The Beach Boys...

garysanfran · 06-12-2025, 09:59 PM

I wrote this while working for The Boston Globe December 10, 1973

FlyingScot · 06-14-2025, 01:27 PM

Thanks for sharing. Brian was a genius. A sad tale

jbolty · 06-14-2025, 04:49 PM

one of the first concerts I ever went to was the beach boys at Mt Cranmore. Maybe 1982

TomC · 06-15-2025, 03:05 AM

I was surprised to learn the Beach Boys have the most top-40 hits of any American band...

thinkxingu · 06-15-2025, 06:20 AM

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I was surprised to learn the Beach Boys have the most top-40 hits of any American band...

Is the key there "American" and "band"? Michael Jackson, The Beatles, etc. would all be pulled using those two qualifiers.

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TomC · 06-15-2025, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by thinkxingu

Is the key there "American" and "band"? Michael Jackson, The Beatles, etc. would all be pulled using those two qualifiers.

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I think the point is that they were extremely popular despite most people dismissing them a flash-in-the-pan pop group of surfer dudes.. (and I also learned they never surfed)

Slickcraft · 06-15-2025, 05:34 PM

A bit of history that I remember:

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/beac...uly-band-1983/

Some songs:
https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/...reatest-songs/

Alan

FlyingScot · 06-16-2025, 01:00 PM

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I think the point is that they were extremely popular despite most people dismissing them a flash-in-the-pan pop group of surfer dudes.. (and I also learned they never surfed)

"Pop" is accurate, but can be misleading. Pet Sounds is one of the greatest albums ever

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