The Beach Boys Historical Landmark Project

摘要

"We don't listen to and write music because it's cute. We listen to and write music because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But music, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for." - paraphrased quote from Robin Williams, playing the part of private school teacher John Keating in the 1989 motion picture, "Dead Poets Society." Music lovers have been avid listeners of the music of The Beach Boys for over four decades, and there's no sign that this music's popularity will end soon. The Beach Boys arose from and came to prominence due to the complex socio-economic forces marking late 1950's America, characterized by the then-teenaged and largely middle class "baby boomers" with their ever-present transistor radios, love of rock-and-roll, cars, and growing fascination with the new fad of surfing, a traditionally Hawaiian sport that was glamorized in movie theaters of the day and sweeping the West Coast of the U.S.