{"id":385751,"date":"2025-11-17T18:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/385751\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T18:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:11:15","slug":"the-man-both-bruce-springsteen-and-paul-mccartney-call-a-genius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/385751\/","title":{"rendered":"The man both Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney call a genius"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/p>\n

(Credits: Far Out \/ Bruce Springsteen \/ Raph Pour-Hashemi)<\/p>\n

Mon 17 November 2025 16:30, UK <\/p>\n

There are matters of taste and then there are matters of fact. Music is subjective, that\u2019s for sure. However, there are some legends that loom too large to be sullied by the negative opinion of punters. No one is bringing them down when the entire top tier is throwing their weight behind them. If both Bruce Springsteen<\/a> and Paul McCartney say you\u2019re a god, then you\u2019re a god \u2013 it\u2019s a fact. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just a matter of approval. It\u2019s not simply that McCartney and Springsteen both like this artist, but he has completely and utterly shaped them. They\u2019ve been inspired to a point where their own music careers were reshaped, put on a different course and sent in a different direction.<\/p>\n

That might sound like an exaggeration, but it\u2019s not. Just think for a moment \u2013 imagine if The Beatles has never heard Pet Sounds. In that case, Sgt Pepper\u2019s Lonely Heart Club wouldn\u2019t exist<\/a>, changing the course of music forever. In the impact of one album, everything was altered and it all comes down to the influence of Brian Wilson.<\/p>\n

\u201cI figure no one is educated musically \u2019til they\u2019ve heard Pet Sounds,\u201d Paul McCartney said as he truly sees Wilson and his work as foundational. \u201cIt may be going overboard to say it\u2019s the classic of the century \u2013 but to me, it certainly is a total, classic record that is unbeatable in many ways,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

But in hindsight, it\u2019s not going overboard at all. Instead, he\u2019s more than correct when he talks about the seismic impact of that album and Wilson\u2019s role in music. It\u2019s something that never faded for McCartney as when Wilson sadly passed<\/a>, his belief in the artist\u2019s power hadn\u2019t weekend, stating, \u201cBrian had that mysterious sense of musical genius that made his songs so achingly special.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a belief shared across the board in the music world. \u201cThere\u2019s no greater world created in rock and roll than the Beach Boys; the level of musicianship, I don\u2019t think anybody\u2019s touched it yet,\u201d<\/a> Bruce Springsteen said as another disciple who truly believe in the power of Brian Wilson and his band. That work was transformative as it taught him how music could completely remove you for a moment, taking you elsewhere simply by being so immersive. \u201c[He] just took you out of where you were and took you to another place,\u201d he said as Wilson had the power to completely sweep his listener up.<\/p>\n

To him, Wilson\u2019s discography is an \u201cAmerican masterworks\u201d as he sees him as one of the most important artists the country has ever birthed. No doubt Springsteen utterly freaked out when the compliment was returned and Wilson responded, \u201cIt was nice of him to say. He has written some himself\u201d.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re two of many. In the music world, it\u2019s tough to find a legend who hasn\u2019t laid grand praise at the feet of Brian Wilson and his band, as The Beach Boys leader truly seems to reign in a league of his own as the true inspirer of the best in the business.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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