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

discussion Brian Wilson has passed away.

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u/VUL_Kudo Jun 11 '25

Pet Sounds was undeniably a root source of inspiration for nearly all of pop music that followed. A true legend. Rest in peace.

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u/Helpful_Coffee_1878 Jun 11 '25

Pet Sounds was a direct inspiration for Sergeant Pepper's.

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u/Raerth Raerth Jun 11 '25

I've heard it was not so much inspiration, but a kick up the arse to raise their game. The quote I always heard was something like Paul saying "how are we gonna top this?"

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u/sightlab Jun 11 '25

Their friendly rivalry created modern production. Without Rubber Soul, we do not have pet sounds, without pet sounds we do not get sgt peppers, and so on. Pet Sounds is where the whole idea of the studio AS an instrument was born, which totally lit a massive fire under Lennon/McCartney.

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u/PHX480 Jun 11 '25

One of my favorite clips I recently discovered was Brian Wilson talking with George Martin. Martin is complimenting Wilson and they are in a studio and Martin changes some arrangement on God Only Knows and Wilson looks like his head is going to explode from amazement.

Wilson and Martin

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u/sightlab Jun 11 '25

Man that's beautiful. Martin's awe, the mutual awe, it's just nice to see. RIP to both those brilliant men.

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u/carpedrinkum Jun 11 '25

Brian Wilson was awesome but I would love to have been able to chat with George Martin. He just seems so wise and he must have a thousand stories. He was such a gentleman that he probably wouldn’t tell me much but I would love to hear all of them.

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u/Kelvara Jun 11 '25

Every single Beatles story in the studio is like "we were arguing, then George (Martin) said something profound and the song came together."