my spirit.

[@tylergalindo1278]

Smiley smile lol 😂

[@stevenriddle22]

6:58 omg hahahahaha

[@colinburleigh306]

smile is great

[@ShaNaNa242]

1:05 is this a reference to David leaving?

[@thepaperbasket5128]

In part, yes. Also just the fact that the album has a whole lot of ballads that are kinda like that.

[@theflaggedyoutuberii4311]

0:24 I didn't know that they were social distancing in Bikini Bottom

[@gdawg1585]

PET SOUNDS 😭😭😭😭

[@liamkeane4214]

The light album 😂😂😂

[@Agos226]

Light Album is the most accurate lmao

[@lawrence142002]

Damn disco...

[@RunningP123456]

This is amazing

[@samuelstalcup2645]

This is so perfect!

[@molinalong3468]

1957 movies portrayed by sponglebob

[@haileyshannon7548]

Nobody cares!

[@mishutoful]

Thank you

[@arivas4846]

the That's Why God Made the Radio one should've had Brian Wilson's and Mike Love's faces over Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy

[@thecoolestcatintown8969]

true art

[@nascarnut7592]

THIS IS SO ACCURATE

[@CustodianVirgil]

Mike Love has metaphorically ripped his pants more than any musical baby boomer. Beach Boys rock n' roll hall of fame induction ceremony, anyone???

[@Thrak94]

This was too funny!

[@jacobhill2081]

MIU is fucking genius

[@scoopitywoop5665]

7:21 Sneed?

[@josephinepaquette]

Very well done

[@morbid_corner]

Perfection!

[@stjoan4157]

Isn’t there a video of Tom Kenny performing Do It Again with Brian and Wendy in 1995? 😭

[@stjoan4157]

Aw, wait, it was Andy Paley, who was part of Kenny’s band. Still ☠️

[@Jophielyouaremybeauty]

4:49 can tell guys what the name of this album

[@thepaperbasket5128]

That's Mount Vernon and Fairway, an EP that came as a bonus with Holland. It's essentially a weird fairytale written by Brian set to some cool synth tunes.

[@gdawg1585]

This is accurate 💯%

[@Idontwantayoutubehandle.]

I forgot they had a Christmas album

[@thepaperbasket5128]

They actually had two. One went unreleased in '77.

[@kenzi6521]

What is the album at 4:49 dont think Ive ever seen that album cover

[@Babyboss65]

Mt Vernon and Fairway.

[@geldofpunk32]

Perfection

[@samibeachboysandfullhousef8765]

I love the beach boys I saw them many times live Bruce johnston is my uncle

[@adamv4344]

Perfect

[@zachruminer3976]

So just saying right now, while I have listened to Beach Boys songs before, I've never listened to a full album. So I have no idea wtf is going on.... Except for the Christmas one.

[@juliangiangrande7353]

2:05 who is that

[@thepaperbasket5128]

It's Murry Wilson, the true genius behind The Beach Boys.

[@dimthecat9418]

I don’t get the Smile one

[@PrinceAppalling]

Brian Wilson drove himself (and his band mates) crazy trying to make the "perfect" album. He micromanaged literally EVERY aspect of the album to the point where he became unbearable to work with. The album became increasingly overdue and overbudgeted to the point where Capitol stepped in and production came to a screeching halt, dashing Brian's hopes to release another critical masterpiece and leading him further down the mental rabbit hole.

[@dimthecat9418]

@@PrinceAppalling oh cool thanks for the information. Smile was never released, right? I imagine due to that. But maybe I’m thinking of a different album

[@PrinceAppalling]

@@dimthecat9418 Yes and no, kinda. A truncated (see: half-assed) version containing only a few of the original sessions plus hastily re-recorded versions of other songs was released as Smiley Smile (3:09) in 1967. A complete, from-the-ground-up re-recording was released as Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE in 2004. The original 1967 sessions (or at least what was left of them) were compiled for the SMiLE Sessions box set in 2011, with the first disc (which is also standalone version released on CD and vinyl) containing what could've (approximately) been the album proper had it originally come out.

[@PrinceAppalling]

@@dimthecat9418 Oh, and that's without even mentioning the dozens and dozens of fan-made "reconstructions" released on the internet over the years, but those are basically musical fan-fiction 😂

[@dimthecat9418]

@@PrinceAppalling oh cool thanks for the information. I knew the history behind those songs and smile was really confusing but that sounds like a nightmare

[@etchart2837]

Didnt get the 20/20 one

[@thepaperbasket5128]

The album title and cover design joke a whole lot about eyesight and vision and stuff. The scene I chose is more about that and less about the actual music.

[@Flapperdame16]

I actaully thought it fits because they had to rumage the vaults looking for stuff to put on the album- and in the clip they are looking for stuff to appear

[@matheussonicorlandi]

Didn't understood some, can someone help mee?

[@thepaperbasket5128]

Sure, if you tell me which ones.

[@matheussonicorlandi]

@@thepaperbasket5128 Srry for let you waiting, I literally forgot about this comment :V But the ones that I didn't got was Shut Down, 20/20, and (maybe) Holland, Love you and M.I.U (I didn't listen they for a long time, so I don't remember them very well)

[@thepaperbasket5128]

Okay, Shut Down Vol. II: Just had a bunch of songs that had a vibe along that line: The Warmth of the Sun, Don't Worry Baby, Why do Fools Fall in Love, half of In The Parkin' Lot, Keep an Eye on Summer. 20/20: The title of the album is a joke about eye vision, and the cover and sleeve design is also designed like a vision test. The scene I chose is a nod to that and not to the actual music on the album. Holland: One of their most Rock-heavy albums and also just one of their most epic albums, felt like it deserved an epic clip. A lot of people don't understand that one apparently and I didn't even think that one was so unclear. Love You: Brian is back in the studio and writing all the music all alone, making for an atmosphere that is almost frightening in its colorfulnes and quirkines. M.I.U.: IIRC that was the last one I put together and the one I had the least ideas for. Here's how I explained what I did there on Reddit (though I'll admit it's kind of a stretch): Spongebob here is Brian and Squidward is Mike. M.I.U. Album feels to me like Mike (and probably the others, too, but he was obviously the most involved) on that album wanted Brian to write like his old innovative self (hence how we got Brian singing some falsetto again), while Brian was simply not able to write anything out of the ordinary at that time. We got My Diane and She's Got Rhythm, which are nice but nothing that breathtaking, other than that a lot of inoffensive and boring stuff. In the same sense, Squidward is trying to have Spongebob, who had previously created stunning marble statues with the wave of his hand, to create art again, but Spongebob is just unable to not follow the book.

[@matheussonicorlandi]

@@thepaperbasket5128 Oh thx man! You video is incredible