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« on: July 15, 2013, 08:20:36 AM »
Here's a little game. Although it's probably impossible, let's try to find a Beach Boys opinion that absolutely everyone can agree with. It's easy: you just drop a statement about The Beach Boys, and as long as not a single person disagrees with it, it's a contender.

My first attempt: Brian Wilson was the most talented Beach Boy.
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« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2013, 08:57:49 AM »
Quote from: shelter on July 15, 2013, 08:20:36 AM
Here's a little game. Although it's probably impossible, let's try to find a Beach Boys opinion that absolutely everyone can agree with. It's easy: you just drop a statement about The Beach Boys, and as long as not a single person disagrees with it, it's a contender.

My first attempt: Brian Wilson was the most talented Beach Boy.

agreed!
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« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2013, 09:03:34 AM »
This has been done with songs. The results are interesting.
 http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,8462.msg139920.html#msg139920
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« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2013, 09:11:38 AM »
It is my opinion that the Beach Boys are the greatest and most important musical group in American music history.
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« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2013, 09:56:10 AM »
well, everyone I know who do not like the Beach Boys think that they are a "Surfing" group and that's all they did and that all their songs sound the same... Roll Eyes
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« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2013, 11:41:33 AM »
Quote from: joshferrell on July 15, 2013, 09:56:10 AM
well, everyone I know who do not like the Beach Boys think that they are a "Surfing" group and that's all they did and that all their songs sound the same... Roll Eyes

See, I don't get that at all. How can anyone say that Surfin' USA sounds like Help Me Rhonda or California Girls or Good Vibrations?
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« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2013, 11:50:54 AM »
Al Jardine wanted the innocence. Don't get much more popular than that.
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« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2013, 12:05:37 PM »
California Girls can be considered the 'theme song' of the group  Grin
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« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2013, 12:23:51 PM »
Quote from: Cyncie on July 15, 2013, 11:41:33 AM
Quote from: joshferrell on July 15, 2013, 09:56:10 AM
well, everyone I know who do not like the Beach Boys think that they are a "Surfing" group and that's all they did and that all their songs sound the same... Roll Eyes

See, I don't get that at all. How can anyone say that Surfin' USA sounds like Help Me Rhonda or California Girls or Good Vibrations?

That person I would called uninformed and prejudiced. He may not even know those are Beach Boys songs.
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« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2013, 12:25:09 PM »
Quote from: Micha on July 15, 2013, 12:23:51 PM
Quote from: Cyncie on July 15, 2013, 11:41:33 AM
Quote from: joshferrell on July 15, 2013, 09:56:10 AM
well, everyone I know who do not like the Beach Boys think that they are a "Surfing" group and that's all they did and that all their songs sound the same... Roll Eyes

See, I don't get that at all. How can anyone say that Surfin' USA sounds like Help Me Rhonda or California Girls or Good Vibrations?

That person I would called uninformed and prejudiced. He may not even know those are Beach Boys songs.
yeah it seems they have only heard a song here and there....
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« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2013, 12:36:44 PM »
I'll contribute a question to the mix:

How does Brian Wilson manage to write these songs that bring up similar emotions in so many different people?  How have these songs transcended both time and generations continuing to communicate their simple yet instantly relatable messages?  Perhaps the answer is he captured the human experiences of joy, heartbreak, loneliness, longing and love more effectively than any other songwriter ever has?  Perhaps that is too simple, but I also think there is some truth to that.  Brian Wilson songs cut very raw at times, at times so specific to a certain topic or emotion but able to be interpreted in so many different ways.
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« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2013, 02:06:04 PM »
Quote from: Cyncie on July 15, 2013, 11:41:33 AM
Quote from: joshferrell on July 15, 2013, 09:56:10 AM
well, everyone I know who do not like the Beach Boys think that they are a "Surfing" group and that's all they did and that all their songs sound the same... Roll Eyes

See, I don't get that at all. How can anyone say that Surfin' USA sounds like Help Me Rhonda or California Girls or Good Vibrations?


Because they all have those high-pitched voices. And that one 'Two Girls for Every Boy' song they do also.
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« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2013, 02:33:48 PM »
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« Reply #13 on: July 15, 2013, 02:50:29 PM »
Quote from: DonnyL on July 15, 2013, 02:06:04 PM
Quote from: Cyncie on July 15, 2013, 11:41:33 AM
Quote from: joshferrell on July 15, 2013, 09:56:10 AM
well, everyone I know who do not like the Beach Boys think that they are a "Surfing" group and that's all they did and that all their songs sound the same... Roll Eyes

See, I don't get that at all. How can anyone say that Surfin' USA sounds like Help Me Rhonda or California Girls or Good Vibrations?

Because they all have those high-pitched voices. And that one 'Two Girls for Every Boy' song they do also.

Ah, now I get it. Sort of like thinking the Beatles songs all sound alike, with the beat music and the accents. Especially when they sang "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am."  LOL
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« Reply #15 on: July 15, 2013, 02:55:03 PM »
Quote from: DonnyL on July 15, 2013, 02:06:04 PM
Quote from: Cyncie on July 15, 2013, 11:41:33 AM
Quote from: joshferrell on July 15, 2013, 09:56:10 AM
well, everyone I know who do not like the Beach Boys think that they are a "Surfing" group and that's all they did and that all their songs sound the same... Roll Eyes

See, I don't get that at all. How can anyone say that Surfin' USA sounds like Help Me Rhonda or California Girls or Good Vibrations?


Because they all have those high-pitched voices. And that one 'Two Girls for Every Boy' song they do also.
yes that one and "Little old lady from Pasadena"
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« Reply #16 on: July 15, 2013, 04:47:19 PM »
How about that, at one point or another, the band has made choices that are downright maddening?  So many what could have beens.
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« Reply #17 on: July 15, 2013, 05:19:57 PM »
Anyone who judges the beach boys as the fun in the sun group just because they sang about surfing, cars & girls on 6 out of 29 albums are just ignorant. Cheesy
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« Reply #18 on: July 15, 2013, 05:57:21 PM »
Pet Sounds is pretty good I hear  Smiley
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« Reply #19 on: July 16, 2013, 07:11:54 AM »
I don't agree with the next notion which I see many times:

"The Wilsons are the best members of the group."
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« Reply #20 on: July 16, 2013, 08:18:38 AM »
The band was better with Carl & Dennis, no doubt about it. Performance-wise, having Mike, Carl & Al sharing the lead vocals really made them more dynamic as a concert band. Dennis, he was just flat-out cool.
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« Reply #21 on: July 16, 2013, 09:12:56 AM »
The band is great as a united thing, not like divisions.
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« Reply #22 on: July 16, 2013, 09:23:14 AM »
How about this one: the Beach Boys post Pet Sounds 1967-1973 output is criminally overlooked and underrated. That's something we could all agree on, right?
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« Reply #23 on: July 16, 2013, 11:19:04 AM »
The Beach Boys were a thing that existed.
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« Reply #24 on: July 16, 2013, 08:36:25 PM »
Brian looked pretty damn sharp with those glasses he wore during The Pet Sounds sessions.
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On our way through this "backstage" maze, Bruce joined up with the group and said hello, singing "It Never Rains in Southern California" and joking with some of the older ladies. I'm not sure if they knew he was a Beach Boy or simply an enthusiastic elderly gay gentleman.
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