RIP Brian Wilson

[Wacka]

I'd rather have fast girls and young cars!

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1 hour ago, Wacka said:

I'd rather have fast girls and young cars!

Yeah, that would take some of the work out of both.

[boyst]

The Beach Boys had more talent and better music than the Beetles. Debate me - go ahead - you can't. 

 

The Beetles are the most overrated band in history and look a mile down to the second place band - Nirvana and Nirvana's step son Foo Fighters.

[US Egg]

6 hours ago, boyst said:

The Beach Boys had more talent and better music than the Beetles. Debate me - go ahead - you can't. 

 

The Beetles are the most overrated band in history and look a mile down to the second place band - Nirvana and Nirvana's step son Foo Fighters.

The Beetles rooled! Nervaina iz awwsome.  

[Logic]

Have been thinking about Brian today and reading about his life.

Many don't know, he suffered from lifelong auditory hallucinations. He was eventually diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and bipolar disorder. He suffered abuse at the hands of his father and later at the hands of his therapist, survived years of drug addiction and mental illness, and on-and-off estrangement from his former bandmates.

Through all of it, he remained a singular genius. One need only read what OTHER musical geniuses (McCartney, Lennon, Dylan, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Lou Reed, Roger Waters, Pete Townshend, Paul Simon, and on and on) have to say about him on his website to realize how truly brilliant he was.

Pet Sounds was not only ahead of ITS time, it's probably also ahead of OUR time. It is surely one of the greatest -- if not THE greatest -- pop albums ever recorded.

I'll always listen to songs like "In My Room" and "I Guess I just Wasn't Made for These Times" with great appreciation and wonderment and fondness in my heart for Brian. 

What an ear, what a mind, what a talent.