Article: Brian Wilson brings Beach Boys' 'Sounds' with symphony orchestra to Hub; Wouldn't it be nice to hear 'Pet Sounds'?(Arts and Lifestyle)

Brian Wilson is a big fan of "Brian Wilson."

In fact, the Beach Boys mastermind is such a fan of the Barenaked Ladies' mournful, sympathetic hit song about him "lying in bed" that he reworked it in his own harmony-rich style and covered it on his new double album, "Live at the Roxy Theatre."

"I was shocked when I heard it," Wilson said with a laugh during a recent interview. "I said, 'What! My name in a song?' So we decided to use it and it worked out great."

Wilson uses the BNL song as an introduction to his own "Til I Die" on "Live," an Internet-only release. It was recorded in Los Angeles at the beginning of his 1999 concert tour, the ...

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