Editions
Brian Wilson: Icons of Pop Music
- June 1, 2012
- Equinox Publishing, Ltd
- Bristol, CT
- Paperback
- 192 pages
- ISBN: 1845536630
This is the first study of Wilson to eschew chronology for a topical organization that allows discussion of lyrical themes and musical motifs outside of any prejudicial presumptions about their place in the trajectory of his career. The book emphasizes the often overlooked point that, despite his status as a 'living legend', Brian Wilson does not always fit neatly into the paradigms of taste and value by which critics grant certain artists entry into the pantheon of pop and rock importance.