The dreamy, plinking sound at the beginning of "You Still Believe in Me" is achieved by someone reaching inside an open piano and directly plucking its strings. THEY USED SOME UNIQUE METHODOLOGIES TO GET JUST THE RIGHT SOUNDS. The barking came courtesy of Brian's two dogs, Banana and Louie. THE BARKING AT THE END OF "CAROLINE, NO" IS REAL. The Wilsons' abusive father/manager Murry Wilson had effectively been kicked out of his sons' musical lives after a drunken, in-studio tirade during a recording of "Help Me, Rhonda." Despite this, he managed to use his clout with Capitol Records to speed up Brian's vocal track on "Caroline, No" to make it sound higher to his liking. THERE WAS SOME MAJOR FAMILY DRAMA DURING THE RECORDING OF "HELP ME, RHONDA." It's as if Brian wanted there to be no confusion for the listener: in his mind, at least in this song, love equals failure.
The G# major chord below the first, and only, time the word "love" is invoked in the song is particularly striking on the second pass, the G# major chord hits below the word "fail." In a rare example of the bassist emphasizing the root in a Brian Wilson arrangement, Carol Kaye hits the G# in both instances. begins in B major, a key rarely used in pop, and remains in B major. Wilson's arrangements on Pet Sounds are so musically complex and meticulous that meaning can be derived at a remarkably technical level, as music critic Jim Fusilli explained in his book about the album: THE ALBUM'S COMPOSITIONS ARE EXTREMELY COMPLEX. The original title was "Run James Run." 6. Wilson wrote the instrumental track “Pet Sounds” with the intention that it would be used in a James Bond movie. THE TITLE TRACK WAS WRITTEN FOR A JAMES BOND MOVIE.
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It took a full week to record the voice track on “Wouldn’t it be Nice.” Wilson was so demanding that Mike Love began referring to him as " Dog Ears" and joked that Wilson was able to hear things that normal human beings could not-including "an impure thought." 5.
Once the rest of the band returned from international touring, Wilson had them come into the studio to put vocals down on top of his compositions. IT TOOK AN ENTIRE WEEK TO RECORD THE VOCALS FOR "WOULDN'T IT BE NICE." Wilson had unprecedented control over Pet Sounds, and he was just 23 years old at the time. He arranged, composed, and produced the album and conducted an army of L.A.'s best studio musicians, a.k.a. Throughout 1965, while the rest of band toured, Wilson worked on his new project. WHILE THE BAND TOURED IN 1965, BRIAN WILSON STAYED AT HOME AND WORKED ON PET SOUNDS. But it's going to be well worth it, because I'm going to write you some good songs." 3. He called a meeting with the rest of the band and said, "Listen, I'm going to have to quit the touring group. He had to return to California, where he recovered and realized that he could tour no longer. In December of 1964, while on a flight to Houston to start yet another Beach Boys tour, Brian Wilson had a panic attack, which led to him collapsing in the plane's aisle and sobbing. That's all folks.' I said, 'I'm going to make an album that's really good, I mean really challenge me.' I mean, I love that f*cking album, I cherish that album." 2. "When I heard Rubber Soul, I said, 'That's it. " Rubber Soul blew my mind," Brian Wilson once said.
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