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If I were physically forced to confine my listening activities to one act, it would be the Boys, as a band and as solo artists. Other acts have repertoires that attract me----Beefheart/Magic Band, Zappa/Mothers, Fripp/King Crimson, Gary Numan, U2----but I really think nobody comes close to the sheer variety (also meaning variety in depth and quality) of that of The Beach Boys. Plenty, I would say, to get one's teeth into for the rest of one's years.

Do you agree? Or would you opt for another act? Or a composer perhaps?

As much as I love other artists and other kinds of music, it would have to be the Beach Boys (group and solo) for me. Nothing else gives me that sense of freedom and open spaces. And nothing else ranges from 'Til I Die to Fun, Fun, Fun.

I Saw Her Standing There to Golden Slumbers is a pretty broad range of energy and beauty...

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BEATLES...of course

As much as I love the Boys , I'd have to go with the Beatles.

It would be Genesis.

It would be the Beach Boys just as long as I was able to include EVERYTHING any of them have EVER recorded.  [including all solo materials ... with 1 obvious exception where it just doesn't matter one iota/whatsoever.]
Bob Marley and the Wailers would come a very close 2nd.
Beatles a more distant 3rd.

After that I'd really have to think about exactly who would come close to being considered for this.

Bone thugs-n-harmony just cause they tied the beatles for fastest rising single ;D

http://youtu.be/VMYAEHE2GrM

It could be the Beach Boys...could be the Beatles....but I suspect when it really came down to it, it would be Bob Dylan or the Kinks. Or Johnny Cash. Or Elvis Presley.

It would be Coltrane for me, but if allowed 2, the Beach Boys would be the other.

The Beach Boys, no contest. I'd estimate that I listen to them 362 days out of the average year. I can't imagine listening anyone else half that much.

I ration my BB, Beatles, and Spector, so as not to grow tired of them, but of the three, I'd say Spector for the desert island, the whole discography, all the artists.

For me it would be The Who, followed by The Beach Boys and then The Beatles.

For me it would be either The Beach Boys or Frank Sinatra followed by The Beatles and Springsteen

Beach Boys, followed by the Beatles for me.

Three I could not live without:

Beach Boys

Beatles

Laura Nyro

My favorite composers?  You mean instrumental tracks?
That would be Brian Wilson and John Barry.

Mine would be The Beach Boys, no doubt about it. I don't think I could live without ever hearing GV or GOK again.


Shoutout to Phil Spector, The Beatles, and David Bowie for being other contenders.

Want to add another classical composer, though he lived in modern times (sorta):

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Gene Loves Jezebel

Beach Boys - Beatles - XTC

Beach Boys for sure.

But I'd be sad to not hear Bowie or R.E.M again for the rest of my life. Don't wanna say I could live without the Beatles, but they're so much a part of me that I can hear them in my head anytime I want. And if I can take my ukulele with me to this desert island, then I can play and sing Beatles songs as much as I want  :) And Bowie and R.E.M. tunes too, I guess.... but just not the same.

I wouldn't pick Beatles because of their limited catalog and also its irritating over-exposure, though much of the Boys work is terribly over-exposed.  Also find their later stuff to be pretty weedy.  But yes, the Boys wear remarkably well in general....Never especially a big fan, but Zappa/Mothers a lot of music to plough through, maybe a good desert island pick as you would have plenty of time on your hands.

There's no way I could ever be limited to just one artist. The lowest I'll go is three!

1). The Beach Boys
2). The Beatles
3). The Kinks

The Beach Boys are definitely my favorite group, but there's no way I could go the rest of my life without hearing Sgt. Pepper's or The Village Green Preservation Society ever again!

Just one.....

For me, it would be Pink Floyd.

Followed by

The Beatles
Deep Purple
Rainbow (maybe I could just lump all of Ritchie Blackmore's music into one??)
Queen
The Beach Boys
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
The Who
Van Halen

This should be in General Music. But john outslied by adding "would it be the BB?". I listen to bands & singers from decades. My favorite is The Beach Boys. & the greatest! :3d

I outslied...? One of the first things I wanted to do when I got back from my sabbatical was to ask you what you mean, RR.

Great to see this topic so active. And nice to see the likes of Genesis and John Coltrane among the choices.

Just one?  The Beatles.

But that leaves out an awful lot of music I absolutely cherish.  Thankfully, there's no reason to limit ourselves!

Probably the Beatles, unless it was the Beach Boys. Or Bob Dylan. Or Thelonious Monk. Possibly Miles Davis. I might try to sneak various discs from other artists onto my island in my choice's lesser quality cases. (Yeah, this is really Still Cruisin', I love this motherfucker...don't open that!)

Same as outwit. It seemed it would be obvious from the context. As in you start topic which poses question in general way, then you add "the BBs" in the tag.

Addition: btw, just so you know, I meant that as joke but didn't add smileys. As in," john is slyster!" :3d As you know from my "Ranking Smileys" thread, I HATE ugly shaky face laughing smiley. as well as grin a la Smile Brian. :bw No really, that was clever getaway. To add "would it be the BB". It was half-joke half-serious compliment. Understood? :police:

:lol

Was kind of surprised not to see anyone mention Springsteen.  Though a lot of these responses were before the election.

Of course you could. :=)

You realize that would include stuff from his session-playing days with Joe Meek in the early sixties......

It would likely be The Beach Boys.  Such a diverse and large catalog.  After that it would be Sinatra then The Beatles.

   
One act for all time----would it be the BB?

Absolutely. No one else even comes close.