Correct. Carl was probably the most stable of the brothers around that time.

I went to the comments immediately after hearing that. I’m glad you jumped on it.

Exactly!!! TW he was the early draw! only surfer and great looking!!

Eugenia Hoffman I was amazed To find out that Dennis was not just a so-so drummer, occasional gritty lead vocalist.and teen girl magnet. I think I had a bootleg copy of his second album, which I’m not sure ever came out (sort of a BigStar3). But a lot of his music I thought was AlexChiltonish. Met him in a parking lot once. Then the son of a bitch drowned, pulling the plug on our best rock band. Without seeing him, hearing him back there it was never the same.

Saw The Beach Boys for the first time in 1971 in Boston. Daryl Dragon was their keyboardist - and had already adopted his "Captain" image. Man, could he play!

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nah dennis was the spirit man

Dennis was Forever, what a beautiful phrase

:'O(

That SOB Murry! talk about child abuse. Takes a board to his son's head. How the hell did Brian ever speak to that man again?

Damn bro that’s amazing take. You literally explained my very difficult complex relationship with my father, who was very verbally abuse and physical at times. You never shake that. I’m very insecure, and always feel like I’m being watched, and judged. I myself try to be a people pleaser, to avoid conflict. At the same time I have this crazy will, to prove myself. I have a lot of pint of anger at times. When it comes out it explodes. I’ve rebelled my whole life, and struggled with one addiction or another most of my life.

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would you ALL stop saying Brian lost his mind!!!

Joanie Adams In a way he did lose his mind. He stayed in bed for years and someone who is sane doesn’t do that, hell he was caught trying to give his daughter drugs. He had mean voices in his head that would make him very paranoid. So yes he did lose his mind, but came back from it before it would’ve done serious damage than it already has

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@@brianwilson2024 You are welcome and Thank you for acknowledging my comment...love and peace.

truly! looks like the movie American Band: The Beach Boys took script from this.

westentrance I met him. He was beautiful and so much fun!

Wish I had had the chance but I was only 19 when he passed living in Canada

@gumshoesoul ????

@gumshoesoul what a dumb comment.

@gumshoesoul Maybe so, but there are way more people considered dumb that remain dumb and would never, EVER, be mistaken for a genius. You, for example, would do fine as the "leader" of said dummies.

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Extremely sad. Good that you do that for his memory. Hate to say it, but plain and simple, the devil had a hold on him and wasn't going to let go until he was dead. My dad lived the last four or five years of his life, a demented alcoholic, and I was the guy who took care of him the last three ... and trust me, it was Hell on earth much of that time. But glad the Lord honored me with that important job ...

Please, leave a flower for me

Here's the strange thing about my connection with Denny. I never knew who he was until the day of his death. He had a face covered with a thick beard and long hair; literally, all you could see were his eyes. We were dock-neighbors on Marquesas Way for several months; and we would run into each other in the parking lot, the head, on the dock; and sometimes, hold the gate open when we had our arms full of groceries or "boat-stuff", and occasional small talk...Often about "girl/woman" trouble, issues. On the day he died I was headed over to Perry's Pizza for a late lunch and two of his "buddies" ran up to me in the parking lot and told me that he had dove into the marina to recover some memento he had rashly thrown in the marina. I ran behind them back to the boat and asked how long had he been gone and they said "10 or 15 minutes". I stopped in my tracks and said, "Dude! Either you buddy is "F...in" with you or he's gone." I knew Denny hung out at Hinanos occasionally and told them..."One of you guys should check out where he might go for a drink or hang out, and in the meantime the other should call the Harbor Patrol." I know that sounds harsh; but I was working as a licensed P.I. and bodyguard at the time...and I suppose I was a little jaded. That evening, when I returned from Perry's, the road and parking lot was covered with news vans, emergency vehicles and gawkers. Harbor Patrol boats and helicopters were playing their spotlights over the dark water. I walked up to one of the female news people and said, "I guess the guy drowned...but why all the coverage?" She gave me a surprised look and said, "That "guy" was Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys." I was stunned. Anyway, I showed my I.D. and made my way down to my dock. There was a lot excitement out on the water and in a few minutes they were wheeling a body, covered by a sheet, up the gangway on a hospital gurney to a waiting ambulance. I held the gate open for them...and said a prayerful "Good Bye". I was also a dock buddy and friend of Hal Blaine for many years...He had some great Beach Boy stories...many about Denny. I miss him. He was one of the most "straight up" people I ever knew. Sorry for the digression.

@@richardschaefer4807 Sad story. Dennis was a very kind and caring person. I 1st met him in the. 70's , Then many times after. The 4th time I was with them, I traveled to another state to see them. I came by myself- Dennis knew that and was very concerned fo my safety, especially going home. I had not given anyone my address or phone # . Imagine my stunned shock, when I picked up the phone a few days later and it was Dennis, checking to makes sure I got home o.k.! He was a caring gentle soul the Dennis I knew. He never "acted famous" Sounds like you knew that Dennis too.

He is often in Brian's band...

dennis became a frikkin bumb

I wish I had that problem. >_

Wanna mess around?

@@mayemcdonald9111 , sure.

He totally squandered his looks.

blondwiththewind Rubbish

Don’t forget Bruce in the mid 60s and 70s

11jupitercowboy8 I say it was a little bit of both

Carl in terms of production, Dennis in regards to songwriting.

Of course it was Carl - simply because he was the far better musician and singer and his lifestyle was healthier. Dennis wasn´t a good drummer and singer. He might have been a nice guy but no discipline at all. Remember the BB kicked him out of the band for a few years as their collaboration became annoying. There are some live clips from that era. They replaced him with a better drummer and he sat behind a grand piano playing and singing something weird that didn´t fit to the music at all. So - they were performing in front of a big audience and he was high on drugs. No band can tolerate a behavior like that.

until he was 2 drunk to sing!

@Ramadan Steve True and sad.

roflmows also schizophrenia, extreme drug addiction, and bipolar disorder

This is true. But unfortunately his worthless doctor, ( Dr. Landy), didn't help the situation.

Yah offering your daughter coke sitting for hours in only red lighting on coke 4 packs of cigs and 4 steaks a day holy molay that is suicidal

How stupid are you? Brain Wilson did loose his mind - when the rest of the band got some silly man tho thy to make him well but instead he was abe to control him and went as far as steal the rights to all of his songs!

@@tommytwomommy schizoaffective, not schizophrenic. The schizophrenic diagnosis was dismissed

Some people aren't meant to be old

aaaredskin Actually I know quite a bit about the band. And I also know quite a bit about writing music and playing in a band because I've been a professional musician my entire adult life (I'm now 50). Yes, their voices blended well. But the fact is, had Brian wanted to, he could have found many other singers who sang well together. Brian wrote the music; the others just sang it. Big difference. No Brian, no Beach Boys; No Mike Love, you still have the Beach Boys.

bobby bob Yes, it was Brian who made it go. Brian was to the Beach Boys what Jimmy Page was to Led Zeppelin, or what oranges are to orange juice. The entire basis for the product that came out to the public.

cooking? WTF

What did Mike Love bring forth to the band? Lawsuits, greed, and arrogance. We're still talking about the dickwad that kicked Al, Brian, and David out of the "Beach Boys" after their 50 year anniversary so that he and (useless) Bruce could play at various county fairs. Mike also hated on Smile and Pet Sounds more than anyone else in the band, he just wanted to keep singing about surfing (which he never did, ever) and cars via the song structure and lyrics that Brian handed over to him on a silver plate. If you "know the band" you'd never hold Mike to the same caliber as either Carl or Brian. For the record, Carl was the man and there's absolutely nothing negative to say about him IMO.

bobby bob True BUT Carl had the voice of the Beach Boys. Brian was.is the musical genius and Dennis held his own.

A beautiful song made all the more poignant with Dennis' passing.

Patricia LAMBERT , whoopdy dooo.

Second greatest band of all time.

Agree America's greatest and only 2 nd to the Beatles in the 60s worldwide...

The Shags were better.

nice John thanks!

Terry Melvin , The Wrecking Crew played on hundreds of Top Forty Hits for multiple bands including: the Monkees, the Byrds, The Mama’s and the Papa’s, Sonny and Cher, the 5th Dimension, Jan & Dean, and of course Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys. Davy Jones once laughed when the Monkees were chastised for not playing on their own records. He joked, “Nobody played on their own records 😂”.

We all know the good truth about Brian how he was a true genius. I say that from the bottom of my heart

Jan and Deans first live show were 5 Beach boys songs, and their first Album was written by who else BRIAN! learn your facts!!!

England never let go of the Beach Boys unlike the American press which quickly embraced acid-rock and the Woodstock craze. The band continued to tour England during the "down years" (absence from the commercial success of radio & record sales) between 1967 and the emergence of the greatest hits re-package called "Endless Summer" in 1974. Thank you, U.K. !!

cool! never knew!

You do know he fever played on the records....Hal Blaine played on every one

@@mikecastellon3022 What i'm going on is a live show. He 's drunk asf but still played it strait , But ya.. I do know about Hal...as I said. I play myself.

+winsum4465 Who walks in SoCa? Even kids barely walk here,haha.

Back in my day Hawthorne was 20 miles from the Beach. It was even less true then.

really it was about seven miles I lived eight blocks from them on the other side of Compton boulevard they live two doors down from my Uncle George I frequent to their home and they freaked wooded my uncle's home regularly until I moved away in 1970.. yes always something happening at the Wilson home LOL

More like 3 miles, I used to live there.

According to Google Maps, it is a simple drive from The Beach Boys Monument next to the 105 freeway to nearby Prairie Ave to Manhattan Beach Boulevard then straight to the pier. GRAND TOTAL=3.9 miles.

LMAO!!!!!! I know! Good one

I thought when he was born he was bald and It stayed that way🤔🤔

Same here 12 for me

ha ha ha

Ooof. Lol, yeah I’m the early live performances, he just stood there awkwardly like a tree, like at least give the poor guy a cowbell or something

None of them had training. Like me, they just did it.

After the Little Deuce Coupe Album Dennis stopped recording with the Beach Boys. Hal Blaine had taken over the drums by that point. Still, Dennis did fine as a live drummer in the band.

​@@jasona9 That's actually not completely true. Hal Blaine definitely filled in a lot in the mid-60s, but Dennis still played on albums and songs after Little Deuce Coupe. Dennis played the kit on "I Get Around" and Hal Blaine added some additional percussion. Other hits he played on were "Little Honda" and "Don't Worry Baby." The Wrecking Crew really heavily stepped in on the Today! album and "California Girls" and it grew from there. Dennis however did play on a track on Pet Sounds, "That's Not Me." That's the sole song on the album to only feature the Beach Boys on the backing track. Then following the Smile era, Dennis started playing again on most of their albums (Wild Honey, 20/20, Sunflower, Surf's Up) until he injured his hand and Ricky Fataar stepped in.

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+GuanRytheFantastic Carl led in terms of production, but Dennis contributed more in terms of writing music.

+GuanRythe - Correct ! Read Kent Crowley's new book on Carl and you'll see just HOW very correct you are ! Carl's many contributions aren't all easily recognized.

Yeah I came to post the exact same thing. If anything the group became democratic, with different members holding different levels of sway within the group at any given time. Except Poor Al, who has led the direction of band exactly zero times. Which is fewer than Bruce Johnston.

BEST US BAND THERE EVER WILL BE. No contest...no doubt. No one else comes close. ( if I had to pick a number 2. Eric Carmen Raspberries. And there’s a ton of number 3. A few are: Paul Revere and the Raiders. Big Star. New York Dolls. Jan and Dean. Ramones. MoNKEES. Fountains of Wayne. Blink-182. The Nazz.

yes with high octaves

+Ronnie Bishop Right on, i agree. I grew up on an East Coast beach, and their music changed my life, made me move to the West Coast.

The Beatles were from Liverpool, not London.

well put and so true.

Steven King dude his drumming was nothing special lets not be romantic fools here

*****​Ill give you a second to go clean the load out of your pants... Im very aware that the beach boys dont call for neil peart drumming. He contributed nothing as far as musicianship goes except for being there for touring. And when I say that I dont mean its because he wasnt doing amazing technical drumming im saying lets not pretend hes some revered legend. He was an average composer, above average voice, and yes whoopdee fuckin doo he can keep time on the drums. Brian is the real genius and everyone knows it pal

*****​ as far as respect goes hes right there with the monkees... pretty good.. but not beatles level. Brian was beatles level

*****​ you silly bitch. As time went on dennis surpassed brian huh? More like as time went on brian made pet sounds which is now held as one of the best albums ever as well as what influenced sgt peppers (one of the best albums of all time). And you're obviously not a drummer dude you clearly know nothing of the sort. Just trust me, dennis was nothing special as a drummer.

*****​ john and paul admitted to being obsessed with pet sounds and 90% sure george was too. And personally I think ringos track were very catchy

yeah - I paused to see the comments, got sidetracked doing something else and now I don't feel like watching this anymore

Agreed.

@@neilryan4166 I'd recommend it still. The narrator takes some liberties, but I'd say after Brian, Dennis was by far their best songwriter. Agreed that Carl took over in terms of production and musical direction for the live shows, but Dennis wrote some of their best non-Brian Wilson songs, "Forever," "Slip on Through," "Cuddle Up," "Celebrate the News," "Only with You," etc.

That comment got my attention too.

absolutely! me too! if I know any groups history I know my Beach Boys.

Arya Stark No you don't. Two died young and the other is paranoid schizophrenic.

Arya Stark plus an abusive father