I think the Beach Boys are awesome
who's with me?


Feel like my throat and top of my lungs are operating at about 60% today. Not much fun.

How are you?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 8:34, 72 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Meh! I hate sixties music.
But the Beasty boys are full of win.
( girlinthehole, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 8:38, Reply)

the beach boys came out with some masterpieces though
I defy anyone to say that good vibrations isn't an awesome song. plus less popular ones like "I can hear music" and "do it again"

I'm always in a quandary over the beastie boys. I like what they do, love a few of their songs, but I almost can't bear to listen to most of their stuff. The instrumental albums The Mix Up and In sound from way out are freaking brilliant though.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 8:45, Reply)

Have you heard The Beastles?
It's a mashup of The Beatles and The Beastie Boys.

I love it but I suspect it would cause some head exploding here.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:34, Reply)

think I have heard that

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:44, Reply)

I was going to look up a bunch of beach boys tracks
And make some godawful post about getting better using as many as I could, but I won't. I will simply agree that they are as awesome as hot chocolate sauce, on a chocolate brownie, with chocolate sprinkles served with a mug of hot chocolate.

I'm good thanks... and I know something that would sort your throat right out... start watching porn!
(stimpy, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 8:45, Reply)

I'm glad you didn't do that ;-)
that's a whole lot of chocolate....

how would porn help my throat?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 8:47, Reply)

Porn helps with everything
I cannot think of anything it can't help with.

Except maybe here.
(stimpy, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 8:51, Reply)

I wonder if Monty would punch The Beach Boys in the face?

( girlinthehole, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 8:48, Reply)

hard to tell
he's either going to be all for, or all against.

we will have to wait and see!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 8:55, Reply)

Well, I think the Beach Boys are entirely full of win
and Monty usually agrees with me. So let's hazard a guess.

Edit: Ah, probably should have looked further down the thread first.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:00, Reply)

in bed
eating toast and drinking tea.

I plan to be here for some time
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 8:56, Reply)

Beach Boys meh,
Don't mind them, but I wouldn't buy/steal anything of theirs.

I have Fleet Foxes stuck in my head which is rather plesant, I usually get the theme tune to Jonny Briggs.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:37, Reply)

Buggrit!
Now I've got the theme tune to Johnny Briggs stuck in my head. Still, it's better than the one it replaced - Beauty School Drop-Out from Grease.
(lardyboy Next stop, Fissplap Central, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:52, Reply)

I am rather hungover
But I won a fair amount last night at the poker. Currently reviewing hand histories while pretending to work.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:38, Reply)

"The history of my hands"

A novel by Geraldine Pincher.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:40, Reply)

I bet there's lots of looking out of a window and sighing

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:46, Reply)

I like them
Good summer music to smile to in a car with the windows down.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:40, Reply)

Smile in a car

You don't live in London do you, angry grimace, contorted with rage, resignation or sobbing are the only faces to make driving in London.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:43, Reply)

Haha
I do live in London but no longer have a car. When I lived in Dorset I had a car, and it was lovely!! :)
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:48, Reply)

ah, Dorset
that explains a lot
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:52, Reply)

How very dare you
I wasn't born there, I don't have the trac'or speak!!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:09, Reply)

where were you born?
*updates secret files*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:15, Reply)

Haha in Harrow-on-the-hill
North Laaaandon innit. Then I moved to Bedfordshire, then Cambridgeshire, then Dorset then London... I've come full circle!! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:28, Reply)

interesting....

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:40, Reply)

RAF kid
Its really not that interesting! Haha
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:42, Reply)

it is if only you knew what I'm planning to do with this information
*shifty eyes*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:43, Reply)

Haha
What, stalk me in the past!?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:48, Reply)

I ALREADY HAVE BEEN!!!
*mysteriouses*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:50, Reply)

Ahhhhh
the future/now is changing as I type!! *fears*
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:54, Reply)

for all you know your past has changed too
*twilight zones*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:56, Reply)

*brain bursts*
urahggnargggghhhhhfluuuummm
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 29 Oct 2009, 11:01, Reply)

mwahahahahahaha

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 11:03, Reply)

Meanie

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 29 Oct 2009, 11:06, Reply)

you love it
also, for all you know I could've saved you from a fate worse than a fate worse than death.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 11:08, Reply)

Hmmm
That or you've potentially put me in a danger I previously would not have met if you hadn't been jumbling around in my past! Didn't think of that now did you!!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 29 Oct 2009, 11:11, Reply)

of course I did
how very dare you!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 11:22, Reply)

Morning all
NO WAY ON EARTH would I punch the peerless Beach Boys in the face. They were fucking brilliant and the soundtrack to my rather strange childhood. My old man moved to England in the late 60s bringing with him a love of surf music and early rock'n'roll that I myself adore to this day.

My childhood was spent crammed into a shitty Reanult 4 on interminable drives to freezing British 'looking at castles' holidays, all to the sounds of sunny California. So whilst the fabulous Jan & Dean may suggest palm trees and Woodys (the 60s surfer cars, not erections) to most, to me they bring back happy times driving to Scotland or Wales or Cornwall or wherever.

Magic.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:43, Reply)

*high fives*
that's what I wanted to hear.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:44, Reply)

when I hear their vocal harmonies
I could almost cry. Beautiful.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:48, Reply)

It's hard to tell with you.
You're a funny bugger : P
( girlinthehole, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:49, Reply)

Ha! That I am
The things I love, I LOVE, but woe betide the things I don't....

ZZ Top were excellent last night - but the show seemed very short and the crowd were a bunch of benders.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:56, Reply)

Well they must be getting on a bit now.
Probably too knackered to do long sets.
( girlinthehole, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:58, Reply)

Were their beards...flappy?

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:01, Reply)

Moist flappy beards

*shudder*
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:05, Reply)

Not flappy enough for my tastes
But for the audience of dullards that filled Wembley Arena last night, they were probably dangerously over-flappy.

I thought it'd be full of bikers, not fucking accountants.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:07, Reply)

Yeah, I would have expected a predominance of bikers over suits...
But then, when I went to see John Fogerty, it was much the same. Though kind of funny going into the gents' afterwards to hear one plummy voice saying to his friend, "Well, it's just a shame he didn't play Bad Moon Rising..."
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:09, Reply)

There were some
But it wasn't like you get at Motorhead. All rather safe.

I think the majority of them were there for the 80s Eliminator stuff rather than the 70s classics I wanted - and got, I have to say. 'La Grange' and 'Just Got Paid' were stupendous.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:15, Reply)

La Grange is great
Tush is probably my favourite
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:25, Reply)

it was their last tune

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:33, Reply)

last night?
awesome

apparently Iron Maiden have covered it on tour. Must get hold of that.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:39, Reply)

that is weird
I don't actually know anyone in RL who likes ZZ Top. Not as much as I do anyway.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:16, Reply)

Tres Hombres
is one of my favourite LPs by anyone, ever. The production's great and the songs are classics. Billy Gibbons is hugely underrated as a guitarist too - perhaps because he's not over-flashy - but he's so fucking tasteful.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:22, Reply)

that's one of the reasons I like him as guitarist
I also fucking love hot rods (the cars you filthy fucking perverts), and he has some really nice ones.

apparently all his guitars are exactly the same with a veneer of another guitar on top.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:25, Reply)

Texas has spawned some of my favourite music
13th Floor Elevators, for example. A more totally mental band has never existed.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:31, Reply)

Have you seen the a capella Pet Sounds channel on youtube?
Think it was on /links a while back.

Some clever bugger has stripped the music away. It's amazing how many harmonies you don't pick up on.


And I'm good thankyou. Off tomorrow so today's my Friday :)
(TheColonel, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 9:57, Reply)

I will totally check that out
thanks
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:06, Reply)

Where do you stand on ELO?
I enjoy the Beach Boys but ELO were the music of *my* childhood holidays.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:05, Reply)

I'm not overly familiar with them to be honest

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:07, Reply)

Likewise
They're filed under 'shit' in the back of my mind, but I couldn't name a single tune they did.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:08, Reply)

Mr Bluesky
Love it!!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:41, Reply)

How about the Sensational Alex Harvey Band?
I don't know much of their stuff, and feel like I should know more.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:44, Reply)

I like them.
Which probably means you'll hate them.
( girlinthehole, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:48, Reply)

haha
not necessarily.

I have no idea what the song I know is called...it's good.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:50, Reply)

they were rather theatrical weren't they?
I know bugger all about them, sadly. Scotland did produce some good rock bands in the 70s though, for sure.

Like the mighty NAZARETH, whom I love. Some of their singles were superb.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 11:03, Reply)

Bet you like the Hoosiers aswell.

(TheColonel, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:10, Reply)

ELO were great
But I stress were, I don't think that the music aged well. As kids, on the long drives to holiday destinations, if we were allowed anything on the tape player of dad's Vauhall Viva, we'd always choose some ELO. I listened to a best of CD a couple of years ago and, while it was alright, it's not lasted as well as most of the Beach Boys back catalogue. Funnily enough, my dad's favourite of "The Best of Bread" is still one of my faves.
(lardyboy Next stop, Fissplap Central, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 10:14, Reply)

Along with The Cars and Supertramp, a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine :)
The kind of tape your mother has in the car. A best of, naturally - do mothers buy anything other than Best Of's? I'm also almost ashamed to admit taking great pleasure out of Roxette as a six year old locked in my mothers old Peugeot as she done the shopping/got banged by strangers..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 11:33, Reply)

Oh man
The Beach Boys are fucking amazing. I'm sure I read somewhere on /offtopic someone salgging them off. I mean this place is a real cess-pit of bad musical taste, mostly from Monty Boyce, but I'm wandering off... topic.

A "pet" hate of mine is the overuse of the un-fucking-believable tune 'Sloop John B' by spastic football crowds. Worst of all the bigoted cretins of Rangers F.C. have adopted it in a particularly hateful manner. Cunts!

Nothing quite like a good doze of Beach Boys, on a sunny Saturday morning. Add some booze and that's the perfect start to the weekend...
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 11:30, Reply)

Or maybe some brilliant Big Audio Dynamite,
eh Micky boy?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 11:40, Reply)

Perhaps the most underrated band ever,
I'm sure you'll agree..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 11:52, Reply)