Dave's vocals on the early albums

[AndrewHickey]

One "pretty weird" thing that comes to my mind is the lie that Brian was mentally ill.

This is the second most repellent, ignorant thing I've read on this board, after your own claim that Bruce plays bass 'like a spastic'.

Do you have even the slightest idea what level of effort it would take to fake the various symptoms Brian's had over the decades he's had them? You might as well claim that Stephen Hawking has been faking muscular dystrophy for the last forty years because he's too lazy to walk.

[Mike's Beard]

Are they really lies though, or just half-truths?  I mean, it does seem clear that Dave didn't sing as much on record as the other guys, and that was probably at least partially at Brian's behest.  The Beach Boys did play their own instruments on the early albums, but the studios guys did more and more as time went on--I've never heard the claim that they didn't play at all on their records, just that they didn't do it as much as many other bands.  And Brian saying that he destroyed the masters of Smile--Brian has said some pretty weird stuff over the years--my impression is that he hasn't been lying as much as being affected by mental illness.  Perhaps he actually thought he had destroyed the Smile master tapes at one time.  

Sounds reasonable...

IF you want to redefine a lie as just 'pretty weird stuff'.

One "pretty weird" thing that comes to my mind is the lie that Brian was mentally ill.

Brian is a super intelligent trickster....very good at putting up walls and barriers when he deems them needed. Now he's old, he no longer needs to pretend to be 'crazy'... he just 'gets tired'. The perfect dodge, because it's true.

Tired of acting crazy. 

What a stupid, insensitive post. Hang your head in shame.

[JanBerryFarm]

Are they really lies though, or just half-truths?  I mean, it does seem clear that Dave didn't sing as much on record as the other guys, and that was probably at least partially at Brian's behest.  The Beach Boys did play their own instruments on the early albums, but the studios guys did more and more as time went on--I've never heard the claim that they didn't play at all on their records, just that they didn't do it as much as many other bands.  And Brian saying that he destroyed the masters of Smile--Brian has said some pretty weird stuff over the years--my impression is that he hasn't been lying as much as being affected by mental illness.  Perhaps he actually thought he had destroyed the Smile master tapes at one time.  

Sounds reasonable...

IF you want to redefine a lie as just 'pretty weird stuff'.

One "pretty weird" thing that comes to my mind is the lie that Brian was mentally ill.

Brian is a super intelligent trickster....very good at putting up walls and barriers when he deems them needed. Now he's old, he no longer needs to pretend to be 'crazy'... he just 'gets tired'. The perfect dodge, because it's true.

Tired of acting crazy.  

What a stupid, insensitive post. Hang your head in shame.

It's not, and I won't.

Well, maybe, if you change your insensitive 'name' and hateful Mike Love bashing stance.

I'm saying Brian Wilson is intelligent and not a sicko.  If you object, then you are saying he's dumb and mentally ill.

So who's insensitive?

[SMiLE Brian]

Are they really lies though, or just half-truths?  I mean, it does seem clear that Dave didn't sing as much on record as the other guys, and that was probably at least partially at Brian's behest.  The Beach Boys did play their own instruments on the early albums, but the studios guys did more and more as time went on--I've never heard the claim that they didn't play at all on their records, just that they didn't do it as much as many other bands.  And Brian saying that he destroyed the masters of Smile--Brian has said some pretty weird stuff over the years--my impression is that he hasn't been lying as much as being affected by mental illness.  Perhaps he actually thought he had destroyed the Smile master tapes at one time.  

Sounds reasonable...

IF you want to redefine a lie as just 'pretty weird stuff'.

One "pretty weird" thing that comes to my mind is the lie that Brian was mentally ill.

Brian is a super intelligent trickster....very good at putting up walls and barriers when he deems them needed. Now he's old, he no longer needs to pretend to be 'crazy'... he just 'gets tired'. The perfect dodge, because it's true.

Tired of acting crazy. 

What a stupid, insensitive post. Hang your head in shame.

It's not, and I won't.

Well, maybe, if you change your insensitive 'name' and hateful Mike Love bashing stance.

I'm saying Brian Wilson is intelligent and not a sicko.  If you object, then you are saying he's dumb and metally ill.

So who's insensitive?

Ask Brian to his face if he is faking his mental illness.

[Mike's Beard]

Are they really lies though, or just half-truths?  I mean, it does seem clear that Dave didn't sing as much on record as the other guys, and that was probably at least partially at Brian's behest.  The Beach Boys did play their own instruments on the early albums, but the studios guys did more and more as time went on--I've never heard the claim that they didn't play at all on their records, just that they didn't do it as much as many other bands.  And Brian saying that he destroyed the masters of Smile--Brian has said some pretty weird stuff over the years--my impression is that he hasn't been lying as much as being affected by mental illness.  Perhaps he actually thought he had destroyed the Smile master tapes at one time.  

Sounds reasonable...

IF you want to redefine a lie as just 'pretty weird stuff'.

One "pretty weird" thing that comes to my mind is the lie that Brian was mentally ill.

Brian is a super intelligent trickster....very good at putting up walls and barriers when he deems them needed. Now he's old, he no longer needs to pretend to be 'crazy'... he just 'gets tired'. The perfect dodge, because it's true.

Tired of acting crazy. 

What a stupid, insensitive post. Hang your head in shame.

It's not, and I won't.

Well, maybe, if you change your insensitive 'name' and hateful Mike Love bashing stance.

I'm saying Brian Wilson is intelligent and not a sicko.  If you object, then you are saying he's dumb and metally ill.

So who's insensitive?

Well that's easy - you.
You've just dug yourself in deeper by lumping in the terms "sicko" and "dumb" with metally (sic) ill.

And lastly, do please explain how my username is insensitive and hateful towards Mike Love?

[JanBerryFarm]

Are they really lies though, or just half-truths?  I mean, it does seem clear that Dave didn't sing as much on record as the other guys, and that was probably at least partially at Brian's behest.  The Beach Boys did play their own instruments on the early albums, but the studios guys did more and more as time went on--I've never heard the claim that they didn't play at all on their records, just that they didn't do it as much as many other bands.  And Brian saying that he destroyed the masters of Smile--Brian has said some pretty weird stuff over the years--my impression is that he hasn't been lying as much as being affected by mental illness.  Perhaps he actually thought he had destroyed the Smile master tapes at one time.  

Sounds reasonable...

IF you want to redefine a lie as just 'pretty weird stuff'.

One "pretty weird" thing that comes to my mind is the lie that Brian was mentally ill.

Brian is a super intelligent trickster....very good at putting up walls and barriers when he deems them needed. Now he's old, he no longer needs to pretend to be 'crazy'... he just 'gets tired'. The perfect dodge, because it's true.

Tired of acting crazy. 

What a stupid, insensitive post. Hang your head in shame.

It's not, and I won't.

Well, maybe, if you change your insensitive 'name' and hateful Mike Love bashing stance.

I'm saying Brian Wilson is intelligent and not a sicko.  If you object, then you are saying he's dumb and metally ill.

So who's insensitive?

Ask Brian to his face if he is faking his mental illness.

Asking Brian something like you suggest would be a certain sign of mental illness.  

I guess it really depends on how you define mentally ill.
It's for sure that he's maladjusted. But so are many people leading everyday lives.
Does taking medication define mental illness?
IF so, then half the freakin' nation is mentally ill. Actually, now that I think about it, that's absolutely true.
Ok, you win. Brian and half the nation is mentally ill. They're just not as intelligent as he is.

[SMiLE Brian]

Are they really lies though, or just half-truths?  I mean, it does seem clear that Dave didn't sing as much on record as the other guys, and that was probably at least partially at Brian's behest.  The Beach Boys did play their own instruments on the early albums, but the studios guys did more and more as time went on--I've never heard the claim that they didn't play at all on their records, just that they didn't do it as much as many other bands.  And Brian saying that he destroyed the masters of Smile--Brian has said some pretty weird stuff over the years--my impression is that he hasn't been lying as much as being affected by mental illness.  Perhaps he actually thought he had destroyed the Smile master tapes at one time.  

Sounds reasonable...

IF you want to redefine a lie as just 'pretty weird stuff'.

One "pretty weird" thing that comes to my mind is the lie that Brian was mentally ill.

Brian is a super intelligent trickster....very good at putting up walls and barriers when he deems them needed. Now he's old, he no longer needs to pretend to be 'crazy'... he just 'gets tired'. The perfect dodge, because it's true.

Tired of acting crazy. 

What a stupid, insensitive post. Hang your head in shame.

It's not, and I won't.

Well, maybe, if you change your insensitive 'name' and hateful Mike Love bashing stance.

I'm saying Brian Wilson is intelligent and not a sicko.  If you object, then you are saying he's dumb and metally ill.

So who's insensitive?

Ask Brian to his face if he is faking his mental illness.

Asking Brian something like you suggest would be a certain sign of mental illness.  

I guess it really depends on how you define mentally ill.
It's for sure that he's maladjusted. But so are many people leading everyday lives.
Does taking medication define mental illness?
IF so, then half the freakin' nation is mentally ill. Actually, now that I think about it, that's absolutely true.
Ok, you win. Brian and half the nation is mentally ill. They're just not as intelligent as he is.

You are denying conditions that change the lives of millions of people and make them work harder than you will ever will to be decent human beings. Brian Wilson has struggled and fought through most of his life with his illness, to be creating great albums like TWGMTR is a testiment to his fight and the people helping him in his battle.

[Alex]

Brian hears voices in his head. If that`s not a sign of mental illness, than I don`t know what is.

[JanBerryFarm]

Brian hears voices in his head. If that`s not a sign of mental illness, than I don`t know what is.

I hear voices in my head. Am I mentally ill?

I experience hunger too, does that mean I'm starving?

[Lowbacca]

I hear voices in my head. Am I mentally ill?

If you put it this way - yes, you probably are.
The extent of the symptom varies, and you may be able to live with it (without any troubles), but it nevertheless is a sign of illness.

[JanBerryFarm]

I hear voices in my head. Am I mentally ill?

If you put it this way - yes, you probably are.
The extent of the symptom varies, and you may be able to live with it (without any troubles), but it nevertheless is a sign of illness.

For me, it's a sign of being alive.

But, enough already. I already gave in.

What more do you want? My personal collection of Beach Boy coffee mugs? 

[Lowbacca]

For me, it's a sign of being alive.

Being ill (of any condition) and being alive are not mutually exclusive, of course.
Whether somebody in the realms of the netherworld might be able to hear voices would have to be discussed. It might not be a conclusive proof of 'being alive' after all.   Made me think of E.A. Poe's The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar.

What more do you want? My personal collection of Beach Boy coffee mugs?  

I don't eben have a single BBs coffee mug...   Now I'm kind of ashamed of having a Let It Be mug on my desk right next to me.  

[adamghost]

I have a Beach Boys belt buckle around here somewhere, along with a Caribou Ranch drink coaster in the shape of a horseshoe...

[Alan Smith]

I have a Beach Boys belt buckle around here somewhere, along with a Caribou Ranch drink coaster in the shape of a horseshoe...

What do ya mean, "around here somewhere"?  I'd be wearin' it everywhere, everyday if I had one (the belt buckle)

[JanBerryFarm]

As I stated earlier, it's all in how you define mental illness. Brian was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder, which seems to be fairly common, and is also more often than not genetic in origin...and is also aggrivated by recreational drug use. (ring any bells?)

If we're going to call Brian mentally ill, then I suggest that we also start refering to these notable persons who 'suffer' from Bipolar disorder the same way.
It's all a matter of perspective.  

Also worth noting a few stats...for U.S. citizenry.

Total number of people with Bipolar disorder - 5.7 MILLION
Total percentage of people wtih Bipolar disorder - 5%

List of people with bipolar disorder -

A
 Rigoberto Alpizar
 Ryan G. Anderson
 Sophie Anderton
 Adam Ant
 James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran
 Disappearance of Iraena Asher
 David Attias
 Emilie Autumn

B
 Maria Bamford
 Sid Barnes
 Charles Baudelaire
 Shelley Beattie
 Bruce Beaver
 Thomas Lovell Beddoes
 Ludwig van Beethoven
 Andy Behrman
 Max Bemis
 Maurice Benard
 Edward Benson (bishop)
 Mary Kay Bergman
 Coenraad van Beuningen
 Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo
 Isabella Blow
 Ludwig Boltzmann
 Graham Bond
 Brian Bonsall
 Adrian Borland
 Paul Boyd (animator)
 Dutch Boyd
 L. Brent Bozell, Jr.
 Russell Brand
 Andrea Breth
 Jeremy Brett
 Don Briscoe
 Bobby Brown
 Theo Wade Brown
 Junie Browning
 Frank Bruno
 Barney Bubbles
 John Buchanan (American politician)
 Geoff Bullock
 Elbridge Ayer Burbank

C
 Northern Calloway
 Robert Calvert
 Cosmo Campoli
 Georg Cantor
 James Carr (musician)
 Quincy Carter
 Jack Cassidy
 Dick Cavett
 Iris Chang
 Akio Chiba
 Rosemary Clooney
 Kurt Cobain
 Cole Resource Center
 Neil Cole (politician)
 Patricia Cornwell
 Robert S. Corrington
 Michael Costa (politician)
 Sean Costello
 William Cotton (missionary)
 Vincent Crane
 Jim Craven

D
 Disco D
 Murray Deaker
 Swadesh Deepak
 

D cont.
 Terry Jess Dennis
 Mark D. Devlin
 Gaetano Donizetti
 Mike Doughty
 Charmaine Dragun
 Richard Dreyfuss
 Patty Duke
 Tericka Dye

E
 Richey Edwards
 Mark Eustice

F
 Freda du Faur
 Wild Man Fischer
 Carrie Fisher
 F. Scott Fitzgerald
 Larry Flynt
 Connie Francis
 Stephen Fry
 Justin Furstenfeld

G
 J. R. Gach
 Charly García
 Alan Garner
 Terry Garrity
 Paul Gascoigne
 Kaye Gibbons
 Margaret Gibson (writer)
 Mel Gibson
 Matthew Good
 Jay Gould
 Phil Graham
 David Granirer
 Macy Gray
 Graham Greene
 Henry Grimes
 Ivor Gurney
 Letitia Gwynne

H
 Linda Hamilton
 Darrell Hammond
 Robert Hansen
 Naveed Afzal Haq
 Anthony Hardy
 Moss Hart
 Mariette Hartley
 Alex Hartman
 Doug Harvey (ice hockey)
 Henrik Havas
 Jonathan Hay (footballer)
 Peter Hayes (lawyer)
 Gregory Hemingway
 Drewe Henley
 Abbie Hoffman
 Marya Hornbacher
 Emily Horne
 Byron Houston
 Brotha Lynch Hung
 Julian Huxley
 Phyllis Hyman

I
 Ike Ibeabuchi
 Jack Irons

J
 Kay Redfield Jamison
 Adam Jasinski
 Andrew Johns
 Daniel Johnston
 Benn Jordan
 Helmi Juvonen

K
 Sarah Kane
 Kerry Katona
 Patrick J. Kennedy
 

K cont.
 Kerli
 Joseph Kibweteere
 Margot Kidder
 Morio Kita
 Otto Klemperer
 John Konrads
 Patrick K. Kroupa

L
 Debra Lafave
 Mary Lamb
 Larry Lea
 Vivien Leigh
 Steve Lieberman
 Mary Todd Lincoln
 Arthur Lipsett
 Joshua Logan
 Bernard Loiseau
 Earl Long
 Demi Lovato
 Ris Low

M
 Arthur McIntyre (artist)
 Kristy McNichol
 William Marrufo
 Emily Martin (anthropologist)
 J. James Marzilli, Jr.
 Gavin Maxwell
 Chris McKinstry
 Burgess Meredith
 Edward Mezvinsky
 Eric Millegan
 Kate Millett
 Spike Milligan
 Stanley Mitchell
 Ben Moody
 Charles Mount
 John A. Mulheren
 Robert Munsch

N
 Hisayasu Nagata

O
 Graeme Obree
 Phil Ochs
 Sinéad O'Connor
 Bill Oddie
 Johnny O'Keefe
 Craig Owens (entertainer)

P
 Nicola Pagett
 Emma Parker Bowles
 Jaco Pastorius
 Jane Pauley
 Ota Pavel
 Jimmy Piersall
 Derrick Plourde
 John William Polidori
 Odean Pope
 Gail Porter
 Emil Leon Post
 Heinz Prechter
 Charley Pride
 Mary Priestley

R
 Gabriele Rabel
 Dee Dee Ramone
 Cornelia Rau
 Randy Revelle
 James Rhodes (pianist)
 Clarence Richeson
 Rebecca Riley
 Lynn N. Rivers
 Rene Rivkin
 

R
 Barret Robbins
 Chris Robinson (writer)
 Svend Robinson
 Mark Rogowski
 Michael Roof
 Axl Rose

S
 Sascha Altman DuBrul
 Paul Sharits
 Athole Shearer
 Sidney Sheldon
 Nina Simone
 Frank Sinatra
 Michael Slater
 Tony Slattery
 Tim Smith (rugby league)
 Phil Spector
 Alonzo Spellman
 Michelangelo Spensieri
 Nancy Spungen
 Peter Steele
 David Strickland
 Michael Strunge
 

S cont.
 Poly Styrene
 Screaming Lord Sutch
 Stuart Sutherland
 Larry Sweeney
 Roger Sylvester

T
 Davinia Taylor
 Mackenzie Taylor
 Ari Telch
 A. S. J. Tessimond
 Abbott Handerson Thayer
 Ron Thompson
 Gene Tierney
 Timo Tolkki
 Devin Townsend
 Nick Traina
 Timothy Treadwell
 Margaret Trudeau
 Patrick Tuohy
 Mike Tyson

U
 Dimitrius Underwood

V
 Luna Vachon
 Jean-Claude Van Damme
 

V cont.
 Vincent van Gogh's health
 Townes Van Zandt
 Joseph Vásquez
 Mark Vonnegut

W
 Sol Wachtler
 Ayelet Waldman
 Richard Wallace (scientist)
 Mika Waltari
 Scott Weiland
 Mikey Welsh
 Pete Wentz
 Norman Wexler
 Mark Whitacre
 Brian Wilson
 Amy Winehouse
 Jonathan Winters
 Virginia Woolf
 James Wright (poet)
 Luther Wright

Y
 Bert Yancey

Z
 Catherine Zeta-Jones
 

[AndrewHickey]

As I stated earlier, it's all in how you define mental illness. Brian was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder, which seems to be fairly common, and is also more often than not genetic in origin...and is also aggrivated by recreational drug use. (ring any bells?)

If we're going to call Brian mentally ill, then I suggest that we also start refering to these notable persons who 'suffer' from Bipolar disorder the same way.
It's all a matter of perspective. 

Yes, if those people suffer or have suffered from bipolar disorder, they are or were mentally ill. They have a mental illness. That's what being mentally ill means. In fact, just from the ones whose biographies I'm familiar with, I see many people on that list whose lives have been utterly devastated by mental illness.

So your point is?

Oh, I forgot, you don't have one, you're just a troll.

[Lowbacca]

As I stated earlier, it's all in how you define mental illness. Brian was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder, which seems to be fairly common, and is also more often than not genetic in origin...and is also aggrivated by recreational drug use. (ring any bells?)

If we're going to call Brian mentally ill, then I suggest that we also start refering to these notable persons who 'suffer' from Bipolar disorder the same way.
It's all a matter of perspective.  

Yes, if those people suffer or have suffered from bipolar disorder, they are or were mentally ill. They have a mental illness. That's what being mentally ill means. In fact, just from the ones whose biographies I'm familiar with, I see many people on that list whose lives have been utterly devastated by mental illness.

So your point is?

Oh, I forgot, you don't have one, you're just a troll.

Hmm, yes. Exactly what I intended to post just now...  


P.S. Might it be possible that we are totally off-topic?  

[the professor]

I'm not part of this discussion.  

On topic of Dave: I have been listening to his solo album, I think about you often, and comparing the guitar parts to TWGMTR; it becomes clear that you can recognize his style on several parts of the BB album, such as the bright rhythm accompaniment to the title track, to Spring vacation, and also the plaintive wailing in Summer's Gone. In fact many of Dave's parts sound like his same old parts from Surfin' Safari and Surfer Girl; I can't describe it, as many of you can, I trust,  but it's a driving punk, Ramones-style 8th-note plucking.  

Anyone can help more with this?

[Lowbacca]

I'm not part of this discussion.  

On topic of Dave: I have been listening to his solo album, I think about you often, and comparing the guitar parts to TWGMTR; it becomes clear that you can recognize his style on several parts of the BB album, such as the bright rhythm accompaniment to the title track, to Spring vacation, and also the plaintive wailing in Summer's Gone. In fact many of Dave's parts sound like his same old parts from Surfin' Safari and Surfer Girl; I can't describe it, as many of you can, I trust,  but it's a driving punk, Ramones-style 8th-note plucking.  

Anyone can help more with this?

I share your impression(s), but I as well am not able to describe it any better.  
Those Marks-sounding bits on TWGMTR don't necessarily have to have been recorded by David Marks, though.

EDIT: Well, obviously not 'recorded' by him at all, but performed and stuff.. you know what I mean. 

[adamghost]

I don't see why they'd go to the trouble of NOT crediting him on the vocals, and then crediting him on guitar if he didn't play. 

[Lowbacca]

I don't see why they'd go to the trouble of NOT crediting him on the vocals, and then crediting him on guitar if he didn't play.  

I think crediting a f*ckin' Beach Boy on a BBs LP for doing something he didn't do is much more understandable than NOT crediting him for something he DID do.  

Either way, god only knows what Dave really did on those tracks...

[hypehat]

I won't take up too much time, but JanBerryFarm - you're a sorry excuse for a human being.

[Phoenix]

Wow.  So I searched for this topic to figure out if that is indeed Dave that sings the main vocal part (the first part of the Unsurpassed Masters tracks) and while the consensus seems to be that it is, the thread derailed into a ridiculous fight about mental illness before we got a definitive answer. 

So...on topic...?   Dave does the main part in the verses and Carl sings the high part?  I'm not talking about Mike's lines (obviously) but the song's primary vocal.

[bluesno1fann]

As I stated earlier, it's all in how you define mental illness. Brian was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder, which seems to be fairly common, and is also more often than not genetic in origin...and is also aggrivated by recreational drug use. (ring any bells?)

If we're going to call Brian mentally ill, then I suggest that we also start refering to these notable persons who 'suffer' from Bipolar disorder the same way.
It's all a matter of perspective.  

Also worth noting a few stats...for U.S. citizenry.

Total number of people with Bipolar disorder - 5.7 MILLION
Total percentage of people wtih Bipolar disorder - 5%

List of people with bipolar disorder -

A
 Rigoberto Alpizar
 Ryan G. Anderson
 Sophie Anderton
 Adam Ant
 James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran
 Disappearance of Iraena Asher
 David Attias
 Emilie Autumn

B
 Maria Bamford
 Sid Barnes
 Charles Baudelaire
 Shelley Beattie
 Bruce Beaver
 Thomas Lovell Beddoes
 Ludwig van Beethoven
 Andy Behrman
 Max Bemis
 Maurice Benard
 Edward Benson (bishop)
 Mary Kay Bergman
 Coenraad van Beuningen
 Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo
 Isabella Blow
 Ludwig Boltzmann
 Graham Bond
 Brian Bonsall
 Adrian Borland
 Paul Boyd (animator)
 Dutch Boyd
 L. Brent Bozell, Jr.
 Russell Brand
 Andrea Breth
 Jeremy Brett
 Don Briscoe
 Bobby Brown
 Theo Wade Brown
 Junie Browning
 Frank Bruno
 Barney Bubbles
 John Buchanan (American politician)
 Geoff Bullock
 Elbridge Ayer Burbank

C
 Northern Calloway
 Robert Calvert
 Cosmo Campoli
 Georg Cantor
 James Carr (musician)
 Quincy Carter
 Jack Cassidy
 Dick Cavett
 Iris Chang
 Akio Chiba
 Rosemary Clooney
 Kurt Cobain
 Cole Resource Center
 Neil Cole (politician)
 Patricia Cornwell
 Robert S. Corrington
 Michael Costa (politician)
 Sean Costello
 William Cotton (missionary)
 Vincent Crane
 Jim Craven

D
 Disco D
 Murray Deaker
 Swadesh Deepak
 

D cont.
 Terry Jess Dennis
 Mark D. Devlin
 Gaetano Donizetti
 Mike Doughty
 Charmaine Dragun
 Richard Dreyfuss
 Patty Duke
 Tericka Dye

E
 Richey Edwards
 Mark Eustice

F
 Freda du Faur
 Wild Man Fischer
 Carrie Fisher
 F. Scott Fitzgerald
 Larry Flynt
 Connie Francis
 Stephen Fry
 Justin Furstenfeld

G
 J. R. Gach
 Charly García
 Alan Garner
 Terry Garrity
 Paul Gascoigne
 Kaye Gibbons
 Margaret Gibson (writer)
 Mel Gibson
 Matthew Good
 Jay Gould
 Phil Graham
 David Granirer
 Macy Gray
 Graham Greene
 Henry Grimes
 Ivor Gurney
 Letitia Gwynne

H
 Linda Hamilton
 Darrell Hammond
 Robert Hansen
 Naveed Afzal Haq
 Anthony Hardy
 Moss Hart
 Mariette Hartley
 Alex Hartman
 Doug Harvey (ice hockey)
 Henrik Havas
 Jonathan Hay (footballer)
 Peter Hayes (lawyer)
 Gregory Hemingway
 Drewe Henley
 Abbie Hoffman
 Marya Hornbacher
 Emily Horne
 Byron Houston
 Brotha Lynch Hung
 Julian Huxley
 Phyllis Hyman

I
 Ike Ibeabuchi
 Jack Irons

J
 Kay Redfield Jamison
 Adam Jasinski
 Andrew Johns
 Daniel Johnston
 Benn Jordan
 Helmi Juvonen

K
 Sarah Kane
 Kerry Katona
 Patrick J. Kennedy
 

K cont.
 Kerli
 Joseph Kibweteere
 Margot Kidder
 Morio Kita
 Otto Klemperer
 John Konrads
 Patrick K. Kroupa

L
 Debra Lafave
 Mary Lamb
 Larry Lea
 Vivien Leigh
 Steve Lieberman
 Mary Todd Lincoln
 Arthur Lipsett
 Joshua Logan
 Bernard Loiseau
 Earl Long
 Demi Lovato
 Ris Low

M
 Arthur McIntyre (artist)
 Kristy McNichol
 William Marrufo
 Emily Martin (anthropologist)
 J. James Marzilli, Jr.
 Gavin Maxwell
 Chris McKinstry
 Burgess Meredith
 Edward Mezvinsky
 Eric Millegan
 Kate Millett
 Spike Milligan
 Stanley Mitchell
 Ben Moody
 Charles Mount
 John A. Mulheren
 Robert Munsch

N
 Hisayasu Nagata

O
 Graeme Obree
 Phil Ochs
 Sinéad O'Connor
 Bill Oddie
 Johnny O'Keefe
 Craig Owens (entertainer)

P
 Nicola Pagett
 Emma Parker Bowles
 Jaco Pastorius
 Jane Pauley
 Ota Pavel
 Jimmy Piersall
 Derrick Plourde
 John William Polidori
 Odean Pope
 Gail Porter
 Emil Leon Post
 Heinz Prechter
 Charley Pride
 Mary Priestley

R
 Gabriele Rabel
 Dee Dee Ramone
 Cornelia Rau
 Randy Revelle
 James Rhodes (pianist)
 Clarence Richeson
 Rebecca Riley
 Lynn N. Rivers
 Rene Rivkin
 

R
 Barret Robbins
 Chris Robinson (writer)
 Svend Robinson
 Mark Rogowski
 Michael Roof
 Axl Rose

S
 Sascha Altman DuBrul
 Paul Sharits
 Athole Shearer
 Sidney Sheldon
 Nina Simone
 Frank Sinatra
 Michael Slater
 Tony Slattery
 Tim Smith (rugby league)
 Phil Spector
 Alonzo Spellman
 Michelangelo Spensieri
 Nancy Spungen
 Peter Steele
 David Strickland
 Michael Strunge
 

S cont.
 Poly Styrene
 Screaming Lord Sutch
 Stuart Sutherland
 Larry Sweeney
 Roger Sylvester

T
 Davinia Taylor
 Mackenzie Taylor
 Ari Telch
 A. S. J. Tessimond
 Abbott Handerson Thayer
 Ron Thompson
 Gene Tierney
 Timo Tolkki
 Devin Townsend
 Nick Traina
 Timothy Treadwell
 Margaret Trudeau
 Patrick Tuohy
 Mike Tyson

U
 Dimitrius Underwood

V
 Luna Vachon
 Jean-Claude Van Damme
 

V cont.
 Vincent van Gogh's health
 Townes Van Zandt
 Joseph Vásquez
 Mark Vonnegut

W
 Sol Wachtler
 Ayelet Waldman
 Richard Wallace (scientist)
 Mika Waltari
 Scott Weiland
 Mikey Welsh
 Pete Wentz
 Norman Wexler
 Mark Whitacre
 Brian Wilson
 Amy Winehouse
 Jonathan Winters
 Virginia Woolf
 James Wright (poet)
 Luther Wright

Y
 Bert Yancey

Z
 Catherine Zeta-Jones
 

I'm certain Ray Davies of the Kinks has Bipolar. Syd Barrett may have had it, but we'll never know.

[Phoenix]

So...on topic...? 

I guess not.