My greatest desillusion about the BBs..

[OneEar/OneEye]

Yes yes! I completely agree with you... what I was trying to say is that there's no problem with that kind of "innocent" music, but every artist should attempt to make more complex and deep  music after some time...

'Should'?   Nah.   Every artist 'should' only ever do whatever it is they wish to do, and if that's make supposedly "innocent" art, then more power to them.  Though I would say that even during their so called "innocent" days the Beach Boys were making some of the most complex and deep music there was at that time.  

[NHC]

[/quote]Fun is in, its no sin.
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Right on Jon - Giants just clinched the National League West at the Bell.  Fun is just beginning.

[buddhahat]

Welcome to the world of intense Beach Boys inverse snobbery, Mathen, where it is no longer OK to rate the surf/turf songs as inferior to more universally themed Beach Boys material, if you're a *true* fan

Yeah those songs about depression and wind chimes and worms are way more universally themed than the ones about beaches and girls and sun.

OK I was out of line here. Fired off hastily before bed and somewhat half baked reasoning from me. FWIW I love surf turf stuff as I'm sure do most here. Find the thrend for eye rolling that occurs when people express a preference for post SDSN stuff over earlier material a little 'rock snobbish' though, but each to their own I guess.

[sockittome]

A bit off topic (somewhat) but anybody heard Neil Young's "Long May You Run"?  I didn't catch on the first few listens that it is about a car.  And there is a reference to "the Beach Boys singing Caroline No".  How cool is that? 

I'm not a Neil Young fan, but I respect him for this tribute to my favorite band!

[mathen_]

A bit off topic (somewhat) but anybody heard Neil Young's "Long May You Run"?  I didn't catch on the first few listens that it is about a car.  And there is a reference to "the Beach Boys singing Caroline No".  How cool is that? 

I'm not a Neil Young fan, but I respect him for this tribute to my favorite band!

Good lord, I've just heard that pearl now, wow... and I'm not saying that for the mention of the BB's in the lyrics at all (though I was happy the chosen song was Caroline No). The song is good in everyway!