@liverneck2001 Exactly. Charlie Rose is an excellent interviewer, and he could conduct a pretty good interview with Brian Wilson, but for 99% of TV today, this would be too intelligent for them. A fantastic interview.
I'm a recovering meth addict, and while coke wasn't my favorite, imagine the balls it took for Brian to get himself out of the sandbox long enough to speak a little truth openly on national live television. As a musician myself, i agree with everything he said. Drugs are both a window and microscope into creativity, but could also be a wall obscuring the artist from the original spark. BALANCE.
Cocaine is a powerful stimulant that can be useful when you don´t excede the therapeutic dosage, but one of its effects is an insatiable craving for the substance, so, if you´re not careful it´s quite easy to OD. And once you´ve had sex while using coke (at least in my case) it becomes a dull experience to do it without shooting or snorting a couple of lines. I can sympathize with Brian Wilson because I´ve been through the same thing and, dude, it´s not easy to get over it.
I'm not trying to be mean but did have a stroke? Asking cause of his mouth kinda being slanted. I can't understand what it's like laying in bed for 4 years. This guy is genius and I agree why take drugs if you have such a great talent?
@SecsSells That is not true. It's called Tardive dyskinesia and is brought on by long term anti-psychotic medicine. What I find interesting is his ability to speak in sentences and paragraphs. I just watched a September 1998 interview where he speaks in short sentences and it little more than a quick statement, no flow of thoughts or words. It's very sad that he isn't able to express himself this way any longer.
He was still relatively normal at this point. Compare this to the 1985 Live Aid interview with Carl. Something drastic changed in his mental faculties during the interim. It's really sad.
@wulf239 I suppose he comes across as relatively normal in comparison to 85 Live Aid interview, but he is already far from normal at this point. Look at his body language and listen carefully to his speech and choice of words. His mind is already shot and he deteriorated as the years went on.
@LowFlyer1200 So fucking true. You don't see many artists/musicians pour their heart out as much as they did back then. Even when they used to smoke in interviews etc...times have changed. Great comment.
Mike Douglas ask some good questions.Brian then became addicted to his therapist unfortunately.LSD is a door to your true self if you have the guts to look.
Once again - a complete waste of humanity - a brilliant mind and voice - he destroyed himself with drug addiction. According to the Beach Boy movie I recently watched on their lives, they were into drugs, alcohol, addictions, they let fame help mess their lives up. We have lost some of the best and the brightest muscians to drugs, prescription and other, the war may never be won.
Mike Douglas was the BEST interviewer. The only one who has come close to his way of making his guests feel welcome - and not just worry about ratings - is Regis Philbin. Mike has been off the air for quite some time & passed away in 2006. Now Regis will be off the air soon. Who's left to get these great interviews?
This is Fantastic. Brian truly says it like it really is. GOD gifted him for all of Humankind to experience his LOVE and Understanding of the Human element through his music. I saw him recently at a concert and was saddened . The tolls of the negatives have laid upon him heavily. But truly a warrior he presses on. I will always Love his take on America 1960's style a glorious time to be alive.
Recorded 1976 ..... He went town hill after this .... for many years. This was by no means the end of his nightmare ..... It is amazing that he outlived his two brothers. He did have guts doing this interview .....
You know I think he was just nervous...He doesn't act anything like the movie they made portrayed him out to be pretty much a half retard....He wasn't anything like this...right here.
@dmcguire70 You aren't even worth typing the letters out that spells how stupid you are. YOU need to check yourself before hitting post.....or even turning a computer on.
I wish drugs wouldn't have affected Brian in a negative, permanent way, like it didn't affect other artists of the 60s. The only other artist I know of whom drugs hurt so much was Syd Barrett. Keith Richards is still going strong. But not just someone like Keith. EVERY artist from that time is still going mentally and psychologically strong that hasn't passed so far. So it's not fair.
It's said that Brian had only actually done acid twice, and his downfall was because of prescription medication given to him for a mistreated mental condition.
@theunluckyzebra Nope. He not only did LSD many times , he used other drugs for years. Prescription medication was used to help him get off the hard stuff.
What a shame that such a tallent was wrecked by the nonsense dangerous ideas of the sixtys. Ruining your mind and body with drugs is not 'ok'. And drugs are not Jesus.
but...only Jesus can set you free and heal you from them if needed and you ask
@Staymewithflagons fuck !! keep your preaching for other forums jerkoff,,,,,the 60's didnt have any more crazy ideas than any other decade such as stupid christians burning people at the stake because they were seen near a black cat now thats pretty kooky.
@Staymewithflagons blaming the sixties misses the point. It's because of discipline or lack thereof. And Jesus has nothing to do with basic discipline either.
agreed, very lucid and dte although it's possibly through some honeymoon clarity during Landy spell... always admired this dude, an unusual combination of genius, humanity and just a sweet man
Brian was lost enough to fall back into the drugs after this until Landy was rehired. It's amazing that he could be so lucid here then fall back into problems but hell, he was mentally ill. He was a sick person so drugs seemed like an escape from the horrible paranoid fantasies and fears he had. What really has affected his brain as well was the prescricption drugs Landy had him on and the affect they had on him (tartive dyskenitia and so forth). It robbed him of some of his musical wits.
I've read a lot about Brian and the Beach Boys, but have never gotten a satisfying explanation as to when (and why) Brian Wilson picked up the odd habit of talking out of the side of his mouth (Drew Barrymore is another celeb who also (sometimes) does it, but not to the extent that Wilson did).
Does anyone know the ACTUAL story behind this 'quirk' of his, and how (and why) it got started.
Okayyyyyyyyyy...he's deaf in one ear, and never "head" stereo.....Again, I ask, exactly WHY did Brian Wilson (at times) talk out of the side of his mouth ?????
This is Landy Round 1. Brian got rid of him but then went back to Landy in the 1980's. The stories are all fouled up. Getting at the truth is impossible. He's clean now & has made some good albums.
This is before Landy (and others) over-prescribed medication that turned this man into a walking zombie. Not that the early 70s were very good for the man...
@Canaveral305 I'm not surprised at all he is the one who survived. Carl's passing was due to Cancer, not alot of hope when its in your lungs, and brain. Brian had the money to get the help, Dennis really didn't.
Brian crashed even further after this interview. Good thing he found Dr. Landy, or he would have died in the late 80's. Pity Landy had a motive on being a rock star while healing Brian. Violated ethics. Brian's self titled album back in the 80's named Landy a producer.....it since was removed.
@Zippertheslipper We all used to make fun of Mike Douglas but you are right -- he does a pretty good "straight/square/middle America" interview here...MUCH better than anything Larry King could ever do.
I wish celebs these days were this candid about why they do or did drugs. I realize he was bi-polar and stuff but this 34 year old interview is a breath of fresh air. People need to be honest.
This is so strange... he just keeps on talking. Nowadays he answers every question with a very quick sentence. He's always been incredibly honest though.
I agree. I'll be honest, after seeing this I don't think it was LSD that fried his brain but all those psychiatric drugs that doctor that had control of his life was giving him. I think those are what really fucked him up. Really sad. I mean, compare Brian in this interview to when he was under that doctor's care.
I agree. Not making case for illegal drug use, but let's be honest Brian may come off here as a bit unstable and peculiar BUT he's completely lucid and coherent, as many note.
The powers that be would have you believe THIS was Brian's lowest point, or during his crazy psychedelic run, culminating with the Good Vibrations/SMiLE sessions... but I feel far sorrier for Brian when I see him during the Landy years (1980's) talking like a vegetable-- totally overloaded with legal meds.
He was probably on amphetimines here seemed more alert but not super high or anything..didn't seem like coke(in response to some earlier posters)
But boy is this interview amazing. You just gotta respect and feel for the guy with the way he lays it all down like that. As someone else said...brutally honest.
Extreme clarity for 1976. I thought he was still blotto during this time. Brian and Peter Green have much the same story. THE DARK SIDE OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS !
i dig the way he talks so honest about his addiction, which tv program today would feature a musician talking about how expensive cocain is? back in the days...
Great Interview. A true insight into addiction. Speaking of it's highs and low's. I agree cocaine is Heaven and Hell. Well most drugs for that matter, and I fought that battle and won. Like Rick James said "Cocaine is a helluva drug"
Interesting interview. I was surprised all the questions they asked him and the detail in which they let him speak on the subject, considering the times.
@gurdjieff66 yeah, i was quite surprised. just finished the documentary about him and i had the impression he was unable to do interviews like this... i'm confused.
@gurdjieff66 This was during the 1st period of rehab/therapy with Dr Landy; sadly a major period of depression, addiction & mental illness are around the corner
"I'm off cocaine... for the last 30 minutes"
BangLettuceBro 1 week ago
Could you imagine this kind of discussion on tv now?
liverneck2001 2 weeks ago
@liverneck2001 Exactly. Charlie Rose is an excellent interviewer, and he could conduct a pretty good interview with Brian Wilson, but for 99% of TV today, this would be too intelligent for them. A fantastic interview.
captainamerica1967us 2 weeks ago
Doesn't look healthy at all in this video. Who would have thought he's still alive and kicking in the year 2012?
soulagent79 2 weeks ago
two hours of a coke high? that's good shit lol
greeniem 3 weeks ago
He's actually pretty coherent here.
sonicdeath10 4 weeks ago
I heard that the Beach Boys were going to tour this year w/ Brian Wilson
myway43 1 month ago
Wow, and this was before cocaine hit it big. So Brian was doing it in the early 70s.
Baci302 1 month ago
halfway through this and brian wilson has a great perspective on drugs
rollingforever999999 2 months ago
Wow. An interview with Brian the day after I was born! He really seems like he was on the comeback right here.
MattHatter 2 months ago
Brian Wilson for president!
mocthezuma 2 months ago
I talk like Brian Wilson after i get back from the dentist, lmao!
relimes 2 months ago
I love his honesty. Bless him.
PAULisDEADMANnumber9 2 months ago
I think this.... How stupid is drugs....
bigpudding8888 2 months ago
i dont care, hes still cool
goodchickenbroccoli 2 months ago
I'm a recovering meth addict, and while coke wasn't my favorite, imagine the balls it took for Brian to get himself out of the sandbox long enough to speak a little truth openly on national live television. As a musician myself, i agree with everything he said. Drugs are both a window and microscope into creativity, but could also be a wall obscuring the artist from the original spark. BALANCE.
TheOnioncheese 3 months ago
Believe it or not, he seemed perfectly mentally stable and sane here. Wow.............
ArtemisFlyingV 3 months ago
Cocaine is the devils dandruff .
Albert18264 3 months ago
Cocaine is a powerful stimulant that can be useful when you don´t excede the therapeutic dosage, but one of its effects is an insatiable craving for the substance, so, if you´re not careful it´s quite easy to OD. And once you´ve had sex while using coke (at least in my case) it becomes a dull experience to do it without shooting or snorting a couple of lines. I can sympathize with Brian Wilson because I´ve been through the same thing and, dude, it´s not easy to get over it.
intelsiberia 3 months ago
Was Brian Wilson also in Abba - playing the piano? I think he was, as this was 1976 - the same year as the great song, "Fernando".
mistersmith6000 3 months ago
he shouldnt have taken prescription drugs
jammmon 4 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
the most talented people are the most easily misled
CJman327 4 months ago
I'm not trying to be mean but did have a stroke? Asking cause of his mouth kinda being slanted. I can't understand what it's like laying in bed for 4 years. This guy is genius and I agree why take drugs if you have such a great talent?
mr94hitman 5 months ago
@mr94hitman Not a stroke. He lost hearing in his right ear. Over time to hear himself talk or sing he would use the left side of his mouth.
SecsSells 5 months ago
@SecsSells Thanks. Didn't cross my mind.
mr94hitman 5 months ago
@SecsSells That is not true. It's called Tardive dyskinesia and is brought on by long term anti-psychotic medicine. What I find interesting is his ability to speak in sentences and paragraphs. I just watched a September 1998 interview where he speaks in short sentences and it little more than a quick statement, no flow of thoughts or words. It's very sad that he isn't able to express himself this way any longer.
Eeohippus 5 months ago
@Eeohippus While I don't doubt what you say, BW has talked from the side of his mouth early on, way before drugs.
SecsSells 5 months ago
Cocaine is God's way of saying you're making too much money :)
toocheaptobuyatripod 6 months ago 4
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toocheaptobuyatripod 6 months ago
He actually sounds like he's on coke there.
homesicksubterranean 6 months ago
He was still relatively normal at this point. Compare this to the 1985 Live Aid interview with Carl. Something drastic changed in his mental faculties during the interim. It's really sad.
wulf239 6 months ago
@wulf239 I suppose he comes across as relatively normal in comparison to 85 Live Aid interview, but he is already far from normal at this point. Look at his body language and listen carefully to his speech and choice of words. His mind is already shot and he deteriorated as the years went on.
johnisallin 6 months ago
It's amazing how freaking honest he is. You don't see much of that these days.
LowFlyer1200 7 months ago 2
@LowFlyer1200 So fucking true. You don't see many artists/musicians pour their heart out as much as they did back then. Even when they used to smoke in interviews etc...times have changed. Great comment.
adampower1973 7 months ago
Poor chap, God bless you man, you are ok now :)
Welcome back to reality my friend
bobdy9988 7 months ago
Poor chap
bobdy9988 7 months ago
I've never ever heard Brian Wilson speak so eloquently! What happened to him between 1976 and the 1990s!?!?!?
mahajohn 7 months ago
@mahajohn
Landy happened.
DonZabu 7 months ago
Mike Douglas ask some good questions.Brian then became addicted to his therapist unfortunately.LSD is a door to your true self if you have the guts to look.
marcmgm 7 months ago
whoah..
Canaboy12 8 months ago
Love Brian Wilson ... but that is painful to watch. You can see his anxiety increasing with every minute.
Oncetwicethreetimes 8 months ago
He is so odd in interviews, even now, but God bless him, he's brilliant.
thevigilanteoflove 8 months ago
a great man... and i don't mean Mike Douglas :))
Rawego 9 months ago
You have to respect his honesty. Way to go Brian! Thank you.
LazyDonna 9 months ago 9
God bless you Brain...-3 such a wonderful man that was/is a musical genius. Your honesty inspires me :)) love. Paulmaclover1234 -3
Paulmaclover1234 9 months ago
Thank you for posting :D
misscarolinec 9 months ago
This is extremely raw for a 1970's talk show. Never saw anything like this on the Mike Douglas show. WOW/
amiblueful 9 months ago
TMI brian lol
CakeS2k 9 months ago
This guys's a weirdo.
AntiSchiff 10 months ago
I saw this show when it first aired. Singer Jerry Vale came on and started in on Brian with his disdain for drugs.
ekocentric 10 months ago
im gonna do drugs till the day die fuck what anyone says
Mike90j 10 months ago
@Mike90j what even the voices in your head that will come :-)
the3aremine1 8 months ago
Once again - a complete waste of humanity - a brilliant mind and voice - he destroyed himself with drug addiction. According to the Beach Boy movie I recently watched on their lives, they were into drugs, alcohol, addictions, they let fame help mess their lives up. We have lost some of the best and the brightest muscians to drugs, prescription and other, the war may never be won.
HiTechGrandma 10 months ago
he says he spent over a hundred dollars a day on drugs and the audience goes woooo as if its an obscene amount of money
darius595 10 months ago
Mike Douglas was the BEST interviewer. The only one who has come close to his way of making his guests feel welcome - and not just worry about ratings - is Regis Philbin. Mike has been off the air for quite some time & passed away in 2006. Now Regis will be off the air soon. Who's left to get these great interviews?
agoradoll71 10 months ago
@agoradoll71 ...Larry KIng ...maybe???
unnamed724 10 months ago
"We're made of chemistry." haha
yorunokurai 11 months ago
This is Fantastic. Brian truly says it like it really is. GOD gifted him for all of Humankind to experience his LOVE and Understanding of the Human element through his music. I saw him recently at a concert and was saddened . The tolls of the negatives have laid upon him heavily. But truly a warrior he presses on. I will always Love his take on America 1960's style a glorious time to be alive.
CLEVELANDJOHNNY 11 months ago
Brian Wilson is the messiah
Xiuxiu1121 11 months ago
the messiah was supposed to come in the 60s?
MRBORGHEAD 11 months ago
Listen and watch this.........interview
ZJProz 11 months ago
This guy is AWESOME!
fasterthanbolt 11 months ago
Recorded 1976 ..... He went town hill after this .... for many years. This was by no means the end of his nightmare ..... It is amazing that he outlived his two brothers. He did have guts doing this interview .....
jaddison1112 1 year ago
"lines, lines around the block." - brian wilson
youareboredumb 1 year ago
Lucid. Well-spoken. Very honest accouting.
mrchristill 1 year ago
i wonder what the shows producers cut out at 1:00
miamigroove 1 year ago
You know I think he was just nervous...He doesn't act anything like the movie they made portrayed him out to be pretty much a half retard....He wasn't anything like this...right here.
bigmrclean 1 year ago
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dmcguire70 1 year ago
@dmcguire70 You aren't even worth typing the letters out that spells how stupid you are. YOU need to check yourself before hitting post.....or even turning a computer on.
bigmrclean 1 year ago
he was visually high in this interview
TheOldSurehand 1 year ago
I wish drugs wouldn't have affected Brian in a negative, permanent way, like it didn't affect other artists of the 60s. The only other artist I know of whom drugs hurt so much was Syd Barrett. Keith Richards is still going strong. But not just someone like Keith. EVERY artist from that time is still going mentally and psychologically strong that hasn't passed so far. So it's not fair.
wilsondylanmccartney 1 year ago
@wilsondylanmccartney Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix... they all died of overdoses. There are some other artists, you idiot.
bphutchins 1 year ago
@bphutchins
"..that hasn't passed so far."
ease up there, tough guy...
rantiferus 1 year ago
It's said that Brian had only actually done acid twice, and his downfall was because of prescription medication given to him for a mistreated mental condition.
theunluckyzebra 1 year ago 21
@theunluckyzebra
And his massive cocaine addiction...
andrewgroos 9 months ago
He came back in specacular fashion, though. "SMiLE" is far better than I could have possibly imagined.
jayburdification 6 months ago
@jayburdification Agreed. Definitely one of the best albums ever made next to Flying Louts' Cosmogramma
ClockKing 6 months ago
@theunluckyzebra prescription meds i stay awy from//give me the natural meds anyday
arlichar11 4 months ago
@theunluckyzebra Nope. He not only did LSD many times , he used other drugs for years. Prescription medication was used to help him get off the hard stuff.
VIDEOTIMEMACHINE 3 weeks ago
The way he talks reminds me of Andy Kaufman.
mcmanusdown 1 year ago
money is just power over other people. It can buy labor, nothing else.
cspj12 1 year ago
money is just power over other people. It can buy labor, nothing else.
cspj12 1 year ago
im very proud of you brian i bet your daughters are even more proud of you god bles s you man
simbadidge 1 year ago
My sheer will got me jack shit! I needed a spiritual overhaul to stop13 yrs. Brian Wilson is an incredible songwriter.
cep32101 1 year ago
If this is on here....WHY isn't the Jan and Dean interview from 1978 (October) on here?....why?
Maryw7 1 year ago
he...he kinda reminds me of bill murray.
megagerdts 1 year ago 2
hes off his head on coke here!
mstrueman1 1 year ago
Brian was still in denial here. He is saying that he quit the drugs because he ran out of money.
gamoonbat 1 year ago
Was he using heroin also?..he's a lovable guy..God bless you Brian
impassable 1 year ago
I love the shifty sideways mouth.
BasementBeginnings 1 year ago 3
~ I particularly love the audience's aghast to the *staggering* cost of a cocaine addiction circa 70's: $100/day. : i
emwprops 1 year ago
Wow! It is like Brian is confessing to his father.
jimet409 1 year ago
What a shame that such a tallent was wrecked by the nonsense dangerous ideas of the sixtys. Ruining your mind and body with drugs is not 'ok'. And drugs are not Jesus.
but...only Jesus can set you free and heal you from them if needed and you ask
Him.
Staymewithflagons 1 year ago
@Staymewithflagons fuck !! keep your preaching for other forums jerkoff,,,,,the 60's didnt have any more crazy ideas than any other decade such as stupid christians burning people at the stake because they were seen near a black cat now thats pretty kooky.
mugwamp4 1 year ago
@Staymewithflagons blaming the sixties misses the point. It's because of discipline or lack thereof. And Jesus has nothing to do with basic discipline either.
megagerdts 1 year ago
brian is coke messiah!
WeedVulva 1 year ago
Wow! Brian is a genious! I never realized he was this smart..
Linnung 1 year ago 10
@Linnung Just curious, what about this interview made you think he was smarter than you once believed?
bilbomarks 7 months ago
@Linnung .....this guy wrote pet sounds and you never realized he was a genius.
hkisam 3 months ago
great guy-i love brian-but he's on some kind of speed which i don't believe is coke, but it's something.
westprice 1 year ago
Awesome to see this side of Brian = )
nzSkitzo 1 year ago
TV was so much more real back then.
lastdaysguitar 1 year ago
agreed, very lucid and dte although it's possibly through some honeymoon clarity during Landy spell... always admired this dude, an unusual combination of genius, humanity and just a sweet man
retorical62 1 year ago
Brian was lost enough to fall back into the drugs after this until Landy was rehired. It's amazing that he could be so lucid here then fall back into problems but hell, he was mentally ill. He was a sick person so drugs seemed like an escape from the horrible paranoid fantasies and fears he had. What really has affected his brain as well was the prescricption drugs Landy had him on and the affect they had on him (tartive dyskenitia and so forth). It robbed him of some of his musical wits.
journeythruthepast 1 year ago
Amazingly forthright! I wish the youth of today could this a little more of a listen to.
rainmann7275 1 year ago
I've read a lot about Brian and the Beach Boys, but have never gotten a satisfying explanation as to when (and why) Brian Wilson picked up the odd habit of talking out of the side of his mouth (Drew Barrymore is another celeb who also (sometimes) does it, but not to the extent that Wilson did).
Does anyone know the ACTUAL story behind this 'quirk' of his, and how (and why) it got started.
Just curious..........
msdemos 1 year ago
@msdemos dont you know? deaf in one ear, he has never head stereo.
nealharpole1 1 year ago
@nealharpole1
Okayyyyyyyyyy...he's deaf in one ear, and never "head" stereo.....Again, I ask, exactly WHY did Brian Wilson (at times) talk out of the side of his mouth ?????
msdemos 1 year ago
@msdemos I think it might be because he is deaf in one ear but I don't know for sure .
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nalm2025 1 year ago
totally agree with @mrt32 & @Zippertheslipper . I think this interview is very sincere.
ytsugihiro 1 year ago
This is Landy Round 1. Brian got rid of him but then went back to Landy in the 1980's. The stories are all fouled up. Getting at the truth is impossible. He's clean now & has made some good albums.
amaxamon 1 year ago
at least he's totally honest , that's for sure, in those days it was remarkable, i think nobody did back then. respect...
sunnsight 1 year ago
is he on cocaine now? haha
KisTheNewThing 1 year ago
I love it how he thanks God all the time.
Quizli 1 year ago
I wish Mike would have just shut up and let Brian talk, instead of blabbing and interrupting his fucking story.
SabbraCadabra 1 year ago
So he DID get out of bed during the 70's!!!
gorillabelly1 1 year ago
He's got the cocaine character in this interview. Sideways mouth is trippy.
HarmonicsExplorer 1 year ago 2
This is before Landy (and others) over-prescribed medication that turned this man into a walking zombie. Not that the early 70s were very good for the man...
mrtwang32 1 year ago
hes so god damn super intelligent, hes from the future
bencrea1 1 year ago 3
I'm not saying this as an insult, but am I the only one who thinks it's a huge irony that Brian is the longest-living Wilson brothers ?
Canaveral305 1 year ago
@Canaveral305 it crossed my mind today
bencrea1 1 year ago
@Canaveral305 I'm not surprised at all he is the one who survived. Carl's passing was due to Cancer, not alot of hope when its in your lungs, and brain. Brian had the money to get the help, Dennis really didn't.
denniswilsonfan 1 year ago
@denniswilsonfan
They all had money. Also, Dennis drowned in the middle of the night. What does money have to do with that?
thesunnandearth 11 months ago
thanks a lot for this upload
aliengapingvag 1 year ago
He's quite the opposite of Spector actually.
M3town3 1 year ago
Brian crashed even further after this interview. Good thing he found Dr. Landy, or he would have died in the late 80's. Pity Landy had a motive on being a rock star while healing Brian. Violated ethics. Brian's self titled album back in the 80's named Landy a producer.....it since was removed.
Fooblestheclown 1 year ago
He, as Howard Cosell used to say, tells it like it is. Well said Brian and good interview by Mike Douglas.
Zippertheslipper 1 year ago
@Zippertheslipper We all used to make fun of Mike Douglas but you are right -- he does a pretty good "straight/square/middle America" interview here...MUCH better than anything Larry King could ever do.
mrtwang32 1 year ago
I wish celebs these days were this candid about why they do or did drugs. I realize he was bi-polar and stuff but this 34 year old interview is a breath of fresh air. People need to be honest.
Ladiestreat 1 year ago
Cocaine is one hell of a drug
honkeetonk203 1 year ago 3
This is a fucking amazing interview.
greg5566 1 year ago 32
can you translate in italian please ? :)
is very important for me :)
TheAndrix19891 1 year ago
@TheAndrix19891 Here's what google says: "Questa è una intervista cazzo stupefacente."
greg5566 1 year ago
coked to the bejesus belt
bobshark123 1 year ago
Wow, this was awesome. Every talk show guest these days just does their prepared bits and talking points.
culwin 1 year ago
This is so strange... he just keeps on talking. Nowadays he answers every question with a very quick sentence. He's always been incredibly honest though.
DoGeeseSeeGod24 1 year ago
Unbelievable.. Who talks with that much honesty on tv anymore? Or ever. We need more of that.
robdobbler 1 year ago
Brian... I love you and don't care about the "drug issues".......thanks for sharing your soul with us.
brahud 1 year ago 12
Wow he's so honest.
dickenstom 1 year ago 2
Only 34 years old here.
Jasontis 1 year ago
What is generally considered to be Brian's lowest point? He seems pretty coherent here. A little bit unhinged but he's making sense.
weaselsuit 1 year ago
I agree. I'll be honest, after seeing this I don't think it was LSD that fried his brain but all those psychiatric drugs that doctor that had control of his life was giving him. I think those are what really fucked him up. Really sad. I mean, compare Brian in this interview to when he was under that doctor's care.
ar4216 1 year ago 2
@weaselsuit
I agree. Not making case for illegal drug use, but let's be honest Brian may come off here as a bit unstable and peculiar BUT he's completely lucid and coherent, as many note.
The powers that be would have you believe THIS was Brian's lowest point, or during his crazy psychedelic run, culminating with the Good Vibrations/SMiLE sessions... but I feel far sorrier for Brian when I see him during the Landy years (1980's) talking like a vegetable-- totally overloaded with legal meds.
bobshenix 1 year ago
So interesting.
anitasseo 1 year ago
The one good thing I will say is that Brian survived while his younger bros didn't.
imachildofthe80s8089 1 year ago
Although if you followed the Beach Boys at all in the day,you had to know that Dennis wasn't long for the world!
landrykkb 1 year ago
WOW..... i never saw Brian like this...it looks like he´s lucky about that someone talks with him :D i wish he would be everytime like this
eoras77 1 year ago
He was probably on amphetimines here seemed more alert but not super high or anything..didn't seem like coke(in response to some earlier posters)
But boy is this interview amazing. You just gotta respect and feel for the guy with the way he lays it all down like that. As someone else said...brutally honest.
jwild611 1 year ago 4
lol he makes grass look like cocaine, no brian no!!!
jammmon 2 years ago
Extreme clarity for 1976. I thought he was still blotto during this time. Brian and Peter Green have much the same story. THE DARK SIDE OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS !
crawlinblind 2 years ago
"which i agree, there is a certain amount to be said for that" lol
bobshenix 2 years ago
Brian is surprisingly with it considering the time period this was done. (This WAS around the time of his infamously awful SNL appearance.)
NyeTunes 2 years ago
This is the most honest thing I have ever seen.
DYNOBOMB1 2 years ago 15
@DYNOBOMB1 yeah just like his auto biog one of the best reads in rock literature
he actually tells the truth and lays himself open unlike some other lame assed attempts ,,, Dylans book a prime example
mugwamp4 1 year ago
I LOVE IT when he says... "I did my dose of LSD, it shattered my mind and I, you know, came back in.... I DONT KNOW HOW MANY PIECES"
heheheheheheheh
i love him but not as much as mccartney!
jammona 2 years ago
the interviewer is such a tipical fuckin cunt
jammona 2 years ago
lol hes so coked up here hehehe
jammona 2 years ago
He mentions his "psychiatrist" there... ouch. This video is pretty depressing. What a genius, though.
ArtD42 2 years ago
@ArtD42 his psychiatrist landy was a terrible influence on brian when he was trying to recover.
chankagogo12 2 years ago 2
i dig the way he talks so honest about his addiction, which tv program today would feature a musician talking about how expensive cocain is? back in the days...
AverageCabbage 2 years ago 5
He is good at hiding his depression.
blood666fall 2 years ago 2
Poor poor Brian
ilovetheruttles 2 years ago 2
he should just rejoin Animal Collective
FsharpAsharpInfinity 2 years ago 5
hehe
alliant 2 years ago
hes smart. probably could be a scientist MD
tonyrosam 2 years ago
Great Interview. A true insight into addiction. Speaking of it's highs and low's. I agree cocaine is Heaven and Hell. Well most drugs for that matter, and I fought that battle and won. Like Rick James said "Cocaine is a helluva drug"
madmatix 2 years ago 2
don't forget the but brian!!! u can just sense the cognitive dissonance within him. a fucking horror movie
stevnricke 2 years ago
Awesome interview....no bullshit there from Brian....he put himself out there in this interview.
krazynite 2 years ago 3
Interesting interview. I was surprised all the questions they asked him and the detail in which they let him speak on the subject, considering the times.
wouldntyoulike2know 2 years ago 5
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funny0000000 2 years ago 2
yea if there is underlying mental illness and u do lsd look out..
jbchar666 2 years ago 4
Strange, this is supposed to be his crazy period, but he sounds very lucid and down to earth.
gurdjieff66 2 years ago 35
He sounds manic to me. Makes me sad. Say no to drugs.
philumber 2 years ago
hes smarter than you can fathom.
tonyrosam 2 years ago
@gurdjieff66 yeah, i was quite surprised. just finished the documentary about him and i had the impression he was unable to do interviews like this... i'm confused.
stephenpaultaylor 1 year ago
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nalm2025 1 year ago
@gurdjieff66 brian really lost it when that asshole Landy brainwashed him, he never came back from that bullshit
jakethesnake10000 1 year ago
@gurdjieff66 This was during the 1st period of rehab/therapy with Dr Landy; sadly a major period of depression, addiction & mental illness are around the corner
AnthonydWalsh 1 year ago
@gurdjieff66 this was right after he got mostly better but then he went way more crazy.
hangmanneal 1 year ago