Pet Sound Effects • Chapter 2 in "Good Vibrations"

Philip Lambert ~ Just read the ‘Pet Sound Effects’ chapter by Daniel Harrison in your new release, “Good Vibrations: Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys in Critical Perspective.” 1), Absolutely the perfect title for his research! 2), An under-the-radar topic that will enlighten even fans (like me) with little understanding of musical structure, chords, or, what you identify in a later chapter as “ornamentations of tonic.”

Daniel sets sail to explain that “with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys there is no sound that can’t be a pet sound.”

Elements described include: Brian’s use of the studio to provide distinct sound character (“Good Vibrations” sections for example), a “reving engine” (“409”), “cheerleaders” (“Be True To Your School”), “crashing waves” (“Diamond Head”), spoken word (an inserted “I love you” in “Please Let Me Wonder”), poetic recitation (“California Saga”), chatter (“Party, “Bull Session”), a gap or pause (“Little Girl I Once Knew”), the workshop fade (“Do It Again”), and others from their deep and wide catalogue.

Your book promises to be intellectually stimulating to the learned reader as well as informative and insightful to fans who erroneously think Beach Boys songs are just for fun, fun, fun.

Daniel reveals how “in Brian’s...productions, the variety of sonic experience...is extraordinary.”



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