Re: Poll: Beatles or Beach Boys?

On Apr 16, 1:36=A0am, Trent Thorax <tthora...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Clearly the Beach Boys had the superior sound and lyrics, but the
> Beatles' cultural impact cannot be denied.

Both were giants of the '60's imo.  One interesting thing is that the
Beatles are often thought of (sometimes by me) as being pretty much
the first pop up to (1) write their own songs and also (2) to write
more complex pop songs using really inventive, distinctive chord
progressions and harmonies that went way beyond the standard, very
simple 12-bar, 1-4-5 blues-based structures that comprised almost all
rock'n'roll songs from the 50's....BUT....really the Beach Boys beat
them to it and were doing both things in the States a little before we
knew about the Beatles.

richforman