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The most famous track, "Heroes and Villains," was assembled from dozens of unrelated musical fragments called "feels." Wilson would splice tape together like a film editor, creating a song that changed key and tempo mid-verse—a technique no one in pop music was attempting.

. Conceived by Brian Wilson as a "teenage symphony to God," the project collapsed due to a combination of Wilson's deteriorating mental health, internal band tensions, and the pressure of competing with The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Musical Style and Concept The Beach Boys - Smile -1967-