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« on: June 30, 2011, 11:36:21 AM »
Sure, we could say the many appearances on tv or photo shoots from 1967 and back, but really I'm looking for post Smile eras when they looked super hip. I know there's a lot of admiration for Brian and the guy's looks for the Pet Sounds era/Smile era, which is to be expected.
Heck, even when the guys didn't think they were hip in Hawaii (after Smile in 67) in stripped shirts, I still think they looked really hip, especially Brian on organ (lickin his lips during GOK  LOL).
I really enjoy the beach photos taken where Brian has a beard (around Wild Honey era), I wanna say Audree was there as well, I could be wrong.
Though when it came out (69), I think the 20/20 album cover pic is pretty steller....The Sunflower group photo looks like a bunch of hipsters sitting with their kids....at least half of em are (hipsters), haha.
The promo video for Don't Go Near the Water makes the bearded era look great.
Their performance of You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone that was floating around on Youtube is pretty fab too.
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« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2011, 11:38:50 AM »
I think they all looked at their hippest in different eras.

Brian - SMiLE
Mike - Pet Sounds
Carl and Dennis - Friends
Al - SMiLE
Bruce - Friends
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« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2011, 11:44:16 AM »
Brian & Dennis always seemed to look hip from 1966 onward. The rest of the band did not look hip to me until the Surf's Up era (circa 1971).
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« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2011, 11:47:40 AM »
Quote from: pixletwin on June 30, 2011, 11:38:50 AM
I think they all looked at their hippest in different eras.

Brian - SMiLE
Mike - Pet Sounds
Carl and Dennis - Friends
Al - SMiLE
Bruce - Friends
About the Friends' era you've mentioned, do you mean the album cover or a particular picture?

BTW, I can't get enough of Brian's looks during the Smile era, whether it's him with sunglasses laying around or at the piano or the shower-cap in the pool, he just had an ultimate hipster look and it's really annoying when those who think they really know hip 60s music and think John and Paul were hip, I think Brian was more possessed and encompassed by the music/psychedelic/hip scene.
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« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2011, 11:57:08 AM »
Not a specific picture I guess. Just a general impression from videos and pics.
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« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2011, 12:15:51 PM »
Don't blame for the the pics overload

Well, for me

Brian,



Any time from Today -  Friends, when he obviously took pride in his style







Carl, and when he had the kick ass sideburns





Mike



Dennis was always stylish before POB

Al, just a normal dude

Bruce, see moustache thread
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« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2011, 12:21:07 PM »
Brian's always looked hip no matter what he wears. I generally like the clothing era 1961-1967 the best for everybody in the group.
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« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2011, 12:23:58 PM »
Also 1972 Brian seemed really hip too.. in a Kurt Cobain kind of way.  LOL
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« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2011, 12:31:48 PM »
Quote from: pixletwin on June 30, 2011, 12:23:58 PM
Also 1972 Brian seemed really hip too.. in a Kurt Cobain kind of way.  LOL
Hope there is a long lost Brian Wilson grunge album sitting next to adult/child in the archives... Grin
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« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2011, 01:19:06 PM »
'72 through '75 for sure
at least those who were on stage
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« Reply #10 on: June 30, 2011, 01:21:08 PM »
1964.
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« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2011, 01:21:39 PM »
This was a pretty hip looking crew:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGYbvZ7OFX8
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« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2011, 01:23:35 PM »
I think Bruce had a bit of a hip thang goin' on in the late 60's. It definitely sit well with the persona he put forward in interviews and such. The whole moustache thread can really go either way.

Carl also had something about him, but it's more his dashing suaveness than being "hip" per se (except maybe the 77-78 period).
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« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2011, 01:29:42 PM »
Quote from: Cam Mott on June 30, 2011, 01:21:08 PM
1964.
Definitely 1964 was hip, except for Mike Love's shorts on the "all summer long" cover. My favorite year is 1965, when the clothing is transitioning from the early 1960s clothing that was an extension of 1950s wear, to clothing that is influenced by the 1960s that most people rememeber....
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« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2011, 01:32:02 PM »
1971 gets my vote
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« Reply #15 on: June 30, 2011, 02:13:38 PM »
http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,9221.0.html
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« Reply #16 on: June 30, 2011, 02:34:55 PM »
Quote from: joe_blow on June 30, 2011, 01:21:39 PM
This was a pretty hip looking crew:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGYbvZ7OFX8



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« Reply #17 on: June 30, 2011, 02:40:35 PM »
Quote from: Micha on June 30, 2011, 02:34:55 PM
Quote from: joe_blow on June 30, 2011, 01:21:39 PM
This was a pretty hip looking crew:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGYbvZ7OFX8



Please tell me those are impersonators...  Embarrassed

Never has a Beach Boy looked older than Carl in that clip.  Cry
Al's long hair down is giving me nightmares....
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« Reply #18 on: June 30, 2011, 03:26:40 PM »
I think that's Bun E. Carlos standing in for Carl!

And how is it that Mike's the least offensive one in that clip?Huh?

I guess that's what happens when you're always un-hip!  Razz
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« Reply #19 on: June 30, 2011, 03:46:50 PM »
Quote from: briansbathrobe on June 30, 2011, 02:40:35 PM
Quote from: Micha on June 30, 2011, 02:34:55 PM
Quote from: joe_blow on June 30, 2011, 01:21:39 PM
This was a pretty hip looking crew:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGYbvZ7OFX8



Please tell me those are impersonators...  Embarrassed

Never has a Beach Boy looked older than Carl in that clip.  Cry
Al's long hair down is giving me nightmares....
ugh...Al looks terrible. At least there's no Velcro shoes involved (that we know of)
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« Reply #20 on: June 30, 2011, 04:16:49 PM »
Quote from: punkinhead on June 30, 2011, 03:46:50 PM
Quote from: briansbathrobe on June 30, 2011, 02:40:35 PM
Quote from: Micha on June 30, 2011, 02:34:55 PM
Quote from: joe_blow on June 30, 2011, 01:21:39 PM
This was a pretty hip looking crew:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGYbvZ7OFX8



Please tell me those are impersonators...  Embarrassed

Never has a Beach Boy looked older than Carl in that clip.  Cry
Al's long hair down is giving me nightmares....
ugh...Al looks terrible. At least there's no Velcro shoes involved (that we know of)

 LOL LOL LOL
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« Reply #21 on: June 30, 2011, 05:05:13 PM »
Quote from: pixletwin on June 30, 2011, 04:16:49 PM
Quote from: punkinhead on June 30, 2011, 03:46:50 PM
Quote from: briansbathrobe on June 30, 2011, 02:40:35 PM
Quote from: Micha on June 30, 2011, 02:34:55 PM
Quote from: joe_blow on June 30, 2011, 01:21:39 PM
This was a pretty hip looking crew:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGYbvZ7OFX8



Please tell me those are impersonators...  Embarrassed

Never has a Beach Boy looked older than Carl in that clip.  Cry
Al's long hair down is giving me nightmares....
ugh...Al looks terrible. At least there's no Velcro shoes involved (that we know of)

 LOL LOL LOL
Thank you, Thank you!
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« Reply #22 on: June 30, 2011, 05:38:05 PM »
Quote from: joe_blow on June 30, 2011, 01:21:39 PM
This was a pretty hip looking crew:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGYbvZ7OFX8



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« Reply #23 on: June 30, 2011, 11:35:13 PM »
Carl looked really cool in 71-73.
Mike looked cool for a couple of days in 72.
Dennis always looked cool up to the late 70's.
Brian's early 70's proto grunge look was cool.
Al and Bruce have never looked cool.
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« Reply #24 on: July 01, 2011, 01:19:17 AM »
Too bad Bruce Johnston didn't regrow the moustache during the dreaded micro shorts era in the early eighties... police
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