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Originally Posted by elphenor
yeah, ya know...it rocks
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Well, I’m not Talking about the total of Beach Boys catalogue, but during the Brian Wilson glory days, the music was never supposed to „rock” or anything.
It’s supposed to call out to these deep emotions, you never even thought you had, thanks to Brian’s falsetto, weird cadences and ambigous lyrics. Like, to being you closer to his troubled mind really.
Not sure though doesn’t it happen only if you feel a strong connection to Brian as a person (well, in the 60s it didn’t - hence the popularity, and the „Brian Wilson is a genius” slogan).
Though I know I will get bashed beacuse of it again, I just say it, because I truly believe that (yes, at least in half because of my emotional response to his music) yes indeed Brian Wilson is a genius, and his work should be compared rather to classical composers or jazzmen, than to popular music musicians.
But then I do agree that what you’ve linked is way more vital than anything out of the Beach Boys catalogue.