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absolutely wild that they had songs like 4th of July and Live Again in the tank and said "nah let's put Student Demonstration Time out into the world instead"

 

been absolutely obsessed with this song recently. even unfinished it's arguably one of the greatest Brian compositions, just unbelievable

 

I am reading the Brian Wilson memoir and listening to the Jokermen pod series on them and watching Love and Mercy

 

Happy Birthday, Surf’s Up!

 

it is, once again, Student Demonstration Time

 

God I think I know how good the title track is and then I put it on and realize I cannot conceptualize its greatness unless I am actively listening to it.

 

reading that dirt article and its shameful how many people consider good vibrations to be anything less than a straight up perfect song

 

Me after Mike Love said “student demonstrations” in this Disney doc

 

Weird doc. Really skipped over some essential years, huh?

 

The new Manson Family Murders doc on Netflix goes into detail about the Dennis Wilson connection. A little more than the Disney+ doc did. Includes prison footage where Manson talks about how he thought the BB screwed him over on songwriting royalties.

 

RIP Brian, the best to ever do it.

 

The best

 

Fuck. Rest in peace to a musical genius who changed the medium forever

 

absolute icon. RIP to one of, if not, the greatest to do it.

 

unreal. I just had the random urge to put on Don't Worry Baby a few hours ago after not spinning any Beach Boys for a month or two, eerie stuff. and obviously RIP to an absolute titan, there's no words that even come close really

 

Awful news. Indeed the best to ever do it.

 

The best to ever do it. Half the music I listen to wouldn't exist without Pet Sounds alone. RIP.

 

yeah best american songwriter for sure, so heartbroken. sunflower is probably in my top 3-5 albums of all time

 

Forever grateful for his talent. "Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight"

 

My dad is so bummed... He knew it was coming, it had been for awhile, but we are both still in shock about it. My dad lives and breathes Brian Wilson/The Beach Boys. They're part of his identity. Even old high school friends he doesn't talk to are reaching out to him today.

One of my favorite memories over the last few years was going with my dad to see Brian in 2016. I cried during his performance of "Surfin' USA" which is very weird when "God Only Knows" was also in the set, but "Surfin USA" just threw me back in time to being a kid and listening to Beach Boys cassettes with my dad. So being there with my dad, seeing Brian Wilson together live, and hearing that song live with him just filled my little punk rock heart up.

Brian's impact on music goes so fucking deep. Brian's impact on my family also goes so fucking deep. RIP to the greatest to do it.

 

All the Mike Love stuff I’m seeing is so performative and corny. To see that Brian passed and to immediately go for a Mike Love joke…just uncouth. Who fuckin cares about Mike Love, celebrate Brian. Hope he gets to see his brothers again

 

Finding it difficult to adequately put into words how much Brian changed music and culture as a whole, how he pushed boundaries and redefined what albums—as a format—could do. The man elevated pop song-craft from mere entertainment into high-art. He changed history by recognizing the album as a space for complexity and multitudes of emotion. I don’t think any of the music we hear today would exist without his influence.

 

greatest american musician of all time. heartbroken

 

Ugh - now I am getting choked up thinking of that scene in The Iron Claw.

RIP to Brian. I read his autobiography "I Am Brian WIlson" a few years ago. Highly recommend to anyone who wants to celebrate the man and gt to know him more.