Mentions (9)
"In American cultural history, no act has been more perversely miscast than The Beach Boys. While the middlebrow consensus has long relegated them to the realm of sunny California kitsch—all surfboards and hot rods and teenage symphonies to God—the truth is far more subversive: The Beach Boys were Am"
"Especially coming from the rabid salty Beach Boys fans (I say this as somebody who thinks Pet Sounds is a very solid contender for the best album of the 60s and Smile in its original form would've blown off everybody's socks etc. etc.), seeing as how Paul and Brian ended up driving each other to mak"
"It's interesting how the UK mogs the US when it comes to bands. But, be that as it may the beach boys are the best. Don't be coming here with the Velvet Underground, get da fuck outta here. I love CCR and Nirvana but Brian Wilson still reigns supreme."
"In terms of obligation, Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys (a significantly more troubled man than George R. R. Martin) once said that there IS an obligation for an artist to continue his craft."
"I think this is something similar to what The Beach Boys had going on 10-15 years ago. Always in the background, everyone knows theyre 'big' but don't really take them seriously as musicians (and maybe correctly aside from Brian Wilson). Obviously made a ton of money and everyone has heard the hits "
"There are so many songs (surfs up by the beach boys is my fave) and books of past days that mention the joy of hearing children singing."
"But people forget how weird the other beach boys were. By far the most awkward band of all time. Probably in large part to the Wilson's psychotic dad forcing them to look into his dead eye socket after he removed his fake eye"
"Everything that has ever mattered to me, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Nirvana, Amy Winehouse, The Smiths, sure, typical rsp culture stuff, I've got nothing to prove. Taking these stupid pills has done nothing but cut me off from the beauty of it all."
"Everything that has ever mattered to me, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Nirvana, Amy Winehouse, The Smiths, sure, typical rsp culture stuff, I've got nothing to prove."