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Old 09-23-2012, 12:56 PM   #468 (permalink)
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It has always been kind of funny to me that the main Beach Boys thread on Music Banter is one for the discussion of comparing them to the Beatles. They'll never be able to shake that comparison...for better or worse.
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Its inevitable really. The Beatles got the gold medal and the Beach Bods had to make to make do with the silver medal and they were very lucky to even get that.
It should be noted that The Beatles have been influenced by (just to name a few) early Rock and Roll artists like Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, & Gene Vincent, Country and Folk Revival artist Buck Owens, Bob Dylan (respectively), Indian Music artistss namely Ravi Shankar, and yes even their contemparies like The Rolling Stones... and The Beach Boys. If The Beatles "got the gold" it was because they were standing on the shoulders of giants.
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