History NightmareFuel / TheBeachBoys

** [[LastNoteNightmare OVER AND OVER]]

** [[Lastnotenightmare OVER AND OVER]]

** "'[[Lastnotenightmare]]'" OVER AND OVER

* The aborted ''[[Music/{{Smile}} SMiLE]]'' album had a few.
** "The Old Master Painter" track begins with a brief string rendition of the aforementioned and then progresses to a haunting version of "You Are My Sunshine", which has its lyrics put to past tense (eg. "You ''were'' my sunshine...") and make it appear as a melancholic song about a person suffering from a heartbreak. It does not help that Dennis Wilson's vocals have been altered to have an echoey timbre. The song ends on [[LastNoteNightmare a long descending note played on violins]], as if it's meant to project the idea that the singer had either lost his mind or apparently committed suicide.
** The instrumental outtake, "Look", opens with a stark and moody piano chord progression.
** The original ending to "Surf's Up". Wordless vocals continue to go on until the song gradually fades.
** A very notorious example would be the Fire section of The Elements Suite. While the piece was supposed to convey the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Brian Wilson based the composition on his second LSD trip, wherein he experienced ego death and saw himself burning within the fires of hell. Roughly three minutes of this is purely screeching violins and organ jabs amidst the array of chaotic sound effects. If that is disturbing enough, what is more disturbing is the story of the recording itself. Unbeknownst to Wilson, at the time he was working on the Fire section, parts of neighboring Santa Monica were put to flames. Once word got to him, he was so convinced that the ordeal unleashed "bad vibrations", that he immediately halted work on this song. Eerie.
*** While on this subject, the second disc of the ''Good Vibrations'' box set features what is ostensibly a small snippet of "Heroes and Villains"... then wham! Out of nowhere, it's "Fire"! And what's worse, it remains unknown whether this was a printing mistake, or some sort of creepy mind game...
** The repetitive "Heroes and Villains" harpsichord motif. An massive EarWorm teetering uncomfortably on the edge between beauty and horror, it's been known to induce wildly different reactions to whomever is exposed to it. What's more, if you're listening to [=SMiLE=] for the first time, after hearing the first side you might [[ParanoiaFuel expect it to appear out of nowhere at any time]].
*** Around the time of its release in 2011, ''The [=SMiLE=] Sessions'' had an official sub-site as part of The Beach Boys' official website. The first thing you were greeted with when opening it? [[JumpScare The "Heroes and Villains" riff]] (in its even darker outtake form, even), juxtaposed with the otherwise happy and cheerful album art, modified with some UncannyValley animation.

* The intro to "Wouldn't It Be Nice" can be this for some. The carnival-like melody being played sounds just a little...off.

* The cover art of ''Surf's Up'', our page image. If you just glanced over it without seeing the title plaque, chances are your immediate assumption would be that this is some freakin' heavy metal right here. And without having heard the songs themselves, titles like "Don't Go Near the Water" and "'Til I Die" just sound creepy and ominous.

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* The aborted ''[[Music/{{SMile}} SMiLE]]'' album had a few.

* The [[http://images.coveralia.com/audio/t/The_Beach_Boys-Surf_s_Up-Frontal.jpg?135 cover art]] of ''Surf's Up''. If you just glanced over it without seeing the title plaque, chances are your immediate assumption would be that this is some freakin' heavy metal right here. And without having heard the songs themselves, titles like "Don't Go Near the Water" and "'Til I Die" just sound creepy and ominous.

* The aborted ''Smile'' album had a few.

* The ''Smiley Smile'' version of "Wonderful", in its sparse arrangement of piano and sustained organ, benefits from a sinister vocal turn by Carl Wilson (making what was a song about [[TheirFirstTime losing consensual innocence]] feel like a song about being an unsuspecting target of prowling rapist, making it all the more creepy). The seemingly-jovial interlude [[FridgeHorror heightens the listener's fears]]. The whole song feels so somber and gloomy. Not something to [[JustForPun Smile]] about.
** The album's version of "Wind Chimes" is this, as well. It's unsettling enough that the song has a calm yet dark vibe, then once the last verse is about to end, there is a dissonant noise that blares out of nowhere. Could count as a [[LastNoteNightmare middle note nightmare]].
** Let's face it, there are so many things on ''Smiley Smile'' that are just... off, in one way or another. The creepy organ undercurrent in "With Me Tonight", the strange low vocals/demonic manifestation heard throughout "Fall Breaks and Back to Winter", the MadnessMantra of "Whistle In"... it's like being stuck in the company of some particularly imaginative, if harmless, manics. The stereo mix really puts you at the center of the madness.

* The [[http://images.coveralia.com/audio/t/The_Beach_Boys-Surf_s_Up-Frontal.jpg cover art]] of ''Surf's Up''. If you just glanced over it without seeing the title plaque, chances are your immediate assumption would be that this is some freakin' heavy metal right here. And without having heard the songs themselves, titles like "Don't Go Near the Water" and "'Til I Die" just sound creepy and ominous.

*** When this troper was younger, he was (and still is) a huge Beach Boys fan. I got the "Good Vibrations" box set for Christmas and was scared of the second half of the second disc for all the strange "Smile" tunes, but ESPECIALLY because of "Fire."

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF1NeZlOWP4 My Solution]]", a ''Landlocked'' outtake. Nonsensical, drug-addled spoken word soliloquy about some kind of mad doctor(?) featuring dark, eerie synths equals some creepy shivers, for sure.[[note]]However, if you are now in need of some NightmareRetardant, Brian later reworked it as a joyful anthem of recovery for his 1998 album, ''Imagination''![[/note]]

*** When this troper was younger, he was a (and still is) a huge Beach Boys fan. I got the "Good Vibrations" box set for Christmas and was scared of the second half of the second disc for all the strange "Smile" tunes, but ESPECIALLY because of "Fire."

*** When this troper was younger, he was a huge (and still is) a huge Beach Boys fan. I got the "Good Vibrations" box set for Christmas and was scared of the second half of the first disc for all the strange "Smile" tunes, but ESPECIALLY because of "Fire."

** Let's face it, almost all songs on ''Smiley Smile''... off, in one way or another. The creepy organ undercurrent in "With Me Tonight", the strange low vocals(?) heard throughout "Fall Breaks and Back to Winter", the MadnessMantra of "Whistle In"... and the 2012 stereo mix hardly helps at all. The soundscape, with voices coming from different directions a lot, is a bit like being locked in a dimly lit room with some strange and deranged (if harmless) people.

* The intro to "Wouldn't It Be Nice" can be this for some. The carnival-like melody being played sounds just a little...off.

* All of ''Summer In Paradise'' qualifies. It's hard to believe that Mike Love could fathom such an album...but he did.
* The intro to "Wouldn't It Be Nice" can be this for some. The carnival-like melody being played sounds just a little...off.

* All of ''Summer In Paradise'' qualifies. It's hard to believe that Mike Love could fathom such an album.. but he did.

* The fact that "Never Learn Not to Love" is a revised cover of a song written by [[CharlesManson a would-be murderer]] is already uncomfortable to start with.

* All of ''Summer In Paradise'' qualifies.. It's hard to believe that Mike Love could fathom such an album.. but he did.

* "'Til I Die" immediately begins with a droning synthesizer chord progression that plays throughout the whole song. The song's themes of despair, anguish, and (of course) death further brings chills down the listener's spine.

** The instrumental outtake, "Look", starts with a very stark and moody piano chord progression.

** A very notorious example was the Fire section of The Elements Suite. While the piece was supposed to convey the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Brian Wilson based the composition on his second LSD trip, wherein he experienced ego death and saw himself burning within the fires of hell. Roughly three minutes of this is purely screeching violins and organ jabs amidst the array of chaotic sound effects. If that is disturbing enough, what is more disturbing is the story of the recording itself. Unbeknownst to Wilson, at the time he was working on the Fire section, parts of neighboring Santa Monica were put to flames. Once word got to him, he was so convinced that the ordeal unleashed "bad vibrations", that he immediately halted work on this song. Eerie.
* The ''Smiley Smile'' version of "Wonderful", in its sparse arrangement of piano and sustained organ, benefits from a sinister vocal lead by Carl Wilson (making what was a song about [[TheirFirstTime losing consensual innocence]] feel like a song about being an unsuspecting target of prowling rapist, making it all the more creepy). The seemingly-jovial interlude [[FridgeHorror heightens the listener's fears]]. The whole song feels so somber and gloomy. Not something to [[JustForPun Smile]] about.

** "The Old Master Painter" track begins with a brief string rendition of the aforementioned and then progresses to a haunting version of "You Are My Sunshine", which has its lyrics put to past tense (eg. "You WERE my sunshine...") and make it appear as a melancholic song about a person suffering from a heartbreak. It does not help that Dennis Wilson's vocals have been altered to have an echoey timbre. The song ends on [[LastNoteNightmare a long descending note played on violins]], as if it's meant to project the idea that the singer had either lost his mind or apparently committed suicide.

* The ''Smiley Smile'' version of "Wonderful", in its sparse arrangement of piano and sustained organ, benefits from a sinister vocal lead by Carl Wilson (making what was a song about [[TheirFirstTime losing consensual innocence]] feel like a song about being an unsuspecting target of prowling rapist, making it all the more creepy). The seemingly-jovial interlude [[FridgeHorror heightens the listener's fears]]. The whole song feels so somber and gloomy. Not something to [[Pun Smile]] about.
** The album's version of "Wind Chimes" is this, as well. It's unsettling enough that the song has a calm yet dark vibe, then once the last verse is about to end, there is a dissonant noise that blares out of nowhere. Could count as a [[LastNoteNightmare Middle Note Nightmare]].

** "The Old Master Painter" track begins with a brief string rendition of the aforementioned and then progresses to a haunting version of "You Are My Sunshine", which has its lyrics put to past tense (eg. "You WERE my sunshine...") and make it appear as a melancholic song about a person suffering from a heartbreak. It does not help that Dennis Wilson's vocals have been altered to have an echoey timbre. The song ends on ''LastNoteNightmare a long descending note played on violins'', as if it's meant to project the idea that the singer had either lost his mind or apparently committed suicide.

* The ''Smiley Smile'' version of "Wonderful", in its sparse arrangement of piano and sustained organ, benefits from a sinister vocal lead by Carl Wilson (making what was a song about ''TheirFirstTime losing consensual innocence'' feel like a song about being a possible target of prowling rapist, making it all the more creepy). The seemingly-jovial interlude heightens the ''FirdgeHorror listener's fear''. The whole song feels so somber and gloomy. Not something to ''Pun Smile'' about.
** The album's version of "Wind Chimes" is this, as well. It's unsettling enough that the song has a calm yet dark vibe, then once the last verse is about to end, there is a dissonant noise that blares out of nowhere. Could count as a ''MiddleNoteNightmare''.

** "The Old Master Painter" track begins with a brief string rendition of the aforementioned and then progresses to a haunting version of "You Are My Sunshine", which has its lyrics put to past tense (eg. "You WERE my sunshine...") and make it appear as a melancholic song about a person suffering from a heartbreak. It does not help that Dennis Wilson's vocals have been altered to have an echoey timbre. The song ends on a long descending note played on violins, as if it's meant to project the idea that the singer had either lost his mind or apparently committed suicide.

** A very notorious example was the Fire section of The Elements Suite. While the piece was supposed to convey the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Brian Wilson based the composition on his second LSD trip, wherein he experienced ego death and saw himself burning within the fires of hell. Roughly three minutes of this is purely screeching violins and organ jabs amidst the array of chaotic sound effects. If that is disturbing enough, what is more disturbing is the story of the recording itself. Unbeknownst to Wilson, at the time he was working on the Fire section, parts of neighboring Santa Monica were put to flames. Once word got to him, he was so convinced that the ordeal unleashed "bad vibrations", that he immediately halted work on this song. Eerie.