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Fifty Years of 'Manos' and Music

The Beach Boys Pet Sounds
"I take care of the pets while The Beach Boys are away"
It's the 50th anniversary of Manos: The Hands of Fate. Happy anniversary to the weird and wonderful horror movie that has gained cult status, thanks to MST3K.

1966 was also a great year for music. That was the year that The Beach Boys released what many people consider the greatest album of all time; "Pet Sounds."

It was the brainchild of Brian Wilson and is an absolute masterpiece.

Naturally, I couldn't resist inserting Torgo into the famous album cover. He doesn't look out of place on "Pet Sounds", seemingly shepherding those animals.

It's also fitting because the rumour is that Torgo was supposed to have goat legs in Manos but that has never been confirmed. Maybe it was in the script but they had no budget to actually pull it off.

"Pet Sounds" was a very experimental album on which Brian Wilson even included barking dogs which were his actual pets, Banana and Louie. That's not unlike Manos in which director and writer Hal Warren had his pet poodle Pepe in the movie, while Tom Neyman (The Master) had his pet doberman Shanka in it as well. Too bad Wilson didn't know Warren and Neyman or else he might have included Pepe and Shanka on the album. Wouldn't it be nice?



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