Just voicing my heartfelt thoughts...please
What i cannot agree with...
is the notion that ...
Phase 1 is to be credited MOSTLY to Jan
...even THO Dean himself has always been Jan's greatest fan! and has given his partner the credit as being the energy and driving force that "Jan & Dean" exist
( RECALL ...total recall! ) :
ANTHOLOGY!! ...included not only their hits and more: a. their valuable ORIGINALLY intended "Filet of Soul," side 4 b. the coool list of their cars and girls!!

c. photographs d.
THE DEDICATION this ALL being Dean's work of art ...and remember that important appearance he made for them on Midnight Special 1972, and the special way he talked of this as he shared it
AND what about "Gotta Take that One Last Ride" he made happen for them in 1974....that piece is GREAT! and shares SOOO much original and WAY cool music!!
OK .........
Please understand my issue:
Phase I - totally THE foundation and
THE introduction of: Jan & Dean
But hear this:
...Lighten up dude, we're takin' about Jan and Dean the Laurel and Hardy of pop music.
LOL
and then Surfin Again made sure we didn't miss that important truth of a fact:
Jan and Dean the Laurel and Hardy of pop music
Exactly
....
Their songs were more "pow" than those polished gems of the BB
Jan & Dean songs were a lot more fun than the Beach 5
There always were little "weaknesses" and "slips" in their music
Why?
Jan didn't notice them?
He didn't care?
Maybe Dean's influence was bigger than some people would like to admit?
EXCELLENT point Surfin Again ...at least to me
In David Beard's interview with Dean "Jan & Dean's Alteration," May 28th, 2011
http://www.examiner.com/article/jan-dean-s-alterationDean remembers some important diddies that are KEY...
absolute KEY, to THE Jan & Dean we all love and that BROKE the ground, as you all say:
"There was one time... I remember this pretty vividly. Jan came to pick me up to go to a show that we were doing, and we would be meeting Lou there. We had the suits that Lou made us buy, and I was looking for something... maybe a belt or something. I saw my Dad's clothes. I said to Jan, "Come here! Check this out!" We started cracking up. There were big baggy suits that my Dad wore in the 1940s and 50s. We decided to try the suits on and they were really, really funny. We left those clothes on and put the clothes he wanted us to wear in the car just in case, but let's show up with these just to scare the crap out of him. Lou's jaw just dropped... He had no clue of whether or not we were serious, and we played it really straight.
.......
We were kind of like the Andy Kaufmans of our day. I was the ringleader with that type of humor, but Jan was more than a willing accomplice"