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« on: January 15, 2018, 05:34:42 AM » |
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On Brian's Instagram there's a photo of him at Hawthorne HS (walking away from the building), being filmed. Does anyone know the story behind this? I was hoping maybe they were making a documentary or something.
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« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2018, 06:01:17 AM » |
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Hawthorne HS tweeted a picture of him, looks like they changed a grade on one of his papers from his time there. Perhaps just a friendly visit?
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« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2018, 06:30:10 AM » |
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That's cute. I only saw the photo of him walking away before. @HHSCougars 9h9 hours ago More Guess who dropped by HHS to appeal that grade Fred Morgan gave to him? Dr. Landesfeind signed the grade change! @BrianWilsonLive now has an A on that assignment! @beachboyslegacy #OnceACougarAlwaysACougar
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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2018, 06:43:16 AM » |
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Thanks for posting this - what a day brightener!
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« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2018, 08:04:11 AM » |
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So "Surfin" has now officially has been graded an A instead of an F by the school. Brian is actually looking pretty good in the photo.
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« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2018, 08:27:08 AM » |
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He's looking pretty good!
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« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2018, 08:27:47 AM » |
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« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2018, 08:28:18 AM » |
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Yeah he’s looking really good. This is a great story!
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« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2018, 08:31:20 AM » |
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Glad to see him looking so well. I bet the rest from being off the road is doing him wonders.
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« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2018, 08:52:31 AM » |
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A documentary wasin prep last year, filming took place at a few gigs. This could easily be part of it
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« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2018, 08:52:40 AM » |
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Brian is an A Student!
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« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2018, 09:24:52 AM » |
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A documentary wasin prep last year, filming took place at a few gigs. This could easily be part of it
I guess I’ve been living under a rock, I haven’t heard about a documentary. Or I forgot. Exciting news!
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« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2018, 09:27:54 AM » |
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Rock and Roll album documentary?
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« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2018, 10:46:12 AM » |
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So "Surfin" has now officially has been graded an A instead of an F by the school. Brian is actually looking pretty good in the photo. Y'know, I've often wondered about this...supposedly "Surfin'" wasn't written until Brian was in college...but it's been said his very first composition was "Surfer Girl"...so maybe THAT was the actual composition that earned him an "F" (and now an "A")?
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« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2018, 11:04:18 AM » |
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It looks like the form that Brian is holding says, "Surfin' USA demonstrated..."
Regardless, I think it's cool that they did this!
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« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2018, 01:25:42 PM » |
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So "Surfin" has now officially has been graded an A instead of an F by the school. Brian is actually looking pretty good in the photo. Y'know, I've often wondered about this...supposedly "Surfin'" wasn't written until Brian was in college...but it's been said his very first composition was "Surfer Girl"...so maybe THAT was the actual composition that earned him an "F" (and now an "A")? I'm wondering the same thing. It's a cool story, but the OCD part of me has trouble with the timeline. Was Brian writing about surfing while still in high school? Maybe it was a chord progression or "Boogie-Woogie"-type instrumental that evolved into Surfin' or something similar? Fred Morgan's quote was:"Brian wrote a composition for me and it turned out to be 'Surfin.' That composition got an F, but it made a million dollars." I think the key words are "TURNED OUT TO BE..." Brian always talks about Surfer Girl as the first song he ever wrote, at 19. Brian's memory with regards to dates is impeccable, so that would be 1961, a full year after he graduated. I'm guessing that based upon Brian's recollection and Fred Morgan's quote, that what he submitted in high school was a prototype of what became a surfing song later on, perhaps a partial musical phrase that wasn't a fully-formed song.
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« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2018, 01:36:54 PM » |
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That's what I'm thinking
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« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2018, 01:45:33 PM » |
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BW looks like a badass walking out of the school!
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« Reply #18 on: January 16, 2018, 02:35:37 PM » |
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BW looks like a badass walking out of the school! It’s encouraging to see a picture of him walking by himself. I remember when I saw him on the Pet Sounds tour, he looked to be really struggling.
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« Reply #19 on: January 16, 2018, 02:42:07 PM » |
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I'm guessing that based upon Brian's recollection and Fred Morgan's quote, that what he submitted in high school was a prototype of what became a surfing song later on, perhaps a partial musical phrase that wasn't a fully-formed song.
Are you saying his F should have been changed to an incomplete?
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« Reply #20 on: January 16, 2018, 03:19:15 PM » |
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What the heck , Brian in 2018 looks healthier than Mike.
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« Reply #21 on: January 16, 2018, 11:59:24 PM » |
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He looks really good, happy and well rested. I saw him live in early October, and that concert left me feeling more worried about him than anything else.
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« Reply #22 on: January 17, 2018, 12:13:48 AM » |
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It's a great song, but Mr Morgan asked him to write something in sonata form. This is a slippery slope.
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« Reply #23 on: January 17, 2018, 05:41:52 AM » |
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A documentary wasin prep last year, filming took place at a few gigs. This could easily be part of it
A documentary?? A bonus feature on a full concert DVD?
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« Reply #24 on: January 17, 2018, 07:43:58 AM » |
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A documentary wasin prep last year, filming took place at a few gigs. This could easily be part of it
A documentary?? A bonus feature on a full concert DVD? Speaking of which, whatever happened to Mike’s documentary? Wasn’t it supposed to accompany his book?
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