Beach
boys
Выросшие под жарким калифорнийским солнцем в атмосфере безмятежных пляжных развлечений сладкоголосые братья Уилсон решили организовать собственный музыкальный коллектив. Брайан, Деннис и Карл Уилсоны, их кузен Майк Лав и общий знакомый Алан Джэрдайн записали в 1961 году свою первую пластинку, в которой постарались как можно ярче отразить все, что их на тот момент волновало. А волновал их серфинг, и только серфинг. Больше петь было не о чем, и поэтому на пластинке получилась всего одна песня: "Surfin’". Поначалу ребята выступали под вывесками "The Pendletones", "Carl And The Passions" и "Kenny And The Cadets", но спустя некоторое время остановились на названии "Beach boys". После выхода первого сингла группы случилось невероятное. Слащавый бит и приторное многоголосие "пляжных мальчиков" привлекли внимание серьезных мужиков из "Capitol Records". "Beach Boys", заполучив контракт, принялись вдохновенно творить. Следующее музыкальное произведение и гармонично было построено посложнее, и называлось несколько серьезнее: "Surfin’ Safari". В результате и позиции в хит-парадах повыше — уже 14–е место.
Не останавливаясь на достигнутом, в 1963 году "Beach Boys" записали очередной шедевр. На этот раз они решили взглянуть на мир еще шире: песня называлась "Surfin’ USA". По мнению слушающего большинства, такой гимн безмятежной американской жизни достоин был подняться до самых вершин национального хит-парада. Он и поднялся, оставив далеко позади (на 7–й строчке) еще одно творение из того же "золотого" альбома: "Surfer Girl". "Beach Boys" были признаны национальными героями, а все более усложнявшиеся бит–гармонии, сдобренные братским многоголосием, возвели в ранг нового направления под названием "серф–рок". Признаки гениальности Брайана усматривались в красивых мелодиях, симпатичных аранжировках и гармонично вписывавшихся в музыкальный узор текстах. И даже, обнаружив в самой красивой на тот момент вещи коллектива "Surfin’ USA" совсем не уилсоновские ноты, а списанную со "Sweet Little Sixteen" Чака Берри мелодию, Брайану это простили. Впрочем, это были если и первые, то далеко не последние проблемы Брайана с авторством.
В самый разгар битломании "Beach Boys" умудрились организовать альтернативный вариант и с композицией "I Get Around" не только возглавили штатовские чарты, но и проникли в британские хит-парады. Понаделав кучу шлягеров ("Fun, Fun, Fun", "Help Me Ronda", "California Girls" и т. д.) и с триумфом объездив полмира с гастролями, Брайан неожиданно сник, и концерты "Beach Boys" внезапно прекратились. Дело было в том, что Уилсон–главный, вполне заслуженно снискавший к тому времени славу одного из самых выдающихся мелодистов современности, в увлекательной конкурентной борьбе с " Beatles" споткнулся о загадочный альбом ливерпульской четверки под названием "Rubber Soul", представлявший музыку уже совершенно иного уровня. Брайан подобрал брошенную "битлами" перчатку и заперся в студии. Он в одиночку, без помощи братьев и прочих родственников, стал готовить ответ. Новое произведение "Beach Boys" называлось "Pet Sounds". Янки по привычке принялись было его раскупать, но привычным серф–попом от пластинки даже и не пахло. То, что семейка Уилсонов произвела на этот раз, верных поклонников группы озадачило и повергло в недоумение. В результате в США альбом провалился, однако по другую сторону океана имел большой успех.
Брайан снова засел в студии и через полгода был закончен сингл "Good Vibrations". Слух поражала необычная структура "вибраций": звук будто составлен из различных движений, которые то сливались, то распадались и снова сливались. "Good Vibrations" приняли наконец–то не только в Британии. Очередной шедевр "Beach Boys" возглавил все престижные хит-парады мира, и штатовские том числе. Однако у группы начались проблемы. По непонятным причинам средь бела дня загорелась студия Брайана, и в огне был уничтожен практически весь материал почти готового к выходу альбома "Smile". Кое–что из уцелевшего вошло в последующие пластинки — "Smiley Smile" и "Surf’s Up". Брайан начал баловаться наркотиками, и постепенно входил во все более сильную зависимость. На сессиях альбома "Surf's up" Деннис умудрился поранить руку стеклом, и группа была вынуждена временно пригласить вместо него Рики Фатаара.
Во второй половине 70-х "Beach Boys" вплотную подошли к роспуску коллектива. Разгорелся конфликт между Деннисом и Майком, а если точнее — между Уилсонами и Лавами. В конце концов группа уцелела, но вот братья Стэн и Стив Лавы были отстранены от менеджмента. Уилсоны победили, и популярность "бичей" вновь стала набирать обороты. В начале 80-х "Beach Boys" с кавер–версией песни "Come Go With Me" группы "Del–Vikings" даже вернулись в хит–парады. Однако в канун Рождества 1984 года Деннис Уилсон при покорении серфингом очередной волны уступил стихии и не дотянул до родного калифорнийского пляжа. Многие считали, что история "Beach Boys" на этом и закончилась. Но в конце 1985 года группа под руководством прошедшего курс наркологической реабилитации Брайана выпустила неожиданно сильный сборник "The Beach Boys". Однако триумфальное шествие альбома по мировым хит–парадам неожиданно закончилось расторжением контракта группы со звукозаписывающей фирмой. Впрочем, и эту неприятность "Beach Boys" пережили, и красивейший сингл "California Dreaming" — яркое тому подтверждение. Всего лишь переаранжированная вещь "Mamas And The Papas", однако достоинств самих "Beach Boys" этот факт нисколько не умалял.
В конце 80-х группу накрыл очередной скандал. Братья настолько серьезно были уверены в своей совместной гениальности, что даже подали в суд на Брайана, якобы долгие годы единолично распоряжавшегося интеллектуальными достижениями всего коллектива, что в конце концов и слилось в кругленькую сумму — 80 миллионов долларов. Участники братского коллектива затеяли дрязги в период, когда Брайан в очередной раз погрузился в состояние, близкое к невменяемому, и сам за себя постоять не мог. Однако для того, чтобы восстановить справедливость, оказалось достаточно и усилий адвокатов Уилсона–старшего. Группа, однако, не распалась даже после этого испытания. Более того, скандальная ситуация напомнила общественности о роли личности Брайана Уилсона в истории рок–музыки, за что его периодически стали привлекать к всевозможным награждениям. В 1998 году от рака скончался Карл Уилсон. Оставшиеся "Beach Boys" к своему 40-летию решили ремастерировать 16 своих самых популярных альбомов.
Состав
Brian Wilson - вокал, бас
Carl Wilson - гитара, вокал
Dennis Wilson - ударные, вокал
Mike Love - вокал
Al Jardine - бас, вокал
Дискография
Surfin' Safari - 1962
Surfin' USA - 1963
Shut Down - 1963
Surfer Girl - 1963
Little Deuce Coupe - 1964
All Summer Long - 1964
Beach Boys Consert - 1964
Summer Days (And Summer Nights) -1965
Beach Boys Party - 1965
Pet Sounds - 1966
Smiley Smile - 1967
Wild Honey - 1967
Friends - 1968
20/20 -1969
Live In London - 1970
Sunflower - 1970
Surf's Up - 1971
Holland - 1973
Endless Summer - 1974
Spirit Of America - 1975
15 Big Ones - 1976
Love You - 1977
California Girls - 1978
Light Album - 1979
Keepin' The Summer Alive - 1980
Sunshine Dream - 1982
The Beach Boys - 1985
Still Cruisin' - 1989
Summer In Paradise - 1992
Stars And Stripes, Vol. 1 - 1996
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