Healthy struggle: the mutual respect between the two bands made the Beach Boys reach another level
Summary
The trailer for the documentary “The Beach Boys,” premiering on Disney+ on May 24, has provoked reflections on the rivalry between the band California and the Beatles. Interviews with band members, as well as never-before-seen images, chronicle their success and its repercussions.
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The trailer for “The Beach Boys,” a documentary directed by Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny (“Springsteen on Broadway,” “Sly”), which will premiere on the Disney+ platform on May 24, arrived on networks this week and rekindled an old pop culture maxim: Were the Beach Boys rivals of the Beatles?
It is not difficult to find statements from Paul McCartney who states that when he listened to “Pet Sounds”, the Beach Boys’ masterpiece, he was amazed and inspired to do something better. The result was the album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” by the Beatles, which in turn was heard by Brian Wilson, the main songwriter of the Beach Boys, on the other side of the Atlantic, and would inspire him to do something even more innovative.
A healthy fight? Perhaps. The fact is that the mutual respect between the two bands meant that the Beach Boys reached another level, well above the “surfer band” they had at the time. In the trailer we can see testimonies from people such as Janelle Monáe, Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) and producer Don Was, as well as numerous previously unreleased archive footage which tells the story of the journey of a true North American institution.
Originally formed by brothers Carl, Dennis and Brian Wilson, as well as Mike Love and Al Jardine, the Beach Boys reached their peak in the 1960s but are still active today, touring the US to prove their sound is timeless and, even in 2024, it is very pleasant.
In addition to never-before-seen archival footage, the documentary also features new interviews with all current and remaining members of the band – Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks and Bruce Johnston – and celebrates a band that encapsulated the California dream in revolutionary pop music.
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