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Originally Posted by starrynight
Well there's more to The Beach Boys than Surf Rock, earlier vocal groups like The Four Freshman are considered an influence on their sound for example. And Pet Sounds is more like the Phil Spector wall of sound than anything else.
Then again my posts aren't considered that much here, so who gives a ****.
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There were definitely a lot of throwbacks to 50's R&B, Soul, etc., which I would guess is Brian Wilson's attempt to return to innocence amidst his difficulties. I'm not too familiar with any specific groups, but the harmonies are clearly drawing from that 50's Spector sound. However, i think the songwriting is a little more complex in most cases, such as God Only Knows.