As the Beach Boys entered the new decade with a more apprehensive worldview, their music sought to address as number of issues they shared with themes in Schulz’s work at the time - ecological concerns, self care, mental well being, love and happiness. Take A Load Off Your Feet emphasised the need to slow down and take stock of your own health and wellbeing.

By the late 60s PEANUTS’ appeal was universal: It was beloved by young and old, by the intelligentsia as well as the masses; While Charles Schulz had existentialist and humanist leanings worthy of Jean-Paul Sartre, his concerns were also that of the youth and especially the recently discovered ‘teenager’. Another California based artist whose concerns very much mirrored those of Schulz was Beach Boy Brian Wilson. In 1966, while the rest of the band was on tour, he wrote and completed what is critically considered to be one of the finest records ever made, Pet Sounds. The complex musical arrangements and lyrics earned Wilson the ‘genius’ tag, deconstructing what is was to be a young person in such turbulent times.

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