For Brian Wilson’s lengthy contributions to the tarnished monolith of 20th-century rock culture, neither he nor his work has ever sat easily within it. Wilson grew up an all-American jock in the ...
His music, by turns joyous and melancholy, wide-eyed and masterful, transformed the meaning of pop. Brian Wilson, 1968. It goes without saying that Brian Wilson, who died last week at the age of 82, ...
Brian Wilson sang of a sun-drenched, carefree world that stood in striking contrast to his tormented inner life. In songs like "Fun, Fun, Fun," "California Girls," "Surfin' U.S.A.," and "I Get Around, ...