Brian Wilson RIP

I've been reminiscing with a friend whose favourite is also, 'Wouldn't it be nice' when we realised the next words were 'if we were older' and we decided to look for a new favourite.

First time I saw them on British tv it was either on Thank Your Lucky Stars or Ready Steady Go (remember Cathy McGowan self-styled Queen of the Mods?). I definitely remember they were wearing their trademark stripey shirts and all their songs up to Pet Sounds revolved around California beach culture.

You knew summer was on the way when you started to hear Beach Boys songs on the radio.

(I think it was called the Light Service before the BBC re-organised and invented Wonderful Radio One!)

TerriBull

The Beach Boys were wonderful, the sound of the West Coast, I remember Good Vibrations '66 I think, one of the first records I bought. I know his brother Dennis died a while ago, there's another brother, I'm wondering if he's still alive.

Was their guitarist Mike Love a relative? Is he still alive?

I can’t really choose a favourite song but I used to love Surfin’ USA because it was fun to sing along to.

windmill, Mike Love was one of the performers in the act that I saw a couple of years ago. It was wonderful.

R.I.P. Brian.

Les Garçons de la Plage. Magnifiques.

I think part of their appeal was the clean cut boy next door image. What a unique sound though, Surfer girl still gives me goosebumps! RIP Brian