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Damn. I was literally thinking about the following quote from Dennis Wilson while I was getting ready this morning: "Brian Wilson is the Beach Boys. He is the

Damn. I was literally thinking about the following quote from Dennis Wilson while I was getting ready this morning: "Brian Wilson is the Beach Boys. He is the band. We're his fucking messengers. He is all of it. Period. We're nothing. He's everything." [0] It was just a random thought I had this morning, related to how his brothers and father are depicted in Love and Mercy. For all their abilities and talent, I think Dennis had it right. Brian was the Beach Boys. RIP. 0: https://books.google.com/books?id=eYyovo_AbqAC https://books.google.com/books?id=eYyovo_AbqAC

JKCalhoun 1y ago
Yeah, older me was surprised that The Wrecking Crew performed on so many of their albums. The singing was all Beach Boys ... but yeah, I think the song-crafting, that was all Brian.
- KerrAvon 1y ago
  There's a hilarious-in-retrospect interview where McCartney praises the unusual placement of notes in a particular bassline on a particular song and attributes it to Brian Wilson's genius. Later it was revealed to be entirely due to Carol Kaye, the bass player on that session. (Not to take anything away from Brian's actual genius!)
  - adamc 1y ago
    It also illustrates the difference from the Beatles, who actually did compose most of their cool stuff (although Martin did help).
  - tjr 1y ago
    Carol has said though that, for the most part, Brian did write the bass parts that she played.
- brandall10 1y ago
  Just a note on how this came to be - Phil Spector's "Be My Baby", released in '63 became an obsession for Wilson upon first listen. This obsession led to him sitting in on studio sessions w/ Spector, and of course, that was his introduction to the Wrecking Crew and that style of working.
- ZeroGravitas 1y ago
  On that note, the Brian Wilson song "Guess I'm Dumb" which was rejected by the other Beach Boys and instead released with vocals by Wrecking Crew member and touring Beach Boy Glen Campbell is an obvious foreshadowing of the Pet Sounds mood and sound, as well as a beautiful song.

JKCalhoun 1y ago

Yeah, older me was surprised that The Wrecking Crew performed on so many of their albums. The singing was all Beach Boys ... but yeah, I think the song-crafting, that was all Brian.

KerrAvon 1y ago
There's a hilarious-in-retrospect interview where McCartney praises the unusual placement of notes in a particular bassline on a particular song and attributes it to Brian Wilson's genius. Later it was revealed to be entirely due to Carol Kaye, the bass player on that session. (Not to take anything away from Brian's actual genius!)
- adamc 1y ago
  It also illustrates the difference from the Beatles, who actually did compose most of their cool stuff (although Martin did help).
- tjr 1y ago
  Carol has said though that, for the most part, Brian did write the bass parts that she played.
brandall10 1y ago
Just a note on how this came to be - Phil Spector's "Be My Baby", released in '63 became an obsession for Wilson upon first listen. This obsession led to him sitting in on studio sessions w/ Spector, and of course, that was his introduction to the Wrecking Crew and that style of working.
ZeroGravitas 1y ago
On that note, the Brian Wilson song "Guess I'm Dumb" which was rejected by the other Beach Boys and instead released with vocals by Wrecking Crew member and touring Beach Boy Glen Campbell is an obvious foreshadowing of the Pet Sounds mood and sound, as well as a beautiful song.