Beach Boys

It's only really been the last 9 months that I have started listening to the Beach Boys again. I stopped listening to them at about age 12. I guess the reason I stopped listening to them was because my friends at the time would have thought the Beach Boys were the uncoolest band in history. People would not have had the slightest idea that I was a closet B.B. fan. I think for the longest time I even forgot that I was. I was so far removed from the real me then, as a teenager you just wanna fit in.

As a kid these guys were my favourite band. It was the first time I ever listened to music that wasn't just being played by my parents. I used to sit in my room listening to Beach Boys cassette tapes for hours. The first time I heard 'Sloop John B' at about age 6 it blew my mind. I knew nothing about music but I knew there was something special about that song.

Anyone that thinks the Beach Boys are 'uncool' has got so much to learn. Rolling Stone magazine ranked 'Pet Sounds' as number 2 on their list of 500 greatest albums of all time, 'Good Vibrations' as number 6 on their list of 500 best songs of all time and number 12 on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. Just ask Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney or Bob Dylan about the genius of Brian Wilson.

I just wish my parents has a copy of 'Pet Sounds' when I was growing up. Anyways I really should be studying right now. Stay tuned for a Fleet Foxes rant real soon.