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    After suffering a nervous breakdown, Brian Wilson pulled away from touring and maintained a much larger presence in the studio, writing songs for the band and helping produce several of the hits and major albums that The Beach Boys would become known for. At this point, Brian Wilson produced the Pet Sounds album, designed to compete against their rapidly growing competition, The Beatles. The album was inspired by the Beatles album Rubber Soul, an album in which every song was an A side song, a song

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    very popular bands that went through a transformation was the Beach Boys and the Beatles. I bring up these two well-known bands because I believe that they played a key role in the transformation of rock and roll. Rock and roll would not be the same today without these two remarkable bands. Between the Beach Boys and the Beatles, I guess someone could say that there was a little bit of friction. This was because when the Beach Boys debuted in 1961 they were known as Americas favorite band, until

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    The Emergence of Surf Music Many different music styles emerged during the early 1960's. One of these music styles that was perhaps the most prominent music style to ever come out of Southern California was Surf Music. Surf music was a short-lived phenomenon that occurred from 1961 to 1965 (Nostalgia, 2002). Along with the surf music craze, Hollywood also started producing numerous movies about surfing, including Gidget, and Endless Summer (St. James Encyclopedia, 2003

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    In his play, Julius Ceaser, Shakespear wrote, “Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once.” (2.2.34) Crimanals who kill or rape are the most cowardly of them all. They deserve to suffer; they must face their cowardice actions with suffering. Capital Punishment or the death penalty is the act of killing someone as punishment for a serious crime. There is not much justice in the death penelty, no suffering is ever involved. Infact, death can even be considered

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    even a song about him. This time in music was one of the most changing for the future of music in history. There were many different things that changed in many of the way songs were created. One of the most noticeable songs like this is a Beach Boys song. “Good Vibrations” was created by the genius mind of Brain Wilson. The song was supposed to be on the album “Pet Sounds”. Wilson wanted the song to be perfect so it did not make it on the album. So perfect in fact that they recorded the

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    Holiday World is advertised to be number one for family fun. There are many choices for what you could do with your day. Whether you like amusement parks or not, there’s multiple things to keep you occupied at Holiday World; Water parks are the best way to consume your day while you’re playing in the sun. Splashin’ Safari is the best part about Holiday World. Not only do you get to swim, but you get to ride roller coasters while getting soaked and having an amusing time. The food variety is incredible

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    alone. Both Stephen Dunn and the Beach Boys wrote about their places of relaxation where they go to get away from all the problems in their lives. Stephen Dunn, who wrote “The Sacred,” was married and later got divorced. He could have written this poem when he was grieving that and did not want to interact with anyone else. His car was probably the place he went to have privacy and quiet, at times like that. Brian Wilson, who wrote “In My Room” for The Beach Boys, wrote the poem after battling drugs

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    Jason Guriel manages to portray The Beach Boys as the iconic group that initially invented the modern pop albums. He wrote an article that summarized and highlights the music career the Beach boys, showing that the group have musically influenced many musicians of their time and today. This highly detailed article by Guriel discusses the most important aspects of the groups career. Guriel composed an article that was clear and giving a fairly enjoyable easy read, considering the large amount of information

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    Beach Boys Research Paper

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    From humble beginnings in Hawthorne, CA, The Beach Boys rose to prominence in the early to mid-1960’s. They began their meteoric success as an incredibly popular surf band but soon transitioned into one of the nation’s most popular pop bands, with the effects their music had on the industry still being felt today. The climax of their original brand of kaleidoscope pop was the album Pet Sounds and their iconic single, Good Vibrations. The Beach Boys initially started off as a garage band called

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    introduced a unique take on typical Beach Boys and pop music standards at the time using distinctive features of recording and performance. However, its unconventional approach to pop music was not immediately recognised to be the revolutionary stand it is currently noted at and received poor critical acclaim in its first year in the U.S.A., even being accused of blasphemy because of its religiously themed title. [1] “God Only Knows” was released as part of The Beach Boys’ eleventh studio album, Pet Sounds

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