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I like Brian Wilson but he really exaggerates his influence. If Brian Wilson had never lived there would have been a Sgt Pepper’s. The Beatles really did not need anything from Brian or the Beach Boys to do their own thing.

In 1966, the American musician and bandleader Brian Wilson's growing interest in the aesthetics of recording and his admiration for both record producer Phil Spector's Wall of Sound and the Beatles' album Rubber Soul resulted in the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds LP, which demonstrated his production expertise and his mastery of composition and arrangement.[25][nb 1] The author Thomas MacFarlane credits the release with influencing many musicians of the time, with McCartney in particular singing its praises and drawing inspiration to "expand the focus of the Beatles' work with sounds and textures not usually associated with popular music".[29] He thought that his constant playing of the album made it difficult for Lennon to "escape the influence", adding: "It's very cleverly done ... so we were inspired by it and nicked a few ideas."[30] Martin stated: "Without Pet Sounds, Sgt. Pepper never would have happened ... Pepper was an attempt to equal Pet Sounds."[31]

IMO, Brian’s genius was to the music of the 60s, what the Moog synthesizer was to the 70s.

He influenced the entire genre for a period of years and you can still hear it today.

That’s my opinion..

I like Brian Wilson but he really exaggerates his influence. If Brian Wilson had never lived there would have been a Sgt Pepper’s.

Maybe, but it would have been a different album. At least Paul McCartney thinks so:

"I played it (Pet Sounds) to John so much that it would be difficult for him to escape the influence. If records had a director within a band, I sort of directed Pepper. And my influence was basically the Pet Sounds album. John was influenced by it, perhaps not as much as me."