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Beach Boys or Beatles?

Beach Boys or Beatles?

  • Beach Boys

    Votes: 14 31.8%

  • Beatles

    Votes: 27 61.4%

  • Like them both equally

    Votes: 3 6.8%
  • Total voters
    44

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I picked the Beach Boys because I think The Beatles are the most overrated band in History. They are nothing more than the male version of Bananarama.

Also I like Good Vibrations, Wild Honey, You're So Good to Me and God ONly Knows. I can't think of any Beatles song I like.
 

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Originally posted by lioness22


And I have NEVER heard anything quite like the Beach Boys. Take into account all their different styles (pop, rock, jazz, gospel........) and the way their music evolved yearly is incredible. Some people miss the Beach Boys all together and it's for you people I feel truly sad.
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Of all comparisons, I'd have thought that a reference to diversity of musical style would well and truly send the Beach Boys to the Recyle Bin. Consider the following Beatles tunes:

Honey pie (vaudeville)
Rocky Racoon (country and western)
You've got to hide your love away (folk)
Revolution 9 (avant-garde sound collage)
Helter skelter (hard rock)
Let it be (rock gospel)
She loves you (pop)
Tomorrow never knows (psychedlia)
You know my name - look up the number (parody)
Eleanour Rigby (baroque ballad)
Why don't we do it in the road (soul)
Yer blues (blues)
Goodnight (lullaby)
Back in the USSR (mock surf)
The inner light (Indian)

This is a small sample of the Fab Four's stylistic variety. McCartney had by far the greatest sense of stylistic adventure, which you can readily see in his post-Beatle recordings (particularly with Wings). Throw in John's Yoko influenced and drug induced weirdness, George's noodling on the sitar and a couple of Ringo's nursery rhymes. And a producer par-excellence in George Martin, who so often creatively realised the group's musical schemes. I'd recommend that any person deeply interested in song production and sound engineering read about the making of the Sergeant Pepper album - particularly Martin's role in the recording of 'A day in the life' and 'Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite.'

Sorry, I like the Beach Boys too, but I could never accept that they defined the face of popular music in anywhere near the capacity of those Liverpudlians.
 
Originally posted by DEVO
I picked the Beach Boys because I think The Beatles are the most overrated band in History. They are nothing more than the male version of Bananarama.
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That'd make Yoko Ono the female equivalent of Dave Stewart?

They look similar, anyway.
 
Originally posted by Waltzing Woof Biscuit


Of all comparisons, I'd have thought that a reference to diversity of musical style would well and truly send the Beach Boys to the Recyle Bin. Consider the following Beatles tunes:

Honey pie (vaudeville)
Rocky Racoon (country and western)
You've got to hide your love away (folk)
Revolution 9 (avant-garde sound collage)
Helter skelter (hard rock)
Let it be (rock gospel)
She loves you (pop)
Tomorrow never knows (psychedlia)
You know my name - look up the number (parody)
Eleanour Rigby (baroque ballad)
Why don't we do it in the road (soul)
Yer blues (blues)
Goodnight (lullaby)
Back in the USSR (mock surf)
The inner light (Indian)

This is a small sample of the Fab Four's stylistic variety. McCartney had by far the greatest sense of stylistic adventure, which you can readily see in his post-Beatle recordings (particularly with Wings). Throw in John's Yoko influenced and drug induced weirdness, George's noodling on the sitar and a couple of Ringo's nursery rhymes. And a producer par-excellence in George Martin, who so often creatively realised the group's musical schemes. I'd recommend that any person deeply interested in song production and sound engineering read about the making of the Sergeant Pepper album - particularly Martin's role in the recording of 'A day in the life' and 'Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite.'

Sorry, I like the Beach Boys too, but I could never accept that they defined the face of popular music in anywhere near the capacity of those Liverpudlians.
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and the genre of "Revolution No. 9" ? :)

Satay Mat
 
Originally posted by lioness22


:mad: UNHAPPY LIONESS :mad:

First of all. As I stated, The Beach Boys were NOT made up of one vocalist. Mike Love did sing lead on quite a lot of the songs, but in 40 years of music and like 30 odd albums.........the others sang TONS of leads and probably half their hits are sung by the others.
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Finally you admit the Beatles excelled further than the Bleach Boys. Thank you as for your other comments as it goes in a great number one Beatles song "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah"
 
Originally posted by Danny Chook Fan Club
That'd make Yoko Ono the female equivalent of Dave Stewart?

They look similar, anyway.
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No Dave Stewart had some talent, and was part of a pretty cool group. Yoko Ono is a waste of space, and proof positive that women should be given the right to have an abortion. Actually some women should have their tubes tied at puberty.
 

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Originally posted by lioness22


LOL what a sheltered little world you live in. Not everyone knows the Beatles are the best ever. Some of us have the guts to form our own opinions. And I have NEVER heard anything quite like the Beach Boys. Take into account all their different styles (pop, rock, jazz, gospel........) and the way their music evolved yearly is incredible. Some people miss the Beach Boys all together and it's for you people I feel truly sad.

And just a further note.........the Beach Boys were greatly hampered in the USA due to the fact that Capitol Records had the Beatles too and poured all their time and effort into promoting the Fab Four. :mad: NIK VENET U ARE NOT A NICE MAN. :mad: God rest his soul.

And in closing............'Let's have a luau........you bring the cola, I'll bring my guitar.........' :cool:
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i think you are the one that is sheltered lioness. People can have opinions...as jod said - there is no such thing as good or bad music - its all opinionated. Sure - you think Beach Boys are better...and im sure there are millions of other people who will agree with you in this world...but there is also millions of other people who would disagree.

To say anything written after HELP! is just the biggest load of crap ive ever heard tho. I will use one example - Hey Jude - one of the greatest songs ever written.
 
Originally posted by Waltzing Woof Biscuit
You're Walking On Thin Ice Devo.
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Everyone is allowed their opinion.

I grew up listening to both. My Dad's a Beatles fan, and my mum's a Beach Boys fan. I just found that the early Beatles songs had no substance to them, just like Bananrama.
 
Originally posted by Danny Chook Fan Club

Originally posted by DEVO
I picked the Beach Boys because I think The Beatles are the most overrated band in History. They are nothing more than the male version of Bananarama.
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That'd make Yoko Ono the female equivalent of Dave Stewart?
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:D :D :D

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Congrats Chooky Dan!
 
Originally posted by DEVO
I picked the Beach Boys because I think The Beatles are the most overrated band in History. They are nothing more than the male version of Bananarama.

Also I like Good Vibrations, Wild Honey, You're So Good to Me and God ONly Knows. I can't think of any Beatles song I like.
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Absolutely the Bigfooty post of the year!!!!!!!!!!!! :D Ahhhhhhhh.

Which version of Good Vibrations, there are many. :D
 
Originally posted by Macca19


i think you are the one that is sheltered lioness. People can have opinions...as jod said - there is no such thing as good or bad music - its all opinionated. Sure - you think Beach Boys are better...and im sure there are millions of other people who will agree with you in this world...but there is also millions of other people who would disagree.

To say anything written after HELP! is just the biggest load of crap ive ever heard tho. I will use one example - Hey Jude - one of the greatest songs ever written.
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OK I have spent years listening to all the Beatles albums, and guess what, all 30-odd of the Beach Boys albums. I am starting on the many hundreds of bootlegs out there........

My point is, I am making a very balanced decision here......... I have listened to each and every song either band has released, and stacked up together, I PERSONALLY FIND that the Beach Boys are far superior.........and I do find the later Beatles stuff to be pretentious crap.

I KNOW I'm biased, I am heavily involved in the Beach Boys world.......stoked when recently a VERY high-profile Beach Boys person acknowledged me and who I know. :D But yeah, happy like this. :cool:
 

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The Beatles by far.
Name me 1 ****ing band that those yanks have influenced.
The Beatles have been easily the most influential band in the last 40 years.
At least compare them to someone decent, such as the Rolling Stones.
 

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