Instead of a long story
How I love „Cabinessence“! Or Surf’s Up, Cool Cool Water, Trader, All This Is That, The Lonely Sea, Let The Wind Blow, ’Til I Die, any number of songs… I have periodic Beach Boys obsessions, the current one has been continuing since last summer. A band I have almost infinite patience for, I even enjoy the songs I don’t like (I realise that makes no sense!) It started for me with the Smile sessions, bootleg tapes acquired in the 1980’s. Cabinessence is representative of a large body of work, the structures, edited sections, constructions. Brian Wilson’s description of ‘feels’, song ideas, unfinished sections of songs, works in progress. It’s this idea of ‘feels’ that I personally identify with. (I also love Surfin’ USA, Little Deuce Coupe etc too)
- words by Craven Standers from on Interview for Klanghorizonte and Manafonistas in 2023
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flowworker
Docs
During his lifetime, Wilson authorized three different documentary films about his life. The first, 1995’s Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times, was directed by Don Was and took a broad look at Wilson’s life and influence, interviewing both him and other artists he inspired, like Tom Petty, David Crosby, and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore. Directed by David Leaf, Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile premiered in 2004 and tracked the story of Smile being shelved and the making of Brian Wilson: Presents Smile; it includes interviews with Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, the Who’s Roger Daltrey, Elvis Costello, and others. The most recent documentary was 2021’s Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road, directed by Brent Wilson, in which Rolling Stone editor Jason Fine drives around Los Angeles with Wilson to visit locations from his past; My Morning Jacket’s Jim James co-wrote the song “Right Where I Belong” with Wilson for the film, and over a dozen artists added commentary, including Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, and Linda Perry.
Lajla
Brian Wilson darf nicht sterben. Nie ist mir das Schicksal von einem Menschen, den ich garnicht kenne, so unter die Haut gefahren. Als ich den Film sah, wo wir erfuhren, dass unser Beach Boy Horror Leben durchlitten hat, konnte ich fassungslos mitleiden. Und jetzt soll er tot sein? Unfassbar für mich. Der Surfsound ist einfach stärker als der Tod.