In 1965, while the rest of his band was on tour, Brian Wilson, a founding member of the Beach Boys, who died this week at age 82, challenges himself to stay at home and create a masterpiece. The results of that challenge, Pet sounds, It has become one of the most venerated and influential works of pop music.
“Without Pet sounds” Sergeant pepper It would never have happened, “recalled the producer of the Beatles, George Martin Rolling stone. “Pepper It was an attempt to match Pet sounds. “
Paul McCartney agrees, saying: “I have played or played Pet sounds And he cried. “
In 2017, I fell in love with Pet soundsAnd I have to admit, that is a bit weird. I’m old enough to have seen Ramones act live, but not That Old. For me, Beach Boys was music of which only the child always existed in the background. Something that my parents touched their fingers on the steering wheel when we were trapped in traffic. It is not something I loved or hated, something that was always there.
But with Regio, I have been thinking a lot about things that always seem to have always existed: cell phones, Batman, America, and here is the thing, they did not do it! Someone, or a group of people, created things out of nowhere. They had an idea and went to work.
I am not a music critic, but listening to songs “God only knows” and “is not pleasant” with fresh ears, I couldn’t stop thinking, “What did he think of doing that?” There are not many main successes before or after “Clek John B” with letters about eating all the corn of a boat partner I can think, right? You begin to understand why the word “genius” is thrown towards Brian Wilson and why he stays.
I took the opportunity to see Brian Wilson in the fall of 2017, along with the co -founder of Beach Boys, to the Jardine and a tremendous accompaniment band, touches the entire innovative song of the album on Radio City Music Hall. (Additional Pet Sounds: the final tour tour The dates can be found here.) Listening to these songs live, more than 50 years after the guy sitting on the piano heard them for the first time in his head, he was incredible and inspiring. I left the theater not sure that in my life I can create something that remains relevant and innovative for half a century, but surely I will not stop trying.
Here are some quotes from Brian Wilson about creativity and impulse to succeed, extracted from great interviews he has done with Jason Fine for Forest Rolling stone and Alison Beard for Harvard Business Review.
“I am successful. You have to program yourself to succeed. Pate your ass in life.”
Wilson talks to engineers and other spectators while they record Pet sounds In 1966 in Los Angeles.
“I still believe in that message: working hard is the way to follow. I live for him.”
Brian Wilson and Al Jardine act Pet sounds In the Pantage Theater on May 26, 2017, In Los Angeles.
“If you stay with that, things work at the end. Not always, but sometimes.”
The Beach Boys lasts a portrait session at Pacific Ocean Park on March 10, 1966 In Los Angeles. From left to right are Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Mike Love, to Jardine and Brian Wilson.
“The park helps me stay straight. I present myself feeling bad and I’m doing well.
Rolling stone Profile, as appears in Brian Wilson’s official website.
“Fifty years later, I’m doing a world tour, playing [Pet Sounds] Live, and see and listen to the audience to answer. That makes me very proud. That album brought and continues to bring love to the world, which was my intention when I wrote music. “
Drumhead for the 2017 tour.
“Sometimes things happen, sometimes they don’t, but you can’t force it. It’s frustrating, but I follow it.”
Brian Wilson’s career retrospective Reproduction: Brian Wilson anthology It is now available on CD, vinyl and digital.
“Some people are leaders, and all contribute in different ways. The Beach Boys were a family: three brothers, a cousin and a friend, which gave us a cohesion. But I think the key to our success.”
Carl Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Brian Wilson and Al Jardine sing around a piano in the recording studio around 1966.
“I am oldy but I don’t care a damn. I can still sing my butt.”
The Singer and Intellectual Author Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys directs from the control room while recording the Pet Sounds album in 1966 in Los Angeles.
“I wanted to be a central gardener for the Yankees. That was my ambition, but they deviate from the music business.”
“To success in life, you have to put some muscle in it, mental muscle.”
Brian Wilson at the San Diego Civic Theater on May 24, 2017, In San Diego, California.
In 1965, while the rest of his band was on tour, Brian Wilson, a founding member of the Beach Boys, who died this week at age 82, challenges himself to stay at home and create a masterpiece. The results of that challenge, Pet sounds, It has become one of the most venerated and influential works of pop music.
“Without Pet sounds” Sergeant pepper It would never have happened, “recalled the producer of the Beatles, George Martin Rolling stone. “Pepper It was an attempt to match Pet sounds. “
Paul McCartney agrees, saying: “I have played or played Pet sounds And he cried. “
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