Brian Wilson’s dementia

[TyBo]

Thanks for the music, Brian.

Here's one he wrote before Pet Sounds, that sounds like it could be on that album. The rest of the band rejected it for the Beach Boys Today! album, so he arranged and produced it for Glen Campbell to sing.

Glen was sort of a de factor Beach Boy, touring with the group as Brian began to fade from public performing. What an incredible musician in his own right. He sings Brian's song beautifully.
Glen also developed dementia in his later years, sadly. It happens, sometimes. A very tough disease.

 

[Donald Thompson]

I’m surprised any of the musicians who played in the ‘60s are still with us. Attribute it to strong genetics.

And good health care.

 

[perfektspace6]

I’m surprised any of the musicians who played in the ‘60s are still with us. Attribute it to strong genetics.

I think a lot of those greats that made it past their younger years moderated a lot more than they let on. More of a posturing thing. No way you can go hard deep into your 40s let along 70s or 80s and come out functional or alive.

 

[Patrice B]

His mental health was already doomed back in the sixties, unfortunately. It’s a miracle he outlived his two brothers!

« Love and Mercy » is the best musician biopic I had the chance to watch (real musicians in the scenes and only two periods of the life of Brian instead of the usual biography condensed in 2 hours).

 

[Michedelic]

His mental health was already doomed back in the sixties, unfortunately. It’s a miracle he outlived his two brothers!

« Love and Mercy » is the best musician biopic I had the chance to watch (real musicians in the scenes and only two periods of the life of Brian instead of the usual biography condensed in 2 hours).

The brothers were damaged by the desparate ambition of their father, Murray, a failed songwriter who attempted to live vicariously through the band’s fame, and his terrorizing of them as children and teenagers.

 

[Donald Thompson]

The brothers were damaged by the desparate ambition of their father, Murray, a failed songwriter who attempted to live vicariously through the band’s fame, and his terrorizing of them as children and teenagers.

You can say the same about the Jackson 5's dad.

 

[reverendboom]

Just going to leave this here…

 

[Michedelic]

Just going to leave this here…

The mind is a funny thing. On those last tours, surrounded and aided by his kids, he didn’t know what he was doing much of the time, but when he was on stage, it all came back to him, the music came out. Tony Bennett was like that as well.

 

[reverendboom]

The mind is a funny thing. On those last tours, surrounded and aided by his kids, he didn’t know what he was doing much of the time, but when he was on stage, it all came back to him, the music came out. Tony Bennett was like that as well.

My wife worked in a memory care facility and I would go there and play the old songs. People who normaly would not speak at all would start singing along. Adding music to words helps us to remember them. That's how we learned our ABC's.

 

[Michedelic]

I had mentioned earlier that I knew a member of Brian’s band. I ran into him yesterday at a celebration of life for a woman who had succumbed to breast cancer, someone who was beloved by many. I asked him about Brian’s status, and to my surprise he stated that, if it is at all possible, Wilson will continue to perform. Very much like the Glen Campbell situation I would think, aided by friends, family, and musicians. It turns out, after I brought that up, that he played on a track for Glen’s last album, ironically.

 

[WI Short Scaler]

A coworker just had to put his mom in a memory care home this week. Such a sucky way to end a valuable and worthwhile life. I feel for Brian Wilson and his family. I don’t wish that on anybody.

We went through the decline associated with dementia with my father in law. A terrible way to end a very good life. I can relate to how hard it is, no one should have to endure that.