The Beach Boys; the gods of surf rock that are challenged
only by Queen as the group with the best ear for vocal harmonies… and beyond
the respect I have for them as a group, I’m not really able to listen to some
of their bigger hits anymore. Not that they’re in any way bad on their own, far
from it; it’s just that their songs have gone the way of so many other classics
and are largely mangled and distorted for commercial jingles nowadays. Here’s
exhibits A
and B for why the Beach
Boys have become so tainted for me.
But even still, their place in the annals of pop music history is solidified and I am not about to try and question that; hell, while Pet Sounds may be one in a very long list of classic albums I’ve yet to listen to in their entirety, I still recognise that the production techniques Brian Wilson employed were amazingly unprecedented for the time. But what about the man himself? Well, equipped with only surface knowledge about his life story, I set out for today’s film to find out.
But even still, their place in the annals of pop music history is solidified and I am not about to try and question that; hell, while Pet Sounds may be one in a very long list of classic albums I’ve yet to listen to in their entirety, I still recognise that the production techniques Brian Wilson employed were amazingly unprecedented for the time. But what about the man himself? Well, equipped with only surface knowledge about his life story, I set out for today’s film to find out.
