[Red Badger]

But he was a musical genius.
I guess it goes with the territory.....

[1Old Pro]

But he was a musical genius. I guess it goes with the territory.....

I dunno, he was acclaimed for Pet Sounds, I didn't like the album.

[plain talk]

“But he was a musical genius.
I guess it goes with the territory.....”

Yep. It’s one thing to sing songs and quite another to create music like Brian Wilson. So I give credit where it is due.

Despite his politics Brian was a great writer. ‘Was’ as in distant past ... as in the 1960s. He hasn’t done much since a period of time when the Beatles were still together. Think about that. It is pathetic that a great writer like this screwed up his head and gave up almost his entire life to live as a has-been. What a waste of talent.

Even the 1960s version of Brian Wilson has been quite overrated. Great? Yes. Genius? Hardly. Maybe a legend in his own mind and the warped minds of music critics.

[Dalberg-Acton]

I agree, he was a musical genius.