Brian Wilson burst on to the music scene in the 1960s like a supernova. He wrote about surfing in Surfing USA (1963) although he never surfed. He wrote about the happiness of life in Good Vibrations (1966) although he spent his childhood being terrorized by his father.
He wrote God Only Knows in 1966 and Paul McCartney called it the greatest song ever written.
He wrote Sloop John B and Wouldn’t It Be Nice in 1966 making 1966 his Annus Mirabilis.
In My Room (1963), Don’t Worry Baby (1964), I Get Around (1964), California Girls (1965) made the 1960s with the Beach Boys album Pet Sounds his miraculous decade.
Brian Wilson was a true music genius and authentically American- much like Chuck Berry - whose Sweet Sixteen Wilson “borrowed” for the rhythm and tempo of Surfin USA.
Brian Wilson died Wednesday at age 82. We will not see his genius again. The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson recall a time of innocence when catching a wave in California was what being a teenager in the USA was about - although he wrote California Girls after his first acid trip and hours of wallowing in his room with his pillow over his face consumed with self doubt about the tune he could not get out of his head.
Authentically telling the story of wholesome American teenagers while using and abusing drugs. A musical genius who suffered with drug abuse and mental illness for years. Successful. Creative. Mad. A genius. He was all of that and more.
He was authentic and unique and a uniquely American musical genius.
Enjoy the greatest song ever written.
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Awesome post. Honestly never really listened to that song before and got the ambiguity.
Giddy up giddy up 409. No one is writing songs about Tesla. RIP Brian.
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Funk and soul legend Sly Stone died June 9, 2025. Stone was frontman for Sly & the Family Stone. Read it on NPR before Trump ends it.
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"Pet Sounds" is transcendent. Brian Wilson's passing closes a chapter in the great American songbook. If you haven't already, check out "Love and Mercy," 2014's biopic on Wilson.
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His autobiography is amazing. Quick read
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