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Beach Boys splinter over politics again as Brian Wilson repudiates Trump fundraiser
LA Times ^ | Oct 19 2020 | By LAURA ZORNOSA

Posted on 10/19/2020 11:40:20 AM PDT by rintintin

God only knows that, two weeks out from the presidential election, the stakes are high.

On Sunday, a version of the Beach Boys — the touring incarnation of the group led by cofounder Mike Love — performed at a last-minute fundraiser for President Trump near Newport Beach in Orange County. Brian Wilson and Al Jardine, two other founding members of the beloved California band, were less than happy about the news.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
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To: Robert DeLong

“He even had a brief encounter with Charles Manson and his “family”. I think tat encounter was to score drugs, if I r
remember correctly.”

I believe the story was that he picked up (gave a ride to) a few of the Manson girls, who were hitchhiking, a couple of times. Then, one night after an all night recording session he came home to find Charley and the whole family in his driveway. (That is not who you want to find in your driveway at 3 am :) )


41 posted on 10/19/2020 2:12:00 PM PDT by Batman11 ( The USA is not an ATM!)
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To: Batman11; Robert DeLong

Actually...that is a Dennis Wilson story, not Brian. My bad. Crazy story nonetheless....


42 posted on 10/19/2020 2:21:11 PM PDT by Batman11 ( The USA is not an ATM!)
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To: Batman11
Yeah that was his brother Carl Wilson, not Brian Wilson as I subsequently was informed. 8>)

Brian Wilson hated Manson from the very beginning.

But it was the second encounter with these same girls that finally made Manson show up on Carl's doorstep. Carl was quite frightened by him at first but soon warmed up to him, and took him into his home and later introduced him to Terry Melcher at his house who lived where Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski would later take up residence. Terry Melcher rejected Manson as an artist. That is why Manson ordered the hit on that house, unaware that Melcher no longer lived there. Thus Carl indirectly became the reason Sharon Tate and others were murdered. Manson had told his family to go kill everyone at that address.

43 posted on 10/19/2020 2:30:09 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: rintintin

Went to see them at the Universal Amphitheater when it was
still an outside venue. Brian was up to his antics for
the whole show.


44 posted on 10/19/2020 2:46:21 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (If you're neverTrump at this point, drop the charade, you're just I never the United States.)
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To: Robert DeLong

Yeah that was Dennis Wilson, who had the Manson connection. I guess you also know that Terry Melcher was Doris Day’s son. Crazy stuff...


45 posted on 10/19/2020 2:48:11 PM PDT by Batman11 ( The USA is not an ATM!)
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To: Batman11
Yeah Dennis, I'm sorry. Brian hated him from the beginning. Boy have I messed up the facts on this thread, LOL. Yes I know Terry is Doris Day's son. 8>)

Inside The Manson Family’s Wild Summer At Beach Boys Drummer Dennis Wilson’s House

I should have just looked on the internet first and then posted the above from the beginning. I was taking the lazy way out and trying to rely on apparently faulty memories. 8>)

46 posted on 10/19/2020 3:01:54 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: rintintin

Mike Love always has been the sane one.


47 posted on 10/19/2020 3:04:11 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: Stevenfo

We saw them in Thousand Oaks, CA, around 2005. Great concert.


48 posted on 10/19/2020 3:07:40 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: rintintin

Promises Promises-I’m still waiting on all the ones who were going to leave in 2016 as well as for Cher to move to Jupiter like she said she would.


49 posted on 10/19/2020 3:15:01 PM PDT by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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To: Robert DeLong

No worries. Interesting stuff. Thanks!


50 posted on 10/19/2020 3:25:59 PM PDT by Batman11 ( The USA is not an ATM!)
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To: 1Old Pro
"I dunno, he was acclaimed for Pet Sounds, I didn't like the album."

Other than a couple songs on the stereo re-mix (Good Vibrations and God Only Knows), I've never gotten why Pet Sounds is considered one of the most influential albums in music history. One of the biggest hits, "Wouldn't It Be Nice", was a rehash of some surfing music and just bubble-gum pop.

Still, I have to give Brian Wilson credit for re-mixing and adding other instruments, along with his arrangements. All the background music is probably why Pet Sounds is in the top of pop musical accomplishments.

I literally grew up with the Beach Boys just one suburb over, and to this day love their harmonies.

51 posted on 10/19/2020 3:32:39 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated)
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To: Robert DeLong
"He even had a brief encounter with Charles Manson and his “family”."

No, that was Brian's younger brother Dennis (drummer).

52 posted on 10/19/2020 3:35:20 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated)
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To: rintintin

Uhhn your not in the band anymore there Ringo!


53 posted on 10/19/2020 3:37:30 PM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian (It is the Trump way! It is the only way!)
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To: A Navy Vet

Yes already acknowledged that I was mistaken. 8>)


54 posted on 10/19/2020 4:14:59 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Arcadian Empire
"Talented guy but obviously taking drugs by the barrelful was a poor idea."

His enabler psychologist was giving him many drugs to deal with his already known bi/polar paranoia mental problems. His girlfriend and family finally sued Landy for malpractice to relinquish his legal control that Brian initially signed onto. I believe Landy lost his license and is now dead.

Brian became better in later years due to basic therapy and a couple of now accepted/recognized drugs for his condition. He can't sing a lick without going off key, but his improved mental health allows him to perform sometimes.

Here is a true expose on Brian Wilson's life:
https://nypost.com/2015/06/04/how-one-quack-doctor-almost-destroyed-brian-wilsons-career/

I always thought Mike Love was the better singer.

55 posted on 10/19/2020 4:17:27 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated)
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To: Falconspeed
"The Wilsons grew up in Gardena, CA, about six miles from the beach"

I'm pretty sure the Wilson brothers grew up in Hawthorne, Ca. I grew up in Gardena, CA. - one suburb over.

56 posted on 10/19/2020 4:22:30 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated)
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To: Batman11

Pretty sure that is a myth. Brian wanted nothing to do with Manson. Dennis was the younger brother that hung out with Manson for a short time.


57 posted on 10/19/2020 4:26:25 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated)
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To: Robert DeLong

No, it was Dennis Wilson, the drummer.


58 posted on 10/19/2020 4:27:57 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated)
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To: Robert DeLong
Sorry. Just know more about the Beach Boys than most. I went to a high school dance when they were doing their surfing music and talk3ed to Carl for a few minutes.

I even met Dennis Wilson in my young surfing days in the line up for the sets at Redondo Beach. I asked him if he was Dennis, he said yes, complimented him and brothers on their music, shot the shit a little and he took off on the perfect left before me. Damn him - kidding. You want a true expose of their history?

https://nypost.com/2015/06/04/how-one-quack-doctor-almost-destroyed-brian-wilsons-career/

59 posted on 10/19/2020 4:45:25 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated)
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To: A Navy Vet

No need to apologize, you did nothing wrong, but I sure made a mess of of my posts by trying to work solely on what I thought I remembered. I’ll have to give that story a look, thanks. 8>)


60 posted on 10/19/2020 5:56:49 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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