the Beach Boys are better than The Beatles

[Klendathu]

The Beatles are one of the very few bands\acts ever that were really ALLOWED to experiment, to change their sound. Most folks that try to "evolve" are discarded once they step away from the sounds and stylings that made them popular.

With that said, I don't care for the Beach Boys, but there was indeed some musical genius in some of their later work. If you study it with an open mind, you can see it. IMO Beatles > Beach Boys, but I think I understand the heart of Susvain's argument.

Comparing Dylan and Hendrix is difficult. They do different things musically. But I believe Dylan is on record as saying that the Jimi version of Watchtower is superior. Hard to find covers that surpass the original.