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Old 07-20-2010, 04:51 PM   #71 (permalink)
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50s music? I've heard bits and bobs, a lot of "bubblegum rock" and Buddy Holly. I've heard things from the 50s that only confirm in my mind The Beatles were the first to produce interesting music..
Elmore James
Howlin' Wolf
Muddy Waters
Jimmie Rodgers
Lefty Friszell
Conway Twitty
Miles Davis
Coltrane
Rashaan Roland Kirk
Elvis
Little Richard
Roy Orbison
ANYTHING on Sun Records in the 50's

oh yeah...LOTS of good music in the 50's.
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The Beatles are my favourite group, and The Beach Boys are alright... My opinion would purely by out of bias of who's better. As I've listened to The Beatles records so many times, and I don't listen to The Beach Boys much my opinion would be a bit moot. I don't mind The Beach Boys, but I don't think they're that great. I don't even rate Pet Sounds particularly highly, but that's just me.
I've listened to a lot of both.

I went through a bit of a Beach Boys phase when I was 10 or 11...

But yeah, I can easily think of over 100 artists off the top of my head that I like better than the Beach Boys.
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Don't forget the 30's.
Woody Guthrie <3
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Old 07-20-2010, 08:33 PM   #74 (permalink)
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Don't forget the 30's.
Woody Guthrie <3
Billie Holliday in the 40's...Nina Simone in the 50's...

Tons of great music before the 60's.
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Brian Wilson conitnuoisly writing songs about the surfer life when he had never surfed a day in his life isn't pretentious?
Nick Cave has written loads of songs about murderers.
Should he start going around massacring people to come across as less pretentious ?
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Nick Cave has written loads of songs about murderers.
Should he start going around massacring people to come across as less pretentious ?
It'd be nice. Commitment
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These bands can't really be compared since they are not in the same genre, but personally I like The Beach Boys, but I know I must be on of the two that have probably said that so far.
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Nick Cave has written loads of songs about murderers.
Should he start going around massacring people to come across as less pretentious ?
Yes, please.
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Beach Boys all the way.
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Brian and Carl Wilson are the best harmony group of all-time. There is no question about it. Here Today is a perfect example of harmonies being introduced with a timpani and such a nice, slow plodding beat. The song has an almost circus like break before the last chorus and demonstrates how far fetched some of Brian’s ideas were. "Wouldn’t It Be Nice" could be the most uplifting song ever written, and not coincidentally it has backing vocals filled with ascending pitches and warmness. The “Run Run weooooooo” in the middle eight may be the moment that fully encapsulates this young love scenario. In a nutshell, the Beach Boys are so much better than the Beatles is almost scary how few people actually realize it.
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