The Beach Boys

By the end of 1965 with Brian Wilson has matured the idea of creating it does not appear that either the first rock album. Shut in his house, he was in the winter of 1965/66. He wrote a cycle of songs alone, the tour came to The Beach Boys were in the studio - a par with a visiting orchestra - as the session musicians who have a clear indication of Brian. The result was the album «Pet Sounds», released 16 May 1966. Colleagues of Brian ensemble is not immediately adopted his ideas. Album alerted and Capitol Records, which should issue a collection of hits the beach group. However, the disc is seriously met in England, where she won 2 nd place. Paul McCartney was the impression on first listening the album stated that «God Only Knows» is the best song in pop music. «Pet Sounds» Home gave conceptual albums in rock music and influenced The Beatles in the creation of «Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band »(1967). Genuine recognition of the album came in the 90's. Since he heads the list has the best albums of various journals ( «Rolling Stone», «New Musical Express», etc.) After «Pet Sounds» Brian Wilson, along with the poet Van Dijk Parks have begun to develop a new musical project, which was to surpass the «Pet Sounds» pinnacle of creativity and become The Beach Boys, - album «Smile». The first result was the song of the «Good Vibrations», published in the single 10 Oct, 1966 and won 1 st place in the United States or in Britain.

When working on «Good Vibrations» - standard soft-rock record - Wilson turned to an entirely new technology: instrumental pieces recorded in different studios, and then mounted them, overlay voice, add new instruments - thus making mosaic compositions, but he sought to achieve a sound as possible and ease relaxedness equal child directly. Wilson drew such unusual rock instruments like cello and termenvoks. Results of the annual activities have not seen the light: In May 1967, all films with records were sealed and the project was shut down: by that time, Wilson was very ill and the physically and mentally: he began attacks of fear, began to develop paranoia and depression, for many years obrekshie Wilson at zatvornichestvo (and although his diagnosis is still controversial, one of the popular versions is that the musician was early stage of schizophrenia) also added a serious dependence on various drugs. Members of the group, especially Mike Love, were originally in opposition to the new creation of Brian, believing that his ideas of leading music ensemble was formed in the side of the style of The Beach Boys, and make new songs on stage is technically unenforceable. Capitol, frustrated poor success «Pet Sounds», is also clearly not wanted to support Wilson. As a result, in mid-1967, The Beach Boys were forced to hastily re-recorded the song, get a legacy from the sessions «Smile». But without Brian Wilson, the team seemed to have lost a landmark in the new style for themselves. All published records The Beach Boys in the year 1967-69 upon the commercial debacle, eventually leading to the termination of the contract between the Group and Capitol Records.

By the time the leader was the Beach Boys, Carl Wilson, which was also the author of most of the songs. After a transitional album late 60's ( «Friends», «20/20»), a group deeper into the creation of conceptual albums ( «Sunflower», «Surf's Up», «Holland»). Although the trend of rock music at that time also led to the stylistic complexity, The Beach Boys, stop playing rock 'n roll and ballads about surfing, and totally change the image, paradoxically, is rapidly losing its popularity apparently has not failed create a compelling new format for the group. During these years, starting now and then permanent changes in the composition of the team. By the mid 70-ies. Two original members of the group, Brian Wilson and Dennis Wilson were a separate life from their colleagues. The latter fell into alcoholic addiction, and was more occupied with meditation, rather than music. Even during the visit rates transtsedentalnoy Meditation Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India in 1968, Dennis in earnest passion for his ideas. His inclination to mysticism brought him to Charles Manson, who will soon be famous for his ritualistic serial killings, but managed to become a sponsor of the song The Beach Boys.