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We’re picking up sad vibrations. But how traumatized can we feel, once the first few notes of any of Brian Wilson’s most ...

We’re picking up sad vibrations. But how traumatized can we feel, once the first few notes of any of Brian Wilson’s most classic songs hits our tympanic membrane? Even his most sorrowful songs — and ...

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GOD Only Knows how Brian Wilson created pop’s most sublime tunes. The death of The Beach Boys icon at 82 marks the passing of one of the few artists who genuinely deserved to be called a “genius”.

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