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  • thanks to the journalist

  • Did you meet them both? Do you know how much money that prick stole from Brian?

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  • What a greedy crook! Look at that guilty face 6:55! I hate faces like this!

    Giving Jews a bad reputation like Rod Stieger said? Well, it doesnt help the way Landy acted !

    At least he saved Brians life which is the most important thing!

  • @kjetin99 Do we really know he saved Brians life, or did Landy just convince Brian & maybe some others that he'd done that so he could become & remain a parasite on Brian?

    I had no pre-conceived opinions when I met them, yet Landy seemed a real manipulator & Brian seemed a real nice, innocent guy back then.

  • Anyone else seriously creeped out by the picture at 4:03? Brian didn't look well back then at all. Scary what drugs can do.

  • Landy took advantage of a very vulnerable person in Brian. He tried to turn him against the rest of the band and his family because Brian was the cash cow. At the very least it is extremely unethical behavior mixing the doctor/patient relationship with business

  • Eugene Landy helped Brian.

  • This is so... tacky... aren't there some things in a person's life that should be private?

  • Landy seems like such a creep. Diane sawyer backed him into a corner and he had to scramble for a way out. By then it was too late.

  • Landy's other patient was Rod Steiger who, if you watch in interviews, sounded very similar to Brian. Rod fired Landy and called him and "a money-hungry crook who gives us Jews a bad name."

  • @washboardblues gig young was one of his clients as well, he ended up killing his wife and himself

  • how desperate is Landy for fame here? WHY would you go on TV in a show like this?!

  • so sad to see wilson like this. Wilson was still coherent in 1988, by this time you can tell he's way off. all the anti-psychotic drugs ruined him. It took brian years and years to get past this damage.

  • Who the hell did this Landy guy think he was. Sure, he may have slimmed Brian down and got him off of the rec drugs, but he had no right at all to cut him off from his own daughters. Those two girls did nothing.

  • i hope that landy gets sorted out for what he did to brian his a monster brian needs gental care not that evil he diserves better god protect you brian you are loved by god dont ever forget it mate

  • @simbadidge Seems that things are at least stable or getting a bit better for him - has his family, doing tours, planning the 50th BB anniversary this year...not bad, I'd say.

  • i wonder who got landy's money?

  • So glad this cocksucker is dead. Rot in hell, Landy.

  • In 1990 Brian was rehearsing in a West LA place I was rehearsing in with someone else. We were introduced, I was in another group Brian said he loved, & seemed to become really happy & comfortable talking with me. I knew he had problems, but he began sounding more than reasonably together talking about music a lot & related stuff as the conversation progressed. After awhile a guy came in who seemed threatened by it all, spoke with me a bit then broke up the conversation...please see next post

  • @RobMackenzie But then you gotta introduce him to me as well! Maybe you could do that after all?

  • @M3town3 Love to but unfortunately that was the only time I ever met Brian & it was 20 years ago. ...but it was a little 1st hand evidence supporting the belief that Landy was manipulating him etc. which is why I posted it.

  • @RobMackenzie Sounds great that Brian himself didn't take it bad being controlled like that by Landy! I know what it feels like but Brian had worse things to worry about... Did you meet Landy as well? He wasn't acting bad then was he?

  • @M3town3 Yes, Landy was there & acting like the ass everyone says he was! The continuing 2nd part of my original post is just below, starting with "(continued)". You seem like a genuine BB fan judging from your channel. cheers

  • (continued) ...taking Brian to another room. With his back to Landy, Brian smiled, shook my hand said he really enjoyed meeting, then raised his eyes to the roof, kind of as if to say, "I don't know," then he followed the guy.

    Then someone told me who Landy was & said he rarely left Brian alone like that.

  • Brian is a sensitive,vulnerable soul who was manipulated by this SOB.Landy squeezed Brian for everything he could get.Money and status.Manipulators often isolate their victims to gain control over them for their own self satisfying ends.Landy died about 3 years ago.Brian is free at last.

  • Landy is such a evil kniving ass.

  • poor brian..

  • SICK

  • wow this is creepy the way Brian Wilson is clearly gone and his mind is completely under control. He doesn't even know what's really going on. Sad.

  • fuckin parasitic bloodsucker, this jewish piece of shit. I hope he rotts in hell.

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  • Landy = Evil.

  • Good point, Icanhearmusic. After 9 or 10 seconds of silence, he still couldn't spin it.

  • Landy is such a sleaze-ball scumbag snake belonging with the likes of Madoff and other you know whats.

  • This so called "doctor" overcharged Brian by about $ i million bucks. He could have gone to a public hospital & been productive much sooner.......

  • Landy saved Brian's life, but the he took advantage of him. It's a very good thing he saved Brian, but it's also a very good thing that they got Brian away from him after.

  • This makes me so angry! He was obviously seriously traumatised along with Dennis from their father, who used them and then this douche takes advantage of him again, how can he live with himself???

  • A rough period in many tough periods in Brian's life. No doubt the other Beach Boy's and family were in the right to tear Landy out of his life. The miracle is Brian has since married a wonderful woman; come into his own; not only has survived but flourished both professionally and personally; and he long ago resolved things with his daughters. Landy did save his life initially, but the doctor became a leech that had to be removed for Brian to coninue his recovery.

  • @mitchinam i wish I will have a life like that because right now i'm pretty messed up too, you gotta pray for that!

  • Ok, you hate his therapist. But he saved him from death. That's a fact.

  • therapist= the rapist.

    that corny MF was LUMPED when she asked him about his violation of professional code. HA-HAA! I was smiling of shit eating grin.

    Brian Wilson is wonderful, I am sorry to hear a sad thing in his life

  • This guy called himself a DOCTOR??? He was only out to get as much for himself as he could. He DID control Brian, no matter which way he wants to dress it up. He had absolutely NO regard for Brian's welfare, only his money and possessions. What a piece of scum this man was. The Wilson family must've been at their wit's end, trying to get Landy's claws out of Brian.

  • @Helen25243 I like Landy, he wrote songs with Brian "Soul to Soul" which means Landy stands closer to Brian than his own brothers Dennis and Carl Wilson!

  • Just another example of the question with no answer--does genius make you crazy or does crazy make you a genius? No matter how you look at it, everyone who possesses some form of genius is a bit "off," not that "off" is a bad thing necessarily.

  • Yes, this is painful to watch, but the good news is that (still with the help of "handlers") he is out and about again doing what he so brilliantly does - create music from the vision he has in his head. An absolute genius. I'm a 57 yr old musician (bassist) that will be forever indebted to Mr. Wilson for the inspiration and vision he gave me. An incredible influence in my own music to this day. A genius.

  • I love how she grills him so hard at 6:48 , he doesnt say shit from 6:55 to 7:04 .... he was soooooo busted!!!!!!!

  • I know, it's not fair. Cuz I can think of dozens and dozens of musical artists who have done drugs for DECADES, and are still doing just fine. So I don't like that. The only living being that has some answering to do in that area is God. It's called complete and utter UNFAIRNESS. There's hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of artists that did acid in the 60s, and it didn't do SHIT to them. Brian Wilson did it and it mentally FUCKED him. It's not fair.

  • if i was brian and saw this or got to realised that i had gotten FUCKED for 9 YEARS i would be SOOO FREAKING ANGRY ..but again why did the Wilson family not get the best of the best instead of Landy ? im sure that Landy could not have had a good reputation...i feel so bad for brian

  • @wendel88 Landy had briefly treated Brian in 1976. As I understand it, Brian had been to other doctors during the '70's, and Landy was allegedly the only doctor Brian had been to who actually got results in terms of Brian losing weight, getting out of bed, etc. So I think when Brian was hovering close to death in 1982, The BB's and their fam probably remembered Landy's (relatively) positive results from 1976 and rehired him, not realizing that he would take advantage to the extent that he did.

  • This is unbelievably fucked up. That doctor really did a number on Brian. Actually, a lot of people in his life did a number on Brian. I guess Brian is bears some responsibility as well. But damn.

  • With all the wonderful music Brian has given the world, it's just a shame that his life has been a living hell.

  • So sad how he is so messed up from all those drugs. And how he was manipulated into paying some therapist who took advantage. Very sad.

  • People are saying "But Landy did save him, blah blah"...well the point is Brian could have picked a NORMAL personal trainer and a NORMAL therapist

    and in terms of saving his life they probably could have done just as good or better without any of the manipulative, disgusting shit Landy did...

    So in that regard Landy still gets no points from me...I hope that despicable bastard is rotting in hell

  • theres the devil trying to kill him; Landy.

  • this makes me feel very ill. what a disgusting person...

  • Landy really fucked Brian up, poor Brian, he's had such a fucked up life

  • No!

  • Landy was an absolute control freak!Thank goodness they separated that parasite from Brian. He might have started off ok with good intention but Landy totally took advantage of Brian. Very unethical.

  • Great lyrics Landy,I'm glad you're dead you filthy robbing pig.

  • Landy = mooching, lying, evil, Gay Jigalo. Does not matter that he is Gay, but shows that he used physical contact as well as mental tactics to control Brian and rip him off. Dirty little weasel. But the genius of Brian Wilson is strong enough to overcome anything, even this demented cross between Richard Simmons, Napoleon, and Phil Spector. Freakin scum.

  • @cottonceena Do you know about Phil Spector?

  • Landy ASShole

  • Was this asshole(Landy) ever raped by the cock of justice, or did he just live happily ever after tralala? What a malicious deceitful scumbag

  • 7:03

    WAKE UP!

  • Landy's face at 6:25 is priceless. What an evil, abusive man!

  • How very frightening! Thank God they got Landy away from Brian. Wilson was a genius; sad outcome!

  • Why does Landy look so much like phil spector?

  • ha ha that's true

  • i have worked in mental health for 30 years and there is NO WAY brian should be considered competent to make important decisions about his treatment and life. his family should have control, not this parasitical vermin landy.

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  • haha good one

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  • Brian is a genius and his music still sounds superior compared to all crap-music today.

  • i agree with you.i have no time for today's muic it is all rubbish and out of tune but some of it is good.the beach boys were something else with beautiful harmonies and wonderful guitar playing and brilliant songs written by Brian and Mike.

  • Do you have any rare beach boys tribute songs? With full'o life you know?

  • This is incredibly painful to watch......Brian Wilson was a beautiful child trying to share his light with darkness itself.Some of us got it anyway......his music will always make me smile!

  • @wotinblooblazes His music is sometimes even more complex than the beatles'!

  • @wotinblooblazes *SMiLE

  • Whenever you see pictures or footage of Landy with Brian - he is always clinging on to Brian or hanging tightly round his neck like a limpet. It's like "You're ALL MINE, and I'm NOT letting go"!! Brian is such a sweetheart, I wish him peace and happiness.

  • Landy is a outright cunt. To take advantage of a man who clearly has problems is just dispicable. Poor Brian Wilson. A genius, and im not using the word lightly, who wrote some of the most memorable tunes evr written. Never lived up to his full potential.

  • osea, este landy me da arcadas, no sé,. es más de lo que puedo soportar... I WILL VOMIT!!! en qué pensabas, brian?? maldito cretino, crápula inservible!! diosss

  • LANDY DEL ORTY!!!

  • Sir Eugene Landy.

  • hopfully landy is burning hell as we speak!!

  • The computer at 3:25 looks like it was at one time owned by Fred Flintstone!

  • i think the word were all looking for isGUILTY...

  • Man that's something! I've read about this creep before but didn't realize that there was this much evidence against him. Poor Brian Wilson, what a tragic life story.

  • Bloodsucker, nothing more. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

  • so busted at 6:28

  • i hope this mf burns in hell, what a waste of talent and life, poor brian

  • I totally remember watching this live! What memories. LIfe is good and Landy is dead...

  • This is sick...Landy is like the devil himself...just look at him.

  • wow Landy is a dick. to take advantage of a genius such as brian wilson is a travesty. their is a special place in hell for that man.

  • Really? What kind of place exactly?

  • this is going to sound terrible, but Brian in this interview reminds me of Bill Murray's Carl from Caddyshack.

    don't hate

  • well you know... That "nice-looking" guy is just not to trust.

  • 6:56 that look shows all you need to know about landy

  • I was thinking the same exact thing... all I have to say is... OWNED

  • Weird picture at 4:04! Is that really Brian?

  • A very interesting post. The reporter is very good indeed. It makes me wonder why Landy agreed to allow these interviews. He must have been aware that the journalist he was facing would be more than capable of exposing his misdeeds. And she certainly nailed him!

    Still, it shouldn't be forgotten that Brian is alive today and making great music. Landy went too far but without radical treatment, Brian would definitely have been finished.

    All in all, it's a very bizarre story.

  • diane sawyer is boss.

  • @brianm1966 whthell LANDY is the boss man!

  • Thanks for posting!

    I wish someone would release the "Sweet Insanity" album, it would be very interesting to listen to...

  • Landy did undoubtedly save Brian's life but he was also an opportunist who hung-on for the riches and never let go. Mike Love said that Brian was Landy's goose that laid the golden egg. Well, Brian was Mike's (and others) goose before Landy ever came along. Too bad Love and the others were not more pro-active in taking care of Brian in the early days.

  • Good on you !! I agree with your comment wholeheartedly. You've really nailed it !!

  • it took him 9 seconds to answer a question, what fuckin' chump!!

  • The world of the Beach Boys was a crazy scene. Landy was definitely bad news at the end, though he saved Brian's life. When you realize that on Brian's B-Day, family/Beach Boys members sent him 10lb of See Candy when he was struggling with his weight or that that "fabulously" (hehehe) talented Mike Love claim that he co-wrote with Brian many of the hits?!?!?

    "Sweet Insanity" was an interesting set of songs, ranging from godawful to delightfully playful. Will those songs ever be heard?!?

  • didn't know that shit head was dead....as Martha Stewart would say....."that's a good thing". I'd like to kick his ass too.

  • I wanna fucking beat this guy up. I don't care that he died in 2006; I want to dig him up and blow his brains out. What a leeching bitch.

  • so glad this fucking prick is dead and gone

  • scariest part of this video is at the very end, when they mention a "former employee of landy who saw a DRAFT WILL giving Eugene Landy the BULK OF EVERYTHING BRIAN WILSON HAS" things could have easily went way differently for Brian. Such a fascinating story... very grateful that Landy was ousted and scrutinized closely, probably saved brians life.

  • there is a video called "brian wilson in my car" and you can hear landy ask brian if he wants any drugs and he asks for a half a xanax and a handler or body guard goes to get it... seems to be video evidence of malpractice to me... but what do i know... you can do anything if you have enough money... im just glad landy didnt kill him. seems like he was poised to swoop everything. Brian wilson is the best im so glad he is out from that vultures reach.

  • So is Brian on any kind of anti depressants now?

  • No! Q cretino el tipo ese! Lo re exprimió!

  • I think Landy curbed Brian's success in the 80's, had Brian been successful, then people would have noticed what he was doing, i mean, ok, Sweet Insanity was not a great album, but a record company would have not have completly dropped it, at the least they would have asked him to alter some tracks, Smart Girls even had promo singles pressed, so there was intention there.

  • never mind I dident know he was dead.

  • is this LEECH in jail I hope.

  • what a leech

  • Landy did save his life I think.

    But then started using Brian.

  • to the folks who said landy saved brians life: well he couldnt get millions per year if brian was dead could he... he had to keep the golden goose alive... he obviously didnt love brian or his family.

  • I'm glad Landy is dead.

  • i like when Brian goes, "WHoooooooooooooooooo"

  • Glad they finally got rid of that parasite Landy, he would've taken everything if he could.

  • Landy saved Wilsons life but he saw a nest egg and he stopped being a therapist and became a leech.

  • This guy Landy seems terrible.

  • Landy is a rat!!

  • I know that a similar comment has been made many times...but damn Landy was an asshole SOB, you can see it in his attitude..."Oh, I don´t know, didn´t screened calls, bla bla.." assh.

  • Brian looks 110 percent better these days - thank goodness he is out of this situation and I hope he continues to collaborate with people like VDP and intelligent, creative, respectful, and loving people. So heartbreaking to see such a beautiful man taken advantage of again and again. Thank you brian... screw you landy and mike love too!

  • 6.58 to 7.03 - You can see it in Landy's face 'SHIT! She got me!'

    Bloodsucker.

  • Yup. Also, the way Landy stutters at times when he talks (on this segment and on part #1) is a dead giveaway that he's trying to find a way to dance around the issue. Landy was a scumbag and a meatball. Thank God that the Beach Boys (and their family members) got Brian away from Landy's clutches!

  • This guy Landy is an a******! I can't believe he wouldn't let Brian's daughters see him. I would kick his ass!

  • Eugene Landy was an absolutely evil man.

  • The Beach Boys hand picked him. They must take the blame for it. Landy did save Brians life so what do they want?

  • and I bought the book! "wouldn't it be nice" if dr eugene landy hadn't profited off of my hard earned $?

  • Agreed. Brian later admitted that the only involvement he had in that book was being interviewed on tape by Todd Gold (the ghostwriter). Parts of it were lifted from two previous Beach Boy bios: THE BEACH BOYS & THE CALIFORNIA MYTH and HEROES & VILLIANS: THE TRUE STORY OF THE BEACH BOYS. Brian admitted (in so many words) that entire sections of WIBN: MOS were bogus. IMHO, it should have been titled WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF IT WERE MY OWN STORY. LOL! Good that Brian's doing better, though.

  • Landy was and is a fucking asshole. who deserves to go to hell, for what he tried to do to poor Brian Wilson, Landy himself wanted to become a beach boy, Iam so glad that he's out of Brian's life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I must say there is something - dare i say it- quite charismatic about Landy. But yes, he did definately take advantage of him. I just wonder how Brian feels about it now?

  • Based on the few times that Brian's talked about Landy in interviews that I've read/heard, the impression I get is that he feels that Landy did teach him some things about life, but that he went too far in other areas (in one interview, Brian said that Landy yelled too much and had no cognizance of Brian's sensitivity). Also, Brian did say that Landy "gets off on control" when he and Melinda were on Larry King's show in 2004.

  • oh my god...its so sad when brian says i wish not to tell how much he pays landy

  • Landy - Wilson = Stern - Anna Nicole.

  • i like when Brian goes, "WHoooooooooooooooooo"

  • Landy was a truly sick asshole.

  • he's burning in hell right now, right where he belongs. :-(

  • what album is that rainbow pie song on? anyone have the mp3?

  • Rainbow Eyes is on the unreleased Sweet Insanity album.

    Another version is on the Gettin In Over My Head album but it's not particularly good.

  • Yup. GETTIN' IN OVER MY HEAD has several other songs that were originally intended for SWEET INSANITY as well: "Don't Let Her Know She's An Angel," "Make A Wish," "Fairy Tale" (originally entitled "Save The Day") and "The Waltz" (orginally titled "Let's Stick Together").

  • Damn, Landy seemed really scary.  What a dangerous weirdo. He did save his life but everything after that was just bizarre.

  • wow... both of these guys are freakin nuts.

  • diane hates landy..shes so great

  • Whatever may have been, look at Brian now. Recording, touring and enjoying his family. So a little fertilizer (Landy) goes a long way.

  • What a parasite, a leech, kinda sad...

  • good thing landy died. piece of shit.

  • This "man" stole 9 years of Brian's life.

  • that landy guy is scum

  • Brian Wilsons to clever to be brain washed man. He's running rings round all these dummys!

  • Landy was the lowest of the low. Taking advantage of the mentally ill.

  • Landy did save him but he went OTT and started to become too manipulative.

  • That SOB he took total advantage of Brian and brain washed him. sick bastard!

  • I dare say Scientology would probably have been better for him, and taken less money. Besides they also have a recording studio.

  • scientology does not have a better press than landy, i dare  say

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