The Beatles officially broke up at Disney's Polynesian Village Hotel - General Tiki

K Kenike Tiki Socialite McKinney, TX Joined: Jul 24, 2003 Posts: 1207	K Kenike Posted posted on Sat, Mar 29, 2008 12:23 PM On 2008-03-27 21:15, Registered Astronaut wrote: I feel the friendly competition between The Beach Boys and the Beatles was maybe unnecessary. Without having any books in front of me to properly reference, but having read a few biographies and watched a few docs and listened to gossip from old musicians, it seems they were both jealous and scared of each other, and when Rubber Soul came out Brian Wilson felt like he had to up the ante. Paul McCartney has said repeatedly that his big inspiration when working on Sgt. Pepper was Pet Sounds, which was Brian Wilson's attempt at one-upping Rubber Soul, which was The Beatles attempt at trying to texturize their harmonies more like the Beach Boys. Who knows what either band would have done without the influence of the other.

On 2008-03-27 21:15, Registered Astronaut wrote:
I feel the friendly competition between The Beach Boys and the Beatles was maybe unnecessary. Without having any books in front of me to properly reference, but having read a few biographies and watched a few docs and listened to gossip from old musicians, it seems they were both jealous and scared of each other, and when Rubber Soul came out Brian Wilson felt like he had to up the ante.

Paul McCartney has said repeatedly that his big inspiration when working on Sgt. Pepper was Pet Sounds, which was Brian Wilson's attempt at one-upping Rubber Soul, which was The Beatles attempt at trying to texturize their harmonies more like the Beach Boys. Who knows what either band would have done without the influence of the other.

Post #370044 by Kenike on Sat, Mar 29, 2008 12:23 PM