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Don_Zabu
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What instrument does each Beach Boy's voice sound like to you?
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Just for fun. For example:
Brian = Flute
Carl = Hammond organ
Dennis = Honky tonk piano
Mike = Saxophone
Al = Fiddle
Bruce = Piccolo
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I'm afraid the answer for all 6 of them for me would be vocal cords.
And maybe a car horn for Mike & gravel for late 70s Brian.
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Al= trumpet
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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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Carl Wilson - Violin
Brian Wilson - Flute
Dennis Wilson - Cello
Al Jardine - ^ have to agree with the trumpet
Mike Love - Clavichord
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Brian - Therimin
Carl - Accordion
Dennis - Jug
Mike - Bagpipe
Al - Kazoo
Bruce - Tamberine
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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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I can think of an instrument which sounds almost exactly like Brian's voice,
The Hulusi (Chinese flute)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLHoipQtUf8
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