layallyourhugsonme:

The Beach Boys’ Crazy Summer

“We’re 70 fucking years old,” he says. “You’ll be 70 in September. I’ll be 70 in June. I’m worried about being 70.”

“It’s still a few months off,” Jardine says.

“That’s true,” Wilson mutters. He pauses for a few seconds, looking away from his bandmate. “I want to know how did we get here?” he finally says. “How did we ever fucking get here? That’s what I want to know.”

After five or six full-band passes at “That’s Why God Made the Radio,” Wilson changes the line “feel the music in the air” to “feel the Mu-ZAK in the air.”

(via caroliknow)

surfboardsandpianos:

Magazine article circa 1976.

ohcamil:

The Beach Boys, August/September 1967

“Hi, this is Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys, and I don’t know who knows me, but I… I hope you like my music!”

MM: The album has a heart. And it has feelings. It expresses what it’s like to be a kid in an impressionistic way. Most rock to me is about adulthood. Smile depicts the psychedelic magic of childhood.
BW: I love that. You coin those just right. By the way, I still love to listen to Phil Spector’s records. You can write that.  

Almost all your songs are in major keys.

Yeah. I like major chords. Each key is a different color. My favorites are D, B, F and F#. A is a good key, too, sometimes. A has a strong vibe, a very powerful vibe.

Do you read your reviews?

No, but my wife does, and she tells me what’s in them. If it’s a bad review, she says, “What the heck’s going on here?” And if it’s a good review, she says, “Good boy, good boy.”