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I wasn't aware those early songs defined California so well until much later in my career. I certainly didn't set out to do it. I wasn't into surfing at all. My brother Dennis gave me all the jargon I needed to write the songs. He was the surfer and I was the songwriter.
--Brian Wilson
(Looks like surf's down--Kirk)
Yeah, different times! But Brian Wilson was brilliant.
ReplyDeleteMitchell, I read that he could memorize a melody upon first hearing it when he was still a toddler.
DeleteHe wasn't bad looking when he was young.
ReplyDeleteSurf's down indeed. Nice work.
Andrew, the stress involved with being the main creative force of the Beach Boys, along with drugs and other self-indulgent behavior, took a toll on his looks early on.
DeleteThe last picture makes me shudder.
ReplyDeleteMe too, David, and I felt I couldn't do a post on a person so clearly identified with California without reminding people exactly what's going on there now.
DeleteEndless summer . . . now winter is coming.
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DeleteOh, Debra, I wish I had thought of that!
DeleteThe beach isn't my first thought of LA. Freeways, yes.
ReplyDeleteBoud, maybe I should have played "Little Douce Coupe" instead.
DeleteLots of Beach Boy songs being played right now. And I keep going "That's my favorite. No wait! That one is! No wait..."
ReplyDeleteI get you, Mike, I can't settle on a particular favorite either.
DeleteHe certainly was the songwriter! Amazingly talented man, sad loss. RIP Brian.
ReplyDeleteHe was a talented producer as well, Ananka.
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