{"id":371730,"date":"2026-01-15T17:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/371730\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:21:11","slug":"the-most-electrifying-music-ever-according-to-brian-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/371730\/","title":{"rendered":"“The most electrifying” music ever, according to Brian Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Brian<\/p>\n

(Credits: Far Out \/ YouTube Still)<\/p>\n

Thu 15 January 2026 14:40, UK <\/p>\n

The music of Brian Wilson<\/a> has been making people\u2019s hearts dance for decades. But dancing was usually far from what he really wanted to achieve when it came to music. For him, making pop songs was fine and dandy, but creating sonic perfection was his real drive. <\/p>\n

Although he may not have been looking to make the most timeless music ever made when he started, Wilson\u2019s creative genius drove him to create the most musically expansive pieces that he could, culminating in miniature teenage symphonies on tracks like \u2018Good Vibrations\u2019 or \u2018Surf\u2019s Up\u2019. Although Wilson may have his classics under his belt, he admits that one album lit a fire in him from the moment he heard it.<\/p>\n

When crafting his masterpieces, though, Wilson already had a broad musical palette. Combing through his favourite records, Wilson was always indebted to the work of The Four Freshmen, taking their brilliant blend of vocal harmonies and applying them to songs about surfing on the coast of California.<\/p>\n

Even though The Beach Boys had a winning formula that worked for Wilson, he never stopped being a music fan. As he was tearing up the charts with songs like \u2018Surfin USA\u2019, Wilson was also enamoured with songs like \u2018Be My Baby\u2019 by the Ronettes, featuring the now-famous Wall of Sound and Ronnie Spector\u2019s amazing vocals over the top.<\/p>\n

While Wilson may have thought of taking his music further, it wasn\u2019t until hearing The Beatles\u2019 album Rubber Soul that he had a target in mind<\/a>. Looking to make an album that could be an artistic equal to the Fab Four\u2019s masterpiece, Wilson would come off the road to finetune the songs on Pet Sounds, creating some of the most musically sophisticated songs the pop world had ever seen.<\/p>\n

\"Brian<\/a>All of The Beach Boys. (Credits: Far Out \/ Public Domain)<\/p>\n

However, Wilson also had a firm love of classical pieces outside of pop and rock music. Going through his back catalogue, Wilson would single out Wendy Carlos\u2019s take on Bach\u2019s most significant work as one of the most electrifying albums he had ever heard. While Carlos was known as a composer who primarily indulged in electronic music, his taste for the baroque period of classical music was wildly inventive, featuring space-age sounding takes on pieces like \u2018Air on a G String\u2019.<\/p>\n

While many rock artists may have pulled from classical music around this time, Wilson thought this was a brilliant synthesis of past and present musical styles, saying in his biography<\/a>, \u201cSwitched-On Bach, the [Wendy] Carlos record, was one of the most electrifying albums I ever heard. When I first heard it, right around the time we were finishing Friends, it turned me on so much that I can\u2019t even explain it. It was so intricate and so clear at the same time\u201d.<\/p>\n

The truth is, this kind of recommendation from the mind of Wilson should be expected. Across a range of impeccable Beach Boys albums, Wilson proved he was about as pristine an example of perfect arrangement as one might be able to find in the annals of pop history. <\/p>\n

Although Wilson had already had a healthy dose of classical harmony sprinkled throughout Pet Sounds, Carlos was just getting started with his new approach to sound. Aside from his take on Bach\u2019s masterpieces, her interpretation of various foreboding sounds would also revolutionise the cinematic experience, coming up with the piercing scores for Stanley Kubrick\u2019s The Shining and A Clockwork Orange.<\/p>\n

Regardless of the horror-themed scores that would come later, Wilson would always focus on the musical side of the record, going on to dream even bigger when working on his later work, like Surf\u2019s Up. For all of the great music that Wilson has given us, it\u2019s nice to know that even he can find inspiration out in the wild. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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