The chorus was originally 'Hang on to your ego / Hang on, but I know that you're gonna lose the fight' before the other Beach Boys forced Brian to make the change. One of the impacts of taking acid is how it strips away your sense of ego. Similar themes on some of Beatles songs during the Revolver / Sgt Pepper era too. Wilson and Sachen's original lyrics critiqued those who abused LSD as a form of escapism. Brian said later: 'People took acid to get away from themselves, but that wasn't the right way to take it. LSD was supposed to make you go deeper into yourself. I wanted to remind people that they could survive everything best if they remembered who they were.' You can find the 'Hang onto your Ego' version online as it was eventually released as part of the 'Pet Sounds' anniversary boxsets.
Glen Campbell was a member of The Wrecking Crew before he was famous. The Wrecking Crew was used by many famous artists and for TV themes etc. Phil Spector also used them which is maybe why this has a 'Wall of Sound' feel to it.
He did LSD and wanted to share his insights with the world. Most of the drugs references were removed at the request of other band members. In a normal year, yesterday I would have been picking up the first of the performers at the airport and this evening the first acts would take to Mainstage. Alas, Covid has claimed another Winnipeg Folk Festival. Normally we enjoy 4 days of music/camping/food/partying (but not in the areas designated as quiet) in Bird's Hill Provincial Park but not this year. See you folks all there next year.
I'd add SMiLE to that Holy Trinity and make it a foursome. I know they didn't have it back then, but we do now, and it's every bit the equal of those three albums. Cheers!
This was a very good album, but Brian Wilson's unfinished "SMILE" project was going to be their masterpiece until his breakdown. I'm going to make a recommendation that you listen to Purple Chick's reconstruction of Smile to experience it as close to what it was originally intended. It is broken up into 4 parts and it is a genius mix of surviving material: Part 1 begins here: th-cam.com/video/aMJ-asYwzYU/w-d-xo.html
YES! SMiLE IS every bit the masterpiece Pet Sounds is. I actually slightly prefer it. I put together my own version of SMiLE about 20 years ago (just using the available materials about running order, etc)... and was thrilled with it. This should definitely be the next journey for Justin on the Beach Boys' best. I'd be jazzed if he went with either the version you posted, or the Beach Boys "SMiLE Sessions" version. (I FINALLY got a hold of the vinyl copy of that, last week). SMiLE is a beautiful, bold, and brilliant album and ranks right up there with rock "n roll's greatest achievements.
Absolutely, either that version, or The Beach Boys Smile Sessions version, with lots of background reading on the history of the sessions is essential for Justin!
I did not recognize this title because I have always heard it called “Hang on to Your Ego.” Please give Frank Black’s (from the Pixies) version a listen. It is one of my favorite songs.
True. Capitol Records refused to release Hang On To Your Ego so they changed it to I Know There’s An Answer. The remastered cd included Hang On To Your Ego.
Imo "they trip through the day and waste all their thoughts at night" is the Beach Boys' greatest lyric. There have been times when that described me perfectly.
Glen Campbell was a busy session player, he also replaced Brian on the road as the bass player / vocals until Bruce Johnston took over those duties. Bruce Johnston also played on "Pet Sounds" but was not credited due to contractual reasons, but would eventually become a full member of the group - Bruce is pictured on the reverse side of the album cover sitting at the piano next to Dennis Wilson both in their stripe shirts.
You might want to consider building a small wooden box with the one side open or with a curtain hanging in front for her to hide under when it's pouring down, so she'll feel even more secure. Cats love to hide under things.. I'm guessing that wall behing you is the wall farthest away from the outside and therefore the least noisy one regarding the nature outside and that's why she goes there when the rain scares her. :)
When you’re done with Pet Sounds, you may want to listen to the original version of this entitled, “Hang On To Your Ego.” Mike Love and the other band members made Brian Wilson nerf the lyrics, because they thought it was a drug song. Which, of course, it was. This song is all about the destruction of the ego while under the influence of LSD. The part I love the most about this song (besides the lyrics) are those woodwinds leading into the harmonica/banjo section. Delightfully eerie. I think on repeated lessons this might graduate from “pleasant enough” and maybe make its way onto your playlist. This is one of their top five essential songs, in my opinion. The Beatles also used a bass harmonica in response on Sgt. Pepper in an equally brilliant song.
Hi JP. Dave from The Smoke. Answers? Questions! - Questions? Answers! Another strong song from this all-time great album - super catchy, with quirky instrumentation - sounds like a kettle drum and fairground organ in there, and I always thought that it was a kazoo solo. Glen Campbell was a member of the Beachboys touring band for a time, I believe. P.S. My song reference is from Focus 3, my fave album by the Dutch prog band.
The bass harmonica was used in The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album, but sparingly. I could only find it filling in some bass parts in "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite". The bass parts on the rest of the album were filled in by bass guitar, of course.
Glen Campbell's star was really on the rise at this time. In '67 and '68 he was having a lot of hit singles, co-starred in "True Grit" with John Wayne in '69, had a summer replacement show for "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" in '68 led to his own show the following year which ran through '72.
A decent ditty, though originally a pro acid song, still can apply to many situations today. I think the more I hear it the more I like it. I need to hear it a hundred more times to love it. Maybe. I dooo love that bass harmonica, want one. Peace and zither (what I thought it was) Music
I like " Pet sounds" as a whole and I know it's a very influential album in the grand scheme of music, that said, it doesn't mean every song on the album is a gem. This one would be one of those, IMO.🤠
This song is a perfect example of why I've always struggled with Pet Sounds. And the problem I have is with the lyrics. Musically, the album is wonderful. The songs are mostly great and the choice of instrumentation, the arrangements, the musicianship and the vocals are all sophisticated and impressive. But then you have the bloody words. Pseudo-philosophical rumblings of a very simplistic yet pretentious mind. And no, I don't mean Brian (although the description fits him), but Tony Asher, a man who wasn't a man at all when he wrote the words for this album, but a young boy struggling to make sense of the most rudimentary of concepts. Of course there is something to be said about the naive charm of not knowing what you're talking about and just speaking directly from your heart. But when you put such infantile simplicity up against Brian Wilson's marvelous compositions, the overall effect is one of a potentially great piece of art being dumbed down. You CAN speak directly from the heart and still make it both smart and relatable. But Asher clearly didn't know that at the time. And the result is embarrassing and clumsy.
If I'm not mistaken, Tony Asher wrote most of the lyrics (consulting with Brian) to the Pet Sounds Album, although for this particular song, the lyrics were apparently written by Brian and Terry Sachen. Mike Love objected to the original lyrics and they were then revised. The story of how Brian met, and began a collaboration with, Asher is interesting and can be found on TH-cam if you search. Van Dyke Parks was in on the Smile material and also some of Brian's solo material.
@@barryanderson3910 Asher's credited on the song, but he did help with "musical ideas" occasionally, so it's possible that he let someone else provide the words for this particular song. I'm not saying that the words are bad, though. They would fit in rather well on some of the Beach Boys' earlier albums, perhaps. But I expect more than pubescent poetry from "The Greatest Album of All Time". I'm far too cynical for Asher.
I like the Beach Boys and the great memories they bring back but not this song so much. Hey Justin, I really want to thank you for NOT being a pay for play Channel. Every time I find a new reactor It seems like everything they do for the next month has been paid for. Sure, I would love to just pay for a channel to be 90 percent PH/VdGG but that wouldn't be fair! I really appreciate your integrity and honesty. Keep up the good work!
jayburdification nailed it in his comment below. And Mike Love is now, always has been, and always will be a schmuck. And if you have not, you should watch the documentary on The Wrecking Crew.
That documentary is one of my favorite DVDs - also the one about the Funk Brothers (Standing in the Shadows of Motown). SOO many hits on which those two groups had a part. It's good to see they were given some more recognition on these productions.
@@barryanderson3910 Kinda hope JP will watch the Wrecking Crew film...and Funk Brothers piece is amazing, too! Just thought it odd that JP thought it odd that Glen Campbell played on Pet Sounds!
LOL! It’s raining here now and my cat is doing the same! So, as the lyrics to this song were changed at the request of the band as commenters have pointed out, this is not my favorite. That said, I don’t think I would like it more if the lyrics were original. This is one of those where the lyrics just sound awkward and clunky; not for the message but just for the unpoetic words that were chosen and how they do not roll smoothly off the tongue. As for content, it’s hard to imagine that anyone in those days was taking LSD as any kind of escape from themselves unless that self was the Ego. In that case, the admonition to “hang on to your Ego” seems misplaced?
Woof,I know the answer,woof. This is'nt my usual kibble,woof,tastes different woof! Meow it's,meow,food, Meow stop barking and eat your Campbell's soup,meow! It's not mice or birds,but meow it's food! Peace& Pets!!!!
Well, at least it was short, though again with the timpani... A little dull, and that middle/break sounded like it was done on a kazoo! And i know there's must be an answer why i keep tuning in when i see the beach boys are the song of the day. I obviously must harbour some masochistic tendencies...
@@Katehowe3010 Well you can't please everyone :) No, so far not impressed at all by what i've heard. Ironically, the only one i didn't mind was 'Sloop John B'. And of course, they never wrote that one. It's the excessive harmonisation i don't like more than anything. Makes it all sound a bit too cheesy for me.
@@jfergs.3302 The Beach Boys are a little bit of an anomaly. Maybe they are the case where you say 'you just had to be there.' Firstly - during the times where The BB's made their most critically favored works - The BB's mainly only sang - and mainly relied on outside musicians. You might say they were a vocal group who hired their band. They also are deeply rooted in 1950's rock n roll. Around the time of 'Pet Sounds' the 'big' transformation was taking place. 'Rock n roll' music was now becoming 'rock' music. Guitars were now sounding more prominent - more feedback - also more psychedelic and also used for sound texture, intonation, and even assisting as background in subtle ways. Keyboards which were not quite as prominent in the early part of the decade were now becoming a bigger part of making music and would very soon evolve into synthesizers. Pet Sounds (and to a lesser degree Revolver) were 'big idea' albums which were recorded and still sounded like the way things were - not the way things would become. This is why Sgt Pepper's is different to me. It crosses that bridge and to me is an album that works more in present day whereas both Pet Sounds and Revolver are of the past and their place in time is 'set.' No matter how revolutionary and visionary Pet Sounds production, arrangement and lyrical content are - leaps and bounds beyond the beginnings of 'rock n roll' - it still doesn't quite sound like the music that will/had become 'rock' music. Did The BB's ever have their 'Helter Skelter', 'Yer Blues', 'Revolution', 'Come Together', 'Jumping Jack Flash', 'Street Fighting Man', 'Sympathy For The Devil', 'Gimme Shelter', or 'Honky Tonk Women'? ( Let alone 'Stone Free', 'Red House', 'Purple Haze', or 'Foxy Lady, et al ) The Beatles and Stones were able to make that jump more successfully. And you Jfergs - you're a tough critic. If I remember right you're a Liverpudlian - or are you a Scouser? Either way you seem to be just as tough on your home town heroes. I don't recall how old you are - but maybe that doesn't matter - you like what you like - but all music comes from music and ideas that preceded it. So there is a point where we music lovers have to acknowledge some music and what it lead to - even if it just happens to be music that we really don't listen to (or like). I tend to slightly agree with you - I think Pet Sounds is overrated to a slight degree - though I LOVE many bits of it - some of it is a bit too 'twee.' Whereas I disagree with you in the cases of 'Rubber Soul', 'Revolver', and 'Pepper.' I just think musically The Beatles albums hold up much better.
The chorus was originally 'Hang on to your ego / Hang on, but I know that you're gonna lose the fight' before the other Beach Boys forced Brian to make the change. One of the impacts of taking acid is how it strips away your sense of ego. Similar themes on some of Beatles songs during the Revolver / Sgt Pepper era too.
Wilson and Sachen's original lyrics critiqued those who abused LSD as a form of escapism. Brian said later: 'People took acid to get away from themselves, but that wasn't the right way to take it. LSD was supposed to make you go deeper into yourself. I wanted to remind people that they could survive everything best if they remembered who they were.'
You can find the 'Hang onto your Ego' version online as it was eventually released as part of the 'Pet Sounds' anniversary boxsets.
I had a Japanese import CD in the late 80s with it as a bonus track
Glen Campbell was a member of The Wrecking Crew before he was famous. The Wrecking Crew was used by many famous artists and for TV themes etc. Phil Spector also used them which is maybe why this has a 'Wall of Sound' feel to it.
The Wrecking Crew were an incredible band, played on so many hit singles and albums. Astonishing musicians all.
Lover of all things Spector, Brian's production helps achieve the Wall of Sound, as well!
He was also a member of the Beach Boys touring band for a bit.
He did LSD and wanted to share his insights with the world. Most of the drugs references were removed at the request of other band members.
In a normal year, yesterday I would have been picking up the first of the performers at the airport and this evening the first acts would take to Mainstage. Alas, Covid has claimed another Winnipeg Folk Festival. Normally we enjoy 4 days of music/camping/food/partying (but not in the areas designated as quiet) in Bird's Hill Provincial Park but not this year. See you folks all there next year.
Rubber Soul, then Pet Sounds, then Sgt. Pepper, what a creative time for music back then.
Three of the greatest albums of all time!
@@daniellavaladez7820 Agreed ... and "Revolver" is just a BIT better than all three of them.
Rubber Soul - Pet Sounds - Sgt. Pepper - SMiLE was how it was supposed to be, but alas! Mike Love is a douchebag.
@@notabritperse 100% Revolver is King.
I'd add SMiLE to that Holy Trinity and make it a foursome. I know they didn't have it back then, but we do now, and it's every bit the equal of those three albums. Cheers!
We just interviewed him on BeachBoysTalk
This might be my favourite track on the album. Love it.
I think the instrument that was so prominent at the end is the bass clarinet.
This was a very good album, but Brian Wilson's unfinished "SMILE" project was going to be their masterpiece until his breakdown. I'm going to make a recommendation that you listen to Purple Chick's reconstruction of Smile to experience it as close to what it was originally intended. It is broken up into 4 parts and it is a genius mix of surviving material:
Part 1 begins here: th-cam.com/video/aMJ-asYwzYU/w-d-xo.html
YES! SMiLE IS every bit the masterpiece Pet Sounds is. I actually slightly prefer it. I put together my own version of SMiLE about 20 years ago (just using the available materials about running order, etc)... and was thrilled with it. This should definitely be the next journey for Justin on the Beach Boys' best. I'd be jazzed if he went with either the version you posted, or the Beach Boys "SMiLE Sessions" version. (I FINALLY got a hold of the vinyl copy of that, last week).
SMiLE is a beautiful, bold, and brilliant album and ranks right up there with rock "n roll's greatest achievements.
Absolutely, either that version, or The Beach Boys Smile Sessions version, with lots of background reading on the history of the sessions is essential for Justin!
Slappa da bass..... harmonica. Im with it.
Listen to Brian's "Sail Away" from about ten years ago for a whole bunch of harmonicas playing. Amazing orchestration!
Brian pastes strips of heaven on all his Pet Sounds / SMiLE creations.
This album was Brian exploring all those cool instruments he had seen lying around his HS and community college music rooms 8-P
You should check out the concert for Bill Kreutzmann's 75 birthday. It's called Grateful Mahalo.
I did not recognize this title because I have always heard it called “Hang on to Your Ego.” Please give Frank Black’s (from the Pixies) version a listen. It is one of my favorite songs.
True. Capitol Records refused to release Hang On To Your Ego so they changed it to I Know There’s An Answer. The remastered cd included Hang On To Your Ego.
The Tuba like sound is Bass Harmonica played by Tommy Harmonica!
Tommy Tuba’s a completely different person.
Imo "they trip through the day and waste all their thoughts at night" is the Beach Boys' greatest lyric. There have been times when that described me perfectly.
60s speak hasn’t aged well in some cases.
This song and “I just wasn’t made for these times“ have the most relatable lyrics.
Glen Campbell was a busy session player, he also replaced Brian on the road as the bass player / vocals until Bruce Johnston took over those duties. Bruce Johnston also played on "Pet Sounds" but was not credited due to contractual reasons, but would eventually become a full member of the group - Bruce is pictured on the reverse side of the album cover sitting at the piano next to Dennis Wilson both in their stripe shirts.
You might want to consider building a small wooden box with the one side open or with a curtain hanging in front for her to hide under when it's pouring down, so she'll feel even more secure. Cats love to hide under things.. I'm guessing that wall behing you is the wall farthest away from the outside and therefore the least noisy one regarding the nature outside and that's why she goes there when the rain scares her. :)
When you’re done with Pet Sounds, you may want to listen to the original version of this entitled, “Hang On To Your Ego.” Mike Love and the other band members made Brian Wilson nerf the lyrics, because they thought it was a drug song. Which, of course, it was. This song is all about the destruction of the ego while under the influence of LSD. The part I love the most about this song (besides the lyrics) are those woodwinds leading into the harmonica/banjo section. Delightfully eerie. I think on repeated lessons this might graduate from “pleasant enough” and maybe make its way onto your playlist. This is one of their top five essential songs, in my opinion. The Beatles also used a bass harmonica in response on Sgt. Pepper in an equally brilliant song.
"Behind the sounds: I know there's an answer" on YT is well worth a watch....
Hi JP. Dave from The Smoke. Answers? Questions! - Questions? Answers! Another strong song from this all-time great album - super catchy, with quirky instrumentation - sounds like a kettle drum and fairground organ in there, and I always thought that it was a kazoo solo. Glen Campbell was a member of the Beachboys touring band for a time, I believe. P.S. My song reference is from Focus 3, my fave album by the Dutch prog band.
I love your beach boys reactions xx
Glad you're enjoying them! Ty Steve
I hope you manage to cover 'Caroline No' :)
Yep, bass harmonica
The bass harmonica was used in The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album, but sparingly. I could only find it filling in some bass parts in "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite". The bass parts on the rest of the album were filled in by bass guitar, of course.
Glen Campbell was a session musician before stardom. I think I like this song more than you do. Someone else mentioned "Caroline, No." Great song.
Glen Campbell's star was really on the rise at this time. In '67 and '68 he was having a lot of hit singles, co-starred in "True Grit" with John Wayne in '69, had a summer replacement show for "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" in '68 led to his own show the following year which ran through '72.
Hi I’m Glen Campbell!…
Great show.
@@-davidolivares He had some good songs for a country artist.
@@1nelsondj
Back then, I didn’t see him as a country artist, because country was real country not simmered down rock.
Beach Boys: California Saga. A suite of Songs made in the prog rock era.
Glen Campbell was on virtually EVERY album back then! What an amazing talent!
When are you going to watch the "Wrecking Crew" doc?
A decent ditty, though originally a pro acid song, still can apply to many situations today.
I think the more I hear it the more I like it. I need to hear it a hundred more times to love it. Maybe.
I dooo love that bass harmonica, want one.
Peace and zither (what I thought it was) Music
@@Katehowe3010
I know, how Square of me…
To all my employers, future and present, I know nothing!
I will say this, WSSHS, when should Syd have stopped. Too much of anything is usually bad.
Tommy Morgan! Harmonica!
Cool shirt
Ty Jim!
You're hearing the bass harmonica.
I like " Pet sounds" as a whole and I know it's a very influential album in the grand scheme of music, that said, it doesn't mean every song on the album is a gem. This one would be one of those, IMO.🤠
Agree to disagree.
Actually, it does.You may not think so but case can certainly be made for every song being a "gem"
You couldn't be more wrong.
Like I said, that's my opinion you're entitled to yours.🎶👍
@@Katehowe3010 Agreed! Not a bad song on that work. When I play that album, it has to be start to finish.
This song is a perfect example of why I've always struggled with Pet Sounds. And the problem I have is with the lyrics.
Musically, the album is wonderful. The songs are mostly great and the choice of instrumentation, the arrangements, the musicianship and the vocals are all sophisticated and impressive.
But then you have the bloody words. Pseudo-philosophical rumblings of a very simplistic yet pretentious mind. And no, I don't mean Brian (although the description fits him),
but Tony Asher, a man who wasn't a man at all when he wrote the words for this album, but a young boy struggling to make sense of the most rudimentary of concepts.
Of course there is something to be said about the naive charm of not knowing what you're talking about and just speaking directly from your heart.
But when you put such infantile simplicity up against Brian Wilson's marvelous compositions, the overall effect is one of a potentially great piece of art being dumbed down.
You CAN speak directly from the heart and still make it both smart and relatable. But Asher clearly didn't know that at the time. And the result is embarrassing and clumsy.
If I'm not mistaken, Tony Asher wrote most of the lyrics (consulting with Brian) to the Pet Sounds Album, although for this particular song, the lyrics were apparently written by Brian and Terry Sachen. Mike Love objected to the original lyrics and they were then revised. The story of how Brian met, and began a collaboration with, Asher is interesting and can be found on TH-cam if you search. Van Dyke Parks was in on the Smile material and also some of Brian's solo material.
@@barryanderson3910 Asher's credited on the song, but he did help with "musical ideas" occasionally, so it's possible that he let someone else provide the words for this particular song.
I'm not saying that the words are bad, though. They would fit in rather well on some of the Beach Boys' earlier albums, perhaps. But I expect more than pubescent poetry from "The Greatest Album of All Time". I'm far too cynical for Asher.
If you want a great banjo rock song give 'Squeeze Box' by The Who a listen.
I like the Beach Boys and the great memories they bring back but not this song so much.
Hey Justin, I really want to thank you for NOT being a pay for play Channel. Every time I find a new reactor It seems like everything they do for the next month has been paid for. Sure, I would love to just pay for a channel to be 90 percent PH/VdGG but that wouldn't be fair!
I really appreciate your integrity and honesty. Keep up the good work!
jayburdification nailed it in his comment below. And Mike Love is now, always has been, and always will be a schmuck. And if you have not, you should watch the documentary on The Wrecking Crew.
That documentary is one of my favorite DVDs - also the one about the Funk Brothers (Standing in the Shadows of Motown). SOO many hits on which those two groups had a part. It's good to see they were given some more recognition on these productions.
@@barryanderson3910 Kinda hope JP will watch the Wrecking Crew film...and Funk Brothers piece is amazing, too! Just thought it odd that JP thought it odd that Glen Campbell played on Pet Sounds!
@@victorhawkins3461 You've got to allow him some slack because of his youth.
2nd time hearing. The first being last week when I first listened to the entire album... I enjoyed your take and insights not the song so much...
LOL! It’s raining here now and my cat is doing the same! So, as the lyrics to this song were changed at the request of the band as commenters have pointed out, this is not my favorite. That said, I don’t think I would like it more if the lyrics were original. This is one of those where the lyrics just sound awkward and clunky; not for the message but just for the unpoetic words that were chosen and how they do not roll smoothly off the tongue. As for content, it’s hard to imagine that anyone in those days was taking LSD as any kind of escape from themselves unless that self was the Ego. In that case, the admonition to “hang on to your Ego” seems misplaced?
Bass harmonica
Try listen to Uriah Heep which are lable as the Heavy Metal Beach Boys when they first started song TALES
Woof,I know the answer,woof. This is'nt my usual kibble,woof,tastes different woof! Meow it's,meow,food, Meow stop barking and eat your Campbell's soup,meow! It's not mice or birds,but meow it's food! Peace& Pets!!!!
No clue why this album is considered one of the greatest albums of all time.
You either get it or you don't
@@cazgerald9471 I think the correct word is like, not get
@@Lightmane they tend to go hand in hand
@@cazgerald9471 touche
@@Lightmane Either one.
Glenn Campbell was hired to replace Brian on tour but Terry Johnston was chosen as the permanent replacement.
Bruce Johnston (formerly a collaborator of Terry Melcher).
Well, at least it was short, though again with the timpani... A little dull, and that middle/break sounded like it was done on a kazoo!
And i know there's must be an answer why i keep tuning in when i see the beach boys are the song of the day. I obviously must harbour some masochistic tendencies...
@@Katehowe3010 Well you can't please everyone :) No, so far not impressed at all by what i've heard. Ironically, the only one i didn't mind was 'Sloop John B'. And of course, they never wrote that one. It's the excessive harmonisation i don't like more than anything. Makes it all sound a bit too cheesy for me.
@@Katehowe3010 Sorry to disappoint.
@@jfergs.3302 The Beach Boys are a little bit of an anomaly. Maybe they are the case where you say 'you just had to be there.' Firstly - during the times where The BB's made their most critically favored works - The BB's mainly only sang - and mainly relied on outside musicians. You might say they were a vocal group who hired their band. They also are deeply rooted in 1950's rock n roll. Around the time of 'Pet Sounds' the 'big' transformation was taking place. 'Rock n roll' music was now becoming 'rock' music. Guitars were now sounding more prominent - more feedback - also more psychedelic and also used for sound texture, intonation, and even assisting as background in subtle ways. Keyboards which were not quite as prominent in the early part of the decade were now becoming a bigger part of making music and would very soon evolve into synthesizers. Pet Sounds (and to a lesser degree Revolver) were 'big idea' albums which were recorded and still sounded like the way things were - not the way things would become. This is why Sgt Pepper's is different to me. It crosses that bridge and to me is an album that works more in present day whereas both Pet Sounds and Revolver are of the past and their place in time is 'set.' No matter how revolutionary and visionary Pet Sounds production, arrangement and lyrical content are - leaps and bounds beyond the beginnings of 'rock n roll' - it still doesn't quite sound like the music that will/had become 'rock' music. Did The BB's ever have their 'Helter Skelter', 'Yer Blues', 'Revolution', 'Come Together', 'Jumping Jack Flash', 'Street Fighting Man', 'Sympathy For The Devil', 'Gimme Shelter', or 'Honky Tonk Women'? ( Let alone 'Stone Free', 'Red House', 'Purple Haze', or 'Foxy Lady, et al ) The Beatles and Stones were able to make that jump more successfully. And you Jfergs - you're a tough critic. If I remember right you're a Liverpudlian - or are you a Scouser? Either way you seem to be just as tough on your home town heroes. I don't recall how old you are - but maybe that doesn't matter - you like what you like - but all music comes from music and ideas that preceded it. So there is a point where we music lovers have to acknowledge some music and what it lead to - even if it just happens to be music that we really don't listen to (or like). I tend to slightly agree with you - I think Pet Sounds is overrated to a slight degree - though I LOVE many bits of it - some of it is a bit too 'twee.' Whereas I disagree with you in the cases of 'Rubber Soul', 'Revolver', and 'Pepper.' I just think musically The Beatles albums hold up much better.
@@jfergs.3302 Excessive harmonisation. Please find a shallow body of water and lie face down in it. You can dress up for the occasion.
Oh yeah by the way. My ferrets have no opinions,they prefer Tosin Abassi & Animals As Leaders,But their little meglomaniacs anyway!
Lol! Abasi is awesome!
@@JustJP On the Periphery of a Brutal Assault later tonight!