Terry, this is one of your best musical posts, if not the best. So much to think about, and for us with a musical ear (though certainly not as great as Wilson's) a real treat to have a back story and to hear the different versions of this enigmatic song.
Joseph Ratzinger’s words about Luigi Guissani could apply also to Brian Wilson: he was “rich in music, so that from the very beginning he was touched, or better, wounded, by the desire for beauty.” Whether that beauty led him to God, we cannot know. But the extraordinary love he evinced from others later in life, and his frequent, childlike references to God in his songs and interviews, suggest that this may have been so.
Terry, this is one of your best musical posts, if not the best. So much to think about, and for us with a musical ear (though certainly not as great as Wilson's) a real treat to have a back story and to hear the different versions of this enigmatic song.
Dana
Joseph Ratzinger’s words about Luigi Guissani could apply also to Brian Wilson: he was “rich in music, so that from the very beginning he was touched, or better, wounded, by the desire for beauty.” Whether that beauty led him to God, we cannot know. But the extraordinary love he evinced from others later in life, and his frequent, childlike references to God in his songs and interviews, suggest that this may have been so.
Well said.
This was mind, heart, and ear opening. Thank you!