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re: #299 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
Honestly, outside of Minnesota (Prince & the Revolution) and Florida (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) i disagree with just about every pick they made.
For example, California - how the hell do you put the Beach Boys ahead of groups like The Eagles and The Grateful Dead? Surfer music during the 1960s was relatively short-lived in popularity, and Brian Wilson wasn’t exactly a musical revolutionary.
Washington State is even worse - Sleater-Kinney? Over Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Nirvana and The Jimi Hendrix Experience? At least put some effort into writing this list, guys.
I have no problem with your comments about the Beach Boys maybe not being the best California band, but saying Brian Wilson was not a musical revolutionary is just plain wrong.
Maybe you are caught up in only their early and most popular surfer stuff, but to say songs and arrangements like Good Vibrations, Wouldn’t it be Nice and some others ignores what he did for music and the influences on other bands. And Pet Sounds sent reverberations all through the pop music industry.
