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Who was better, The Beatles or The Beach Boys?

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Who was better, The Beatles or The Beach Boys?

LoonyPandora

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10^th Apr 2010 at 8:08 pm

Daft Cow?

Discuss. Or rather, vote.

Rayanne Graff

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10^th Apr 2010 at 8:16 pm

River Phoenix

i voted for The Beatles. But i s'pose i'm biased.

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LoonyPandora

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10^th Apr 2010 at 8:17 pm

Daft Cow?

A couple of songs, just because.

LoonyPandora

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10^th Apr 2010 at 8:17 pm

Daft Cow?

I've just realised that I don't actually have any Beatles in my vast iTunes library...

LoonyPandora

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10^th Apr 2010 at 8:57 pm

Daft Cow?

Quote: Bob Flapper, Apr 2010

You know the way one band breaks through with a unique sound and feel and then other record companies sign up and promote their own versions of them?

I always got that impression that the Beach Boys were put out as "The American Beatles"

The Beach Boys were first, kinda.

Delirium Tremens

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10^th Apr 2010 at 8:58 pm

Quote: Bob Flapper, Apr 2010

I always got that impression that the Beach Boys were put out as "The American Beatles"

Brian Wilson had been writing songs since the late 1950s. The Beach Boys' records were more influenced by Phil Spector than Sgt. Pepper. They didn't have a similar sound until Pet Sounds.

The Beatles and the Beach Boys had similiar influences, almost solely American, like Chuck Berry style rhythm 'n' blues and girl groups like the The Chiffons. I like their melodies equally, but neither of their lyrics really say anything about my life.

Albert Johanneson

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10^th Apr 2010 at 11:34 pm

Outside-left

'God Only Knows' might be the greatest pop song ever written, but for consistently high class and, at the time inventive, output that has had the influence over most things written since, it has to be The Beatles.

It's a simplistic way to look at it, but I didn't want to just write, "The Beatles" and leave it at that.

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Dinglebutt

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13^th Apr 2010 at 4:33 pm

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Quote: Rufio, Apr 2010

I really like The Beatles but I don't know nearly enough about the beach boys to state an opinion. The more I hear about the beach boys the more I want to start exploring their music. Though like Alice I do detest one particular track...

Voted for The Beatles just so I could see the results, so subtract 1 from The Beatles vote as it represents an uninformed opinion

Tell you what, I'll vote for Beach Boys to even things out, because I honestly couldn't give a f*ck

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