I love The Beach Boys music and Brian Wilson's solo efforts and I appreciate that Brian had a traumatic childhood with his maniacal father, but here's an interesting anecdote:
According to a story told by Alice Cooper, at the 1974 Grammys, Brian Wilson asked to be introduced to John Lennon, stating that he had never met Lennon, Cooper made the introduction. A bit later, Wilson again asked Cooper to be introduced to Lennon. Lennon handled the repeated requests politely, telling Cooper afterwards, "I’ve met him hundreds of times. He’s not well, you know".

