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The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of ‘Pet Sounds,' Brian Wilson and surviving members of The Beach Boys (Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks) revisit the writing and recording of the landmark record that is consistently voted one of the top three influential albums of all time. Featuring exclusive interviews, classic archive and rare studio outtakes from the recording sessions.

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documentary, music

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Eagle Rock Entertainment

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We experimented on Pet Sounds
and tried to write - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

We experimented on Pet Sounds and tried to write

[ALAN JARDINE] It taps into
all those feelings that we
have as we're growing up, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

[ALAN JARDINE] It taps into all those feelings that we have ...

♪ Wouldn't it be nice
if we were older? - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

♪ Wouldn't it be nice if we were older?

♪ Then we wouldn't
have to wait so long ♪ - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

♪ Then we wouldn't have to wait so long ♪

♪ I keep looking
for a place to fit in - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

♪ I keep looking for a place to fit in

♪ I know there's an answer - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

♪ I know there's an answer

It'll always be somewhere
as long as you can hear music. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

It'll always be somewhere as long as you can hear music...

♪ If you should ever leave me - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

♪ If you should ever leave me

It's something
that only Brian could do,
you know. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

It's something that only Brian could do, you know.

♪ God only knows
what I'd be without you - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

♪ God only knows what I'd be without you

[PLAYING ROCK 'N ROLL] - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

[PLAYING ROCK 'N ROLL]

♪ He must return
to his queen bee - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

♪ He must return to his queen bee

And then he said,
"Do you like it?"
I said, "I love it." - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

And then he said, "Do you like it?" I said, "...

There was a lot of pressure
on him on many levels - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

There was a lot of pressure on him on many levels

As children, Mike and Brian
would frequent
the family sing-alongs. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

As children, Mike and Brian would frequent the family sing-a...

Even back when they
were little tykes. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

Even back when they were little tykes.

They'd be
in their car together
singing the stuff on the radio - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

They'd be in their car together singing the stuff on th...

Just like it was automatic - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

Just like it was automatic

Brian's cousin
Mike would help him - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

Brian's cousin Mike would help him

They had a lot in common
with their taste. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

They had a lot in common with their taste.

There were
the earlier rock and roll hits - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

There were the earlier rock and roll hits

Chuck Berry and Little Richard
and The Everly Brothers. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

Chuck Berry and Little Richard and The Everly Brothers.

Those three were
big influences on both, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

Those three were big influences on both,

We had
the additional influence
of The Four Freshmen - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

We had the additional influence of The Four Freshmen

Brian loved
The Four Freshmen so much. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

Brian loved The Four Freshmen so much.

♪ Day by day - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

And Brian just
melded that sweet
vocal harmony kind of a thing - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

And Brian just melded that sweet vocal harmony kind of a thi...

♪ Surfin' is the only life - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

♪ Surfin' is the only life

With the "bom boms"
and the "doop doops." - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

With the "bom boms" and the "doop doops."...

And we said,
"Well, we like folk music, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

And we said, "Well, we like folk music,

♪ We're going surfin' - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

♪ We're going surfin'

Murry Wilson,
The Beach Boys' dad, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

Murry Wilson, The Beach Boys' dad,

And Voyle gave it
to Nick Venet, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

And Voyle gave it to Nick Venet,

Nick came running
into my office and said,
"You gotta hear this." - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

Nick came running into my office and said, "You gotta h...

"Before we lose them."
You know? - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

"Before we lose them." You know?

And we did Surfin'
and it did really well
in about half a dozen markets. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

And we did Surfin' and it did really well in about hal...

But then Surfin' Safari
became a reasonably big hit. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

But then Surfin' Safari became a reasonably big hit.

♪ Let's go surfin' now
Everybody's learning how - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

♪ Let's go surfin' now Everybody's learning h...

I never aspired to go surfing
or anything
like that, frankly. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

I never aspired to go surfing or anything like that, frankly...

Just to be there,
see all these people - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

Just to be there, see all these people

[MAN] I spoke
to Brian about it after, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

[MAN] I spoke to Brian about it after,

"But I'm not into surfing
because I don't swim." - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

"But I'm not into surfing because I don't swi...

And then Surfin' USA
in 1963
was number one. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

And then Surfin' USA in 1963 was number one.

The Midwest, they
didn't know from surfing. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

The Midwest, they didn't know from surfing.

It was
the hot rod songs that
got those guys going. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

It was the hot rod songs that got those guys going.

♪ Little deuce Coupe
You don't know what I got - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

♪ Little deuce Coupe You don't know what I got

I'm talking about
the marketing guys,
and the promotion guys - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

I'm talking about the marketing guys, and the promotion...

I can remember when Brian - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

I can remember when Brian

And our promotion guys,
were all, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

And our promotion guys, were all,

I copied The Four
Freshmen's singer.
The high singer... - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

I copied The Four Freshmen's singer. The high singer...

♪ Little surfer... - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

♪ Little surfer...

♪ Little one - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

But also everybody
had to go to school. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

But also everybody had to go to school.

[CHEERLEADING CHORUS] - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

[CHEERLEADING CHORUS]

I think Brian went
through a crisis.
I mean, the end of '64, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

I think Brian went through a crisis. I mean, the end of ...

He thought, it's all over. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

He thought, it's all over.

The Beatles are gonna
take it over and that's it.
We're out of business. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

The Beatles are gonna take it over and that's it. We�...

He was the main man
with The Beach Boys. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

He was the main man with The Beach Boys.

So, in addition
to doing all the work in
the studio and the writing, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

So, in addition to doing all the work in the studio and the ...

Look at all those jobs he had. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

Look at all those jobs he had.

And anybody would cave in
at some point. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

And anybody would cave in at some point.

We observed him
being quite unhappy, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

We observed him being quite unhappy,

He couldn't handle
a lot of the things
that went along with that. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

He couldn't handle a lot of the things that went along ...

Like, the travelling.
The loudness of it,
it'd hurt his ear. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

Like, the travelling. The loudness of it, it'd hurt his...

I was sitting
right next to him, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

I was sitting right next to him,

"He's not gonna
recover from this." - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

"He's not gonna recover from this."

So I told the guys,
"I'm gonna stop touring." - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

So I told the guys, "I'm gonna stop touring."

And so it was not
a happy occurrence - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

And so it was not a happy occurrence

"Well, if he can
make more records - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

"Well, if he can make more records

WILD Brian Wilson's decision to get off the road and to get into the studio - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

WILD Brian Wilson's decision to get off the road and to...

'Cause it really is
when Brian Wilson,
I think, intuitively decided - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

'Cause it really is when Brian Wilson, I think, intuiti...

Then he could spend
more time writing, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

Then he could spend more time writing,

He found that his instrument
was the recording studio. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

He found that his instrument was the recording studio.

You could really
hear instrumentation
that was unique to rock music. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

You could really hear instrumentation that was unique to roc...

And I personally think that
the opening strains
of California Girls - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

And I personally think that the opening strains of Californ...

[LOVE] It sounds
symphonic to me, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

[LOVE] It sounds symphonic to me,

♪ Well,
east coast girls are hip - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

♪ Well, east coast girls are hip

He even said so himself, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

He even said so himself,

And he was already talking
about down the road - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

And he was already talking about down the road

♪ I wish they all could be
California - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

♪ I wish they all could be California

And the success of
"girls, surf, car, school" - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

And the success of "girls, surf, car, school"

People who'd come up
through the jazz scene, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

People who'd come up through the jazz scene,

He didn't rely on
the Beach Boys band
so much any more - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

He didn't rely on the Beach Boys band so much any more

The minute those
guys were on the road, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

The minute those guys were on the road,

One of the tracks he
did was Sloop John B - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

One of the tracks he did was Sloop John B

Growing up as a teenager
in Hawthorne, California, - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

Growing up as a teenager in Hawthorne, California,

And here comes
the amazing trio,
The Kingston Trio. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

And here comes the amazing trio, The Kingston Trio.

♪ We come on
the sloop John B - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

♪ We come on the sloop John B

And I started messing around
with some folk songs again. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

And I started messing around with some folk songs again.

And, by golly,
that darn ol' Kingston Trio
stuff started coming back. - The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds

And, by golly, that darn ol' Kingston Trio stuff starte...

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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of ‘Pet Sounds,' Brian Wilson and surviving members of The Beach Boys (Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks) revisit the writing and recording of the landmark record that is consistently voted one of the top three influential albums of all time. Featuring exclusive interviews, classic archive and rare studio outtakes from the recording sessions.

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Year: 2017

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