Review: Brian Wilson - Birmingham Symphony Hall
By DJ M on September 18th, 2011
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
SUNDAY MERCURY "A friend of mine believes no moments in life are quite as perfect as the seconds before the needle hits a Brian Wilson record, that the knowledge something amazing is about to happen is as good as it gets. This occupied me as I waited in Birmingham’s Symphony Hall on Wednesday night to watch Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin, a performance featuring sections from his new album and some of his best-loved Beach Boys masterpieces. Of course, Wilson is the master of sublime anticipation with best-loved hits including Wouldn’t It Be Nice, I Get Around and Surfer Girl brimming with the promise of unfettered youth and dreams tantalisingly within reach but as yet unfulfilled."