Hmmm, why would running a Beatles fan site make one obligated to think that the Beach Boys deserve to be considered among the best bands of all time? Why would it be "sad" otherwise? I don't mean to question your bona fides but I don't think your status as a "highly respected member of digitaldreamdoor" and "other sites" gives you any more credibility than the next guy. Again, that's just my opinion of the Beach Boys, but I stand by my position that much of their music didn't age very well and doesn't resonate today. Neither do The Monkees. You're certainly entitled to your own opinion on the matter.
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Whois http://whois.domaintools.com/dbpdf.com says this site is registered to:
Darren Cowen
4779 Christina Pond
Colorado, Arizona 86021
United States
+0.9288751234
cowen.darren@gmail.com
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I'd certainly much rather put on Birthday by The Beatles at my birthday party. I'm not sure, though, how critical an institution the birthday song is to begin with. Perhaps instead they should have tried to undermine the Mexican Hat Dance if they really wanted to rattle the foundations of a society. Being serious... I don't doubt that The Beatles let their fame distort their perspective a bit when they were in the middle of the whole Beatlemania wave. It's easy to forget that John Lennon was only about 25 years old when he made his famous Jesus comments. As impolitic as it was to say so at the time, I think he was right, there are more probably more rock fans than bible fans in the U.S... I'm sure there are more garage bands out there than there are preachers. The really interesting thing is that the two are not mutually exclusive, so many bible fans nowadays are also Beatles fans... I'd guess they pretty much all are, in fact.
The article above wasn't intended to criticize the Beach Boys, it was intended to get people to listen to Pet Sounds.
Actually, I really like Surf's Up as well... and Good Vibrations... and quite a few other songs but l don't hold them (the Beach Boys) in the same regard as The Beatles, The Stones, Hendrix, the Doors, Bob Dylan, etc... I don't want to diminish their talent, I just find their brand a bit hokey.
I do have to disagree, however, that the albums you mentioned are as good as Pet Sounds... at least from my perspective... but that's what's so great about music generally... to each his own. Some people like to read the Sunday news over the tranquil and melodic sounds of Einstürzende Neubauten.
Hmmm, why would running a Beatles fan site make one obligated to think that the Beach Boys deserve to be considered among the best bands of all time? Why would it be "sad" otherwise? I don't mean to question your bona fides but I don't think your status as a "highly respected member of digitaldreamdoor" and "other sites" gives you any more credibility than the next guy. Again, that's just my opinion of the Beach Boys, but I stand by my position that much of their music didn't age very well and doesn't resonate today. Neither do The Monkees. You're certainly entitled to your own opinion on the matter.
The charming bit of spam above goes to a website with the domain name http://www.dbpdf.com
Whois http://whois.domaintools.com/dbpdf.com says this site is registered to:
Darren Cowen
4779 Christina Pond
Colorado, Arizona 86021
United States
+0.9288751234
cowen.darren@gmail.com
The spam seems to be from someone that does not speak English very well so I'm guessing Daren hired someone to spam on his behalf or that Darren doesn't really exist.
Out of the first 5 votes, theBeatles.org got four cools and one sucks... the only problem is that I already voted four times. Lord have mercy...
I'd certainly much rather put on Birthday by The Beatles at my birthday party. I'm not sure, though, how critical an institution the birthday song is to begin with. Perhaps instead they should have tried to undermine the Mexican Hat Dance if they really wanted to rattle the foundations of a society. Being serious... I don't doubt that The Beatles let their fame distort their perspective a bit when they were in the middle of the whole Beatlemania wave. It's easy to forget that John Lennon was only about 25 years old when he made his famous Jesus comments. As impolitic as it was to say so at the time, I think he was right, there are more probably more rock fans than bible fans in the U.S... I'm sure there are more garage bands out there than there are preachers. The really interesting thing is that the two are not mutually exclusive, so many bible fans nowadays are also Beatles fans... I'd guess they pretty much all are, in fact.
The article above wasn't intended to criticize the Beach Boys, it was intended to get people to listen to Pet Sounds.
Actually, I really like Surf's Up as well... and Good Vibrations... and quite a few other songs but l don't hold them (the Beach Boys) in the same regard as The Beatles, The Stones, Hendrix, the Doors, Bob Dylan, etc... I don't want to diminish their talent, I just find their brand a bit hokey.
I do have to disagree, however, that the albums you mentioned are as good as Pet Sounds... at least from my perspective... but that's what's so great about music generally... to each his own. Some people like to read the Sunday news over the tranquil and melodic sounds of Einstürzende Neubauten.