I posted a couple of weeks ago about the Music Appreciation
going on here at our home academy. I
can agree with Roling Stone’s assessment of Sgt. Pepper’s being the number
one album……EVER. But, I don’t quite see
their number 2 pick. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds earns the prestigious
title.
Rolling Stone says the following in their review:
With its vivid
orchestration, lyrical ambition, elegant pacing and thematic coherence, Pet Sounds invented – and in some
sense perfected – the idea that an album could be more than the sum of its
parts. When Wilson sang, "Wouldn't it be nice if we were older?" on
the magnificent opener, he wasn't just imagining a love that could evolve past
high school; he was suggesting a new grown-up identity for rock & roll
music itself.
Vivid orchestration??
Thematic coherence? Wow….some
serious praise. We listened and quite
honestly, I don’t get it. Yes, it did
break them out of the very narrow category of surf music that they were in, but
second best album of ALL TIME??? I do really
like the iconic “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” and who hasn’t heard “Sloop John B” about
a zillion times? No one here was too
impressed – they all lost interest quickly.
However, I am hearing Sgt. Pepper’s pop up on people’s playlists.
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