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The Beach Boys' dark underbelly
How many degrees of separation are there between the most squeaky-clean, all-American band of the 20th century and one of the most depraved, evil, psychopathic killers of all time? Zero. This fact and others are amply underlined on the new DVD The Beach Boys and the Satan, set for release on September 30.
Originally seen on German television, it details the way in which Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson got mixed up in Charles Manson's world and wound up bringing him into The Beach Boys circle (they even recorded one of his songs) in the days before Manson's homicidal tendencies went public.
It also unveils Brian Wilson's involvement with notorious Satanist Anton LaVey, though unfortunately, no LaVey tunes ever made their way into the band's repertoire. It all sounds perfectly juicy, but we just have one thought: wouldn't it have been much simpler to make a film about the evil side of The Beach Boys by simply following Mike Love around for a few days? [Aversion]
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Come on, I wanted some new info, like they were behind Enron or something.
this is really old news about the Beach Boys and Charles Manson but that DVD title is great. maybe this could be a whole series _____ and Satan. (Lil Wayne and Satan? MxPx and Satan? Hannah Montana and Satan?)
Actually the series would have to be called "___ and THE Satan." Couldn't someone in Germany have dropped the "the"
before this thing was released, so it looks halfway competent? Looks like a US-style trash story to me.
mark
"It also unveils Brian Wilson's involvement with notorious Satanist Anton LaVey, though unfortunately, no LaVey tunes ever made their way into the band's repertoire."
Yeah, about that unveiling, LaVey is not so much as mentioned, much less shown in this muddled, superficial documentary. The "Mike Love is Satan" film would be much more illuminating. And scary.
Murry Wilson's Glass Eye
YEAH ME AND THE BEACH BOYS WERE LIKE SO CLOSE
SATAN
Crap, I just ordered this thing. I should have known it would be muddled and superficial. If you want some laughs, check this out:
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Rock-n-Roll/beach_boys.htm
Jon