[Skooz]

"God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys.
Yes.

Yes, but you would have to put that whole album on here. Simply brilliant. That's one of those songs that makes you stop whatever you're doing and just listen.

[NCLou]

I've always believed that the Beach Boys are one of the most underrated of all time. My generation knows them only for incessant touring on the oldies circuit where they have become a parody of themselves.

The other thing that destroys them is the Orange Vibrations commercial from my childhood. Whoever was ultimately responsible for making that happen is/will be in hell for eternity I think for desecrating such a beautiful thing. They can say Hi to George Harrison, who I'm pretty sure is in hell for putting "Within You Without You" right in the middle of Sgt Pepper.

The Beach Boys have 5-6 songs that will stand up to the best 5 songs of any other pop artist of all time. My personal favorite right now is Heroes and Villains.

Had the entire band died in a plane crash in 1975 or something, they would be revered as the legends they are/were.