#546 The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds
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🗓️ 13 May 2016
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys elevated pop music to new artistic heights with the band’s 1966 masterpiece Pet Sounds. With its ingenious orchestrations and earnest lyrics, the album remains an enormous influence to this day. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot present a Classic Album Dissection of Pet Sounds.
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| 0:00.0 | You gotta understand something there. This music is the glue of the world. It holds it all together. |
| 0:06.0 | Without this, life would be meaningless. Yes. What are you getting so crazy about? It's just music. |
| 0:27.0 | On Pet Sounds, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys traded in songs about surfing and cars for |
| 0:37.7 | introspection and chamber musicians. |
| 0:40.0 | The result was one of pop music's greatest masterpieces. |
| 0:43.2 | I'm Greg Kott. |
| 0:44.2 | And I'm Jim Deregadis. |
| 0:45.6 | We celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of Pet Sounds |
| 0:49.2 | with a classic album dissection. |
| 0:51.1 | That's coming up on Sound Opinions. |
| 0:53.0 | This is Sound Opinions. |
| 0:57.0 | This is Sound Opinions and we're going to be talking about Pet Sounds that great Beach Boys album from 1966. |
| 1:06.0 | It's in the air again, Jim. People are talking about it. |
| 1:09.0 | Brian Wilson is going to be taking it on tour this summer playing various festivals it should be a moving experience to say the least |
| 1:15.8 | that's coming up but first we got some music news Sun in your head show don't be a long air |
| 1:24.0 | it's just a spring cleave for the make queen |
| 1:29.0 | yes there are too fast you can go by, but in the long run, |
| 1:36.0 | and there's still time to change. |
| 1:39.0 | You're listening to sound opinions, and that of course is the immortal stairway to heaven. |
| 1:43.6 | Led Zeppelin's hit from 1971. |
| 1:46.6 | Greg, walking to any guitar store anywhere in the world and some kid is sitting in the |
| 1:51.1 | corner trying to master that lick. he or she probably thinks it was |
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