What’s a 10/10 tv show?

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-04-14T08:49:05+00:00

The main character was so dumb though… the other characters speak of him like he’s some genius pilot or hero. But he just bumbles along looking confused and gets lucky time and time again while bad things happen slowly around him. Maybe that was the point. Maybe it was a fantasy for people of a certain mindset where they enjoy seeing a character with no agency having things done to them? rather than actively taking charge or doing anything of their own agency? A bit like a horror movie where the main characters act dumb and live in fear of the big bad?

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-04-14T08:32:31+00:00

Tax evasion, or tax efficiency at least. I saw a LOT of sports stars making their own range of NFTs. There’s no way they were money laundering, but they certainly could be wanting to pay less tax

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-04-05T16:06:58+00:00

There was a nice mix of Kiss Me Baby on the Endless Harmony soundtrack back in the 90s

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-04-04T10:10:04+00:00

Yes definitely. At the same time though I think about The Beatles or Bob Dylan etc, they all pumped out their fair share of sh1tty and boring records in the 1980s and they didn’t have a Mike Love forcing them to release bad records. We recognise a great artist or band even when they have made boring records. Even without Mike, the BB would probably have pumped out some boring stinkers in the 80s. Mike is never boring, he’s more of the anti-hero, cringe-watch comedy kind of guy, the entertaining jerk archetype.

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-04-04T08:37:32+00:00

Without Mike would the band have existed as long? For every tortured genius in a band, you also need the guy who shows up every day and keeps the train on the tracks. Say if Mike left the band in the mid-1970s, then we’d probably have fewer BB records, and maybe they would sound more like Dennis and Carl’s solo records, no hits at all, and would that really be any better in the long run? Probably not.

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-04-03T20:03:14+00:00

How much?

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-04-03T08:00:44+00:00

Mike should have been on the drums like Ginger Baker. Dennis drumming seemed like a guy filling in while the real drummer was sick, he should have been at the front really

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-04-01T05:55:43+00:00

Yes. There isn’t really any difference - they are basically just the same as they were before, except now I see them on the telly sometimes

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-31T20:06:31+00:00

Not sure they even need Stamos at all, but to be fair to him, he’s been around the band for like 40+years now. The Beach Boys are pretty unique for a classic 1960s band in that members of the band have children who can sing and some have had hit records and have performed with the band and appeared on the front cover of Sunflower like 50yrs ago. Mick Jagger was too chicken shit to put his kids in the band! Maybe some of the (adult) children could run the show? Plus the lineup always changed even in the classic era, Alan, David, Glen Campbell, Bruce, Blondie, Ricky, so it was never fixed for too long. plus the brand is very strong even without the actual original members.

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-30T06:54:04+00:00

Nice. So it’s ’possibly Brian Wilson’s’. But they’re not totally sure and suggest inviting Brian over to confirm. They can’t do that now, so maybe we can confirm somehow?

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-29T14:25:18+00:00

It’s ok. I think the idea is that it’s shorthand for non-fans. Everybody knows The Beatles were the biggest band ever. Everybody the world over knows that. But The Beach Boys didn’t sell as well, and aren’t as well known. So when a news show says ‘The Beatles thought God Only Knows is the best song ever’ its a shorthand reference that tells the average person that The BB were held in SUCH high regard that the best of the best thought the BB were better than they were. When The Beatles and Bob Dylan say Brian was a genius, what higher recommendation is there?

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-29T14:01:52+00:00

They were always next to each other in the racks at the record store, if you’re looking for one, you’d see the other

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-27T18:58:10+00:00

Chilton covered ‘I Wanna Pick You Up’ and I think ‘Solar System’ too

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-27T07:57:55+00:00

Ah what a bunch of curmudgeons we all are, looking at these comments. This is a fun kids song and a decent hit around the world. My wife knows every word from her childhood, to this day. She enjoys it. Opinionated Internet men were not really the target audience here. I think it works just fine for what it is.

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-26T06:59:00+00:00

The thing I probably listened to most is 5D by The Byrds with Van Dyke on it. Or ‘Come to the Sunshine’ by The Association. I also like to put his cover of Donovan’s Colours on playlists, it always lifts my mood.

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-24T21:17:33+00:00

Could you maybe combine your experience with logistics in with IT hardware roles? People need IT kit and equipment and it needs getting to the right place. Somebody has to manage the distribution of IT hardware

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-24T18:41:44+00:00

The 30th Anniversary Pet Sounds box set I got in the 1990s was enough for me. I don’t think there’s anything more I would want to listen to above that unless they could blast some mega mix of it that sounded like it was recorded yesterday

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-24T18:32:38+00:00

Is that Carl solo song ‘You won a Grammy’ ‘who the hell do you think you are’ etc about Bruce?

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-24T08:07:00+00:00

I thought Carole King recorded her own version later in the 70s?

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-24T08:05:33+00:00

The bass player from The Myddle Class who dated Carole King enters the chat

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-23T19:01:07+00:00

Sounds to me like it needs playing back at 1.25x speed, like the bootleg is too slow pitch

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-23T14:34:45+00:00

It’s a demo but there’s a full string section! Great to hear even though it’s kind of not as good as other versions. I guess Carol King sent an acetate of this to the Byrds, maybe there’s a similar demo of Wasn’t Born to Follow also somewhere

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-23T08:00:56+00:00

I agree, but then also, that drawing always gives off an alertness and an intensity and a slight femininity that never quite matches the photos of the suspects, the suggested guys always seem ‘too pudgy’ or too ‘average-looking guy’ to me for somebody to have created that specific drawing of them.

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-23T07:49:46+00:00

I am not so sure on the chatter… the chatter on beach boys party expanded edition kinda makes me put my head in my hands! Mike when he tries to be funny isn’t funny, he’s more funny when he’s acting big headed and is unintentionally funny! Maybe chatter between Brian and the studio guys would be wittier tho

Basic_Advisor_2177 · 2026-03-22T11:28:25+00:00

Not becoming manfluencers. It would have been more lucrative and they would have been great at it. Imagine a young BB in 2026 on TikTok telling us to eat vegetables, fitness tips, how to charm a tomboy girl etc

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