ten ▁hit . ▁ ▁Among ▁the ▁distinct ▁elements ▁of ▁the ▁Beach ▁Boys ' ▁style ▁were ▁their ▁voices ' ▁nas al ▁quality ▁and ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁fal set to ▁in ▁their ▁harm on ies ▁over ▁a ▁run - on ▁mel ody . ▁Jim ▁Miller ▁observed , ▁" On ▁straight ▁rock ers ▁they ▁[ the ▁Beach ▁Boys ] ▁sang ▁tight ▁harm on ies ▁behind ▁Love ' s ▁lead ▁ ▁... ▁on ▁ball ads , ▁Brian ▁played ▁his ▁fal set to ▁off ▁against ▁l ush , ▁jazz - ting ed ▁vo ic ings , ▁often ▁using ▁( for ▁rock ) ▁un orth odox ▁harm onic ▁structures ." ▁Music ▁the or ist ▁Daniel ▁Harrison ▁adds , ▁" But ▁even ▁the ▁least ▁distinguished ▁of ▁the ▁Beach ▁Boys ' ▁early ▁u pt em po ▁rock ▁' n ' ▁roll ▁songs ▁show ▁traces ▁of ▁struct ural ▁complexity ▁at ▁some ▁level ; ▁Brian ▁was ▁simply ▁too ▁curious ▁and ▁experimental ▁to ▁leave ▁convention ▁alone ." ▁Ly ric ▁collabor ator ▁Van ▁Dy ke ▁Park s ▁argued ▁that , ▁" Wil son ▁made ▁music ▁as ▁accessible ▁as ▁a ▁cart oon ▁and ▁yet ▁reward ed ▁repeated ▁listening ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁Bach : ▁Just ▁as ▁the ▁best ▁com ic ▁books ▁can ▁turn ▁cl ich é ▁into ▁high ▁art , ▁so ▁can ▁the ▁best ▁pop ▁music . ▁Brian ▁does ▁that . ▁He ▁can ▁take ▁common ▁or ▁hack ney ed ▁material ▁and ▁raise ▁it ▁from ▁a ▁low ▁place ▁to ▁the ▁highest , ▁and ▁he ▁can ▁do ▁it ▁with ▁an ▁economy ▁of ▁imag ery ▁that ▁speak s ▁to ▁the