Brian Wilson & David Leaf - Charlie Rose (June 2005)

discussing SMiLE and Beautiful Dreamer documentary

[@nieklucassen4748]

This is a great example of someone who can get the right answers from Brian. Usually his answers are very shallow, short or not an answer to the question at all and I don't know if he doesn't want to answer them, or that he doesn't understand the meaning behind a question. For example when Rose asks Brian if he would do change something, to me (and I think to most) he means something different about his life. But Brian talks about the chorus to Sloop John B. When Rose rephrases the question you suddenly see Brian reaction and you get a sincere answer. I haven't seen that happen often in an interview with him. Good stuff!

[@jasonmorgan9239]

This was one of the best interviews of Brian.

[@ArmanBaig]

he’s much livelier and present that other interviews around this time

[@perrybarton]

@@ArmanBaig...and very focused and sharp.

[@surfcollector]

Brian is in great shape mentally here. Riding high from the success of Smile.

[@Alligator6002]

If Smile had come out as intended at the time it was supposed to, the historical landscape would look very different today

[@bobareebop]

The audacity of Brian's decision to not just piece together what he had already recorded of SMILE,, or to just complete the missing parts and piece THAT together, but rather to go in the studio with his awesome band and re-record the entire thing from scratch, note for note. This took great courage and a lot of hard work.

[@SeahorsesJay]

Most of the tracks are timed meticulously. You can run a 2004 version against a 67 version and they remain synchronized! Crazy attention to detail. It's just a shame they abandoned the whole comedy skit concept for the rerecording

[@ms8596]

"The world was finally ready". Agreed. Think about him creating and putting Smile together through most of '66 into '67. No one was near, as advanced, what he was doing, other than Frank Zappa. In the context of the times, he's right that average listeners weren't ready. Musicians were, which is why so many started realizing him to be a genius as early as '64.

[@DJMDHertzel]

Thank you for posting this. Brian is an international treasure

[@danielupsdell2697]

brian you are a sweetheart

[@PedroMiguel-if3ll]

The Ear of God

[@AntonioBarsanio]

We need people like Charlie Rose today, professional and intelligent interviewers because the majority today are spoiled with political correctness, wokeness and all that crap.