Drago
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What can I say about this flawed genius that hasn't already been said? R.i.P. feller.
R.I.P. Brian Wilson
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Beebo
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A giant of popular music has died aged 82.
His California sound of summer has influenced countless pop songs.
His California sound of summer has influenced countless pop songs.
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Drago
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Beebo
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Must have posted them seconds a part.
Mods please delete one of them.
Mods please delete one of them.
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Drago
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A sad loss to modern music.
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Yes a genius, I reckon he was responsible for moving popular music forward in a huge leap
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Very sad news. He was a real pioneer.
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Brian Wilson called this "A Hymn to Youth"....
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Fell under his spell in 1964 at the tender age of 10. Saw The Beach Boys (without Brian) in 1968.
Saw him play Pet Sounds live and thought my life was complete, then to see him perform Smile 38 years after he binned it was like a dream. On a visit to the US for our Ruby wedding I made a pilgrimage to Hawthorn California to his childhood home (now a freeway), stopped off at Fosters Freeze, a burger joint where Dennis Wilson met a girl in a white Thunderbird, after which Brian wrote Fun Fun Fun. The road sign has been my wallpaper since 2016
I can't believe he's gone.
Saw him play Pet Sounds live and thought my life was complete, then to see him perform Smile 38 years after he binned it was like a dream. On a visit to the US for our Ruby wedding I made a pilgrimage to Hawthorn California to his childhood home (now a freeway), stopped off at Fosters Freeze, a burger joint where Dennis Wilson met a girl in a white Thunderbird, after which Brian wrote Fun Fun Fun. The road sign has been my wallpaper since 2016
I can't believe he's gone.
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Not really my kind of music, but I did like this when it came out and still do! 
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i86jmFE8dc
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i86jmFE8dc
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Drago
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Let us not forget that a huge volume of the work attributed to "the Beach Boys" was actually Brian Wilson and the Wrecking Crew, because he was such a perfectionist and only the creme de la creme of session players could do work he demanded.
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Why is he flawed? Listening to his musical history I can see no flaws. Legend that I got into too late really.
All the good ones seem to die not long after I get into their music. Bowie, Prince, Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys of which he was one (I think they all require credit even though BW was kind of the main creative there).
The exception was the Rolling Stones. By rights they should have started croaking in the early 90s if the above had applied to them!!
However I do think that any band who influenced the Beatles has to be considered one of the greats!! Sgt Pepper was a response to Pet sounds apparently!! That piece of news I heard today was mind blown. If you influence what is considered one of the greatest and most influential bands then that makes you a great too.
