{"id":2740,"date":"2025-06-18T09:47:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T09:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=2740"},"modified":"2025-06-18T09:47:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T09:47:19","slug":"god-only-knows-where-wed-be-without-you-those-words-once-sung-in-harmony-by-the-beach-boys-now-echo-like-a-prayer-among-fans-mourning-the-quiet-exit-of-another-musical-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=2740","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGod only knows where we\u2019d be without you.\u201d  Those words, once sung in harmony by The Beach Boys, now echo like a prayer among fans mourning the quiet exit of another musical genius. On what would become one of the most emotional tributes in modern music memory, Bob Dylan, 84, offered a raw and intimate gift to his longtime friend Brian Wilson\u2014a \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d unlike any ever heard before&#8230; WATCH VIDEO BELOW \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47  It was June 2022, Brian Wilson\u2019s 80th birthday. Friends, legends, and admirers gathered\u2014some in person, most in spirit\u2014to celebrate the life and legacy of the Beach Boys\u2019 troubled but brilliant maestro. The video tribute included warm, loving messages from Sir Elton John, Questlove, and Al Jardine, who called Brian \u201cthe heart of our sound and the soul of California.\u201d  But then came something utterly unexpected."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Wilson, co-founder of pioneering rock group The Beach Boys,\u00a0died\u00a0Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Wilson, who suffered from dementia following the 2024 death of wife Melinda Ledbetter, was just nine days shy of his 83rd birthday. As we honor Brian Wilson\u2019s immeasurable influence on the music industry, we remember the time that Bob Dylan personally serenaded the \u201cSurfer Girl\u201d crooner on his milestone birthday in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1346626584.jpg?w=910&amp;h=511&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Watch Bob Dylan Serenade Brian Wilson for His 80th Birthday\" width=\"794\" height=\"446\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>On June 20, 2022, Dylan was\u00a0among a host\u00a0of A-list musicians who sent personalized birthday greetings to Brian Wilson for the nine-time Grammy winner\u2019s 80th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>The video, which included messages from Elton John, Questlove, and fellow Beach Boy Al Jardine, closes out with Dylan\u2019s performance. The seminal singer-songwriter, 84, accompanies himself on the guitar as he delivers \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d in minor to his longtime friend.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<h1>VIDEO BELOW \ud83d\udc47<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2022: Bob Dylan sings &quot;Happy Birthday&quot; to Brian Wilson on his 80th Birthday\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ardxNrQ5tfI\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Three years later, the video continued to gain attention on YouTube. \u201cYou know you are the s\u2014 when Bob Dylan is sending you personalised messages,\u201d one user remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Another added, \u201cTwo great gentlemen. One a supreme master of melody and harmony and the other the Shakespeare of song. Unsurpassed masters y\u2019all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/external-preview.redd.it\/bob-dylan-sings-happy-birthday-to-brian-wilson-on-his-80th-v0-j65wxwcYpsTt4bdNGH1c92xTg-CwBE-bTQCc299mGSc.jpg?format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=d1d9c39d873f065b25ad3d814b703ba044d41b66\" alt=\"Bob Dylan sings &quot;Happy Birthday&quot; to Brian Wilson on his 80th Birthday : r\/ bobdylan\" width=\"544\" height=\"408\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-the-friendship-between-bob-dylan-and-brian-wilson\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Friendship Between Bob Dylan and Brian Wilson<\/h3>\n<p>Despite glaring differences, Bob Dylan and Brian Wilson each helped raise the bar for the music industry during their simultaneous heydays in the \u201960s. Dylan contributed his impossibly poetic songwriting, whereas Wilson was the first artist to utilize the recording studio as an instrument.<\/p>\n<p>Two years before the\u00a0<em>Pet Sounds<\/em>\u00a0creator\u2019s death, he shared a story on Facebook about\u00a0running into Dylan\u00a0during an emergency room visit. After \u201ctalking a little bit about nothing,\u201d Wilson invited the \u201cBlowin\u2019 in the Wind\u201d singer to his home for lunch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just talked and talked about music,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cWe talked about old songs we remembered, songs before rock and roll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fofficialbrianwilson%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02k396JaoKa1vk74yHho9NYdeDKpvjRzi6NHqx8gpzTaaHTR4whpFXpZHQnphnh4j3l&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"500\" data-origheight=\"590\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Wilson, co-founder of pioneering rock group The Beach Boys,\u00a0died\u00a0Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Wilson, who suffered from dementia following the 2024 death of wife Melinda Ledbetter, was&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2742,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740\/revisions\/2742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}