Phil Spector - Covid strikes again

[AuntieDiluvian]

Murderer Phil Spector who worked with The Beatles dies of Covid aged 81

PHIL Spector has died at the age of 81. The convicted murderer and “wall of sound” music producer died on Saturday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. His…

www.thesun.co.uk

We've lost another major influence in pop music as we know it today.

 

[AuntieDiluvian]

good riddance

Well, he died in prison, and for good reason. He was still a major influence in music.

 

[adi]

Well, he died in prison, and for good reason. He was still a major influence in music.

he was a murderer

 

[WordMan]

Well, he died in prison, and for good reason. He was still a major influence in music.

A tragic end to a truly damaged man. The murder. But, to me, his sabotaging of Darlene Love’s career is also a truly great crime - for Music. She should’ve always been a star.

Brilliant music from a sad, twisted mind.

 

[wombat66]

I acknowledge the magnificence of his early productions. But I felt he was old fashioned, irrelevant and obsolete the moment the Beatles hit the scene. Why various beatles wanted to use him later in their careers is beyond me. His appearance in Easy Rider was the first modern mass media depiction of a coke head that I know of. Seems fitting.

 

[crossbones]

The de-spectorized Harrison stuff is pretty great.

Always hated what he did, but you were never allowed to admit that.

 

[leemelone]

Lana Clarkson RIP.

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

Regardless of the circumstances, it's still a sad tale of woe & perhaps a sobering lesson.

R.I.P.

 

[56Tweed]

He was a true visionary and influenced so much of popular music. I respect him for his early work. As for what happened later in life, many of us are flawed individuals. He was convicted and paid his debt.

RIP Phil

 

[bdm]

Never quite got the weird hero-worship around such a deeply damaged human.

 

[seajay]

I feel nothing regarding his death.

But I both like and dislike his work. Ronettes are great of course. I actually like his stuff with the Ramones and All Things Must Pass.

But Righteous Brothers? Great singers but it's so murky production-wise. Long & Winding Road? Spector's strings turn it into schmaltz.

 

[babbyb]

As for what happened later in life, many of us are flawed individuals. He was convicted and paid his debt.

He was ALWAYS an abusive monster. The fact that he murdered someone later was even more tragic, because no one was surprised.

 

[Blankspacefiller]

 

[frijoleghost]

we will always have him to thank for the famous "wall of hair" he presented at his murder trial...actually, his greatest accomplishment was sonically influencing a truly gifted person, brian wilson...FU Phil

 

[GuitarMakerNyc]

good riddance

People have families. Try and consider that before you make a post like this.

 

[Phil3]

Well... I lost all sympathy for this thread and that man when I saw "murderer"

So... Yeah.. Still, means that 2021 is shaping up to be 2020pt 2

 

[RanaldoNecro]

RIP Phil.

Yup

 

[GulfportBound]

He was a gifted man and a monstrous man. (Anyone who thinks suicide's impact is minimal should study the life of this man who was ten when his debt-riddled father committed suicide.)

And I still think this is the best example of what he could do with artists who didn't take his crap and actually asserted themselves when they worked together. It is a pity that he didn't pay close attention to this song's lyrics, though:

 

[GulfportBound]

But Righteous Brothers? Great singers but it's so murky production-wise.

You could say the Righteous Brothers got even in good time---when they decided to leave Spector's Philles label in favour of Verve Records, Spector sold their entire Philles catalog to Verve . . . and the due went into the studio, where Bill Medley fashioned a Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil song into hit that was a near-exact answer to "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" . . . right down to the cleaner Wall of Sound . . .

 

[stevieboy]

TMZ is saying he died from Covid complications, and they are pretty reliable, but they're qualifying it with "we're told... " Other outlets are simply saying the CA Dept of Corrections hasn't given a cause of death yet.