Now, for the first time, he weighs in on the sources of his creative inspiration and on his struggles, the exhilarating highs and the debilitating lows. Derailed in the 1970s by mental illness, drug use, and the shifting fortunes of the band, Wilson came back again and again over the next few decades, surviving andfinallythriving. With intricate harmonies, symphonic structures, and wide-eyed lyrics that explored life s most transcendent joys and deepest sorrows, songs like In My Room, God Only Knows, and Good Vibrations forever expanded the possibilities of pop songwriting. As a cofounding member of the Beach Boys in the 1960s, Wilson created some of the most groundbreaking and timeless popular music ever recorded. That s part of what makes Brian Wilson s story so astonishing. They say there are no second acts in American lives, and third acts are almost unheard of.
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