I don’t intend to cross-post between my two blogs very often, but I had something to say, albeit brief, about Brian Wilson’s passing:
This Track Is Fire: The Beach Boys “God Only Knows”
My plan for this blog is to post at 10:00 AM (Eastern) most weekdays, but then Brian Wilson had to go ahead and die. ☹️
Cue “God Only Knows.”
This song always makes me think of Christmas, specifically the opening and closing scenes of Love Actually.
Is that fair to Mr. Wilson? Probably not, his genius is far beyond that small connection to a favorite Christmas movie of mine, but this song is just that: genius.
It’s such a lovely bit of irony-bordering-on-sarcasm in a song that trancends its pop placement.
“I may not always love you But long as there are stars above you You never need to doubt it I’ll make you so sure about it…”
God damn, that’s good.
Rest in peace, Brian Wilson.
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