FenderGuy1 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Because i love the 60s :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Because i love the 60s :D On vinyl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 On vinyl? I don't think itunes does vinyl! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Vinyl is hard to download over wireless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Which album? Pet Sounds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I don't think itunes does vinyl! :-) Would be nice though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rogerb Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I have 20 greatest hits of the Beach Boys on CD in my convertible. Perfect songs for cruising with the top is down!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I have 20 greatest hits of the Beach Boys on CD in my convertible. Perfect songs for cruising with the top is down!!!! Cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Isaac Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Vinyl is hard to download over wireless Priceless.... Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I'd rather gouge my ears out with an ice pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 While the words in the Beach Boys songs may be corny by today's standards, the vocal arrangements are excellent and the harmonies still blow me away. I have dozens of Beach Boys songs on my iPod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Some of the best harmonies ever :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwrKKbaClME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 While the words in the Beach Boys songs may be corny by today's standards, the vocal arrangements are excellent and the harmonies still blow me away. I have dozens of Beach Boys songs on my iPod. I played trombone in a Glenn Miller style swing orhestra during high school and the guy who led the group always compared their harmonies to the complex ones of Glenn Miller. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Just don't call it "Surf Music". J/K, my dad was a surf guitarist and that's what he used to say to me when I'd listen to the Beach Boys. No better group for vocals, not a lot of guitar going on, but still a great group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I'd rather gouge my ears out with an ice pick. I say! Steady on! MP3s aren't that bad are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I'd rather gouge my ears out with an ice pick. That can be arranged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Brian Wilson was a musical genius. What he was doing in his young twenties was amazing by any standard. Writing, producing, arranging all the instruments and vocals and having Capital give him free reign in the studio was unheard of at the time. He was king of the hill until drugs and mental illness took hold in 67. Caroline No is one of the most beautiful heartbreak songs ever written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboyBillyBob1 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 The Beatles were greatly influenced by The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds in particular. It pushed them to experiment even more in the studio. I think if someone does not recognize their genius (Brian Wilson specifically) they are not much of a musician. I remember seeing Mike Love, Peter Gabriel, and John McLaughlin on an interview show. I forget the name of the host. The subject came up about the lyrics to Beach Boy songs and Mike spoke about how they were singing about things that were important to them at the time. They were young and girls, and cars were what their life was about at the time. I still see some "grown ups" still obsessed with women and muscle cars. Shallow perhaps but true none the less. Their later albums dealt with emotions that ran deeper. Pet Sounds dealt with finding themselves and becoming independent. The love aspect was maturing and they spoke for a lot of people and put their feelings and insecrities into their art. Which is what all great artists do. I still listen to Help and see how Lohn Lennon really laid his emotions out there. Naked and for all to see. He was indeed calling for help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzoboy Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Although I listen to Sirius satellite radio 95% of the time because they don't overplay songs,they are guilty of this in the biggest way lately. One of the songs on the Beach Boy's new album has been so overplayed on Little Steven's Underground Garage, that I have grown to absolutely loathe it since it came out.The song is "That's Why God Made The Radio" and they play it at least a couple of times an hour-that's what turned me from AM and FM radio.That song is going to suffer the same fate as "Kokomo" which was played to death in the late 80s until people couldn''t stand it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Although I listen to Sirius satellite radio 95% of the time because they don't overplay songs,they are guilty of this in the biggest way lately. One of the songs on the Beach Boy's new album has been so overplayed on Little Steven's Underground Garage, that I have grown to absolutely loathe it since it came out.The song is "That's Why God Made The Radio" and they play it at least a couple of times an hour-that's what turned me from AM and FM radio.That song is going to suffer the same fate as "Kokomo" which was played to death in the late 80s until people couldn''t stand it anymore. Brian Wilson had nothing to do with Kokomo........just so ya know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzoboy Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Yup I knew that Brian didn't write Kokomo because the melody and lyrics were too pedestrian for him.I doubt very much if he wrote "....God Made the Radio" either because the words and melody are very simple and not up to his usual standards.Despite all of his quirks and idiosyncrasies he is still one of the best composers of modern times and certainly deserves a spot on the pedestal near Lennon,McCartney,Dylan et al.Like many of our best and most notorious songsters he has been seen as being a "half bubble off of plumb." such as Sid Barrett,Viv Stanshell of the Bonzo Dog Band and a few more but has managed to remain lucid enough to have written some of the most beautiful and memorable songs of the 20th Century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I have this one As well as Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heymisterk Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 The Beach Boys are too often thought of as music that is just simple summertime surf pop, but I consider them the closest to The Beatles that America ever got. Brian Wilson's sense of melody and song craft is sheer genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenderGuy1 Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 I bought the very best of the beach boys on iTunes and btw my computer just died :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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