section_path: Musical influences/Others
section_name: Others
paragraph_text: Others
  
  Wilson's other significant musical influences include Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Nelson Riddle, the Motown sound, Disney film soundtracks such as Mary Poppins (1964), and soul musicians such as Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder. Wendy Carlos 's 1969 album Switched-On Bach, described by Wilson as "one of the most electrifying records" he had ever heard, influenced his use of synthesizers.
  
  The Beatles inspired me. They didn't influence me.
  
  It is often reported that the Beach Boys and the Beatles influenced each other, although Wilson rejected the notion. He acknowledged that he had felt threatened by the Beatles' success and that this awareness drove him to concentrate his efforts on trying to outdo them in the studio. He praised Paul McCartney's stylistic versatility and commended his bass playing as "technically fantastic".
  
  In 1976, Wilson commented that he felt contemporary popular music had lacked the artistic integrity it once had, with Queen 's " Bohemian Rhapsody " (1975) being one exception. In a 1988 interview, he named the 1982 compilation Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I and Paul Simon 's 1986 release Graceland among his ten favorite albums of all time. In 2007, he cited Billy Joel as his favorite pianist. By 2015, Wilson maintained that he does not listen to modern music, only "oldies but goodies".
  
  Wilson's other significant musical influences include Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Nelson Riddle, the Motown sound, Disney film soundtracks such as Mary Poppins (1964), and soul musicians such as Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder. Wendy Carlos 's 1969 album Switched-On Bach, described by Wilson as "one of the most electrifying records" he had ever heard, influenced his use of synthesizers.
  
  The Beatles inspired me. They didn't influence me.
  
  It is often reported that the Beach Boys and the Beatles influenced each other, although Wilson rejected the notion. He acknowledged that he had felt threatened by the Beatles' success and that this awareness drove him to concentrate his efforts on trying to outdo them in the studio. He praised Paul McCartney's stylistic versatility and commended his bass playing as "technically fantastic".
  
  In 1976, Wilson commented that he felt contemporary popular music had lacked the artistic integrity it once had, with Queen 's " Bohemian Rhapsody " (1975) being one exception. In a 1988 interview, he named the 1982 compilation Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I and Paul Simon 's 1986 release Graceland among his ten favorite albums of all time. In 2007, he cited Billy Joel as his favorite pianist. By 2015, Wilson maintained that he does not listen to modern music, only "oldies but goodies".