The Beach Boys and the Satan
By DJ M on November 28th, 2008
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
DVD TALK "Something of a German version of VH1's Behind The Music, Pop Odyssey in 1997 put together Der Beach Boys Und Der Satan, (the German title) a programmatic version of a salt lick for you cows of '60s music (I'm one). It means if you like to ruminate on musical glories gone by, of a particularly surf-y variety, you'll giddily lap up this offering, no matter how schooled in the matter you are. Or maybe not; I've certainly heard or read plenty of what's presented in this mix of 1997 interviews and archival footage, but somehow it all seems new, fresh, or at least still thrilling to me, and hopefully if you love Brian Wilson as much as I do, you'll feel the same."