Brian Wilson biography
It was Pet Sounds that blew me out of the water. I love the album so much. I've just bought my kids each a copy of it for their education in life " I figure no one is educated musically 'til they've heard that album " I love the orchestra, the arrangements " it may be going overboard to say it's the classic of the century " but to me, it certainly is a total, classic record that is unbeatable in many ways " I've often played Pet Sounds and cried.
I played it to John so much that it would be difficult for him to escape the influence " it was the record of the time. The thing that really made me sit up and take notice was the bass lines " and also, putting melodies in the bass line. That I think was probably the big influence that set me thinking when we recorded "Pepper', it set me off on a period I had then for a couple of years of nearly always writing quite melodic bass lines.
"God Only Knows" is a big favorite of mine " very emotional, always a bit of a choker for me, that one. On "You Still Believe In Me", I love that melody - that kills me " that's my favorite, I think " it's so beautiful right at the end " comes surging back in these multi-colored harmonies " sends shivers up my spine."
His music definitely affected mine - the harmonies. Of course I never played in a band that could sing like that. He's got the whole band retarding every once in awhile - he's got a feel for it and he's got everybody playing and it's not something you naturally do. It's something that he shows you where to lay back - where to slow down. You hear the band doing it just like it happens on the record - it's no accident. I love you, Brian. I'm there for you.
" Jesus, that ear. He should donate it to The Smithsonian.
The records I used to listen to and still love, you can't make a record that sounds that way. Brian Wilson, he made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his records if you had a hundred tracks today.
- Art Garfunkel, Simon & Garfunkel
When I heard "Good Vibrations" for the first time on the radio I called Paul Simon immediately and I said: "I think I just heard THE greatest, MOST creative record of them all."
Brian showed us all the endless possibilities in what's been recorded, and how it can be layered and combined or subtracted to create something eternal.
Brian's sense of "the possible" certainly came from his California roots, which to me has always represented the promise and sweetness in America. He gave us the most lovely chords, that are shaded and illustrative of the lyric. And since he was able to achieve that with a sense of fun, with that joyousness, he became our Mozart of rock-'n-roll.
I've always been into harmonies, so I was inspired by that part of what they (the Beach Boys) were doing. It definitely influenced a generation of kids.
All of us, Ginger (Baker), Jack (Bruce), and I consider
Pet Sounds to be one of the greatest pop LPs to ever be released. It encompasses everything that's ever knocked me out and rolled it all into one. Brian Wilson is, without a doubt, a pop genius.
"Pet Sounds'' is a landmark album. For me to say that I was enthralled would be an understatement. I had never heard such magical sounds, so amazingly recorded. It undoubtedly changed the way that I, and countless others, approached recording. It is a timeless and amazing recording of incredible genius and beauty.
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