Katy Perry mentions The Beach Boys on Letterman

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjGy7MRn3Cc

She says bands like Queen and The Beach Boys taught her that "the world wasn't quite so flat"

Pretty damn cool!

[SmileySam]

Now THAT.....is a compliment!

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

She even mentioned them BEFORE the Beatles! 

[Ron]

It's coming.  Soon Brian will be cool to listen to again, and kids are going to discover the 70's BB's stuff like they discovered the Beatles about 15 years ago (when I was in high school) . 

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

It was like that in 1995. Unfortunately, Imagination hurt him a lot.

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Well, that's the problem with all the focus going to Brian!

If The Beach Boys as a band/collective were given more credit, the weight of their legacy wouldn't rest so much on Brian's shoulders alone. Mike and Bruce's "Beach Boys" have a certain kitsch value that is easy to enjoy and would appeal to irony seeking hipsters whereas whatever Brian does is treated with such a fawning seriousness that can be a bit unappealing for the uninitiated.

[the captain]

It's coming.  Soon Brian will be cool to listen to again, and kids are going to discover the 70's BB's stuff like they discovered the Beatles about 15 years ago (when I was in high school) . 

It's always happening, just with different sets of people (with bigger boosts coinciding with major reissues...).

[Wirestone]

It was like that in 1995. Unfortunately, Imagination hurt him a lot.

Not that much. You still had Peter Buck and Sean Lennon touting it. The touring starting in 99 and the Pet Sounds live shows in 2000-2002 made up any lingering AC hurt.

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

and Jimmy Buffet 

[Don_Zabu]

And yet not a single comment on the video references her namedrop.