never knew that Brian is really is own worst enemy the last album was mixed but yeah couldnt write a better closer

Cabin Essence through Surf's Up on Smile is probably the best stretch of music in history. Who agrees?

amazing

the have countless little minor key ballads like that

what albums have you heard

tfw we about to turn jerry into a junkie itt

“BRO CLOCK OUT WORK AND GO GET MORE WEED FROM UR DEEALR AND LISTEN TO THIS ONE”

this thread really did get the sunflower stimulus huh

Legendary track run

i think all the main ones before the 80s but again that was so long ago so i don’t recall much from it as it didn’t really grabbed me back then

thread is making me want to listen to Smiley Smile tonight

Smile Sessions is obviously GOAT but Smiley Smile is a really cool little album too

self proclaimed big fan

that’s on @2words smiley smile gang honestly happy to find so much love for it itt never thought thread on ktt would bring that much pplthat sticks for smiley smile, feel like it gets a bad rep in general but times are a changin

this such a comfy hawaiian vibe getaway track, a fav of mine

One of my favorite bands ever. I hate that they’re looked over by so many people or seen as corny for their earlier music.

Pet Sounds, Smile Sessions, Smiley Smile, Surf's Up and Sunflower are all GOAT

plus they have loads of amazing singles from their early days even if I don't feel like listening to a whole surfer dude album

and also some so bad it's good songs too for pure entertainment

very interesting discography!

oh speaking of singles, they have great ones that never got onto albums

of course this classic:

honestly should’ve been on pet sounds imo

John Lennon:

This is the greatest! Turn it up, turn it right up. It's GOT to be a hit. It's the greatest record I've heard for weeks. It's fantastic. I hope it will be a hit. It's all Brian Wilson. He just uses the voices as instruments. He never tours or anything. He just sits at home thinking up fantastic arrangements our of his head. Doesn't even read music. You keep waiting for the fabulous breaks. Great arrangement. It goes on and on with all different things. I hope it's a hit so I can hear it all the time.

and a favorite of mine, song which was written when they finally got out of their deal with capitol in 69 to then make their own label, also brians murry wrote the lyrics to it with brian:

sounds like you need to revisit the goats

this is what this thrrad is fighting for in 2020 we done with the elitist bullshit underselling their goat genuis talents bc for beatles even tho the bbs are better, and we done being condescending of their fun upbeat uplifting early music too, no time for that hipster s*** anymore

yessir it’s due time, you are right about this! will get on it starting today

Wild Honey, Friends and Today also GOAT tier

dont skip their first classic phase

they have more loosie classics hidden here and there in the vaults etc than almost any other band too

Wild Honey is good from what I remember, need to hear the other two

also the breakdown in heroes & villains when the lead vocals goes “heroes and villains, just see what you’ve done” (god are the lyrics amazing too) the piano chords, that coda?? is like my biggest music piece obsession, i could heat it on loop forever, something about it is so hypnotic .. it’s not corny, it’s not sad, it’s not over the top theatrical, its not weird, it’s a melody that’s unlike anything else in this world.. brian the only one that still years after digging into his stuff leaves me with question on how to truly capture with words the sounds we came up with

I can see why some would find the early music corny but they still had a lot of bops in that era

sir

let the wind blow, some pet sounds s***.. how she boogalooed it, first bb composition without brian and its a banger

friends title song a classic slept on. diamond head could’ve been on pet sounds too, and the first dennis songs, be still, little bird: like brian when he did lonely sea, a foreshadowing of genuis songwriting

and today man, when i grow up is such an unbelievable piece of songwriting, maybe one of brians best pre pet sounds! plus please let me wonder, she knows me too well, just as good as pet sounds, and in the back of my mind like i said which is the first or most proto pet sounds song type beat, and has dennis vocals on it which is a blessing since he don’t get leads on pet sounds so this is kinda of a “what if” treat

bro

play this at any barbecue party and it’s a win

also ppl don’t realize but the ramones, the whole formula they brought this fast punk short songs in an era where prog rock was taking over, the idea of it was to bring back the early beach boys rocknroll surf innocent straight forward tunes and modernize it really with more energy, i mean what you think got them the idea for rockaway beach?

they covered them

and also even did this song with bars about them

What ever happened to the radio
And where did all the fun songs go
Summer fun, with the Beach Boys on
But we all know what went wrong
Oh-wo-wo