Which band is worse? The Beach Boys or The Eagles?

[swag]

Poll question: Which band is worse? The Beach Boys or The Eagles?

[tigereye]

1. oh, for shame!

The Beach Boys? With all those great compositions?


:hi: making a little holiday mischief, are we?

[edbermac]

2. Wha? Beach Boys were one of the greatest bands ever!

Then Brian Wilson went mental and afterwards they were just 'pretty good'

[SteppingRazor]

3. "I've had a rough night and I hate the fucking Eagles, man." n/t

[MrCoffee]

27. + 9 toes

[TZ]

4. Wow. This poll sucks

Both bands are great great innovators of music....They both contributed so much to the field of Rock and Roll...To call thm "bad" is overopinioned tripe without a musical grain of truth.

[abq e streeter]

8. +1

[arcadian]

10. +2

[phasma ex machina]

41. +3

[sarge43]

5. Slamming the Beach Boys? Santa won't be stopping at your house. n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

21. Santa?

You meant to say "Little Saint Nick", right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mm9K8WnOMQ

[mix]

6. Rush, no contest. nt

[Alexander]

7. The Eagles are so terrible, I never want to hear any of their songs ever again.

[mitchum]

9. I dig the sun-kissed sleaze of both

[mix]

11. well said

[jonnyblitz]

12. the eagles hands down.

:scared:

[Biker13]

13. C'mon...

No comparison. As a musician, I have much more appreciation for the Eagles.

Better songwriting, harmonies (Seven Bridges Road), and musicianship.

The 'Desperado' album is a first - a country rock cocept album. Glen Frey, Joe Walsh and the rest of the boys? No contest.

[Forkboy]

14. Man I hate The Eagles.

[jonnyblitz]

16. the beachboys are accoustic ramones, nt

[Forkboy]

28. Hey, there ya go!

I'll go with that. :)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

15. "You selected: The Eagles Click here to confirm your vote."

Dear God, do I fuckin' hate every last note recorded by The Eagles.

I liked about one CD's worth of their stuff when it was new, but other than "Stairway To Heaven," "Frampton Comes Alive," and the Buckingham-Nicks edition of Fleet3wood Mac, they hold the distinction for the most incessantly overplayed tripe in the history of Rock & Roll.

I hear the fake-assed reggae of "Hotel California" and oh-so-clever lines like "Her mind is Tiffany twisted, she's got the Mercedes bends" and I want Mike Tyson to go over to Don Henley's house and bite off his fucking ear just like he did with Evander Holyfield.

Self-absorbed, coke-addled hippie pissants. Fuck the Eagles. Especially Don Henley. Well, especially Don Henley and Glen Frey. That Miami Vice shit was the straw that broke the camel's back.

When Carl Wilson dies, the Beach Boys were over. The last greatness from the band came with "Sail On Sailor" from "Holland." Brian had fits of brillians now and again...as did Carl...during the final years, but when Carl died, the brand should have been retired.

Mike Love, obviously, had other ideas.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

33. I loved The Eagles Desperados Album.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperado_(song)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

35. I liked a lot of it "then"...can't listen to any of it "now"...

They just overstayed their welcome, plain and simple. I was a big fan of Linda Ronstadt during her peak early years, including this 1971 album:



...which featured Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner before they became The Eagles and recorded their first album.

Same thing happened with Linda, too...and I blame producer Peter Asher for this...the more she strayed away from the sound that put her on the map and started chasing "hits" with really crappy cover versions of Chuck Berry songs, the less I wanted to listen to her.

:toast:

[old mark]

17. delete-dupe

[abq e streeter]

23. Never understood the hate for The Eagles' music; don't see this as often re: The Beachboys

I do understand that from all reports, the Eagles are ( or at least were) as Amerigo ( who I almost always agree with musically) put it, " self-absorbed,coke addled pissants, but that would just put them even with about every other successful band of that era. And if anything, I think you underestimated with your "better than 90%" comment. I'd put it as closer to 99% myself for their extensive bodies of work with consistently wonderful melodies and harmonies and often ( not always, but often) highly intelligent lyrics. So what if they haven't done anything good in a long while. Neither have the Beatles or Mozart...P.S. If Amerigo sees this, I hope you see it as a shout out as opposed to a call out...It's clear that you really know your shit musically, as do old mark and I; just gotta totally disagree with you here , for once .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYIlH4nOEo

Surf's Up


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHk2em4ZNwA

Already Gone

[old mark]

31. When I saw that opening version of "Hotel California", I wanted to

put my guitars away. They are really talented professionals and play and write some amazing music.

99%, though.....do you think they are as good as The Bravery? :rofl:

"These kids wouldn't know music if it bit 'em on the ass." Frank Zappa.

I defer to your estimate.

mark

[abq e streeter]

37. Never had heard of The Bravery--checked out a couple of songs....nice stuff...

yeah I like my % estimate..I think you were being too kind to the others....90% would mean 1 out of every 10 bands had a higher quality output of music over the years than The Beachboys or Eagles. ( Shoulda said misunderestimated, but it wasn't part of my strategery). But really, I'm baffled as to the level of hatred of The Eagles' music by many people. exactly as you put it: talented pros and some amazing music. But, to each their own I guess...

[old mark]

18. Other. Both bands you hate so much are actually very good, better

than 90% of anyone playing now.

Eagles: http://vodpod.com/watch/651445-hotel-california-the-eagles

Beach Boys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XolOuPK4PsY


You can't handle the truth.

mark

[swag]

19. Mike Love is an extraordinarily gracious man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBqve7SjHs

[abq e streeter]

24. My love ( no pun intended) for the music of The Beachboys does not preclude my total agreement

that Mike Love, from all available evidence, was, is, and always will be a total dick.

[Sebastian Doyle]

20. The Beach Boys - but only without Brian Wilson

There were a couple albums where Carl tried to hold it together, but for the most part, any so called "Beach Boys" album where Brian wasn't involved is full of FAIL.

The Eagles..... should have left it alone after the 1980 breakup. Nothing they have done since their reunion in 1994 was worth listening to more than once.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

22. The Eagles, absolutely.

They suck hard enough to bend light.

[swag]

50. Hadn't heard that expression before.

Thanks!

[Common Sense Party]

25. I like to listen to the Eagles while I'm eating at the Olive Garden.

And then I go shopping at Wal-Mart.

Suck on that, you elitist haters!

[Kali]

26. I don't know about "worse" but I like old Eagles (pre-hotel CA)

I know the BB had a ton of talent, but I just can't stand to listen to them.

[Blue_In_AK]

29. The Beachboys were pioneers.

The Eagles are totally derivative.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

30. I Saw The Eagles, Jimmy Buffet, Hall And Oates, And Andrew Gold

in the Orlando Citrus Bowl for $10.00.

A couple of years later I saw the Stones and Van Halen for $16.50.


I wish I could go back.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

32. Why?

to get your $26.50 back? I would.

:rofl:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

48. I Liked The Eagles, Buffett, And The Stones

And I got to see Valerie Bertinelli .

[LostInAnomie]

34. Kokomo

Need I say more?

[vixengrl]

53. And yet there is more to say--it has a fact page--

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=505



I would say the Beach Boys playing Kokomo on Full House might cancel out Pet Sounds.

[Mudoria]

36. Love the Eagles

[Hayabusa]

38. Same Here!

I absolutely love the Eagles. Saw them with my mom earlier this year and enjoyed every second of it.

[kayakjohnny]

39. Other: Who ever forced your whiny ass to listen to either one of them?

[swag]

40. Kick!

[PeaceNikki]

42. I'll show you a kick!!

:hi: Merry Holidays, you big lug! :loveya:

[swag]

43. Wow, funny. Some people actually like the Beach Boys and/or The Eagles.

ROTFLMMFAOOCE! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[bigwillq]

44. I liked the Eagles better (nt)

[begin_within]

45. The Eagles did "On the Border." The Beach Boys did "Pet Sounds."

Given those, you can't really call either band bad.

[donheld]

46. I dislike them equally

[Robeson]

47. You've got me. I can't make up my mind.

[swag]

49. I deliberated a good long while.

[treestar]

51. The Beach Boys

I simply cannot stand them!

[swag]

54. I hear ya.

[rcrush]

52. The Eagles won this poll?

WTF? Arent the Beach Boys their eras Jonas Brothers or something?

[swag]

55. This poll should be tied!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

56. What is wrong with you people?

They were BOTH quite good.

I saw Don Henley some years ago on the opening night of his Inside Job tour. He was really good.
I don't understand the hate for both of these bands.

And I am not tone deaf. I studied classical piano for twelve years, classical violin for eight years, played in lots of community orchestras and chamber groups, sang in church choirs, directed church choirs, played the piano at church sometimes, taught piano, taught violin, took voice lessons for two years and learned to sing opera in three languages.....and I GREW UP listening to Top 40, British Invasion, and 60s and 70s rock.

I was eight years old when the Beatles hit.

I know competent musicians when I hear them. In any genre.

The last band that was good enough for me to give a crap about broke up in 1983...The Police.

The Beach Boys and the Eagles are quite good.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

57. What is wrong with you people???

[Capn Sunshine]

58. what the FUCK is wrong with you people?

that is all.