Ian Leslie: evaluation

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…Was John as impressed by Brian Wilson as Paul was? It’s a good question. He clearly had more of an influence on Paul, partly because they were both bass players. They both had these expansive melodic gifts, so you can see the affinity more clearly. It’s harder for me to see what the connection between Brian and John is, but also, I’ve never seen John deprecating the Beach Boys or Brian Wilson either. Of course, he was quite capable of doing so. I’m not sure. Have you got a feeling for that? My sense is he felt it as distant, not negative, impressed in the abstract but somehow not sad in the right way and, in some ways, too much of a false cheeriness for John who was willing to just dig in and be negative. Emotionally, I doubt it resonated with him, but that’s speculation. I don’t know.…

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