Brian Wilson - Jim Pewter Interview 1974 (audio)
Chocolate Shake Man:
Quote from: Solar System on January 20, 2013, 06:33:20 PM
Here is an interesting interview from (my guess) early 1970's talking about Good Vibrations:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtEt09-V90s
Is this a joke?
MBE:
It's from 1997 Brian didn't slur like this in the early seventies and had a smoother voice.
♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇:
I think that was the last interview where he was that talkative. I mean, a year or 2 later you'd be lucky to get more than 2 consecutive sentences before having to move on to the next question
Chocolate Shake Man:
Quote from: Bananas Rice Applesauce Toast on January 21, 2013, 10:13:43 AM
I think that was the last interview where he was that talkative. I mean, a year or 2 later you'd be lucky to get more than 2 consecutive sentences before having to move on to the next question
Good point.
Landy's work did some real damage to Brian, but there is lots of video throughout the 90s where Brian is quite articulate to the point where I'd suggest that there's more difference between, say this 1997 Brian and 2004 Brian and 1997 Brian and 1977 Brian. I might offer a theory: When Brian started to go out on tour more, he was being thrown way out of his comfort zone. This is not just a matter of being on stage but also having to be a far more social person, talking to both the press and the general crowd that surrounds the touring industry. In order to make it easier for him, I think he was probably trained, like a sports player might be, to give particular responses so that he wouldn't be thrown off when he got a question that he either didn't know how to respond to, or didn't know how to diplomatically respond in a media-friendly fashion. I think that very soon he got very comfortable with this training and it is difficult to find an interview after 2000 where he doesn't largely speak in cliches or using a highly rehearsed lingo.
♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇:
I think too Carl's death had something to do with it.
One thing that stuck with me...I once read on this board that there's a (possibly apocryphal) story that relatively recently Brian was with some friends, just laughing and cutting up. Brian noticed a certain person came in, supposedly said something like 'Okay, time to go be "Brian Wilson" again' and immediately turn back into the Brian we're used to for the past decade. I don't remember who posted that (or if it was even here), but that kind of stuck with me.
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