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Originally Posted by Amber Bazaar (Post 865565)

Beach boys. Pet Sounds it, to put simply, amazing. Paul of the beatles even admits Pet Sounds is his favorite album ever and was a HUGE influence for sgt. Peppers. Paul will admit Pet Sounds was a better album too

Pet Sounds WAS much better than Sgt. Pepper's in terms of fluidity. I love the Beatles, but Sgt. Pepper's is definitely a weaker album in their discography. I don't know why, I guess that's just how I feel about it.

The Beatles greatest service to music was that they provided an alternative, one that in the long run proved to be much more popular, than the awful, schmaltzy, sexless, boring as ****, middle class, All American, white in the worst possible sense, completely inoffensive, dewy-eyed, sappy, saccharine horse**** of The Beach Boys.

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Originally Posted by Aswad Vogelenzang (Post 868689)

^Hasn't listened to enough Beach Boys.

Also, I enjoy the fact that the Beach Boys provided an alternative to the awful, bubblegummy, derivative, boring as shit, middle class, all-English, white in the worst possible sense, completely inoffensive, dewy-eyed, sappy, saccharine, bandwagon-jumping horseshit of the Beatles.

the beatles easy.

although I like the beach boys a lot. no band comes close to the beatles. They had too many good songs in different styles of music.

Hey i like Beatles also beach boys, by the way, what album should i listen on beach boys?

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Originally Posted by chinoygio1 (Post 869950)

Hey i like Beatles also beach boys, by the way, what album should i listen on beach boys?

pet sounds of course

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Originally Posted by telepicker (Post 864622)

From a musical standpoint alone - I mean, Sgt. Pepper made Brian Wilson have a nervous breakdown...

He held steady in the bubblegum days, but when the sh*t got deep, Bri-Bri went to his sand box. And the Beach Boys were kaput.

That's a bit of an unfair argument, as it says more about the stability of Brian Wilson's psyche than it does of his capability as a musician. We know that he was depressed and had a troubled childhood, but that he was a great talent nonetheless.

For me personally, the Beach Boys have slightly more high emotional peaks than the Beatles. "Pet Sounds" is my favorite album of all time, after all. I also think that if Brian Wilson hadn't collapsed and had been able to release "Smile" as was intended (discounting the 2004 version), it would've been a classic on par with Sergeant Pepper and it'll always be a bit of a thorn in my side that things went the way they did. Songs like "Heroes ans villains", "Good vibrations" and especially "Surf's up" are simply brilliant, multi-layered and splendid.

But yeah. It's difficult. Maybe I have to give it to the Beatles in the end, for all of their accomplishments and rock history "firsts". That was an awful lot of pioneering in a few years. They were also hugely talented and all-rounded and had a number of great songs and albums. Comparing the two, I think my "objective" vote goes to the Beatles, but the Beach Boys are closer to my heart.

I'd say the Beatles by far.

Yup.

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Originally Posted by Burning Down (Post 864674)

Both are great and both bands had unique talents that worked for them. The Beach Boys had the ability to harmonize beautifully while the Beatles wrote complex instrumental parts. The Beatles always had more intricate bass lines, as Paul McCartney was (and still is) more competent than Brian Wilson was on the bass guitar. Also, the early music of both bands grew out of two completely different genres. The Beach Boys were more influenced by California surf music of the late 50's/early 60's, while the Beatles were heavily influenced by the DIY skiffle music that was popular among the working class people in England.