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Author Topic: What instrument does each Beach Boy's voice sound like to you?  (Read 2235 times)
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« on: July 29, 2011, 12:36:58 PM »
Just for fun. For example:

Brian = Flute
Carl = Hammond organ
Dennis = Honky tonk piano
Mike = Saxophone
Al = Fiddle
Bruce = Piccolo
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« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2011, 12:53:24 PM »
I'm afraid the answer for all 6 of them for me would be vocal cords.  Cool Guy

And maybe a car horn for Mike & gravel for late 70s Brian.
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« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2011, 05:28:50 PM »
Al= trumpet
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« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2011, 07:55:10 PM »
I've always liked Eric Carmen's analogy which, from memory, goes something like:

Mike = Baritone Sax
Carl = French Horn Flute
Al = Trumpet
Brian = Flute French Horn
Dennis = Trombone

Just saw the complete quote in Phonograph magazine, hence the corrections.
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« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2011, 08:17:20 PM »
Carl Wilson - Violin
Brian Wilson - Flute
Dennis Wilson - Cello
Al Jardine - ^ have to agree with the trumpet
Mike Love -  Clavichord
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« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2011, 11:10:29 PM »
Brian - Therimin
Carl - Accordion
Dennis - Jug
Mike - Bagpipe
Al - Kazoo
Bruce - Tamberine
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« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2011, 01:32:13 AM »
Quote from: Magic Transistor Radio on July 29, 2011, 11:10:29 PM
Brian - Therimin
Carl - Accordion
Dennis - Jug
Mike - Bagpipe
Al - Kazoo
Bruce - Tamberine

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« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2011, 01:32:41 AM »
I can think of an instrument which sounds almost exactly like Brian's voice,
The Hulusi (Chinese flute)


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