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Speaker 1: Double Elvis. Blood on the Tracks is a production of

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Speaker 1: I Heart Radio and Double Elvis. Brian Wilson was a

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Speaker 1: musical genius and one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

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Speaker 1: He caught melodies like they were waves. He bottled good

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Speaker 1: vibrations like no one else, and he picked up bad

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Speaker 1: vibrations too. He broke down, he tripped hard. He didn't

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Speaker 1: just hear music, he heard voices. He tried to lose

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Speaker 1: those voices by making a teenage symphony to God called Smile.

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Speaker 1: But somewhere along the way, Brian Wilson lost his mind instead.

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Speaker 1: This is his story. Hello everyone. Rhonda Masson back with

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Speaker 1: you again. Still going through all of Brian Wilson's archival tapes.

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Speaker 1: This job is turning out to be bigger than I thought.

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Speaker 1: There's hours and hours of studiotape that is just chatter,

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Speaker 1: I mean, no music at all. I've tried to catalog

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Speaker 1: these the best I can, but as you can imagine,

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Speaker 1: it's hard to work out where they came from. There's

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Speaker 1: one session where Brian and his father are arguing for ages.

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Speaker 1: Once again, these aren't always an easy listen, so please

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Speaker 1: do bear that in mind. Dad, can you come out

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Speaker 1: of the studio and back into the booth. What I

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Speaker 1: can't hear you through the glass? Would you come in here, Dad, please?

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Speaker 1: We can't carry on like this. We would like to

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Speaker 1: record under an atmosphere of calm. What the mix is fine?

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Speaker 1: Stop worrying about where to place the microphone. I can

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Speaker 1: hear the mix, just fine. I've got one good year left,

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Speaker 1: haven't I. I'm not gonna do this now. This is

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Speaker 1: a waste of time. You're you're not being very kind. Okay,

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Speaker 1: you can behave like a child if you want. Just

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Speaker 1: come in here. We're running out of time. Whatever you want,

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Speaker 1: I'll do. Just please stop. Please. There's almost an hour

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Speaker 1: of this. It gets pretty angry and pretty full on.

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of tension, a lot of arguing, and

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Speaker 1: a lot of blood on the tracks. Chapter five. Brian

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Speaker 1: Wilson M. It's a sun good morning. You're tuned into

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Speaker 1: one oh five point four b R I A N

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Speaker 1: F L. We're going all the way back today, all

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Speaker 1: the way back in time. We're revisiting some big hits

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Speaker 1: from yesteryear. It's time to rewind back in the glorious fifties. Planes.

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Speaker 1: You know, every time I see a plane it reminds

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Speaker 1: me of that house, that that moment, It reminds me

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Speaker 1: of the piano, the thud ringing in my ears. I

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Speaker 1: it's spread across my face, silence that followed, I'm rambling. Sorry,

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Speaker 1: I guess we should get to the thing that we've

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Speaker 1: been dancing around for a while. My old man, my dad,

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Speaker 1: Murray Wilson. It's funny. I try not to think about

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Speaker 1: it too much, but then it comes back. Like the

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Speaker 1: other day, I found something paper I wrote in high

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Speaker 1: school philosophy paper. As soon as I saw it, it

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Speaker 1: when I read it. I wrote, I think the type

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Speaker 1: of character a person develops comes largely with the background

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Speaker 1: of family living. Boy, I was right. A lot of

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Speaker 1: good came from my family. My dad loved music, but

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Speaker 1: but he also caused the band's downfall before it even began. Hell,

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Speaker 1: he even caused my downfall before I even began. In

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Speaker 1: some ways, I was very afraid of him. In other ways,

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Speaker 1: The day I wrote that paper, I was at home

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Speaker 1: We can't carry on like this. That day, he crashed

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Speaker 1: into my room and asked what I was doing homework?

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Speaker 1: know anyone but me. I'm not gonna do this now, Brian,

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Speaker 1: he shouted, are you listening to me? I knew what

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Speaker 1: When I didn't move, he screamed with the request at me.

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Speaker 1: I slowly turned. My eyes were fixed to the floor.

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Speaker 1: Look at me, he said. I slowly moved my gaze

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Speaker 1: Come here, he said coldly. Then he leaned closer and whispered,

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Speaker 1: Maybe it was the planes goading me from the sky.

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Speaker 1: Maybe it was how proud I was of my writing

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Speaker 1: just kept on whipping me with his belt. To be honest,

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Speaker 1: Looking back, the music seemed to be the most solid

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Speaker 1: The mix is fine. But one day we were working

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Speaker 1: but that's not what I saw. I saw, my dad.

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Speaker 1: I saw a lead pipe. I saw a lot of things. Now,

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Speaker 1: flashes back to the lead pipe and the hot Hawthorne son,

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Speaker 1: his father playing Gershwin on the piano. His right ear

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Speaker 1: don't understand, he says. Finally, what is this a joke?

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Speaker 1: A joke from God? Silence Melinda, he shouts. Melinda responds,

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Speaker 1: tears in her eyes. She knows it's going to be

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Speaker 1: hard for Brian to process, but he's gonna have to

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Speaker 1: figure it out. He's gonna have to find a way

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Speaker 1: to deal with this. Brian isn't listening. His eyes are

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Speaker 1: that's when he sees it. That's when he see he's him.

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Speaker 1: The man who just passed him at the busy junction

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Speaker 1: and who is now parking is battered t one Triumph motorcycle.

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Speaker 1: It looks a lot like Bob Dylan. It's gotta be Dylan.

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Speaker 1: Brian watches him shuffle down the sidewalk, a hoodie obscuring

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Speaker 1: his head. Despite the l a heat, Brian's mind just

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Speaker 1: to a Newsweek article that he still has in his

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Speaker 1: office at home, an issue from Bob Dylan's words and

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Speaker 1: big red pull quote type the ones that read Brian

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Speaker 1: Wilson that a year. I mean, Jesus, he's got to

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Speaker 1: will that to the Smithsonian. And just thinking about those

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Speaker 1: words gives Brian goose bumps on his arms and butterflies

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Speaker 1: in his stomach. That year, That year, he thinks to himself.

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Speaker 1: A few blocks later, Brian and Melinda are rushing into

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Speaker 1: Cedar Sinai, where Dr Samuel stands waiting. She's clutching a

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Speaker 1: beige file in her hand and looks relieved. I'm so

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Speaker 1: sorry to rush you down here, she says. Turns out

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Speaker 1: you don't need to come down after all, because we've

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Speaker 1: we found the problem. Just some water in the year,

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Speaker 1: is all not a long lasting issue we can easily.

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Speaker 1: Melinda cuts the doctor off again, but this time it's

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Speaker 1: because she's hugging her. Dr Samuel continues to apologize and

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Speaker 1: reassure them, but the Wilsons are lost to relief. Later

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Speaker 1: the impatient room fourteen, Brian is holding his baby boy

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Speaker 1: and suddenly he has an idea. What do you think

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Speaker 1: about Dylan has a name? He asked Melinda. Her eyes

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Speaker 1: light up. I love it, she says. Brian looks down

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Speaker 1: at Dylan, taking a peek into his ear. It looks

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Speaker 1: brand new, perfect. It reminds him of that still illuminated

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Speaker 1: swimming pool back home. He thinks about the sort of

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Speaker 1: father he'll be to his first son, How he won't

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Speaker 1: repeat the tragedies of the past. How for this young Wilson,

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Speaker 1: Brian will make sure there's no blood on the Tracks.

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Speaker 1: Ye Blood on the Tracks is produced by Double Elvis

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Speaker 1: in partnership with I Heart Radio. It's hosted an executive

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Speaker 1: produced by me Jake Brennan, also executive produced by Brady Sadly.

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Speaker 1: Zeth Lundi is lead editor and producer. This episode was

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Speaker 1: written by Ben Burrow, mixing on sound designed by Colin Fleming.

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Speaker 1: Additional music and score elements by Ryan Spraaker. This season

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Speaker 1: features Chris Anzaloni as the voice of Brian Wilson. Sources

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Speaker 1: for this episode are available at Double Elvis dot com

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