« Reply #367 on: June 11, 2025, 02:17:15 pm »
RIP Mr. Wilson I enjoyed your music, may you find the peace with our Lord that you lacked in life.
He was a true musical genius, but was beaten by his frustrated and jealous father Murray, developed severe depression and a bad drug habit, became morbidly obese and was a hermit for a long time, and finally recovered and re-captured some of his early glory. He was an amazing composer and musician!
Brian Wilson, Beach Boys Songwriter and Visionary, Dead at 82https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/30974/brian-wilson-beach-boys-songwriter-dead/But in contrast to Wilson’s gifted songwriting and the sunny image projected by the group’s songs, Wilson, the group’s leader, principal songwriter and arranger, was haunted by the abuse he suffered under his father and he was plagued by self-doubt. At the height of his powers, while working on the follow-up to Pet Sounds, the much-hyped and breathlessly anticipated Smile, Wilson suffered a nervous breakdown. The album would remain unfinished and become one of the greatest “lost” albums of the classic rock era until 2004, when Wilson, in a moment of personal triumph, would release the album under his own name to great critical and popular acclaim.
Wilson’s fragile mental health and his road to recovery were the stuff of legend. Famously, in the ’70s, his depression would lead him to spend the better part of three years in bed. His work with the Beach Boys during this era was sporadic but often memorable, reflecting a troubled genius in turmoil. In addition to alcohol and substance abuse issues and the deterioration of his marriage to Marilyn Rovell, ending in divorce in 1979, Wilson would endure lawsuits from his bandmates, and pressure to return to the studio and the stage. He eventually ended up in the care of a highly unorthodox psychologist, Eugene Landy. Landy’s extreme methods helped Wilson to regain his physical health, but at a staggering cost in fees, and at great expense to his personal and creative liberty.
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