RIP Brian Wilson

[sus]

They were good at dumb bubblegum rock n roll early on, the phil spector sound of california girls, don't worry baby, and they were good at the highly arranged soaring orchestral stuff on pet sounds, but after that they lost it. The production didn't suit them and the songs were nowhere near as good. Wanky flute and sax solos, no thanks.

I dare you to listen to this track and claim Wilson lost it post-Pet Sounds:

 

[luka]

is there a california/malibu/los angeles in da uk

NO

 

[Benny Bunter]

I've heard it before gus, it's a mess.

Best of the early hits:

 

[shakahislop]

is there a california/malibu/los angeles in da uk

there isn’t. which is partly why the idea of California provokes lust. there’s nothing remotely equivalent

 

[shakahislop]

the foreign beach sits heavily in the English worldview

 

[luka]

Its the pacific. It produces a whole different type of human being.

 

[Benny Bunter]

Spector shoutout in the lyrics

You can't really like this?!

 

[Benny Bunter]

That's one of the worst things I've ever heard in my life

 

[luka]

You can't really like this?!

ITs ridiculous. It doesnt correlate to any known human emotion.

 

[shakahislop]

England has a closer relationship with Australia than the west coast. the west coast and Australia are similar in a lot of ways

 

[luka]

Could almost be the theme song for a 1970s sitcom if it was a bit catchier.

 

[sus]

You can't really like this?!

What's there to dislike? You're hanging out in the backyard, grilling with family, flippin patties. Some gals in red-white-n-blue bikinis are attempting to shotgun beer by the framed-board fence. The kids are squirting each other with water guns. Just good vibes all around.

 

[sus]

Sorry I forgot everyone in Britain is mentally ill and incapable of having any form of fun that doesn't involve being sloshed in a basement/gutter. I should be more sensitive.

 

[sus]

We're wholesome people, we Californians. Our guilty vices are skiing and mountain biking and surfing, these pure thrills of gravity and speed.

 

[sus]

Sit in the sunshine. Pop a brewski just to sip. Throw a tennis ball to the golden retriever. Swap tunes with pals on the Bluetooth speaker. Fistbump over chicks.

 

[sus]

I've heard it before gus, it's a mess.

Best of the early hits:

Calling "I Get Around" the best of the Beach Boys is what's embarrassing. Talk about adolescent. Pure 14 year-old empty braggadocio. None of the sensibility, the Romantic love of solitude and interiority, the lush texture and layering that really defines their best work.

 

[sus]

Oliver Craner.

We need you.

Come to the assistance of your adopted homeland. The West you yearned for but were never brave enough to escape to. The great stone turban of Morro Rock. The rolling golden hills. The pure Pacific blue.

 

[luka]

What's there to dislike? You're hanging out in the backyard, grilling with family, flippin patties. Some gals in red-white-n-blue bikinis are attempting to shotgun beer by the framed-board fence. The kids are squirting each other with water guns. Just good vibes all around.

This is a real photograph of Gus and his 'sweetheart.'

 

[kid charlemagne]

also i want to say that i think it is more embaressing that mr suspended mentioned disney girls on his listt then wanted me ridiculed for putting day in the life of a tree on my list. his entry more embaressing than mine

 

[line b]

also i want to say that i think it is more embaressing that mr suspended mentioned disney girls on his listt then wanted me ridiculed for putting day in the life of a tree on my list. his entry more embaressing than mine

I am pro beach boys but do find Mr suspendeds performance odd in this thread. I think pretty much every song off surfs up except student demonstration time is a classic