Cinemaa great rivalry among Brian Wilson’s Beach Boys and Beatlesfunder and Beach Boys leader, and considered one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century, Brian Wilson died on Wednesday (11), at the age of 82

Two great successes in the 1960s, the Beach Boys – whose founder and leader Brian Wilson died on Wednesday, June 11, at the age of 82-and the Beatles experienced a true war foot in that decade. But calm down: the dispute took place only in the creative field.

Since the launch of the first single of the Beatles, “Love Me Do”in 1962, the same year the beach boys put their first album, Surfin ‘Safariin shelves around the world, the bands, despite their distinct style, began a rivalry marked by fierce competitiveness in the music scene, but also by deep mutual admiration.

In the past, Brian Wilson stated that RUBBER SOUL1965 Beatles Album, was a watershed for him. According to the musician, the bold harmonies of the Liverpool quartet influenced him to seek new sound paths, which eventually resulted in the album PET SOUTHSlaunched by Beach Boys the following year.

Paul McCartneyin turn, revealed that tracks from colleagues, as “God Only Knows”they inspired their compositions for Beatlespresent in albums like Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). The “dispute” between the bands led artists to experience, often, new instruments, recording techniques and musical structures, boosting the evolution of music of both.

The “rivalry” between the bands only ended in 1970, the same year that the Beatles released their last studio album, Let it be. However, despite the competition for musical success, the Beatles and the Beach Boys They always had a good relationship behind the scenes. Brian Wilson and Paul McCartneyEven kept contact for long years, exchanging professional and personal experiences.

BRIAN WILSON LIFE AND WORK

Brian Wilsonborn June 20, 1942, grew in Hawthorne, California, a modest city next to Los Angeles airport. Brian was the oldest of three brothers; his younger brothers were Dennis and Carl. Their father, Murryhe was an aspiring composer and a tyrant. “Although he saw himself as a loving father who guided his children with a firm hand, he abused us psychologically and physically, creating wounds that never healed.”Wilson wrote in his 1991 autobiography.

Wilson He grew up playing sports and obsessed with music, teaching his brothers to harmonize with him. Music was his livelihood and his comfort, according to him: “From an early age, I learned that when I turned off the world, I could tune into mysterious music, given by God. It was my gift, and allowed me to interpret and understand emotions that I could not articulate.”

In 1961, Brian, Dennis and Carl formed a band with the cousin Mike Love and the friend Al Jardinemanaged by Murry Wilson. Brian He played low, took many of the main vocals and wrote the songs. Signed by Capitol Records and baptized as The Beach BoysThey began to launch successes such as convertible out of an assembly line.

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