Are the Beach Boys a top 5 band all time?

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  1. Mediocre Man

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    Your answer will not be taken seriously if you have never listened to Pet Sounds. You must indicate in your answer if you have listened to the album
     
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    Only if you're an old timer.

    Their music certainly didn't age well as, say, the Beatles.
     
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    You don't need to listen to all of Shaq's album to know its crap.
     
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    They made some amazing music. I don't have an all-time top five, but I think that they are dramatically underestimated by many music fans.

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    are you saying that the Beach Boys are crap like Shaq's album?

    Kazaaaam!
     
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    Oh Hell No!
     
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    I will not be trying to convince anyone either way. Just thought it might be a fun topic
     
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    I went to Beachboy concerts once or twice in my day.

    I rank songs, not groups.
     
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    They might be a top five band in the history of rock n roll, but I like the Monkees more than I like the beach boys.
     
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    Respect them, but no way are they top 5. I'm assuming you mean "bands" and NOT individual artists.....

    Zepplin, The Beatles, Rolling Stones are some of my top picks, but how can you put a list of top bands together and not give props to the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Miles Davis and the such! Music and lists are a dangerous topic.
     
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    Mostly because none of those guys are bands.
     
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    Everyone has different opinions, but the Beach Boys are in my personal top five. Pet Sounds is brilliant. I could talk about its genius for hours......but I will just leave it there. I think it is the most perfectly recorded album in the history of ever. I really do wish that Brian Wilson could have finished Smile in the 60's. It would have been fanfuckingtastic.
     
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    I read somewhere that they released that album in a box set. Don't know anything more about it though.
     
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    Nice to see you writing about music again, Prunetag.
     
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    Yeah... still a major part of my life. I just haven't felt like posting much in the past couple of years. Just kind of who I am, I suppose. As an aside, my band's latest album is available for free download only for the next 24 hours.
    Not the greatest recording ever, but it is definitely seeking something. And for the money we spent....hehe.... we got the most out of it. Check it out, or not. It's free (for now). http://herecomedots.bandcamp.com/

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    I get religious when I'm sane! I've heard that song before!

    Bought this computer 2 nights ago...first download except antivirus...first use of Windows Media...just gave WM its settings...first time I'm hearing the tiny laptop speakers for music...not bad...it's not Beats...

    I don't want you (something). I like the first song better than the second. Now for Water Death.
     
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    Paper Moon sounds like the KInks! Oops. My grandfather told me about them. Anyway, it has a drumbeat and you sing from low to high! Ray Davies you are!
     
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    Lay your head down--I just realized a pattern in your songs over the years. You deviously repeat a cute little mantra about 4 times and then EXPLODE in a sound that reverberates and vibrates like an echo in a cave. The exciting sound lasts about 5 seconds and then you go back to your cunning buildup of the next drama.
     
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    Now I'll listen for the third time. Second time, I ranked them Paper Moon, Age of Reason, Lay Your Head Down, Touch Me, Water Death, and least favorite Death is a Machine. Here goes the third time.
     
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