Re: Poll: Beatles or Beach Boys?

On 16 abr, 02:36, Trent Thorax <tthora...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Clearly the Beach Boys had the superior sound and lyrics, but the
> Beatles' cultural impact cannot be denied.

As much as I like The Beach Boys, I must admit that in much of their
best studio output from the sixties they are just a vocal group, kinda
Tamla Motown.... And Brian evidently was determined to follow the
steps of Mr. Spector (composing, arranging and producing), the rest of
the boys just being his instrument of expression.
It's quite remarkable that rock press and public never criticized it
the way they did with The Monkees (although obviously this latter band
were far less ambitious, artistically speaking)