Tom Dunne: The Beach Boys documentary tells a complicated tale brilliantly

"It wades into the many myths — did ever a band generate so many — and lays most to rest. At its end, there is just the music and a family band that rattled the Beatles."

Rock and roll band The Beach Boys pose for a portrait circa 1964 in Los Angeles, California. L-R: Al Jardine, Mike Love, Dennis Wilson, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Firstly, many thanks for all the kind comments on last week’s column, particularly from those of you in the “marriage counselling” arena. 

And those of you offering a “bag of cans” and an opportunity to listen to The River on a ghetto blaster in a field somewhere will live with me.