Leonard Bernstein explaining The Beach Boys to your parents in 1967. Chaos.
Documentary about young pop and rock musicians producing music as "a symptom and generator" of social unrest and generation gaps.
Production
Rare footage of studio-era Brian Wilson at peak genius
Direction
Bernstein's genuine intellectual curiosity saves it from PBS dryness
Director
David Oppenheim
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired on CBS in 1967, meaning suburban parents nationwide got accidentally dosed with Frank Zappa opinions.
Brian Wilson's segments were filmed during the Smile collapse — he's simultaneously creating pop's greatest unfinished masterpiece and barely holding it together on camera.
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