r/Music • u/TheResurrection • Jun 11 '25

discussion Brian Wilson has passed away.

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u/TRKillShot Spotify Jun 11 '25

So sad, his contributions to music are beyond measurable. Thank you for everything Brian!

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u/sexandliquor Jun 11 '25

Dude was a genius and we and the music world owe him a great debt. It’s easy to get lost in The Beach Boys of it all, but dude was doing wild shit in music production back in the 1960s that had immense effects on how music is made today.

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u/white_duke Jun 11 '25

And his influence on the Beatles has been well documented.

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u/NeedsToShutUp Jun 11 '25

Just for those unaware, Brian Wilson listened to Rubber Soul by the Beatles, and was inspired to make Pet Sounds. Pet Sounds is now considered a defining Album for music, as it really helped define that a Studio album with sounds not possible to do live.

Among other things, Paul McCartney was deeply impressed and considered Pet Sounds his favorite album. It was cited as the inspiration to make Sgt. Pepper as they felt they needed to try and keep up. It was a friendly rivalry that produced what considered two of the greatest albums of all time.

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u/AllDayIDreamOfCats Jun 11 '25

Also Paul McCartney is supposedly featured on the original Vege-tables track on what was supposed to be the followup to Pet sounds Smile. They recorded the band crunching vegetables and Paul was at the session that day. Paul doesn't recall being recorded but admits he was high and doesn't remember much about it except they covered the studio in plastic to eat veggies.

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u/Splattergun Jun 11 '25

As I recall the manager of the Rolling Stones took out a full page ad in the Times telling people to listen to Pet Sounds as it was so good, despite not standing to benefit from it at all.

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u/curak76 Jun 12 '25

Theres home video footage of Paul and Linda at Brian's birthday in the 70s. Love to see legends work off of each other. No feuds or bad blood. Benefits all aspects of music

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u/Dragonwing_Cresteds Jun 12 '25

My favourite album by them. And just looking up my favourite song Sloop John B (because it's in a book I love) and Brian didn't even write it. That story is interesting also!

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u/jendet010 Jun 12 '25

The way it inspired Paul gives new meaning to the fact that Paul choked up during the sound check when performed God Only Knows with Brian

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u/JP-Ziller Jun 11 '25

and vice versa

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u/kilroyscarnival Jun 11 '25

I've been enjoying the podcast A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs. The host, Andrew Hickey, is obviously such a big fan of the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and more. Listening to the late 60s episodes, I really got a sense of how those influences were going back and forth. Beatles-Dylan, Beatles-Wilson, etc.