Le 20 Août dernier, Brian Wilson, et son épouse Melinda, étaient les invités de l’émission de Larry King, « Larry King Live » diffusée sur CNN.
A l’occasion de ce talk-show, l’ex-leader charismatique des Beach Boys est revenu sur sa collaboration avec Paul Mccartney sur son dernier album, et notamment sur le titre « A friend like You ».
Nous vous livrons ci-après un court extrait de cette interview :
KING: Now how about the meeting with Paul McCartney?
B. WILSON: I talked to Paul McCartney over the years ranging from 1967 to 2004.
KING: Talked to him in person, you met him and…
B. WILSON: At the landmine show he did « God Only Knows » with me and I did « Let It Be » with him. And then I called him about four months ago asking him if he could come out and do — sing a song called « A Friend Like You, » which I wrote for him, me and my collaborator wrote for him. And he said he’d love to come out. And he came to the studio and that was one of the bigger thrills of my life to tell you the truth, to produce Paul McCartney. And that was a thrill for me. That was a thrill.
KING: You wrote the song? « A Friend Like You. »
B. WILSON: And the lyrics were written by Steve Kalinich. KING: And it was referring to Paul?
B. WILSON: To Paul. Yeah.
KING: And he sang it?
B. WILSON: Yes he did. He sang some of it. Yes.
KING: What a thrill that must have been.
B. WILSON: Oh, it was such a thrill!
M. WILSON: I think the first time we ran into him was at the Queen’s Jubilee. When they invited Brian to back to do the 50th Jubilee for the Queen.
