Brian Wilson - Songwriter 1962-1969 | Amplified

[@PeterTrauth-xf9wf]

Went to lunch with Brian 35 years ago, it was a great experience and when they did a show here they invited me up. I was kind of shocked...

[@brianfreeman8290]

We Brits never stopped loving them all, probably why Brian chose to launch Smile here in London. That was a night I will NEVER forget !

[@DomPatek]

With everything that happened in his life, it's a miracle Brian is still with us. Truly a living legend and an absolute musical genius.

[@waynesilverman3048]

The only so called acid casualty he even said he's voices started from lsd

[@lowden7268]

Yep, A bit ironic that he is the only Brother with us today.

[@bunnyleaningonasquishedbun5542]

his back must've hurt for carrying the beach boys for so long

[@shecklesmack9563]

@@lowden7268 yeah out of the three I doubt anyone would’ve guessed as the oldest and most dysfunctional that he would outlive the youngest brother by 25+ years

[@brubeck1]

@@waynesilverman3048 the only ..there's tonnes of em.

[@dantefloressq]

Love how Carol Kaye always has her bass with her when being interviewed. What a lovely person. I hope she lasts long.

[@tomhyland4077]

Carol Kaye was one of the greatest bass players in pop/rock history.

[@lukewarren7857]

@@tomhyland4077 yes, Indeed a unique woman

[@jesusarmenta7730]

Shit up

[@brianmorris8045]

@@tomhyland4077 Not only that, she was one of the nicest looking bassists too.

[@tomhyland4077]

@@brianmorris8045 No doubt :-)

[@bobdudy7177]

Spent the Fourth of July with Brian in the late 70's in Mission Beach. He was a most humble Soul.

[@1SALADLOVER]

I lived on San Luis Rey (& Ocean Front Walk) then. NICE!

[@bobdudy7177]

My brother lived on San Fernando Ct. His 2nd floor apartment had a balcony that overlooked the Bay and the Ocean and Amusement Park and parking lot- then it was closed down. Cheers!​@@1SALADLOVER

[@hollywoodjoe123]

@@1SALADLOVER Hello from Hollywood Joe -

[@DeluxeStudioVisual]

The fact that he went through such mental breakdown, drug addiction and severe depression almost 60 YEARS AGO and that he’s always with us, healed and enjoying performing always blows my mind. Massive admiration for Brian

[@melanieknight6352]

I totally agree and well said!

[@susiearviso3032]

People do this to themselves.

[@hasselett]

Brian is the most unpretentious and easy-going fella in the music industry. It's admirable that a guy with such a complex mind is also a guy with both feet firmly on the ground.

[@MrDaiseymay]

REALLY ? once upon a time--yes.

[@1956tojo]

Well put..... Too bad the same cannot be said of the back stabbing leach mike love.

[@garysnow1475]

Uh, both feet firmly planted on the ground?he was a space Case for two decades! The man was badly hurt. The guy you describing is Carl Wilson.

[@bubblegum1948]

@@garysnow1475 ---- LoL. Yup, you're definitely right about that.

[@magmasunburst9331]

Looks like the naysayers to this great comment are outvoted. If you listen to Brian's interviews you can see that he's completely sincere and there's no artifice. He seems seriously at the same level of status as the people he's talkin to.

[@ltraina3353]

It’s so sad that mental health was still so stigmatized back then. When he finally did get help, it was from Eugene Landy, who definitely saved him, but probably did more harm than good in the end. When I’ve seen more recent interviews with Brian, he seems like such a genuinely sweet soul. It makes me sad he went through so much, but also happy he came through it. Fun fact: 30 years ago when I was in high school, I was at a water park and The Beach Boys played, I was one of a few people milling around the stage an hour or so before show time, a dude came on stage to do a sound check, another guy came and went, then the guy looked over at me, smiled and walked over and said “here ya go”, and handed me a guitar pick. I assumed it was a sound guy, but later I realized it was actually Brian. I didn’t know his story and how special it was that I got to see him live. It was a really fun concert and I wish I knew where that pick went!

[@thepinkpollyanna766]

What a great memory but, your absolutely wrong about Eugene’s handling of Brian!!! Eugene misdiagnosed Brian, he stole money, gaslighted Brian, controlled all his money, feeding him an unimaginable amount of drugs… Eugene verbally & physically abused Brian & even went as far as, he drew up a last well & had Brian sign it, with Eugene the only beneficiary of Brian’s will until Malinda, who’s Brian’s wife, contacted Carl Wilson & took Eugene to court, barred Eugene from having any kind of contact with Brian & then Brian was correctly diagnosed by the doctors at UCLA & treatment turned his life around!!! Eugene Landy was a controlling evil prick & kept Brian away from his entire family, including his daughter’s & even tried to keep Melinda away… 💁‍♀️

[@meself349]

Brian talks about the damage he feels the LSD and pot did to him and perhaps they did, but I think the psychiatric drugs likely did even more. He could be one of those geniuses who have Asperger's who just happened to suffer from anxiety and depression as many of those people do, and was misdiagnosed with all sorts of b******* like "paranoid schizophrenia" and then put on all those Pig Pharma psych drugs. And people with Asperger's can be very sensitive to substances in general. Additionally those psych drugs can actually CAUSE paranoia and MANY other behavioral issues because of the neurological damage they cause. I know this all too well myself. Never again. These drugs can steal your life from you. He could also have possibly suffered from PTSD and its accompanying anxiety and depression because of the childhood abuse from his father. Many people who end up in psychiatrist offices come from abusive backgrounds and instead of being treated with understanding and compassion and given a chance to talk about and heal their psychic wounds, they are just put on a lot of drugs because the psychiatrist can actually make more money due to the way health insurance payments are set up. I've researched all of this. In Brian's case he was also being manipulated by a predatory individual in this Dr. Landry who just wanted to take advantage of Brian's vulnerability and financial and other resources for his own personal aggrandizement. In general, however, people are often told they need to take these psych drugs "every day for the rest of their lives", whereas you might only take a recreational drug sporadically or maybe even just once or twice so the cumulative damage might be much less and your brain and body would have a better chance of recovering from it. .But it's a fact that often irreversible damage can be done by the ignorance ..and greed... of psychiatrists and their Pig Pharma neurotoxins. . They are criminals with prescription pads who are never made to pay for their crimes. They have taken other musical geniuses away from us completely as well through death, such as the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, who died before his time of a stroke and 9ther complications because his body just couldn't sustain the damage from the deadly "cocktail" of psychiatric drugs they had him on. Others have committed suicide, which is also a known side effect of many of these drugs. . That's what happened to Chris Cornell of Soundgarden for example. And when that happens the psychiatrist who prescribed the drug(s) will just say the person was determined to kill themselves anyway and there was nothing they could do. They will never admit the hand that they had in that person's death with the neurotoxins they prescribed.💰💀

[@thornyback]

This is a controversial view but I know over a dozen guys with mental problems that simply need a life-boss. Yes they're mentally fragile and should be on drugs to function but their main problem in life is that there is no (forced) wife or parent or farm-boss that kicks them out of bed and into the fields as used to happen in the olden days. In the old times people like this were taken into 'care' of a 'life boss' in a convent, on a farm or in the army, nowadays they just get to become hateful neckbeards in their childhood bedrooms until their mom dies and then they're s out of luck.

[@dennis905]

I have same diagnosis saying we are pretty same, I got help after nearly 7 years when I was 22. Really, really tough shit

[@jmad627]

@@thepinkpollyanna766 yeah I read this about Landy. He was, is, what you say.

[@terenceboris851]

they stopped having radio hits but they were always musically interesting, well produced and sophisticated. The records are all interesting and sonically majestic.

[@davidbowman4259]

Just listened to the sublime song "Surf's Up" again after several years. Brilliant.

[@davccouceiro]

the one with his daughters beautuful, better than the beach boys

[@andylove9961]

A truly magnificent documentary on Brian Wilson and a must see for all music fans!

[@pumagutten]

Today I will have a lovely drink and celebrate 80 years of the musical genius that is our beloved Brian Wilson!

[@Oldman808]

Happy 80th birthday Brian Wilson! Thank you for brightening the lives of millions!

[@ronaldknisley9792]

Absolutely

[@lindagram1493]

It was a happy sound running thru the back ground of my life.

[@stoplookingformyname3721]

rest in peace Brian thanks for the great memories

[@PegasusWings23]

@@stoplookingformyname3721 Stop Sh*t posting. BW just turned 81 and is still alive.

[@r3missch1p22]

​@stoplookingformyname3721 he is still alive lol

[@brianmorris8045]

When you look at how bad Brian's health went, you sort of wonder how he is still alive...fortunately he still is and performing again.

[@quickman1047]

I was struck by the slowness in his speech on the most recent video I saw of him. It’s a shame seeing all our musical heroes getting so old

[@tundrawomansays694]

@@quickman1047 Or over-medicated.

[@Deludedcrackhead]

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[@AT-yg4nk]

The Beach Boys are one of the only few bands where the vocals are much much more than just the melody and lyrics. The vocals in some cases MAKE the song. The harmonies are soooooo well done, the vocals become an instrument in themselves. The first verse in “Good Vibrations” is pure vocal gold. That soothing, reverb tone they produce is probably the greatest vocal sound in rock history.

[@mivd7]

It's the magic of close harmony, five voices singing together at once making one chord, which makes the vocals sound like a unified orchestral force which gives this great feeling of togetherness.

[@battambangscooterandmotorc460]

Exactly

[@dj71162]

@@mivd7 I think the fact they were a family was a big advantage as well - 3 brothers born 2 years each apart and a cousin. You can't create that type of harmony with friends. It's the same with the Bee Gees. It's a family sound and there's just something special about it.

[@GaryArmstrongmacgh]

BEACH BOYS=GORGEOUS ENSEMBLE! SHORT ANSWER!

[@Versul1]

@@mivd7 You can tell Brian was a big fan of the Four Freshmen.

[@jimmyjameson8705]

a true musical genius and pioneer on the level of mozart, bach etc....and a very tortured soul....they go hand n hand don't they....what would life be llike without him....Thank you , Brian.

[@markfrost2707]

uh huh

[@johnbland3642]

god only knows!

[@jwillied1326]

No, they don't. Cleary not since his mental illness made finishing SMiLE too much for him. I hate that sentiment, pain shouldn't be romanticized like that, it's wrong

[@GlassSuperstar]

Heroes & Villains. Man the melodies that come from a human is a Gift. Beach Boys fan since i was 5. Still got those good vibrations. Always will.

[@Morgans_Mom]

From the time my daughter was born until now, I've sang her, "God Only Knows". The Pet Sounds album shows the true genius of Brian Wilson, no matter what his health and mental health was.

[@dsoule4902]

Sweet.

[@stoplookingformyname3721]

rest in peace Brian thanks for the great memories

[@Morgans_Mom]

@@stoplookingformyname3721 He's not dead

[@stoplookingformyname3721]

@@Morgans_Mom whatever you say baby

[@lorifalconer411]

The box set is best.

[@kellie5476]

I listen to 'God Only Knows' on an almost daily basis. Genius song.

[@SnoW-wc2rw]

Me fucking too

[@irenearanda379]

Same, it has a therapheutic effect on me😂🥰

[@twoblacklabs904]

My go-to Brian song is “The Warmth Of The Sun.” There was a long-lost Brian Wilson KZbin video clip of the “Party at the Palace” (2002, Buckingham Palace in London England, celebrating the Queen’s Golden Jubilee), an incredible concert with orchestral backing, Eric Clapton on lead guitar and backing vocals, a slightly slowed down version of that song played in arena format & beautiful warm stage lighting…brilliant audio, the crowd was as quiet as church mice…I’m sure jaws were dropping in amazement of that soul-soothing splendor, Brian at his best vocals I’ve heard in years! I wish I could find it again, but it’s possibly been removed for copyright reasons. It was truly an incredible moment in time…

[@terryrollins1973]

Me too

[@doctorpatient519]

it's been quoted many times that McCartney lamented: "Damn- I wish I wrote that!"

[@stevesyverson8625]

Ok my original comment was done in the first few minutes of this documentary. I now have more to add. I can’t believe that I am so enthralled to post more. Seeing and hearing Ed King on the Strat who was a groundbreaker in the bands creative future. Increíble! I can identify with struggles in Foley, Alabama in the early and mid 1970s under George Wallace. I worked as a roofer for $2.00 an hour. Before that I bucked hay at an old plantation and I was embarrassed by Mr. Portolo who always gave me the ladle of water before all his black workers that lived in the same shacks that their anscestors did (sp again), it sucks gettin old. Anyway I worked for Thompson Roofing in Foley (The home of Kenny Stabler). We had the greatest crew and Owner Pop Thompson. We laughed all the time. We were 50 fifty between black and white and we were as one. We would head to the State Store after work and pum our coins together. We passed the bottle of Bama Peach among us and created an everlasting bond. Why can’t things be so simple now as it was in the early seventies? I cherish those memories going into the poor side of town and giving our close friend Frank fish and recent road kill. Amazing time. I learned that even though the Civil Rights Act was enacted in 1964, it did not apply in Baldwin County Alabama. It was heart breaking to see my brothers have to walk to the back door of the restaurant and eat with the black kitchen folk. I received condemnation from the people and the police for hanging with the “wrong color”. I was arrested for having a mutilated drivers license and if you worked in the summer in Alabama in that humidity you were soaked with sweat. My drivers license was not laminated and it was in worse shape than my paper money in my wallet. I was always embarrassed to give my sweat drenched currency to a checker at any store. Dang, I am off topic again! That is what happens when you have a story to tell. Hopefully I added something that others don’t know about the South. Skynyrd was The band from the South, definitely!

[@RonaldChappell-lp7xx]

Hey Man , I too am a Alabamian . Blount County. Not very many Black folks in Blount County at any time . I was 12 years old before I ever met a black person let alone talk to a black person . I met these two guy's in the watermelon field picking an loading . These two Men that I worked with for two days changed my whole perception of black people . I was raised in a racist County every thing that I was told was bad . That was a lie . I set and eat with these two guy's and I also drink water from the same jug as they did. The White men that hired them did not give them any of their water and the Two guy's were day labors and did not have a chance to to bring their own water so I went to the house witch was just a cross the rode , and made us a big gallon jug of ice water straight from the well . They were very nice and worked their ass off and mine too. They treated just like I was their friends that they had known all their lives. Those to days working with them helped me in my life because I am not a racist . I don't like it that people come to the United States Illgally but they are here and I have worked with Illgals an live right beside them. I have met people of all races and it 64 I know that their is a ass hole in every race . I thank of those two Men and the life changing experience that they brought to me in two days . I have been a meth addict for most of the last 47 years .

[@lisabennett4424]

I had never heard "Break Away" until this documentary. I love it!! I have been listening to it over and over, and I can't understand why it wasn't bigger!!

[@lorifalconer411]

It's a great! Played it on repeat after I first heard it, along with "Hawaii." I loved the 70's songs too, such a treat to get new BB music after what seemed like so long. I really liked the LA Light Album too.

[@dantefloressq]

This was excellent. The interviewees didn't sugarcoat anything while still remaining respectful and loving towards Brian and his creative output. But without losing their honesty. Very glad i watched this. The reagan thing was truly pathetic.

[@ulrichw.6374]

Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney the true 2 geniuses of the 60s & 70s

[@bartonknight2677]

Which Paul McCartney?

[@Noah1997callahan]

McCartney & Wilson forever!!!!

[@shannonlandre4442]

John lennon too.

[@reedsutter8485]

Pretty sure there weren’t just 2, but pretty hard to argue with the credentials of Wilson or McCartney

[@shannonlandre4442]

There are many creative people like lennon mccartney and wilson in this world that are just unknown. Some get breaks most don't. The beatles had other key members to their success. If they never met a George Martin things would have been totally different. He was able to bring a sophistication to their ideas that catapulted the quality of their songs. Brian wilson didn't have that level of expertise helping him and he didn't have a creative equal as a collaborator. I know these things because I'm a musician that lives in a low population area and I've never found a collaborator in 30 years. Their just not many creative people here and I know and have heard a lot of musicians here. They're out there but not here unfortunately.

[@jhardy0786]

God only knows is one of the greatest songs ever written and ahead of its time

[@arrempop3]

I'm happy to better understand the ways in which Brother Wilson's supremely gifted talent made its way into post-SMiLE Beach Boys work. I've always been too scared to look for myself without guidance, admittedly! Thanks for this!

[@JJSkywalker2407]

Idc what anyone says about Brian Wilson but he is a true genius and a legend

[@romancareca9630]

Thanks a lot for wonderful story about Brian Wilson , which always will be authentic genius

[@tomjones5650]

Amazingly Brian was off the road from 65 to75. And still was on the stage for 40plus yrs.

[@Slinkygal]

I am so happy to find this. One can never get enough of Brian Wilson's genius work & life stories. Thanks much💜💙💚💛❤🧡

[@alberthenley2988]

Truth be told, Brian Wilson was one of the forefathers of Prog rock. He pushed the envelope as far as artistic growth and exploration. The other dudes didn't understand growth.

[@sr2291]

They were geniuses.

[@Versul1]

Hmm can you give an example of a song that fit prog rock?

[@guilhermebahia6050]

@@Versul1 Good Vibrations

[@Versul1]

@@guilhermebahia6050 well I guess. Not really typically progrock by my personal view almost progpop if there is such a thing. Either way it is genius.

[@S3aChange]

Four hour Beach Boys documentary? Yes please.

[@f1s2hg3]

Brian Wilson made a sound like no other guy and fame was not denied!

[@mercury8180]

Brian,Dennis,Carl,Mike,Alan are amongst the most gifted people to have graced our Earth and along with Bruce and David are and have been way under estimated. The best voices ever that no one has managed to copy because that is an impossible task. Other bands have been easily copied but not these guys. For me the best band ever. Love from Scotland.

[@irinacalcea4594]

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[@dianagorden9171]

Brian did such a great job with writing the music, and his last concert I went to see was PET SOUNDS . He did such a wonderful job preforming. I will always be a fan thanks to my mother going to high school with them and playing his music for us as we were growing up, he is a very good music artist. I still play his dvd today. Fantastic thank you to you Brian. Love ❤️ all your music, and being able to dance to. Always a fan

[@francismcmenamin982]

Brian lived his music which is why it remains authentic sounding to this day! Forget about all these pop music journos pontificating about Brian's mental state at the time and what have you. What does the music press know about psychological illness? They barely know about music never mind anything else!

[@ChristopherIGomes]

Don’t Worry is my song - so melancholy and somber - he truly is a genius …

[@stoplookingformyname3721]

rest in peace Brian thanks for the great memories

[@ChristopherIGomes]

@@stoplookingformyname3721he died no

[@Archie583]

@@stoplookingformyname3721 Don't RIP him until he dies, mate.

[@vicenteortegarubilar9418]

There isn't a day in wich I don't listen to a song by the Beach Boys, specially Brian's more personal works, I think this songs will make me company for the rest of my Life.

[@newforestpixie5297]

The intro to Good Vibrations & God Only Knows were probably the very first exciting sound I heard as a 2 yr old tot. My earliest memories are of the excitement I would feel as this song along with Happy Together ,Matthew & Son ,See Emily Play , Bringing on back the Good Times & lots more from that time began playing on my older sisters’ Dansette . ❤️

[@RoryRichardBrown]

Its a miracle Brian didnt die by overdose or suicide. Hes a truly strong man

[@hasselett]

He has frequently said "there's no such thing as quitting in life". He hasn't actually said that in direct response to suicidal thoughts, but I don't think he believes in suicide. People who are suicidal don't want to end their lives, they just want to end their pain. Brian found a way through.

[@laraoneal7284]

I agree. God bless him. His father caused him so much pain and lowered self esteem.

[@stoplookingformyname3721]

rest in peace Brian thanks for the great memories

[@patricias5122]

@@stoplookingformyname3721 ??? rest in peace???? Brian's not dead!

[@MrTechnodude4life]

Weird thing to say

[@tonyvaldes8352]

Brian W. was a passenger on my limo when they came to Miami,Fla.(1981).

[@sethzimmerman281]

Sounds like a really cool experience.

[@colinturner4158]

Brilliant genius sadly losing his two brothers must have been devastating

[@Marsha979]

I have always LOVED The Beach Boys, right along with Elvis. The two musicians/rock “entertainers” from that era, and extending to now, that stand out to me at the very top have been and always will be The Beachboys (Brian Wilson, esp) and Elvis. Love the Beatles and Stones, but the two I reverberate with the most are the most recognizable, individualistic and sing along with in memory, the most soul-touching are TBB and Elvis - most incredibly individual of the whole community of musicians. Thanks for this documentary…it’s overdue.

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@@Marsha979 Marsha you are a very Beautiful Lady

[@BoneCK15]

Hope this gets the millions of views it deserves.

[@cboisandlin9601]

Well they didn’t make it, they just uploaded a 2 part documentary as 1 video

[@BoneCK15]

@@cboisandlin9601 didn't say they made it

[@cboisandlin9601]

@@BoneCK15 well they certainly tried to trick us. It has their thumbnail and channel name. From that most people would assume that it’s some kind of KZbin video essay, not just reuploaded meterial.

[@MichaelEBrown-wo4zb]

This is the most detailed and extensive documentary on Brian Wilson's post Pet Sounds period. I saw this a few years ago on youTube chopped up in several videos. Very very well done.

[@clementreid907]

It's great that Brian persevered and finished Smile, which is a superb work. He may have had mental health challenges, but he was creatively way ahead of people around him, and he knew what he was doing, and they didn't. Romantic to have an unfinished Smile album? BS, Mr. critic. It took almost 40 years but Brian did it. It's a complex and fine musical work. Among other things, some of the most beautiful choral writing imaginable.

[@NelsonStJames]

It's sad that one of the main problems true artists have always had is being surrounded by those who aren't.

[@shannonlandre4442]

That's why the beatles worked so well. They had each other.

[@AB-yc7eg]

So true--well said. It is sad particularly with Brian Wilson.

[@tomburke1878]

This team of documentary-makers has done a fantastic job with limited resources of telling Brian's story. I only wish for a new documentary the covered the years after the early 90s, when Brian to some extent regained his health, wrote some fine songs, toured regularly, and most impressive of all, recorded a version of Smile. True this has been covered by others, but their accounts are hagiographies, never a discouraging word is said about Brian's post-recovery music, which in truth is mostly a shell of what came before (with some wonderful exceptions), or his continuing very difficult relationship with the other Beach Boys (though Al Jardine has apparently turned against Mike Love and found refuge with Brian's band). God bless Brian's post-90s handlers, including David Leaf, but they largely control the narrative about 21st-Century Brian, and the narrative they tell leaves out most of what is interesting about this period.

[@drifter402]

It's the same pattern really. Brian Wilson starts to get creative and make great music, a bunch of hacks that are surrounding him for some reason decide it's not 'commerical' and he ends up involved in some mediocre schlock. The same story since the 60s over and over and over again until the end. The lesson is that marketing people should never be listened to.

[@ono1dij]

Surprising, atonishing, brilliant... Brian Wilson, just a genious, he deserves a lot more what people gave him, we are really so lucky to live while he is here, I hope you know the love and respect that so many of us have for you, we love you, Brian, thank you so much for the incredible music you give us

[@Richard-yt9vi]

I love how much Bruce loves Brian

[@monkee5th]

Everyone compares Brian Wilson to other musical creators but if I could compare him to another creative genius/artist I would choose Vincent Van Gogh as a better comparison. Brian Wilson was the Van Gogh of music.

[@barbaraheed3509]

Very well put ,and sooo true.

[@mattkaustickomments]

He even had a bad ear!

[@steveconn]

Glad I saw him when he toured on the 50th ann. BB tour. One of the authentic 60's geniuses.

[@Erix7810]

I was at the Detroit show. One of the highlight experiences of my life!

[@pentagramparsons]

Fantastic documentary on one of the greatest american songwriters ever. Also a case of being one of the most misunderstood, sadly an all too common occurance regarding artists being ahead of their time.

[@We_All_Seek_Truth]

Not just songwriting but arranging and producing as well.

[@CutiePie-hh3gg]

I first heard the Beach Boys in 88 with Kokomo but it wasnt till 91 when I bought their excellent compilation Summer Dreams that I totally fell in love with them it was like listening to the Beatles for the first time..just magical😀

[@jchow5966]

He is a musical genius.

[@RayBecker]

Would it be a stretch to say that Brian Wilson is Idiot-Savant? It's amazing to try and comprehend what is in his mind. People like Pete Townshend and Paul McCartney are very similar. They hear the entire melody in their heads. They can even separate the various parts and identify all of the instruments before it even gets down on to tape. That is just incredible! It's a gift for sure. We know that the Beatles were very aware of Brian and of course, he of them. That Wrecking Crew; sadly we've lost Glen Campbell. I'm a musician and I can easily cite Carol Kaye as one of my influences. She broke the exclusive men's club in the studio and just owned it. Brian's music will live on forever. As I sit back and look at the music industry today, I can safely say that there will never again be a creative output as we've seen and heard in the 1960's and 1970's. I was there, being born in 1963 and it was INCREDIBLE. The magic of finding yourself in the 1970's and using imagination to create games outside. They only "toy" we had was the transistor radio. When you listen to those amazing vocal harmonies of The Beach Boys, that's what was inside of Brian's mind. Thank God we still have him.

[@spactick]

when you talk about the 'creative output' of popular music in the 1960's? it truly was AMAZING! Motown, R&B, Soul, Surf Rock, The British Invasion, Bossa Nova, Folk, Country& Western all came out and flourished in the 60's and that's not even mentioning the amazingly productive output of Jazz groups Miles Davis (Tony Williams, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Miles etc;) and Jazz Messengers (Lee Morgan, Art Blakey, McCoy Tyner etc;) It's hard to imagine that that will ever be duplicated again.I was lucky enough to have experienced it first hand. It was special

[@colinturner4158]

Absolutely spot on such lacking into today’s music I cringe for the young.

[@mauriceortiz8817]

Mesmerizing. The good, the bad and the ugly. I most appropriate the honesty in acknowledging the joke they willingly chose to become.

[@tonyguadagno6917]

So Great, What a in depth sophisticated look into the music of Brian Wilson!

[@laniansher]

Brilliant musical genius so far ahead of this time with a pure heart of gold making unprecedented music so many people in the "music industry" did not know what to do with, (aka did not know how to "sell" or make a profit off of, at the time). So much of what Brian seemed to struggle with and "present with" (and/or "symptoms of") smacks of undiagnosed ASD (Autistic Spectrum) not recognized nor understood, in his era especially. If so, would explain a lot about both his level of musical genius / ear for music on an other worldly level, super sensitivity / heightened sensory dynamics (*piano in the sandbox makes a lot of sense from this lens), depression (*from being judged, socially rejected, criticized and his art being grossly misunderstood), the profoundly de-stabilizing impact of people dying, (*father, and brothers), and people leaving his life, (*divorce, death of his wife), plus challenges with being under SO MUCH PRESSURE in social situations / on stage / with people he didn't know and people coming at him, demanding things from him all the time, from all sides! Talk about overwhelming! Wow! Impressive, his ability to stay creative and navigate through all of that for all these years! So much gratitude to him and his ability to stay true to his heart and give the world the gift of his music no matter all that was bearing down on him. Truly an exceptional human being. Sorry finding peace has been a lifelong struggle for him, recently being diagnosed with dementia, with a motion for conservatorship in the works making that all the harder. Sending peace to his heart with deep appreciation for a life of great generosity to us all!

[@doctorpatient519]

this excellent feature on Wilson aside, at 3:11 there's a *remarkable* picture of Jagger, Lennon and McCartney just hangin' in the studio ... I'm always amazed at how much they got together in and out of artistic endeavors

[@jimmerzz47]

The story of Brian Wilson and the beach Boys is worthy of an opera written by Verdi. I believe someday in the future someone will write one with the grand scope of the beautiful heights and the tragic lows that the story compels. And of course, there's the divine music.

[@FreshHatToday]

For real.

[@THECLARENCES]

“The Beach Boys Love You” is an underrated masterpiece!!! xoxo The Clarences

[@bajovato]

‘God Only Knows’ is one of the most perfect songs ever written. Brian was is and always will be one of the greatest genius composers who’s ever lived.

[@28mark]

The Beach Boys...the soundtrack of my youth.

[@steveskouson9620]

Someone told me, "if you don't grow up, by the time you turn 50, you don't have to! 14 years and counting. I have been a fan of this guy's music, since I was 8. 1966. I would have said, I "love" his music, but I'm not a fan of Hateful Mikey! On the other hand, Mikey has almost the best Beach Boys tribute band. And, STOLE the name from the guy who kept him out of the sheet metal shop. Mikey's band? Yep, The Beach Boys. Papa Doo Run Run does a better job! steve

[@chuckselvage3157]

He wrote some corker pop songs good to see he's still active and made it through the seventies and his problems.

[@twoblacklabs904]

Ahhh, yes. But he is the last surviving Wilson, and I fear - with his advanced age, we won’t be seeing him much longer. But so good to see him getting the accolades from the entire industry that he’s always deserved. We’ll certainly mourn his passing, so we must celebrate him while we can!

[@moodyrick8503]

*"Beach Boys Forever":* The music the Beach Boys put out after Pet Sounds and right up through Holland was/is great stuff, and was/is _highly underrated._ The public was disappointed, because they did not get the music they expected, and their clean cut image, hurt them in the late 60's. _Such a shame._

[@sheatiller2465]

Those recordings of Old Man River are really a favorite of mine.

[@DillonTrinhProductions]

This is from a documentary title "Brian Wilson Songwriter: 1962-1982".

[@brianfreeman8290]

I've watched so many of these documentaries about Brian and the Beach Boys, but one track, that I highly rate, never gets mentioned. 'Here Today'. It's so clever.

[@ronaldknisley9792]

My older cousin Bill Stevens introduced me to The Beach Boys I am so glad he did I absolutely love all of their music

[@We_All_Seek_Truth]

Periodz four sail i have periodz four sail

[@waynegodfrey6119]

Thank you for everything brian, music and life is great because of you.❤❤

[@angelajones4193]

I love the Fairy Tale! Played this more than anything else on Holland.

[@MichaelHattem]

My take on the notion that including Sloop John B is a flaw in Pet Sounds. First, it fits perfectly into the record sonically and vocally. Even lyrically, it's a song about a sailor who feels displaced and disconnected and wants to go back to his roots. In that sense, it even fits the album thematically given the narrator in the other songs is seeking some stability in this disconnected stage of life between adolescence and adulthood. That it's a cover does make it unusual but it's also the 7th out of 13 tracks and in that sense almost serves as a kind of intermission or a break from the incessantly inward perspective of the record's lyrics. It's connected in theme and therefore serves as a sort of reminder that despite the deeply personal nature of the record's lyrics, the narrator's plight is universal across space and time.

[@IzzyWizzy1982]

I heard someone once have a great interpretation of the song and it’s placing on the album. Whilst the album is so personal, Sloop John B really takes a sudden jolt out of the theme of the album, but someone said they thought of it as a daydream on the album and how the songs theme fit into the album, despite the surface story of the ship and all that not, when I think of it like that, it really is a great way to approach the song and it’s place on the album

[@mitchellkaye9619]

well put

[@davccouceiro]

well a song with that quality, sloop john B can be in any album from any group from any era

[@aronjanzen]

When I saw this was four hours long, I initially thought, “what could they possibly talk about for four bloody hours”, and then I was proved wrong. Wish they could do something like this for Jeff Lynne and ELO. The ELO years seem to be something of a mystery. The Mr. Blue Sky Documentary seemed to mostly focus on post ELO.

[@locha2581]

Oh I’d absolutely watch that!

[@SdbiblestudyChurch]

The Brian Wilson Christmas Album is one of my favorites of all time.

[@ClichéGuevara-2814]

"...as long as we were getting wealthy, I don't think anyone was going to complain..." Mike Love - "Have you met me?..."

[@twoblacklabs904]

Mike Love’s been the real “mental case,” if you’d ask me!

[@paulj0557tonehead]

I love *The Beach Boys Love You* ! Brian's harmonic genius all over it. It's Brian's favorite album and Patty Smith wrote a great review back when it was released. That means something!

[@RonaldBrown59]

Great video, I love the Beach Boys.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Everybody did a reggae in 1975. This was a radio friendly song, the record company wanted to hear a hit on the record. Good song but Patti could read the phone book and I’d enjoy it. I have completely lost all objectivity about many artists. I just love it.

[@hanksmiththemusicman5006]

Listen, I remember Brian coming back and could only think... "this guy's not well..." It was like someone was pushing the guy out there because he was famous once but is burnt out and beyond repair... 😥

[@shannonlandre4442]

Thin line between genius and insanity.

[@Running1446]

For those who don't know Brian Wilson somehow pulls it together and makes one last grand song that rivals his late 60's production. Look up from 2012 the Beach Boys song "Summer's Gone" from the That's why God made radio album. It has it all: lyrics, harmonies (from all the remaining Beach Boys), lush instrumentals. It's his The Old Man and the Sea. Digging deep down and coming up with a final masterpiece to end the career.

[@leannmeixner8073]

Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney born within a week of each other in June 1942. both mainly bass players that wrote on the keyboard. Both often used the bass notes as the melody . Both main writers of very vocal bands. Too bad Brian didnt have a Lennon to back him up.

[@edwardtaylor8635]

Respectfully, l don't think he needed a "Lennon to back him up". He certainly didn't need a Geroge Martin.

[@waynesilverman3048]

Made the melody on the bass or sang and matched the bass notes same time as the voice singing notes?as most write melodies from the head while they strum the chords or played on the piano

[@waynesilverman3048]

As both could do this as I'm sure u know

[@Uetti]

They were actually born just two days apart of each other

[@sylvainpaquette6485]

@@edwardtaylor8635 Hahaha

[@magmasunburst9331]

I love that come back era with songs like Solar System.

[@ChromeDestiny]

I'm very surprised they didn't analyze The Night Was So Young and I'll Bet He's Nice since they're the closest we got to a 70's update of the Pet Sounds album sound.

[@seangrexa4707]

Keith Moon was an almost maniacal Beach Boys fan. Well, forget "almost", he saw them as angelic, delivered from Heaven above, which I never understood until I listened intensely myself, and even then, not until much later in life.

[@victormalyar9200]

Pete Townsend said he is happy Keith Moon died because he was difficult to work with.

[@seangrexa4707]

@@victormalyar9200 I never heard that and I doubt it very much. He absolutely loved Keith and was crushed by his passing.

[@brubeck1]

@@victormalyar9200 i doubt he worded it like that.

[@xlprop6687]

Thank you so much for uploading this. It has totally helped me with some music arrangement issues I was having as well as some other things on a conscious level. regardless of the style, Music Is Love. Thank you

[@stefano.b65stef77]

How good of a bass player was Brian Wilson? nobody seems to care about it when talking about him? he was a musical genius according to many but his playing the instrument is seldom mentioned

[@SantiagoSanchez-hb4js]

Carol Kaye said he had great feel/groove as a bass player. He wasn’t on the level of a session player but he was still great for a rock/pop group. Also bass was his second instrument. Piano was his first instrument which he was best at although his playing was somewhat simple and not anywhere near a virtuoso level.

[@stefano.b65stef77]

@@SantiagoSanchez-hb4js thanks for the information

[@MrRichardH1]

Is it a pure coincidence that Paul McCartney also plays piano and electric bass??

[@georgesmith1378]

It wasn't so much how well he could play as much as what he could do with a bass laden sound in his music, even Carol Kay says Brian created bass sounds that she didn't think were possible until she heard the sounds and notes created. So many wonderful sounds and notes created by Brian within his music is so anjelic.

[@Gabriel-ki7uj]

He stopped playing it properly in 65

[@romusromulus]

Still everything I watched leads me here. Thank you algorithm.

[@matthewrider6453]

The best version I've ever heard of 'Do It Again' is the version from the Don Was-produced documentary 'I Just Wasn't Made For These Times,' abt Brian, where Tom Petty famously compared Brian Wilson to Beethoven, for sure... and possibly(??) some other great composers who were Beethoven's contemporaries, where Brian sings it, his two daughters singing backup & harmonies, w/an all-black, jazzy sort of backup band. And it doesn't have all that overproduction of the time, either! Awesome version. Without Mike. Imagine that.🙄

[@SeamusMcGillicuddy0]

Mike… Mike, who ?

[@davidbowman4259]

@@SeamusMcGillicuddy0 Mike Love. Biggest jerk in the band.

[@SeamusMcGillicuddy0]

@@davidbowman4259 you’re just envious of Mike Love’s dazzling dance moves and wavy head of orange hair 🙄

[@SQTierHog]

Before watching this documentary, I went right to the comments to see if they felt this documentary would do justice, and from what I read... Subbed... Now let's get on with this and see if the commenters are correct and my sub justified.

[@divineman7709]

Whenever I see photos of Brian he seems soo.. peaceful

[@edwardmulholland7912]

The “Today” and “Summer days” albums are wonderful and jaw dropping - “Pet Sounds” was a natural progression, but that was when things started to get complicated.

[@NoNameNo.5]

GOD BLESS BRIAN WILSON.

[@laraoneal7284]

He writes such poignant and introspective lyrics. Makes me want to cry.

[@ChromeDestiny]

I disagree strongly with a lot of what is said during the Love You segment but overall I think this is one of the best Under Review productions.

[@karlmccreight8172]

The beach boys-especially Brian- are underesrimated by my musician colleagues. He's done great work and was one of the first composes to use augmented harmonies just like progrock composers. Thankyou Brian

[@matthedlund502]

The Beach Boys are vastly under-rated, mainly due to what they devolved into during the 80's.

[@hanleyk]

Yes. Augmented, suspended 3rds & 9ths, & add-6 chords.

[@tylerthompson1842]

Wild Honey is my favorite BB album by far.. Let The Wind Blow!

[@chickenhappy3607]

Their songs are magical

[@funlittlefish]

You might like band called The Doublejumps if you like Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys

[@happystarhappystar1477]

Brian Wilson's songs were just great. I'm sad he had such problems.

[@Blend42]

RE: Sloop John B - Bruce says it should have been on Summer Days (and summer nights) and it may be record company thing as to why it was on Pet Sounds but the first recording session for Sloop John B was on the 12th July 1965 which was a week after that album was released and the same day the California Girls single was released. It was not worked again till around Christmas of 65 after the Party! album and The Little Girl I Once Know were already completed and released.

[@joedora698]

They were a band that were dedicated to the " Sounds of Music" So thankful.

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

Mike Love has to be the most uncool lead singer in the history of lead singers

[@dj71162]

At least he was a lead singer.

[@agiftedlife-WOW]

I've just never seen anyone so consistently awkward onstage ever. And the goofy costumes didn't help one bit. Was his voice really good enough to keep him in the band?

[@michaelharrington75]

@@dj71162 Wasn't really even the "lead singerl. Lol. Carl was the best singer in the band. Brian, Carl, Al, Mike and Bruce all got tracks on albums as lead singer. Mike was probably the worst singer of the bunch, and was definitely the one responsible for thwarting Brian's songs, and pushing talent out of the group.

[@ttidforever7416]

@@agiftedlife-WOW Honestly, his voice was essential to the blend of The Beach Boys or Brian would've found someone else. Love provided depth, and I just don't think Brian would've let the music suffer no matter who it was, which to me is a testament to how good Mike Love is, lame or not.

[@captainhowdy6353]

Hee always struck me as unhappy. Oh well his nephew kept money in the family