Broken Masterpieces

November 29, 2003

Pet Sounds - I Don't Get It

As my previous entry indicates, I bought the latest issue of Rolling Stone to see the 500 greatest albums. To my shock, Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys was #2. There are only 3 songs that are any good at all and none of them would be a song I'd consider great except maybe "Wouldn't It Be Nice". Heck, it's not hardly the Beach Boys but a freaked out Brian Wilson with his own handpicked musicians. The vocals were really the only things done by the rest of the guys. To me, it's self-indulgent junk. I think it's the case where it's just something cool to say you like even though you never listen to the whole thing through. Could somebody please help me understand why this album is considered great.

Posted by Tim at November 29, 2003 12:50 AM
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