Mayor Walsh has declared tomorrow ‘Pet Sounds’ Day in honor of the iconic Beach Boys album
Brian Wilson is currently on tour celebrating the record’s 50th anniversary.
The Boston Pops previously announced that they’ll play with Beach Boy Brian Wilson in honor of the 50th anniversary of Pet Sounds, and now the City of Boston has come up with another way to commemorate the iconic album.
Mayor Marty Walsh officially proclaimed June 17, 2016 as “Pet Sounds” Day, ahead of album’s 50th anniversary.
Wilson’s performances with The Boston Pops are part of his March to October tour, where he’ll play the 1966 Pet Sounds in its entirety for the final time. Though initially met with less-than-stellar reviews, Pet Sounds has since received critical acclaim—Rolling Stone dubbed it the second-best album of all time, behind The Beatles’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Hear ye – tmrw is #PetSounds50 from the @TheBeachBoys & Boston has proclaimed it Pet Sounds Day cc: @BostonSymphony pic.twitter.com/q5r9OX6y6s
— Mayor Marty Walsh (@marty_walsh) June 16, 2016
In Walsh’s official proclamation, he praises Wilson’s creation as “an emotional autobiographical concept album credited with elevating rock music to new heights of artistry.”
The proclamation also highlights legendary tracks such as “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “God Only Knows,” and “Sloop John B” as having “revolutionized pop music with its unique approach to harmony and production, introducing innovative sounds such as bicycle bells, dog whistles, Coke cans, and the theremin.”
Wilson and the rest of The Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and received The Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.
Wilson, along with former bandmates Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin, will be at Boston’s Symphony Hall on June 17 and 18.
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