Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs like "God Only Knows" and "Good Vibrations" helped define ...

Part I Wouldn’t It Be Nice The eulogies for Brian Wilson continue to roll in like the surf break at Huntington Beach.

A standout track from The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds album, it epitomised Wilson’s shift into complex, sophisticated compositions ...

But Brian, we sure did know what you got. A cynic would say Wilson clearly sat down with the express intent to write a song that would be sung at weddings for the rest of time. After all, “God only ...

But Brian turned his fantasies into a California dream-world of fast cars and cool waves — a world that might even have room ...

God Only Knows,” written when Wilson was just 23, is perhaps as close to a perfect pop song as there is—and certainly the most beautiful.

“God Only Knows,” written when Wilson was just 23 ... Senior Editor, Obsessed You can’t reduce a genius like Brian Wilson down to a singular accomplishment. But it is worth noting how ...

God Only Knows Where California Would Be Without Brian Wilson originally appeared on L.A. Mag. The Beach Boys (clockwise from left Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Dennis ...

It’s still startling to hear — especially “God Only Knows,” a tune everyone on Earth wishes they could sing, although these are high notes only angels or Carl Wilson could reach.

Sting performed a cover of the Beach Boys' 'God Only Knows' in tribute to Brian Wilson at his concert in Rostock, Germany on ...

A legendary British rocker is going viral with his new, stripped down recording of God Only Knows as a tribute to the late, ...