Bob Dylan shares emotional tribute to Brian Wilson
Following the death of The Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson, Bob Dylan has released an emotional statement about how much his genius will be missed.
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Music » From The Vault
Wed 11 June 2025 23:07, UK
After the tragic news of the death of The Beach Boys’ mastermind Brian Wilson, Bob Dylan has released a statement eulogising the musical genius.
News of Wilson’s death was made public after his family posted an update on his social media. He was 82 years old. His children wrote: “We are heartbroken to announced that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away. We are at a loss for words right now. Please respect our privacy at this time as our family grieving. We realize that we are sharing our grief with the world. Love & Mercy.”
Along with his role as one of the singers as well as the main songwriter for The Beach Boys, he was also revered for his immaculate ear for melody throughout the years, including the likes of Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, and Graham Nash.
In his post, Dylan complemented Wilson’s incredible gift for melody and how saddened he is by his passing, writing on X, “Heard the sad news about Brian today and thought about all the years I’ve been listening to him and admiring his genius. Rest in peace dear Brian.”
Dylan is far from the only one penning heartfelt tributes to the late Beach Boy. In addition to the countless musicians who have talked about Wilson’s impact on them such as Questlove, Ronnie Wood, and Ringo Starr, John Cusack also came forward to pay his respects, having played the role of an older version of Wilson in the biopic Love and Mercy.
The iconic songwriter had previously gone on record about his love of Wilson’s gift for melodic arrangements, once saying, “Jesus, that ear. He should donate it to the Smithsonian. The records I used to listen to and still love, you can’t make a record that sounds that way. Brian Wilson, he made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn’t make his records if you had a hundred tracks today.”
While Wilson’s admiration for Dylan was mutual, he had talked about his initial meeting with the folk-rock icon wasn’t ideal. According to Wilson, both of them met in the middle of an emergency room in the mid-1960s when Wilson was admitted for a weigh-in, with Dylan showing up after having broke his thumb.
Despite the strange circumstances, Wilson always said that he had nothing but respect for the way that Dylan could weave a phrase together in some of his electric songs, saying, “I was a big fan of his lyrics, of course. ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ was one of the best songs, you know? And ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ and ‘It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue’ and so many more. What a songwriter!”
Wilson had also recorded various Dylan songs over the years. Both artists had become cultural icons by the late 1960s, but as Wilson was preparing to make Pet Sounds and Dylan had already begun his transformation on Highway 61 Revisited, The Beach Boys’ mastermind paid tribute to the icon by making arrangements of songs like ‘The Times they Are A-Changin’ for the album Beach Boys Party in 1965.
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