Quote Originally Posted by newtrix1
Not to take away from the exciting race taking place in match #1 (which will stay open), but it's time to post the next match. Please vote for your favorite psychedelic period southern Cal band: The Beach Boys vs. The Doors.
This was a tough one for me but I'm gettin' my vote in before the poll closes.

If I voted for the Beach Boys, it would be only on the strength of Pet Sounds and Brian Wilson's admitted admiration of Phil Spector's sound (which I like as well). The famous harmonies are nice and are admittedly good but that just doesn't appeal to me.

I thought I had outgrown The Doors, and probably have, but I remember how their sound just blew me away when I first heard them. Sure, much of Morrison's lyrics were mumbo-jumbo, but through my mid teens to early 20s I couldn't get enough. I got caught up in the whole Morrison mystique. So, my vote this time is based on impact.

(I had to take the opposite approach with the Hendrix/Miles poll. When I really got into music at 15 it was The Doors, Hendrix, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Yes and maybe a little Lynard Skynard, Moody Blues, Aerosmith, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, etc.)