U." (Brother/Reprise MSK 2268) Wilson has reasserted himself as a primary talent in pop music. Now that he has returned as producer and principal composer for last year's "The Beach Boys Love You" (Warner Brothers MSK 2258) and the brand new "M. When Wilson withdrew from the group's leadership at the turn of the decade, the band floundered artisically as well as commercially. As Dennis once put it: "Brian Wilson is the Beach Boys.
Behind the seemingly simple facades, all his songs contain intricate systems of melodic paths, rhythmic detours and harmonic intersections.īrian Wilson is the prime creative force of the Beach Boys, which include his younger brothers, Dennis and Carl, his cousin Mike Love and his childhood neighbor Al Jardine. As that reassessment goes on, it grows clearer that Brian Wilson's work may be far richer as pure music than anything the Beatles or almost anyone else produced. As our distance from the '60s grows, it becomes easier to assess that period's music apart from the social convulsions surrounding it.
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