Written by Charles Manson as “Cease To Exist” and recorded by The Beach Boys in 1968 as “Never Learn Not To Love” this song was Manson’s near brush with fame as a musician.

Having managed to get close to Dennis Wilson in 1967 (actually living at Wilson’s home for awhile), Charlie impressed Dennis enough with the tune that Wilson decided to record it.

With Dennis on vocals and Carl on drums, here’s The Beach Boys performing “Never Learn Not To Love” on The Mike Douglas Show. While this video has popped up on youtube over the years, this recently uploaded version is absolutely the best quality I’ve seen on the internet.
 

 
Neil Young once said of Manson: “He had this kind of music that nobody else was doing. He would sit down with a guitar and start playing and making up stuff, different every time. It just kept comin’ out, comin’ out.Then he would stop and you would never hear that one again. Musically, I thought he was very unique. I thought he had something crazy, something great. He was like a living poet.”

Following a short public service announcement from Squeeky Fromme, we’ll present “Cease To Exist” as sung by Manson. And don’t feel unclean for liking it