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Author Topic: Confessions of a Rock Snob: How I Repented & Invited the Beach Boys Into My Hear  (Read 3031 times)
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« on: August 05, 2010, 02:57:45 PM »

Confessions of a Rock Snob: How I Repented & Invited the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson Into My Heart, by Rich Horton

Hard to believe I was almost 30 before I finally listened to Pet Sounds.

SUMMERTIME, 1981

In preparation for my first cross-country road trip from the Midwest, to Seattle – where I’ve now made my home since 1985 – I was recording mix tapes to play in the car. I’d already filled several tapes with current bands I was following – XTC, Squeeze, The dB’s, Nick Lowe & Rockpile, Elvis Costello, Split Enz, as well as virtually the entire Beatles oeuvre – but I still had one 2-hour cassette left. My girlfriend suggested that a Beach Boys mix-tape would be perfect for a long summertime road trip...

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« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2010, 03:23:44 PM »

Nice read !
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a diseased bunch of mo'fos if there ever was one… their beauty is so awesome that listening to them at their best is like being in some vast dream cathedral decorated with a thousand gleaming American pop culture icons.

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« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2010, 02:34:27 AM »

Very good article dude, start posting on the board!
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