I'm from an alternate universe where the Beach Boys completed and released "SMiLE" in late 1967, AMA.
>>60399360
is it still a bunch of meme showtunes
>>60399375
memetunes
>>60399417
memes
>>60399360
What's your favorite British 80's anarcho-punk release?
charted at #25
brian becomes depressed and tries to shoot himself, gets committed
based mike and based formula prevails, instead of surf's up they make bahama mama featuring carribean-infused AOR hits and become america's favorite band once again
>>60399375
The album was a decent success, and it came pretty close to outselling Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Unfortunately, it caught the ear of some hippie cult leader named Charles Manson, who heard “Ms. O’Leary’s Cow” and thought it foretold of a great race war (he called it “Good Vibrations”).
In order to trigger this race war, he sent his “family” (a group of brainwashed teenagers) to go and slaughter the group during a late night recording session, writing lyrics from Beatles songs on the walls (in blood) to try and frame the rival group for the massacre.
Mike Love was the only group member to survive the slaughter, but became a notorious recluse, refusing to speak to the media about the ordeal for years.
Amidst the ensuing moral panic, newly-elected President Nixon signed into law a landmark piece of legislation, the Wilson Act of 1969, which effectively banned all rock music.
In 1980, Love came back into the spotlight, releasing a country-folk single about the murders called “Summer in Heaven” - It was a smash hit, selling 15-million copies. He now tours the country as a popular public speaker and crisis counselor.
>>60399433
Never heard any "British 80's anarcho-punk"
Just owning a single would be punishable by death.
What do people think of the beatles?
>>60399472
I believe it.
>>60399582
Beatles records are popular (illegal) imports from Canada, but the Secretary of Culture (I forget his name, some Italian immigrant) is pushing hard to close the border, and possibly respond with military force, if the Canadians don't do more to stop the flow.
>>60399360
Does this Wikipedia entry come from your world?
Originally scheduled for release in December 1966 or January 1967, Capitol Records continuously pushed back the release date of the highly-anticipated album and put considerable pressure on the Beach Boys, who were ultimately forced to abandon their planes for an independent record label. Capitol released “Here Today”, b/w “You Still Believe in Me” as a single in January 1967 to fill the gap. Smile was finally released on May 20, 1967, right as the band’s popularity and reputation in the US was slipping amidst the rise of the psychedelic era. Containing a gatefold cover, a booklet of photos and illustrations, liner notes, and lyrics, it was one of the first LPs to use its packaging as an extension of the musical experience. The album initially polarized critics, with many celebrating it as an artistic triumph and Brian Wilson’s magnum opus, and others dismissing it as confusing and unfocused. Capitol’s rigorous promotion allowed it to reach number one on the Billboard album chart for five weeks, replacing the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (which had been released only a week after Smile), and certified Platinum by the RIAA by the end of the decade. The success and acclaim of Smile gave the Beach Boys a reinvigorated popularity and artistic veneration, and an alternate version of “Heroes and Villains” was a top five hit. In 1968, Smile won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Today’ the album is considered one of the greatest and most important in pop music history. In 2004, it was ranked number 7 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.
