[HN Gopher] Brian Wilson has died
___________________________________________________________________
Brian Wilson has died
Author : coloneltcb
Score : 360 points
Date : 2025-06-11 16:52 UTC (6 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (pitchfork.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (pitchfork.com)
| 2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote:
| RIP. What a creative titan/genius. When these giants pass away
| who replaces them? Who are the Brian Wilsons of today?
| freedomben wrote:
| Just a theory, but given how much fracturing/variation of music
| tastes people have developed in the last 50 years, I'm not sure
| there's enough of an audience for any of those mega bands to
| get to that level anymore (except for a few pop artists here
| and there).
|
| I also suspect discoverability is a lot more of a challenge now
| too given the saturation of content out there and the small
| market. I've discovered some excellent bands (for my musical
| tastes of course, which are Rock & Metal) that I can't believe
| aren't bigger. These Four Walls and Thousand Needles In Red
| come to mind. Like Thieves is pretty decent too, nice music to
| put in the background on a drive through the canyon or while
| working. All of those bands are on Bandcamp btw.
| mensetmanusman wrote:
| Uhh Taylor Swift is the titans of titans now.
| blahpro wrote:
| "except for a few pop artists here"
| MomsAVoxell wrote:
| Disclaimer; this is clearly going to be about personal
| tastes.
|
| However, it has to be argued: Taylor hardly breaks through
| genres to create entirely new ones, as Brian Wilson or Sly
| Stone did.
|
| Taylor is a 'safe' songwriter whose market is intolerant of
| exceeding the limits of her chosen genre - Brian and Sly,
| however, can be perceived as being far more progressive as
| artists, willing not only to break the conformity of their
| extant music market, but to excel at creating entire new
| genres on their own.
|
| What is Taylors "Pet Songs"?
|
| Taylor Swift is the least likely of the three to have
| created her own genre of music outside market expectations.
| While she's undeniably innovative, her contributions
| largely refine and personalize existing genres (country,
| pop, indie-folk) rather than inventing entirely new ones.
|
| Both Wilson and Stone created groundbreaking sounds--Wilson
| with orchestral pop and Stone with funk/psychedelic soul--
| that were more radical departures from their era's
| commercial norms.
|
| Between Wilson and Stone, Stone's creation of funk and his
| influence across multiple genres (funk, soul, rock, hip-
| hop) arguably had a broader impact, but Swift's work, while
| transformative, operates more within established
| frameworks.
| vintermann wrote:
| We won't really see until in retrospect. Something that
| today is "some little thing that one band does" may turn
| into something that gets seen as a whole genre tomorrow.
|
| Case in point: I recently listened to "Tracks and
| Traces", a compilation of things Brian Eno did with
| Harmonia in 1976.
|
| It IS "post-rock". You could slip some tracks from that
| album onto Mogwai's albums from the 2000s, and you would
| hardly notice something is amiss. And you know it wasn't
| a direct influence, because the recordings were only
| released 30 years later.
| mahanji wrote:
| I don't feel that Taylor Swift's songs go deeply within
| the soul.
| hajile wrote:
| Real great performer that one....
|
| https://www.reddit.com/r/travisandtaylor/comments/1ew4iqo
| /my...
|
| It's a good thing that her mic is always off in concert
| (apparently she's been using the same "live" soundtrack
| for a while at her concerts).
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8rMNMURShM
|
| I just can't believe someone that tone deaf could write
| good music.
| bongodongobob wrote:
| She certainly makes a lot of money. Brian Wilson was a
| writers writer. Taylor Swift isn't writing anything
| interesting that makes any song writer go "holy shit,
| that's genius". Music theorists don't study her music,
| she's not doing anything groundbreaking or new. She writes
| catchy songs for sure, but a lot of people do that.
| tilne wrote:
| Matt Jardine sang his parts I believe when I saw his band play
| a few years back.
| MPSimmons wrote:
| I think Ben Folds is underrated for what he's produced. I think
| people who listened to him in college write him off as being
| frat-rock but his stuff is actually super interesting, the more
| you dig.
| donnachangstein wrote:
| Ben is a hipster Elton John. To put him in the same league as
| Brian is insulting.
| khazhoux wrote:
| WTF, it's not insulting at all.
|
| Ben is a master writer of story-driven songs, with a very
| wide range and top-notch musicianship. There is definitely
| a similarity.
|
| Perhaps you're not familiar with his full catalog?
| donnachangstein wrote:
| I never said Ben wasn't talented. He's very talented. I
| like Ben.
|
| That said, they are leagues apart. It's like claiming
| Eric Clapton is as good as a guitarist in some shitty bar
| band.
|
| Perhaps you're not familiar with who Brian was and what
| he's done.
| cess11 wrote:
| To me Wilson and Clapton are in the same league mainly
| due to rather unpalatable personalities, Wilson insisting
| on breaking the boycott of an apartheid state and Clapton
| throwing racist tantrums and profiting off a tragedy in
| his family.
| 100pctremote wrote:
| Ben is eminently and deeply talented, but it's just a
| different aesthetic that is mostly very literal and
| conventional. Brian Wilson's songwriting and production
| technique was a one-of-a-kind imprint.
| micromacrofoot wrote:
| calling someone Elton John also seems like a compliment?
| paddy_m wrote:
| Ben probably wouldn't be offended by that. He described Ben
| Folds Five as "punk rock for sissies". Further he said that
| he was always compared to Billy Joel, but hadn't heard him
| until he was much older, he always cited Elton John as an
| influence.
| spudlyo wrote:
| Feh, more music about middle class white boy pain. I like
| his older stuff, but producers with computers fix all his
| shitty tracks these days.
|
| Seriously though, it's often fraught with peril to try to
| compare two artists directly, especially across time,
| styles, and genres. For me, I just try to weigh how much
| enjoyment their respective catalogs have given me, and
| I've enjoyed the hell out of both Ben Folds and Beach
| Boys records. It's all good.
| xeromal wrote:
| I think Tyler Childers is pretty talented.
| Alex3917 wrote:
| The ambient soundscapes of Burial's self-titled album have some
| similarities to the sonic soundscapes of pet sounds.
| micromacrofoot wrote:
| ed sheeran
| some-guy wrote:
| Quite a few exist, there are just so many more of them, and
| most of them aren't making the top of the billboard charts.
|
| Sufjan Stevens comes into mind for me as a songwriting
| workhorse with a wide array of styles but with a central theme,
| and amazing poetry / lyricism.
| skyyler wrote:
| SOPHIE was definitely in the running for being another Brian
| Wilson type. Her immense creativity was best when channeled
| through others, just like Brian's.
|
| She enjoyed some widespread success during her short life,
| but since her death, the style of music she helped pioneer
| has exploded in popularity. The extremely popular "brat"
| album from last year contained both explicit celebration of
| her name and homage to her style.
|
| But she's dead now. Her music still inspires me.
|
| He's dead now, too. His music will continue to inspire me.
| pimeys wrote:
| Also her peers from the PC Music label:
|
| A. G. Cook, Hannah Diamond, QT...
| Tainnor wrote:
| I absolutely adore Sufjan Stevens but at least around here
| barely anyone's heard of him.
| mosburger wrote:
| I think it'll be someone pushing the boundaries of hip
| hop/rap/etc., it feels like there's still a lot more
| experimentation and unexplored stuff that can happen there. And
| most of the people on HN probably won't really appreciate it
| much, just like the general population didn't quite fully
| appreciate Brian Wilson's genius back when he was doing his
| best work.
|
| I'm not super close to that genre so I wouldn't dare hazard a
| guess who that might be.
| Tainnor wrote:
| One person who comes to my mind who is a) arguably a creative
| boundary-breaking genius and b) has some degree of success
| within mainstream pop is Rosalia. But she's more of an
| "artist's artist". A lot of modern pop icons cite her as an
| influence, but she's not nearly as well known as those are.
| perfmode wrote:
| Justin Vernon of Bon Iver
|
| Sufjan Stevens
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson
|
| https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933092/
|
| https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.brianwilson.com/
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| Related:
|
| _Brian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys,
| dies aged 82_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44249510 -
| June 2025
| 100pctremote wrote:
| He understood and created music as a true genius. What a
| remarkable talent.
| alexjplant wrote:
| I'm convinced that "Pet Sounds" is lyrically a proto-emo album
| dressed up in an instrumental psychedelic doo-wop trenchcoat. For
| years I dismissed it as one of those albums that people pretended
| to like to seem smart until I was mature enough to understand it.
| Now it's one of my favorites.
|
| RIP.
| sndean wrote:
| Just related to Pet Sounds, I remember God Only Knows has been
| cited by Paul McCartney and others as their favorite song of
| all time. Even though the song is very odd in many ways.
| soulofmischief wrote:
| It's definitely one of my all-time favorites. It's literally
| a perfect song in every respect. Wilson was a songwriter's
| songwriter
| daveevad wrote:
| You reminded me that one of Brian Wilson's favorite songs was
| "Be My Baby" by The Ronettes.
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_My_Baby#Effect_on_Brian_Wil.
| ..
| steeleduncan wrote:
| > Even though the song is very odd in many ways
|
| I suspect it is precisely _because the song is very odd in
| many ways_ that it is so interesting
| insaneirish wrote:
| Here is a great analysis of God Only Knows from the podcast
| "Strong Songs":
| https://strongsongspodcast.com/blogs/episodes/god-only-
| knows...
| 10729287 wrote:
| The Beatles wouldn't have been the band they became without
| The Beach Boys. And vice versa. The competition was tough
| between those guys back in the days. Surf's up.
| xeromal wrote:
| The problem was it was Brian Wilson vs the beatles who all
| were pretty talented. He had no backup
| mgkimsal wrote:
| Carl and Dennis both grew in to good songwriters, in
| different ways, but neither were close to being able to
| work with Brian in those early years. By the time they
| _could_ , Brian seemed to be largely gone. Had they had
| all that combined talent together functioning at the same
| time, things would have turned out different (and ideally
| better).
| WalterBright wrote:
| The interesting thing about McCartney & Lennon is they
| competed with each other and critiqued each other, and that
| resulted in their greatest songs. After they went their own
| ways, there songs weren't as good. I suspect there was
| nobody else who dared to criticize their work.
| basisword wrote:
| It's a brilliant song. In which ways is it odd though? I've
| always thought of it as just a classic 60's pop song.
| Listening again nothing jumps out as particularly unusual.
| sndean wrote:
| This might be referenced in one of the replies but
| basically 1) it doesn't have the normal verse-chorus
| structure, 2) not really any drums, 3) the chord
| progression don't follow an obvious pattern for the time
| and genre, and 4) the end just fades out where you can
| imagine it simply continuing forever. I really like the
| song, and maybe it stands out as a favorite because of
| these features like someone commented above. I just wanted
| to point out that it's unusual unlike nearly every other
| pop song.
| recursive wrote:
| One more. Most of the song is in triplet swing, but there's
| a harpsichord(?) interlude in straight 8th-note feel,
| that's also completely harmonically disconnected from the
| rest of the song.
| dailyplanet wrote:
| Brian Wilson cited "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles
| as one of his favorite songs -- he apparently had to pull
| over because he was having a nervous breakdown after hearing
| it on the radio, and he was in tears and said "They got there
| first." Pet Sounds was the response to Rubber Soul, and then
| Sgt. Pepper was The Beatles response to Pet Sounds.
| amanaplanacanal wrote:
| Yeah, John Lennon had that magic too, but certainly in a
| darker way.
| tayo42 wrote:
| I remeber reading about him writing songs and the effort he
| put into it, I think pet sounds, and then realizing the
| Beatles were releasing music at the same time. I felt a
| little bad because it seems like he was just in the shadow
| of the Beatles.
|
| So much musical talent at the time, crazy to think about
| jjice wrote:
| A friend recommended it to me two weeks ago for our weekly
| album swap. I didn't really like it for the first listen or
| two, and then holy cow it hit me. I've been spinning it
| regularly since.
|
| Truly a fantastic album.
| racl101 wrote:
| > I dismissed it as one of those albums that people pretended
| to like to seem smart for years until I was mature enough to
| understand it.
|
| heh, I always liked this album as a kid cause mom would play
| the record a lot. It was my fave do math homework background
| music. That and Pink Floyd (Echoes).
|
| As a kid: "I'm Waiting For The Day" was a great song cause it
| was lively and bouncy.
|
| But as an adult: "Let's Go Away For Awhile" is more
| captivating.
|
| A little something there for everyone I tell you hwhat.
| jmann99999 wrote:
| What sticks with me about Pet Sounds, aside from its unique
| sound, is that Brian Wilson put sand in his house around the
| piano to make a more physical and emotional atmosphere in which
| to help his creation. Here is the only photo I have seen of
| that. [0]
|
| [0]
| https://www.reddit.com/r/thebeachboys/comments/137tx33/the_o...
| not_your_mentat wrote:
| Brian took Beach Boys very literally.
| SlowTao wrote:
| It is funny when you hear the stories behind some of the
| biggest albums and there is more often than not something
| like that. It looks odd but the results tend to yield some
| amazing results.
|
| I am not the biggest fan of Wilsons stuff but you could never
| accuse him of just phoning it in.
| jihadjihad wrote:
| Damn. I was literally thinking about the following quote from
| Dennis Wilson while I was getting ready this morning:
|
| "Brian Wilson _is_ the Beach Boys. He is the band. We 're his
| fucking messengers. He is all of it. Period. We're nothing. He's
| everything." [0]
|
| It was just a random thought I had this morning, related to how
| his brothers and father are depicted in _Love and Mercy_.
|
| For all their abilities and talent, I think Dennis had it right.
| Brian _was_ the Beach Boys. RIP.
|
| 0: https://books.google.com/books?id=eYyovo_AbqAC
| JKCalhoun wrote:
| Yeah, older me was surprised that The Wrecking Crew performed
| on so many of their albums. The singing was all Beach Boys ...
| but yeah, I think the song-crafting, that was all Brian.
| KerrAvon wrote:
| There's a hilarious-in-retrospect interview where McCartney
| praises the unusual placement of notes in a particular
| bassline on a particular song and attributes it to Brian
| Wilson's genius. Later it was revealed to be entirely due to
| Carol Kaye, the bass player on that session.
|
| (Not to take anything away from Brian's actual genius!)
| adamc wrote:
| It also illustrates the difference from the Beatles, who
| actually did compose most of their cool stuff (although
| Martin did help).
| tjr wrote:
| Carol has said though that, for the most part, Brian did
| write the bass parts that she played.
| brandall10 wrote:
| Just a note on how this came to be - Phil Spector's "Be My
| Baby", released in '63 became an obsession for Wilson upon
| first listen. This obsession led to him sitting in on studio
| sessions w/ Spector, and of course, that was his introduction
| to the Wrecking Crew and that style of working.
| ZeroGravitas wrote:
| On that note, the Brian Wilson song "Guess I'm Dumb" which
| was rejected by the other Beach Boys and instead released
| with vocals by Wrecking Crew member and touring Beach Boy
| Glen Campbell is an obvious foreshadowing of the Pet Sounds
| mood and sound, as well as a beautiful song.
| kylebebak wrote:
| Adios Brian, thanks for the music
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wWBV3QCbGE&list=PLhinduWcIK...
| automathematics wrote:
| My wife took me to see him a few years ago and I'm so glad. One
| of the most influential people in rock and roll for sure and I
| hope in time more people realize that.
|
| RIP to a real one.
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ZjIdyWu-U
| soulofmischief wrote:
| This deserves a black bar. Brian Wilson touched so many lives.
| God only knows what I'd be without you...
| Lammy wrote:
| Tragic life story w/r/t Eugene Landy, but some truly amazing
| music. I'm glad his career bounced back in recent decades and he
| was able to die widely-loved instead of in obscurity. I will
| watch Norbit (2007) tonight in his honor.
| hinkley wrote:
| What does Norbit have to do with Brian Wilson?
| skyyler wrote:
| https://www.spin.com/2017/05/its-been-ten-years-since-
| brian-...
| kapitanjakc wrote:
| The big bang theory series episode was the one that introduced me
| to Brian Wilson through Darlin.
|
| RIP
| nonameiguess wrote:
| First concert I ever went to in 1988 with my aunt. _Wouldn 't it
| be Nice_ was my first "song" with my first girlfriend in high
| school. You gave so much to all of us, Brian. You earned the
| rest.
|
| People ask who the current version of this kind of genius is for
| pop music, and between the one man band element, turns as a
| composer, and general weirdness and reclusiveness, Trent Reznor
| is probably who comes to mind for me, but even his heyday was 30
| years ago. I have no idea who in their 20s might have this kind
| of impact. Let us appreciate these people while we can.
| weakfish wrote:
| Reznor is still highly active in scoring, I'd say his heyday is
| now depending on definition. The Social Network score is
| absurdly good.
|
| Also, second time I've mentioned Reznor in context on HN today.
| Weird.
| vorador wrote:
| Not to detract from your point but the movie was (already!)
| 15 years ago
| TeaBrain wrote:
| I don't think this is pertinent to their point at all. They
| were just referencing the quality of one of the scores
| Reznor has done. Reznor has continued to score movies
| nearly every year since. I'd agree with them that Reznor's
| career heyday probably is now. He's writing scores for
| multiple productions a year while still playing stadiums
| with NIN.
| dessimus wrote:
| He was nominated in 2020 for an Academy Award in Best
| Original Score for both Mank and Soul, winning for Soul,
| plus a slew of other award ceremonies that season.
| Challengers in 2024 also had nominations in a bunch of
| awards.
| programd wrote:
| Reznor released 5 movie scores last year. He's got 2
| Oscars, 1 Emmy, 4 Grammys, and 3 Golden Globes the latest
| one this year. Multiple nominations in all those
| categories. He's far from done.
|
| Apologies for the hijack. RIP Brian.
| mzg wrote:
| In a lot of ways, Frank Ocean feels like the millennial Brian
| Wilson. Not sure if any zoomer musicians have had enough time
| in the spotlight to develop that sort of persona.
| maxfurman wrote:
| I never realized Brian Wilson and Sly Stone were the same age.
| Small world
| josh2600 wrote:
| Yeah what a week to lose two giants. Both were great in very
| different but resonant ways.
| JKCalhoun wrote:
| Two albums (vinyl) my mom got for me when I was maybe 9 years old
| -- "Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits" and "The Beach Boys --
| High Water".
|
| What a wild thing to get a 9 year old kid. Music. Both albums
| formed who I am today musically. When YouTube came around I was
| able to find out that Brian often was the one singing the amazing
| falsetto parts.
|
| "I get around / From town to town / I'm a real cool head / I'm
| making real good bread"
|
| On the Ed Sullivan show on bass: https://youtu.be/ruKCw797JM4
| scop wrote:
| _Wouldnt it be nice_ is such an amazing piece of art. Grew up
| hearing it, never listening to the lyrics. Thought it was fun. As
| an adult finally paid attention to the lyrics one day and they
| knocked me off my feet. The happiest most upbeat song is really
| singing about something not quite there, an ideal, but real,
| something to be grasped and lost...or let go...
|
| What a genius to be able to pull that song off.
| andy_xor_andrew wrote:
| I encourage everyone to listen to his 1988 solo album self named
| "Brian Wilson". It's brilliant. Frequently called "Pet Sounds
| '88" since many fans consider it to be a spiritual sequel. The
| 80s synth dressing might seem off putting at first but the
| songwriting and musicality of it is just amazing.
|
| Also, give a listen to Smile! - not Smiley Smile, or The Smile
| Sessions, but the 2004 recreation. It's quite mindblowing. If you
| close your eyes you can hear it as a true symphony.
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UbNwhm2EX8
| Flatcircle wrote:
| It's unbelievable how much every aspect of older art was
| outsourced. The album cover of that self titled album is wild.
| JKCalhoun wrote:
| Doleful Lions a huge Beach boys fan:
|
| Surfside Motel:
|
| "And I've been in this town so long that I'm back in the
| city...
|
| And don't you know it was the government stopped the Beach Boys
| from releasing 'Smile'...." [1]
|
| [1] https://dolefullions.bandcamp.com/track/surfside-motel
| andy_xor_andrew wrote:
| if we're sharing tunes from lesser-known artists on Bandcamp-
|
| the clever timpani line in this track will sound familiar to
| anyone who has ever heard Pet Sounds :) I thought it was a
| very appropriate appropriation of a famous Brian Wilson
| track.
|
| https://willyrodriguez.bandcamp.com/track/rosemary
|
| (for anyone listening who is not versed in Pet Sounds, it's
| the famous drum line from "I'm Waiting For the Day")
| telesilla wrote:
| God Only Knows is the perfect song. Thanks Brian for bringing it
| into our lives.
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NADx3-qRxek
|
| and this beautiful film, very touchingly explores his life with
| the always-excellent Paul Dano.
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lioWzrpCtGQ
| qingcharles wrote:
| If one day humanity is long gone, I'd be OK with that as long
| as _God Only Knows_ is out there in the ether waiting to be
| found.
| gabriel666smith wrote:
| This is hard to take. Unquestionably, to me, Brian Wilson was the
| greatest composer of pop music we've ever had.
|
| Even Wilson's most recent work - when he was very clearly
| suffering a lot - is so deeply interesting, and weird, and
| moving, and has a total mastery of his craft.
|
| From 2021 - "Right Where I Belong":
|
| '''
|
| I get anxious. I get scared a lot. That's what I live with. It
| should get better, really, any day now - - those were my teenage
| years.
|
| They said: "Go out and get a steady job." That was the worst
| idea! All night and day, another lonely song - - to get me
| through again.
|
| In my fantasy I'm never far from home. But in reality I know
| where I belong.
|
| For me, the love - that's what the music really is. I know that
| love is what I really want to share.
|
| So I went out and got a steady a job - - so many golden years.
| That rhapsody to me: the music calls - - to ride the wave again.
|
| https://youtu.be/FToNl9VyI0g?si=VEIOlTCsbYz2yy7g
|
| '''
|
| He _was_ America. The idealism, the bizarro suburban sincerity,
| the descent into late-century darkness, the total mastery of the
| form: the ability to write a two-minute song as if it were a
| perfectly manicured lawn, capturing all its layered uncanniness.
| Melodies and harmonies that have beauty beyond language - he
| really did write for the entire universe. It didn 't matter if
| his songs were to girls, or waves, or particularly quick cars.
|
| He was a prophet of his time in the same way that William Blake
| was. It all feels so incredibly inevitable. I really hope he
| understood that he was as important as Bacharach and maybe Bach -
| though I don't get the sense, as much as one can from the
| outside, as a fan, that he'd particularly care. He had too much
| love for his work.
|
| Surf's up, I guess. Thank you very much for it all, Brian, if
| you're reading this. Your work makes me believe that you could.
| parpfish wrote:
| > He was America. The idealism, the bizarro suburban sincerity,
| the descent into late-century darkness, the total mastery of
| the form
|
| I often thought that Brian Wilson and David Lynch were like
| mirror images of each other and now they're both gone
| arthurcolle wrote:
| David Lynch died??
| simlevesque wrote:
| Yes, in January
| hammyhavoc wrote:
| Wow, you're going to be having a doubly-rough day. I'll
| raise a cold one to you.
| parpfish wrote:
| not a cold one.
|
| for those two, you should celebrate with a cup of coffee
| from a diner and a coca-cola from the drive-in
| SlowTao wrote:
| Now that I can get behind.
| pimeys wrote:
| A pack of Metropolitan cigarettes...
| gabriel666smith wrote:
| I typed "Lynchian" then deleted it - it's overused, but, for
| Brian Wilson (and Lynch - a compliment to them both) I think,
| in hindsight, it's appropriate, just about.
| JKCalhoun wrote:
| Tough for me as well. I'm at an age where I can expect a lot of
| my icons to head out. And already so many have.
|
| There is something I think undeniably innocent about the time
| in the U.S. when The Beach Boys were on top of their game.
| Never mind Milner from _American Graffiti_ "I don't like that
| surfin' shit. Rock and roll's been going down hill ever since
| Buddy Holly died."
|
| They were a part of an America I don't even recognize anymore.
| Thank god those of us old enough got at least a glimpse of that
| time. And I suppose to the degree Brian captured it in The
| Beach Boys music, maybe we can hold on to the memory of it at
| least.
|
| And I think that's what's toughest. I'm seeing the luminaries
| of a better time winking out one by one.
|
| Lest I sound too down, I am always hopeful though for the
| generations that are coming up being able to make a brighter
| future for themselves.
| mahanji wrote:
| I was playing for an event just last night and told the woman
| tending bar that God Only Knows was one of Brian Wilson's best
| songs. Ironic.
| BillSaysThis wrote:
| The Beach Boys, on a double bill with Chicago, Madison Square
| Garden Summer '75, were my first concert. No Brian, of course,
| but all the songs were his. So many amazing tunes! (Note: despite
| going with my dad, we got stoned out of our gourds from the pot
| those around us were smoking.)
| gwbennett wrote:
| Pet Sounds! A fantastic album and group! So many great songs on
| all their albums.
|
| Grew up listening to them.
| cjk wrote:
| Absolutely gutted. I regret never seeing him live. RIP Brian.
| dogman1050 wrote:
| A childhood memory is hearing Good Vibrations through a crystal
| radio using my bedframe as an antenna while in a hypnogogic
| state, supposed to be sleeping. It felt other-worldly.
| timschmidt wrote:
| I'll drop a link here to the T.A.M.I. Show:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pdZJ7TkJQU
|
| "T.A.M.I. Show is a 1964 concert film released by American
| International Pictures.[1] It includes performances by numerous
| popular rock and roll and R&B musicians from the United States
| and England. The concert was held at the Santa Monica Civic
| Auditorium on October 28 and 29, 1964. Free tickets were
| distributed to local high school students. The acronym "T.A.M.I."
| was used inconsistently in the show's publicity to mean both
| "Teenage Awards Music International" and "Teen Age Music
| International"."
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.A.M.I._Show
|
| It's stacked with amazing performers, most at the beginning of
| their careers, including a young Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys.
___________________________________________________________________
(page generated 2025-06-11 23:01 UTC)