School of rock: The magic of a 'muso moment'
By DJ M on October 22nd, 2008
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys

GUARDIAN "Smart twists and fussy attention to musical detail (or "muso moments", as I call them) have the power to propel a fist into the air (rather than straight through the speaker cone). If you appreciate the bit one minute into the Beach Boys' God Only Knows where bass, percussion, flute and kitchen sink unite on an off-kilter rhythm that only happens once in the entire song...then you'll know that these little islands of shocking clarity and occasional genius can buy a thrill that easily equals a howling gale of dumb-rock riffage. It's the magical few seconds when you realise that, hang on, they've only bloody thought this whole thing through."