Stu Wilson, the great New Zealand winger of the late 1970âs/early 1980âs.
Beach boys Brian Wilson
Shit. RIP(current)
Thatâs all the brothers dead now, he was some songwriter but had been in a bad way for a long time.
Not a great couple of days for the Wilson clan. Owen and Rebel must be woried
He had a good innings despite his mental issues.
God Only Knows will be his gift to the world.
Pet Sounds must be considered one of the greatest albums of all time.a true song writing genius.his legacy will live on forever.RIP.
And Sammy
Brian Wilson was a bona fide musical genius. May he rest in peace.
I donât really remember the Beach Boys being a big thing when I was growing up in the 80s, the Beatles, the Stones, the Kinks and lots of other bands from that era seemed to get more radio play, youâd get a bit of California Girls or Barbara Ann on Larryâs Golden hour but you wouldnât hear Wouldnât it be nice (though it was made into an ad for Sadolin wood paint, wooden it be nice) or Sloop John B.
In the 90s when I started buying music papers and magazines Pet Sounds kept coming up as a top 5 all time album, so I bought it on cassette in Comet records and I played it on repeat for about 6 weeks, an absolute masterpiece from start to finish, but youâd never tire of God only Knows, you couldnât, itâs a masterpiece, if it was a painting it would be in the Louvre with an hour long queue
But God only knows is a sort of outlier on that album, it doesnât fully fit with the sound, what a great album,
I donât have it on vinyl so Iâll buy it this week,
RIP anyway
Paul McCartney says God only knows is the greatest song ever and the one he wished he wrote .
Pet Sounds was all Brian Wilson, the rest of them were touring while he was sitting in a sandbox recording it at home
Excellent post.
I would have been similar. In fact I would have been of the view that the Beach Boys were a bit naff growing up.
My brother brought home Pet Sounds which surprised me somewhat and while I wouldnât be an expert on the album, I think God Only Knows is just majestic.
I had a gripe against Wilson for a while for reasons I canât even remember now. RIP to him.