Editing Pet Sounds (section)

===Side one===
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|filename=Beach Boys-wouldn t it be nice.ogg|title=Intro of "Wouldn't It Be Nice"|description="[[Wouldn't It Be Nice]]" introduces the album with a sound often mistaken as a [[harp]].{{sfn|Dillon|2012|p=106}} The instrument is a 12-string [[mando-guitar]]<ref name="PS2016"/> plugged directly into the recording console.{{sfn|Granata|2003|pp=145, 149}}}}

"[[Wouldn't It Be Nice]]" portrays a young couple longing for adult independence.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=90}} Asher cited it as the sole track for which he wrote lyrics to match Wilson's fully composed melody.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=91}} Recording the band's vocals required more studio time than any other song, as the group struggled to meet Wilson's standards for their performance.{{sfn|Granata|2003|pp=168, 172}}

"[[You Still Believe in Me]]" introduces introspective themes later echoed throughout the album,{{sfn|Perone|2012|pp=28, 30}} exploring self-awareness of personal shortcomings amid his partner's enduring devotion.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=92}} Wilson characterized the song as depicting a man's emotional vulnerability through an effeminate perspective.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=150}} He and Asher crafted its ethereal introduction by plucking piano strings with a [[bobby pin]].{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=150}}

[[File:Dennis Wilson 1966.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Dennis, whose drumming on the album was limited to "That's Not Me",<ref name="PS2016"/> contributed jazz patterns to the track<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Delehant |first1=Jim |title=Dennis Wilson: We Just Want To Be A Good Group |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/dennis-wilson-we-just-want-to-be-a-good-group |magazine =[[Hit Parader]] |date=June 1967 |url-access=subscription|via=[[Rock's Backpages]]}}</ref>]]

"[[That's Not Me (The Beach Boys song)|That's Not Me]]" features multiple key modulations and mood shifts,{{sfn|Fusilli|2005|pp=55–56}} and is the track that most closely resembles a conventional rock song.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mason |first=Stewart |title=Song review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/thats-not-me-t6417939 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428155309/https://www.allmusic.com/song/thats-not-me-mt0033359914 |archive-date=April 28, 2022 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Its lyrics depict a young man's journey toward self-realization, concluding that companionship outweighs solitary ambition.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=93}} The track is distinguished as the only one on the album with most instrumental parts performed by the band members themselves.<ref name="PS2016" />

"[[Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)]]" is among the most harmonically complex songs that Wilson ever wrote,{{sfn|Lambert|2008|p=123}} centering on non-verbal communication between lovers.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=94}} Granata highlights the track's "exquisite use" of [[word painting]], exemplified by a bassline mimicking a heartbeat on the lyric "Listen to my heart beat", reinforced by timpani accents.{{sfn|Granata|2003|pp=94, 154}} Departing from his earlier work, Wilson incorporated a [[string sextet]] (violins, viola, and cello) to achieve a "dark, expressive" tone that Granata likens to the style of [[Johannes Brahms]].{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=155}}

"[[I'm Waiting for the Day]]" follows a protagonist attempting to comfort a guarded, emotionally wounded love interest.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=94}} It blends [[jazz chord]]s with [[doo-wop progression]]s alongside orchestral instrumentation featuring timpani, English horn, flutes, and a string section interlude.{{sfn|Lambert|2007|pp=242–244}} Carl praised the arrangement's dramatic shifts between minimalist verses and harmonically rich choruses, calling it "perhaps one of the most dynamic moments in the album."{{sfn|Fusilli|2005|p=92}} Originally registered as Brian's solo composition in 1964, it was co-credited to Love, who made a minor adjustment to Brian's lyrics.{{sfn|Lambert|2007|pp=242–244}}
[[File:Burt Bacharach 1972.JPG|thumb|upright|Wilson said he may have subconsciously based "[[Let's Go Away for Awhile]]" on the work of [[Burt Bacharach]] (pictured).{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=96}} ]]

"[[Let's Go Away for Awhile]]" is the first instrumental, featuring 12 violins, piano, four saxophones, oboe, vibraphones, and a Coca-Cola bottle used as a guitar slide.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=95}} In 1966, Wilson considered the track to be "the finest piece of art" he had made up to that point, adding that every component of its production had "worked perfectly".<ref name="BrianPopGenius"/> Musicologist [[Larry Starr]] highlights the piece's unusual AABCC structure as an example of the album's occasional formal experimentation.{{sfn|Starr|2007|p=265}}

[[File:SpongeFleetNassauBahamas-c1900.jpg|thumb|left|"[[Sloop John B]]" is a traditional folk song about a boat from [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] (pictured circa 1900) ]]

Jardine proposed adapting the traditional Caribbean folk song "[[Sloop John B#The Beach Boys version|Sloop John B]]", which he knew from [[the Kingston Trio]].{{sfn|Granata|2003|pp=96–97}} Wilson's arrangement blended rock with marching band instrumentation, incorporating flutes, glockenspiel, [[bass saxophone]], bass, guitar, and drums.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=149}} Jardine likened the result to [[John Philip Sousa]]'s marches.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=98}} Wilson modified the original lyric from "this is the worst trip since I've been born" to "I've ever been on", a revision possibly alluding to psychedelic experiences.<ref>{{cite news |last=Matthew |first=Jacobs |date=April 16, 2013 |title=LSD's 70th Anniversary: 10 Rock Lyrics From The 1960s That Pay Homage To Acid |work=[[HuffPost]] |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/16/lsd-70th-anniversary_n_3092536.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224135246/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lsd-70th-anniversary_n_3092536 |archive-date=February 24, 2021}}</ref>{{sfn|DeRogatis|2003|p=35}}

Wilson included "Sloop John B" at Capitol's insistence, anticipating its commercial success following its single release.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=98}} Commentators often refer to the track as diverging thematically from the album's introspective love songs and personal reflections, being the only composition not written by Wilson. Fusilli contends that its textural elements—including "chiming" guitars, doubled basses, and [[staccato]] rhythms—align with the album's sonic palette.{{sfn|Fusilli|2005|p={{page needed|date=June 2020}}}} Perone and music historian [[Jim DeRogatis]] highlight its thematic consistency with the album's exploration of emotional displacement, particularly through lyrics expressing a longing to escape difficult circumstances.{{sfn|Perone|2012|p=28}}{{sfn|DeRogatis|2003|p=35}} The refrain "I want to go home" echoes motifs present in the title of "Let's Go Away for Awhile" and lyrics of the later track "Caroline, No".{{sfn|DeRogatis|2003|p=35}}{{clear}}