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So, why did the almighty Beach Boys get nuked by the Brits and SF music scenes?

Maybe 'cause they were opportunistic phonies?

"The need for a fresh start was glaring, as was the imperative to re-establish their link to US youth culture. Vietnam went some way to providing the key: the youngest Wilson brother, Carl, refused the draft on the grounds of conscientious objection and, in 1970, the group belatedly played their first anti-war benefit. Some members of the band, however, needed persuading about the merits of such un-American activities. When approached by the organisers of the pro-peace Big Sur festival, one of whose sponsors was Joan Baez, Mike Love famously blurted out: "How can we play up there? I think she's a commie."
Love, a cousin of the Wilsons and the band's resident arch-Republican, had long been convinced that The Beach Boys could only reignite their commercial fire by reverting to the world of sun, surf and pre-'Nam Americana. He had a point: for all their new-found hippyism, The Beach Boys would always be too square for the counter-culture, and yet their lurch leftwards also alienated those dependable fans - the kind who decried the peaceniks, called for the razing of Hanoi and dutifully voted for Nixon - who saw their songs as the embodiment of age-old American certainties."

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Topic - So, why did the almighty Beach Boys get nuked by the Brits and SF music scenes? - tinear 04:49:42 02/22/07 (57)
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