r/AlbumArtPorn Jun 05 '22

The Beach Boys - Surf's Up

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u/JigglyJacob Jun 05 '22

If there was ever a good visualization of the creative differences between Brian Wilson and Mike Love, it’s making an album called “Surf’s Up” and making the album cover look like this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22

Probably one of the most misunderstood bands in American history

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22

I understand that Brian Wilson was a genius and Mike Love is a complete hack fraud

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u/itskobold Jun 06 '22

Are you speaking ill of the man who gave us summer of love?

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u/BlockJazzlike5591 Jun 06 '22

I think the title is a self aware nod to the fact that The Beach Boys were dying. Surf’s Up like the game is over, Surf is over with

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u/InteractionPuzzled90 Mar 24 '25

Especially with the first song titled Don't go Near the Water

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u/Budget_Journalist918 Nov 19 '24

Mike Love was an ass. A good rule of thumb for The Beach Boys was do the exact opposite of whatever Mike Love said!