Celebrity Death: Brian Wilson, 82

[GKJ]

 

[Mikeaveli]

RIP to the man who I and many others consider to be the greatest musician of all time.

 

[kook10]

RIP

 

[islesmb]

My first concert was The Beach Boys with my parents many many years ago. RIP

 

[Terry Yake]

RIP

guy lived a roller coaster of a life, but no doubt he was one of the all time greats

 

[Jumptheshark]

Lasted a lot longer than most thought. Now we are faced with the fact we looking at the "last man standing" Love telling his version of the truth, regardless of evidence that contradicts his statements. Yes, I am firmly in Brian's corner over this as well as how Love dealt with Bruce Johnstone

 

[Mikeaveli]

 

[PanthersPens62]

RIP to one of the greats.

 

[NyQuil]

 

[the valiant effort]

And these early TV performance videos never get old:

 

[weaponomega]

RIP. Probably my biggest musical influence. My partner's parents met at a Beach Boys concert.

 

[John Price]

RIP

 

[Jumptheshark]

Brian Wilson is one of the most interesting people who walked the planet in the last 100 years. Mental illness, drugs, getting taken advantage of by a Doctor who ripped him off of millions, seeing his brothers die, getting fired by the band he started and then being prevented from playing some songs live, and the list goes on. He never truly had time to enjoy the success that he should have had. His abusive father was a monster

 

[Chairman Maouth]

Brian Wilson was a brilliant songwriter, and for much of his life, a tortured soul. But I am grateful, as I know all of you are, that he found peace, love and mercy later in life as he successfully fought off the demons that plagued him in his earlier years.

This song was beautiful and tender, and when it was played with your girl nearby, it was a virtual guarantee that there would be some coed body checking going on later in the evening. Thank you, Brian. There aren't many songwriters who have had such a tangible effect on my life, through both your romantic songs and your rockers. Rest in peace, my good man.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

RIP

 

[Mikeaveli]

 

[kihei]

No doubt that he had a remarkable gift as a songwriter. I've always thought God Only Knows is as close as it is possible to constructing the perfect song. For a long time it seemed he had a very strange and shattered life, yet he seemed to leave a lot of his problems behind as he got older, certainly a blessing and good to see.

 

[Hasbro]

My first concert was The Beach Boys with my parents many many years ago. RIP

Same.

They played after a Denver Bears minor league game at Mile High.

 

[Mikeaveli]

I think this is my favourite recording of Brian's. Incredible heart wrenching chords and melody, a gorgeous Wrecking Crew backing track, and one of Brian's best lead vocals. Blows my mind that a 23 year old created this.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

The genious of his songs are in the world's memory forever. His life and his brothers lives are a long storybook. One movie wouldn't be enough. In popgoessixties with that guy a forgot his name, he tells everything about any band, he said beachboys in the mid seventies were so addicts to drugs that they had to carry an amount of drugs for their use and other band were affraid of having a gig or play studio with them because they became litterally pushers. And they didn't want to take that much dope.

Charlie Manson stole his bro Dennis house who was affaid to get killed by Manson, what a story. Manson and his band of followers/stoned freaks were squatting his beautiful house on the beach a nice spot. Dennis had to live in another house. Sometimes Brian went outside, he forgot to dress for outside and went with a pyjama, stoned and drunk. He played pianobar, drunk, in a pyjama in a gay club in Mexico. Someone brings him back in calif\usa, he wakes up the next morning and forgot almost everything.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Two of my favorite : Cool Cool Water and Sail On Sailer. Cool water is a very underrated song, it's master in vocals, they make you to feel he water, the moves of the tide.

Sail On Sailor is a soul song like it was from Stevie Wonder or Ray Charles. A sailor song in the keys and moods of the soul, r&b. Ray Charles played it live, on youtube, very good. The singer is Blondie Chaplin, a black from South Africa who was a member of the beachboys for a year or two.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Not a huge Beach Boys or BNL fan, but ironically my favorite Brian Wilson song is actually a Barenaked Ladies song ABOUT Brian Wilson.

Can't deny how epic the Beach Boys were during their time, and Brian Wilson was an excellent artist and performer. Kind of bummed I never got to see them perform live.

 

[BostonBob]

CBS re-airing Beach Boys special this Sunday night.

from thefutoncritic.com:

To honor the life of Brian Wilson, the late visionary leader of the Beach Boys, A GRAMMY SALUTE TO THE BEACH BOYS encore will air on CBS Sunday, June 15 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). The special originally aired Sunday, April 9, 2023 on CBS.

The special will replace previously scheduled repeats of TRACKER (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) and WATSON (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).

Below is the updated CBS Sunday night schedule:

Sunday, June 15
7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT - 60 MINUTES (repeat)
8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT - 60 MINUTES (repeat)
9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT - A GRAMMY SALUTE TO THE BEACH BOYS

 

[Mikeaveli]

If anyone's interested in Brian's work as a producer, a few weeks ago a fan compiled 50 mono backing tracks produced by Brian from 1962-1969. It's available as a download in the description of this video. Highly recommend giving it a listen, it's great stuff. I also have a lot of fun overdubbing my own vocals onto them.

 

[phrenssoa]

RIP to a legend and true musical genius.

I could never quite get into The Beach Boys for some reason, but I love this one: