Moss

Thanks a bunch!

Surell

Umm, you better listen to SMiLE and check yerself

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Frownland

I done heard it, I like it. I like The Beatles a lot too, doesn't stop either of them from being overrated.

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Pet_Sounds

Oooh, I dunno. "Here, There, and Everywhere" gives any song a run for its money.

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kriswright

Beatles.

But if Brian had had another Smile or two in him, it'd have been a lot more close.

Madda

I love both of them, but I prefer Beach Boys without any doubt. I like bands like these two 'cause they are really funny and have the power to make a sad person suddenly happy. And when it comes to this, no one is better than Beach Boys

Holerbot6000

I think that's key. I dearly love and grew up with both bands, but the sad fact is, the Beach Boys 'Golden' period didn't really last that long. Their early albums really weren't very good - a few singles and a lot of crap, as was typical of the day. With the exception of the 'Surfin USA' album, which wasn't a good album so much as it was just a lucky collection of more good songs than usual, you can get nearly everything worthwhile from this period on the 'Endless Summer' comp.

It wasn't till 'All Summer Long' and especially 'Summer Days' that the boys really started making interesting albums and then, after Smile, they started getting very inconsistent again, thanks to Brian going nuts and Mike just being an *******.

I don't know that either band was more influential than the other, but I do think the Beatles created the bigger and more diverse body of work.

And yeah, I know the Beatles had their fare share of dross on their early albums too, but they weren't nearly as bad as the Beach Boys early lp's.

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Zhanteimi

No contest. The Beatles. Didn't Brian Wilson, upon hearing Sgt. Pepper's, hang his head in defeat at knowing he'd never best that and then go and have a nervous breakdown? I might be wrong about the details there...

Chula Vista

Kinda sorta.

Forever Changeless: The Beach Boys, The Smile Sessions - The Rumpus.net

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and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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^cheers