yes, the Beach Boys may be "big" right now amongst many of the indie and alternative bands.. but, I like the Doors better. Even though they didn't play "punk" music, they were very punk in a confrontational way. Maybe Jim was just a f**koff dumbass poet, but, still, so were most of the punk rock vocalists of the late 70's and early 80's. Yes, punk revolted against the dinosaur rock, but, Jim paved the way for Iggy who paved the way for Johnny who paved the way for Hank and Jello and Keith and Nick (Cave) and later David Yow. I definately see a lineage there.

I realize that Brian Wilson was a genius, too bad he kind of lost it, but I'm glad that he finally got to do a completed SMILE. I really do need to listen to that more. And yes, probably the Beach Boys had a bigger influence on popular culture than the Doors did.

But as far as the music that I think is important, the Doors mean more to me.

-jar