gfxgfx
 
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
logo
 
gfx gfx
gfx
680749 Posts in 27614 Topics by 4068 Members - Latest Member: Dae Lims April 19, 2024, 09:22:46 AM
*
gfx*HomeHelpSearchCalendarLoginRegistergfx
gfxgfx
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.       « previous next »
Pages: [1] Go Down Print
Author Topic: My family excepted, two men have hugely affected my life since 1975.  (Read 1764 times)
Andrew G. Doe
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 17767


The triumph of The Hickey Script !


View Profile WWW
« on: June 19, 2015, 11:17:20 PM »
One is my collaborator, mentor and dearest friend, the legendary John Tobler, who took a raw fanzine contributor under his wing and shaped him into something vaguely resembling a real writer.

The other one is 73 today. Can you imagine a world without Brian Wilson, without Beach Boys music ? I choose not to. What a gray and cheerless place that would be.

Does music get any better than this ?

Behind The Sounds: Wouldn't It Be Nice

No sir, it does not... and he was only 23.

Happy birthday, Brian. Thanks for the music.
Logged
The four sweetest words in my vocabulary: "This poster is ignored".
♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇
Pissing off drunks since 1978
Global Moderator
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 11846


🍦🍦 Pet Demon for Sale - $5 or best offer ☮☮


View Profile WWW
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2015, 11:25:29 PM »
Well said,  old friend.
Logged
Need your song mixed/mastered? Contact me at fear2stop@yahoo.com. Serious inquiries only, please!
The Shift
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 7427


Biding time


View Profile
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2015, 01:39:14 AM »
I thought you were going to say David Hasselhof and Paul O'Grady…

… but that 73-year-old strikes a chord with me too. Changed my life, since '76, both in enriching the quality of it and in impoverishing me long-term financially. Richer and poorer. Worth every thin dime.
« Last Edit: June 20, 2015, 02:33:12 AM by John Manning » Logged
“We live in divisive times.”
Smilin Ed H
Guest
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2015, 02:29:05 AM »
Nice one, Andrew.

Happy birthday, big guy!
Logged
The 4th Wilson Bro.
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 227


View Profile
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2015, 11:49:38 AM »
The two men who most affected my life are (1) my big brother, and (2) Brian's baby brother.  They were both taken prematurely (by cancer) and I'll miss them both as long as I live.
Logged
drbeachboy
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 5214



View Profile
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2015, 01:45:04 PM »
Very Nice post, Andrew. That 73 year old youngster is mainly why we are all here. And no, I cannot imagine my life without the music of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys. Since I was 4 years old (Some 53 years, now) it has been a daily part of my life.
Logged
The Brianista Prayer

Oh Brian
Thou Art In Hawthorne,
Harmonied Be Thy name
Your Kingdom Come,
Your Steak Well Done,
On Stage As It Is In Studio,
Give Us This Day, Our Shortenin' Bread
And Forgive Us Our Bootlegs,
As We Also Have Forgiven Our Wife And Managers,
And Lead Us Not Into Kokomo,
But Deliver Us From Mike Love.
Amen.  ---hypehat
MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 764



View Profile
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2015, 02:00:29 PM »
Happy birthday, Brian!   Smiley
Logged
Cool Cool Water
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 485


Don't Edit Yourself


View Profile WWW
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2015, 02:18:07 PM »
Well spoken. Smiley

Happy birthday, Brian!
Logged
gfx
Pages: [1] Go Up Print 
gfx
Jump to:  
gfx
Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines Page created in 0.578 seconds with 22 queries.
Helios Multi design by Bloc
gfx
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!