People whom Google reveals to have been misguidedly called "the next Brian Wilson"

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Does being called the next Brian Wilson prove anything?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
The use of the phrase "the next Brian Wilson" proves only the worthlessness of the writer	12
Panda Bear	11
Did that really say Jay Reatard back up there?	9
Lindsey Buckingham	8
Hermann NItsch	4
Jay Reatard	3
Rivers Cuomo	2
Kevin Barnes	2
Beirut	1
Sufjan Stevens	0
Wally de Backer	0
Andrew Bird	0
Zach WIlliams	0
Mark "E" Everett	0
Sondre Lerche	0
Brian Fox	0
Paul Steel	0
Kelley Stoltz	0
Todo Cambia	0
Vilray Bolles	0
Michael Angelakos	0
Luca Maoloni	0

― ithappens, Monday, 12 April 2010 17:11 (fifteen years ago)

A toss up between "The use of the phrase "the next Brian Wilson" proves only the worthlessness of the writer" and Hermann Nitsch

― Tonight I Dine on Turtle Soup (EDB), Monday, 12 April 2010 17:17 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.sportsmemorabilia.com/image_php_219126.jpg

― velko, Monday, 12 April 2010 17:18 (fifteen years ago)

I don't understand what the voting criteria is here

― Shamandy Warhol (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 12 April 2010 17:34 (fifteen years ago)

i don't either but The use of the phrase "the next Brian Wilson" proves only the worthlessness of the writer is indisputable

― mizzell, Monday, 12 April 2010 21:07 (fifteen years ago)

last option, clearly

― Convenience Fish (snoball), Monday, 12 April 2010 21:10 (fifteen years ago)

It's like when critics say "this band sound like such-n-such on acid!", it's just totally bogus.

― Convenience Fish (snoball), Monday, 12 April 2010 21:12 (fifteen years ago)

unless it was written before Smile came out

― Zeno, Monday, 12 April 2010 21:13 (fifteen years ago)

18 Wheeler!

― tomofthenest, Monday, 12 April 2010 21:45 (fifteen years ago)

it'd be cool if Sufjan went through a fat, bearded cocaine phase

― tylerw, Monday, 12 April 2010 21:47 (fifteen years ago)

or any phase at all for that matter

― Zeno, Monday, 12 April 2010 21:47 (fifteen years ago)

panda bear at least sounds kinda like brian wilson even if he doesn't write music like brian wilson

― róisin bran (Curt1s Stephens), Monday, 12 April 2010 21:50 (fifteen years ago)

i voted panda cuz those are wilson namedrops i remember most -- also he's dope

― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 April 2010 21:52 (fifteen years ago)

He's like the next brian wilson on acid...

― Tonight I Dine on Turtle Soup (EDB), Monday, 12 April 2010 22:04 (fifteen years ago)

pretty surprised to not see Conor Oberst on there, I seem to remember that being thrown at him a lot a few years ago

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 12 April 2010 22:11 (fifteen years ago)

no, he's the next Dylan.

― tylerw, Monday, 12 April 2010 22:12 (fifteen years ago)

right, I guess that was the more frequent comparison, but I thought I saw Brian Wilson a couple times too

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 12 April 2010 22:13 (fifteen years ago)

i could see this being applied to L. Buckingham circa '79 and it not sounding utterly retarded.

― Wishes he picked a cooler name. Fat. (will), Monday, 12 April 2010 22:16 (fifteen years ago)

It's be funny if the phrase "next Brian Wilson" was as prevalent in psychiatry as music journalism.

― Darin, Monday, 12 April 2010 22:23 (fifteen years ago)

Unfortunately Google won't disclose the identity of the next Hermann Nitsch.

― seandalai, Monday, 12 April 2010 23:17 (fifteen years ago)

Rivers Cuomo?

― Bashful Johnny C. (staggerlee), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 03:47 (fifteen years ago)

tbf lindsey buckingham was m/l the next brian wilson, not sure who the next next was

― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 03:50 (fifteen years ago)

No voting criteria really. Just saw the phrase "the next Brian Wilson" in a local paper and got curious to see how many next Brian Wilsons Google will turn up. Clearly there is no next Brian Wilson.

― ithappens, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 07:34 (fifteen years ago)

Brian Wilson?

― Mark G, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 09:27 (fifteen years ago)

I don't really know who any of these are, so I'm gonna vote for Jay Reatard, because the name is kinda funny.

― Tuomas, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 18:42 (fifteen years ago)

Oh wait, Beirut is the dude who does some pseudo-Slavic folk music, right? He doesn't sound anything like Bob Wilson, wtf?

― Tuomas, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 18:43 (fifteen years ago)

Bob? Brian.

― Tuomas, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 18:44 (fifteen years ago)

who is the next bob wilson is the question we should all be asking ourselves

― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 20:00 (fifteen years ago)

Clearly there is no next Brian Wilson.

― ithappens, Tuesday, April 13, 2010 3:34 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

see this is where youre wrong, there are lots of next brian wilsons, there are no next michael jordans

― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 20:01 (fifteen years ago)

Bob Wilson's middle name is Primrose. I don't think Murry would have stood for that.

― ithappens, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 22:26 (fifteen years ago)

No results found for "the next Al Jardine".

― Darin, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 22:41 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 17 April 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

"The new Bob Dylan" is much worse.

― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 18 April 2010 00:55 (fifteen years ago)

more fun w/ google:

the female Brian Wilson: Charlotte Hatherley; Judee Sill; Beyonce; Kate Bush; Shania Twain

the black Brian Wilson: Sly Stone; Dave Chappelle; Rick James?

the Brian Wilson of the '90s: Kevin Shields; Matthew Sweet; Stephin Merritt; Jeff Buckley; Sean O'Hagan

the Brian Wilson of the '00s: Andrew WK

the Brian Wilson of the early 21st century: Brian Wilson

the Brian Wilson of hip-hop/rap: Kanye; Lil Wayne; Tricky; the Bomb Squad; Dr. Dre; Prince Be from P.M. Dawn (according to a certain ilxor)

the Brian Wilson of chillwave: no results found

― screamin' lord sufj (unregistered), Sunday, 18 April 2010 03:42 (fifteen years ago)

the Brian Wilson of chillwave: no results found

― screamin' lord sufj (unregistered), Saturday, April 17, 2010 11:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

unacceptable!

― ice cr?m, Sunday, 18 April 2010 04:14 (fifteen years ago)

More Google:
proto-Brian Wilson: Buddy Holly

― ithappens, Sunday, 18 April 2010 09:53 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Sunday, 18 April 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

Luca Maoloni is crying lonely tears.

― ithappens, Monday, 19 April 2010 09:16 (fifteen years ago)

No results found for "brian wilson of grunge".

― Mark G, Monday, 19 April 2010 09:22 (fifteen years ago)

Results 1 - 10 of about 677,000 for "brian wilson of the beach boys".

― Mark G, Monday, 19 April 2010 09:22 (fifteen years ago)

No "Brian Wilson of metal", "Brian Wilson of reggae"
But ...
"Brian Wilson of punk": Captain Tupelo, Pete Shelley, Rodrigo Alfaro, Rikk Agnew, Matt Allison

― ithappens, Monday, 19 April 2010 09:26 (fifteen years ago)

the sole brian wilson of indie rock: daniel johnston?!?

― fully sic alps (electricsound), Monday, 19 April 2010 09:37 (fifteen years ago)

Surprised that guy from Barenaked Ladies didn't make the list.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Monday, 19 April 2010 11:18 (fifteen years ago)

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