Maybe that's because Brian's main goal in late 1966 was topping his own Pet Sounds. Pepper's, he never seems to mention Revolver. It was the most overtly trippy music that either The Beach Boys or The Beatles had released yet.įor all the books and documentaries and articles that talk about Brian Wilson's reaction to Rubber Soul and Sgt. The influence of LSD was prevalent all throughout Revolver (and non-album singles "Paperback Writer" and "Rain"). Like Brian Wilson, The Beatles and producer George Martin were growing increasingly interested in string and horn arrangements on Revolver, which showed on the definitive baroque pop of "Eleanor Rigby," the french horn solo on "For No One," and the horn section on "Got To Get You Into My Life." The band and engineer Geoff Emerick were also learning to use the studio as an instrument, coming out with the backwards guitars of the psych-folk gem "I'm Only Sleeping" and the deeply psychedelic "Tomorrow Never Knows." George Harrison was even more into Indian music during the Revolver sessions than he was when making Rubber Soul, as heard on "Love You To," which didn't just use sitar but dove head-first into Indian classical music. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, but it already crept into The Beatles music on 1966's Revolver "Here, There and Everywhere," which was one of the last songs Paul wrote for Revolver, was said to be directly inspired by Pet Sounds. The influence of Pet Sounds would fully reveal itself on 1967's Sgt. There's not an ounce of filler, and - with the help of over 40 session musicians - it was some of the most intricately arranged pop music that anyone in 1966 would have heard.Īmong those listening? The Beatles of course. Brian was fully in the director's chair, handling songwriting, production, arrangements, and the bulk of the lead vocals (with lyrical co-writing by Tony Asher), and the result was a deeply personal, psychedelic, baroque pop album that pushed the boundaries of pop music further than he or anyone else had yet. He wanted to make a grand, album-length statement just like The Beatles did, and that statement was Pet Sounds. "God Only Knows" is indeed one of the greatest songs of all time, but Brian wasn't content to stop there. almost art music." The song that came out when Brian went to his piano and tried to top Rubber Soul? "God Only Knows," which Paul McCartney later called his favorite song of all time. "It wasn’t just the lyrics and the melodies but the production and their harmonies. " came out in December of 1965 and sent me right to the piano bench," he said. " Rubber Soul is probably the greatest record ever," Brian wrote in his memoir I Am Brian Wilson. The Beatles were listening closely to The Beach Boys when they wrote Rubber Soul, and Brian Wilson was listening right back.
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