The Beach Boys’ PET SOUNDS (Part 2, Ep. 219)

Chuck Granata’s book Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Brian Wilson And The Making Of The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds is the ultimate dissection of Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece. Chuck and I wound up diving so deep into the record, we unfortunately had to seek treatment for the bends…thankfully it was a risk worth taking, as Discograffiti’s Pet Sounds Deep-Dive Series stands as a unique combination of factual obsession and personal connection. Episode 2 is an examination of everything you’ll ever need to know about the first three tracks on Pet Sounds: “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “You Still Believe In Me,” and “That’s Not Me.”

Here’s just a few of the many things that Chuck discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

• A brief eulogy for Brian Wilson, as this was our first episode taped after his passing;
• The jaw-dropping alleged lyrical subtext of “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”;
• How the opening track deviated from Brian & Tony Asher’s typical collaborative approach;
• How Brian set out to make two accordions sound like violins;
• The reason for the appearance of the bicycle horn on “You Still Believe In Me”;
• The only Pet Sounds track on which Dennis Wilson drummed;
• An unreleased 15-minute session during which Brian and Tony experiment with piano sounds for the “You Still Believe In Me” backing track (Director’s Cut only);
• And how both Chuck and I connect with the record’s opening three tracks in a laid-bare, explicitly personal way.

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