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NEWS ABOUT: Beach Boys

Beach Boys stories: 5 news summaries

 Beach Boy Wilson to 
 Complete Gershwin Songs 

Project a 'weird dream come true' for fans of 2 seminal American composers

Oct 8, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Beach Boys songster Brian Wilson will put a gloss on unfinished tunes by revered Jazz Age composer George Gershwin. Gershwin’s estate tells the Los Angeles Times that dozens of fragments, from “a few bars to some almost finished songs and everything in between,” have been in... More »

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entertainment • classical music • composer • jazz • Brian Wilson • estate • Beach Boys • popular music • songwriter • George Gershwin • unfinished

MUSIC REVIEW

 Girls' Debut 
 'Dizzily 
 Powerful' 

Up-and-coming band 'getting a ton of blog love' for 'heartbreaking' debut

Sep 25, 09 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The frontman of the pop duo Girls has a backstory that’s “epically sad and squalid and ultimately triumphant,” but you don’t need to know his history to recognize Girls' debut, Album, as “a dizzily powerful piece of work,” writes Tom Breihan for Pitchfork.... More »

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entertainment • music • pop music • album release • music review • Beach Boys • Jay-ZTV • Girls • Christopher Owens • Chet White

 25 Car Tunes for 
 Kids and Parents 

Add some Marley, Beach Boys to the Disney playlist

Aug 22, 09 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Parents, don’t let Disney's catalog of saccharine tunes ruin any more of your road trips. There are songs that can bridge the generation gap, Lindsay Armstrong writes on Babble:
  • Jackson Five’s “ABC”: School the kids on the alphabet and pop music—all at once.
  • Billy
... More »

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music • children • parents • list • Beatles • Simon and Garfunkel • Jackson Five • Beach Boys • Bob Marley • road trip

Smiles All
Round as
Beach Boys Settle Lawsuit

Good vibrations could lead to a band reunion

Mar 21, 08 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The three surviving original members of the Beach Boys have smoothed out a years-long legal disagreement, Reuters reports. Mike Love and the record company part-owned by Brian Wilson had sued founding member Al Jardine over his unauthorized use of the Beach Boys name for tours. With good vibrations now flowing... More »

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California • rock stars • surfing • Brian Wilson • court cases • rock music • Beach Boys • Mike Love • Al Jardine

Musical McCain Becomes YouTube Hit

But "bomb bomb Iran" joke may be
tone-deaf political move

Apr 20, 07 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - If John McCain fails in his presidential bid, he may have a future in karaoke. The senator-turned-songbird's impromptu performance of "Bomb Bomb Iran"—set to the tune of the Beach Boys classic "Barbara Ann"—at a South Carolina campaign rally has picked up 118,000 YouTube... More »

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John McCain • YouTube • South Carolina • Barbara Ann • singing • viral video • Election 2008 • Beach Boys

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