Beach Boys or Beatles?

[MrScorpio]

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[KMOD]

1. too hard.

I voted Beatles but I love both.

[IcyPeas]

2. Beatles

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE.....................

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[pinboy3niner]

3. Q: Who would vote for the Beatles in this poll?

A: A Norwegian would.

[rug]

4. No Reply.

[LiberalElite]

8. .

[KMOD]

5. I Will, Because,

I'm a Loser.

Let it Be!

[pinboy3niner]

6. Don't Worry Baby

Be True to Your School.

I've seen both bands live and I'd pick the Beatles, too.

[KMOD]

7. god only knows where I'd be without you.

[Art_from_Ark]

20. Well I've got a ticket to ride

and I don't care

[hifiguy]

9. Ouch

[machI]

10. Got to go with the Beach Boys

How many songs do the Beatles have about cars?

Drive My Car
Lovely Rita Meter Maid
Penny Lane
Taxman
Too Much Monkey Business
You Never Give Me Your Money

How many songs do the Beach Boys have about cars?

409
Cherry, Cherry Coupe
Car Crazy Cutie
Custom Machine
Fun Fun Fun
I get around
In My Car Lyrics
Little Deuce Coupe
Shut Down
The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
This Car Of Mine

[Miles Archer]

11. No telling what may have happened to the Beach Boys if Brian hadn't short-circuited

I would say that "Pet Sounds" is probably as good as any Beatles LP.

I still think "Smile" is shit. I heard the initial "reconstruction" on the BB "Good Vibrations" box set, then I heard Brian's version, then the Beach Boy's version. I know the Beatles recorded shit ("Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey" for one), but the whole "Smile" album sounds like some kind of esoteric Syd Barrett wank-a-thon to me, like the guy who made it was out of his skull on acid for the entire sessions (which he WAS).

It's clear from Brian's solo work that he didn't kill off ALL of his brain cells ("Your Imagination" from his second solo LP is a masterpiece). But I wonder what would have happened if he could have kept the momentum of "Pet Sounds" going for a few more albums, and if the band hadn't turned into an "oldies act."

The Beatles grew out of "Love Me Do." The Beach Boys pushed themselves back to "Surfin' USA" when they ran out of ideas and died there. Now you can see Mike Love and Bruce Johnston and a stage full of Beach Boys wannabes on stage at your local winery, doing all of the "golden oldies." I know people who have been to those shows and walked away feeling like they got their money's worth and more. I wouldn't go on a free ticket.

[cemaphonic]

12. I think the Beach Boys are very critically overpraised.

Yeah, "Pet Sounds" is a real landmark pop album, but other than that, I don't think their body of work is more impressive as dozens of other bands from that era.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

13. Beatles, but I don't think the Beach Boys get the respect they deserve

..and I can only imagine that, after the Hell he went through trying to complete SMiLE, Brian Wilson could only smile ruefully and shake his head when cheap digital mixing equipment came along in the early 90s. Where was this when he needed it?

E.T.A. on July 4th of either '84 or '85, I saw the Beach Boys on Miami Beach...with very special guest Ringo Starr.

[rurallib]

14. The Beatles were 4 incredibly talented people

the Beach Boys were basically Brian Wilson

[hifiguy]

21. Poor Brian. No wonder he cracked up in the 1960s.

Him and a lyricist (Roger Christian or Van Dyke Parks) vs the combined might of Lennon. McCartney, Harrison, Starr, and George Martin, who was truly the Fifth Beatle.

Even a genius of Wilson's caliber would be intimidated by that.

[Terra Alta]

15. The Beatles.

I love the Beach Boys, too, but nothing beats John, Paul, George, and Ringo.

[argyl]

16. Beatles. Liked the Beach Boys's car and surf songs. Never cared for Pet Sounds

[ProfessorGAC]

17. This Should Be No Contest

Sorry, but i'm not a fan of one of these groups and never have been. The other one changed nearly everything about popular music.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

18. I never could get into the Beach Boys sound at all - or surf music for that matter

although I do acknowledge the pioneering efforts of guys like Dick Dale and the Deltones. I had a good friend who played keyboard with Dick.

[OriginalGeek]

19. I like surf/car music

but not enough to really tell if it's Dick Dale or the Ventures or the Beach Boys or Jan and Dean...I just like it when I hear it without delving into it much deeper...

The first concert I ever saw (that wasn't some church production at church) was The Beach Boys in 1981 (so no idea how many of them were real Beach Boys lol) Opening act was Delbert McClinton and I had a great time and got in trouble for deliberately staying out past curfew. (by which I mean I knew there was no way the show would be over in time for me to be home by ten and I wasn't gonna make my friend cut out early and miss his favorite band to bring me home so I before-hand I lied and said I'd be home on time)

But fuck, curfew was 10pm on a Saturday night and I was already graduated from high school (but still only 17) and I got screamed at and shoved around some and the millionth edition of the "MY HOUSE MY RULES!!!" speech and just fuck you, step-father. I moved out on my own before I turned 18 and never went back.

So yeah, no matter how much I love other kinds of music and other bands more, the Beach Boys will always have a special place in my heart for providing me the impetus to escape that right-wing religious nut-job hell-hole.