US music producer Phil Spector has died at the age of 81, while serving a prison sentence for murder.
Spector, who transformed pop with his “wall of sound” recordings, worked with the Beatles, the Righteous Brothers and Ike and Tina Turner.
In 2009, he was convicted of the 2003 murder of Hollywood actress Lana Clarkson.
His death was confirmed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
“California Health Care Facility inmate Phillip Spector was pronounced deceased of natural causes at 6:35 p.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at an outside hospital. His official cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner in the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office,” it said.
TMZ is saying he died from Covid.
With, or from?
Never a fan of the ‘sound’. Or his hair.
But then, I don’t make his kind of money.
The world got a little less evil today.
Just like Ronnie said…. be my little baby
RIP phil
Now, that is how you do a proper headline, for a dead shit human.
Did they poke his hair with a stick to be sure?
“Hey John, break out the Victrola, there’s gonna be music down here
tonight.”
Ha. That’s nothing.
This one comes with its own birds nest.
https://www.google.com/search?q=phil+spector&safe=active&prmd=niv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiAkfOG4KPuAhXHwFkKHQvCA4cQ_AUoAnoECCgQAg&biw=375&bih=607&dpr=3#imgrc=XOMPmCSFEvJkDM
THAT’s the one I was thinking of! That shit was crazy! I mean, how do you show up to court like that???
Was Spector a psycho before he made all those hit records or did becoming a celebrity bring out his inner psycho?
Asking for a friend, in case he ever becomes a celebrity, himself.
He’s going from Spector to specter.
Dr. Tar: It was said that he fired a gun in the recording studio back in the Wall of Sound days. There were lots of witnesses so I have no reason to doubt the story.
The thing with the wall of wound was, besides all of the instruments, it used heavy compression but sounded very crisp and clean. Compare that with Go All The Way by the Raspberries:
https://youtu.be/R5u25XGGo-E
or any Joe Meek recording from the UK:
https://youtu.be/OuUpOerfT2I
The WOS, on the other hand:
https://youtu.be/xbg1gkWb0Wo
The first song he wrote was this. The title came from the epitaph on his father’s grave.
https://youtu.be/tIUf6dOGc1c
His father committed suicide which may explain many of his problems.
Here’s a more recent photo of the psycho.
Tinfoil Hat: ON
He’s probably on an island somewhere with Epstein and the rest of the sicko’s the lying government told us who died.
Tinfoil Hat: OFF
Drugs probably made him a bad man.
His 1958 hit “To Know Him is to Love Him”, is a softly beautiful song. He was a backup singer and perhaps the writer and producer.
I guess the subject of the song was not himself.
A very artistic man. Like so many great artists a bad man.
I went to college with 2 of his stars: a SAE and TKE (Ronny’s house) – Bobby + Bill
Im old
Arguably the greatest record producer/engineer of all time. Along with Tom Dowd. But that’s another story for another time.
I find it interesting how his achievements in the world of music are overshadowed by his physical appearance. I could go on… but there’s this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIbVWNy7HBk
Stick around for the whole thing. Wall of sound indeed… by 6:10 here the music is absolutely overpowering.
RIP Phil, you psycho killer you.
Of course…Now that He’s dead..He’ll become an instant Hero to the left…
Here’s to hoping the left has many , many, more “Heroes” in the upcoming Months.
He never stole an election.
He never lied to his constituency.
He never corrupted the FBI.
He never conspired with China against the US of A.
He never attempted to abridge our Freedoms.
He never committed Treason.
There are many more despicable who will never see the inside of a jail.
RIP Phil.
izlamo delenda est …
Anyone at his age with a hairdo like that should die.
Phil Spector is dead and Joe Biden is still showering with his daughter behind closed doors? Come on, man!
Speaking of which – is that what Bruce Jenner’s gonna look like at 81?
izlamo delenda est …
Showering with Phil’s daughter or his own?
Both probably too old for Joey – he likes em just out of diapers.
izlamo delenda est …
@Uncle Al, He looks so happy in that photo. Weird.
An interesting video is him on the Merv Griffin show late summer 1965. He was a guest along with Ertha Kitt and Richard Pryor.
The Watts riots had just ended. He said he bought firearms for personal protection, because we had a little “Vietnam War” situation right there in LA. Then, he jokingly said he started the riot. At one point, Richard Pryor stood up and screamed for some reason.
The video is on YT.
the man who completely ‘effed up The Beatles ‘Let It Be’ album
… not that it wasn’t a pretty ‘effed up bunch of crap before he got ‘hold of it
What – – did he have a collision with a wall of sound?
Proof that talent does not supersede morality and mental health.
Guy was twisted- dunno if he got that way over time or was always so.
He was a damn good producer though.
@TimBuktu: Here ’tis:
https://youtu.be/zSSs20AYS0o
Finally, some GOOD news to read in 2021.
Brian Wilson will be wearing a black arm band…in his sandbox this week.
“VietVet”
“@TimBuktu: Here ’tis:”
Woe. Well that was fucking awkward, to put it mildly.