One of Wilson's first forays into songwriting, penned when he was nine, was a reinterpretation of the lyrics to Stephen Foster's "Oh! Susannah". When he was 12, his family acquired an upright piano, and he began teaching himself to play piano by spending hours mastering his favorite songs. He learned how to write manuscript music through a friend of his father. Wilson sang with peers at school functions, as well as with family and friends at home, and guided his two brothers in learning harmony parts, which they would rehearse together. He also played piano obsessively after school, deconstructing the harmonies of the Four Freshmen by listening to short segments of their songs on a phonograph, then working to recreate the blended sounds note by note on the keyboard.
For his Senior Problems course in October 1959, Wilson submitted an essay, "My Philosophy", in which he stated that his ambitions were to "make a name for myself [...] in music". One of Wilson's earliest public performances was at a fall arts program at his high school. He enlisted his cousin and frequent singing partner Mike Love and, to entice Carl into the group, named the newly formed membership "Carl and the Passions". They performed songs by Dion and the Belmonts and the Four Freshmen, impressing classmate and musician, Al Jardine. Fred Morgan, Wilson's high school music teacher, recalled his aptitude for learning Bach and Beethoven at 17.
The three Wilson brothers, Love, and Jardine debuted their first music group together, called "the Pendletones", in the autumn of 1961. At Dennis's suggestion, Brian and Love co-wrote the group's first song, "Surfin'". Murry became their manager.
When Candix Records faced financial difficulties and sold the Beach Boys' master recordings to another label, Murry ended their contract. As "Surfin'" faded from the charts, Wilson collaborated with local musician Gary Usher to produce demo recordings for new tracks, including "409" and "Surfin' Safari". Capitol Records were persuaded to release the demos as a single, achieving a double-sided national hit.
In 1962, Wilson and the Beach Boys signed a seven-year contract with Capitol Records under producer Nick Venet. During sessions for their debut album, Surfin' Safari, Wilson negotiated with Capitol to record the band outside the label's basement studios, which he deemed ill-suited for his group. At Wilson's insistence, Capitol permitted the Beach Boys to fund their own external sessions while retaining all rights to the recordings. He also secured production control over the album, though he was not credited for this role in the liner notes.
Throughout 1964, Wilson toured internationally with the Beach Boys while writing and producing their albums Shut Down Volume 2 (March), All Summer Long (June), and The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (November). Following a particularly stressful Australasian tour in early 1964, the group dismissed Murry as their manager. Murry maintained occasional contact with Wilson, offering unsolicited advice on the group's business decisions. Wilson also continued to solicit his father's opinions on musical matters.
On December 23, 1964, Wilson was to accompany his bandmates for a two-week U.S. tour, but during a flight from Los Angeles to Houston, he experienced a breakdown, sobbing uncontrollably due to stress over his recent marriage to Marilyn Rovell. Jardine recalled, "None of us had ever witnessed something like that." Wilson played the show in Houston later that day, but was replaced by session musician Glen Campbell for the rest of the tour. Wilson, speaking in 1966, described it as "the first of a series of three breakdowns". When the group resumed recording their next album in January 1965, Wilson declared that he would be withdrawing from future tours. Wilson attributed his decision partly to a "fucked up" jealousy of Spector and the Beatles.
Campbell continued substituting for Wilson on tour until February 1965, after which Wilson produced Campbell's solo single, "Guess I'm Dumb", as a gesture of appreciation. Columbia Records staff producer Bruce Johnston was subsequently hired as Wilson's permanent touring replacement.
With his bandmates frequently touring, Wilson grew socially distant from the Beach Boys. In late 1964, he had relocated to an apartment at 7235 Hollywood Boulevard, where he began cultivating a new social circle through music industry connections. Biographer Steven Gaines writes that this period marked Wilson's first independence from familial oversight, allowing friendships without "parental interference". Wilson befriended talent agent Loren Schwartz, whom he met at a Hollywood studio. Through Schwartz, Wilson engaged with literature on philosophy and world religions, sparking his interest in mystical topics. Schwartz also introduced Wilson to marijuana and hashish; his habitual use of these substances, combined with his frequent visits to Schwartz's apartment, contributed to marital tensions with his wife Marilyn. His first song composed under the influence of marijuana was "Please Let Me Wonder" (1965).
Throughout 1965, Wilson's musical ambitions progressed significantly with the albums The Beach Boys Today! (March) and Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) (June). Weeks after relocating to an apartment on West Hollywood's Gardner Street with his wife early in the year, Wilson took LSD for the first time under Schwartz's supervision. Wilson later said of the experience, "it just tore my head off. [...] You just come to grips with what you are, what you can do [and] can't do, and learn to face it." During the experience, he composed portions of the Beach Boys' single "California Girls". He later described the session for the song's backing track, held on April 6, as his "favorite", and the opening orchestral section as "the greatest piece of music that I've ever written". However, he attributed persistent paranoia later that year to his LSD use.
After unsuccessful efforts to distance Wilson from Schwartz, Marilyn temporarily separated from him. She later reflected on the strain caused by his drug-associated social circle, stating, "He was not the same Brian... These people were very hurtful, and I tried to get that through to Brian." The couple soon reconciled, and, in late 1965, moved into a newly purchased home at 1448 Laurel Way in Beverly Hills.
Wilson recalled that after relocating to his Beverly Hills home, he experienced an unexpected surge of creativity, working for hours to develop new musical ideas. He acknowledged heavy drug use, stating, "I was taking [...] a lot of pills, and it fouled me up for a while. It got me really introspective". Over five months, he planned an album that would elevate his music to "a spiritual level".
The album's lead single, "Caroline, No", released in March 1966, became Wilson's first solo credit, sparking speculation about his potential departure from the Beach Boys. Wilson later said, "I explained to [the group], 'It's OK. It is only a temporary rift […] I wanted to step out a little bit.'" The single peaked at number 32, while Pet Sounds reached number 10. Wilson was "mortified" that his artistic growth had failed to translate into a number-one album. Marilyn stated, "When it wasn't received by the public the way he thought it would be received, it made him hold back. ... but he didn't stop. He couldn't stop. He needed to create more."
For the remainder of 1968, Wilson's songwriting output declined substantially, as did his emotional state, leading him to self-medicate with overconsumption of food, alcohol, and drugs. As the Beach Boys faced impending financial collapse, he began to supplement his regular amphetamines and marijuana with cocaine, to which Hutton had introduced him. Hutton later stated that Wilson expressed suicidal ideation during this period, describing it as the onset of Wilson's "real decline".
In mid-1968, Wilson was admitted to a psychiatric hospital, possibly voluntarily. His hospitalization was kept private, and his bandmates proceeded with recording sessions for 20/20 (February 1969). Once discharged later in the year, Wilson rarely finished any tracks for the band, leaving much of his subsequent output for Carl to complete. Journalist Nik Cohn wrote in 1968 that Wilson had become the subject of rumors describing him as "increasingly withdrawn", "brooding", and "hermitic" [sic], with occasional sightings of him "in the back of some limousine, cruising around Hollywood, bleary and unshaven, huddled way tight into himself".
Wilson typically stayed secluded upstairs while the group recorded below, joining sessions only to suggest revisions to music he had overheard. He occasionally emerged from his bedroom to preview new songs for the group. Melcher likened these appearances to Aesop delivering a new fable. Journalist Brian Chidester later coined the term "Bedroom Tapes" to refer to Wilson's unreleased output between 1968 and 1975, most of which remains unheard publicly.
According to Mike Love, Wilson had "lost interest in the mechanical aspect" of recording, deferring technical work to Carl. Band engineer Stephen Desper said that Brian remained "indirectly involved" with the group's productions through Carl and that Brian's reduced contributions stemmed from "limited hours in the day", as well as his aversion to confrontation: "Brian [...] doesn't like to hurt anyone's feelings, so if someone's working on something else, he wasn't going to jump in there and say, 'Look, this is my production and my house, so get outta here!'" Conversely, Dennis stated that Brian had "no involvement at all" with the band beginning with the 20/20 sessions, forcing them to salvage and assemble fragments of his earlier work. Marilyn recalled that her husband withdrew because of perceived resentment from the group: "It was like, 'OK, you assholes, you think you can do as good as me or whatever—go ahead—you do it. You think it's so easy? You do it.'"
During the summer of 1972, Wilson joined his bandmates when they temporarily relocated to Holland after persistent persuasion. Residing in a Dutch house known as "Flowers" and repeatedly listening to Randy Newman's album Sail Away, he was inspired to write a fairy tale, Mount Vernon and Fairway, drawing on memories of listening to the radio at Mike Love's family home in his youth. The group declined to include the fairy tale on their next album, Holland (January 1973), and instead released it as a bonus EP packaged with the album. That April, Wilson briefly joined his bandmates onstage during an encore at the Hollywood Palladium.
After his father's death in June 1973, Wilson secluded himself in the chauffeur's quarters of his home, where he spent his time sleeping, abusing drugs and alcohol, overeating, and exhibiting self-destructive behavior. He rarely ventured outside wearing anything but pajamas and later said that his father's death "had a lot to do with my retreating". Wilson's family were eventually forced to take control of his financial affairs due to his irresponsible drug expenditures. This led Wilson to occasionally wander the city, begging for rides, drugs, and alcohol.
According to Wilson, from 1974 to 1975, his output was confined to minimal, fragmentary recordings, due to a diminished capacity for sustained concentration. He elaborated that he had been preoccupied with snorting cocaine, reading magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse, and "hanging out with Danny Hutton", whose Laurel Canyon house had become the center of Wilson's social life. Although increasingly reclusive during the day, Wilson spent many nights at Hutton's house fraternizing with colleagues such as Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop. Other visitors of Hutton's home included Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and Keith Moon. On several occasions, Marilyn Wilson sent her friends to climb Hutton's fence and retrieve her husband. In 1974, Wilson interrupted a set by jazz musician Larry Coryell at The Troubadour by leaping on stage and singing "Be-Bop-a-Lula" while wearing slippers and a bathrobe.
Many reported anecdotes involving Wilson in the early 1970s, though frequently of questionable veracity, attained a legendary status. Recalling Wilson's wellbeing at the time, John Sebastian said, "It wasn't all grimness." Jeff Foskett, then a Beach Boys fan who had visited Wilson's home unannounced, similarly commented that Wilson had responded cordially to the visit and had belied the popular myths surrounding him. Wilson also participated in some recording sessions for Nilsson's "Salmon Falls" and Keith Moon's solo album, Two Sides of the Moon.
Early in 1975, while still under contract with Warner Bros., Wilson signed a short-lived sideline production deal with Bruce Johnston and Terry Melcher's Equinox Records. Together, they founded the loose-knit supergroup known as California Music, which also involved Gary Usher, Curt Boettcher, and other Los Angeles musicians. Along with his guest appearances on Johnny Rivers's rendition of "Help Me, Rhonda" and Jackie DeShannon's "Boat to Sail", Wilson's production of California Music's single "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" represents his only "serious" work throughout this period.
Wilson's increased consumption of food, cigarettes, alcohol, and other drugs—including heroin—strained his marriage to Marilyn, who threatened divorce or institutionalization. His weight reached 240 pounds (110 kg). In 1975, to address his declining health, band manager Stephen Love appointed his brother Stan, a professional basketball player, as Wilson's bodyguard, trainer, and caretaker. A family intervention involving the band's lawyers and accountants was arranged to remind Wilson of his contractual obligation to write and produce for the Beach Boys. According to Stan, Wilson's growing resentment had led him to frequently announce his withdrawal from the Beach Boys, but his bandmates persisted. Although Stan improved Wilson's health over several months, he soon returned to his NBA commitments. Wilson entered psychologist Eugene Landy's intensive 24-hour therapy program in October.
Under Landy's care, Wilson stabilized and became more socially engaged, renewing his productivity. In 1976, the slogan "Brian's Back!" was widely used to promote the Beach Boys' concert tours and the July release of 15 Big Ones, the first album since Pet Sounds to list Wilson as the sole producer. Recording sessions were tense, as his bandmates opposed his proposal for a covers album and questioned his readiness to lead studio proceedings. The album ultimately featured a mix of covers and original material.
Beginning on July 2, 1976, Wilson resumed regular performances with the band for the first time since 1964, singing and alternating between bass guitar and piano. In August, he toured outside California for the first time since 1970. NBC premiered a Lorne Michaels–produced television special, titled The Beach Boys, featuring recent concert footage, interviews, and a comedy sketch with Wilson alongside NBC's Saturday Night cast members Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. Despite the promotional success of "Brian's Back!", the campaign was controversial. Wilson's remarks in interviews implied he had not fully recovered from his addictions; on one occasion, he remarked that he "felt like a prisoner". A concert reviewer noted that he "seemed uncomfortable on stage" and contributed "nil".
From October 1976 to January 1977, Wilson produced a collection of recordings largely on his own while his bandmates pursued other creative and personal endeavors. Released in April 1977, The Beach Boys Love You was the band's first album to feature Wilson as the primary composer since Wild Honey in 1967. Originally titled Brian Loves You, the album showcased Wilson playing nearly every instrument. Band engineer Earle Mankey described it as Wilson's effort to create a "serious, autobiographical" work. In a 1998 interview, Wilson listed 15 Big Ones and Love You as his two favorite Beach Boys albums.
At the end of 1976, Wilson's family and management dismissed Landy after he raised his monthly fee to $20,000 ($111,000 in 2024). Shortly afterward, Wilson told a journalist he considered the treatment successful. Landy's role was immediately assumed by his cousins, Steve Korthof and Stan Love, and professional model Rocky Pamplin—a college friend of Stan. Under their supervision, Wilson maintained a healthy, drug-free lifestyle for several months.
After a disastrous Australian tour in 1978, Wilson regressed and began secretly acquiring cocaine and barbiturates. In mid-1978, following an overdose, he hitchhiked in West Hollywood, eventually arriving at a gay bar where he played piano for drinks. A bar patron then drove him to Mexico, after which he hitchhiked to San Diego. Days later, police found him in Balboa Park without shoes, money, or a wallet, and he was taken to Alvarado Hospital to detox from alcohol poisoning. Wilson rejoined his bandmates for the recording of L.A. (Light Album) (March 1979), but after producing demos and early recordings, he asked that Bruce Johnston take over the project.
With his marriage unraveling, Wilson left his mansion in Beverly Hills for a modest home on Sunset Boulevard, where his alcoholism worsened. After attacking his doctor, he was institutionalized at Brotzman Memorial Hospital—initially admitted in November 1978 for three months, discharged for one month, then readmitted. In January 1979, while hospitalized, his caregivers Stan Love and Rocky Pamplin were dismissed. Wilson was released in March. He rented a house in Santa Monica and was cared for by a "round-the-clock" psychiatric nursing team. Later, he purchased a home in Pacific Palisades. Although his bandmates urged him to produce their next album, Keepin' the Summer Alive (March 1980), he was unable or unwilling to do so.
Wilson continued his overeating and drug habits. To motivate Wilson in his musical endeavors, Dennis occasionally provided him with McDonald's hamburgers and cocaine. Jon Stebbins's biography of Dennis describes clandestine recording sessions between the brothers, which were hidden due to efforts by "certain members of the Beach Boys clan" to keep them apart. Discovering their collaboration often led to a halt in the proceedings. Bootlegged tapes of the brothers' collaborations—produced in 1980 and 1981 at the Venice Beach home studio of musicologist and film executive Garby Leon—later became known among fans as the "cocaine sessions" or "hamburger sessions".
In early 1981, Pamplin and Stan Love were convicted of assaulting Dennis after learning he had been providing Wilson with drugs. In early 1982, Wilson signed a trust document granting Carl control of his finances and voting power in the band's corporate structure, and he was involuntarily admitted for a three-day stay at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica. By the end of the year, his weight exceeded 340 pounds (150 kg).
In 1982, after Wilson overdosed on alcohol, cocaine, and other drugs, his family and management staged an elaborate ruse to persuade him to reenter Landy's program. On November 5, the group falsely informed Wilson that he was destitute and no longer a Beach Boy, insisting he reenlist Landy as his caretaker to continue receiving his touring income. Landy agreed to resume treatment only if granted complete control over Wilson's affairs and promised rehabilitation within two years.
Between 1983 and 1986, Landy charged approximately $430,000 annually ($1.36 million in 2024). When he requested additional funds, Carl Wilson was obliged to allocate a quarter of Brian's publishing royalties. Landy gradually assumed the role of Wilson's creative and financial partner, eventually representing him at Brother Records, Inc. corporate meetings. Landy was accused of creating a Svengali-like environment by controlling every aspect of Wilson's life—including his musical direction. Wilson countered these claims, stating, "People say that Dr. Landy runs my life, but the truth is, I'm in charge." He later claimed that in mid-1985 he attempted suicide by swimming as far out to sea as possible before one of Landy's aides retrieved him.
Wilson occasionally rejoined his bandmates on stage and performed his first ever solo gigs at several charity concerts around Los Angeles. In January 1987, he accepted a solo contract from Sire Records president Seymour Stein, who mandated co-production by multi-instrumentalist Andy Paley to keep Wilson focused. In return, Landy was allowed to serve as executive producer. Other producers, including Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker, soon joined the project, and conflicts with Landy emerged.
In 1989, Wilson and Landy formed the company Brains and Genius. By then, Landy was no longer legally recognized as Wilson's therapist and had surrendered his California psychology license. Together, they worked on Wilson's second solo album, Sweet Insanity, with Landy co-writing nearly all the material. Sire rejected the album due to Landy's lyrics and the inclusion of Wilson's rap song "Smart Girls". In May 1989, Wilson recorded "Daddy's Little Girl" for the film She's Out of Control, and in June, he was among the featured guests on the charity single "The Spirit of the Forest".
Throughout the 1990s, Wilson was embroiled in numerous lawsuits. In August 1989, he had filed a $100 million suit against Irving Music to reclaim song publishing rights sold by his father decades earlier. He did not regain the rights, but secured a $10 million ($20.6 million in 2024) out-of-court settlement in April 1992. The next month, Wilson was sued by Mike Love over long-neglected royalties and songwriting credits. In December 1994, a jury ruled in favor of Love, awarding him $5 million ($10.6 million in 2024) and a share of future royalties from Wilson. In September 1995, Wilson sued his former conservator, Jerome Billet, seeking $10 million for alleged failures in supervising the lawyers handling the Irving Music and Love lawsuits. According to his second wife Melinda, when they married in 1995, Wilson was entangled in nine separate lawsuits, many unresolved until the early 2000s.
Wilson's productivity had increased significantly after his disassociation from Landy. He and Andy Paley composed and recorded a substantial body of material intended for a proposed Beach Boys album throughout the early to mid-1990s. Concurrently, Wilson collaborated with musician Don Was on the documentary Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (1995), whose soundtrack—comprising rerecorded Beach Boys songs—was released in August as his second solo album.
Although some recordings with the Beach Boys were completed, the Wilson–Paley project was eventually abandoned. Instead, Wilson co-produced the band's 1996 album Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 with Joe Thomas, owner of River North Records. In 1997, Wilson relocated to St. Charles, Illinois, to work on a solo project with Thomas. His third solo album, Imagination (June 1998)—which he described as "really a Brian Wilson/Joe Thomas album"—peaked at number 88 in the U.S. and received criticism for its homogenized radio pop sound. Shortly before the album's release, Wilson lost his brother Carl and their mother Audree.
Some reports from this period suggested that Wilson was exploited by those close to him, including Melinda. His daughter Carnie nicknamed Ledbetter "Melandy", while family friend Ginger Blake described Wilson as "complacent and basically surrendered". Mike Love stated his willingness to reunite the Beach Boys with Wilson but remarked that "Brian usually has someone in his life who tells him what to do. And now that person kinda wants to keep him away from us. I don't know why. You'd have to ask her, I guess." When asked if he still considered himself a Beach Boy, Wilson responded, "No. Maybe a little bit." Debate persisted among fans over whether Wilson fully consented to his semi-regular touring schedule through the 2010s.[338]
From March to July 1999, Wilson embarked on his first solo tour, playing about a dozen dates in the U.S. and Japan. His supporting band included former Beach Boys touring musician Jeff Foskett (guitar), Wondermints members Darian Sahanaja (keyboards), Nick Walusko (guitar), Mike D'Amico (percussion, drums), and Probyn Gregory (guitar, horns); along with Chicago-based session musicians Scott Bennett (various), Paul Mertens (woodwinds), Bob Lizik (bass), Todd Sucherman (drums), and Taylor Mills (backing vocals). He toured the U.S. again in October. In 2000, he stated, "I feel much more comfortable on stage now. I have a good band behind me. It's a much better band than the Beach Boys were."
In August 1999, Wilson filed suit against Thomas, seeking damages and a declaration that he could work on his next album without Thomas's involvement. Thomas counter-sued, alleging that Wilson's wife had "schemed against and manipulated" him and Wilson; the case was settled out of court.
In mid-2011, Wilson reunited with Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks, and Bruce Johnston to re-record "Do It Again" in secret for a potential 50th anniversary album. Rumors soon circulated in the music press about a world tour by the group. In a September report, Wilson said he was not participating in the tour with his bandmates, remarking, "I don't really like working with the guys, but it all depends on how we feel and how much money's involved. Money's not the only reason I made records, but it does hold a place in our lives." Ultimately, Wilson agreed to the tour—which lasted until September 2012—and to record the album That's Why God Made the Radio, released in June 2012. By that time, Wilson had renewed his creative partnership with Joe Thomas. Although Wilson was listed as the album's producer, Thomas was credited with "recording" and Love with "executive producer".
In June 2013, Wilson's website announced that he was recording and self-producing new material with Don Was, Al Jardine, David Marks, Blondie Chaplin, and Jeff Beck. It stated that the material might be split into three albums: one of new pop songs, another of mostly instrumental tracks with Beck, and another of interwoven tracks dubbed "the suite" which initially began form as the closing four tracks of That's Why God Made the Radio. In January 2014, Wilson declared in an interview that the Beck collaborations would not be released.
In January 2024, Melinda Ledbetter died at their home. The following month, it was announced that Wilson had dementia and entered into another conservatorship, which began in May 2024. He had completed two tracks as part of a forthcoming solo album produced by Joe Thomas and Jonathan Wilson (no relation) before the project was abandoned following Thomas' death that April.
Wilson died in his sleep in his Beverly Hills home on June 11, 2025, at the age of 82. Al Jardine later reported that Wilson had been struggling with long-term effects of COVID-19 since his last tour: "That was the end of it. He never came back after that." On June 26, it was confirmed that Wilson died of respiratory arrest. Wilson also had sepsis and cystitis. Neurodegenerative disorder, obstructive sleep apnea and chronic kidney disease were also listed as other associated factors in his death.
Family and associates, including Jardine and Mike Love, paid tribute to Wilson on social media, while media outlets published eulogies written by Van Dyke Parks, Darian Sahanaja, and biographer David Leaf. Many other musicians, artists, and celebrities offered public acknowledgements.
At the time of his death, Wilson had left behind a substantial body of unreleased work, including the albums Adult/Child and Sweet Insanity, a large collection of 1980s demos, and recordings created with Dennis Wilson, Gary Usher, Andy Paley, and Joe Thomas. Cows in the Pasture, the unfinished album he had produced for Fred Vail in 1970, is to be released in 2025, accompanied by a docuseries about Vail and the album's making.
Wilson credited his mother with introducing him to the Four Freshmen, attributing his love for harmonies and the human voice to their "groovy sectional sound". Their 1956 album Freshmen Favorites was the first pop album that Wilson listened to in its entirety and he regarded Voices in Love (1958) as "probably the greatest single vocal album I've ever heard". He greatly admired the group's arrangers, Pete Rugolo and Dick Reynolds, the latter's services he later employed for the Beach Boys' Christmas album and Adult/Child. It is likely that Wilson learned nearly the entirety of the Four Freshmen's recorded repertoire through 1961, after which his obsession with the group diminished. In addition to the Four Freshmen, Mike Love recalled Wilson "playing and studying a lot of Ricky Nelson, the Four Preps, and the Hi-Los".
Asked for songs that he wished he had written, Wilson listed three: "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", "Be My Baby", and Burt Bacharach's "Here I Am", the latter composer being often overlooked by scholars as an influence. Wilson named Bacharach, alongside Spector and Chuck Berry, as his main chordal influences, and said that Bacharach had a "profound" influence that "got me going in a direction". Wilson produced renditions of Bacharach's "My Little Red Book" and "Walk On By" in 1967 and 1968, respectively, but left the recordings unreleased.
It is often reported that the Beach Boys and the Beatles influenced each other, although Wilson rejected the notion. He acknowledged that he had felt threatened by the Beatles' success and that this awareness drove him to concentrate his efforts on trying to outdo them in the studio. He praised Paul McCartney's stylistic versatility and commended his bass playing as "technically fantastic".
In 1976, Wilson commented that he felt contemporary popular music had lacked the artistic integrity it once had, with Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975) being one exception. In a 1988 interview, he named the 1982 compilation Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I and Paul Simon's 1986 release Graceland among his ten favorite albums of all time. In 2007, he cited Billy Joel as his favorite pianist. By 2015, Wilson maintained that he does not listen to modern music, only "oldies but goodies".
Wilson's writing process, as he described in 1966, started with finding a basic chord pattern and rhythm that he termed "feels", or "brief note sequences, fragments of ideas". He explained, "Once they're out of my head and into the open air, I can see them and touch them firmly." He wrote later that he aspired to write songs that appear "simple, no matter how complex it really is".
Many of Wilson's compositions are marked by destabilized tonal centers. He frequently used key changes within verses and choruses, including "truck driver's modulations", to create dynamic shifts. Tertian movement is another recurring technique.
Some of Wilson's songs incorporate a I – IV – I – V pattern, a formula derived from "Da Doo Ron Ron", as well as a circle of fifths sequence that begins with the mediant (iii), inspired by
"Be My Baby". He frequently uses stepwise-falling melodic lines, stepwise diatonic rises, and whole-step root movements. Numerous songs alternate between supertonic and dominant chords or tonic and flattened subtonic chords, the latter featuring in the verses of "Guess I'm Dumb" and the intro to "California Girls".
Wilson generally collaborated with another lyricist, although he occasionally composed both words and music alone. Most of his songs explore introspective themes, and several portray the male object or narrator as a "loser", evident on "She Knows Me Too Well", "Don't Hurt My Little Sister", "Merry Christmas, Baby", and "All Dressed Up for School". Other recurring themes in Wilson's songs include feminine objectification, youthful innocence, slice of life stories, and health and fitness.
Although the Beach Boys became known for surfing imagery, his compositions with collaborators outside the band typically avoided this subject matter. Unlike his contemporaries, social issues were never referenced in his lyrics. In his 2008 book Dark Mirror: The Pathology of the Singer-Songwriter, Donald Brackett identifies Wilson as "the Carl Sandburg and Robert Frost of popular music—deceptively simple, colloquial in phrasing, with a spare and evocative lyrical style embedded in the culture that created it". Brackett opined that Wilson expressed "intense fragility" and "emotional vulnerability" to degrees that few other singer-songwriters had.
Wilson said, "I was unable to really think as a producer up until the time where I really got familiar with Phil Spector's work. That was when I started to design the experience to be a record rather than just a song." He frequently attended Spector's recording sessions, observing his arranging and recording techniques, and adopted Spector's choice of studios and session musicians, later known as the Wrecking Crew. Wilson established approximately one-third of a song's final arrangement during the writing process, with the remainder developed in the studio.
Wilson first used the Wrecking Crew for productions with the Honeys in March 1963, and two months later, during sessions for Surfer Girl, he began gradually integrating these musicians into Beach Boys records. Until 1965, the band members typically performed the instrumentation,[544] but as Wilson's sessions came to necessitate 11 or more different players, his reliance on the Wrecking Crew increased. In 1966 and 1967, he almost exclusively used these musicians for the backing tracks,[544] although their involvement diminished considerably after 1967.[544]
According to Wilson, after his first nervous breakdown in 1964, he had endeavored to "take the things I learned from Phil Spector" and maximize his instrumental palette. In Priore's assessment, Wilson reconfigured Spector's Wall of Sound techniques, aiming for "audio clarity" and "a more lush, comfortable feel". The 2003 book Temples of Sound states that Wilson distinguished himself from Spector through the usage of certain instruments, such as banjo, and by possessing a "clean muscle" missing in Spector's work. Danny Hutton remarked that anyone recording immediately after Wilson's session would fail to replicate the sound he achieved. According to Hutton, "There was a lot of subtle stuff he did. [...] He was just hands-on. He would change the reverb and the echo, and all of a sudden, something just – whoa! – got twice as big and fat."
Wilson's vocal style was shaped by studying the Four Freshmen, from whom he developed a versatile head voice that allowed him to hit high notes without resorting to falsetto, although he did use falsetto on some Beach Boys tracks. He recalled that he "learned how to sing falsetto" through listening to Four Freshmen renditions. Rosemary Clooney also influenced his singing; by mimicking her phrasing on recordings like "Hey There", he learned "to sing with feeling".
His family and associates faced challenges in discerning genuine mental health issues from potential manipulative behavior on Wilson's part. Subsequent to his Houston flight incident from December 1964, Marilyn arranged his first psychiatrist visit, where it was ruled that Wilson's condition was due to work-related fatigue. Wilson typically refused counseling, and his family believed his idiosyncrasies stemmed from drug habits or were innate to his personality. Marilyn countered accusations of neglect on her part, emphasizing her repeated efforts to get him professional help.
According to Wilson, he was introduced to recreational drugs by an acquaintance during a Beach Boys tour. His hallucinations emerged early in 1965, about a week after his first time using psychedelics. Loren Schwartz, his supplier, said that Wilson's first dosage was 125 micrograms of "pure Owsley" and resulted in "full-on ego death". Mike Love observed signs of irregular behavior in Wilson by July, recalling an incident where Wilson deliberately crashed his car, an act Love deemed out of character. His drug use was initially concealed from his bandmates and family, including Love, who had thought Wilson to be strictly opposed to drugs.
Wilson's mental condition improved in later years, although his auditory hallucinations persisted, especially when performing onstage. He credited his relationship with his second wife for allowing him to resume his career as a musician. In his own words, he said that he should have spent the early 2000s "in a mental institution under heavy sedation" due to the stresses of his condition; however, "Things have started to get a little bit easier, but I'm not always in a positive, happy place." In 2002, he lamented that his successful treatment had inhibited his creativity and songwriting.
At age 11, during a Christmas choir recital, it was found that Wilson had significantly diminished hearing in his right ear. The issue was diagnosed as a nerve impingement. The exact cause remains unclear.
Due to this infirmity, Wilson developed a habit of speaking from the side of his mouth, giving the false impression that he had suffered a stroke. He also experienced tinnitus. In the late 1960s, he underwent corrective surgery that was unsuccessful in restoring his hearing.
Wilson's first serious relationship was with Judy Bowles, a high school student he had met at a baseball game in mid-1961. The couple were engaged during Christmas 1963 and were to be married the following December. She inspired his songs "Judy" (1962), "Surfer Girl" (1963), and, according to some accounts, "The Warmth of the Sun" (1964), the latter being written shortly after they had separated. Around then, he gradually became romantically involved with singer Marilyn Rovell, whom he had met in August 1962. Inspired by a remark from Marilyn's older sister Diane, Wilson wrote "Don't Hurt My Little Sister" (1965) about his early relationship with Marilyn.
In July 1978, Wilson and Marilyn separated, and he filed for divorce in January 1979. Marilyn received custody of their children and a half share of Wilson's songwriting royalties. Wilson continued his relationship with Keil until 1981.[621] After the separation, Wilson dated one of his nurses, Carolyn Williams, until January 1983. Singer Linda Ronstadt, in her 2013 memoir Simple Dreams, implied that she had briefly dated Wilson in the 1970s.[621]
In 2011, he said that while he had spiritual beliefs, he did not follow any particular religion. Asked in 2004 for his favorite book, Wilson answered "the Bible", and questioned if he believed in life after death, Wilson replied "I don't".
Wilson admitted to having a poor memory and occasionally lying in interviews to "test" people. In later years, many writers found Wilson challenging to interview, as his responses were usually curt or lacking in substance. Edgers wrote in 2000 that "no writer will ever understand Brian Wilson", highlighting his often "clipped and conflicting" responses, adding that he "generally makes it clear to interviewers that he would rather be somewhere else – and that's when he's feeling good". Salon's Peter Gilstrap wrote in 2015 that Wilson had been known to end interviews abruptly.
From 1962 to 1979, Wilson wrote or co-wrote over two dozen U.S. top 40 hits for the Beach Boys, with eleven reaching the top 10, including the number-ones "I Get Around" (1964), "Help Me, Rhonda" (1965), and "Good Vibrations" (1966). Three more that he produced, but did not write, were the band's "Barbara Ann" (number 2) in 1965, "Sloop John B" (number 3) in 1966, and "Rock and Roll Music" (number 5) in 1976. Among his other top 10 hits, Wilson co-wrote Jan and Dean's "Surf City" (the first chart-topping surf song) and "Dead Man's Curve" (number 8) in 1963, and the Hondells' "Little Honda" (number 9) in 1964.
Wilson is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and significant songwriters of the late 20th century. Fellow composers who have acknowledged his advancements include Philip Glass, Gustavo Dudamel, and Burt Bacharach, the latter of whom praised Wilson as "one of the greatest innovators" in music history. In discussing Wilson's harmonic ingenuity, musicologist Philip Lambert states in 2016 that his harmonic approach demonstrated an exceptional mastery, leaving a lasting imprint on popular music since.
The level of creative control that Wilson had asserted over his own record output was unprecedented in the music industry, leading him to become the first pop artist credited for writing, arranging, producing, and performing his own material. Wilson's autonomy encompassed control over recording studios and personnel, including engineers and the typically intrusive A&R representative. According to biographer James Murphy, Wilson's singular artistic freedom was pivotal in reshaping both the landscape of popular music and the music industry's perception of artistic control.
His accomplishments as a producer influenced many others in his field, effectively setting a precedent that allowed subsequent bands and artists to produce their own recording sessions. Following his exercise of total creative autonomy, Wilson ignited an explosion of like-minded California producers, supplanting New York as the center of popular records. Wilson was also a pioneer of "project" recording, where an artist records by himself rather than at an established studio.
Under Wilson's creative leadership, the Beach Boys became major contributors to the development of psychedelic music, although they are rarely credited for this distinction. Christian Matijas-Mecca, in his book about psychedelic rock, credits Wilson, alongside Bob Dylan and the Beatles, for establishing a creative standard that "enabled psychedelic artists to expand their sonic and compositional boundaries", yielding "entirely new" sounds and tone colors. In an editorial piece on sunshine pop, The A.V. Club's Noel Murray recognized Wilson as among "studio rats [that] set the pace for how pop music could and should sound in the Flower Power era: at once starry-eyed and wistful".
Wilson's detachment from live performance—deploying bandmates as "attractive avatars"—presaged later producer-musicians like Max Martin. Writing in 2016, The Atlantic's Jason Guriel credits Pet Sounds with inventing "the modern pop album" by establishing auteur-driven production, anticipating "the rise of the producer [and] the modern pop-centric era, which privileges producer over artist and blurs the line between entertainment and art".
Wilson's popularity and success is attributed partly to the perceived naïveté of his work and personality. In music journalist Barney Hoskyns's description, the "particular appeal of Wilson's genius" can be traced to his "singular naivety" and "ingenuousness", alongside his band being "the very obverse of hip". Commenting on the seemingly "campy and corny" quality of the Beach Boys' first records, David Marks said that Wilson had been "dead serious about them all", elaborating, "It's hard to believe that anyone could be that naive and honest, but he was. That's what made those records so successful. You could feel the sincerity in them."
The most culturally significant "tragedy" in 1960s rock, according to journalist Richard Goldstein, was Wilson's failure to overcome his insecurities and realize "his full potential as a composer" after having anticipated developments such as electronica and minimalism. Writing in 1981, sociomusicologist Simon Frith identified Wilson's withdrawal in 1967, along with Phil Spector's self-imposed retirement in 1966, as the catalysts for the "rock/pop split that has afflicted American music ever since".
Later in the 20th century, Wilson was credited with "godfathering" an era of independently produced music that was heavily indebted to his melodic sensibilities, chamber pop orchestrations, and recording experiments. Author Nathan Wiseman-Trowse credits Wilson, alongside Spector, with having "arguably pioneered", in popular music, the "approach to the sheer physicality of sound", an integral characteristic of the dream pop genre. Newer acts who were influenced by Wilson, or that voiced their admiration, included Robyn Hitchcock, Redd Kross, the Church, Rain Parade, Big Dipper, the Go-Betweens, Psychic TV, the Feelies, and the dBs.
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Some sources indicate the tune was the "Marine Corps Hymn".[10] /wiki/Marine_Corps_Hymn
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According to his mother, "The [accordion instructor] said, 'I don't think he's reading. He hears it just once and plays the whole thing perfectly.'"[10]
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Carl remarked that by the age of 10, his brother "could play great boogie-woogie piano!"[13][17]
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In his 1991 memoir, he recalls writing his first song for a fourth-grade school project concerning Paul Bunyan.[19] In a 2005 interview, he said that he began composing original music at age twelve, in 1955.[20] /wiki/Paul_Bunyan
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Michael Thomas Meggison. "#71 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The Immediate New England and Royal Ancestry of the Beach Boys". American Ancestors. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Archived from the original on August 23, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140823011549/http://www.americanancestors.org/ancestry-beach-boys/
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His 2016 memoir says his "first real job" was at a lumberyard.[27]
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Their rooms had been designed for large orchestras and ensembles of the 1950s, not small rock groups.[50]
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This includes records by the Honeys, Jan and Dean, the Survivors, Sharon Marie, the Timers, the Castells ("I Do"), Bob Norberg, Vickie Kocher, Gary Usher, Christian, Paul Petersen ("She Rides with Me"), and Larry Denton ("Endless Sleep").[73] He also founded Brian Wilson Productions, a record production company with offices on Sunset Boulevard, and Ocean Music, a publishing entity for his work with artists outside the Beach Boys.[83] /wiki/I_Do_(The_Castells_song)
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This was the first time Wilson had skipped concert dates with the Beach Boys since 1963.[96] Although he continued to make sporadic appearances at gigs, the Houston show marked his last as a regular member of the touring group until 1976.[98]
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Songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil recalled that Wilson had confided in them about considering retirement from the music industry, changing his mind after hearing Spector's latest hit record, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'."[104] In an interview from August 1966, Wilson states, "I never wanted to quit the music business. I just wanted to get off the road, which I did."[105] Photographer Ed Roach said that Brian had felt overshadowed by the audience's enthusiastic response to his brother Dennis during live performances.[106] /wiki/Barry_Mann
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Wilson rejoined the live group for one-off occasions in February, March, July, and October 1965.[108]
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Sources differ on the move-in date: White cites December,[127] while Badman specifies October.[126]
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Marilyn cited Wilson's desire for a larger home,[151] while Badman writes that the move aimed to distance them from his entourage of "hanger-ons".[149] Marilyn later installed security measures, including a brick wall and electronic gate.[152]
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David Leaf, writing in his 1978 biography of the band, said that Wilson's family and friends had dismissed these incidents as jokes.[191]
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Though Wilson never personally signed the agreement, the band's corporate structure allowed it to pass with three of five member votes.[196]
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Wilson recalled, "On the second night, I started [...] feeling dizzy and I told the guys I had to stop. It felt like I was killing myself."[203]
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Bruce Johnston left the band during these sessions partly due to his unhappiness with Wilson's creative withdrawal.[208]
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Carl explained, "There was a thing where Brian kept on giving people money to 'score'. Not for himself but for themselves. It's like he was giving a guy every week a few hundred bucks, and a very well-known guy at that."[217]
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In the 1970s, Wilson developed a longtime obsession with the folk standard "Shortnin' Bread", recording numerous unreleased variations of the song.[173][175] According to Cooper, Wilson had proclaimed that it was "the greatest song ever written".[57]
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Wilson stated in a 2001 interview that he had never met Lennon.[224] However, Cooper told another story in which he had witnessed Wilson at a party, with Lennon, repeatedly asking fellow attendees to introduce him to the Beatle, one after another.[225]
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Some reports erroneously state that this was his first appearance since 1964.[246]
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Other television appearances included a September guest-presenter role on Don Kirshner's Annual Rock Music Awards, where he was nominated for the Hall of Fame category but lost to the Beatles, and a November feature on The Mike Douglas Show and NBC's Saturday Night, marking his first solo TV appearances since the Inside Pop special in 1966.[250] /wiki/Don_Kirshner
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Around this time, Wilson announced he was developing a new concept album titled Pleasure Island: A Rock Fantasy. He explained that the project centers on a group of men who discover a place called Pleasure Island, where they encounter various women and attractions. Although the concept was not yet fully developed, he expressed optimism about its potential, suggesting it might become his finest work.[374]
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"Rolling Stone: Brian Wilson Rocks With Jeff Beck, Plans New LPs". BrianWilson.com. June 20, 2013. Archived from the original on July 29, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20200729141434/https://www.brianwilson.com/news/2013/6/20/brian-wilson-rocks-with-jeff-beck-plans-new-lps
"'It stopped working': For the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, it's about new music not meditation". Something Else!. January 28, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014. http://somethingelsereviews.com/2014/01/28/it-stopped-working-for-the-beach-boys-brian-wilson-its-about-new-music-not-meditation/
Fessier, Bruce (August 28, 2014). "Beach Boys' Brian Wilson talks Robin Williams". The Desert Sun. Retrieved August 28, 2014. http://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/music/2014/08/27/beach-boys-brian-wilson/14716185/
Burns, Andy (September 8, 2014). "TIFF 2014: Love And Mercy Reviewed". Biff Bam Pop!. Retrieved September 8, 2014. http://biffbampop.com/2014/09/08/tiff-2014-love-and-mercy-reviewed/
Merry, Stephanie; Yahr, Emily (December 10, 2015). "Golden Globes nominations 2016: Complete list". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 10, 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/12/10/golden-globes-nominations-2016-complete-coverage/
Hann, Michael (October 7, 2014). "BBC unveil all-star version of God Only Knows, 17 years after Perfect Day". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/07/bbc-god-only-knows-pharrell-stevie-wonder-chris-martin-lorde
"Emile Haynie ft. Andrew Wyatt and Brian Wilson - "Falling Apart"". Pigeons & Planes. October 13, 2014. http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2014/10/emile-haynie-ft-andrew-wyatt-and-brian-wilson-falling-apart/
"Brian Wilson, "Wanderlust": Something Else! sneak peek". Somethingelsereviews.com. October 1, 2014. http://somethingelsereviews.com/2014/10/01/brian-wilson-wanderlust/
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Michaels, Sean (June 12, 2014). "Brian Wilson fans furious at Frank Ocean and Lana Del Rey collaborations". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/12/brian-wilson-new-album-frank-ocean-lana-del-rey
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Greene, Andy (June 30, 2015). "Meet Brian Wilson's Secret Weapon: Darian Sahanaja". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/meet-brian-wilsons-secret-weapon-darian-sahanaja-20150630
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Bhattacharya, Sanjiv (June 15, 2016). "Brian Wilson: What I've Learned". Esquire. http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/interviews/a10139/brian-wilson-beach-boys-what-ive-learned/
That same month, Wilson announced a new album, Sensitive Music for Sensitive People, comprising originals and rock and roll cover songs.[397] He said the name as a "working title" and that recording would begin in December.[398] /wiki/Rock_and_roll
Fessier, Bruce (November 17, 2016). "Beach Boys seek to overcome discord with new wave of Love". The Desert Sun. http://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/music/2016/11/16/beach-boys-seek-overcome-discord-new-wave-love/93977562/
"Brian Wilson's Survival Story Told in New Documentary 'Long Promised Road'". Billboard. Associated Press. June 16, 2021. https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/movies/9587909/brian-wilson-documentary-long-promised-road/
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"Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, The Zombies Announce 'Something Great From '68' Co-Headlining Tour". Liveforlivemusic.com. May 7, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019. https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/beach-boys-brian-wilson-zombies-tour-2019/
Grieving, Tim (December 1, 2021). "Brian Wilson doesn't say much. Until you listen to his music". Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2021-12-01/beach-boys-brian-wilson-documentary-long-promised-road
Grow, Kory (June 6, 2019). "Brian Wilson Postpones Tour Saying He Feels 'Mentally Insecure'". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/brian-wilson-tour-postponed-845180/
Legaspi, Althea (July 30, 2019). "Brian Wilson 'Feeling Much Better,' Looks Forward to Tour". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/brian-wilson-feeling-much-better-resumes-tour-865134/
Doyle, Patrick (January 22, 2021). "Flashback: Brian Wilson Brings 'Pet Sounds' to the Stage in London". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/brian-wilson-pet-sounds-live-london-1117627/
Greene, Andy (September 1, 2021). "Watch Brian Wilson Perform 'God Only Knows' at First Pandemic-Era Concert". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 24, 2021. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/brian-wilson-perform-god-only-knows-first-pandemic-era-concert-1219583/
Monroe, Jazz (September 17, 2021). "Brian Wilson Recreates Beach Boys Classics on New Album At My Piano: Listen to "God Only Knows"". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 24, 2021. https://pitchfork.com/news/brian-wilson-recreates-beach-boys-classics-on-new-album-at-my-piano-listen-to-god-only-knows/
Jones, Abby (November 23, 2021). "Brian Wilson Announces Long Promised Road Soundtrack, Shares "Right Where I Belong" with Jim James: Stream". Yahoo. https://www.yahoo.com/now/brian-wilson-announces-long-promised-193604271.html
Millman, Ethan (March 30, 2022). "Brian Wilson's Ex-Wife Sues Beach Boys Founder After $50 Million UMG Publishing Deal". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 11, 2023. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/brian-wilson-beach-boys-marilyn-wilson-rutherford-universal-music-publishing-lawsuit-1330232/
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Graff, Gary (July 27, 2022). "Chicago, Brian Wilson celebrate 'Old Days' at Pine Knob". Oakland Press. https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2022/07/27/chicago-brian-wilson-celebrate-old-days-at-pine-knob/
Music Staff (August 1, 2022). "Brian Wilson Scraps All Upcoming Dates". Now Decatur. https://nowdecatur.com/2022/08/01/brian-wilson-scraps-all-upcoming-dates/
BeachBoys Talk (January 31, 2023). "S3 E1: Carnie Wilson!". YouTube. Event occurs at 1:37:58. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPym7_515Yk
Williams, Alex; Ives, Mike (January 31, 2024). "Melinda Wilson, 77, Who Helped Brian Wilson Through Mental Illness, Dies". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/arts/music/melinda-wilson-dead.html
Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (February 16, 2024). "Beach Boys star Brian Wilson has dementia". Music. The Guardian. ISSN 1756-3224. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved February 16, 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/16/brian-wilson-dementia-conservatorship-filing
"Judge places Beach Boys' Brian Wilson in conservatorship". Music. The Guardian. Associated Press. May 9, 2024. ISSN 1756-3224. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved May 9, 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/09/beach-boys-brian-wilson-conservatorship
Farrell, Margaret (June 13, 2025). "Brian Wilson's Last-Recorded, Previously Unreleased Solo Music Shared By Jonathan Wilson". Stereogum. https://www.stereogum.com/2311715/brian-wilsons-last-recorded-previously-unreleased-solo-music-shared-by-jonathan-wilson/music/
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Morris, Chris (June 11, 2025). "Brian Wilson, Beach Boys Co-Founder, Dies at 82". Variety. Retrieved June 11, 2025. https://variety.com/2025/music/news/brian-wilson-dead-beach-boys-1236428336/
"The Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson dies". Sky News. Retrieved June 11, 2025. https://news.sky.com/story/beach-boys-co-founder-brian-wilson-dies-13382290
Hiatt, Brian (June 12, 2025). "Beach Boys' Al Jardine: My Final Meeting with Brian Wilson". Rolling Stone Australia. https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/al-jardine-brian-wilson-obituary-interview-78163/
Watts, Marina (June 26, 2025). "Brian Wilson's Cause of Death Revealed 2 Weeks After Beach Boys Co-Founder Died at 82". People. Retrieved June 26, 2025. https://people.com/brian-wilson-cause-of-death-revealed-11752840
"Beach Boys' Mike Love And Al Jardine Share Eulogies For Brian Wilson". Stereogum. June 11, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025. https://www.stereogum.com/2311457/beach-boys-mike-love-and-al-jardine-share-eulogies-for-brian-wilson/news/
Parks, Van Dyke (June 17, 2025). "'His music documented an America that no longer exists': Brian Wilson's brilliance, by key collaborator Van Dyke Parks". The Guardian. Retrieved June 17, 2025. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/17/his-music-documented-an-america-that-no-longer-exists-brian-wilsons-brilliance-by-key-collaborator-van-dyke-parks
Sahanaja, Darian (June 17, 2025). ""A Salute to Brian Wilson: Darian Sahanaja on the solo band Beach Boys"". Variety. Retrieved June 17, 2025. /wiki/Yes
Leaf, David (June 14, 2025). ""I gave Brian Wilson pizza and a bed. We were friends for 50 years"". The Times. Retrieved June 17, 2025. /wiki/Yes
"Gracie Abrams, Clairo, Questlove & More Remember Brian Wilson: 'Hero In Every Sense of the Word'". Billboard. Retrieved June 11, 2025. https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/brian-wilson-death-tributes-beach-boys-legend-1235996526/
"Carole King, Keith Richard[s], John Cusack and more celebs react to the death of Brian Wilson". The Associated Press. Retrieved June 11, 2025. https://apnews.com/article/brian-wilson-death-reaction-3c8a918c60dfb8b528b81f3e8a445989
This included Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, James Hetfield, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Carole King, Questlove, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Mick Fleetwood, Maggie Rogers, Ringo Starr, Sean Lennon, Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley, Nancy Sinatra, John Cale, Micky Dolenz, Randy Bachman, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, David Paich, Christopher Cross, John Cusack,[429] Graham Nash, Disclosure, Carter Faith, Gavin DeGraw, John Stamos, Zooey Deschanel, Peter Rosenberg[430] Diane Warren,[431] Clairo, Gracie Abrams, Bill Pohlad, Elizabeth Banks, Margo Price, Brian Ray, Dave Davies, Low Cut Connie, Rick Springfield, and Peter Gabriel.[428] In addition, Dave Matthews, Sting, and Guster performed separate impromptu renditions of "God Only Knows" at their concerts.[432] /wiki/James_Hetfield
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Lambert 2007, pp. 5–6. - Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: the Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-1876-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=7XsZAQAAIAAJ
Lambert noted that if Four Freshmen singer Bob Flanigan "helped teach Brian how to sing, then Gershwin, Kern, Porter, and the other members of this pantheon helped him learn how to craft a song".[440] Tony Asher recalled that Wilson had minimal familiarity with Tin Pan Alley songs beyond the Four Freshmen's repertoire during the creation of Pet Sounds.[441] /wiki/Bob_Flanigan_(singer)
Murphy 2015, p. 59. - Murphy, James B. (2015). Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961-1963. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-7365-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=273eCQAAQBAJ
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Lambert 2007, p. 6. - Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: the Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-1876-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=7XsZAQAAIAAJ
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The Four Preps' influence has been "largely underappreciated" by journalists and historians, according to Murphy.[448]
Lambert 2007, p. 11. - Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: the Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-1876-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=7XsZAQAAIAAJ
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Sharp, Ken (January 2, 2009). "Brian Wilson: God's Messenger". American Songwriter. https://americansongwriter.com/brian-wilson-gods-messenger/2/
Lambert 2007, pp. 11–12. - Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: the Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-1876-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=7XsZAQAAIAAJ
White 1996, p. 162. - White, Timothy (1996). The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys, and the Southern Californian Experience. Macmillan. ISBN 0333649370. https://archive.org/details/nearestfarawaypl0000whit/
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Sanchez 2014, pp. 52–53. - Sanchez, Luis (2014). The Beach Boys' Smile. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62356-956-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=FC0_AwAAQBAJ
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Howard 2004, pp. 56–57. - Howard, David N. (2004). Sonic Alchemy: Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings (1 ed.). Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Hal Leonard. ISBN 978-0-63405-560-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=O0VMAgAAQBAJ
Carlin describes the song as having become "a spiritual touchstone" for Wilson,[462] while music historian Luis Sanchez states that it formed an enduring part of Wilson's mythology, being the Spector record that "etched itself the deepest into Brian's mind [...] it comes up again and again in interviews and biographies, variably calling up themes of deep admiration, a source of consolation, and a baleful haunting of the spirit."[457] Spector acknowledged, "I'd like to have a nickel for every joint he smoked trying to figure out how I got the 'Be My Baby' sound."[463]
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MacLeod 2017, pp. 138–139. - MacLeod, Sean (2017). Phil Spector: Sound of the Sixties. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4422-6706-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=iFoxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA138
"Musician Comments: Larry Levine". The Pet Sounds Sessions (Booklet). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records. 1997.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) http://albumlinernotes.com/Larry_Levine.html
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Wilson played piano at a recording session for Spector's 1963 Christmas album, often cited as Wilson's favorite album of all time.[469]
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Sharp, Ken (January 2, 2009). "Brian Wilson: God's Messenger". American Songwriter. https://americansongwriter.com/brian-wilson-gods-messenger/2/
Wilson said that Dionne Warwick's singing on "Here I Am" was like "the voice of God".[472] /wiki/Dionne_Warwick
Matijas-Mecca 2017, p. 37. - Matijas-Mecca, Christian (2017). The Words and Music of Brian Wilson. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-4408-3899-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=wmphDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA86
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In 1966, he said, "Burt Bacharach and Hal David are more like me. They're also the best pop team—per se—today. As a producer, Bacharach has a very fresh, new approach."[475] /wiki/Hal_David
Lambert 2007, pp. 284, 352, 354–355. - Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: the Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-1876-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=7XsZAQAAIAAJ
Music journalist Domenic Priore believed that Bacharach's "Walk on By" was possibly as influential to Wilson as "Be My Baby".[477] Wilson said that Bacharach was a direct influence on "She Knows Me Too Well",[264] "Let's Go Away for Awhile",[474] and "Love and Mercy".[478] Writers have variously attributed Bacharach influence on Wilson's "Guess I'm Dumb",[479] "Let Him Run Wild,[480][481] and "The Little Girl I Once Knew".[482]
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Sharp, Ken (January 2, 2009). "Brian Wilson: God's Messenger". American Songwriter. https://americansongwriter.com/brian-wilson-gods-messenger/2/
Regarding his increasingly melodic bass lines in the mid-1960s, Granata speculated that Wilson "may have taken a cue" from Motown's James Jamerson.[484] /wiki/James_Jamerson
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"Brian Wilson — Caroline Now! Interview". Caroline Now! (CD Liner). Marina Records. April 21, 2000. Archived from the original on December 28, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20131228001005/http://www.marinarecords.com/brian.htm
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Mettler, Mike (May 13, 2015). "Brian Wilson Feels No Pressure When Creating His Sonically Beautiful Pocket Symphonies". Sound Bard. http://www.soundbard.com/soundbard/brian-wilson-feels-no-pressure-when-creating-his-sonically-beautiful-pocket-symphonies/
Carl supported that Brian had preferred Spector over the Beatles, although his brother "loved the Beatles' later music when they evolved and started making intelligent, masterful music".[491] Mike Love remarked of the Beatles' influence on Wilson in 1969, "Brian was in his own world, believe me."[492]
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White 1996, p. 251. - White, Timothy (1996). The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys, and the Southern Californian Experience. Macmillan. ISBN 0333649370. https://archive.org/details/nearestfarawaypl0000whit/
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"Brian Wilson — Caroline Now! Interview". Caroline Now! (CD Liner). Marina Records. April 21, 2000. Archived from the original on December 28, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20131228001005/http://www.marinarecords.com/brian.htm
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Chidester, Brian (January 30, 2014). "Brian Wilson's Secret Bedroom Tapes". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140302064422/http://www.laweekly.com/2014-01-30/music/brian-wilsons-secret-bedroom-tapes/?showFullText=true
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Lambert 2016, pp. 74–76, 84. - Lambert, Philip (2016). "Brian Wilson's Harmonic Language". In Lambert, Philip (ed.). Good Vibrations: Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys in Critical Perspective. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-11995-0. https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/nv935376j
Carlin 2006, p. 73. - Carlin, Peter Ames (2006). Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Rodale. ISBN 978-1-59486-320-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=eYyovo_AbqAC
Kubernik, Harvey (July 2, 2021). "Beach Boys "Feel Flows" Box Set". Music Connection. Retrieved April 25, 2022. /wiki/Harvey_Kubernik
Granata 2003, p. 61. - Granata, Charles L. (2003). Wouldn't It Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. A Cappella Books. ISBN 9781556525070. https://archive.org/details/wouldntitbenice00char
Lambert 2007, pp. 176–177. - Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: the Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-1876-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=7XsZAQAAIAAJ
Lambert 2007, p. 176. - Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: the Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-1876-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=7XsZAQAAIAAJ
Songs centered on feminine objectification include "The Shift", "Pom, Pom Play Girl", "Girls on the Beach", "All Dressed Up for School".[521] /wiki/Surfin%27_Safari
Lambert 2007, pp. 235, 268, 272, 277, 321. - Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: the Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-1876-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=7XsZAQAAIAAJ
Songs centered on youthful innocence include "The Little Girl I Once Knew", "Caroline, No", "Wonderful", "Song for Children", "Surf's Up", "Little Children".[522] /wiki/The_Little_Girl_I_Once_Knew
Lambert 2007, p. 299. - Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: the Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-1876-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=7XsZAQAAIAAJ
Matijas-Mecca 2017, pp. xxii, 84, 86, 90. - Matijas-Mecca, Christian (2017). The Words and Music of Brian Wilson. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-4408-3899-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=wmphDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA86
His slice of life songs include "Time to Get Alone", "I'd Love Just Once to See You", "Wake the World", "Busy Doin' Nothin'", and "I Went to Sleep".[524] /wiki/Time_to_Get_Alone
Leaf, David (2000). Brian Wilson (Liner notes). Brian Wilson. Rhino/Atlantic. /wiki/David_Leaf
Songs centered on health and fitness include "Vegetables", "H.E.L.P. Is On the Way", "Life Is for the Living", "He Couldn't Get His Poor Old Body to Move", and "Too Much Sugar".[525] /wiki/Vegetables_(song)
Sanchez 2014, p. 27. - Sanchez, Luis (2014). The Beach Boys' Smile. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62356-956-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=FC0_AwAAQBAJ
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Wilson acknowledged that he had "never been the type" to preach social messages in his songs.[527]
Brackett 2008, p. 28. - Brackett, Donald (2008). "The Dream Teller: Brian Wilson". Dark Mirror: The Pathology of the Singer-Songwriter. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger. pp. 27–39. ISBN 9780275998981. https://archive.org/details/darkmirrorpathol0000brac/page/26/
Brackett 2008, p. 31. - Brackett, Donald (2008). "The Dream Teller: Brian Wilson". Dark Mirror: The Pathology of the Singer-Songwriter. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger. pp. 27–39. ISBN 9780275998981. https://archive.org/details/darkmirrorpathol0000brac/page/26/
Sanchez 2014, p. 47. - Sanchez, Luis (2014). The Beach Boys' Smile. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62356-956-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=FC0_AwAAQBAJ
Carlin 2006, p. 44. - Carlin, Peter Ames (2006). Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Rodale. ISBN 978-1-59486-320-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=eYyovo_AbqAC
Dean Torrence stated that Wilson learned much about studio technology from Jan Berry, who advised him to use session musicians to expedite recording instead of waiting for the Beach Boys to finish touring.[531] /wiki/Dean_Torrence
Schneider, Robert (October 21, 2004). "Smiles Away". Westword. Archived from the original on November 7, 2004. /wiki/Robert_Schneider
He elaborated in 1990, "As I write a song, I write some of the instrumental piano and pluck some of the different notes for the arrangement. It's impossible to lay the whole arrangement on the piano but you play just enough to get the overall feelin' of the record. It is an art in itself."[533]
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Badman 2004, p. 37. - Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-818-6. https://archive.org/details/beachboysdefinit0000badm
Wilson did occasionally record at Gold Star. The studio's owner, Stan Ross, commented, "Brian liked the sound Gold Star got on the instrumentation, but he did the voices elsewhere because we were limited to two or three tracks and that wasn't enough for voice overdubbing. [...] The tracks were really rhythm pads that would be sweetened after the voices were put on."[536]
White 1996, p. 162. - White, Timothy (1996). The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys, and the Southern Californian Experience. Macmillan. ISBN 0333649370. https://archive.org/details/nearestfarawaypl0000whit/
Priore 2005, p. 81. - Priore, Domenic (2005). Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece. London: Sanctuary. ISBN 1860746276. https://books.google.com/books?id=81YIAQAAMAAJ
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Murphy 2015, p. 276. - Murphy, James B. (2015). Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961-1963. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-7365-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=273eCQAAQBAJ
Murphy 2015, p. 288. - Murphy, James B. (2015). Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961-1963. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-7365-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=273eCQAAQBAJ
Dillon 2012, pp. 24–25. - Dillon, Mark (2012). Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys: The Songs That Tell Their Story. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-77090-198-8. https://archive.org/details/fiftysidesofbeac0000dill/
Contrary to the common misconception that these musicians completely replaced the band on backing tracks after the early 1960s, this substitution occurred primarily on most tracks of Pet Sounds and Smile.[544][545][546]
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Kaye noted of Wilson's basslines, "He took bass up another step. He saw it as integral in a symphonic orchestra. He used bass as the framework for a hit record. Very few people can write for bass, but his writing was beautiful. There are a lot of jazz musicians who admire him for it."[551] Keyboardist Don Randi similarly expressed admiration for Wilson's chord choices, referring to him as "the Bill Evans of rock 'n' roll".[552]
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Bell, Matt (October 2004). "The Resurrection of Brian Wilson's Smile". Sound on Sound. Retrieved July 16, 2013. http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Oct04/articles/smile.htm
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Sharp, Ken (September 4, 2013). "Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine of the Beach Boys – Interview (Pt. 1)". Rock Cellar Magazine. Archived from the original on September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130908125140/http://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2013/09/04/beach-boys-brian-wilson-al-jardine-mike-love-interview-made-in-california-part-1/
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Sharp, Ken (January 2006). "Christmas with Brian Wilson". Record Collector. United Kingdom. pp. 72–76. /wiki/Record_Collector
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Kent 2009, p. 72. - Kent, Nick (2009). "The Last Beach Movie Revisited: The Life of Brian Wilson". The Dark Stuff: Selected Writings on Rock Music. Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780786730742. https://books.google.com/books?id=bPMO0CtuBAsC&pg=PA12
Gaines 1986, p. 248. - Gaines, Steven (1986). Heroes and Villains: The True Story of The Beach Boys. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0306806479. https://archive.org/details/heroesvillainsth00gain
Wilson & Gold 1991, pp. 110–111. - Wilson, Brian; Gold, Todd (1991). Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06018-313-4. https://archive.org/details/wouldntitbenicem00wils
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Carlin 2006, p. 171. - Carlin, Peter Ames (2006). Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Rodale. ISBN 978-1-59486-320-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=eYyovo_AbqAC
Gaines goes on to write that Brian receiving "intense psychiatric care in a hospital setting" would have been perceived as "an admission of defeat and an embarrassment" to his bandmates.[579] Carlin recounted an episode where a friend from Wilson's childhood days visited him and observed him as being "detached from reality". Wilson's family seemed "less sympathetic than confused and, it's hard not to conclude, resentful".[578]
Granata 2003, p. 57. - Granata, Charles L. (2003). Wouldn't It Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. A Cappella Books. ISBN 9781556525070. https://archive.org/details/wouldntitbenice00char
Rensin, David (December 1976). "A Conversation With Brian Wilson". Oui. https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/a-conversation-with-brian-wilson
In his memoir, Love wrote of an incident in which he had discovered drug paraphernalia in Wilson's hotel room during a tour stop in Texas in the early 1960s. Love was unsure of the drug contents, although it was certainly not marijuana, and he did not confront Wilson about the matter.[581]
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Carlin 2006, pp. 174–175. - Carlin, Peter Ames (2006). Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Rodale. ISBN 978-1-59486-320-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=eYyovo_AbqAC
Brian remembered taking the LSD at his home,[120] but according to Marilyn, he took the drug elsewhere with Schwartz.[119] By her recollection, he returned home the next day and recounted his experience, telling her repeatedly that his "mind was blown" and that he had seen God.[584]
Love 2016, p. 125. - Love, Mike (2016). Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-698-40886-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=ioG0CwAAQBAJ
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Love 2016, p. 105. - Love, Mike (2016). Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-698-40886-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=ioG0CwAAQBAJ
Holdship 1997, p. 212. - Holdship, Bill (1997) [1991]. "Bittersweet Insanity: The Fight for Brian Wilson's Soul". In Abbott, Kingsley (ed.). Back to the Beach: A Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys Reader (1st ed.). London: Helter Skelter. pp. 205–212. ISBN 978-1-900924-02-3. https://archive.org/details/backtobeachbrian0000unse/page/205/
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Wilson & Greenman 2016, p. 169. - Wilson, Brian; Greenman, Ben (2016). I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-82307-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=9CmiBQAAQBAJ
Gaines 1986, p. 134. - Gaines, Steven (1986). Heroes and Villains: The True Story of The Beach Boys. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0306806479. https://archive.org/details/heroesvillainsth00gain
n.a. (August 20, 2004). "Larry King Live". brianwilson.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080711152541/http://www.brianwilson.com/media/words/larry_king.html
Micky Dolenz recalled an occasion in the 1970s where he took LSD with Wilson, Harry Nilsson, and John Lennon in Malibu. Dolenz said that Wilson "played just one note on a piano over and over again" for the duration.[591]
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Badman 2004, p. 330. - Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-818-6. https://archive.org/details/beachboysdefinit0000badm
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Chidester, Brian (January 30, 2014). "Brian Wilson's Secret Bedroom Tapes". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140302064422/http://www.laweekly.com/2014-01-30/music/brian-wilsons-secret-bedroom-tapes/?showFullText=true
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Carlin 2006, p. 280. - Carlin, Peter Ames (2006). Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Rodale. ISBN 978-1-59486-320-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=eYyovo_AbqAC
Love 2016, p. 443. - Love, Mike (2016). Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-698-40886-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=ioG0CwAAQBAJ
Carlin 2006, p. 200. - Carlin, Peter Ames (2006). Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Rodale. ISBN 978-1-59486-320-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=eYyovo_AbqAC
O'Hagan, Sean (January 6, 2002). "Feature: A Boy's Own Story". The Observer. pp. 1–3. /wiki/Sean_O%27Hagan_(journalist)
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Carlin 2006, p. 272. - Carlin, Peter Ames (2006). Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Rodale. ISBN 978-1-59486-320-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=eYyovo_AbqAC
In 1991, Wilson told reporters that his prescribed medications included Navane and Serentil (anti-psychotics), Cogentin (to mitigate the side effects of the anti-psychotics), Xanax (a sedative used for anxiety), and Eskalith (for manic depression).[142] /wiki/Navane
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Love 2016, pp. 159, 367. - Love, Mike (2016). Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-698-40886-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=ioG0CwAAQBAJ
Musician Sean O'Hagan, who was invited to collaborate with Wilson in the 1990s, characterized Wilson as "totally dependent on other people", with signs reminiscent of autism.[598] /wiki/Autism
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Carlin 2006, p. 12. - Carlin, Peter Ames (2006). Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Rodale. ISBN 978-1-59486-320-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=eYyovo_AbqAC
Dillon 2012, p. xv. - Dillon, Mark (2012). Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys: The Songs That Tell Their Story. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-77090-198-8. https://archive.org/details/fiftysidesofbeac0000dill/
It is improbable that Wilson was born partially deaf as such defects generally manifest earlier.[566] Wilson himself believed the deafness might have resulted from his father slapping him shortly before turning three,[599] although he also stated in a 2000 interview that his deafness had been present at birth and unrelated to his father's physical abuse.[601] Murry commented that the deafness may have resulted from a football game injury,[566] while Wilson's mother, Audree, said that Wilson believed the incident occurred when he was around 10 and a child hit his ear,[566] a claim repeated in his 2016 memoir.[602] On another occasion, Audree attributed it to Murry hitting Wilson with an iron while he was asleep.[603]
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Keil later provided many anonymous quotations for David Leaf's 1978 biography The Beach Boys and the California Myth.[621] Gaines describes Keil as a Beach Boys fan who had moved from Kansas to Los Angeles when she was 19 with the purpose of getting close to Wilson.[615] Writing in his 2022 revision of California Myth, Leaf explained, "Debbie never tried to shape the narrative. I felt her observations were insightful, very different from what I'd been reading."[621] /wiki/David_Leaf
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During that period, Williams had claimed that Wilson was being held captive by Landy. In response, Wilson held a press conference to announce that he was disassociating himself from her.[625] Carlin described Williams as generally considered to be "a sweet, well-intentioned woman",[626] while Wilson, via his 2016 memoir, attributed their split "mostly because of me", citing an incident in which he berated Williams, a black woman, with a racist remark.[627]
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Wilson chose the date because it was Marilyn's birthday, and thus easy to remember for future anniversaries.[630] Marilyn attended the wedding.[631]
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@brianwilsonlive; (January 30, 2024). "My heart is broken. Melinda, my beloved wife of 28 years, passed away this morning" – via Instagram.
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Asked whether his music was religiously influenced in 1988, he referred to the 1962 book A Toehold on Zen, explaining that he believed that he possessed what is called a "toehold", meaning that having "a good grasp" on one aspect of life can translate to others.[640]
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David Oppenheim, recalling his 1966 interview with Wilson, remembered, "we tried to talk with him but didn't get much out of him. Some guy said 'He's not verbal.'"[645][646]
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Westword contributor Michael Roberts wrote in 2000 that "his public statements over time have tended to reiterate those of whoever's supervising his activities at the moment".[649] In 2017, The Charlotte Observer's Theoden Janes surmised that despite Wilson's widely documented past struggles with mental illness, he appeared to be actively involved in major projects like his second memoir and a concert tour, indicating he could choose to decline interviews if he wished.[646]
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The remaining eight top 10 hits were:
1963's "Surfin' U.S.A." (number 3), "Surfer Girl" (number 7), and "Be True to Your School" (number 6)
1964's "Fun, Fun, Fun" (number 5), "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" (number 9), and "Dance, Dance, Dance" (number 8)
1965's "California Girls" (number 3)
1966's "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (number 8).[650]
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Brian's brother Carl remarked, "Record companies were used to having absolute control over their artists. [...] But what could they say? Brian made good records."[662]
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John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison each championed Pet Sounds when it was released.[667] Moreover, Harrison recalled that the group had felt threatened by the album.[668] Asked in 1966 for the musical person he most admired, Lennon named Wilson.[669] /wiki/George_Harrison
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In Starr's estimation, Wilson had initially demonstrated a proficiency in the fundamental styles of early rock 'n' roll, both in ballads and faster-paced songs. He then developed and evolved these styles through original compositions, and, ultimately, diverged significantly from traditional rock 'n' roll forms, sounds, and themes to forge a distinctive musical identity.[679]
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Pop artist Peter Blake, who designed the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album cover, said, "I've never been an enormous fan of the Beatles like I am of the Beach Boys."[682] /wiki/Peter_Blake_(artist)
In a 1968 article for Jazz & Pop, contributor Gene Sculatti addressed popular criticisms regarding the Beach Boys openly embracing mass culture and commercialism; Sculatti argued that these associations were artistically validated by Wilson's authentic "fascination with popular culture", a preoccupation that had "served Warhol and Chuck Berry equally well".[683] /wiki/Jazz_%26_Pop
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Many of the 1970s and 1980s acts that Wilson influenced, including ELO, Sparks, Supertramp, Kate Bush, and Tears for Fears, came to be linked under the "progressive pop" banner.[687] /wiki/Sparks_(band)
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Guriel goes on to note, "In a move that would've pleased Andy Warhol, Wilson recruited an advertising copywriter to come up with the album's lyrics. In a move that would've pleased a Dadaist, he rattled listeners' sense of sonic possibility."[690] /wiki/Dada
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Hoskyns identified Wilson's retreat as "central to the obsession many people have with his lost greatness".[693]
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In a 2001 interview, Darian Sahanaja characterized Wilson as "more punk [than modern punk bands]. Just him on stage - you can see teenagers going 'whoahh!' as he says things off the top of his head. At Neil Young's Bridge Benefit Concert for disabled children he'd say - 'OK this is for all the crippled children...' [...] There's no irony there."[704] /wiki/Bridge_School_Benefit
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who referred to him as "one of the great American geniuses"
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being saluted for his "unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers."
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committee recognized Wilson for a lifetime of contributions to American culture through the performing arts in music
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about 1,000 votes ahead of Bob Dylan and 500 behind John Lennon /wiki/Bob_Dylan
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He was described in his entry as "the ultimate singer's songwriter" of the mid-1960s.
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elaborating "few consider quite how groundbreaking Brian Wilson's studio techniques were in the mid-60s".
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elaborating that "he is so renowned for his producing and songwriting skills that his gifts as a vocalist are often overlooked".
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