What has Pet Sounds meant to you?

[JK]

In late 1972 I trod on Pet Sounds while it was playing. (The record player was standing on the floor at the time.) They say you always hurt the one you love. So true.   

[Shady]

It means everything to me..

I judge my life, before Pet Sounds and after it.

[Summertime Blooz]

It's like a music movie. A story in music. With incredible arrangements. Unforgettable melodies. Undeniable feeling. For me, it's pure beautiful escapism to a shiny perfect parallel universe. How else to feel about something so wonderfully conceived and executed that it seems it could not possibly be of this reality? Magic.

[jiggy22]

I post alternate track listings for the Beach Boys albums on this blog, I wrote a pretty long essay regarding Pet Sounds and what it all pretty much meant to me. Particularly the song "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times". Pretty much everything said here reflects how I feel about the album as well, so I guess I'll post just that small bit!

The next track, the self-reflective "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times", means a whole lot to me. I discovered the Beach Boys around September of 2014. At the time, I was going through some pretty rough depression. I'm sure most of you are here to read about the music instead of some guy reminiscing about his mental issues, so I'll keep it brief. I discovered this song during a particularly rough day, and the soul-crushing lyrics made me realize how much Brian reminded me of myself. Knowing that Brian was going through depression and similar mental disorders during the making of this song, I finally opened my eyes up and forced myself to admit that I was depressed. Eventually, I talked to my parents about it, and so I started taking an antidepressant prescription. I can definitely say that things are going a lot better for me now. I've got an amazing girlfriend, I've been accepted into the Music Technology program at a great college (Brian has inspired me to pursue a future in music production), and I've got a brand new appreciation for my new life. I may have been made for these times in some ways, but I've learned to make the best of it.

Here's the link to the blog post if anybody wants to read the whole thing!

http://jiggy22.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-beach-boys-pet-sounds-alternate.html

[37!ws]

What has it meant to me?

I'll just say this: it led me to my wife of (going on) 17 years.

[alf wiedersehen]

I often think of my intellectually-disabled sister and her attempts at romantic relationships when I hear "Wouldn't It Be Nice."

"And wouldn't it be nice to live together
In the kind of world where we belong"