Brian's Most Personal Song

[bossaroo]

funny how some of Brian's most personal songs have a real universal quality: In My Room, Til I Die, Midnight's Another Day, etc.

even when he used lyricists, Brian was clearly coming up with the themes. Everything on Pet Sounds for instance. All very personal.

I think When A Man Needs A Woman and Busy Doin Nothin are good candidates. I Went To Sleep. Games Two Can Play. I'll Bet He's Nice.

it's a tough question because almost all of Brian's songs have an extremely personal quality.


other songs seem to have been written with Brian in mind: Breakaway, Sail On Sailor, Long Promised Road, Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again

[BananaLouie]

other songs seem to have been written with Brian in mind: Breakaway, Sail On Sailor, Long Promised Road, Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again

I think Mr. Fulton (although the inventor of the steamboat) can be interpreted as Brian and the Steamboat can be The Beach Boys...does that theory work? 

[bossaroo]

i like it 

[joshferrell]

"Cry" and "Lay down burden" as well...

[Alex]

Marcella

[petzounds]

 Guess I'm  Dumb

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

I Just Can't Wait to be King. I mean, my wife pointed out that the lyrics actually kind of fit Brian circa-Pet Sounds, and Brian's vocal sounds subconsciously influenced by that.

Just Like me & You- those are some seriously f*cked up lyrics, and make me wonder about him and Melinda.

More seriously... these to me are Brian's most personal songs...

Til I Die - and not just because it's my all-time favorite BB recording (followed by All I Wanna Do, the cover of The Letter which shouldn't count but dammit I like it , Time to Get Alone, and Everybody Wants to Live Just Once) but because this is Brian's best set of lyrics, and were pure genius.

The Night Was So Young- for reasons that should be obvious.

My Diane- see above

Busy Doin' Nothin'

Still I Dream of It

[I. Spaceman]

Chug-A-Lug.

[Jay]

Still I Dream Of It. I mean, when he sings "Someday I'll find my world"....wow. 

[cablegeddon]

Johny Carson

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Still I Dream Of It. I mean, when he sings "Someday I'll find my world"....wow. 

Hell yeah.

[Cabinessenceking]

Day In The Life Of A Tree is purely about himself. how more personal can it get? most other suggestions are really good, more explicit messages in those though.

[pixletwin]

Amen to this. Absolutely yes.

Day In The Life Of A Tree.

Seriously, his whole story as an artist is in there. I love that song. Some people take it as another Brian put-on, but when that fairground organ comes in, i'm in tears every time.