Johnston was a few years away, but he would have been 17. Brian was 19, Mike 20, Carl 15, Al 19,ĭennis 17, David Marks wasn't in the band yet but he would have been 13. Sucks, but they were pretty young, I suppose. In her living room or some crap, and here are those tapes! Right here on this album! It He made them practiceĬonstantly before introducing them to a producer who said they could record some tracks
Wanted to live vicariously through his musical offspring. Still think the Beach Boys are weaker than Coors Light.Īnd, yes, I eventually came to love those hokey surf songs.įather Wilson, Murry they say, was an emotionally abusiveīastard (typical of the day, I'm told, what with undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorderĭriving World War II veterans to take all their aggression out on their children) who Glad I eventually discovered that there was life for the Beach BoysĪFTER Pet Sounds because I would have missed some good music and I would The only problem with him was all those goofy surf songs he wrote. Pet Sounds convinced me that Brian Wilson was a genius I actually blame this album for making me fall in love Sun", "Don't Worry Baby", "I Get Around") but Pet Sounds was Endless Summer had some great songs ("The Warmth Of The They had (Endless Summer, Pet Sounds, and some $2.99 tape I found in theĭiscount rack).
Wistful teenage love lyrics, a great bass line,Ī rockin' accordion.my DAD plays accordion! Who would have thoughtĪccordions would be a part of a rock classic?!? Next time I got theĬhance, I went to the local music store and bought ALL the Beach Boys Of high school, I heard "Wouldn't It Be Nice" on a radio station and I Somewhere along the way, the Beach Bums were relegated to oldies statusĪnd prime purveyors of wimp rock.
I remember Endless Summer in theĨ-track and on the turntable when I was young. That moment, really they the youngest of a music-loving family, I was surrounded by lots of Should buy the 'Endless Harmony' video/dvd just for This look of absolute fear crosses his face. Spector ABSOLUTELY INFERIOR TO BRIAN WILSON!! that THERE ON VIDEO! and just realising he's called Phil He's called Phil Spector a crazy piece of shit RIGHT Harmony' video where Terry Melcher, just realising There's a great part in the Beach Boys 'Endless Revered Paul Revere and the Raiders has shown for the name Paul Revere and the STILL dragging a bunch of people you've never heard of around the world as "Theīeach Boys," showing about as much respect for the band name as Paul Revere of the New beach band that is poised to topple Staind right off the FM dial and Mike Love is Worked for a little while, but not a long while! As we enter the summer of 2002, Brian isįeeling a bit better, Carl and Dennis have both passed on, Al Jardine is starting up some With food and pornography (seriously!) and left The Beach Boys to the devices of his twoīrothers Dennis and Carl, his asshole cousin Mike Love and their pal Al Jardine. After that, he totally lost his grip on reality, holed up in his room "serious" compositions, which is why people generally only talk about Pet Mean case of paranoid schizophrenia right around the time he began trying to create more "Butthole Surfin," "Surf Punks," "Surfin the Web," "Surf Surf Surf," "Surfuckyousir"Īnd "Surf Laundry Detergent." However, head songwriter Brian Wilson developed a The strength of such hits as "Surfin USA," "Surfin Safari," "Surfin," "Surfer Girl," Goodtime harmony pop-surf-rock bands, climbing to the top of the early `60s charts on The Beach Boys were one of America's finest 1 Endless Harmony Ultimate Christmas Hawthorne, CA Good Timin: Live At Knebworth England 1980 Endless Bummer (The Very Worst Of The Beach Boys) Songs From Here And Back (Light Album) Keepin' the Summer Alive Rarities The Beach Boys Still Cruisin' Summer In Paradise Stars and Stripes Vol. Nights!!) Party! Pet Sounds Smiley Smile Wild Honey Friends Stack-O-Tracks 20/20 '69 (Live in London) Sunflower Landlocked: The Unreleased 1970 Album & More Surf's Up Smile Carl and the Passions-So Tough Holland In Concert 15 Big Ones Love You Adult Child Surfin' Rarities Vol. 2 All Summer Long Concert Christmas Album Today! Summer Days (And Summer Surfer Girl Little Deuce Coupe Shut Down, Vol. Stamos special introductory paragraph Lost and Found! (1961-62) Surfin' Safari Surfin' U.S.A.
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