Brian Wilson wrote countless hits for his band The Beach Boys in the 1960s, until excessive drug use and mental health problems took their toll. More than 35 years later, the international pop world is witnessing the miraculous resurrection of perhaps the greatest talent that pop music has produced. With an excellent new backing band (the power pop group The Wondermints), Brian Wilson gave a series
… of enthusiastically received performances at the beginning of the 21st century. Now that he is back in good shape for the first time in a long time - and more importantly: reasonably good in voice - it becomes very clear what a great repertoire he has to his name. The falsetto parts of the surf songs he sang on Live At The Roxy Theater (2001) were unfortunately (literally and figuratively! ) too ambitious, but with the personal songs on the integrally performed Pet Sounds he knows how to move the listener. Brian is back! (MS)more
