So Sad About BB's Career After "Smile" Incident :'[

[shelter]

None of us fans can honestly say that the post smile material is what made us beach boy fans lol..

Actually, I can. I used to be the typical casual Beach Boys fan with just a greatest hits comp (liked it) and 'Pet Sounds' (didn't really "get it" yet). It wasn't until I heard the 'Sunflower'/'Surf's Up' 2fer that I became the somewhat obsessed fan that I am now.

[Newguy562]

None of us fans can honestly say that the post smile material is what made us beach boy fans lol..

Actually, I can. I used to be the typical casual Beach Boys fan with just a greatest hits comp (liked it) and 'Pet Sounds' (didn't really "get it" yet). It wasn't until I heard the 'Sunflower'/'Surf's Up' 2fer that I became the somewhat obsessed fan that I am now.

WTF why? lol...Surf's Up only has two great songs on it..."Til I Die" & "Surf's Up"

[shelter]

...everything sounded so low budget after smile even though i loved it i'm still saddened that he didnt work with the wall of sound and create more mastrpieces

You've not heard an album called Sunflower, I take it.  

That album was decent actually besides wild honey it's my favorite post smile album . ..None of us fans can honestly say that the post smile material is what made us beach boy fans lol..we all know it's the pre-pet sounds and pet sounds and smile songs that really made us want 2 tap into the beach boys music. and really made us fanatics.

I can. It was the first time I heard "I Can Hear Music" that made me a fan.

Extremely hard to believe   it's a great song but you know "Wouldn't it be Nice" or "God only Knows"are the songs that made you a fan mister no need to front.

You have your opinion, other people have their own. There's not some mass denial among the board, relax.

So You're the Spokesperson for this board? Chill the f*ck Out!

Yes, since he's just asking you to have a little more respect for other people's opinions (which in your case certainly wouldn't hurt), I do believe he speaks for most people here.

[bossaroo]

dude... you really need to realize that your opinion is not fact, and is not shared by every other Beach Boys fan.

[Newguy562]

...everything sounded so low budget after smile even though i loved it i'm still saddened that he didnt work with the wall of sound and create more mastrpieces

You've not heard an album called Sunflower, I take it.  

That album was decent actually besides wild honey it's my favorite post smile album . ..None of us fans can honestly say that the post smile material is what made us beach boy fans lol..we all know it's the pre-pet sounds and pet sounds and smile songs that really made us want 2 tap into the beach boys music. and really made us fanatics.

I can. It was the first time I heard "I Can Hear Music" that made me a fan.

Extremely hard to believe   it's a great song but you know "Wouldn't it be Nice" or "God only Knows"are the songs that made you a fan mister no need to front.

You have your opinion, other people have their own. There's not some mass denial among the board, relax.

So You're the Spokesperson for this board? Chill the f*ck Out!

Yes, since he's just asking you to have a little more respect for other people's opinions (which in your case certainly wouldn't hurt), I do believe he speaks for most people here.

He Speaks For You? Awww that's so cute  lol

[Newguy562]

dude... you really need to realize that your opinion is not fact, and is not shared by every other Beach Boys fan.

Seriously.. pitiful in denial creatures.(Some of you)..(Those who aren't shouldn't take offense.)

[bossaroo]

*sigh*

[shelter]

^ And in this case, Bossaroo speaks for me too.

[Newguy562]

^ And in this case, Bossaroo speaks for me too.

I speak for you too.. now calm your ass down! lol

[robertgotshall]

Are you drunk?

[Andrew G. Doe]

None of us fans can honestly say that the post smile material is what made us beach boy fans lol..

Actually, I can. I used to be the typical casual Beach Boys fan with just a greatest hits comp (liked it) and 'Pet Sounds' (didn't really "get it" yet). It wasn't until I heard the 'Sunflower'/'Surf's Up' 2fer that I became the somewhat obsessed fan that I am now.

WTF why? lol...Surf's Up only has two great songs on it..."Til I Die" & "Surf's Up"

In your opinion. My opinion, that "Feel Flows", "Long Promised Road" and "Disney Girls" are also great, is just as valid, irrespective of the fact that it's shared by a whole mess of other folk..

[Andrew G. Doe]

dude... you really need to realize that your opinion is not fact, and is not shared by every other Beach Boys fan.

Seriously.. pitiful in denial creatures.(Some of you)..(Those who aren't shouldn't take offense.)

Should warn you - in as friendly a manner as  is possible - that what happens to posters here who start laying down the law about what people should like, not like and generally think (i.e. I'm-right-because-you're-wrong) usually isn't too nice.

And anyway, that's my job. 

[mikeyj]

None of us fans can honestly say that the post smile material is what made us beach boy fans lol..

Actually, I can. I used to be the typical casual Beach Boys fan with just a greatest hits comp (liked it) and 'Pet Sounds' (didn't really "get it" yet). It wasn't until I heard the 'Sunflower'/'Surf's Up' 2fer that I became the somewhat obsessed fan that I am now.

That's very similar to me as well - that exact twofer was what made me want to check out the rest of the catalogue.

[hypehat]

Are you drunk?

A question crying out for an answer.

[rab2591]

Well, this was stupid. I woke up, have a few hours of sleep time left but I thought I'd check smiley smile for the hell of it on my iPad. And now my blood pressure is through the roof and I'm wide awake after reading the sh*t Newguy has just posted.

I won't even get into it, as Newguy is clearly wrong. However, I'd like to defend the Doors and say: Newguy you are clearly wrong.

Also, is it necessary to use emoticons so often? lol lol lol I never want to see another smiley face ever again.

[hypehat]

l I never want to see another smiley face ever again.

Cheer up, Rab  

[Andrew G. Doe]

(brain fart)

[Cam Mott]

SOME OF YOU ARE SO IN DENIAL :[

Well, I wish you and your opinion all the best. Come on my opinion, let's blow this pop stand.

[18thofMay]

He is attempting to start a sh*t fight.. Why does this board constantly attract people like that? At least with other antagonists they had a little more IP.

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

To me Pink Floyd's peak was their first album.

You'd better be kidding.

Wish You Were Here and Animals are incredible, masterpieces.

[SMiLE Brian]

dude... you really need to realize that your opinion is not fact, and is not shared by every other Beach Boys fan.

Seriously.. pitiful in denial creatures.(Some of you)..(Those who aren't shouldn't take offense.)

Bedtime for you littleguy 562, maybe switch over to the Justin Bieber message boards tomorrow....

[SMiLE Brian]

The Beach Boys career rocked after Smile with wild honey and friends. Also, 20/20 is awesome with the hoge-poge of tracks and styles. Sunflower is a great group effort and the unreleased stuff from the sunflower project is also another album. I think surf's up is pretty good, as it being Brian's swansong before the madness of the later 1970s began. But the main seliing point of this era were the rocking live shows which began the process of reviving the band's popularity.

The first beach boys albums I bought were Today/summer days and sunflower/surf's up.

[filledeplage]

The Beach Boys career rocked after Smile with wild honey and friends. Also, 20/20 is awesome with the hoge-poge of tracks and styles. Sunflower is a great group effort and the unreleased stuff from the sunflower project is also another album. I think surf's up is pretty good, as it being Brian's swansong before the madness of the later 1970s began. But the main seliing point of this era were the rocking live shows which began the process of reviving the band's popularity.

The first beach boys albums I bought were Today/summer days and sunflower/surf's up.

That is a valid point about the live shows...as I look back on that time, it seemed as though (in their home - the US) they could never win.  Yet, they toured, and I guess in a way, it was a forum where they could not lose, and at the same time, they stayed in the game, as it were, fighting a battle where they could win!  

So, regardless of the many critics who passed them by, they changed the battlefield from the newspapers, who pay their critics, or who may have been subject to other influences, and to the live context and solidified a live fan base.  Even if some shows we're not sellouts, they showed determination, to keep the music out there. Lots of groups just became discouraged and quit.  It takes a lot to get out onstage and do a great show to half a house!  But those fans, passed the word about what a great show they still put on.  They kept their dignity despite the critics.

To answer the posed question, I never stopped listening, but got into a groove of playing Pet Sounds, Holland/So Tough, Surf's Up, Beach Boys '69, and 20/20...especially when they were out on 8 track, double album...

Some of this belongs a thread below*

[filledeplage]

...everything sounded so low budget after smile even though i loved it i'm still saddened that he didnt work with the wall of sound and create more mastrpieces

You've not heard an album called Sunflower, I take it. 

That album was decent actually besides wild honey it's my favorite post smile album . ..None of us fans can honestly say that the post smile material is what made us beach boy fans lol..we all know it's the pre-pet sounds and pet sounds and smile songs that really made us want 2 tap into the beach boys music. and really made us fanatics.

I can. It was the first time I heard "I Can Hear Music" that made me a fan.

Great song! I Can Hear Music!

My first "fall in love" coup de foudre, was, The Little Girl that I Once Knew, which took a lot of heat, critically at the time, with the "starts and stops" - even though I knew who they were, from TV and radio. 

You don't need a commercial hit, to get that feeling that "you are home!"   

[Magic Transistor Radio]

To me the Beach Boys did what a lot of great bands have done. They create their masterpiece and are unsure how to top it. So they go a different direction often going back to basics or changing style. After Sgt Pepper and MagMystTour the Beatles went back to basics for the most part with the WA. Radiohead didn't think they could beat OKComp doing the same type thing so they did KidA/Amnesiac then went back to basics with Hail to the Thief. U2 switched gears with Pop.

Brian went back to basics with Smiley/WH/Friends, which are anti commercial but artistically brilliant. I think the Beach Boys continued to do great things through Holland. Love You was also great in the context of musical genius in rehab.