
Episode 142: “God Only Knows” by the Beach Boys
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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I'm Not on Top by Brian Wilson
Lyrics are by rus titleman but it's reasonable to assume that, as with many of his collaborations, brian brought in the initial idea. There's also a noticeable change in the malodic style. Up to this point, wilson has mostly been writing what get called horizontal melady lines and small movement often centred on a single note or two. But guess i'm dumb is incorporating the influence of voobison, and, more obviously, of bert backarac and it's ludicrously vertical,. It requires the kind of precision that only a singer like campbell can attain to make it sound at all naturales tisarig mearteooand
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