I was never a big Beach Boys fan until I saw this movie. Now I take back anything negative I said about these guys. Brian Wilson has proven to be a resilient, tough, and strong genius. Now they have all my respect.

@Bonstergirl1

9 жыл бұрын

+Arnold Edwards Ive been a fan since i was 11 and now im 60 and still a huge fan..

@arnoldedwards3740

9 жыл бұрын

Now I can see why.

@Bonstergirl1

8 жыл бұрын

:)

@BenCulture

8 жыл бұрын

+Arnold Edwards said *"Brian Wilson has proven to be a resilient, tough, and strong genius."* THANK YOU. Some self-identified "fans" would have us believe otherwise. But the man is a genius on multiple levels. How do they know that the "helpless, fragile Brian" persona wasn't specifically what Brian WANTED his people and his fans to see? How do we know Brian Wilson didn't USE Dr. Landy as a "shield" from people he sincerely _did not want_ to be involved with? There are _so many_ advantages to playing crazy, scared, and helpless. People with legitimate psychiatric conditions do it all the time -- exaggerate their illness to manipulate others.

@222JJJKKK1

8 жыл бұрын

+Arnold Edwards paul mccartney said pet sounds is one of the best albums ever made

Gotta love that old VHS hiss

It hurts to see this. He is so open with his feelings. I love this man for beeing so honest! All the best to you Brian!

i want to hug him so bad:).....what a sweet sweet man. Thank God he found his wife Melinda who loves him so much and gave him a real life again;)

I just saw Lost and Mercy and I fell on this video ; what an amazing work from Diane Sawyer ... Can't believe all this happened. Can you call this "Dr" a therapist ? rather a vampire ... Respect and thanks for all what Brian Wilson brought us, from "Surf Music" to "God only knows", such a masterpiece... ...

"Life is a prison in itself, not just the Dr. Landy program" LOL

@evanargall6601

6 жыл бұрын

"Everybody has to a bit of imprisonment to understand this is where we are", gotta say he's right. Brian is Whacked out of his mind on drugs here, but so much truth nonetheless!

@scusachannel1682

4 жыл бұрын

It's the same sort of thing my adopted sister's sister started saying immediately after leaving her abusive boyfriend...

My take on Landy - started out with altruistic intentions. Saved Brian's life. Then got corrupted by the power and money.

@kendallperry9247

2 жыл бұрын

I think he knew what he was doing the whole time. He knew he could manipulate Brian the moment he met him. He was just scheming and patient

@jlee2383

6 ай бұрын

@@kendallperry9247maybe. But the guy saved his life when nobody else could. Brian probably would have died by 1984 if Landy hadn’t been there… and multiple people have said this including Brian himself and his family. This doesn’t absolve him of what he did later, but gotta give credit where it’s due.

I don't know what it was about the Beach Boys that made them so susceptible to charismatic bullshit-peddlers. Dennis had the hopefully-soon-dead Charles Manson insert himself into his life. Brian relinquished control of his life to Landy. Maybe it was the abuse of their father that made them so passive and impressionable. They were just so easy to take advantage of.

@dantefloressq

6 жыл бұрын

ugh. yep, you've got it right. bless their souls

Dr Landy was the equivalent of drugs. He did the same amount of damage as them.

What a man, what a soul. I love you Brian!!!! Paolo

This is one of the few times Mike showed his good side. In the worst of times the family can come together

After seeing Love and Mercy the movie and then seeing this doctor Landy I think Paul Giamotti was spot-on in his portrayal of this abusive, controlling doctor. Thank God Brian went shopping for a Cadillac because it ended up changing his life for the better when he met Melinda as she could see instantly what was going on and helped put a stop to it.

@anthonybaruch8618

8 жыл бұрын

+szqsk8 I agree with you, the 1st time I saw the film I was hesitant about Giamatti being able to portray Landy, but I take it all back.. he did a fantastic job hitting all points of the positives and negatives Landy had on Brian and his family.

@withgoddess8300

5 жыл бұрын

And ever since she has controlled him.

@stonecrestmovies

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah... Melinda isn't obviously -as- bad as Landy, but she's definitely not an angel either

@eirikwegga

5 жыл бұрын

@@withgoddess8300 Brian Wilson needs someone to control him, it's much too late for him to learn how to be in charge of his own life. Melinda is an improvement on anyone who came before her.

@redfirebird2008

5 жыл бұрын

Erik, that's sadly true. I hope he is happier these days.

Just saw Love and Mercy. Paul Giamatti gave an absolutely brilliant, dead-on accurate portrayal of Eugene Landy as a manipulative sociopath. The resemblance to the real Landy in this video is chilling. According to interviews, he actually underplayed the role somewhat since nobody would believe just how evil Landy really was.

@SquareNoggin

9 жыл бұрын

+Fender Bass I found all the characters to be exceptionally well casted, but GIamatti absolutely killed it. He played slimy so well, and he was so hateable, even when he wasn't saying anything particularly mean.

@paulbuschman8318

8 жыл бұрын

+Colin Bell He nailed the attitude of condescension perfectly. It doesn't matter how nice the words are if the intention is to manipulate.

@adamob6994

8 жыл бұрын

+GerMart. read the biography called Catch a Wave. it's about brian and you will see even more evil shit Landy did to manipulate and control Brian

Poor Brian. For someone with so much he had so little for a long time.

Simply amazing. The movie caused me to take another listen to the music. Amazing story and amazing man. The Mozart of our times?

I'm lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did

@robertsexton5354

4 жыл бұрын

Hope you made it out and are doing okay

@kaboomerty1638

3 жыл бұрын

Robert Sexton shit bruh that’s been me for this whole year

It's amazing how at the end of this, the *interviewer* is doing him more therapeutic good than all those 9 years with Landy seemed to. "Why don't you see them?" "That's a good question...hmm... never thought about that."

Thank you for posting.

I don't really like Mike Love but Landy and Murray were horrible monsters to Brian

@RFreigeldorff

8 жыл бұрын

I wonder what your motivation is to troll every video with praises of landy. fact is he hijacked brian wilson for his own benefit in the utmost unethical way. history will not be kind to him.

@yehudafinkelstein7504

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Love had professional disagreements with Brian, he never tried to control his life by pumping him full of meds like Landy or abusing him like Murry. I don't hate Mike Love, but he did get Smile cancelled, however he is not a villain like Landy in the Beach Boys saga.

@justmadeit2

5 жыл бұрын

Mike Love gets a lot of criticism on almost every beach boys video....I have made a vi deo in his defence called........In defence of Mike Love and there is a message there from the Mike Love appreciation society of London . To see it simply just type in this following title in the search bar above.................In defence of Mike Love..

@lastnamefirst4035

4 жыл бұрын

@@RFreigeldorff there are alot of videos about landy? C'mon man

Good to hear about the bad side of drugs. Good information for us just starting out. Thanks Brian. Your a star!

If there is a hell then Murray Wilson is in it.

he is a lot crazier sounding here than before Landy got ahold of him a 2nd time (he sounds decent and fairly funny in all the 70s interviews) - he was dangerously overweight when Landy came back in 1982 - I think if Landy left after Brian had been skinny for a year or two - that alone probably would have helped Brian's self confidence = less depressed = less using - I imagine after Dennis died that would have probably freaked him out enough to not want to get into the heavier stuff again - but - who knows - its rough...

The part at the end when he’s discussing his daughters breaks my heart

Diane Sawyer rocks; She is not about herself- instead about the story and the message- love her.

I know he helped Brian in some s but he totally crossed the line! I’m so happy tha guy is out of Brian’s life and Marilyn and his children and his grandchildren are in his life .❤️

Landy was bad, but he saved Brian´s life. That is the truth. Even Marilyn Wilson confirmed that.

Brian needed a Mess of Help to stand Alone !

If anyone cares, Mike Love insists he has _never_ said "Don't fuck with the formula" to Brian Wilson or anyone else. Think: Where did this phrase first appear? I believe it was in _Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story_, the bogus "autobiography" that Brian never even read, much less wrote. While I'm at it ... Why can't we be happy that, in _this_ interview, these brief appearances by Mike, he manages to NOT put his foot in his mouth, says nothing even _remotely_ stupid, and in fact, is very perceptive and turned out to be absolutely right? Why not be happy when Mike _doesn't_ make you embarassed to be a Beach Boys fan? I want that outfit, too!

@josebelindo1641

9 жыл бұрын

Ben Culture how do you know he didn't write it maybe he shouldn't have since he admitted to shoplifting in a supermarket

@josebelindo1641

9 жыл бұрын

Jose Belindo and drug abuse

@BenCulture

9 жыл бұрын

Jose Belindo Brian Wilson testified under oath that he was not familiar with the contents of the book.

@ms8596

9 жыл бұрын

Ben Culture You need to read "Nolan, Tom. “The Beach Boys: A California Saga.” Rolling Stone 94 (10/28/71)" It's CLEARLY spelled out that long ago. David Leaf's book from '78 also told this story quite concisely. It is so poignantly told, you will have both tears in your eyes and anger in your veins. Look up various interviews over the last 45 years with Van Dyke Parks, especially the ones from the late 60s and 70s. What Landy's book did was just pull from a variety of existing sources. Mike Love has been practicing revisionism. There are too many sources going back to when that history was being made for him to truthfully deny any of it. ...and if you want interviews of ML putting his foot in his mouth, there are so many of them, unfortunately YT no longer allows me to insert links in comments. I have never understood how a man who owes everything to Brian could constantly be such an ungrateful AH. He was destined to be working in sheet metal worker or gas station attendant when Brian gave him an extremely lucrative career.

@BenCulture

9 жыл бұрын

ms8596 Thank you. But I believe I have read both. I just disagree with the notion that Mike Love was a talentless passenger on Brian Wilson's trip into success. I don't believe the Wilson brothers, as a group, were going to achieve any comparable success without him.

The end of this interview is especially hard to watch. Brian is really torn up about his isolation from his daughters.

very good point wallet about the brothely love between the 3. i always noticed that.

Because he was the group's music genius he should also be called BRIAN THE BRAIN. 😢 😮

Brian sounds like he's doing a Bill Cosby impression at the very end of this clip.

the song is "Surf's Up"

I wish the annoying high frequency on this would go away.

@eddiewilson4695

9 жыл бұрын

I find it soothing

@lastnamefirst4035

4 жыл бұрын

I dont hear it. Either Im deaf or you have tinnitus

Brian Wilson is a phoenix !

Brian the baseball player has a kickass beard and some athletic chops. Brian the musician made Pet Sounds. The victor is very obvious.

@relimes Well, I think Brian has a good gig right now...he probably wants no more connection with Love in fear of another lawsuit. I just hope for a 'SMiLE' boxed set come the 50th anniversary.

This really is heart breaking...

I think that, before Brian Wilson's drug usage and Landy's evil interference, Brian was everyone's big brother. Carl was the guy you hung around with at school dances because you were both too shy to ask girls to dance. Al was the guy you liked to hang out with on Saturdays. Denny was the guy you watched from afar to see how he got the girls. And Mike was the guy most likely to run by laughing to pull down the pants of some guy standing at the urinal; Mike would then go out and tell everyone he did it.

@jacobgeneryck

9 жыл бұрын

Sounds pretty accurate, hahaha.

Him saying that Brian was the goose who lays the golden eggs irked me. Mike was an integral part of the song writing process especially during the early years. I prefer more the songs where Brian worked with Gary Usher, Tony Asher and Van Dyke Parks for lyrical input, that's all. Mike's voice is still strong though at times it's a little too nasal, like their cover of Rock and Roll music as an example. Mike wrote mostly about beaches, cotton candy, caramel corn, hot dogs and amusement parks.

@stumptacular "Brian was surrounded by circling sharks". I don't think I have ever seen it put more eloquently. Perfect way to describe Brian. Many people hate Brian's dad and he was abusive in ways.... but some of the stronghold he had on Brian was actualy from the fear that someone would befriend Brian and take advantage of Brian's genius and good nature. Murry knew that Brian was gullible and he tried to protect him for a long time.

truly a genius. its so great that he seems to have worked out his many personal demons. peace, Brian, thanks for the music

@boxcharles Well, it appears there are at least TWO Brian Wilsons... But of course Brian of The Beach Boys is the one we couldn't live without!

Was he still under Landy's control during this interview?

@adamob6994

8 жыл бұрын

yes he was. landy was finally taken to court an was ordered to never contact Brian again. that was 1992. this interview was from 91

@birdsongvlogs3190

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Schiavone 8

I heard Brian Wilson doesn't want to work or play with Mike Love ever again, and he said this as recently as 8 months ago, does that surprise u? I know it puts a lump in my throat too, cause i was hoping for a 50th anniversary reunion of The Beach Boys next year.

@pancakelegend7826

3 жыл бұрын

10 years later they did the reunion!!

as a character he reminds me so much of daniel johnston.

You know what's sad? I typed in "Brian Wilson interview" on youtube, and the first page was filled with interviews from the BASEBALL player. To me, this is sad. There is only one Brian Wilson...and it's sad that the hype surrounding a baseball player surpasses a genious. Just sayin'....

@nealingtypeshi

4 жыл бұрын

He’s just another successful dude with the same name...

Wasn't there something about a concert in a sandbox?

i agree 200%!!!!! i thought the same exact thing!

The one thing I don't get is how his brothers , cousin, children, mother, and zillions of close friends with all thier influence and money weren't able to get through to Landy and put a stop to this abuse! It took a complete stranger - Melinda- to put a stop to it after a decade! If that psycho Landy was ripping off and brainwashing and abusing a loved one of mine, if the courts didn't take care of it, the old fashioned way would have!

@LilyJohn96

8 жыл бұрын

That's what I'm trying to understand too... How did this happen for ten years??

@RFreigeldorff

8 жыл бұрын

I wonder what your motivation is to troll every video with praises of landy. fact is he hijacked brian wilson for his own benefit in the utmost unethical way. history will not be kind to him.

@Harrison2253

8 жыл бұрын

A good woman can get close to a man she loves like no other

@jimet409

7 жыл бұрын

By the early 80's Brian became a liability (along with Dennis) to his family and the group. In the early years of Landy's 24/7 "therapy" they were content that Brian had become productive and physically healthy. It was actually a fan of Brian Wilson that blew the whistle. Carl was instrumental in the dissolution of BW/Landy relationship. When Landy was to inherit most of Wilson's assets per his death, that was the last straw.

@kpackard1

7 жыл бұрын

I thought it was Melinda who alerted his family and they would only listen AFTER she got the evidence of his will

There's a big myth about Brian as the tortured cherubic genius, turned into a schizo because Mike Love didn't like Smile and his pop Murry was a mean guy. What's forgotten is that Brian started hearing voices a few weeks after he started dropping acid, that he blew it with Smile due to psyching himself out combined with his drug use, and that he was always a bizarre, immature guy. There are militant Brian fanatics that think is he farted on a record, it would be genius art.

@Gabriel2oh6

Жыл бұрын

Are you trying to downplay the artistic genius work Brian indeed made in the 60s and 70s? Because you’re talking about some absurd hypothetical, when his actual work speaks for itself.

Can you imagine how "upset" that Brian was honored at The Kennedy Center Honors and not "him". He hated Smile but when it was re-released and won a Grammy Mike got "mad" saying that he should have gotten a "Grammy" too. In reality The Beach Boys would have been "nowhere" without him.

Brian looks so very different during the stages of his life. I wonder what Bri had to say about Dr. Landy's death from ling cancer this year?

They sound so much like the group ABBA I can't tell them apart. 😂 😅

I burned my brain out! My brain got burned out LMAO!

No volume

Did Brian really call him that?? Wow. I wanna see that. Eugene Landy continued a successful medical psychotherapeutic practice with licensure in New Mexico and Hawaii up until his death. He died in Honolulu, Hawaii on March 22, 2006, of respiratory system complications from lung cancer. Landy was 71

What's the song at 3:32?

@stumptacular Yes, Mike Love was the pile of shit on a wonderful beach.

Do you think that he should be made aware that it will soon be time for the nettles to sting?

Somehow, I fell that, after all is said & done, Landy was a positive influence on Brian's life.

what is sad is this clip is unedited, the first 2 and one hlf minutes is "filler" splooge from network TV BS

that last 4 seconds is so sad.

Psychiatry kills - physically, mentally and creatively.

@TJamesBell

6 жыл бұрын

Scientologist. Beware!!

@boxcharles MY Brian Wilson sings about Dodger Blue skies...

Read Heroes and Villains. Watch the movie. Then look up the APA (American Psychological Association) code of ethics. Landy should have lost his licence within the first week that he 'treated' Brian. Brian 'resonded' to Landy because he was the same controlling, self serving, manipulative, cruel, unscrupulous person that Murry (his father) was.

That is messed up.

Oh yeah, that's right.

I agree with you on "15 Big Ones," but what's wrong with "Love You?" It's a damn nice album. Just Brian following his muse.

What's with all the quotation marks?

Eugene Landy - Colonel Tom Parker... when will people ever learn?

Look, at every adult problem (we all have some) you can almost always point to some situation during the years of early development that caused it. Just read about the terrible beating and humiliations that Brian suffered at the hands of his father Murray. This most probably caused much of Brians paranoia, rather than drugs...

Disagree totally. She's saved his life, and given him a whole new life away from all the crap that went on behind the scenes. She's been supportive as she can. Look at all he's accomplished since the marriage. Even his music has improved. (15 Big Ones, Love You etc. are some of the worst albums ever.) As with any guy, he's only as good as the woman (wife) behind (or beside) him. I would be lost without mine.

nothing left of my brain lmao

No doubt that Landy had his problems..but he had Brian in a much better state of mind than the Brian of today. Just look at videos from the Landy era and compare them to the Wilson of now. Brian doesn't even play the keys these days in concert and he just waves his arms up and down.

@Coldacre Sad because ingenious.

@Halloffamer333 Brian has pet cats. Cool as the Sandbox was, it didn't last long, and I think you can figure out why.

dude, i´m talking about the action of the drugs, not about brian himself, which we ALL love.

No, why?

A truly amazing & most revealing interview. It's sad to see Brian in that state he was in at that time .. and it seems certain, from the footage, that he was indeed under the mesmer of that arsehole Landy. When you contrast Brian today with how he was then - one should get down on their knees & give thanks to god, every single day, for Brian's incredible recovery. Now, if only "Sweet Insanity" would be released .. at long last. To sit alongside "That Lucky Old Sun".

@anitasseo I see mate. Peace.

@anitasseo Ah ah :-) Creepy? Maybe if you dont see what I have seen. The last two seconds are the clear proof that he is the greatest soul I knew in my life. A pure unique soul. Paolo

I've heard he recently passed away.

@pancakelegend7826

3 жыл бұрын

Brian? Nope, still alive 13 years later.

@clinteastwood6875

3 жыл бұрын

@@pancakelegend7826 Landy....not Brian

I was in Kindergarden when that was shot!

Earth to Embran...wake up! There's been many things written about Dr. Eugene Landy...

very happy that brian wilson is fine, today. ( when i think in that STUPID period with Landy, that monster, i feel such an anger: i could break DR. Landys face in a min !! ) And, i still dont understand why Mike CRAP Love ( i feel bad feeelings about him; really ) was in the band!! The others ( to protect Brian and the band) should got r of him But, most important: Brian Wilson is wiser, he learned A LOT in Life. If he was a bright genius, now he is a brighter soul.

@aftershock71'm a therapist and a shrink. Brian could have been "saved" in other ways then signing a pact with the devil. Brian has /was a schizophrenic bipolar patient that could have been treated otherwise with better results. Landry was a guru, and Brian was fragile enough to cling to him, because things that should have been secure had betrayed him, starting with his father. How many gifted kids have gone under because of their father's intervention, like André Agasse, Michael Jackson.

Or any reporter, for that matter.

OH GREAT...why did they have to say mike love "co-wrote" the songs with birna wilson. HE DIDNT...all he did was add some stupid lyrics which SUCKED! He was smart though....smart enough to get involved so he could make some more moneys

Actually it was two dogs - Banana and Louie.

Eugene Landy was a real FRUIT LOOP! 😢😮

Dear Lord...this interview needs to go in the Smithsonian along with Brian' s one good ear!

smiley - Is it true that Brian Wilson once experimented with cannabis?

I feel so bad for him all he wanted was a normal life but his abusive father and Landy and drugs and the darkness in the world changed him

they couldn't have made Brian Wilson look more nuts if they tried

this is really sad, especially when he talks about his daughters screw all the people who mislead and used brian!!

xxdrew - Why doth you say that?

Should he not now be arrested for his cruel drug offences?

Is Brian at that time still working with Landy..? I wonder cuz he sounds and acts like that... I think Landy just created a substitute addiction for Brian, absolutely knowing how to succeed. And it'll take a long hard way out of it.

Eugene Landy was a monster who permanently destroyed Wilson. Wilson has never recovered