Beach Boys - Surf's Up

[lispectorando]

HORA DE SURFAR A BORDO DE UMA TSUNAMI MUDE TOTALMENTE DE DIREÇÃO E SE JUNTE À JOVEM E FREQUENTE PRIMAVERA QUE VOCÊ DEU OUVI A PALAVRA COISA MARAVILHOSA UMA CANÇÃO INFANTIL UMA CRIANÇA É O PAI DO HOMEM Referência a um poema de Wordsworth. OUVIU COMO ELES TOCAVAM SUA CANÇÃO DE AMOR? E AS CRIANÇAS SABEM O CAMINHO É POR ISSO QUE A CRIANÇA É O PAI DO HOMEM

[lispectorando]

O CÁLICE FOI ERGUIDO, ATIRARAM A ROSA

O VINHO ENCORPADO, O BAÇO ÚLTIMO BRINDE

AO PORTO, ADEUS OU MORRER

“Port” é também o nome do vinho do Porto em inglês, e a palavra francesa “adieu” que consta na letra soa, em inglês, com “do” – se aproximando da expressão “to do or die” (fazer ou morrer).

O PESAR PRESO NA GARGANTA, EU DE CORAÇÃO ENDURECIDO

INACREDITAVELMENTE UM HOMEM PARTIDO RIJO DEMAIS PARA CHORAR

[lispectorando]

TORRES COBERTAS DE NINHOS DE POMBOS, A HORA

BATEU, A RUA, UMA LUA (FEITA) DE MERCÚRIO

O metal mercúrio, não o planeta.

UMA CARRUAGEM PELA NEBLINA

UM COREOGRAFIA DE DOIS PASSOS À LUZ DE POSTES, CANÇÃO DE TABERNA

AS RISADAS VÊM FORÇADAS DA “VALSA DA DESPEDIDA”

“Auld Lang Syne” é uma música escocesa que se canta no ano novo, cujo título quer dizer “Há muito tempo atrás”. No Brasil é comum ouvir a versão instrumental chamada de “Valsa da Despedida”.

[lispectorando]

EXAMINE A CIDADE E ROCE PELO CENÁRIO

“Canvass” além de verbo é o substantivo para “tela” (de pintura), e o verbo para roçar, encostar, passar (“to brush”) também se refere ao ato de escovar ou pintar com um pincel. “Backdrop” nesse caso é especificamente um cenário pintado em um pano que fica atrás do palco.

VOCÊ ESTÁ DORMINDO, IRMÃO JOHN?

Uma reverência à musiquinha francesa sobre o Frére Jacques, o Irmão João.

[lispectorando]

UM COLAR DE DIAMANTES SERVIU DE PENHOR, ENQUANTO ALGUÉM BATUCAVA, PARA UM BELO HOMEM E UMA BATUTA UMA CEGA ARISTOCRACIA CLASSISTA PELOS BINÓCULOS DE ÓPERA VOCÊ VÊ O ABISMO E O PÊNDULO SUSPENSO Referência ao conto de Egard Allan Poe “O Abismo e o Pêndulo”, porém “pit” é também o fosso onde fica a orquestra durante a ópera RUÍNAS COLUNADAS DESPENCAM COMO DOMINÓS EU, SURPREENDIDO PELO VELUDO PENDURADO EU, ACORDADO PELO LUSTRE TURVO, PARA UMA CANÇÃO DISSOLVIDA NO AMANHECER

[lispectorando]

A SALA DE CONCERTO É UMA REVERÊNCIA CUSTOSA

A MÚSICA TODA AGORA SE PERDE

PARA UM CISNE-TROMBETEIRO MUDO

Um cisne-trombeteiro é uma espécie de cisne, e existe um conto infantil de E. B. White chamado “O Trombeta do Cisne” que consta com um cisne mudo. É clássico também o mito de que existem cisnes que são mudos até o momento da morte, em que cantam uma bela canção.

RUÍNAS COLUNADAS DESPENCAM COMO DOMINÓS

[lispectorando]

PORRA! "The street quicksilver moon" virou "a luz vinha de uma Lua de Mercúrio"???

"The street quicksilver moon" became "the light came from a Moon of Mercury"!!!

[lispectorando]

Porra a tradução tá puxada... É quase impossível traduzir isso mesmo.

[PhantomPhonoProject]

Still the perfect song after all these years. Nothing can compare with it.

[AKB48Saechanoshi4]

↓I DO NOT think so; Both are real good!!

[HUELLAO]

a day in the life is better.

[NLFilms]

@HUELLAO i'd say a day in the life is easier to listen to. surf's up seems too complex at first

[lispectorando]

@NLFilms Complex?? Whatever do you mean??

[realcucus]

jajajaj definitely beats a day in a lifetime.....wich brought me here!!!!lol.

[Yetaxa]

miles better than A Day in the Life

[garyw930]

I would like to recommend the book 'An Essential Guide To Music In The 1970s' by Johnny Zero. The author is a big fan of this track.

[TheOneartist]

The SMiLE version is the definitive one.

[Mr11MUSICMAN]

@TheOneartist Nah

[TheOneartist]

@Mr11MUSICMAN Yah.

[Mr11MUSICMAN]

@TheOneartist Yah. [2]

[Mr11MUSICMAN]

@TheOneartist lol I'm retarded, I thought you were the guy who said this is bad and you know it that I responded to with it's great and you know it

[TheOneartist]

@Mr11MUSICMAN Ah. haha I was the guy who said the SMiLE version's definitive. I also said that Pitchfork has written really good reviews, but I'm a hippie, which is the anti-hipster.

Yeah, I don't know how someone can claim to love music and not love this song.

[Mr11MUSICMAN]

@TheOneartist Definitely top 10 shit right here

[AkiraBattle]

How a great song ,it's from 1971.Fuck pop today,brain kick music ass!

[metalmaster78]

That ending always gets me :-)

[betwes]

@metalmaster78 I couldn't agree more. I think this ending is the saddest and most beautiful thing ever composed.

[MegaAndreNo]

Rock gentil neanmoins progressif

A ecouter au moins une fois

[deaconbluesful]

@MegaAndreNo Du rock gentil ? Tu veux dire de la pop ? 

[MegaAndreNo]

@deaconbluesful

Oui, de la pop si on veut. Mais, les Beach Boys ce n'était pas que de la musique de surf et de pitounes californiennes. Toutes leurs chansons n'ont pas été des hits commerciaux qui jouaient en boucle sur le AM. Cela vaut la peine de le savoir et d'écouter ce qu'ils ont fait

[HaleighhHarris]

@Necryte I'm a pitchfork loving hipster. XD

[Necryte]

Well fuck. Expect a shitstorm of Pitchfork loving hipsters flowing in here soon.

[mothafuckajones666]

@Necryte

Their review of SMiLE was the only thing I agree with them about. When they champion Neon Indian's Deadbeat Summer, I called bullshit, the whole thing's just a Todd Rundgren sample, leading me to believe new music, hip or mainstream sucks. Which is why I always come back to the Beach Boys. Their music is just perfect, and Pet Sounds and SMiLE are just the peak of artistic creativity, which wasn't and never will be rivaled.

[TheOneartist]

@Necryte Pitchfork have some good reviews. They've interviewed classic albums and some superb new ones, as well. (Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear)

Of course, like any review site, they've given high marks to pieces of crap as well, so what can you say? Personally I'm a hippie, which is the anti-hipster.

[beans1308]

you fucking american cunts,its crap and u know it.

[Mr11MUSICMAN]

@beans1308 It's great and you know it*

[catsick94]

The most beautiful song. Somebody hold me, I want to hear this forever

[Laurelindo]

The Beach Boys members are good examples of most girls' definition of "sexy guys" in terms of style and attitude.

[coolsweetgroovy]

i'm with you Beach boys Let's go

[hunnagazunna]

Wow. First time I've heard this. Can't believe its so beautiful. Just replayed it about ten times. Is that the same person singing the first faster section as the second. Whoever it is has got a fantastic voice.

[Erix7810]

@hunnagazunna Nope, the first part is sung by Carl Wilson, the slower, ending half is Brian Wilson.

[MultiJaylea]

@Erix7810 dennis was a surfer R.I.P.

[bonhambaker]

1:30 Zach Galifinaikis

[69dangerdog]

@bonhambaker Normally I'd be pissed at a negative Beach boys comment but that's pretty damn funny. lol

[liamrocksmysockstm]

mike love disliked this twice

[iconicshrubbery]

I think we All agree this a work of art.....,-it reaches and moves us All..Universally!

Brian is Da Vinci and Surf's Up is our Mona Lisa.

[grantaldn]

This is outstanding

[eldemasiado]

Gorgeous

[leithp]

My very very very very favorite Beach Boys song.

[MegaAndreNo]

Il faut suivre avec Father of the man. C est interchangeable

[StLennyBruce]

Someone just got me tickets to see Brian Wilson here in Paris on Tuesday (Sept 20, 2011). Aw, man. I don't know how I made it through this comment without using exclamation points. Too much, people. Too much.

[eirikwegga]

Brian Wilson is a brilliant man badly damaged by childhood abuse and later drug use, who has been abused and bullied for most of his life. First by his father, then his cousin Mike, then his psychiatrist. Who knows what he would have been able to do if he had been encouraged to develop his musical ambitions fully, rather than being chastised for not making surf music

[TheFestivelights]

Brian was on a another planet-astoundingly beautiful.

[fattymattyweasel]

"The music all is lost for now"

The best description of the smile sessions.

[Wolfsky9]

It's crucial --to everyone--to remember, that Carl sings the 1st 2 verses, & BW takes over at " Dove Nested Towers"., ect. That's because BW refused to do the 1st 2 verses, so Brtother Carl stpped in & did it --beautifully. From Late Summer, 1971. Wolfsky9, 65 y/o.

[magneto44]

I sat and listened to this whole album tonight while the tropical storm rolled in....just me, the darkness, the white caps of the waves and a very sad and confused Beach Boys

[fattymattyweasel]

I know I'm going to sound ignorant but I never new the Beach Boys where THIS good.

[Karateworm]

@fattymattyweasel Oh you've got a lot to discover. Enjoy! :P 

[1940semochild]

I don't have kids, but they will be raised on htis music.

[understatedsinger]

I love this piece. When music can do to the soul what this just did for me, it's a mark of a great work of art. I agree that Brian is an understated genius.

[tashlosung]

this is the most beautiful song ever.

[204776439]

I think I can hear in this song shades of A Day In the Life.

[Strizz484]

@204776439 Technically this was recorded first, as part of the Smile sessions in '66 prior to Sgt. Pepper's.

[aoneight]

MUSICAL POETRY.



[pierreerichexum]

the best ever Beach Boys song ever!!!!!

and god they've got amazing songs: Good Vibrations, Caroline No, Forever, Cabinessence, Be Still, God Only Knows, Just Wasn't made for this time, Little Bird, , Don't Talk Put Your Head on My Shoulder, Our Sweet Love, A Day in the Life of A tree, Til I die, Wonderful, Child is the Father of the Man, Summer Means New Love

[BigChiefLtd1]

@DavidMrBurns1976 Hi David - Thank you for that correction! My memory is a bit clouded because I used to travel with the band on tour back in the early '70s and, of course, it was Carl who sang the entire song because Brian wasn't touring with them at that time. But you're right. They both have parts in the recorded version. My bad. Thanks again. Nice to see someone else is as much a stickler for detail with the Boys as me.

[starsmarscars]

father of the child! i had forgotten about the amazing ending of this song! i love coming back to old favorites and hearing them new again!! and it's also so great to read the constructive and educating comments people are leaving instead of the other kinds out there. way to go brian wilson fans.

[BigChiefLtd1]

To Edumota (who posted this video) - That's actually not Brian who "sings his own Surf's Up" as you put it. It's brother Carl on lead vocal. Brian does sing lead on it with his own band now, and BOTH performances are amazing in their own way. The similarity? This version is the studio version... with numerous takes, the band gets it right... something they never quite accomplished in Concert. Yet Brian's version (which is live) matches (maybe even surpasses) the studio version. Sheer Genius!

[nyatete]

The greatest song human being ever wrote.

[450steelers]

Brian wilson is god and petsounds is the blible

[thumbpickr1812]

Brilliant lyrics by Van Dyke Parks. At first it doesn't make sense, but when you listen more closely and get the phrasing it all comes clear (well, fairly clear!). Love the whole production, the voice, of course, even better, in fact, on that clip of Brian playing piano and singing. It just makes me so sad to see what happened to Brian Wilson as a result of drug abuse - to see that full-of-hope, talented young guy who sang 'Surfer Girl' turn into a semi-invalid. It's heart-breaking . . .

[OldMod67]

'simply the greatest piece of music,the greatest song,ever written.'?? I do love a lot of Beach Boys songs,and have been waiting for an 'official' Smile for yonks (will they change their mind again at the last minute?) But for me "Surf's Up" isn't anywhere near the best Beach Boys song,let alone the greatest song ever. For all the plaudits it's going to get ,with music journos going ga-ga,I seriously doubt it'll top Pet Sounds or The Beatles "Revolver"..

[josephmarshall]

@OldMod67 Brian Wilson released Smile in 2004. It's mind blowing, hard to imagine that if it was released when intended it wouldnt have smashed Revolver of Sergeant Peppers all over the place.

[BigChiefLtd1]

@OldMod67 All this "greatest piece of music ever written - no it's not!" crap is ridiculous. You're arguing about a subjective judgement. If it's the greatest to one person, then it serves no purpose to counter that with, "No NO! The Beatles did better with (whatever)." Why not just let that person have their opinion? Why is it necessary for you to belittle another person's choice? If you ask 50 music fans what's the best, you'll probably get 45 different answers. Who's right? Everyone.

[HorvathsGirl]

I am born anew in your greatness...

[fantacist]

That's Carl singing the first part right? He sounds amazing.

[Karateworm]

@fantacist Carl does the first half with the instrumental track Brian laid down in the Smile sessions. The second half is Brian's piano demo (with Carl occasionally softening notes), a moog synthesiser for the bass notes.

The tag was recorded in 71 too, I believe.

[AndrewNewZealand]

I like this album's ironic album cover

[matheusdoria]

I just fel in love with it first time i discovered this song... just imagine what kind of human being, his soul, could be able to make such a thing...

[bdicat]

with lyrics from my old friend and all time favorite Van Dyke Parks, I tear up every time I hear it. Thank you.

[topologyrob]

@bdicat Very cool guy, that VDP

[mrsgeorgeharrison196]

The end minutes child/father/man is the one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard. Poor Brian was a tormented soul during this time, a musical genius nonetheless. This piece of music is a work of art, not just a song.

[SuperAde1974]

@mrsgeorgeharrison196 I couldn't agree more, child is father of the man & THOSE HARMONIES at the end give me chills, every single time.

[ClubViking63]

@mrsgeorgeharrison196 The end was taken from the "Smile sessions". Brian and, as some might say, their manager Jack Rieley, worked on making this fitting in to the song.

I agree this is masterpiece in its working.

[ClubViking63]

@mrsgeorgeharrison196 Yes it is not easy to understand how Brian could put this song together, at that troubled time. Surely this is one the top 5 songs in the Beach Boys catalogue.

[dumbangel21]

@mrsgeorgeharrison196 I agree!

[jumaxe]

Love the part at 3:14 till the end.

[mallard4998]

Absolute masterpiece!!!

[jackhillty1]

part two is like van dyke thanking brian for his music

[tailgate30]

i love the beach boys...their music has meant so much to me at so many times in my life...they have been responsible for shaping the direction my life is going . my sister bought me endless summer in 74' as a christmas present...i was 11 yrs old...i wish dennis was still around...the river song is another american great!...long live the beach boys!

[derby1884]

Must be a very lonely feeling for Brian having reached a plateau with this song that no one, before or since, has ever reached. Not even the finest songwriting team of them all - Lennon/McCartney.

"Surf's Up" is simply the greatest piece of music, the greatest song, ever written.

[topologyrob]

@derby1884 Yep, it is

[ArtemisFlyingV]

@derby1884 Can I watch a Brian related video without someone mentioning Lennon and McCartney for once?

[surreytownsoulie]

Was released in 1971..my brother has it and is an awesome pice of music especially disney girls !

[humadeus]

GARBAGE!!! .....BEATLES ARE THE BEST!!!

[groundedsax]

@humadeus Nah the Beach Boys are part of the reason the Beatles became so influential. Brian Wilson invented this crazy psychedelic pop sound, Paul McCartney and John Lennon perfected it and made it accessible to a wider crowd.

[humadeus]

@groundedsax anyway the beatles are the best..... beach boys only are part of somthing lost.... or not???

[groundedsax]

@humadeus Haha all I'm saying is that the Beatles couldn't have done it without the Beach Boys, I think Paul would be one of the first to admit it. Maybe the Beach Boys are part of something "lost" but I just don't think they ever got enough credit

[leftyteleman55]

Always loved this song. Sublime it is.

[thejuggernaut648]

@leftyteleman55 Nooooooooooooooo!!!! ...you can't use "is" to end a sentence...

[leftyteleman55]

Always loved this song. Sublime it is.

[betwes]

The last minute of this song (from "chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiild" on) will always be the most beautiful thing ever composed by a human being. The whole song is perfect, but this minute is something...

[PacquiaoEPO]

Surfs Up was released on an album. Along with about 50% of the Smile Album. All this myth about "smile" is just a myth. All that happened was that Wilson recorded "Smile", the Beach Boys didn't like all of it, so dropped the songs they didn't like, and released the rest under a different name The album released instead of "smile" had on it: Heros and Villains Surfs Up Good Vibrations Wonderful Wind Chimes Vegetables That's probably 70% of the Smile Album

[MrSf66]

@PacquiaoEPO You are only partially correct at best. SMILEY SMILE contained several SMILE songs in much altered form, NOT the original SMILE recordings. These tunes are: Wind Chimes, Wonderful, Vegetables. Surf's Up remained unreleased until it came out on the LP of the same name in 1971. Cabinessence and Out Prayer came out on the 20/20. The SMILEY SMILE versions substituted dry minimalism for the baroque SMILE versions. Try to get your details straight next time.

[mateovillalpando]

Does anyone have any idea where to find the Brian Wilson solo piano version? I cannot find it anywhere!

Thanks!

[ABurningCanoe]

@mateovillalpando It's on both the Odeon Records SMiLE and Ryan Marks SMiLE.

[canklescankles]

an example of perfection in harmony. pure music. 

[LAVB432]

Enjoy

[Atkingani]

Subtitles in Portuguese show how complex lyrics are in another language. Congrats to the translator who caught the very essence of this timeless piece of art.

[GearingDestroyer]

This statue,” Appeal to the Great Sprite”, stands before the entrance of the Boston Museum of fine arts Appeal to the Great Spirit, is a sculpture by Cyrus Dallin. Dallin, a native of Utah, had a large amount of interaction with Native American children while growing up. This provided him with unique insights that he was to call upon while creating this, and other, works. In 1909, the sculpture was cast in Paris and won a gold medal for its exhibition in the Paris Salon.

[JohnnyTheWolfLupino]

This track is on another level entirely! 

[pastafazool56]

If you deleted all the Beach Boys surfing music and just listen to stuff like this, Heros & Villans, Wonderful, God Only Knows, etc. they are on a plane above everybody except the Beatles & Dylan.

[xtelemasterx]

@pastafazool56 there is no doubt that the Beach Boys TOWER over the Beatles and Dylan in terms of musical complexity--thanks primarily to Brian Wilson. :)

[braybeatles]

@xtelemasterx. 1.The genuis within the B Boys was Brian Wilson. Virtually ALL of the B Boys brilliance is down to Brian and none of it to Mike Love.2.His material, esp on Pt Snds and some of Smile, is equal to if not at times better than the Beatles & Dylan.3.The complexity of this song is no match for it's lyrical and musical brilliance. Whether it is more or less complex than say "I am the Walrus", "You Never/Money", or "Dsln Row", "Postivly 4th St", much of Blonde or "Idiot WInd" is irrlvnt.

[xtelemasterx]

@braybeatles No argument there man, I totally agree!

[braybeatles]

@xtelemasterx. Isn't it great that 30-40 years on it is Brian who is able to tour his classic songs around the world and receive justified adulation for his massive creations. People love him for what he has given us and for the struggles he's had to endure. What a great man! This song is so sad - you can feel the sun setting on the greatest period of his genius. Written in 1967, this recording was finally released in 71. Even then it pained BRian to be reminded of how great he had been.

[Karateworm]

@braybeatles Don't ignore Dennis. 70s Beach Boys are pretty amazing, generally down to him.

[braybeatles]

@Karateworm. Yeh, you're right, as I've demonstrated he tends to get over looked. That song off Beach Boys Today, In The Back of My Mind, is a prime example of his soulful, yearning voice. He also stood up for Brian when he had his battles with Mike Love over some of his greatest creations. His "Pacific Ocean Blue" is essential listening.

[Karateworm]

@braybeatles I've listened to Pacific Ocean Blue almost as much as I have Pet Sounds. His "Cuddle Up" track from Carl & The Passions is probably one of my favourite ever BB songs too. Incredible stuff.

[TheNeonTide]

someone needs to play this shit backwards

[ronetteloverz]

@TheNeonTide I tried it! It sounds just as beautiful when played backwards.

[myglide04]

i first heard this song in the early 70's. ive never quite been able to get a grip on the story...at the same time i cant seem to stop listening, humming and singing this song. captivating to me.

[reneebigsur01]

it was released,,,,,surfs up,,,the album cover was an indian on a horse,,the indian's head was hung low,,,holding a spear,,,,in my opinon,,,one the the beach boys better recordings

[sandinyourshoes]

@reneebigsur01, I do agree. They were so sophisticated when the 70s arrived.

[CraigG1960]

@reneebigsur01 I always thought it was Don Quixote

[RJW14863]

@reneebigsur01

The only bad thing about Surfs Up was the lack of Dennis...as he was filming Two Lane Blacktop

[Karateworm]

@RJW14863 He had written a few songs for it... "Wouldn't It Nice (to live again)" was reputed to be the greatest song he's ever recorded (by those who have heard it. It's never been released, because Dennis withdrew all of his songs from Surf's Up due to argument :(

[RJW14863]

@Karateworm

Yeah, wasnt "4th Of July" from that period?

As for "Wouldnt It Be Nice To Live Again"...cant believe it hasnt been bootlegged! Been collecting BB stuff for decades and I've never heard this track!

[k12tn]

What some call complex can also be disjunct...

[joeyrider]

and Van Dyke Parks lyrics are perfect with the stream of consciouness kind of writing that goes with the tide of the music.. his is pure bliss on earth

[SwamplandRecordsLtd]

On the Making of SMiLE DVD that we have, there's footage of Brian backstage before the London performance, and Paul McCartney turns up, and Brian immediately lights up and keeps on saying 'I did it for you Paul! I did it for you!'

[mangoshakess]

@SwamplandRecordsLtd yeah i love that. Brian holding Paul's hand. And Brian saying "i did it for you!", and paul is just saying "you're so good man". Paul said he cried during the rehearsal for when he and brian sang "god only knows" together. legends.

[apollowoman]

I looked up the lyrics and I have the lyrics in front of me and I still can't absorb it all.....

[amberlover678]

This song is so fucking complex, it's one of those songs that requires multiple listens to completely understand it, I love it! I wish this album actually got released, it could have actually gave Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band some competition back in 67'

[TheLyricslass]

@amberlover678 l totally agree. And when you know the story of this song's production it makes it more special.

[notaphaser]

@amberlover678 Well think of it, this would've come around in, what, early '67? it would've beaten Sgt. Pepper's to the punch, and might've even made the Beatles pull back and put more work into it. SMiLE could've been something just as pivotal as Sgt. Pepper's was, but....fate didn't allow it....

[tschubidi]

@amberlover678

I think smile would have been THE album if released in '67.

[braybeatles]

@amberlover678. This song is composed of so many different pieces/songs. Indeed, there are songs going on in the background. Listen to the 2004 Smile release, you'll see what I mean. There's that bit when Brian starts singing Child is the Father of the Man which on this version is not so pronounced but on the 2004 release it's like a song in its own right. I do agree that if that Smile stuff had been released in its full glory in 67 as Brian intended it would have blown others away, possibly!

[ABurningCanoe]

@amberlover678 Yeah, I dunno, how could this song compete with When I'm 64 (sarcasm)?

[SupperOfTheMightyOne]

@ABurningCanoe

And my, how could 'A Day in the Life' ever compete with 'Roll Plymouth Rock'?

[ABurningCanoe]

@SupperOfTheMightyOne "Roll Plymouth Rock" doesn't have randomly inserted half-assed Avant-Garde elements.

[ABurningCanoe]

@SupperOfTheMightyOne "Roll Plymouth Rock/Do You Like Worms" doesn't have half-assed randomly inserted Avant-Garde elements, The Beach Boys aren't a trite trend jumping band, and SMiLE is way more thoroughly artistic and psychedelic then anything The Beatles ever did.

[SupperOfTheMightyOne]

@ABurningCanoe

Hm, 'Caroline No'? And are we really judging music by how psychedelic it is, now?

Look, I'm not gonna convince you to like the Beatles and you're not gonna convince me to hate them, so let's end this before it gets out of hand.

[ABurningCanoe]

@SupperOfTheMightyOne Artistic not psychedelic, so Caroline No is a pretty bad example. It wasn't convincing someone to like or dislike them, just to stop making myths and/or exaggerating their artistic merit so people can dickride them as much as possible. Considering Sgt. Pepper's to be the highmark of Psychedelia or general left of field music for 67 is laughable. The Beatles are a trite Pop band.

[SupperOfTheMightyOne]

@ABurningCanoe

Give it a rest. Hardly any of Sgt. Pepper is truly psychedelic in the first place, the same can be said of any Beach Boys album.

Lawl, 'making myths'. Did I make up any myths in my comment up there? Did I exaggerate their artistic merit? Or, hm, crazy thought here, just bear with me, try your best, maybe whether a band has artistic 'credibility' or not is *gasp* INDIVIDUALIZED?

[ABurningCanoe]

@SupperOfTheMightyOne I was never talking to you in the first place, you never made such claims. I was talking to the guy up top and the general idea of Sgt. Pepper's being the key mark in Psychedelia when its' hardly Psychedelic and mostly Pop. I agree that most of Beach Boys isn't Psychedelic as well, but SMiLE and Smiley Smile are both thoroughly psychedelic for the most part.

[SupperOfTheMightyOne]

@ABurningCanoe

Fair enough, I overreacted anyway. If the Fabs ever had a psychedelic album, it's Magical Mystery Tour, but god-damn if it sounds anything like Flying Teapot.

[ABurningCanoe]

@SupperOfTheMightyOne Yeah Magical Mystery Tour is mostly Psychedelic, still a bit of pop filler but it's their best album.

[ABurningCanoe]

@ABurningCanoe Continued. Enjoying them as a Pop band that took influence from Psychedelia and other left of field music genres (and for the most part not in an innovative way) is fine.

[Karateworm]

@ABurningCanoe Agreed. 

[PacquiaoEPO]

@amberlover678

It was released.

The Beach Boys released "smile", but just under a different name, and without 50% of the songs.

Surfs up, Heroes and Villians, Good Virbrations, all came out on the next album

[BigChiefLtd1]

@amberlover678 Actually, amberlove, the song itself was released as part of the album of the same title in 1970 or 71. You probably know that, but I'm just mentioning it in case others don't. I'm not sure if the CD is still in print, but you can probably find it on youtube if it's not available from Amazon.

[BunkyOhare]

@amberlover678 It was released, its called "Surfs Up". Brilliant.

[CodeDarkBlue]

listen to gorillaz empire ants for some reason there's a little resemblance...call me crazy :P

[TheFashionbugs]

@CodeDarkBlue Calling

[Johnnyboycivello1986]

@CodeDarkBlue so true !

[symiankrone]

perfect!

[Rocky341000]

WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!