MUSIC103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Mike Love, The Beach Boys, California Sound
8 Sep 2016
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The 1960s: surf, urban folk, motown, and soul. California becomes the most populous and economically important state. Initially an instrumental genre: the ventures - walk, don"t run (1960/1964, dick dale - misirlou (1962) Multipart harmonies, chuck berry riffs, trebly guitar timbres, lyrics about the beach and middle-class teenagers. Wilson brothers (brian, carl, dennis), mike love (cousin), al jardine (friend) Surfin" usa (1963: you can hear chuck berry"s sweet little sixteen (berry eventually awarded songwriting credit, produced by brian wilson, the california sound , lyrics made reference to many surfing spots. 1964: brian experiences nervous breakdown: he stops touring, devotes time to writing and production. Songs became increasingly complex (influence of beatles" rubber soul in 1965) Features a lot of studio experimentation (overdubbing, mixing, *looping [if someone sang something perfect, take it & cut it, and then continuously repeating it throughout the track], unusual instruments including dog whistles, theremin [makes the sound of a spaceship])
