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Originally Posted by elphenor
I would argue Velvet Underground wrote simpler songs that are in execution more complex because of Cale's Viola and Reed's very forward thinking approach to guitar
just as another example where trying to gauge musical complexity is pretty unintuitive
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I wouldn’t call Wilson „pop” per se
I truly think he is a great „composer” of sorts. Or really of any sorts.
The best Beach Boys songs aren’t played by Beach Boys themselves. But by session musicians (like the „Wrecking Crew”), but with written partitures by Brian
With the Beach Boys (that including Brian) doing the vocals and the harmonies.
I do get your other point (the one about intuition when it comes to complexity), but what it comes down to in this case truly is what one is searching in music