Research Catalog

Title

The Beach Boys FAQ : all that's left to know about America's band / Jon Stebbins.

Author

Stebbins, Jon.

Publication

Milwaukee, WI : Backbeat Books, 2011.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Description

xiv, 318 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

A half-century after their first release, the Beach Boys continue to define California popular culture and the sunshine-infused sound that will forever be its living soundtrack. But beyond innocent harmonies touting the delights of catching waves and cruising to the drive-in, the Beach Boys are responsible for some of the most sophisticated pop/rock music ever made. Stebbins explains how the band impacted music and pop culture.

Subject

Beach Boys

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-306) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Now from Hawthorne, California (and Inglewood, Brentwood, and Durbin) --- the fabulous Beach Boys! -- 2: Sideman surfin: a who's who of Beachboydom -- 3: Catch a wave: Genesis and the creation of a sound -- 4: If everybody had an ocean: the truth about the Beach Boys and surfing -- 5: I'm bugged at my old man: Murry Wilson-showbiz dad -- 6: We've been having fun all summer long: the Beach Boys' golden years, 1963-1965 -- 7: American Beatles: why the Beach Boys were the closest thing to the Fab Four -- 8: Brian Wilson is the Beach Boys -- 9: God only knows: pet sounds-the greatest pop/rock album of all time -- 10: I don't know where, but she sends me there: Good vibrations-the greatest pop/rock single ever -- 11: Your favorite vegetable: the fantastically freaky and sad legend of smile -- 12: I just wasn't made for these times: the tragedy and strategy of Brian Wilson --^
• 13: Sailor on sailor: the best things sometimes come in unpopular packages -- 14: Day in the life of a tree -- 15: No-go showboat: the Beach Boys' image problems -- 16: What's wrong? Artistic missteps by the Beach Boys -- 17: Thing that wouldn't die: a brief history of Beach Boys comebacks -- 18: Rhonda, Wendy, Caroline--and those California girls: who were they? -- 19: Make it good: great musical moments by each Beach Boy -- 20: We're singin' that same song: a guide to which Beach Boy sang which song -- 21: White punks play tonight: a select list of important Beach Boys concerts -- 22: Break away: Beach Boys solo albums -- 23: Wilson Brothers: spiritual carpenters -- 24: Beach Boys on TV and film -- 25: Til I die: Beach Boys deaths -- 26: Hang on to your ego: the fun of hating Mike Love -- 27: Love and mercy: Brian Wilson's perspective on concert tours -- 28: Wouldn't it be nice? Reunions and the current state on the Beach Boys' legacy --^
• 29: Thing of two: influences, instruments, and locations -- 30: Best of the Beach Boys: all-time song and album lists -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.

ISBN

• 9780879309879 (pbk.)
• 0879309873 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2011026708

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library