dstieger wrote:Pet Sounds
Every couple years I revisit because I read another article fawning over this and the earth-shattering importance....but, I was right all along -- nice enough harmonizing, but mostly sucks
frankj1 wrote:I know Conan loves the Beach Boys, but I always thought they had about 6 to 10 fine songs and the rest was Jan & Dean sound-alike...
not America's answer to the Beatles. Perhaps the Byrds earned that title.
It took me a while to really cozy up to the entire album. In the days of vinyl and when I bought my first stereo cassette recorder, I picked and chose the songs from albums. At the time, “Pet Sounds” was no different than almost any other record. When it came out on CD, the light came on and I started to understand the “concept” part better.
I also think it’s hard to look back 50+ years later and try to understand the impact it had when it hit the shelves. The times were completely different and the thought that an album had a “theme” was totally foreign to the industry, let alone the general public. Plus, Brian was using instruments and sounds that no one had used before. I mean, a theremin? Wtf is a theremin? Or using a guitar plugged into a Leslie? Dogs barking? A train? To say that this was ahead of its time is a slight understatement.
I dunno, you love it, hate it, get it, don’t get it, doesn’t matter. Everyone’s taste is different, that’s what makes life interesting. I love vocal harmonies, I love power guitar solos, I hate rap, I don’t get EDM, but they all have their place in the world.
dstieger wrote:America's answer to the Beatles was the Blues.....it just took the Stones, the Who, the Animals, etc. to rockify them...never mind that they were British, too
Southside Chicago blues? Muddy, Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker Buddy Guy, etc. The Blues had a baby and they called it Rock ‘n Roll. The English groups certainly helped popularize electric blues but the elements of rock were already there. But it is ironic that it took them to expose that genre to the world.