FAMILY TIES: Just as some of Beach...

FAMILY TIES: Just as some of Beach Boy Brian Wilson’s most troubled songs were apparently a reflection of his delicate relationship with his domineering father, Brian’s daughters have written a song that is clearly aimed at Wilson.

Wilson Phillips’ Carnie and Wendy Wilson hope the song--which they dedicate to him--will help renew their long-broken relationship with Wilson, whose psychological struggles were chronicled in his recent autobiography , “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.”

“Flesh and Blood,” featured on the trio’s upcoming “Shadows and Light” album, is a direct plea to Brian that does not mince words.

Sample lines:

If you never plan to come out of your shell

You’re never gonna get well . . .

For years I’ve been following your case

It’s the only time I see your face.

“We can’t call him up and we can’t see him,” says Carnie Wilson, 24, of her father, with whom she hasn’t spoken in two years. “I guess we could, but we’re so afraid of each other. I don’t know what I would say to him.”

Carnie hopes the song will be the impetus for a family reunion--though she says she’s not sure how her father will react when he first hears the song. “He’s either going to cry real hard, or else just stare at something and get (mad),” she says.

The song’s theme represents a major change for the Wilson Phillips trio, which also includes Chynna Phillips, daughter of Mamas & the Papas members John and Michelle Phillips.

When the trio’s 6-million-selling debut album was released in 1990, the women would say very little about their bloodlines. But the new album, due June 2, also includes an upbeat Phillips song about her improved relationship with her father. It’s titled “All the Way From New York.”

Carnie says the group feels more confident now--both in expressing such personal feelings and in talking about their famous ties. “We didn’t want to play on (our family connections) before,” Carnie says. “We didn’t want people to think that they were (the reasons for) our success. Because they weren’t.”