/ jeffstillwell This educational video essay compiles clips and interviews to demonstrate the depth to which Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys impacted the musical revolution of the 1960s.
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@joshuahoward68454 жыл бұрын
The competition between The Beach Boys and The Beatles needs to be seen as a great thing that brought out the best from both groups
@newking704 жыл бұрын
There was no competition. The Beatles>The Beach Boys
@g1ng3r_b1tch4 жыл бұрын
newking70 that’s just not true at all though. regardless of personal opinion the beatles (especially paul) have said time and time again there was a competition there and that the beach boys would inspire them to do new things. same goes for the beach boys about the beatles. and the two bands were often creating music responding to whatever the other band was releasing. pretty cool!
@user-hk7hz9cn7v4 жыл бұрын
newking70 You’re an idiot...
@newking704 жыл бұрын
@@g1ng3r_b1tch They were just a surf band. Brian Wilson is no genius.
@g1ng3r_b1tch4 жыл бұрын
newking70 well, from my perspective as well as the perspective of countless other musicians (including the beatles) we disagree. to each their own, you don’t have to like their music at all but it does seem a bit absurd to disregard wilsons talent because of that
@GabrielKerr4 жыл бұрын
When he says, "it really really hurt my feelings." 😭😭😭 What a kind tender heart. Love him.
@dianemorris58163 жыл бұрын
I agree
@sleepyburr3 жыл бұрын
I think that's actually pretty interesting to hear because I feel it goes to show that what stuck with him wasn't so much the physical violence itself but the emotional/mental trauma that came with it. Something that can probably be said about most people who grew up in a home like that.
@angelarorrer76363 жыл бұрын
Yes, I wondered if anyone else caught that. And, the person on this feed berating Brian for using drugs in the 60’s no less after being subjected to both the physical and emotional abuse by his awful father. That he still was able to turn out such beautiful music in the midst of such a chaotic period proves his genius if you ask me. I get really tired of arguing whether he did things “right”. His environment was awful. It was abusive. I’m glad he seems to have a life now and hopefully some peace.
@graceyjewels71482 жыл бұрын
That was awful what his Dad did to him.
@graceyjewels71482 жыл бұрын
@@angelarorrer7636 None of us do things perfectly. It is amazing he accomplished all he did.
@scout69863 жыл бұрын
You neglected to mention that he wrote all of this music before the age of 25. Incredible!
@elchingon67593 жыл бұрын
Unheard of in today’s music, by 23 Brian had 6 albums under his belt.
@bobturnley27873 жыл бұрын
Actually fairly common. Almost all successful singer/songwriters have done their best work in their first five years in the business before they get tired of the road or run out of ideas.
@Wicked_Trojan3 жыл бұрын
@@bobturnley2787 Singers who write their own material are much fewer and farther between these days. Most are just pretty faces who can dance and sing what they’re told to. Barely any will be remembered or played in 5 years, let alone 50. The true geniuses out there aren’t given mainstream opportunities anymore. They’re deemed too financially risky.
@bobturnley27873 жыл бұрын
@@Wicked_Trojan You just have to look at the Grammys over the last ten years to see that 90% of popular music is made by Madonna clones. I stopped listening to radio 15 years ago. The real musicians aren't on the radio. But there are still plenty of bands out there making their own music and some of it is surprisingly good.
@ButterBallTheOpossum3 жыл бұрын
@@bobturnley2787 Look up King Gizzard and the lizard wizard
@Hahaa994 жыл бұрын
I m sorry but as a massive Beatles fan, Pet Sounds is the most magical and coherent album that unifies all the tracks in a way so beautiful that I can’t quite describe it. Just heard it the other day after a long time and still got goosebumps listening. Brian Wilson, we mortals salute you.
@niggato233 жыл бұрын
Same
@ryanjofre2 жыл бұрын
Amen
@spactick2 жыл бұрын
If you like Pet Sounds you really need to listen to 'The Beach Boys Today' album. There's some amazing songs on there and some 'not' so amazing songs as well, but 'When I Grow Up To Be A Man' and 'She's Knows Me Too Well' are songs that are hard to believe that a 23 year old wrote
@ryanjofre2 жыл бұрын
@@spactick Absolutely on vinyl........a classic
@themangoman93152 жыл бұрын
The Beatles and the beach boys are my favorite bands of all time I can't choose a favorite there both just perfect
@geraldinefields17307 жыл бұрын
Brian Wilson is a survivor. God bless Brian.
@shmerichshmayers38855 жыл бұрын
@Pastor Paul D learn how to read, wanker
@LilRotte35 жыл бұрын
@Pastor Paul D no, he's a sirvivor.
@ValleyoftheRogue5 жыл бұрын
That is accurate. I hope he lives to be 100. He is almost 4/5ths the way there. Nobody has to make him a god, however, by painting him as something he never was.
@scootergeorge95764 жыл бұрын
@@LilRotte3 What's a "sirvivor?"
@LilRotte34 жыл бұрын
@@scootergeorge9576 a person who sirvived an event, in which they would've most probably died.
@globaltreats4 жыл бұрын
I feel this is a very american perspective of Brian and the beach boys. Here, in England, no-one thinks of Brian or the beach boys as a karaoke band or any less than the beatles. he is, rightly so, hailed as a modern genius and has inspired so many bands.
@trancebodega27394 жыл бұрын
America has a problem with art. American artists often find themselves more properly appreciated overseas, where the culture is ready for it. Over here, they must struggle to conform to standards of marketability.
@writinghour4 жыл бұрын
No prophet is accepted in his own village
@potatochipeater85654 жыл бұрын
@@writinghour wise words
@countof3everybodyOD4 жыл бұрын
It’s weird how that little island is so great at music But they are
@samgod4 жыл бұрын
Orson Wells, Woody Allen, The Beach Boys, even Brit expatriate Charlie Chaplin was exiled by the US despite building the foundation of Hollywood and founding United Artist.
@chrisevans95534 жыл бұрын
I can tell you why Brian Wilson is a genius in three words: "Don't Worry Baby".
@nervo63214 жыл бұрын
Or...Until i die...
@chloemiranz15633 жыл бұрын
hands down best song
@edgarjohnrobinson33503 жыл бұрын
You are 100% right on that one.
@connorhardy35473 жыл бұрын
Actually I Would Say Only 2 "Surfs Up"
@skflwphgaawfas74023 жыл бұрын
That's 4 words. Do Not Worry Baby
@WorldAccordingToBriggs3 жыл бұрын
This was a great essay. I grew up in Redondo Beach near where the Beach Boys did. My uncle was friends with Dennis Wilson in their teens.
@brianbelton36052 жыл бұрын
@oddist yes. Brians are Brians. I know.. . . I am one too.
@nicolefoster79762 жыл бұрын
Hawthorne is near Redondo
@chemicalunderling2 жыл бұрын
Was your uncle Charles Manson perhaps?
@JohnHoulgate11 ай бұрын
I grew up in Redondo Beach, too. The Beach Boys music was like cereal for breakfast to us
@Cornonthekob156 жыл бұрын
Brian Wilson once said The biggest influence on Pet Sounds was Rubber Soul.
@colinglen45055 жыл бұрын
that's a very nice way of looking at it. : )
@domi6505 жыл бұрын
M C any proof for that? just curious
@ruben7715 жыл бұрын
@@domi650 7:20
@jayjay-dr9pr5 жыл бұрын
@@domi650 watch his the rivalry between McCartney and Wilson video.
@domi6505 жыл бұрын
Roy G Biv youre showing off
@poopybutt82805 жыл бұрын
Brian's falsetto in his early years were purely sublime. I have never heard a voice like that before, and I don't think I ever will.
@davidcopson58004 жыл бұрын
Yes, quite fabulous.
@just4music6874 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate so many of the Pre Pet Sounds tracks now that I've got to know them better! Absolutely Pet Sounds couldn't have been that much of a surprise to Beach Boys fans who loved The Lonely Sea, Warmth of the Sun, and so many others.
@robertjones18864 жыл бұрын
His singing on Surf's Up is something I will never get tired of listening to.
@darlenemassey61613 жыл бұрын
Not falsetto but pure head voice. Take a look at Wings of Pegasus video analysis of their live performance of Fun Fun Fun.
@karolk77113 жыл бұрын
Perosnally i like many of their songs but can t stand these nasal high pitched vocals
@higginswalsan3 жыл бұрын
It’s insane that Pet Sounds still holds up so well nearly 60 years later. So many revolutionary pieces of media were passed up by successors building on their work. But Pet Sounds still stays winnin
@berniemilligan45764 жыл бұрын
I've always loved the Beach Boys. During high school in the sixties there was a joy of life embedded in their music. Brian Wilson had a genius for creating music that seemed almost celestial. We were lucky to grow up surrounded by the music of that time.
@russhook65954 жыл бұрын
YES! To me, music is supposed to be fun! When the DRUGS appeared on the scene in the late 60s it DESTROYED fun music and turned it SATANIC. It's RIGHT IN YOUR FACE now.
@just4music6874 жыл бұрын
grateful for it every day of my life, I agree xoxo
@starcat17 Жыл бұрын
Not "almost celestial," but CELESTIAL 🌠🌌💫🌟 Those of us who GET IT about this genius Brian Wilson, are truly blessed.🎶✨ And I am so grateful to be a native Californian - the Beach Boys are our soul.. ALOHA 🌺
@user-qy7li7ol5r Жыл бұрын
Did you go to any of their concerts what was it like to see them live? I hope that they will tour the United Kingdom a bit more because at present its always USA, there are fans here in the United Kingdom who would love to see them in concert and I am one of them.
@Falcantar7 жыл бұрын
I'm currently going through a Brian Wilson obsession. Love your video.
@jl89kaiser7 жыл бұрын
me too! Make sure you read "Catch a Wave," the criticially acclaimed book by Peter Carlin.
@Mozart12207 жыл бұрын
But avoid "Wouldn't It Be Nice" which is just Dr. Landy writing propaganda.
@riched2837 жыл бұрын
Francisco Alcantar I'm currently going through a brian Wilson obsession too. It started when my parents played the beach boys in our home when I was about 3. After 40 some odd years, the obsession is still gaining momentum
@aarondavid58667 жыл бұрын
i have to say regardless of talent genius implies art. cars surfing girls is the opposite of art. So yeah..
@ChicoCabra7 жыл бұрын
So do you think themes such as the impact of white settlement on native Americans, the influence of the Spanish, the Wild West, the opening up of the country by railroad and highway, childhood, physical fitness, poetry, and God are worthy of being considered art?
@Nolina996 жыл бұрын
The story of the Beach Boys always makes me sad. The years of abuse took a clear toll on both Brian and Dennis and the way that their lives eventually played out is so tragic. That does not take away from either or their amazing achievements and I'm glad that Brian was able to change music in such a profound way :)
@brucec436 жыл бұрын
Ok, please name all the non-Beach Boys Brian Wilson hits. Love and Mercy?
@fantasypgatour6 жыл бұрын
Like you said Brian changed music in general in a profound way. That's more than any of us have done.
@brianmi405 жыл бұрын
@@brucec43 ... and your point is??? You do know that Brian almost exclusively wrote the music and vocal harmonies, right? Carol Kaye, the greatest bass player in history was adamant that Brian brought charts for all the band members most of the time, including the orchestra... By comparion, the Beatles couldn't even read music.
@pieromontemaggioreschreibe26155 жыл бұрын
Sekela N There’s so much about the essence of America in this band.
@ValleyoftheRogue5 жыл бұрын
The moral of the Beach Boys saga is this: Never go into business with relatives and friends. It is so hard to keep relationships separate from business.
@dannyh5937 Жыл бұрын
It kills me that Brian Wilson wrote the greatest album ever, but it cost him his health and years of insanity.
@dominicpardo478311 ай бұрын
Not the great album. Not even close.
@leorios43353 ай бұрын
@dominicpardo4783 According to Rolling Stone, one of the greatest albums was Pet Sounds Ranked in Number #2. Consequence of sound website Pet Sounds was ranked Number #6 and Acclaimed Music was ranked Number #1. Sooo
@meee_51552 ай бұрын
@@leorios4335all of those lists that try to rank the best albums of all time are all ass. There’s not a single good list. It’s not even possible to make a good list in the first place. You shouldn’t listen to anything they have to say.
@leorios43352 ай бұрын
@meee_5155 True I don't have too listen to them, it's there opinion. But I have to agree on some of it, it's a masterpiece I love it. :)
@davidmitnick868 Жыл бұрын
My friends dad was a stagehand and Brian once walked up to him before a show and told him that he was "scared" and didn't want to perform. He went on anyway. Just a very sweet guy.
@sydwhitaker57764 жыл бұрын
Brian isn’t a tragedy, it’s a story of someone coming out on top after years of abuse and pain. Edit: stream Randy Newman
@sunnyjim13554 жыл бұрын
So much wasted oppurtunity.... that IS a tragedy.
@cottonclarksa4 жыл бұрын
That's a beautiful way of putting it. It's a story of perseverance. I was a young child of the 60s, unaware and removed from the drug aspects and Hippie culture, yet I was drawn to the powerful rhythms and lush harmonies of the Beach Boys. I've been a fan ever since.
@benjamincox42114 жыл бұрын
Sarah Whitaker he’s still a shell of what he used to be. It’s great that he was able to come back as well as he did but it’s still really sad
@alexhalvorsen19414 жыл бұрын
Yeo
@JamesBond-ml3zp4 жыл бұрын
@@sunnyjim1355 too Bad that they made FRIENDS with THE Infamous Charlie Manson, let him Live with them for awhile, then Stole one of HIS Song's, promised him a Recording Contract, Lied to Charlie, recorded HIS Song on a Album, giving him NO credit, No royalties, nothing!! In turn Nutcase Charlie decided he wanted them OUT Of Here! Instead? Well let Crime History tell the story!!
@markbubley22544 жыл бұрын
“Marilyn married a beach bum” never forget when my mom got that phone call. Found out later that day Marilyn Rovell our aunts granddaughter married Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys.
@dallaselgin26364 жыл бұрын
Nobody cares
@neilbeilman31784 жыл бұрын
Guess what Mark... I care. Love ya, man.
@advcss4 жыл бұрын
@@dallaselgin2636 Shut the fuck up, I care
@thomaspappalardo75894 жыл бұрын
That is so cool (and hilarious!)
@charlessssssss4 жыл бұрын
Dallas Elgin who hurt you man
@pabloalvez9153 жыл бұрын
In Europe, Brian Wilson is regarded and cherished as a very gifted and inspired composer and performer, nothing of bitterness towards the Beatles. They don't see things in a negative type of lens.
@daleandrews93564 жыл бұрын
Here I am, a guy in my sixties, who grew up on The Beach Boys. I was playing their hit singles on my parents' "Hi-Fi"(wooden cabinet that doubled as a nice piece of furniture) back in the mid and late sixties. Without Brian, there would have never been a Beach Boys. In a way, I feel like I know him because I worship his music and can identify with him as a musician. Not as a living, of course, but I've toyed around with the piano, guitar and play trombone in a community band in Lake Charles, LA. We're here on KZbin! Long live Brian Wilson. When he passes, so will pass a major chapter in music. I, obviously with a few million others, hail him as one of the greatest song writers to have ever lived.
@rolandoaponte2142 жыл бұрын
Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan....I can't imagine a world without these lads. It will be hurtful.
@vinesauce7 жыл бұрын
Great video.. definitely touches on why Brian was so incredible. I'd probably have touched upon SMiLE a bit though. The Smile Sessions is really unbelievable and it would have been nice to see it finished properly in the 60s. Shame about Mike Love and drugs though.
@aquamidideluxe50795 жыл бұрын
Hey Vinny, what's your favorite post-Smile collapse Beach Boys album?
@oriana65005 жыл бұрын
you are talking like he is dead. BRIAN WILSON IS INCREDIBLE
@coryburns19055 жыл бұрын
It sure wasn't because he got hit up side of the head 2 by 4
@explodinglamps20213 жыл бұрын
You can always expect a vin in KZbin vids based off of 60s rock
@daleandrews93563 жыл бұрын
@grimble Drugs, as it turned out, were both a blessing and a curse to Brian. It enabled him to see things differently, or in a different light. This new music was the by product of his experimentation with drugs particularly psychedelics. If you've never experienced psychedelics, then you don't know what I'm talking about. While one can't really write or perform music that well while on them, they help "expand" the mind to levels not possible without them. If you've never experienced them, then you don't understand.
@mrmsmcgill5 жыл бұрын
The pre-Pet Sounds surf, hot rod and girl inspired songs were "genius" in their own right. There, somebody had to say it.
@danackroydsbutt5 жыл бұрын
YES
@therealdgh134 жыл бұрын
I mean at that point you had stuff like I get Around and California Girls, both incredible. It's not the subject matter, its the production, level of songwriting, etc
@elizabethlinsay91934 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you did!
@michaelsieger91334 жыл бұрын
Just like early Beatles is incredible.
@clicks594 жыл бұрын
@@michaelsieger9133 I'd call Brian's surf music genius. Years ahead of its time. I don't like comparing the Beatles and the Beach Boys because they were so incredibly different. Both left their marks on music history............. I'm so blessed to have grown up in perhaps the best musical era in the history of mankind. It will never happen again.
@maxsanborn66493 жыл бұрын
one of my favorite family stories is that my grandmother somehow convinced the beach boys to perform at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga for a fundraiser and Brian Wilson kept asking her out... always wondered what would have happened if she had said yes. She had been in an abusive relationship for years and would stay in that relationship until 2018. In another world, maybe they would have saved each other from abusive fates. Anyway, a genius in his own realm, I still love Pet Sounds today as a 21 yr old, so it aged well!
@holyspacemonkey2 жыл бұрын
Cool grandma! I’m very sorry about her abusive relationship though. When did the Saratoga thing happen?
@annetteveronica94232 жыл бұрын
Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere??
@mewgiah80572 жыл бұрын
The sad thing about Brian Wilson is you will see a bunch of college hipsters wearing John Lennon shirts, yet John Lennon and Paul McCartney both considered Wilson as their musical idol. They were deeply inspired by his work. The artistic era of the Beatles that people love to praise so much, was due to the revolutionary work that Brian Wilson had created - literally. Like McCartney actually heard Pet Sounds and wept, and was mind blown by what he heard. This isn't to put the Beatles down or to even bring up a comparison. More so it's to point out that your favorite artists favorite artist is the Beach Boys. And it's just unfortunate that Wilson doesn't get more credit for what he brought to the music industry.
@davidnissim5892 жыл бұрын
Pet Sounds was one of the biggest inspirations for Sgt Pepper. The Beatles and the Beach Boys had a friendly rivalry
@minddump99072 жыл бұрын
But it's not a one way street either. Brian Wilson was inspired to create Pet Sounds when he listened to Revolver, so the Beatles inspired the album that inspired them
@PeanutSpring3 Жыл бұрын
@@minddump9907 Brian said it was when he listened to Rubber Soul. Revolver came out after Pet Sounds, with Here There and Everywhere being inspired by the Beach Boys harmonies
@thebasedgodmax1163 Жыл бұрын
so people can't appreciate John Lennon's music and wear him on a shirt because this also very famous musician inspired him? the fuck are you on about?
@MrDaiseymay Жыл бұрын
I doubt that very much. When RUBBER SOUL came out, Brian Wilson was so impressed, he said music will never be the same again.
@Durwood714 жыл бұрын
As I once heard it said, the world was blessed to have Brian Wilson, and Brian Wilson was cursed to be Brian Wilson.
@gooselangston37225 жыл бұрын
It’s very interesting how he says “hurt my feelings” when talking about his dad beating him. It‘s a very subtle and deep understanding of what happened. His ego was bruised more than his body. Edit: Also, thank you for shouting out Phil Spector. Most commentators only mention Paul & John. Spector’s influence on Brian was far more poignant than The Beatles. Brain wanted to make something closer to opera than pop.
@joshlewis5754 жыл бұрын
Nothing like giving props to a murderer
@milojanis49014 жыл бұрын
@@joshlewis575 True, he was a murderer, but he also was a very smart man, musically.......
@mlgraney604 жыл бұрын
There’s a difference between a bruised ego and an injured spirit.
@ddawgpotter22974 жыл бұрын
His father broke his spirit as a child. So sad.
@TTFMjock4 жыл бұрын
I think it was a stab at wry humor.
@wayneschou48623 жыл бұрын
Had the honor of meeting The Beach Boys in high school through a childhood friend that knew them from Hawthorne, Ca. It was such a thrill for a high school girl from Omaha! Dennis was adorable but Brian was so charming and kind.
@johncave33342 жыл бұрын
No one has ever been more brilliant than Brian Wilson. Period.
@bebrave91084 жыл бұрын
Don’t worry baby is one of my all time fav songs. IMO pure perfection as a song
@swimlaps13 жыл бұрын
Same, since I was a child
@brianwilson20243 жыл бұрын
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@Keesh.11542 жыл бұрын
Facts
@rotmusic85054 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted to give Brian Wilson a hug and tell him thank you for writing music that has inspired me to create music
@heliotrope3345 Жыл бұрын
I agree, I'd love to personally thank Brian for the background music to my youth. in CA.
@robertsteinberger56673 жыл бұрын
The Smile Sessions are the best thing that ever have been recorded. It touches so many aspects of what the Beach Boys are about. It is unfinished, so you can choose your own favorite version of each song. I love the cantina version of heroes and villains for instance.
@dominicpardo478311 ай бұрын
Get a grip. That shit is awful.
@user-hk7hz9cn7v3 жыл бұрын
Brian Wilson...the man who made Paul McCartney shake in his boots. To this day he’s a Brian Wilson fanboy and who wouldn’t be? Brian is an absolute genius and a lovely soul. He’s a treasure that we’re blessed to have experienced. Let us always celebrate him!
@hlcepeda4 жыл бұрын
"I don't know where... but she takes me there.." Those lyrics always get me.
@costa17884 жыл бұрын
I fucking love thai girls
@elchingon67593 жыл бұрын
Those lyrics were written by Mike Love.
@IYamJayJay3 жыл бұрын
@@elchingon6759 i like mikes lyrics. I dont like his songs.
@elchingon67593 жыл бұрын
@Chuck Buskee good for you
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@aviratthakor89745 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I feel so terrible about what happened to Brian Wilson, but I like to think about this. He created Pet Sounds, an album that is superhuman. He didn't get to be the Beatles, but he created one of the best albums ever to exist. We will remember him as a genius because of that album. The tracks on Smile like Good Vibrations, Cabin Essense, Surf's Up, Heros and Villians, etc. will also be remembered as works of genius. He has changed music forever and has Pet Sounds and Smile on his resume, that is a lot for a lifetime.
@bigwilly5285 жыл бұрын
Avirat Thakor he’s still alive mate
@joshuahoward68454 жыл бұрын
You say he didn’t get to be a Beatle, but The Beach Boys were just as big in the 60s. It’s been said that there were even times when their popularity in the 60s was greater than the Beatles. Even in England, where the Beatles are from, there was a period of time the Beatle mania took a back seat to the Beach Boys
@mydogskips24 жыл бұрын
+Avirat Thakor To write even a single great hit is a lot for a lifetime, and Brian wrote many, many.
@princezzpuffypants62874 жыл бұрын
@nimrodian you have got to be kidding me.... he didn't change music in the same way Giovani de Bardi, Mozart, Bach, Stradivarius, Schoenberg and Chuck Berry didn't change music hahaha. By which I mean: he is widely considered to be one of, if not *the* major solitary innovator of the 20th century.
@thanksgivingsandwich4 жыл бұрын
nimrodian The same way the beatles didn't change music? Whoever liked your comment is blind - and if you liked your own comment, the statement applies even more.
@daleandrews93563 жыл бұрын
As a novice musician myself(guitar, some piano and currently trombone in a community band), Brian Wilson has been my hero as far back as there WAS a Beach Boys. My allowance money and money I earned cutting adults' lawns enabled me to buy their records as a pre-teen in the early sixties. I remember purchasing their LP(we used to call them "albums") Shut Down, Vol. II at a store in Beaumont, TX and not being able to wait until our family got home to peel the clear plastic off of it and play it on our Hi-Fi(short for "high fidelity") cabinet/radio combination when we got home. That memory is burned into my brain forever. So I've been following these guys for as long as they have been cranking out records, and am a fan to this day and I just turned 68! Thanks for the great post, Jerry.
@splatbubble3 жыл бұрын
8:02 I KNEW IT! McLovin's ID wasn't fake, he really was that old!
@princezzpuffypants62874 жыл бұрын
Ya ever notice Brian tends to talk toward his good ear?
@russhook65954 жыл бұрын
Got Puffy Shirt? :P
@CatFoodCritic3 жыл бұрын
@@sgt.pepper4362 this is unrelated.
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@scottymocap35265 жыл бұрын
Nice job. Paul McCartney’s favorite song all-time is God Only Knows. That should tell you something.
@butternic88255 жыл бұрын
Brian was abused as a child
@voluntaryismistheanswer5 жыл бұрын
I get chills just remembering it.
@zebunker5 жыл бұрын
It should tell you he's pandering to the interviewer.
@janicekearney20584 жыл бұрын
MorbidManMusic ur mad
@therealbomb_com87744 жыл бұрын
Yeah,b ut why would an artist choose their own songs as their favorite?
@thelordoftheriffs64673 жыл бұрын
What a phenomenal video! Brian Wilson was easily the driving force and back bone of the Beach Boys. He wrote, produced and arranged songs that were decades ahead of their time! He truly had a tragic life but his legacy will always continue to inspire others!
@hectormonclova75634 жыл бұрын
As a matter of fact, when George Martin was asked who in the recording industry he might call a genius, he said “Brian Wilson”. Thanks for the Justice. I has been always a die hard fan of The Beatles, since I discovered their music when I was twelve years of age. Now I am still discovering the artistic Treasure that areThe Beach Boys, especially that great hurt human being that was his mind and heart. Thanks.
@nickbarker65827 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this - this is beautiful. More people need to understand the true greatness of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys!!
@cravinbob7 жыл бұрын
This video is an insult to everything and everyone. Where are you all getting the idea this has any substance, depth or facts?
@randyking30577 жыл бұрын
This video is terrific. I've never heard the genius of Brian Wilson and Pet Sounds articulated so succinctly and sincerely.
@JeffreyStillwell7 жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. More videos coming soon!
@thepat29742 ай бұрын
I've come back so many times to watch this video again and again. Great work!
@klaatu99364 жыл бұрын
This video essay gave me new respect to one of my all time idols. Brian Wilson, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and The Beatles all got me in to music. Thank you for making this video amigo.
@AramisMerlin7 жыл бұрын
Ever since I watched "Love & Mercy" I have appreciated this music on a whole other level. Genius. Yes. I don't know enough about him/them to say how accurate the movie is, but his life seems to be an incredible and incredibly heartbreaking story. And that is what I hear in the music now. Very touching. This video adds to this - so thank you for that!
@sharondraginis99947 жыл бұрын
The movie's accuracy is heart breaking. Eugune was even worse than what was portrayed on film, and the parts that were hammed up for the movie concerned his wife's involvement in breaking away from his therapist. There are several good documentaries on youtube about his life, and some released at the time that all the drama shit with his therapist was going down with interviews from him at that time--if you find his life at all interesting, go watch them.
@horowizard7 жыл бұрын
@Aramis Merlin Love & Mercy was entertaining but if you want the real story get hold of I Just Wasn't Made For These Times which features the actual persons in filmed interviews and not actors. It's where a lot of Love & Mercy's dialog comes from, mostly verbatim.
@fenderman77556 жыл бұрын
i lost a lot of interest and respect when i learned that brian wilson hardly used the beach boys to record any of the tracks on pet sounds, he basically hired a bunch of studio musicians to play the parts the beach boys should had played, not just other instruments the beach boys couldnt play such as strings but also drums, bass, guitars, etc, also brian wilson hired a professional lyricist to write most of the songs in pet sounds, so not much of a genius when you start by copying the style of jan and dean along with stealing the riffs from chuck berry and then hiring professional musicians to not only play the parts instead of your band and hire someone to write the songs for you.....oh well
@ollipaavilainen92886 жыл бұрын
so what? All of them are extremely gifted. Unique, They can play, amazing.
@horowizard6 жыл бұрын
@chuck roayl For those reasons you should respect him more. They aren't talking about Surfin' U.S.A. They are referring to Pet Sounds and Smile. Brian Wilson knew what his strengths were and if he wanted to collaborate with an advertising man like Tony Asher or a multi-talented creative spirit like Van Dyke Parks to come up with lyrics for his music, I say more power to him for having the brilliance and foresight to co-write with these people. The results speak for themselves. The Beach Boys never could have executed those parts with the precision, accuracy and speed of the Wrecking Crew or any of the other fine Hollywood studio players that were working making hit records for just about everybody else as well, including acts like The Byrds, The Mamas and The Papas, The Fifth Dimension, Sonny and Cher, The Monkees, Simon and Garfunkle and Frank Sinatra. The list goes on into the hundreds. Everybody you've ever heard that had a hit record used studio players whether they liked it or not and they themselves knew that it was those players that had the sound and feel that would deliver hits time and time again. In the record business you are only as big as your last hit. If you didn't produce consecutive hits your career was dead in the water. Every group on both sides of the Atlantic used studio players including The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who, Herman's Hermits, Chad and Jeremy and The Dave Clark Five. It was no different over there as it was over here.
@turtleman5837 жыл бұрын
0:01 Please Let Me Wonder - The Beach Boys 1:54 Day By Day - The Four Freshmen 2:16 I'm So Young - The Beach Boys 2:24 Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry 2:43 Surfin' USA - The Beach Boys 3:04 Cuckoo Clock - The Beach Boys 4:06 She Knows Me Too Well - The Beach Boys 4:30 (sorry don't know the name of this song based off of this snippet) 4:46 A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles 5:10 The One You Can't Have - The Honeys 5:32 Let's Go Away For Awhile - The Beach Boys 6:02 Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys 6:30 (sorry guys again) 6:55 I Just Wasn't Made For These Times - The Beach Boys 7:32 Here Today - The Beach Boys 7:47 (goddangit) 7:51 (oh dear) 7:54 Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) - The Beach Boys 8:27 (back at it again nooo) 8:54 Surf's Up - The Beach Boys 9:31 (sorry again for the last time) 9:47 Rio Grande - Brian Wilson 10:23 I Feel So Fine - Brian & Dennis Wilson
@eubie65066 жыл бұрын
thank you so much
@UndeadSoldier1035 жыл бұрын
9:31 All I Wanna Do - Beach Boys
@qasanoba5 жыл бұрын
4:30 Add some music to your day - The Beach Boys 6:30 some vocals of Don't talk (Put your head on my shoulder) - The Beach Boys 9:31 All I wanna do - The Beach Boys
@paigewinston4525 жыл бұрын
8:27 is a demo or session track of Good Vibrations
@MLE1G13 жыл бұрын
6:30 is Brian Wilson, et Al - Moho Memo.
@robertjones18864 жыл бұрын
Surf's Up is an incredible song and one of my favorites of all time.
@daniellavaladez78203 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest lyrical compositions in music history!
@ynpavo3 жыл бұрын
I can highly recommend watching the movie 'Love & Mercy' if youre interested in the Beachboys and Brian Wilsons life, it's fuckin great, made me appreciate his craft on a whole other level and gave me deep insight in Brian as a person
@BoneCK157 жыл бұрын
I've read, watched, and listened to just about everything on Brian Wilson. It's hard to wrap that whole package up in 12 minutes but your video was very coherent and hits all the key points. The whole Smile situation still breaks my heart because it's not even a matter of the music that never was. The music was already done and just needed to not be shit on by the people he trusted the most. If it was simply released in 67, Brian would be shoulder to shoulder with the Beatles and Stones. We know he is, but the whole world would have known it. Nice job.
@blink182lives1007 жыл бұрын
brian picl there is no way he would be shoulder to shoulder with the Beatles and Stones.... he would have ABSOLUTELY blown EVERYONE out of the water.
@finbarmurphy67407 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure why this video and you and many others think that Brian and the Beach Boys are relegated to the 'footnotes' of musical history - Pet Sounds ranks No.2 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Wilson is generally thought of highly - but i suppose only by music lovers. Great video by the way+ Wilson may just rank up there with the genius of Lennon/McCartney!
@hughguidi55707 жыл бұрын
No way you can put The Rolling Stones anywhere near The Beatles or Brian and The Beach Boys.
@Mozart12207 жыл бұрын
MAY? Not only is "Pet Sounds" Paul McCartney's album, but Wilson didn't have a regular writing partner OR George Martin to produce for him . He did 99% of it on his own. Mike love would be pumping gas if not for B. Wilson.
@finbarmurphy67407 жыл бұрын
For me The Beatles and Beach Boys offer a transcendental experience with some of their music and The Stones certainly don't do this for me, just some pretty good songs. But so many people think of them as the greatest, so idk
@leokimvideo7 жыл бұрын
Years back now I purchased the amazing box CD set of Pet Sounds that has the pull downs of the songs and a stereo mix. Hearing the singing alone is amazing, add to that the beautifully arranged instruments it goes to a totally new level. Totally ahead of it's time and as we now understand years later timeless music that doesn't age.
@jonathanbennett63026 жыл бұрын
help
@mr.sensitive99636 жыл бұрын
The record company should get on the case and put out more vocals only stuff. I heard Breakaway broke down like that and it would be great to hear more of their late 60's - early 70's songs that way. It's not a new idea, of course, Stacks-o-trax came out in '68.
@doctorwho30296 жыл бұрын
Leo I must say you have a good taste in everything
@AllenOption85 жыл бұрын
Yep - that was what brought me back to Brian and The Beach Boys - listening to Pet Sounds box with headphones - just like Brian wanted it done, and he music somehow permeates your inner soul and mind. It does hold it's own.
@runnersdialzero12443 жыл бұрын
*its
@johnnydtractive4 жыл бұрын
Great video, & I love that it's both a formal essay about some incredible music & a love letter to a genius. Thankyou for sharing your passion & knowledge. The only thing I take exception to is when you suggest "Brian's life is a tragedy, especially when you imagine all the music that could have been". I'm a survivor of childhood abuse, & I have to tell you that when I look at Brian's life I see it as an absolute story of triumph not tragedy. It's a disservice to any artist to view his/her body of work in terms of "what could have been"--and as a survivor I'm very aware that what could have been, several times, is that Brian could have killed himself intentionally or accidentally somewhere in the haze of his years of drug abuse. But he didn't. He was dealing with debilitating depression & enormous pain--the legacies of childhood abuse--& he retreated & self-medicated for more than a decade. To survive. And he did, he survived. To me the greatest gift Brian has given us is that he's still alive. I love the music, but not as much as I love the complicated, tender, soulful, talented genius who created it. A lot of survivors of childhood abuse don't make it out alive--they fall into the whirlpool of self-medicating & never make it back to the surface again. Brian made it back. I say, All hail the conquering hero! As well, I would just like to say that many survivors find that just surviving is a life's work. Getting to 50 is a towering accomplishment. The whole time Brian was being abused, escaping from it, & then dealing with its legacy, HE WAS CREATING SOME OF THE MOST GLORIOUS MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY. When you think about how far down the abuse took him, it boggles the mind to consider that for many years he dealt with all that internal chaos & damage while at the same time working constantly, feverishly, harnessing his talents & the talents of others, spending month after month, year after year in studios, crafting masterpieces. To me, that reflects Brian's greatest strengths: his heart & soul. His capacity for love, including his love for music & life, & his spiritual connection. To me, those strengths--which we all have--are where Brian found the resources to produce the music & to be alive to smile today. Anyway, as I said, thankyou for your great video essay. Well done!
@nihinietzsche2 жыл бұрын
Such a good point you make here. Thanks for sharing your perspective.
@idontknowwhereimgoingbutim523811 ай бұрын
what an interesting insight, thank you
@fgrady13 жыл бұрын
Thank you for acknowledging Brian’s talent and determination to keep on exploring what his heart and mind could produce.
@danthemanbardo7 жыл бұрын
As a guy who studies harmonies ive always been very impressed on how he would arrange vocals in unique ways. different vocals making up for certain openings of harmonies. its great stuff
@EMcG_Kovaaks7 жыл бұрын
For someone who studies harmonies, you don't speak very specifically about them...
@EMcG_Kovaaks7 жыл бұрын
I study music and Brian Wilson was very good at music please upvote my comment
@paxwallacejazz6 жыл бұрын
As a jazz pianist some of Wilson's pieces have fascinating modulations and voice leading. Sounds like music to me.
@benjaminkenobi215 жыл бұрын
@Rodzilla Wilson's genius wasn't in lyrics. It was in harmony and instrumentation. Hopefully you already knew how Sgt. Pepper's was McCartney's attempt to step up his game in response to getting his mind blown by Pet Sounds a year earlier. The Beatles (read: Lennon & McCartney) knew that record had set a high bar for popular music, and they knew none of them had 1/4 of the talent Wilson had just put on display.
@benjaminkenobi215 жыл бұрын
Rodzilla Not really denying anything you’re saying here, but saying the narrator has a screw loose is kinda uncalled for and kinda silly. Again, the video is about Wilson’s musical genius. Dude is not arguing anything about his lyrics being better. You kinda brought that into the conversation on your own. No one in the Beatles or any other band of the time could hang with Wilson in terms of sophistication of musical composition.
@benjaminkenobi215 жыл бұрын
Rodzilla “Good Vibrations” doesn’t need insightful lyrics to be a masterpiece of 60’s pop music. That tune is composed better than most anything around at that time outside of jazz.
@kavousniamir23755 жыл бұрын
@Rodzilla Bravo, you nailed it. Although I'm not so sure of "I can see for miles" being anything in the caliber of helter skelter. Perhaps I should listen to it again😊
@deegee60465 жыл бұрын
@@benjaminkenobi21 I guess a genius in vocal harmony after he was influenced by the 4 freshman
@ShaNaNa2423 жыл бұрын
Beach Boys were so talented, Brian and Bruce's writing, Carl's producing and falsetto and guitar, Al and David's fantastic guitar riffs, Mike's lead singing, and Dennis's drumming.
@nascarnut75923 жыл бұрын
This video ended up getting me obsessed with The Beach Boys/Brian Wilson. Thank you lol
@OriginalSocalgranny7 жыл бұрын
Just an incredible, moving tribute to Brian Wilson. There is something so vulnerable, so deeply touching in Brian's eyes as he plays and sings as a young musician. You helped me understand what he was going through, what he was thinking. I am so glad you took the time to make this video and post it here. Thank you.
@KarenKayH6 жыл бұрын
What a BEAUTIFUL and painful history!!!! "Love & Mercy" truly made me realize what Brian Wilson was creating. I was a teenager in Southern California in the 60s and grew up on the music of the Beach Boys. Your video is a wonderful tribute to the genius of Brian Wilson.
@taroman71004 жыл бұрын
That's so cool. I'm envious but that California of sun fun and surf, that Cali is lost.
@JaceyMitchell11 ай бұрын
I turned 23 in July, and I'm a die-hard Beach Boys fan. 😁 I think this band's music will really stand the test of time. The 60s were such a great decade for music, so many artists pushing the envelope, and Brian Wilson was one of the greatest of them all. I hope this era of music will never be forgotten.
@aaronwilson98962 жыл бұрын
Wow, what an incredibly insightful and accurate take on one of if not the great musician of our time. His impact on popular music is profound and we are indebted to him.
@tixximmi16 жыл бұрын
The Beach Boys were my first concert I went to back in 64. One that I'll never forget.
@fdgghuuyyb57666 жыл бұрын
How old are you, if u dont mind me asking?
@susanstrobel72965 жыл бұрын
It was my first concert as well. My 16th birthday; June 30th 1982.
@marianabasilio21244 жыл бұрын
@@fdgghuuyyb5766 like 60
@patricklawton81354 жыл бұрын
Seen them at a theme park concert in the late 80s as kid...in fact it was my first as well🤣 Pretty cool company picnic,👍
@justicekeyes6 жыл бұрын
Brian Wilson is a genius! the cello in Good Vibrations is one of the most genius things I have ever heard in Rock!
@superstimulatedminotaur36815 жыл бұрын
Although Brian Wilson is a genius; the cello part in Good Vibrations is thanks to the great Van Dyke Parks :^)
@2Hearts33 ай бұрын
I've always liked them, grew up listening to their songs, but only recently learning about their lives and sad situation. Brian was talented and a nice guy. He deserved much, much better than he got. May God bless him with peace and genuinely caring people in his life now.
@razzledcroaker36782 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for introducing me to the Four Freshmen! I fell in love with them after this video and I actually met one of their members while I was in the hospital in NYC. I can't remember his name, unfortunately, but he and I shared a hospital room for 2 days back in 2017. He had some great stories.
@mentak25935 жыл бұрын
Brian Wilson is pure musical genius. There's never a time when I hear the intro to Good Vibrations that I dont get chills. I used to listen to them as a child and only as I became an adult did I begin to understand the level of skill involved, my dad really made a point to teach us that.
@jeremytimm39537 жыл бұрын
I didn't look through all of the comments, so maybe someone said this already, but in 1963 Chuck Berry was in prison for a Mann Act conviction and heard Surfin' U.S.A. he sued from prison. Brian Wilson rightly acknowledged Chuck's contribution and today Chuck Berry's name is under Brian's as co-author in the sheet music.
@jeremyjensen71447 жыл бұрын
I was going to add this. Thanks!
@jeremyjensen71447 жыл бұрын
Jeremy(s) on the case!
@jeremytimm39537 жыл бұрын
yeah, it was probably handled at the record label end of things.
@5roundsrapid2636 жыл бұрын
From what I've read, Chuck got paid soon after.
@ollipaavilainen92886 жыл бұрын
Chuck B. ows also the lyrics!
@mahfro3384 жыл бұрын
This was recommended to me, and I am glad it was.
@victoriawilliams48732 жыл бұрын
Lovely! Was to the point but still a decent, thorough, summary of what makes Brian Wilson so so special. I've also loved reading these comments. So many beautiful thoughts and feelings about his music. It's wonderful to see so much appreciation being expressed for his incredible work.
@James-mn6jo2 жыл бұрын
Hello Victoria, how are things going with you?
@nikokaapa7 жыл бұрын
I'm one of you, man: Hardcore Beach Boys fan. Ironically enough Paul McCartney got me onto them. That was well over 7 years ago. You did a superb job here and it feels good to see Brian and the boys receive some of that much-deserved love. You hit the nail on the head at the end. That's exactly how I feel about it all.
@ollipaavilainen92886 жыл бұрын
Niko Kääpä Finnish?
@mr.sensitive99636 жыл бұрын
Finnish? He's just getting started. Ha ha.
@nikokaapa6 жыл бұрын
@Olli Paavilainen Kyllä
@mjnc36724 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine how Brian, being deaf in one ear, was able to so beautifully stereo mix music that he was unable to hear as we do and appreciate to this day.
@milojanis49014 жыл бұрын
Any father that would hit his child in the head with a 2x4 is a TOTAL ASSHOLE!!!
@joegibbskins4 жыл бұрын
He wanted his records to be mono only. Allegedly because it would give him more control over how the songs sound, but possibly also because he was deaf in one ear?
@brianmi404 жыл бұрын
Actually, most of it was recorded Mono. Stereo was just being rolled out, and had to be pushed hard to consumers then to get it widespread, since everyone had to replace their equipment to listen to the stereo LPs: theconversation.com/how-stereo-was-first-sold-to-a-skeptical-public-103668
@LNSLateNightSaturday4 жыл бұрын
Mono mixes are better.
@joegibbskins4 жыл бұрын
Adam Hammack ok weirdo
@thevideocommenter30613 жыл бұрын
Old Brian's voice always makes me sad, he has that strange pain in his voice only old men with difficult childhood's have.
@Alex-yd2fo3 жыл бұрын
1971’s “Surfs Up” was such a surprising album listen trading fun and easy listening beach songs for beautiful, introspective, songs about life and mental illness. It’s a must listen for any Beach Boys fan or Rock fan in general
@MrSpudda5 жыл бұрын
Love and Mercy became my favourite song in the recent years. Especially the piano based live performances that are out there..... His return through the years has been profound
@cman37057 жыл бұрын
Two bands you just can't compare. Yet both of them changed music for ever
@ollipaavilainen92886 жыл бұрын
Can one compare a rose and a daisy?
@turtleman5836 жыл бұрын
Olli Paavilainen Yeah, one's red and the other's yellow I'll walk myself out
@ollipaavilainen92886 жыл бұрын
Doesn't´t tell much of the plant, flower. Are you a different person if you use a pink shirt today and a rosy tomorrow?
@mr.sensitive99636 жыл бұрын
I would say they're the only bands you can compare (to each other). The Beatles and The Beach Boys are in a league of their own.
@timford3599 Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful homage to the Genius of Brian Wilson and paired with so many wonderful still shots of both the group and Brian singly are a tremendous way to drive your point (with which I totally agree) home for the viewer. The still @ 8:18 of Brian (presumably with GF and later wife Marilyn) stopped me dead in my tracks. It is a look at the man, which I find so soulfully expressive, that it is indeed the picture that tells a 1000 words. A candid look into the soul of such a deeply emotional man at a time in his life when his creative expression of true genius was at its Zenith. Thank you very much for this gem which should touch even someone who has never, or even barely, given "The Beach Boys" a second thought. A+ well done Jeffrey Stillwell!
@redwatch11002 жыл бұрын
My first album I ever bought. Endless Summer. Brian was a huge musical influence on me from 0-10 years old.
@IAmisMaster7 жыл бұрын
I own 1,000+ records ranging from jazz, progressive rock, classical, funk, thrash metal, folk, etc. When I'm asked rhetorically if I could pick a favorite, I say Pet Sounds without hesitation.
@HannahFaith697 жыл бұрын
Actually, the Beatles, themselves, have said that Pet Sounds influenced Sgt. Pepper, not the other way around. Pet Sounds came out first.
@HannahFaith697 жыл бұрын
lol. I'm far from a teenager, but ok.
@barbarenbernd18617 жыл бұрын
The fact that so many books still name the Beatles as "the greatest or most significant or most influential" rock band ever only tells you how far rock music still is from becoming a serious art. Jazz critics have long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Classical critics rank the highly controversial Beethoven over classical musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Rock critics are still blinded by commercial success. The Beatles sold more than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest. Jazz critics grow up listening to a lot of jazz music of the past, classical critics grow up listening to a lot of classical music of the past. Rock critics are often totally ignorant of the rock music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that the Beatles did anything worthy of being saved.
@thewaywelive27757 жыл бұрын
Random User That is so fucking sad. You know, well balanced people don't care what other people listen to. It's a sign of low self esteem to feel the need of having "the true" taste in music. Btw Sgt Pepper came out a year late than Pet Sounds, so you're not even right. And if you'd watch the video in it's entirety you hear Paul saying they were inspired by Pet Sounds.. Sad sad sad.....
@WlatPziupp7 жыл бұрын
Random User is either a troll or too fucking stupid to understand anything anyone says. Not someone worth talking to. Someone it's actually completely pointless to talk to
@AaronLichtanski7 жыл бұрын
Great work! In his autobiography he mentions writing and producing some during the years when most people think he was tidally MIA. Also Love and Mercy the film points out what a success his life has become especially after meeting Melinda. Powerful story of redemption.
@econogate6 жыл бұрын
He should release it cause even if it maybe even weirder and far more avant garde it still would be helpful to hear some of it, cause there is plenty of weird experimental music around today, in terms of the modern world it at most give position to his more oddball concoctions in the grand scheme of things even if they were only realized and heard amongst his closest friends.
@carterc91714 жыл бұрын
Just have to thank you here, I watched this video about 2 weeks ago and now I’m well on my way to Beach Boys diehard. I’ve liked them for years, of course starting out with their early hits, and I would’ve even called Pet Sounds one of my favorite albums. But I never appreciated them or knew them like I do now, and that’s thanks to you inspiring me to dig deeper.
@nocheteipsum3 жыл бұрын
I never realized how influential "Pet Sounds" was to the Beatles.....Man, I can hear the Beatles IN that album! Thanks to the OP!
@davidmilner59817 жыл бұрын
Great video. As a casual fan, this offered the kind of knowledge and insight about Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys that I've been eager to hear more of. Its very well put together too, thanks for posting.
@DJbirfday5 жыл бұрын
Well said. Thinking about Brian's hardships will always make me emotional. What a truly gifted man.
@babymans3 жыл бұрын
Traveled to Nashville to see him and after we got there, the concert was canceled due to a injury Brian had.--Several months after that I just happened to see that THE BEACH BOYS WITH BRIAN WAS PLAYING IN MY HOME TOWN IN KCMO!!! I BOUGHT FRONT ROW SEATS AND IT WAS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY LIFE....LOVE THEM AND THE MOVIE WAS GREAT ABOUT HIS LIFE. xoxoxox
@James-mn6jo2 жыл бұрын
Hello Teresa, how are things going with you?
3 жыл бұрын
There is definitely a powerful soul in the songs Brian Wilson wrote. He was and still is a great musician. As Paul McCartney himself said, God only knows is one of the greatest masterpieces of the past century, and it's only one of the beautiful songs Brian Wilson wrote. Thank you for this beautiful essay :)
@Kyle-dj2gv7 жыл бұрын
Excellent video Jeffrey, thanks for posting. I'm a fellow die hard. Brian Wilson is most certainly a genius, a modern day Mozart.
@jl89kaiser7 жыл бұрын
Excuse me, but Paul McCartney said that Pet SOunds was the best album ever, period. He also said that that album influenced him to work on Sgt. Pepper. So you have it backwards, my friend. That being said, Mozart was a child genius - that's where i see Brian Wilson fitting in. But finally, the Beatles were an awesome, influential group and I love them. Both Beach Boys (specifically Brian) and BEatles drew inspiration from classical music and Beatles even quoted it in some of their music. Now let's have a "Who's better" discussion about Beatles vs. ROlling Stones! Ha1
@jl89kaiser7 жыл бұрын
Sorry, my friend. Name calling and misspelling the word " you're" makes me almost not want to waste my time replying. But I must. You do not know your music history, my friend. I do. I have lectured on the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Brian WIlson.
@dinocarlucci21055 жыл бұрын
Kyle Wouldnt go that far son. Steady on.
@dinocarlucci21055 жыл бұрын
@@jl89kaiser How about having a who is a better speller you or me
@jerryh.98125 жыл бұрын
Chuck Berry IS credited as a co-writer on surfing USA, no need for hinting at plagiarism.
@baksuz1717175 жыл бұрын
He got credited after the lawsuit lmao
@darkempire60504 жыл бұрын
FUN FUN FUN?!
@holyspacemonkey2 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad you included a bit of Cuckoo Clock. That’s one of my favorites!
@annetteveronica94232 жыл бұрын
Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?
@shajido4 жыл бұрын
GREAT ESSAY! Im a late BBs fan, as well as a Beatle fan, I recently discovered how great contribution to music was Brian Wilson, their voices and symphonies will remain
@jbb3026ify4 жыл бұрын
Brian Wilson's music has brought total joy to my life. Thank you Brian.
@pollaraproductions36884 жыл бұрын
That says it all. Me too!
@runnersdialzero12442 жыл бұрын
FUCK THE POLICE
@hellmonkey007 жыл бұрын
his harmonies are untouchable
@pattykochenower42222 жыл бұрын
I just watched “ Love and Mercy” so sad what they psycho did to Brian for so many years , what an amazing story , great video!!
@annetteveronica94232 жыл бұрын
Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?
@James-mn6jo2 жыл бұрын
Hello Patty, how are things going with you?
@tuggspeadman7613 жыл бұрын
I just got into the beach boys and Brian Wilson about 3 years ago. I am so glad I watch a documentary about Brian and have gotten to enjoy a band that I didn't listen to. Brian Wilson 👍 top shelf
@poopmcstuffins44177 жыл бұрын
this video is truly amazing, thank you so much. Brian's story makes me incredibly sad but I'm glad he's getting the recognition he deserves.
@jamesharwell4 жыл бұрын
Any comments on the hauntingly beautiful song at the end, "I feel so fine..." I love that!
@TheAcarch25 ай бұрын
This was fascinating. We definitely have to put him higher up on the recognition grid. The sounds he produced for sure had an impact.
@doppelmeyer4 жыл бұрын
I love your use of the tracks from the second side of Today! in this video. I found that album to be so fascinating when I was spiralling into my initial Beach Boys obsession. It's that amazing moment before everything exploded on Pet Sounds where there's nothing but innocent potential, just knowing what's to follow, you can hear the excitement he felt. I rate some of those tracks as highly as I would any of the best post-66 material. Great video!
@modernobscura7 жыл бұрын
Seriously though. Great work on this video. I love Brian Wilson, you did a great job in this video essay
@marlanaedwards52964 жыл бұрын
Murray was like another Joe Jackson ( The Jackson 5's father ). So similar.
@kellycoleman7154 жыл бұрын
Marlana Edwards Even the Osmond’s dad. They respected him while he was alive but the stories of abuse are now being revealed.
@alejandrogolt684 жыл бұрын
I think that to say "my father hurt my feelings" Is one of the most powerful ways of putting It. Think about It
@damageinc-uo3zs4 жыл бұрын
I thought the same, very sad I believe they're called abusive "stage parents" pretty sad
@olliedwards80694 жыл бұрын
Murray was worse.
@MickeyDs144 жыл бұрын
I'd honestly be more inclined to say Murray was worse than Joe, if that's even possible. At least Joe thought his kids had talent. After watching "Love & Mercy," it's clear Murray never thought Brian was good enough to even write music. The scene where Brian is singing the demo idea of "God Only Knows," and Murray basically telling him it was awful was heartless. Especially when you think about how iconic that song is in their catalogue and Murray selling the rights to their music from underneath them.
@paninikachini51024 жыл бұрын
That use of “I feel so fine” from the cocaine sessions is absolutely heartbreaking and fitting, considering Brian and Dennis’ state at the time. So sad :(.
@rchydrozz7513 жыл бұрын
Dennis was the surfer of the group. He told his brother Brian about surfing. Early on, Brian wrote songs about surfing and surfboards, having never even seen a surfboard or been surfing. All this came at the right time, no matter what the circumstances.