Brian Wilson was born on this day in 1942. Here’s the Beach Boys performing “God Only Knows” in 1966.
UPDATE: Well, Brian did uncontrovertibly write the song, but I’ll try to make sure he’s actually in the next video touting his work.
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Ed Kilgore, a Monthly contributing editor, is a columnist for the Daily Intelligencer, New York magazine’s politics blog, and the managing editor for the Democratic Strategist.
