|
One thing that I think about is how Brian must have felt about Dennis' musical development and freedom. In the '70's, here was Dennis, recording whenever and whatever he wanted, and basically being allowed the freedom to do so. If Dennis wanted to do solo stuff, he basically could. If he wanted to give or withhold material from the band, he pretty much could . But if Brian started to work on anything, there was the band, pushing him to "write a hit". There was the manager, running to the press to tell all that "Brian will be all over the new album". Drag Brian to Holland, drag him to Caribou, drag him to Miami. Jeez, the damned studio was in his house for years, if Brian touched the piano, there were hands out, asking for the bread-winner to feed them all. I imagine Brian may have been jealous of Dennis' relative lack of that pressure. And maybe Dennis had a bit of fear over whether the same thing might happen to him if, say, "River Song" became a big Beach Boys hit .
|
Show Posts
