Wilson was in the midst of a search for a non-traditional type of spirituality, which he wanted to reflect in Pet Sounds.
Paul McCartney admitted that “Pet Sounds” brought him to tears and that “God Only Knows” was his favorite song in all of music history.
The Beach Boys and the Beatles had an “echo chamber” in the mid-’60s, with The Beatles’ “Rubber Soul” inspiring “Pet Sounds”, which in turn inspired “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band “. As Jardine said, “there has always been a spirit of competition.”
Wilson has claimed in the past that “Pet Sounds” was the result of an attempt to keep up with The Beatles, stating that after listening to it he swore to himself, “If I do anything in my life, I will make an album as good, if not better, than “Rubber Soul”.
Wilson skipped a tour with the rest of his band to hole up in Hollywood and create much of the album without the help of the other members, who later came along to sing and hold back some of the creative choices. Wilson’s most extravagant.
Nonetheless, coke can noises, barking dogs and a bicycle horn managed to make it onto the album, as did intricate orchestral numbers played by an expensive band of studio musicians.
Rolling Stone called it the second-best album of all time in 2012, and Pitchfork called the track “God Only Knows” from “Pet Sounds” the best song of all the 1960s.
Today, 57 years later, “Pet Sounds” remains one of the strongest references to the dawn of psychedelic pop in American music history.
2023-05-19 21:09:59
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