37 from UK. Listened to Pet Sounds when about 20, Smile when 26 in 2004.

26 and been listening since I was a kid and my dad and the family went to car shows. My parents always listened to the oldies and I used to fall asleep to oldies when I was a young teen. My favorite songs now are Country Air and Don't Talk.

This is such a great and surprising thread!
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First saw Brian with the Beach Boys ( and playing guitar) in 1964 when I was 12!

23always enjoyed them growing up but didn't really get into the deep down Beach Boys until my late teens
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15, I got into them by my self, my dad loves the beatles and I can't stand them, beach boys could destroy them anyday. I love their surf stuff, petsounds is great, Surf's up: Til I die, a day in the life of a tree, and surf's up are some of the best songs I have ever heard, and Good Vibrations which I consider to be the best song ever made.
"Freedom?This isnt about freedom If Im gonna get my balls blown off for a word,my word is poontang"

I Am 24 and I have LOVED The Beach Boys ever since I was a little boy!! My mom and her sister and brother are all HUGE Beach Boy fans. I can remember always listening to my mom's vinyl Beach Boy records when I was little, haha! I am currently doing a research paper in college about The Beach Boys and their influence on music, does anybody know of any good websites that I could go to to get some info, I already know quite a bit, but could always use more.
:)SMILE(:

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17, loved the beach boys for about 3 years now
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39, My mom was a huge Beach Boys/Jan and Dean fan. I listened to it so much, it just grew on me.

34. Been a big fan since the "Beach Boys Medley" came out in '81.

I'm 15, and I've LOVED the beach boys my whole life. Or Brian Wilson, at least.

i'm 20

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If you are persistent enough, you might become as awesome as me.~The Messiah

42, and I've been a fan as long as I know. Maybe the happiest moment of being a Beach Boys fan was picking up the cd/dvd of Pet Sounds tonight, popping it in the car and having my 12 year old son tell me how much he liked the music.

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19. I got into them after hearing 'I Get Around' in Flight Of The Navigator when I was 6, although I had head some of their songs before then, that was when I really became a fan.
    Still as obsessed as ever
    . Fans - which best of album is the best one to buy with every song they've ever made?
    "Making someone gay is exahausting I dunno how my mother did it" - Will and Grace

Got into the Beach Boys when I was 11 (am now 22) after hearing "I Get Around". I immediatly listened to "Summer Dreams" and wore the tape out then my dad brought me "Pet Sounds" which is still my favourite album to this day.

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24. I remember back circa 1988, my dad playing me his old Beach Boys 45s.

22. Have been a Bea5b4ch Boys fan since I was 11. I have got every beach Boys and Brian Wilson out there, and love every one of them. Brian Wilson is a genius and is my idol and a major inspiration. I saw him perform Smile and thought it was the greatest night ever. Will be a big Brian Wilson/Beach Boys fan until I die.

I'm 22, I first got into the Beach Boys and Brian when I was 20.

I'm 31, like you I've heard and enjoyed some of their singles over the years but only fairly recently have I gotten more interested in them. Actually my interest was spurred partly from seeing Brian Wilson live at the Bridgeschool Music Festival in I think it was 1998. Bridgeschool is a benefit concert that Neil Young organizes for autism. He always gets tons of top name talent for the show. The year that Brian played (I think he played it last year too actually but I missed the show), The Who was headlining and they also had Sheryl Crow, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Billy Corigan, Lucinda Williams, and of course Neil did a set as he always does. One thing about Bridgeschool that's interesting is that all the bands have to play acoutic, even when they have Ministry and people like that. So I got to see a pretty unique Brian Wilson set. I remember "Surfer Girl" and "God Only Knows" as particular highlights. My brother and his girlfriend didn't like his show that much but I thought it was cool. Then I started hearing about "Pet Sounds" but it took me a few years to find a copy of the album (I refuse to pay $18 for a brand new CD of a 30 year old album, and I was trying unsuccessfully to find it on vinyl). I loved it, and just a few months ago I bought the solo album "Smile" which I think is really fantastic. Just a few weeks ago I bought "Smiley Smile" coupled with "Wild Honey" so I've been listening to those a bit.
Did I not love him, Cooch? MY OWN FLESH I DIDN'T LOVE BETTER!!! But he had to say 'Nooooooooo'

I'm 22 in 2 weeks, but have been a Beach Boys fan ever since I was 11 and my father played "I Get Around" in the car. Been hooked ever since. Fav albums ever are still Pet Sounds and Smile. To me, Brian and the Beach Boys are much better then the Beatles.