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“My favorite albums by other people tend to be: ‘ Music from Big Pink ’ by The Band, ‘ Pet Sounds ’ by the Beach Boys, and ‘ ...
If the role of the rest of The Beach Boys was diminished on a musical level, Pet Sounds was still a triumph of vocal layering ...
“Woudn’t It Be Nice” reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966, while its follow-up single, “God Only Knows,” hit No. 39 ...
If you enjoy most any kind of pop music, you’re a cork in Brian Wilson’s ocean. The principal songwriter and sonic architect of the Beach Boys, he bottled the vibes of Southern California — and really ...
After hearing this one album, Brian Wilson went right to his piano and began making Pet Sounds, being moved by the boldness of another key record.
McCartney said that “Pet Sounds,” itself inspired by the Beatles’ “Rubber Soul” (1965), pushed him toward the pathbreaking music of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (1967).
I have ALWAYS loved Pet Sounds from the first time I heard it. It holds up and for the last 20 years "Wouldn't It Be Nice" has been the song I play on my birthday, for a variety of personal reasons.
The Beach Boys founding member will play classic hits, rarities and deep cuts as a tribute to the late Brian Wilson Aug. 22.
Brian Wilson brought some unseasonable warmth in what turned out to be his first and only Gulf concert, at Dubai Tennis Stadium in 2016. A near-capacity audience, a mixture of diehard Beach Boys fans, ...
Brian Wilson discussed Mike Love drama, the seminal album Pet Sounds and the feelings that come with fame back in 2000. Listening to the distant echoes of a pop-rock genius. facebook ...
Brian Wilson, the singer, songwriter and creative mastermind behind the influential pop and rock band the Beach Boys, has ...
Following the passing of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson on June 11, streams and sales of the group's catalog surged 184% in the United States. The ...