Why the Beach Boys Matter

2018-10-02 Music

Author : Tom Smucker
Release : 2018-10-02
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 720/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis Why the Beach Boys Matter by : Tom Smucker

Download or read book Why the Beach Boys Matter written by Tom Smucker. This book was released on 2018-10-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the white American pop music groups that hit the charts before the Beatles, only the Beach Boys continued to thrive throughout the British Invasion to survive into the 1970s and beyond. The Beach Boys helped define both sides of the era we broadly call the sixties, split between their early surf, car, and summer pop and their later hippie, counterculture, and ambitious rock. No other group can claim the Ronettes and the Four Seasons as early 1960s rivals; the Mamas and the Papas and Crosby, Stills and Nash as later 1960s rivals; and the Beatles and the Temptations as decade-spanning counterparts. This is the first book to take an honest look at the themes running through the Beach Boys’ art and career as a whole and to examine where they sit inside our culture and politics—and why they still grab our attention.

Why the Beach Boys Matter

2018-10-02 Music

Author : Tom Smucker
Release : 2018-10-02
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 747/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Why the Beach Boys Matter by : Tom Smucker

Download or read book Why the Beach Boys Matter written by Tom Smucker. This book was released on 2018-10-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An excellent introduction to the band that might have evolved, [the author] suggests, into the Beatles.” —New York Journal of Books Of all the white American pop music groups that hit the charts before the Beatles, only the Beach Boys continued to thrive throughout the British Invasion to survive into the 1970s and beyond. The Beach Boys helped define both sides of the era we broadly call the sixties, split between their early surf, car, and summer pop and their later hippie, counterculture, and ambitious rock. No other group can claim the Ronettes and the Four Seasons as early 1960s rivals; the Mamas and the Papas and Crosby, Stills and Nash as later 1960s rivals; and the Beatles and the Temptations as decade-spanning counterparts. This is the first book to take an honest look at the themes running through the Beach Boys’ art and career as a whole and to examine where they sit inside our culture and politics—and why they still grab our attention.

Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961-1963

2015-06-08 Music

Author : James B. Murphy
Release : 2015-06-08
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 534/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961-1963 written by James B. Murphy. This book was released on 2015-06-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They were almost The Pendletones--after the Pendleton wool shirts favored on chilly nights at the beach--then The Surfers, before being named The Beach Boys. But what separated them from every other teenage garage band with no musical training? They had raw talent, persistence and a wellspring of creativity that launched them on a legendary career now in its sixth decade. Following the musical vision of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys blended ethereal vocal harmonies, searing electric guitars and lush arrangements into one of the most distinctive sounds in the history of popular music. Drawing on original interviews and newly uncovered documents, this book untangles the band's convoluted early history and tells the story of how five boys from California formed America's greatest rock 'n' roll band.

Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys

2012-06-01 Music

Author : Mark Dillon
Release : 2012-06-01
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 981/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys written by Mark Dillon. This book was released on 2012-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A vivid account . . . Young and old fans alike will enjoy” (Publishers Weekly). This book offer a unique journey through The Beach Boys’ long, fascinating history by telling the stories behind fifty of the band’s greatest songs from the perspective of group members, collaborators, fellow musicians, and notable fans. Filled with new interviews with music legends such as Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Alan Jardine, Bruce Johnston, David Marks, Blondie Chaplin, Randy Bachman, Roger McGuinn, John Sebastian, Lyle Lovett, Alice Cooper, and Al Kooper, and commentary from a younger generation such as Matthew Sweet, Carnie Wilson, Daniel Lanois, Cameron Crowe, and Zooey Deschanel, this story of pop culture history both explores the darkness and difficulties with which the band struggled, and reminds us how their songs could make life feel like an endless summer.

Good Vibrations

2016-10-07 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Philip Lambert
Release : 2016-10-07
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 958/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Good Vibrations written by Philip Lambert. This book was released on 2016-10-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An international, interdisciplinary exploration of the band that helped define 1960s America

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