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THE BEACH BOYSFrom Surf to Psychedelic
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BRIAN WILSON
Main songwriter Bass player
Singer
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CARL WILSON
Lead guitar player Vocals
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DENNIS WILSON
Drums Vocals
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MIKE LOVE
Vocals Saxophone
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AL JARDINE
Guitar Vocals
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EARLY INFLUENCE
The Four Freshmen
Brian loved the vocal sound of the Four Freshmen
He would often teach the harmonies to his brothers and record them on his reel to reel
You can hear the influence in The Beach Boys' sound throughout their career
http://youtu.be/j6XIZYOPSYM
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MURRY WILSON
Father Manager
Pushed the group to be successful
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EARLY CAREER
Originally known as the Pendletones (after the popular Pendleton jacket)
Signed a deal with candix records
First single was "surfin'"
The song peaked at #75 on the charts
http://youtu.be/31cgvlo95kU
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FOLLOW UP SINGLES
Murry encouraged the boys to immediately follow up their first single with another
Released Surfer Girl, Surfin' Safari, and 409
1962-After a great recording session, the band got a deal with Capitol records
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CAPITOL RECORDS
1963 - Surfin' USA peaks at #3. First top 10 hit for the group
The band then released the album by the same name which went to #2 and achieved gold status
Chuck Berry, while in jail threatened to sue the Beach boys for likeness to his song sweet little sixteen
The band settled by giving him most royalties and listing him as the composer
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1964
The Beach Boys are enjoying massive popularity and success
The group releases their first #1 single, I Get Around
The B-side of the record was the ballad, Don’t Worry Baby
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1964 - Brian Wilson’s breakdown
• Ridingahugewaveofpopularity,TheBeachBoyswereextremelybusywriting,recording,andtouring.
• 1964-BrianWilsonfeltthepressureofallthisactivityandhadananxietyattackwhileona@lighttoHouston.
• Briantoldthebandtogoaheadontour.Hewouldstaybackandwritemusicforthenextalbum.
• GlenCampbelloriginally@illedinforBrianuntilhisowncareertookoff.
• BruceJohnstonthentookoverforCampbellandwouldremainwiththegroupthereafter.
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PET SOUNDS - RUBBER SOUL
Brian Wilson was hugely influenced by the release of Rubber Soul by The Beatles
He felt it was a complete album with no filler
He was determined to write an album on that level (and even better)
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Pet Sounds
•1966–PetSoundsisreleased
o layeredharmoniesandinstrumentationsetthenewstandardforpopularmusic
o BrianusedtheWreckingCrewandutilizedtheWallofSoundtechniqueforthealbum
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Pet Sounds
Deconstructing a song ————————-Wouldn’t It Be Nice
Instrumentsonly
Vocalsonly
Fullversion
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Pet Sounds•PetSoundspeaksat#10
•BrianWilsonisupsetthatitwasn’tmoresuccessful
•ContinuedtowriteobsessivelyandstartedworkingonGoodVibrations
•Consideredtobeaminisymphony-Manydifferentpartsandvariationsonatheme
•Tookatleast6monthstorecordandcostanywherebetween$50-75,000
•Manyversionswererecordedandseveralalternatetakesexist
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Good Vibrations•Songwasa#1hitintheUSandUK
•Itwasreleasedasasingle,butwasmeanttobereleasedonthenextstudioalbumSMiLE
Good Vibrations
Questions to consider:
How many different parts (sections) do you hear?
Do you hear any exotic sounding instruments?
How would you describe how the different parts of the song fit together?
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