Rest in peace Brian. “God only knows” what is next for you in the spirit world but hopefully you’re spreading the “good vibrations” there too right now. You will be missed but remembered fondly 🙏
RIP Brian. Pet Sounds soothed my soul. Getting me through many hard difficult times. As I experienced mental health issues much like Brian. Marianne, you might enjoy another of his heart felt songs, "Love and Mercy". Both his version, and the Boys Choir version at the Kennedy Center honoring him in 2007 I believe. Tears will flow. Dianna Ross was also being feted, and she sat next to him. Her face told us all what we already knew, most if not all his peers loved him deeply. Very moving performance. Today we need all the Love and Mercy we can manifest. Love you Brian!
Had a bit of a tortured life at times, apparently. If when you die you experience your life backwards, feeling the effects of your actions on other while you were here, imagine the joy he must be feeling now. This spirit deserves that.
I was about 6 years old when my older sisters started playing The Beach Boys 45’s non stop. Their songs were and still are some of the defining music of that particular era. I love them to this day and wished we all could be California Girls. Thank you for the beautiful music and memories, Brian 🙏🏼
Rest in peace Brian. “God only knows” what is next for you in the spirit world but hopefully you’re spreading the “good vibrations” there too right now. You will be missed but remembered fondly 🙏
The movie about Brian Wilson was revelatory, bringing forth compassion ❤️
RIP Brian. Pet Sounds soothed my soul. Getting me through many hard difficult times. As I experienced mental health issues much like Brian. Marianne, you might enjoy another of his heart felt songs, "Love and Mercy". Both his version, and the Boys Choir version at the Kennedy Center honoring him in 2007 I believe. Tears will flow. Dianna Ross was also being feted, and she sat next to him. Her face told us all what we already knew, most if not all his peers loved him deeply. Very moving performance. Today we need all the Love and Mercy we can manifest. Love you Brian!
Wow thank you for telling me. I"m going to try to find that and watch
Such a sweet remembrance! Thank you, Marianne.
You will love this! -- from my latest find. Mark McInerney, who may be the best writer on Substack!!!
Dreams, Pop Symphonies, and the Genius of Brian Wilson
https://markmcinerney.substack.com/p/postwar-dreams-pop-symphonies-and
Here is a superb, maybe magical, version of "God Only Knows":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqLTe8h0-jo
What a lovely legacy to leave...music that brings joy and fun to millions!
Thank you for your tribute to Brian, a gift to us.
Brian, your music was a lovely blessing for us all. And will never die.
He was and always will be one of the greatest singer-songwriter in history RIP🙏
Had a bit of a tortured life at times, apparently. If when you die you experience your life backwards, feeling the effects of your actions on other while you were here, imagine the joy he must be feeling now. This spirit deserves that.
I was about 6 years old when my older sisters started playing The Beach Boys 45’s non stop. Their songs were and still are some of the defining music of that particular era. I love them to this day and wished we all could be California Girls. Thank you for the beautiful music and memories, Brian 🙏🏼
Lucky heaven
Playing with the angels now 😇
Rest in bliss ✨
Brian Wilson taught us the simplest heresy of all: that joy itself is sacred.
Not the joy after the struggle. The joy in the middle of it.
A surfboard became a pulpit. A harmony became a sacrament.
And now the man who heard choirs where others heard waves is off to join one.
God only knows what we’d be without him.
RIP
RIP Brian. If music be the food of love then play on. Appropriately from The 12th night
Yes, yes, yes! A joyful happy appreciation of life!💔
What a beautiful tribute to an amazing artist.