{"product_id":"the-beach-boys-smile-by-luis-sanchez-9781623562588","title":"The Beach Boys' Smile","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmile\u003c\/i\u003e is not merely a great unfinished album, but a living work of art that is all at once expansive, indeterminate, and resolutely pop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1960s, The Beach Boys rose from the suburbs of Hawthorne, California to become emissaries of a post-war American dream that fused middle-class aspiration and mobility with images of youth. Led by dream master Brian Wilson, their music gave voice to a Southern California mythos and compelled an audience across the nation and beyond to live out their own versions of the fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1966, the encroaching counterculture added new dimensions of creative possibility to popular music. Looking to revise and expand, Brian Wilson sought collaboration with a brilliant musician named Van Dyke Parks. Together they began work on \u003ci\u003eSmile\u003c\/i\u003e, an ambitious album of music that refracted The Beach Boys’ naïveté into a visionary exploration of American consciousness. \u003ci\u003eSmile\u003c\/i\u003e edged so close to greatness it seemed destined to become one of the most significant musical advances of its time. But the story didn't end quite like this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book of evocative essays, Sanchez traces the musical journey that transformed The Beach Boys from West Coast surf heroes into America’s pop luminaries, and ultimately why \u003ci\u003eSmile\u003c\/i\u003e represents a tumultuous turning point in the history of popular music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428201939180,"sku":"9781623562588","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781623562588.jpg?v=1774766966","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-beach-boys-smile-by-luis-sanchez-9781623562588","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}