Chilling chord changes, yes, in "That's Not Me," but what's particularly surprising (and sophisticated) are the unexpected KEY changes, and I believe modulating both up AND down. These are turns, I bet, that really got the ears of John and Paul!
What a nice treat.When I listen this song with my husband I often put my head on his shoulder and I ask him."Dear…how is it feels to have a head on your shoulders?"Thank you kindly Justin
When you stopped to refer to "That's Not Me" as "chill," I was thinking, just wait for the song that's coming. "Don't Talk" never builds up ... never takes off ... doesn't have to ... it just spreads through you.
Smile feels very underrated. Hardly see any views on it here on youtube or people talking about it. My favorite composition on that is probably 'Child Is Father of the Man'. Love the layering of the vocals on that one. I'm glad Brian tried his best to push his vision out there despite some vocal opposition as far as what the Beach Boys were "supposed" to sound like.
As much as I love the Beatles, Pet Sounds is the finest album of the time and possibly all time. Proto concept album, ahead of the curve and like nothing ever heard before. Brian Wilson - Sonic genius. Some of the songs written for Smile, the planned follow up were also excellent. Good Vibrations, Heroes and Villains, Surfs Up to name but a few. Keep up the excellent work, glad you’re enjoying the album. Perhaps try Forever Changes by Love.
Don't Talk is so incredible. The chord changes and melody combination is insanely good and unique. Was trying to figure it out on piano a few months ago. It was a slow process - so many chord changes/key changes. But so well done that you don't even notice just how much is going on. Pure emotion.
this is for the ones that understand string arrangement ......... when bian goes " being here with you feels so right " then BAM the f*cking orchestra comes in, now THAT is SO incredibly special........ its honestly amazing how in your face those strings are and are more than necessary at the same time. I truly think its the most important besides the most impressive ingredient to this song..... im a huge mancini and bacharach fan and i gotta say this arrangement is so dam special I cant put into words enough how great it actually is. im completely comfortably overwhelmed every time i listen to it
Stereo is a must with Pet Sounds, Brians placement of different parts on specific beats to create this musical tapestry is enhanced by the split tracks.
This album is everything the name The Beach Boys doesn't make you think about. It's not surfing, cars, etc. It's musically brilliant. This is all Brian Wilson and studio musicians. It's where he wanted to go. A combination of his having a breakdown and the rest of the band not being on the same page made that impossible. This is their high water mark. Good review.
I was watching the movie "Love and Mercy" - there are some great scenes of a young Brian at the Pet Sounds sessions. The scenes with the later Brian getting tortured by his therapist are a bit difficult to watch, though - had to skip some of those.
@@bobholtzmann That's an excellent movie - and I would recommend it to Justin to get a good overview of the Brian Wilson story, although it's not an easy watch in places as you say. The two actors who play 20-something Brian and 40-something Brian both look very different but perfectly capture the essence of the man. My only gripe with that movie was that it downplays Carl Wilson's own role in saving Brian from the clutches of Dr Landy.
A great reaction (what else!). Brian Wilson was arguably the best songwriter and producer in the sixties. Pet Sounds, of course, is a classic album. Did Brian enrich the Beatles?!
Great reaction, Justin. Two awesome songs from the one of the greatest albums of all time. You just have to lean into the pure emotion of both songs. It's so perfectly and beautifully expressed in words and music. As one of the other posts below says, there's a real ethereal quality to these tracks. At this point in the record, it must have been very clear to 1966 audiences that Pet Sounds was anything but an album about surfing and cars. A huge, huge leap forward in subject matter and sonic ambition. It was a shock to the rest of the Beach Boys too when they came back off the road and went in to the studio to lend their vocals to the instrumental tracks already laid down by Brian and the Wrecking Crew. This and Revolver in the same year - what a time for music!
You know how one song can totally change the way you think about a band? Well, "That's Not Me" is that song for me. I hadn't expected a Beach Boys deep cut to be so good. It has melodic resonance, like a beautiful chord that never really ends. I still love it as much now as I did when I first heard it a few decades ago. My reaction was, "Whoah, what else is on this album?" And it's that way with this entire record. I don't know how Wilson did it but Pet Sounds literally radiates warmth and love (and oh yeah, some melancholy). I immediately became a huge Beach Boys fan for life after this. No matter what other albums they did (some bad, some good, some embarrassing), they made Pet Sounds and the world is a better place because of it.
Both songs are good. The first doesn't go where you think it's going to go musically, and "Don't Talk" has always felt like "You Still Believe in Me - Part II" to me, which is nice.
such a brilliant piece of work -and i have to say this is due to Brian Wilson and Brian Wilson alone. His use of instruments is stunning. I've always had this thought, though it seems superficial, but if the album art work was as revolutionary as the content it would have, i believe, made a much bigger impact at the time. I bought this album upon release and most of my friends response was, 'The Beach Boys, really?' The cover didn't do anything to change the perspective especially when you think Rubber Soul, or Revolver, or Sgt. P album art work. In the day, part of the gig was sitting down with the album cover and staring at it while you listened to the music. Anyway, great review of a masterpiece.
You know I’m gonna say the same thing as I did with Alan’s breakfast I was wondering when you were gonna react to more pet sounds keep going through the album keep going through one of the most influential albums of all time. Every song is perfect Justin your the only reactor I’ve seen on this platform reacting to every song on this album. And your reviews are faces during the reaction says it all
The song "Here Today" MUST be listened to in mono - the stereo version left out some audio that Brian Wilson edited into the original mono version. Brian never went for stereo, because of an abnormal hearing condition in one ear.
Wasn't his loss of hearing in one ear due to his bullying and overpowering father Murray (and later Beach Boys manager) beating Brian in the ear as a young child? Just because he was sensitive and liked music?
I've been checking almost daily for more of your reactions to this album - one of the best of all time... also excited for the rest of atom heart mother... some great choices of what to react to...
As much as I love The Beatles, I think The Beach Boys do bring more heart and emotion to the table more often than not. Brian Wilson’s genius is using music to paint sound pictures, or emotion with sound, truly one of a kind, and impeccable. A great quote from Danny Hutton from Three Dog Night in the Brian Wilson documentary “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times” is that “Brian worked with The Wrecking Crew, the greatest musicians to be found, and he would push them to that next level. They played the notes perfectly, but Brian would tell them things like, “No , you gotta make it cry!!” A Beach Boys session was like no other, and produced music like no other.
Hearing your thoughts about Don`t talk, actually made me think of this album I`ve been listening to alot this week. It`s Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt (1974). The reason for those two coexcisting in my head at the same time is that Rock Bottom as an album also conveys so much witout actually saying much in the lyrical sense. The lyrics are a mix between made up childrens tales, ad-libbing, backwards vocals, profund decleration of eternal love for his wife (nicknamed Alife) and probably something really clever in English that I haven`t picked up on yet. And the music speaks volumes too, it`s quite a haunting album. I would highly recommend you to listen to the album (not necessarily on the channel but that would be nice I think) and read abit about the back story to the album. My personal favourites so far is Alifib and Alife (they belong together), but I usually listen to the whole album through everytime. I see Genius has it listed as pop, but I don`t really agree too much with that. Ops, sorry for this insanely long comment :) Have a nice evening.
I personally love the stereo remix of this album, Brian mixed in mono partially because he only has 3% hearing in one of his ears; the fresh clarity of the stereo is a beautiful thing.
I found the stereo remix really pushed the album to a degree that I can appreciate and love it so much more. I listen to the original mono when listening with speakers or in the car, but I think the intricate arrangements gain another level of depth when listened in stereo with headphones. It is funny to hear albums of this era because so much of them have many different "sweet spots" to the listening experience. Some are way better to listen in mono, some albums come to life when listened in stereo, and some are just down to personal preference.
I couldn’t agree more, Guilherme! While Brian is a master at combining disparate sounds and blending as one, getting the most out of mono, some of these songs - for me it was “I just wasn’t made for these times” - the intricate complexity is breathtaking.
Thanks for your reaction JP. "Don't talk" is the most tranquil song on here, but it has quickly become one of the Highlights for me! Just stunningly beautiful. I think you would also enjoy 1970s Beach Boys, e.g. "Feel flows".
Evening, JP. Dave from London. Dear Brian... There's No-one To Touch You. Such a beautiful reaction, Justin, to two fantastic tracks. I agree that Don't Talk is a wonderful love song, one of my favourite love songs from the Beach Boys, along with Dennis's Cuddle Up (from Carl & The Passions, So Tough). It's just so romantic without being slushy, and that string quartet is musical heaven. Plenty of artists have written homages to Brian. The song reference above, Dear Brian, is from Alan Parsons Project singer Chris Rainbow, and it sounds like a eulogy. Tragically, it was Chris who passed a few years ago, and Brian sent condolences to his family and friends, saying that he was honoured by Chris's song.
In terms of lyrics both Beach Boys and The Beatles IS profound in it's simplicity. That's beauty of genuine songwriting - few words - a lot of meaning. You can always reproach them in banality, but it's not the case precisely because they KNOW what they are doing, sharing expirience without any artsy verbal circulation (well, sometimes Revolution 9 happens even to the best of us).
That’s Not Me, a often skipped song and in the immortal words of Robin Leech,”… and I don’t know why !” He probably didn’t really say that. It makes me think of Bowie’s song “Everybody Says Hi”, a song I get misty often while listening to. The push pull of present and past. Very nice, now on to the next… Don’t Talk is so chill, it’s almost “still “. Guess that’s the point. Lovely ramping up of instruments but not too much. Just beautiful. Peace and heartfelt Music
For an album as acclaimed as Pet Sounds, there's a good number of choice cuts on here that don't get the attention they deserve. "That's Not Me" is one of them, along with "I'm Waiting for the Day" and "Here Today". I guess that's what happens when you have an album with such classic singles as "Sloop John B", "God Only Knows" and "Wouldn't it be Nice" And call me heartless or what have ya, but "Don't Talk" doesn't really grab me as much as, say, "You Still Believe in Me". I don't deny that it's beautiful, just a little too subdued for me
Ok this may be weird but I can't help but wonder if a sensitive genius writer like Brian hadn't hooked up with the B Boys but someone more like a Yes or ELP type of a prog band What vibes might have come from that HMMM or a hook up with Fripp or the Tears for Fears guys Imagine his voice mixed with Roland and Curt Oh Myy
I find half this album to be brilliant and the other half to be average. I thought this was average. I don't get why this is in the top 5 greatest albums of all time.
My first listen too. Not what i was expecting at all, far less surfy than their major hits. sadly, no improvement. I dislike the surf stuff, it's far too cheesy, but at least it's up tempo. These were both so slow, low tempo, they were deathly dull, imho. We're only 4 tracks in (i think) but how this Lp's got such acclaim I don't know. Released in mid 60's, these sounded very 50's to me. I couldn't get 'Happy days' out of my head. And they didn't exactly knock themselves out with the lyrics either. Very poor.
Totally agree. First time I listened to this album, I thought half of it was brilliant and half was average. No clue why this is considered one of the greatest albums of all time.
@@Lightmane Aye. Some music can sound timeless, and some not. I can understand, maybe why different for the time, but listening to it now, 55 yrs on... sheesh.
There are some records that "everyone loves" but I just never did. I agree, this is one of them. Layla is another because the squealing guitar of Duane Allman is unlistenable to me. And all of ABBA, too. On the other hand, some artists I couldn't stand 50 or 60 years ago have become favorites in my later years. The Righteous Brothers comes to mind. Journey, too. Maybe I'll like Pet Sounds one day, but I don't think I'll live that long.
Don't Talk is my favorite Beach Boys song. It just got such a unique, ethereal atmosphere to it. Love it.
Absolutely! Love how it feels
Gorgeous song and similar to a jazz standard...the harmonic structure is like something out of the Real Book
One of Brian Wilson's many gifts is being able to convey vulnerability even in an elaborate musical production.
Very true Kyle, good point
“Don’t Talk” was my ‘everything’s going to be OK” song I used to sing to my late wife 💔
"I want to make music that people will one day pray to." --Brian Wilson
Chilling chord changes, yes, in "That's Not Me," but what's particularly surprising (and sophisticated) are the unexpected KEY changes, and I believe modulating both up AND down. These are turns, I bet, that really got the ears of John and Paul!
What a nice treat.When I listen this song with my husband I often put my head on his shoulder and I ask him."Dear…how is it feels to have a head on your shoulders?"Thank you kindly Justin
Love that! Ty Elaine
When you stopped to refer to "That's Not Me" as "chill," I was thinking, just wait for the song that's coming. "Don't Talk" never builds up ... never takes off ... doesn't have to ... it just spreads through you.
The Pet Sounds and Smile album is so special.
Smile feels very underrated. Hardly see any views on it here on youtube or people talking about it. My favorite composition on that is probably 'Child Is Father of the Man'. Love the layering of the vocals on that one. I'm glad Brian tried his best to push his vision out there despite some vocal opposition as far as what the Beach Boys were "supposed" to sound like.
@@LucidDream Child Is Father Of The Man is my favorite song on Smile too.
As much as I love the Beatles, Pet Sounds is the finest album of the time and possibly all time. Proto concept album, ahead of the curve and like nothing ever heard before. Brian Wilson - Sonic genius. Some of the songs written for Smile, the planned follow up were also excellent. Good Vibrations, Heroes and Villains, Surfs Up to name but a few. Keep up the excellent work, glad you’re enjoying the album. Perhaps try Forever Changes by Love.
I agree pet sounds is one of the best albums ever made
Their use of percussion is very unique and important to their sound and style. It's very minimalistic and I enjoy it.
Don't Talk is so incredible. The chord changes and melody combination is insanely good and unique. Was trying to figure it out on piano a few months ago. It was a slow process - so many chord changes/key changes. But so well done that you don't even notice just how much is going on. Pure emotion.
Thx for digging in to don’t Talk which I think is arguably as good as God Only Knows it is pure love and emotion summed up very well
*10:29*
*"Jus feels like love man"*
*That hit me*
Listen...listen...listen... ❤️
this is for the ones that understand string arrangement ......... when bian goes " being here with you feels so right " then BAM the f*cking orchestra comes in, now THAT is SO incredibly special........ its honestly amazing how in your face those strings are and are more than necessary at the same time. I truly think its the most important besides the most impressive ingredient to this song..... im a huge mancini and bacharach fan and i gotta say this arrangement is so dam special I cant put into words enough how great it actually is. im completely comfortably overwhelmed every time i listen to it
Definitely the most thoughtful music reaction person.
Thank you Roku :)
Tony Asher had only written lyrics for advertising jingles prior to working with Brian on "Pet Sounds".
Love this song (That’s Not Me) - I can really resonate with the lyrics.
Love your beach boys reactions especially pet sounds. Love the way you dig it. Thankyou steve uk
Stereo is a must with Pet Sounds, Brians placement of different parts on specific beats to create this musical tapestry is enhanced by the split tracks.
This album is everything the name The Beach Boys doesn't make you think about. It's not surfing, cars, etc. It's musically brilliant. This is all Brian Wilson and studio musicians. It's where he wanted to go. A combination of his having a breakdown and the rest of the band not being on the same page made that impossible. This is their high water mark.
Good review.
I was watching the movie "Love and Mercy" - there are some great scenes of a young Brian at the Pet Sounds sessions. The scenes with the later Brian getting tortured by his therapist are a bit difficult to watch, though - had to skip some of those.
@@bobholtzmann That's an excellent movie - and I would recommend it to Justin to get a good overview of the Brian Wilson story, although it's not an easy watch in places as you say. The two actors who play 20-something Brian and 40-something Brian both look very different but perfectly capture the essence of the man. My only gripe with that movie was that it downplays Carl Wilson's own role in saving Brian from the clutches of Dr Landy.
Everything before Pet Sounds was Summer, Pet Sounds is Autumn
@@johnramsell8078 "The Beach Boys' Christmas Album" XD
A great reaction (what else!). Brian Wilson was arguably the best songwriter and producer in the sixties. Pet Sounds, of course, is a classic album. Did Brian enrich the Beatles?!
Great reaction, Justin. Two awesome songs from the one of the greatest albums of all time. You just have to lean into the pure emotion of both songs. It's so perfectly and beautifully expressed in words and music. As one of the other posts below says, there's a real ethereal quality to these tracks.
At this point in the record, it must have been very clear to 1966 audiences that Pet Sounds was anything but an album about surfing and cars. A huge, huge leap forward in subject matter and sonic ambition. It was a shock to the rest of the Beach Boys too when they came back off the road and went in to the studio to lend their vocals to the instrumental tracks already laid down by Brian and the Wrecking Crew.
This and Revolver in the same year - what a time for music!
You know how one song can totally change the way you think about a band? Well, "That's Not Me" is that song for me. I hadn't expected a Beach Boys deep cut to be so good. It has melodic resonance, like a beautiful chord that never really ends. I still love it as much now as I did when I first heard it a few decades ago. My reaction was, "Whoah, what else is on this album?" And it's that way with this entire record. I don't know how Wilson did it but Pet Sounds literally radiates warmth and love (and oh yeah, some melancholy). I immediately became a huge Beach Boys fan for life after this. No matter what other albums they did (some bad, some good, some embarrassing), they made Pet Sounds and the world is a better place because of it.
To be fair, the reason why Pet Sounds is so good is because its really a Brian Wilson album.
Both songs are good. The first doesn't go where you think it's going to go musically, and "Don't Talk" has always felt like "You Still Believe in Me - Part II" to me, which is nice.
such a brilliant piece of work -and i have to say this is due to Brian Wilson and Brian Wilson alone. His use of instruments is stunning. I've always had this thought, though it seems superficial, but if the album art work was as revolutionary as the content it would have, i believe, made a much bigger impact at the time. I bought this album upon release and most of my friends response was, 'The Beach Boys, really?' The cover didn't do anything to change the perspective especially when you think Rubber Soul, or Revolver, or Sgt. P album art work. In the day, part of the gig was sitting down with the album cover and staring at it while you listened to the music. Anyway, great review of a masterpiece.
Appreciate you giving exclusively the only complete breakdown of this album on RUclips thanks JP!
Ty! So far, id say it deserves it
You know I’m gonna say the same thing as I did with Alan’s breakfast I was wondering when you were gonna react to more pet sounds keep going through the album keep going through one of the most influential albums of all time. Every song is perfect
Justin your the only reactor I’ve seen on this platform reacting to every song on this album. And your reviews are faces during the reaction says it all
Ty Man! I'm enjoying listening to this one :D
My absolute 2 favorite songs on this album.
The song "Here Today" MUST be listened to in mono - the stereo version left out some audio that Brian Wilson edited into the original mono version. Brian never went for stereo, because of an abnormal hearing condition in one ear.
Wasn't his loss of hearing in one ear due to his bullying and overpowering father Murray (and later Beach Boys manager) beating Brian in the ear as a young child? Just because he was sensitive and liked music?
@@jeremyb5640 Sad but true - their Dad was something of a monster.
One of my favorite albums Great reaction man
I've been checking almost daily for more of your reactions to this album - one of the best of all time... also excited for the rest of atom heart mother... some great choices of what to react to...
Ty Sean! Just finish AHM this past weekend, hope you enjoy!
You get it JP...You get it.
Ty MJM🙂
I love that part when he sings listen, and the strings come in.
It feels so magical🙂
@@JustJP There are some gems yet to come. I was not thrilled with this album first listen but it grew on me.
Good one! Love this Album. Keep going man, i can't wait till we get to THE WALL. Saludos from Buenos Aires, Argentina
As much as I love The Beatles, I think The Beach Boys do bring more heart and emotion to the table more often than not. Brian Wilson’s genius is using music to paint sound pictures, or emotion with sound, truly one of a kind, and impeccable. A great quote from Danny Hutton from Three Dog Night in the Brian Wilson documentary “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times” is that “Brian worked with The Wrecking Crew, the greatest musicians to be found, and he would push them to that next level. They played the notes perfectly, but Brian would tell them things like, “No , you gotta make it cry!!” A Beach Boys session was like no other, and produced music like no other.
Can tell by you response you are getting it!
Hearing your thoughts about Don`t talk, actually made me think of this album I`ve been listening to alot this week. It`s Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt (1974). The reason for those two coexcisting in my head at the same time is that Rock Bottom as an album also conveys so much witout actually saying much in the lyrical sense. The lyrics are a mix between made up childrens tales, ad-libbing, backwards vocals, profund decleration of eternal love for his wife (nicknamed Alife) and probably something really clever in English that I haven`t picked up on yet. And the music speaks volumes too, it`s quite a haunting album.
I would highly recommend you to listen to the album (not necessarily on the channel but that would be nice I think) and read abit about the back story to the album. My personal favourites so far is Alifib and Alife (they belong together), but I usually listen to the whole album through everytime. I see Genius has it listed as pop, but I don`t really agree too much with that.
Ops, sorry for this insanely long comment :) Have a nice evening.
fantastic song BEACH BOYS
We USED to have this amazing music flowing around all about us!!!!
Still plenty of it, just gotta look :D
I personally love the stereo remix of this album, Brian mixed in mono partially because he only has 3% hearing in one of his ears; the fresh clarity of the stereo is a beautiful thing.
I found the stereo remix really pushed the album to a degree that I can appreciate and love it so much more. I listen to the original mono when listening with speakers or in the car, but I think the intricate arrangements gain another level of depth when listened in stereo with headphones.
It is funny to hear albums of this era because so much of them have many different "sweet spots" to the listening experience. Some are way better to listen in mono, some albums come to life when listened in stereo, and some are just down to personal preference.
I couldn’t agree more, Guilherme! While Brian is a master at combining disparate sounds and blending as one, getting the most out of mono, some of these songs - for me it was “I just wasn’t made for these times” - the intricate complexity is breathtaking.
Much more to go on this one JP... that said, I can’t believe Warmth of The Sun is not on this album. Don’t miss that one. And take care of that back.
Thanks for your reaction JP.
"Don't talk" is the most tranquil song on here, but it has quickly become one of the Highlights for me!
Just stunningly beautiful. I think you would also enjoy 1970s Beach Boys, e.g. "Feel flows".
Evening, JP. Dave from London. Dear Brian... There's No-one To Touch You. Such a beautiful reaction, Justin, to two fantastic tracks. I agree that Don't Talk is a wonderful love song, one of my favourite love songs from the Beach Boys, along with Dennis's Cuddle Up (from Carl & The Passions, So Tough). It's just so romantic without being slushy, and that string quartet is musical heaven.
Plenty of artists have written homages to Brian. The song reference above, Dear Brian, is from Alan Parsons Project singer Chris Rainbow, and it sounds like a eulogy. Tragically, it was Chris who passed a few years ago, and Brian sent condolences to his family and friends, saying that he was honoured by Chris's song.
Yes! Please finish the album
In terms of lyrics both Beach Boys and The Beatles IS profound in it's simplicity. That's beauty of genuine songwriting - few words - a lot of meaning. You can always reproach them in banality, but it's not the case precisely because they KNOW what they are doing, sharing expirience without any artsy verbal circulation (well, sometimes Revolution 9 happens even to the best of us).
Brian's intention was a warm wall of sound. stereo mix betrays that vision.
That’s Not Me, a often skipped song and in the immortal words of Robin Leech,”… and I don’t know why !” He probably didn’t really say that.
It makes me think of Bowie’s song “Everybody Says Hi”, a song I get misty often while listening to. The push pull of present and past. Very nice, now on to the next…
Don’t Talk is so chill, it’s almost “still “. Guess that’s the point. Lovely ramping up of instruments but not too much. Just beautiful.
Peace and heartfelt Music
Fabulous album.
Both songs are really good, but in particular 'That's Not Me' holds a special place with me.
For an album as acclaimed as Pet Sounds, there's a good number of choice cuts on here that don't get the attention they deserve. "That's Not Me" is one of them, along with "I'm Waiting for the Day" and "Here Today". I guess that's what happens when you have an album with such classic singles as "Sloop John B", "God Only Knows" and "Wouldn't it be Nice"
And call me heartless or what have ya, but "Don't Talk" doesn't really grab me as much as, say, "You Still Believe in Me". I don't deny that it's beautiful, just a little too subdued for me
Brian wants you to listen to the mono mix.
Ok this may be weird but I can't help but wonder if a sensitive genius writer like Brian hadn't hooked up with the B Boys but someone more like a Yes or ELP type of a prog band What vibes might have come from that HMMM or a hook up with Fripp or the Tears for Fears guys Imagine his voice mixed with Roland and Curt Oh Myy
Jesus, Don't Talk is so effing beautiful it makes me want to die.
Not sure but I think this was the first album that Brian cut his father out of the recording process?
Pardon me sir, but I have an entire Beach Boys playlist if you want it. I can also lend you my recommendations if you'd like
stereo mix isn't the way Pet Sounds is best heard. it's too empty.
Duh, Да!
Try listening to rio grand
That’s not me if my fav on the album
Literally the only Beach Boys album I’ve heard all the way through. Great listen!
You should listen to more. Smiley Smile, Friends, Sunflower, Surf’s Up, and Holland are stand outs.
Yeah, you’re missing out. Their discography 1965-1973 is kind of as good as it gets.
surfs Up
SMILE. greatest album ever made
Today
Summer days and summer nights
even smiley smile, wild honey, sunflower are outstanding albuns
I find half this album to be brilliant and the other half to be average. I thought this was average. I don't get why this is in the top 5 greatest albums of all time.
My first listen too. Not what i was expecting at all, far less surfy than their major hits. sadly, no improvement. I dislike the surf stuff, it's far too cheesy, but at least it's up tempo. These were both so slow, low tempo, they were deathly dull, imho. We're only 4 tracks in (i think) but how this Lp's got such acclaim I don't know. Released in mid 60's, these sounded very 50's to me. I couldn't get 'Happy days' out of my head. And they didn't exactly knock themselves out with the lyrics either. Very poor.
Totally agree. First time I listened to this album, I thought half of it was brilliant and half was average. No clue why this is considered one of the greatest albums of all time.
@@Lightmane Aye. Some music can sound timeless, and some not. I can understand, maybe why different for the time, but listening to it now, 55 yrs on... sheesh.
There are some records that "everyone loves" but I just never did. I agree, this is one of them. Layla is another because the squealing guitar of Duane Allman is unlistenable to me. And all of ABBA, too. On the other hand, some artists I couldn't stand 50 or 60 years ago have become favorites in my later years. The Righteous Brothers comes to mind. Journey, too. Maybe I'll like Pet Sounds one day, but I don't think I'll live that long.
I can't think of one Beatles album that I don't like more than this album.
@@Lightmane Haha, don't get me started on The Beatles...