Pet Sounds: logical story in the lyrics?
shelter:
I once read somewhere that by sequencing the Pet Sounds tracks differently (and leaving out Sloop John B and the instrumentals of course), the lyrics make up a fairly logical story. So I tried it and this is what I came up with:
I'm Waiting For The Day Her old boyfriend just dumped her, he's waiting for the right moment to make a move.
Here Today The start of their romance.
Wouldn't It Be Nice They want to get married.
I Know There's An Answer He found out this is the life he wants to live.
God Only Knows They're still madly in love, but a breakup is already in the back of his mind.
You Still Believe In Me He screwed up, but it seems like she forgives him.
Don't Talk But in the end it turns out their love is dying.
That's Not Me It's over and he's trying to pick up his life alone again...
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times ...And it's not working out.
Caroline No He sees her back again after a while and sees how she has changed.
I'm sure other sequences are possible, but this one seems fairly logical to me... Does anyone know if Pet Sounds was originally planned as one complete story? Any thoughts?
Joshilyn Hoisington:
I think Tony Asher has made it clear there was not a story in mind at all.
shelter:
It could've been subconsciously, cause it seems to me that every song besides Sloop John B is about a certain stage before, in or after a relationship.
Joshilyn Hoisington:
The beauty of lyrics are you can get anything out of them you want, regardless of the writer's intentions.
californiasailer:
it's hard to discern a *logical* narrative from the songs in any sequence, but i think any way you cut them you get an earnest examination of a romantic relationship in its various phases and guises, in both its lightheartedness and devastating heaviness. that's why i don't mind people trying to read closely whether the album genuinely tracks the development of a relationship from its first joyful throes to the dissolution of its innocence. i think it adds up to that, and more; it's as sympathetic and understanding a portrait of adolescent preoccupation and angst as there is in popular music -- a real "growing up" record.
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