Brian Wilson on Wired 1988 Channel 4

[@MedievalRichard]

"Genius is the ability to make something very complex seem very simple" - Brian Wilson, 1988

[@gigid9606]

yes!

[@FelixWheatfield]

Also Albert Einstein, funnily enough

[@Davotheledge]

@@FelixWheatfield Both geniuses in their own right.

[@goons2708]

Stupidity is the ability to make something very simple complex.

[@DenkyManner]

I worry about the source of the things he says in this period of his life as a lot of it seems a bit too neat and buzz-wordy, like Eugene Landy told him.

[@reservoirfrog1]

John Cusack did a really good job playing him at this stage in his life in Love and Mercy

[@MedievalRichard]

+reservoirfrog1 I agree.

[@michaelyaaqov8928]

+reservoirfrog1 Great job. He should have won the Oscar.

[@jesse_cole]

reservoirfrog1 Disagee... Cusack only plays weird versions of himself. He was playing "Brian Wilson as John Cusack." They should have gotten an actual actor who looked and sounded more like Brian.

[@jonprosise7162]

I was worried at first but with all the weight lose he looked like Wilson and obviously a wonderful actor

[@van44m]

John Cusack looked nothing at all like Brian. Terrible casting!

[@FelixWheatfield]

Brian Wilson's solo material is so much better than a lot of people give it credit for.

[@pottingsoil]

Idk, about that.

[@kelhard5632]

Some great moments in this interview, but the grip Landy had on Brian is crazy. "I mostly think of Gene". That's so sad. I'm glad that Brian was able to move beyond this. Love & mercy!

[@Tunz909]

Physically Brian never looked better than when under Landy's care!! Mentally he was sharp as well!....over the past years he's let himself get overweight again and seems very withdrawn...oh well my two cents

[@tennenyt5311]

@@Tunz909 Yes but landy had control over him and made him believe that he could only be better with him there which is incredibly fucked up

[@Tunz909]

@@tennenyt5311 Well, not all together accurate....photos /interviews/videos of Brian being coherent, slim, and talking in a reasonable way..all seem to occur while under Dr's care. The years when he is NOT under his care, his weight is out of control, (like now) and he speaks in a very paranoid manner. I know you don't want to hear this, but facts, are facts...and do a study of photos/interviews/..I have , and my comments reflect what I have studied. Good Luck thanks for your comments!...Bruce Towell

[@tennenyt5311]

@@Tunz909 I know an abusive situation when I see one, let's just say that

[@Tunz909]

@@tennenyt5311 Well let's just say I'll stand by my comments:-) Have great day, thanks!! Bruce Towell

[@sheryllarmer4702]

Brian seems like such a sincere and warm guy even through the slight haze of whatever he struggles with.. he's authentically Brian. There's no question about his talent and abilities.. nice interview. And how apt the closing remarks are.. Brian's humility and warm simplicity definitely belies genius.

[@juliemckeever5328]

Definitely

[@damon6852]

I can't quite get my head around this...Brian was in the worst spot in his entire life, yet his humerous spirit shined brightly through by making that hilarious skit with the Blues Brothers!!! Just amazing ;)

[@1401minstrel]

The California Catch a Wave Statute. Perfect!

[@DenkyManner]

The album he's promoting here is fantastic. If you don't know it, the 80s-ness of it might make you worry but don't let it, it's great. Love and Mercy has become one of his most identifiable songs, but Melt Away is my favourite. Rio Grande is like a real return to SMiLE-type era composition.

[@LucyHall1]

funnily enough I listened to it again today :-) what about Let it Shine

[@manco828]

Holy shit, Landy was so in Brian's head at this time.

[@jaggass]

Landy was like drugs.

[@enricosanchez894]

Michael Langley Landy was Brian's Yoko.

[@yourmother3207]

Enrico Sanchez Landy is to Brian as Yoko is to who? I'm not sure who you're talking about affecting. Lennon? The Beatles?

[@anthonylove8146]

Its called brain washing!

[@ericp22]

And to think, Dennis was next on Landy's list to treat.

[@amycastor2872]

He looks really handsome here.

[@imanshumpert2724]

Amy Castor and happy, which is great

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

Good interview. The interviewer pulls no punches around the Landy issue. It's complicated. I read Brian's biography years ago and it seemed like Landy had done him a lot of good. Got him fit, working again, helped him conquer his anxiety and agoraphobia...but the control that he exerted over Brian in the end was just as bad in it's own way. I don't know the whole story of how Brian got away from Landy. He seems to have found a semblance of peace and stability with his current wife. Brian's life was complicated from the beginning. His relationship with his nutcase father, the abuse he experienced growing up, the pressure of being the main songwriter and producer for The Beach Boys, his obvious fragility as a human being in general...he's had a long bumpy ride but oh boy the music that has come out of that man, and his brothers. Heaven sent.

[@yansa1966]

Not sure, but you may have read his 1991 biography, which has been discredited and disowned by Brian Wilson, who had little to nothing to do with the writing of the book. If it portrayed Landy in a positive light, that was likely because Landy was much more involved than Brian was in the making of that book.

[@Paul-dw2cl]

We can bash Landy, but ultimately he did help Brian Wilson; he might have been crazy and/or toxic, but he played a big role in getting Brian healthy

[@ReeseChown]

Brian was about to die before Landy, that's all I can say for certain. He was laying in bed practically comatose and chaining cigarettes

[@danielfisch389]

@@yansa1966 Brian later said that he had only read the first draft. Never seen the final version. It‘s Landy‘s book. Brian‘s real memoir is „I am Brian Wilson“.

[@izg93027]

7:58 the way he laughs is so cute and sad at the same time...

[@bbb462cid]

It's as if he is concentrating so hard it takes a second to realise the humor.

[@thelasskicker8987]

i love you Brian you are the greatest songwriter you are a genius

[@ogrebattle22763]

Rocking back & forth during the interview... From what I've read he's doing a lot better now...

[@DenkyManner]

Rocking is often a symptom of when a person with autism feels stressed. Self-stimulation to reduce stress.

[@coldacre]

@@DenkyManner its also a symptom of being drugged by your ex psycho manager / life coach. Landy drugged him up with "vitamins" to suit every narrative.

[@edwardfoley9062]

The ability to "come back" is evidence of Brian's self sufficiency and extraordinary strength and courage. Reminds me of Ted Kennedy and my own father. Self inflicted or not. I'm genius, and I'm back! Love you Brian.

[@stonecrestmovies]

I cried watching this

[@tunesmusic8929]

Landy may have saved his life but he also ruined it as well. What luck, you need help and the person who provides that help is a monster

[@Dr170]

My heart wasn't ready for that rampant onslaught of pure '80s at the beginning there.

[@chichili5ways]

this is so sad.

[@sallymorey9755]

He looks like Rain Man in parts of this....no disrespect, it is a symptom of genius.

[@lejoe48]

What a great video! I love Brian,,,his 1988 record is beautiful, really good

[@marissadower-morgan3313]

what a treasure , Brian plucked out of bed , by Dan Akroyd and John Bellushi !!!!!

[@sukhmanicambridge]

Such a gentle man. This video was made when he was a captive of Dr Landey. It seems like maybe the Dr primed him to blame the drugs - he kept repeating about his drug misuse. But in the King interview he says he took LSD 4 times. But he was being overdosed by Landerywho later lost his licence in the state of California.

[@szqsk8]

The Malibu Colony hardly has homes one would consider 'ramshackle'. It's probably one of the most exclusive areas along the beach in LA.

[@Linda-pw8gx]

Brian Wilson is a genius period.

[@michaelmattice4986]

Thanks so much for sharing this!...I know so much has been documented and said about Brian's relationship with Dr. Landy....Much of it negative...I'm not here to dispute any of that...But what I will say is that given Brian's condition - physical and otherwise - prior to working with Dr. Landy, it is not a stretch to say that Brian's life was probably saved by this association...So despite all the negative, Brian and his family and friends endured because of Dr. Landy, he is thankfully alive and well and performing the music he and we all love. I wish Brian and his family nothing but peace, joy and love:)

[@bbb462cid]

I may be considered a John Belushi fan and I never knew of that skit.

[@SenorZorrozzz]

Look at him rock. Back and forth. His mind is running fast. Everything is Dr Landy. That would have been a great album by Brian. The title: Everything is Dr Landy. Songs 1) Landy Loves Me 2) Landy Lives 3) Look, It’s Landy! 4) God Only Knows Landy 5) Surfing with Landy 6) I Love JESUS and Dr. Landy 7) Little Duce Landy 8) Dr Landy’s Good Vibrations 9) Give Me More Landy 10) Landy, Landy, Landy 11) More Landy 12) Don’t Worry Baby, Landy is Here! Next album, Pet Sounds From Dr Landy’s Pets.

[@danielhayes7967]

You forgot "Help Me Landy".

[@iamcasihart]

Don’t forget Heroes & Landy! Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on Landy’s Shoulder)! Do It Again, Landy! Love & Landy! Be My Landy! Forever Landy! ...and many more.

[@mysticsounds924]

Landy Safari Landy Sounds

[@MedievalRichard]

Thanks for posting this.

[@harrygeorgebray6386]

Poor Brian, not only brainwashed by Eugene Landy but drugged to hell by him

[@josebelindo1641]

0:24 alices restaurant is in Stockbridge MA so is the artist Norman Rockwell and the BSO at Tanglewood

[@blakemcnamara9105]

I realise now that the way he is now is from the Landy years more than the '60s.

[@dmer-zy3rb]

well and also the meds they gave him after Landy. i still wonder how he would have been completely without meds. maybe like he was in the 70s?

[@ianng5098]

I fell in love with him

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

"living up to genius isn't that hard" ...... so delusional. He could never possibly believe that. In 1988 Brian was still so caught up into the Landy evil.

[@daniellavaladez7820]

Yep. It’s beyond disturbing and heartbreaking. Fuck that Svengali quack!

[@russdicarlo]

Cops, courtesy of Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi...

[@joelalexander4513]

They were on a mission from gahd

[@rwamhoff71]

Thank you!! Reading all the comments I didn’t think anyone else actually realized who that was playing the cops!!!

[@Myra1959]

I agree.

[@markbailey1970]

You’re the best Bri

[@michaelfleming8490]

Hello ma’am. I’m Officer Belushi with the California State Drug Seizure Unit. I need to take some of your drugs with me downtown for some testing. I promise to return them when I’m done with my testing.

[@forestchild3511]

He made some great music-great person

[@manco828]

Too bad Eugene Landy screwed up Brian forever with the psychotropic drugs.

[@lordgarmadon2598]

For all the irreversible damage Landy did to Brian with all those drugs, he would almost certainly be dead now otherwise.

[@runnersdialzero1244]

I just hope Brian is happy these days. He deserves it.

[@rossriver75yukon27]

Brian: “ That’s 10 minutes, I think we’re about done”. Right on, Brian. Because the guy was probably going to start asking about the relationship between Disney and Gershwin”🤣

[@davidr4523]

The drugs truly damaged Brian Wilson's mind. Clearly Gene Landy brainwashed Brian. The album, except for maybe Love and Mercy, was complete failure. However you have give Landy credit for getting Brian off of drugs and keeping him healthy.

[@TheDeliasmith]

While we castigate Landy for the damage he did to Brian, we ought to give more credit to Darian Sahanaja of the Wondermints for helping Brian get his energy back and start touring again. He also did all the 'heavy lifting' as the BW band's musical director.

[@Paul-dw2cl]

who is the interviewer?! He did a fantastic job

[@exerciserelax8719]

I wish we could hear the audio from that footage of him in the studio working on his solo album! Although the production sounds a little dated now, I still think that might be his best work since the Beach Boys other than his Smile recreation. It really felt like Brian was driving the bus on that 1988 album. The more recent ones, it's harder to tell sometimes... he works with some great arrangers and musicians and I'm not completely sure how much is coming from them vs. him (I don't mean to be disrespectful-- I really like some of those albums and Brian obviously is a big part of them).

[@barbarajohnson9050]

This guy has kicked a lot of habits! I have respect for this musical genius So glad Landy creep was adious’ed

[@geoycs]

Poor guy. It’s similar to what happened to Howard Hughes.

[@easterislandstatues]

Maybe it's unfair of me to come to this conclusion, based entirely on watching this video, but watching Landy playing piano makes me think he had 0 experience at playing it before they recorded the album. His hands are ridiculously rigid, like how mine are when I attempt to play a few things (very poorly I might add)!

[@LUNAR.714]

that's actually not Landy. I believe it's Mark Linett

[@easterislandstatues]

Whoops!

[@anthonylove8146]

Before Landy was Brian's therapist, he was the "Therapist" to the stars and probably has always wanted to be a "Rock Star" himself.

[@neonfroot]

@@anthonylove8146 I think he became a therapist so he could be a rock star. It's easier to be a first rat therapist or guru than a rock star. Especially since rock stars are the biggest suckers for self help and motivationals.

[@seanscott7070]

​@@anthonylove8146Therapist...The-rapist. apropos.

[@chuckselvage3157]

That clip with Belushi and Aykroyd was great.

[@clockworkNate]

Ohhhhh laying in bed just like Brian Wilson did! Lmao that's why.

[@samhill9473]

That is not Arlo's Alice

[@jimjones6901]

Sometimes I wonder how people ever thought those introductions (shitty animations [good for the time maybe to be fair]) for the segment name like that were a good idea

[@racletteconsciente3949]

Fun fact: the surf board is orientated in the wrong way

[@thomasgary1219]

I hope Landy did not mow Brian, I saw another video that claimed Landy had been accused of rape, and didn't say whether his victim was male or female, to me some of these pictures of Brian, and Landy don't sit right with me.

[@neonfroot]

I wouldn't be surprised. I find that alot of authoritative chastisers tend to be the biggest degenerates.

[@jadenwaz9585]

In Brian’s latest book, he talks about how Landy played “games” with him where he would bring girls over and then feel his leg to see which one he liked. So you’re not far off.

[@bandofpranksters]

Landy wasn't Brian's "doctor"...he was his handler. Brian was a victim of the MK Ultra program.

[@jacksonzeuner]

malibooh

[@claymationwaves]

bad booze means coke which is obviously too painful for him to even say!

[@sunisapetchpoo]

douglas jardine Sounds like he said “bad foods.”

[@scottclute8413]

Searching for Simplicity!!!

[@julesgeo]

Yanni at 2:48

[@ronniebishop2496]

Brian was very lucky to still be alive. It’s strange he uses examples of a chicken twice in his explanation. He once said much later after this interview that music comes from God, and he nailed it then. Great music comes from God and perverted music comes from the devil.

[@andrewcross8244]

Rio grande is a really horrible song. Sorry. I love Brian Wilson but holy shit that whole album sucks but esp rio grande

[@LucyHall1]

totally disagree, LOVE Rio Grande!

[@yourmother3207]

Love and Mercy is an excellent song, especially the live versions without the 80s fluff

[@chriss8792]

I think it’s a very fantastic album

[@persona-wo8bi]

not a big fan either, but Love and Mercy is unquestionably great. Amazing

[@dmer-zy3rb]

Rio Grande is great! some people have no taste.