Rest In Peace

[Bosco]

Any thoughts from the younger (30 and younger) forum members about Brian Wilson / Beach Boys?

Good or bad, I would like to hear if he/they have had any relevancy in your lives.

[Bosco]

Any thoughts from the younger (30 and younger) forum members about Brian Wilson / Beach Boys?

Well in the case nobody feels motivated to answer, I think anyone with an inkling of interest should make a mental bookmark to check out some of their work. And more specifically aim for their more melancholic work as it might unveil the cathartic bond that so many people have with their music. Maybe you'll even find a common ground with your elders, god only knows we need more of that these days (see what i did there?).


Anyway here are a few of my favorites:

and of course the highly acclaimed:

It's your time to rest, Brian. Thanks for all the amazing music.

R.I.P.

[Wolkenkrabber]

Well in the case nobody feels motivated to answer...

Well you ruled some of us out by age!

I like this one. It's a groove. It's also too short, but I guess that's a compliment.

I bought this white label back in '99/'00.
Discogs: South Coast - Surfin'

At the time, these sort of bootleg/mashups were quite exciting. You knew they probably weren't legal and that you were getting something a little bit 'unique' that some people would never own or even know about. This was in the days before Soundcloud and YouTube.

I guess the "South Coast" moniker was a reference to Fatboy Slim and the Big Beat Boutique - based in Brighton on the UK's south coast.
Listening back now, it would be better without the "funk soul brother" sample. And I'd like the vocal to be less chopped up and repetitious. But there was a good idea in here somewhere. And back in '99, Big Beat was still hanging in there, so it wasn't as 'naff' to do a big beat remix as it would be now.

[Bosco]

I would be remiss if I didn't reshare this classic which showed up in my YouTube feed again:

[Born In Planet Dust]

There's a lot of Beach Boys I really don't have much respect for but Good Vibrations, Pet Sounds, and the Smile Sessions are some of the most gorgeous statements in the history of pop music as an art. 

Hearing The Orb put God Only Knows over Little Fluffy Clouds in Chicago in 2015 was pretty fucking transcendent.