On Saturday, June 3, 2017 at 8:11:33 AM UTC-10, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> dsi1yahoo.com says...
> > > > OTOH, The Beatles' Sargent Pepper's Album and all the others of that ilk that followed would not have come to being if not for Brian Wilson's Pet Sounds. Well, that's what they say anyway.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Really? It is more likely the other way around.
> > > >
> >
> > 15. According to Beatles producer George Martin, "Without Pet Sounds, Sgt. Pepper never would have happened....Pepper was an attempt to equal Pet Sounds."
> >
> > http://mentalfloss.com/article/59457...out-pet-sounds
>
> Perhaps you didn't read this bit
>
> " Pet Sounds was inspired by the immaculately constructed and filler-
> free Beatles album, Rubber Soul. "Rubber Soul blew my mind," Brian
> Wilson says. "When I heard Rubber Soul, I said, 'That's it. That's all.
> That's all folks.' I said, 'I'm going to make an album that's really
> good, I mean really challenge me.' I mean, I love that ****ing album, I
> cherish that album."
>
> Janet UK
> >

I already knew this. I could have said that if it were not for the Beatles, Sergeant Pepper would not have been made but that would have been going too far. I say, you're rather presumptuous.