Fifty years ago today, Capitol Records released what they thought would be a relative flop of a record from their prodigal fun-in-the-sun band, The Beach Boys. Debuting just before Memorial Day weekend in 1966, Pet Sounds opened with a sunny music box harp-like melody that buoyantly swayed back and forth like a boat on glassy waters--only to be swiftly interrupted with the crash of a drum. Record executives couldn't hear the promise of the sound that went beyond an easy portrait of an innocen...
Fifty years ago today, Capitol Records released what they thought would be a relative flop of a record from their prodigal fun-in-the-sun band, The Beach Boys. Debuting just before Memorial Day weekend in 1966, Pet Sounds opened with a sunny music box harp-like melody that buoyantly swayed back and forth like a boat on glassy waters--only to be swiftly interrupted with the crash of a drum. Record executives couldn't hear the promise of the sound that went beyond an easy portrait of an innocen...
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