Lamont

5y

This was heart breaking to listen to thanks for putting me on

ithaka

5y

Yeah through out that era he also didn’t cut his nails and they grew really long (I know that’s a silly detail but if you ad that to the rest above it’s scary how bad it gets) but it got worse: In about 1982? not too long before Dennis’s tragic passing it got so bad that The Cocaine Sessions happened: at probably Brian’s lowest point? see photo:
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/BEAC5P/brian-wilson-of-the-beach-boys-about-1980-BEAC5P.jpg

Dennis tried to come up with a trick to get Brian active in some way and practice, as he admired his brother, so he came up with a deal: Brian would show up in session in return of cocaine and hamburgers, as an incentive.

This song that came from those sessions is absolutely heartbreaking to listen to knowing the history behind it, kinda like an sos message in a bottle:
https://youtu.be/I1J-elx729A

Jerry Seinfeld

5y

Whoa. That’s wild. Thanks for all of that, I’m gonna have to read more about them I guess. I’ve heard that song before but I never knew it had such a history behind it.

ithaka

5y

No way? song is super obscure, literally a bootleg

Jerry Seinfeld

5y

I didn’t realize that, I’ve only heard it once or twice. Never really tried to get into The Beach Boys. Had a friend that was a super stan of their music, so I generally avoided bringing them up or I’d have to hear about them all day long.

ithaka

5y

His vocals on the Wind cover might be one of his best performances?

Jerry Seinfeld

5y

It’s definitely up there. STS is really such an incredible album. Usually if I listen to one track I end up spinning the whole thing.

ithaka

5y

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The title song is among his most ambitious pieces, it has to be in his top 5.
There really is no other songs like that in his catalogue, that’s to me where him wanting to rebuild everything from the get go shows off, like relearn things and new ways, stop with the image gimmicky, which is why both STS and Low covers are movie stills, like he was burned out and s*** he wanted to be only about the music.

Jerry Seinfeld

5y

I hadn’t really thought about it but that’s a good point. There’s just something about this album that always resonates with me. I love the albums that came before it for the most part, but it’s like he really went to another level here. Wasn’t this also when he was really doing tons of cocaine?

ithaka

5y

Yeah pretty sure his diet was only red peppers and full fat milk.

and cocaine

Jerry Seinfeld

5y

I hadn’t really thought about it but that’s a good point. There’s just something about this album that always resonates with me. I love the albums that came before it for the most part, but it’s like he really went to another level here. Wasn’t this also when he was really doing tons of cocaine?

deepsleep

5y

*In an interview during the Alistair-Crowley-inspired Station to Station sessions, Bowie told Rolling Stone writer Cameron Crowe: “I like fast d****. I hate anything that slows me down.” This was borne out years later, when Bowie recounted this period in his life as being pretty hellish to live through. Biographer David Buckley’s research indicated that Bowie’s “diet” during the time was milk, peppers, and a lot of cocaine. Another biography by Nicholas Pegg cites Bowie going on record as saying, of the album: “I know it was recorded in L.A.because I’ve read it was.”

Jerry Seinfeld

5y

That is hilarious

He really was the GOAT

ithaka

5y

Must’ve been devastating health wise yet he was at the top of his coolest look in that era lol wtf

deepsleep

5y

*In an interview during the Alistair-Crowley-inspired Station to Station sessions, Bowie told Rolling Stone writer Cameron Crowe: “I like fast d****. I hate anything that slows me down.” This was borne out years later, when Bowie recounted this period in his life as being pretty hellish to live through. Biographer David Buckley’s research indicated that Bowie’s “diet” during the time was milk, peppers, and a lot of cocaine. Another biography by Nicholas Pegg cites Bowie going on record as saying, of the album: “I know it was recorded in L.A.because I’ve read it was.”

deepsleep

5y

that thumbnail already

deepsleep

5y

his 90's looks tho >>>

Lamont

5y

Kills me that i never got to see this man live. Him and prince

Lamont

5y

Kills me that i never got to see this man live. Him and prince

ithaka

5y

Unfortunately I loathe soul patch beards.