Given the shenanigans in Washington, D. C., you would naturally expect me to begin with . . . wait for it . . . . Shut Down!
Then I Kissed Her is the Beach Boys' response to the Crystal's Then He Kissed Me. Nice job, boys, but nothing can hold a candle to Phil Spector's wall of sound.
Apparently, Brian Wilson was obsessed with the Ronette's Be My Baby, another Phil Spector production. Wilson's response was Don't Worry Baby.
Brian Wilson wrote great melodies, e.g., Please Let Me Wonder, In the Back of My Mind, God Only Knows.
And the BBs were famous for their harmonies. When I Grow Up to be a Man. I'm so Young, Help Me Rhonda.
Thanks, boys, for over 50 years of Good Vibrations.
Finally, here is Phil Spector holding forth on John Lennon, Mean Streets, Martin Scorsese, and Brian Wilson.