Beach Boys' albums by genre

[Alex]

Surfin Safari-Surf/Rock and Roll/Pop/Garage
Surfin-USA-Surf/Rock and Roll/Pop
Surfer Girl-Pop/Rock and Roll/Surf
Little Deuce Coupe-Rock and Roll/Pop
Shut Down-Rock and Roll/Pop
All Summer Long-Pop/Rock and Roll
Today-Pop/Rock and Roll/Symphonic Pop
Summer Days-Pop/Rock and Roll/Symphonic Pop
Pet Sounds-Symphonic Pop
SMiLE-Pop/Psychedelic/Symphonic Pop
Smiley Smile-Psychelelic/Pop/Rock and Roll
Wild Honey-Rock and Roll/R&B
Friends-Pop/Sunshine Pop/Psychedelic/proto-Twee
20/20-Rock and Roll/Pop
Sunflower-Pop/Rock/Folk-pop/Psychedelic/proto-Dream Pop/proto-Shoegaze/proto-Twee
Surf's Up-Rock/Pop/Psychedelic/70s Rock
Carl and the Passions-Rock/Pop/Soul-Rock/Orchestral Pop/Country-Rock/70s Rock
Holland-70s Rock
15 Big Ones-Rock and Roll/Pop/Oldies/Synth-Pop-Rock
Love You-Rock and Roll/Pop/New Wave/"Punk"
Adult Child-Big Band/Rock and Roll/Pop
MIU-MOR/Pop/Adult Contemporary
LA-Pop/New Wave/Disco/Adult Contemporary/Rock and Roll
KTSA-MOR/Adult Contemporary/Pop/Oldies
BB85-Synth-Pop/AOR/MOR
Still Cruisin-Adult Contemporary/Oldies/Pop-Rap/Old White Guys Singing About The Carribean/MOR
SIP-Cash-in/Pop/Old-White-Guy-Rap/MOR
Stars and Stripes-Bland Country-ish Stuff/MOR

[adamghost]

Farting Synth Rock!  *chortles*

[donald]

The keyboard work on Wild Honey (the song) always struck me as BB's doing a Doors sound. ... Specifically Light My Fire.  Or trying to get that sound.


And the Doors might have been a little stoned-trippy in their overall presentation but when you break it down it was r& B......and much later it actually WAS blues.    Psychadelic, as we all, know, was overused, over rated, and over blown....and never actually defined.  ....and often should have been left alone by many artists.

Think of the difference between Pink Floyd steering your trip ship vs Jack Jones covering Windmills of Your Mind.

But the thread being about genres of BB music, I would say the Beach Boys were a genre of Chuck Berry/Four Freshmen morphing into an original form of Ultimate Orchestral Sunshine Pop.  Although a little darker than PS, SMiLE follows that trend with a trippy theme.  Remember, trippy psychedelia was widespread at that point, all over the radio.    Then it became Brian chilling and checking out, alternatively until it became a band of seperate personalities much like Beatles, Byrds, CSN, and others of the time.  Then you get ES and what followed.

[Sheriff John Stone]

The keyboard work on Wild Honey (the song) always struck me as BB's doing a Doors sound. ... Specifically Light My Fire.  Or trying to get that sound.


And the Doors might have been a little stoned-trippy in their overall presentation but when you break it down it was r& B......and much later it actually WAS blues.    Psychadelic, as we all, know, was overused, over rated, and over blown....and never actually defined.  ....and often should have been left alone by many artists.

Think of the difference between Pink Floyd steering your trip ship vs Jack Jones covering Windmills of Your Mind.

But the thread being about genres of BB music, I would say the Beach Boys were a genre of Chuck Berry/Four Freshmen morphing into an original form of Ultimate Orchestral Sunshine Pop.  Although a little darker than PS, SMiLE follows that trend with a trippy theme.  Remember, trippy psychedelia was widespread at that point, all over the radio.    Then it became Brian chilling and checking out, alternatively until it became a band of seperate personalities much like Beatles, Byrds, CSN, and others of the time.  Then you get ES and what followed.

A Doors AND a Jack Jones reference - in the same post. Great writing, Donald. Jim and Jack, two great, great voices.

[donald]

Why, thank you, Sheriff.  I wonder if Jack ever covered a Doors song.   Maybe Crystal Ship?

[kookadams]

I think it's cool that other than me there are other people that view Love You as being punk. I always thought Let Us Go On This Way and Roller Skating Child were punk rock. And for that matter All I Wanna Do on 20/20 is pretty punk too. Any Beach Boys zealot who's into the Ramones would agree that they had a huge inlfuence on punk rock; and as far as I'm concerned punk rock saved rock n' roll from disco and c*ck rock.

[smile-holland]

All I Wanna Do on 20/20 is pretty punk too.

All I Want To Do...

[punkinhead]

proto-Shoegaze/proto-Twee


can someone explain these genres? or give examples?

[Roger Ryan]

proto-Shoegaze/proto-Twee


can someone explain these genres? or give examples?

Luther...Luther? Oh well, I'll give it a try...

"Shoegaze" is represented by bands like Mercury Rev and My Bloody Valentine; heavy distorted guitar, but strummed fairly slowly. Slow tempos, washes of sound, psychedelic but in a fairly mellow way. I wouldn't really call any of SUNFLOWER proto-"shoegaze", but I guess "All I Wanna Do" comes close with its fuzzy, languid tone.

"Twee" is a sparse, but bright pop sound that wouldn't be out-of-place in a children's Saturday morning cereal commercial. Architecture in Helsinki, The Boy Least Likely To and dozens of other indie bands who love bouncy melodies and cheap synthesizers could classify. The lyrics are almost purposefully daft or whimsical. "At My Window" on SUNFLOWER would be a prime example of proto-"Twee", although much of Brian's work could be categorized as such.

[Alex]

proto-Shoegaze/proto-Twee


can someone explain these genres? or give examples?

Luther...Luther? Oh well, I'll give it a try...

"Shoegaze" is represented by bands like Mercury Rev and My Bloody Valentine; heavy distorted guitar, but strummed fairly slowly. Slow tempos, washes of sound, psychedelic but in a fairly mellow way. I wouldn't really call any of SUNFLOWER proto-"shoegaze", but I guess "All I Wanna Do" comes close with its fuzzy, languid tone.

"Twee" is a sparse, but bright pop sound that wouldn't be out-of-place in a children's Saturday morning cereal commercial. Architecture in Helsinki, The Boy Least Likely To and dozens of other indie bands who love bouncy melodies and cheap synthesizers could classify. The lyrics are almost purposefully daft or whimsical. "At My Window" on SUNFLOWER would be a prime example of proto-"Twee", although much of Brian's work could be categorized as such.

"All I Wanna Do" was exactly the song I was thinking of when I was typing "shoegaze"!!