Who liked the Beach Boys? Most of the things they did yes!

[Crazy Guggenheim]

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Who's Eho?

And I have no idea if he/she liked the Beach Boys.

I sure as hell don't.

I was jsut thinking of posting a thread called "Your favorite beach boy - dead, or alive?"

[Crazy Guggenheim]

4. What are you talking about? Eho?

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Heh heh - mr. edit reply

:-)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

6. Shit it does show up as edit .................

[Beware the Beast Man]

2. I like all the songs they did that weren't about surfing, cars, or girls.

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. And just how much does that leave?

Just the songs about prostate cancer, cocaine addiction, and white pants?

[Crazy Guggenheim]

7. And depression .........

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. Of course! Forgot about the depression...

and the balding, and the wild beach shirts.

Imagine being so stuck with one vision of yourself for the rest of your life. I'd have to kill myself.

[emulatorloo]

18. Old Mike Love isn't the Beach Boys, although he thinks he is

as he trots some group of strangers around the country pretending to be the Beach Boys.

There's a lot more to the original band and their work than yr perception of them . . .
Buy or borrow a copy of Pet Sounds, Wild Honey, Sunflower, Beach Boys Love You and Brian Wilson's Smile and open yourself up.

[1monster]

9. In My Room... Not about surfing, beaches, girls, sand, or cars....

[Lady President]

10. They're harmless

I have a soft spot for the Beach Boys because they were my first concert. They were playing, I think, at Disney and my parent took me to the show. I have older parents who definitely didn't want to go, but it makes me smile when I think what good sports they were. :)

Besides, they're a completely harmless fun group. (Except Kokomo-- that'll make your ears bleed.)

[immoderate]

11. My favorites: "Sunflower" and "Wild Honey"

Most people missed these albums. They were brilliant.

--IMM

[emulatorloo]

16. Wild Honey is one of my favorites

Nice to see another Wild Honey freak

:toast:

Where do you stand on Beach Boys Love You?

[immoderate]

20. This is an era of the Beach Boys that most people are unaware of.

They only know about Surfin' and then "Good Vibrations."

--IMM:toast:

[newfaceinhell]

12. I love 'em

[kwassa]

13. Springsteen sings about cars and girls, too. The dif???

As did Chuck Berry.

It is great pop music, that's all.

[last_texas_dem]

14. The Beach Boys are quite good

I think the overplaying of songs like "Surfin' USA", "Fun, Fun, Fun", etc. on oldies radio stations and Sonic commercials have really distorted people's perceptions of the band. I know mine was slightly, before I listened to more of their stuff. But the Beach Boys did some truly great stuff.

I challenge any Beach Boys hater to listen to a handful of their less popular (but still fairly easy to find) songs like "Girl Don't Tell Me", "I Can Hear Music", "Please Let Me Wonder", "She Knows Me too Well", "Break Away", "Let Him Run Wild", "Darlin'", "The Little Girl I Once Knew", "Here Today", "Forever", even pretty well-known tracks like "God Only Knows" and "Don't Worry Baby" if they haven't already heard them, and see if they still think they suck. These are some of my favorite songs by the band that have unfortunately been obscured by some of their not-so-great (at least IMHO) tracks like "Be True to Your School" on the radio and in the media.

[GalleryGod]

15. Murray Wilson was a prick...and the Boys were messed up,but

I got to Thank:applause: them for being a large part of the "Soundtrack of my Life":applause:

[salin]

17. since with the exception of the syruppy kokomo

all of their songs were retro to me.. and played all the time at parties in the 80s... I got sick of them real fast.

[last_texas_dem]

19. Yeah, but "Kokomo"...

...may have the best ultra-cheesy, ultra-slick, totally eighties sax solo of all time. Though the riff in "Careless Whisper" by Wham! may give it a run for its money...

[Hissyspit]

21. Brian Wilson was a genius. The songs are about universal themes...

adolescence, sex, unrequited love. The music was complex and influential. If you don't get it, but the box set, Pet Sounds, and the newly recorded "Smile."

See www.allmusic.com for more clarification.

Hundreds of bands from the 60s to now owe much to him.