The Beatles vs The Beach Boys

blastingas10 · 01-03-2012, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by starrynight

Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)?

As for Beatles songs sometimes sounding like combined songs that is because they often were with McCartney and Lennon combining parts they had written.

I clearly already stated that.

Howard the Duck · 01-03-2012, 03:37 AM

i actually like Carl & The Passions' So Tough more than anything the Beach Boys have ever done

cos it's blues-rock with harmonies

only Elton John agrees with me, as well as a guy called "Joe H." on another forum

**Goofle** · 01-03-2012, 11:17 AM

The Beatles by a massive distance.

starrynight · 01-03-2012, 03:11 PM

Not as clear as I did then. :P

Anyway who really cares who was better? They were both good and that's all that matters.

blastingas10 · 01-03-2012, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by starrynight

Not as clear as I did then. :P

Anyway who really cares who was better? They were both good and that's all that matters.

I don't know, I stated it pretty clearly.

I'm just joking with you.

You're right. Even though I don't really like the Beach Boys, I admit it's completely subjective. Some people like the Beatles more, some people like the Beach Boys more, it's all good.

But as long as we clearly have nothing better to do other than music banter, we might as well speak our minds and debate about it.

blastingas10 · 01-03-2012, 08:55 PM

I just can't really dig that surf rock style of the Beach Boys.

starrynight · 01-04-2012, 01:00 AM

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 ****.

Surell · 01-05-2012, 05:24 PM

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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 ****.

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.

Howard the Duck · 01-04-2012, 01:41 AM

^^i do, dear

pottymouth · 01-04-2012, 08:49 AM

The Beach Boys for me. Sorry, but I have never seen the argument that the Beatles were consistent - I find 60% of their album tracks chaff. Maybe 40% on the 'big' albums, but aside from a few well-covered songs, I am just not that big a fan of th Fab Four. Not that I hold any particular contempt for them, since it's 'cool' to hate them. I recognise their impact, but stick on Pet Sounds or Sunflower and I'm in heaven. Stick on Sgt. Pepper and I'm skipping a lot of tracks.

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blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	I just can't really dig that surf rock style of the Beach Boys.

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pottymouth Groupie Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: The Wired Posts: 9	The Beach Boys for me. Sorry, but I have never seen the argument that the Beatles were consistent - I find 60% of their album tracks chaff. Maybe 40% on the 'big' albums, but aside from a few well-covered songs, I am just not that big a fan of th Fab Four. Not that I hold any particular contempt for them, since it's 'cool' to hate them. I recognise their impact, but stick on Pet Sounds or Sunflower and I'm in heaven. Stick on Sgt. Pepper and I'm skipping a lot of tracks.