New Brian and Melinda Wilson Interview From Salon.com

[rab2591]

http://www.salon.com/2015/06/03/inside_brian_wilsons_room_the_famed_beach_boy_opens_up_about_mental_illness_medication_manipulation_and_the_movie_about_his_life/

Wilson has an impressive head of full, graying hair, swept back. I, on the other hand, am bald.

“I wish I had your hair. Mine started flying out when I was 35.”

He pauses. “What happened?”



Really fantastic interview with some great questions and answers.

[wilsonart1]

Carnie is guest host on The Talk today.  Might say a few words about the new film?

[Rocker]

Very nice interview. Thanks for the link!

But:

...musicians known as the Wrecking Crew that you’ve heard backing the band on virtually every ‘60’s Wilson hit.


 

[Empire Of Love]

Thanks for posting that Rab, what a great interview.  I am really glad Melinda took the time to join in.  I am becoming a Melinda Wilson fan with each new thing I learn about her.  She really sounds like a great woman, and an especially good woman for Brian.  The more we learn about Melinda the more the "wifeandmanagers" crowd should feel ashamed.  Easy to criticize something you know nothing about based on speculation and "insider info" from "insiders" who often have an axe to grind.  But hey, knock yourselves out, Brian seems as happy as he has been in decades and he is supported by a wife who won't take sh!t from anyone and musicians who know and respect his art.  He has family, friends, and music.  What else could he ask for?

Those of us who still love listneing to Brian's music, or who simply find satisfaction in the fact that the man is alive and doing as well as he is, should all thank Melinda for everything she has done...

EoL

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Thanks for posting that Rab, what a great interview.  I am really glad Melinda took the time to join in.  I am becoming a Melinda Wilson fan with each new thing I learn about her.  She really sounds like a great woman, and an especially good woman for Brian.  The more we learn about Melinda the more the "wifeandmanagers" crowd should feel ashamed.  Easy to criticize something you know nothing about based on speculation and "insider info" from "insiders" who often have an axe to grind.  But hey, knock yourselves out, Brian seems as happy as he has been in decades and he is supported by a wife who won't take sh!t from anyone and musicians who know and respect his art.  He has family, friends, and music.  What else could he ask for?

Those of us who still love listneing to Brian's music, or who simply find satisfaction in the fact that the man is alive and doing as well as he is, should all thank Melinda for everything she has done...

EoL

Very well said, and agreed on EVERY point.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Best BW interview I've read or seen for many, many years. You get a real sense of the essence of the man.

[HeyJude]

I'd be interested to see more of the actual content of the interview. He seemed to get a rare opportunity with both of them, and with Brian pretty relaxed. He said it went well beyond ten minutes, yet there isn't a ton of actual interview content in the piece.

[Wirestone]

The real news in that article is that Darian is 52. Christ!

[Lee Marshall]

Great little get-together THAT.  A good read.  Oh and I know the part that YOU will take a degree of offense with too Andrew.  [and I quote]

"Some of the movie’s highlights are the meticulous recreations of the master at his best, working in the studio with the Beach Boys and the crack session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew that you’ve heard backing the band on virtually every ‘60’s Wilson hit.

Even the "best" interviews keep that old myth afloat.

[Ron]

The ending Brian-ism was great!

Also it's got a nice picture on the article. 


One of the interesting things about Brian and Melinda is that Melinda has always kind of taken care of him... but they're getting to the age now, where they're just like other old couples where the wife usually kind of takes care of the husband.  So they've aged into normalcy ..... Brian would be lost without her, which is pretty typical of older married gentlemen....

[The Shift]

Great piece. Melinda's input is cool and I hope we hear more from her.

[guitarfool2002]

Thanks for posting that Rab, what a great interview.  I am really glad Melinda took the time to join in.  I am becoming a Melinda Wilson fan with each new thing I learn about her.  She really sounds like a great woman, and an especially good woman for Brian.  The more we learn about Melinda the more the "wifeandmanagers" crowd should feel ashamed.  Easy to criticize something you know nothing about based on speculation and "insider info" from "insiders" who often have an axe to grind.  But hey, knock yourselves out, Brian seems as happy as he has been in decades and he is supported by a wife who won't take sh!t from anyone and musicians who know and respect his art.  He has family, friends, and music.  What else could he ask for?

Those of us who still love listneing to Brian's music, or who simply find satisfaction in the fact that the man is alive and doing as well as he is, should all thank Melinda for everything she has done...

EoL

Sums it up for me too.

[Awesoman]

Brian wanted to be a psychologist...?  I see that career ending in fire.

[adamghost]

The real news in that article is that Darian is 52. Christ!

Seriously.  Even more maddening for those of us that have known him for a long time.  I first met Darian in 1992 and even in person he looks virtually identical now as then.

[CenturyDeprived]

The real news in that article is that Darian is 52. Christ!

Seriously.  Even more maddening for those of us that have known him for a long time.  I first met Darian in 1992 and even in person he looks virtually identical now as then.

Darian's the new Dick Clark. Ageless.

[Bittersweet-Sanity]

http://www.laweekly.com/music/brian-and-melinda-wilson-on-unflinching-biopic-love-and-mercy-it-had-to-be-factual-5662997

the entire interview in Q&A form