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Brian Wilson's Genius Was the Surest Sign We'll Ever Have that Pop Music Is Religious
I'll never forget the first time Brian Wilson made me see God. It was 1973, and I was sitting in the mostly empty balcony of ...
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Brian Wilson (1942–2025) Outlived the Times He Helped Define
Culture / When the Beach Boys front man died, the obituaries described him as a genius. Which means what, exactly? Sid Holt ...
Brian Wilson’s Friend Remembers First Night “Pop Genius Turned Up At The Door For A Pizza”
“Brian had that mysterious sense of musical genius that made his songs so achingly special. The notes he heard in his head ...
Encounters With Brian Wilson: A Tortured Genius Found His Own Love and Mercy | Appreciation
Brian Wilson was troubled and fragile and undeniably brilliant, driven to make music of surpassing beauty, complexity and ...
Elton John Shares Tribute to 'Musical Genius' Brian Wilson After His Death: 'The Biggest Influence on My Songwriting Ever'
Wilson's death was announced by his family on Wednesday, June 11 Elton John shared a heartfelt tribute about "musical genius" ...
Paul McCartney Pays Tribute to ‘Musical Genius’ Brian Wilson: ‘I Loved Him’
The notes he heard in his head and passed to us were simple and brilliant at the same time,” the Beatle writes of the Beach ...
A Salute to Brian Wilson: Darian Sahanaja on Growing Up on Brian, Then Basking in His Musical Inner Circle for a Quarter-Century
For the last quarter-century, no one shared more musical moments with Brian Wilson than Darian Sahanaja, who was part of the ...
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Bob Dylan, Carole King, Keith Richards and more celebs react to the death of Brian Wilson
Notable reaction to the death of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson at age 82. ___ “Heard the sad news about Brian today and ...