Quote Originally Posted by MumblesBadly View Post
Zap, I hate to break it to you, but Brian Wilson himself admitted that the Beatles’ works doing their psychodelic phase inspired him to change his own music. Just sayin’.

The influencing worked both ways.


Bob Dylan had released Blonde On Blonde a year earlier, followed by the Beach Boys's Pet Sounds – a project that was, according to Paul McCartney, "the single biggest influence on Sgt. Pepper."


https://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-...pper-turns-45/