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Dennis Wilson interview with Pete Fornatale on WNEW-FM, New York City, November 1976.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVItbEJBkJM
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ah man, this is a beautiful interview. Dennis was by far the least BS member ... he thinks deeply before responding.
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Quote from: DonnyL on October 04, 2012, 10:55:58 AM
ah man, this is a beautiful interview. Dennis was by far the least BS member ... he thinks deeply before responding.
Well, I think Carl was the same. But Dennis just had the charisma. No other Beach Boy had that like him
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a diseased bunch of mo'fos if there ever was one… their beauty is so awesome that listening to them at their best is like being in some vast dream cathedral decorated with a thousand gleaming American pop culture icons.
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Quote from: Rocker on October 04, 2012, 11:02:51 AM
Quote from: DonnyL on October 04, 2012, 10:55:58 AM
ah man, this is a beautiful interview. Dennis was by far the least BS member ... he thinks deeply before responding.
Well, I think Carl was the same. But Dennis just had the charisma. No other Beach Boy had that like him
true ... though i do think Carl was more guarded.
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Quote from: seltaeb1012002 on October 04, 2012, 07:45:25 AM
Dennis Wilson interview with Pete Fornatale on WNEW-FM, New York City, November 1976.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVItbEJBkJM
Great, thanks for uploading it! Listening to it right now...
EDIT: Wow... this is precious stuff.. Denny responding the BBs allegedly being "uptight" about
Pet Sounds
, talking about supporting Brian during his rough patches, learning from Brian about recording music and generally making an intelligent and likable impression.
Peter Fornatale:
"It seems at times though as if he's programmed by others..."
Dennis:
"I think that he's programming others. [laughter] He's very clever."
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Quote from: DonnyL on October 04, 2012, 11:26:19 AM
Quote from: Rocker on October 04, 2012, 11:02:51 AM
Quote from: DonnyL on October 04, 2012, 10:55:58 AM
ah man, this is a beautiful interview. Dennis was by far the least BS member ... he thinks deeply before responding.
Well, I think Carl was the same. But Dennis just had the charisma. No other Beach Boy had that like him
true ... though i do think Carl was more guarded.
That's ture.
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To sum it up, they blew it, they blew it consistently, they continue to blow it, it is tragic and this pathological problem caused The Beach Boys' greatest music to be so underrated by the general public.
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Great interview. At times I think we can forget just how much Dennis was involved with the group and cared about things.
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Really cool to hear this-a lot of quotes in books have come from this interview-but weren't credited to it. Cool. Sad in a way-you listen and hear a guy who seems really together and stable0but one can't help but recall that within two years Dennis would be tumbling out of control into chaos even beyond Brian's experience
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Great interview! Thanks for sharing!
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Incredible. Thanks for posting
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His voice is gruff, but he's still very youthful sounding.
Thanks for posting this. Not nearly enough audio/video interviews with Dennis.
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Quote from: stack-o-tracks on October 04, 2012, 04:36:38 PM
Thanks for posting this. Not nearly enough audio/video interviews with Dennis.
No prob. It's been quite nostalgic going thru all of this stuff again. Glad to have a bunch of like minded people to share it all with.
Good news, I have a cassette to USB player on the way, so I'll be able to transfer the early 70's BW interviews soon.
There's another cool '76-'77 DW interview @ Brother Studios I'll post up tomorrow.
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Thanks for posting that. Such a no-BS guy. And his love and respect for Brian is so clear.
Interesting that Dennis also seemed to think it was drugs that set Brian off even in 1964.
Also interesting that he didn't like 20/20. I didn't know that.
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People need to remember that Dennis was a very good-hearted and thoughtful guy...who was battered by self-worth issues that eventually wore him down... and that finally destroyed him. But this interview is a reminder that it wasn't all boozing, drugging, fighting and womanizing with Dennis. He loved his brothers, and even more than that he loved the music they made together, and the fact that it made so many people happy. Dennis' real legacy is that he was the world's biggest Brian Wilson/Beach Boys fan. And he was deeply honored to be a small part of the joy they spread.
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Quote from: Jon Stebbins on October 04, 2012, 08:57:52 PM
People need to remember that Dennis was a very good-hearted and thoughtful guy...who was battered by self-worth issues that eventually wore him down... and that finally destroyed him. But this interview is a reminder that it wasn't all boozing, drugging, fighting and womanizing with Dennis. He loved his brothers, and even more than that he loved the music they made together, and the fact that it made so many people happy. Dennis' real legacy is that he was the world's biggest Brian Wilson/Beach Boys fan. And he was deeply honored to be a small part of the joy they spread.
Well said, although i'd argue that he was rather a
large
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Quote from: Disney Boy (1985) on October 05, 2012, 12:09:29 AM
Quote from: Jon Stebbins on October 04, 2012, 08:57:52 PM
People need to remember that Dennis was a very good-hearted and thoughtful guy...who was battered by self-worth issues that eventually wore him down... and that finally destroyed him. But this interview is a reminder that it wasn't all boozing, drugging, fighting and womanizing with Dennis. He loved his brothers, and even more than that he loved the music they made together, and the fact that it made so many people happy. Dennis' real legacy is that he was the world's biggest Brian Wilson/Beach Boys fan. And he was deeply honored to be a small part of the joy they spread.
Well said, although i'd argue that he was rather a
large
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Was that a d*ck joke?
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By the way, can anyone confirm that this is indeed from November 1976?
I had it listed as '77 on my copy, but after researching it the year I kept seeing was '76.
However, at the end Fornatale plays "River Song", which wouldn't have been released until '77, correct? Or was it an early promo copy? I'd have to guess if the album was already out, maybe they would've spent a little time talking about it.
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Quote from: seltaeb1012002 on October 04, 2012, 05:32:05 PM
Quote from: stack-o-tracks on October 04, 2012, 04:36:38 PM
Thanks for posting this. Not nearly enough audio/video interviews with Dennis.
No prob. It's been quite nostalgic going thru all of this stuff again. Glad to have a bunch of like minded people to share it all with.
Good news, I have a cassette to USB player on the way, so I'll be able to transfer the early 70's BW interviews soon.
There's another cool '76-'77 DW interview @ Brother Studios I'll post up tomorrow.
Thanks, look forward to it. This one is excellent!
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Wow, this was an excellent listen. What a genuine, honest guy.
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Lovely interview. I like how Dennis simply cuts through the suggestion of resistance to Brian's avant garde songwriting and simply says how they were constantly blown away by the stuff he would play them. How true that is for the entire band, who can say, but of course it's pretty well documented that Dennis held Brian in really high esteem.
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I find it interesting that Dennis talks so positive about the Maharishi tour. I would have thought from what I've read that he may have distanced from that by 1976.
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