music question

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Dec 18 21:32:04 PST 1998


Frances Bolton (PHI) wrote:


>A propos of absolutely nothing, can anyone tell what was the big deal
>about the Beach Boys, and the cult of Brian Wilson in particular? I hear
>them on the radio, and always try to reconcile what I am hearing with what
>I hear about Brian Wilson being mind bogglingly brilliant, but I can't.
>What am I missing?

Nothing, as far as I can tell. They sound insipid to me - all that damn easy melody & easy harmony. Give me Cat Power anyday.

Doug



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