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How Brian Wilson's Music Changed the World (and 10 of His Best Songs)

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The former Beach Boy's distinctive sound - sunshine tinged with melancholy - still rings true, writes longtime fan Nik Dirga.

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Listening to Brian Wilson’s music was like growing up with him. He began with songs about teenage pleasures such as surfing, driving and chasing girls, and matured into thoughtful and introspective meditations on adult youth and the eternal pursuits of ‘Good Vibrations’ and ‘Love and Mercy’. As a composer, arranger and producer, he mixed the sensitivities of the vocal pop of the 1950s, the girls’ groups of the ‘Wall of Sound’ and his love for Ch…

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