Some sources confirm that Sergeant Peppers was inspired to compose the Beatles’ themes from an underappreciated recording that had been circulating in the United States for months. This was an LP by the Beach Boys with a dozen songs grouped under the title Pet Sounds, an album that would become a cult track over the years. It’s been a back-and-forth influence since the band’s leader Brian Wilson wrote in 1990 in some notes for a special edition of this album that he had composed the themes of Pet Sounds after hearing the Beatles’ Rubber Soul album in December 1965. , it changed his life.
Just two days apart, Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson were born on June 18, 1942, and Wilson at 20 and are now 80 years old. The children of WWII were the joy of entertainment in Inglewood, the California Pacific coast town where the American musician was born, while the former Beatle’s Liverpool was a gray and boring industrial city in decline due to war. The return to normalcy after the war manifested itself in the parks and beaches where surfing was done by a youth who began to benefit from the products of the consumer society. Liverpool’s youth sought a way out of the dreary environment of a declining industrial city, and they found it in clubs that dared to host bands playing different music than was heard at the time. The most progressive gathered together at The Cavern to dance to the beat of the bands that recorded their debut albums, such as Gerry and Te Pacemakers, and others, like The Quarrymen, seeking a place in the sun of that foggy atmosphere. He was soon renamed by the Beatles.
Paul McCartney grew up listening to rhythms like Lonnie Donegan’s skiffle, songs by bands like Shirelles and The Cousters, and North American blues on records by Robert Johnson, Big Joe Williams, and Muddy Waters. Brian Wilson mostly listened to the villagers and was a fan of the Everly Brothers, Ricky Nelson and bluesman Johnny Otis. The two regions, separated by 8,500 kilometers, with an ocean and a continent between them, had a common point. In the 1950s, young people in both California and England began to listen to the same music, rock and roll. Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, Eddie Cochram and Elvis Presley were idols of young Americans and Britons, bored with the songs of the four originals, Gene Pitney and Tommy Dorsey. year. sales lists.
The Beatles and the Beach Boys were two formations with millions of followers. His songs featured a sophisticated musical treatment that included excellent vocal harmonies in common, multiple interventions of working technique, and melodies of a quality rarely achieved in popular music. Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson were largely responsible for the success of both groups in history. Alone or for accompaniment (with contributions from Mc Cartney, Lennon and Brian Wilson, brothers Carl and Dennis, as well as Mike Love and Al Jardine) they composed unforgettable pieces of 20th century popular music: Surfin USA, Yesterday, Good vibes, Eleanor Rigby, Wouldn’t it be nice, Well, God knows…
After the breakup of The Beatles, Paul McCartney has continued to compose rock and orchestral music, recording solo albums or with bands like Wings, and attending all kinds of concerts to this day. Brian Wilson, who has dark scenes due to his nervous and psychological crises, continues in the gap between composition and acting with the Beach Boys, from which only he and Al Jardin remained from its original formation. His last album with a selection of Beach Boys songs that he sang on my piano as a soloist, released a few months ago. As they both reach their 80th birthday, those of us who follow their careers and enjoy their songs, wish them both a long life and continue to give us their music and talents.
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