The Beatles are wayyyy too overrated for me and Pet Sounds is an exemplary piece of music and reaching far beyond popular norms. I still need to listen to SMiLE some more but Sgt. Peppers obviously wouldn't have existed as it did without Pet Sounds, and that's supposedly their best work.

Despite the above... Beatles ;)

Beatles.

I don't really see what's so great about Pet Sounds. After hearing all the hype, I gave it a listen, didn't really see any greatness in it. Beatles all the way. I used to think the Beatles were overrated, but after putting some effort into listening to their records, my opinion completely changed. George, John and Paul are such great songwriters and great musicians too.

The Beatles never really had any extended soloing in their songs, but they didn't need it. Their songs were so well constructed and when they did play a little solo, they made every note count. John, George and Paul were good guitar players who were capable of some very tasty lead guitar. The medley on the backside of Abbey Road is epic, it showcases some lead guitar playing from all three. Paul's bass lines were never technically complex - they weren't supposed to be - they were simple and very smooth, just sounded great. John and Paul were pretty decent on the keys as well. But what really made them great was their songwriting. I can't even describe it. The way they would stop and on a dime and change tempos; the way they had songs that sounded like different songs within one song. For example, "A Day in the Life", which actually was two songs combined in one. They were just brilliant songwriters, George, John and Paul. All were great singers too, even Ringo's voice was alright.:laughing:

Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)?

As for Beatles songs sometimes sounding like combined songs that is because they often were with McCartney and Lennon combining parts they had written.

i actually like Carl & The Passions' So Tough more than anything the Beach Boys have ever done

cos it's blues-rock with harmonies

only Elton John agrees with me, as well as a guy called "Joe H." on another forum

The Beatles by a massive distance.

I clearly already stated that.

Not as clear as I did then. :P

Anyway who really cares who was better? They were both good and that's all that matters.

I don't know, I stated it pretty clearly. :finger:

:laughing: I'm just joking with you.

You're right. Even though I don't really like the Beach Boys, I admit it's completely subjective. Some people like the Beatles more, some people like the Beach Boys more, it's all good.

But as long as we clearly have nothing better to do other than music banter, we might as well speak our minds and debate about it. ;)