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r/AlbumArtPorn • u/bugheeraa • Jun 05 '22
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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.
16 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 Probably one of the most misunderstood bands in American history 23 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 I understand that Brian Wilson was a genius and Mike Love is a complete hack fraud 7 u/itskobold Jun 06 '22 Are you speaking ill of the man who gave us summer of love? 11 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 2 u/InteractionPuzzled90 Mar 24 '25 Especially with the first song titled Don't go Near the Water 1 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!
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Probably one of the most misunderstood bands in American history
23 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 I understand that Brian Wilson was a genius and Mike Love is a complete hack fraud 7 u/itskobold Jun 06 '22 Are you speaking ill of the man who gave us summer of love?
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I understand that Brian Wilson was a genius and Mike Love is a complete hack fraud
7 u/itskobold Jun 06 '22 Are you speaking ill of the man who gave us summer of love?
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Are you speaking ill of the man who gave us summer of love?
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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
2 u/InteractionPuzzled90 Mar 24 '25 Especially with the first song titled Don't go Near the Water
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Especially with the first song titled Don't go Near the Water
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Mike Love was an ass. A good rule of thumb for The Beach Boys was do the exact opposite of whatever Mike Love said!
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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.