gfxgfx
 
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
logo
 
gfx gfx
gfx
681552 Posts in 27642 Topics by 4082 Members - Latest Member: briansclub June 13, 2024, 01:31:44 AM
*
gfx*HomeHelpSearchCalendarLoginRegistergfx
gfxgfx
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.       « previous next »
Pages: [1] Go Down Print
Author Topic: Pet Sounds title  (Read 2462 times)
onkster
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 882


View Profile
« on: August 15, 2011, 01:27:16 PM »
OK, we know Mike Love purports to have come up with the album title for Pet Sounds...so how does that relate to the TRACK called Pet Sounds? Did he name that also? Didn't that have lyrics at one point, which were never used?

I guess I'm wondering how much of a feat it was to come up with that title if a song by that name already existed.

Sorry if this has already been addressed elsewhere, but I sure haven't read about it.

Thanks!
Logged
Dunderhead
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 1643



View Profile
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2011, 01:43:06 PM »
I read an interview with Brian where he said that Pet Sounds was P.S. for Phil Spector.
I think the "pet" in the title also refers to the type of pet that you go steady with and not the type you buy at the pet store.
Logged
TEAM COHEN; OFFICIAL CAPTAIN (2013-)
drbeachboy
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 5214



View Profile
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2011, 01:55:42 PM »
Quote from: onkster on August 15, 2011, 01:27:16 PM
OK, we know Mike Love purports to have come up with the album title for Pet Sounds...so how does that relate to the TRACK called Pet Sounds? Did he name that also? Didn't that have lyrics at one point, which were never used?

I guess I'm wondering how much of a feat it was to come up with that title if a song by that name already existed.

Sorry if this has already been addressed elsewhere, but I sure haven't read about it.

Thanks!
The track "Pet Sounds" was formerly entitled "Run James Run". This was written as a James Bond type movie track. No lyrics were ever written that I am aware of. I'm sure Brian just renamed it for the album after Mike came up with the album title.
Logged
The Brianista Prayer

Oh Brian
Thou Art In Hawthorne,
Harmonied Be Thy name
Your Kingdom Come,
Your Steak Well Done,
On Stage As It Is In Studio,
Give Us This Day, Our Shortenin' Bread
And Forgive Us Our Bootlegs,
As We Also Have Forgiven Our Wife And Managers,
And Lead Us Not Into Kokomo,
But Deliver Us From Mike Love.
Amen.  ---hypehat
drbeachboy
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 5214



View Profile
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2011, 02:00:50 PM »
Quote from: Sgt. SMiLE on August 15, 2011, 01:43:06 PM
I read an interview with Brian where he said that Pet Sounds was P.S. for Phil Spector.
I think the "pet" in the title also refers to the type of pet that you go steady with and not the type you buy at the pet store.
I have heard of this interview, but never actually read it. Where can it be found? Mike says the title refers to Brian's hearing; hearing sounds a certain way. Also, hearing the music and harmonies and such in his head.
Logged
The Brianista Prayer

Oh Brian
Thou Art In Hawthorne,
Harmonied Be Thy name
Your Kingdom Come,
Your Steak Well Done,
On Stage As It Is In Studio,
Give Us This Day, Our Shortenin' Bread
And Forgive Us Our Bootlegs,
As We Also Have Forgiven Our Wife And Managers,
And Lead Us Not Into Kokomo,
But Deliver Us From Mike Love.
Amen.  ---hypehat
onkster
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 882


View Profile
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2011, 03:01:37 PM »
OK, I thought the meaning of the title was that "pet" was synonymous with "favorite." As in, "these are my pet sounds."

But I like your theories too.

And yes, I forgot about Run James Run. Maybe it was Let's Go Away for A While that had the unreleased lyrics?
Logged
ghost
Guest
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2011, 03:41:03 PM »
Pet Sounds.... was that the album where they all took acid at the zoo? goats farting in Al's face and stuff?
Logged
drbeachboy
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 5214



View Profile
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2011, 03:43:56 PM »
Quote from: onkster on August 15, 2011, 03:01:37 PM
OK, I thought the meaning of the title was that "pet" was synonymous with "favorite." As in, "these are my pet sounds."

But I like your theories too.

And yes, I forgot about Run James Run. Maybe it was Let's Go Away for A While that had the unreleased lyrics?


Yes, you are correct. LGAFA did have lyrics written for it, but I don't think vocals were ever recorded.
Logged
The Brianista Prayer

Oh Brian
Thou Art In Hawthorne,
Harmonied Be Thy name
Your Kingdom Come,
Your Steak Well Done,
On Stage As It Is In Studio,
Give Us This Day, Our Shortenin' Bread
And Forgive Us Our Bootlegs,
As We Also Have Forgiven Our Wife And Managers,
And Lead Us Not Into Kokomo,
But Deliver Us From Mike Love.
Amen.  ---hypehat
sockittome
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 842


View Profile
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2011, 04:44:14 PM »
I always thought it woulda been cool if Quincy Jones could have stuck "Pet Sounds" somewhere in the first Austin Powers movie.  Afterall, he used (and abused, IMO) the Wondermints in there.   
Logged
Dunderhead
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 1643



View Profile
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2011, 04:44:58 PM »
Quote from: drbeachboy on August 15, 2011, 03:43:56 PM
Quote from: onkster on August 15, 2011, 03:01:37 PM
OK, I thought the meaning of the title was that "pet" was synonymous with "favorite." As in, "these are my pet sounds."

But I like your theories too.

And yes, I forgot about Run James Run. Maybe it was Let's Go Away for A While that had the unreleased lyrics?


Yes, you are correct. LGAFA did have lyrics written for it, but I don't think vocals were ever recorded.

Have they ever been released?
Logged
TEAM COHEN; OFFICIAL CAPTAIN (2013-)
sockittome
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 842


View Profile
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2011, 04:47:09 PM »
I've heard of "Let's Go Away for Awhile" originally having vocals but not "PS".  Could there be a mix up there?
Logged
bgas
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 6372


Oh for the good old days


View Profile
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2011, 08:15:28 PM »
Quote from: ghost on August 15, 2011, 03:41:03 PM
Pet Sounds.... was that the album where they all took acid at the zoo? goats farting in Al's face and stuff?

I think you mispelled ghosts
Logged
Nothing I post is my opinion, it's all a message from God
originals
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 189


View Profile
« Reply #11 on: August 16, 2011, 10:37:04 AM »
I read that Mike Love hated what Brian played him as demos and at one point said "Who's gonna hear this sh*t? The ears of a dog?" And Brian took that phrase and twisted it into the 'Pet Sounds' title.
Logged
rab2591
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Online Online

Gender: Male
Posts: 5933


"My God. It's full of stars."


View Profile
« Reply #12 on: August 16, 2011, 12:05:35 PM »
^ yeah, i read that in the Rolling Stone Top 500 albums article. There are way too many stories for this album title methinks.

I mostly believe the story that says the album was named because this sound was their 'pet sound' - as this is the story most circulated by the band members.
Logged
Bill Tobelman's SMiLE site

Quote from: mtaber on September 18, 2021, 07:39:15 AM
God must’ve smiled the day Brian Wilson was born!

"ragegasm" - /rāj • ga-zəm/ : a logical mental response produced when your favorite band becomes remotely associated with the bro-country genre.

Ever want to hear some Beach Boys songs mashed up together like The Beatles' 'LOVE' album? Check out my mix!
Cam Mott
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 4171


View Profile
« Reply #13 on: August 16, 2011, 04:59:47 PM »
Brian said in an interview in 1966 that Mike came up with the title of the album.
Logged
"Bring me the head of Carmen Sandiego" Lynne "The Chief" Thigpen
ghost
Guest
« Reply #14 on: August 16, 2011, 05:00:50 PM »
A variation on the classic chicken & egg, which came first, the album cover or the album title?
Logged
absinthe_boy
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 604


View Profile
« Reply #15 on: August 17, 2011, 12:16:13 PM »
I think the title came first and then there was the idea to photograph the cover at a petting zoo.

When i first heard the album, I had no idea about the 'Run James Run' history but my first thought on hearing the track 'Pet Sounds' was....."Heck, that could have gone into a James Bond film" So Brian clearly got the vibe right even if it was never selected.
Logged
homeontherange
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 244



View Profile
« Reply #16 on: August 17, 2011, 05:03:12 PM »
Quote from: drbeachboy on August 15, 2011, 03:43:56 PM
Quote from: onkster on August 15, 2011, 03:01:37 PM
OK, I thought the meaning of the title was that "pet" was synonymous with "favorite." As in, "these are my pet sounds."

But I like your theories too.

And yes, I forgot about Run James Run. Maybe it was Let's Go Away for A While that had the unreleased lyrics?


Yes, you are correct. LGAFA did have lyrics written for it, but I don't think vocals were ever recorded.


"The Old Man And The Baby", or "Let's Go Away For Awhile (And Then We'll Have World Peace)". Which one had lyrics, you think?
Logged
gfx
Pages: [1] Go Up Print 
gfx
Jump to:  
gfx
Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines Page created in 0.246 seconds with 21 queries.
Helios Multi design by Bloc
gfx
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!