'The Beach Boys Love You' | Brian Wilson's 1977 Synth-Pop Oddity

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Brian Wilson hadn't been making music for The Beach Boys for most of the 1970s. That all changed with 'Love You.' And after it was released... the band never allowed Brian Wilson this kind of creative control again.

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0:00 - Intro
2:38 - NordVPN
3:40 - The Beach Boys 1962-1976
8:00 - Brian's Back!
13:21 - The Beach Boys Love You
43:27 - Aftermath

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Major Works Cited:

• "Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson"
Peter Ames Carlin (2006)

• "The Beach Boys Love You" - Review
Patti Smith - Hit Parader Magazine (October 1977)

• "Fifty sides of the Beach Boys : The songs that tell their story"
Mark Dillon (2012)

• "I Am Brian Wilson"
Brian Wilson (2016)

• "Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times"
Written, Directed, and Produced by Don Was (1995)

• "Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1969-1982"
Written, Directed, and Produced by Tom O'Dell (2012)

• "I'm a Pooper, Not a Buzzer" - Interview
Brian Wilson - Crawdaddy! Magazine (May 1977)