Author Topic: That other wall of sound  (Read 195 times)

cozmik_cowboy

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That other wall of sound
« on: January 17, 2021, 10:29:46 AM »
Legendary producer & murder Phil Spector passed away Jan 16 at age 81; the officially-released cause of death was "natural causes", but he had recently been suffering with the 'vid.


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Re: That other wall of sound
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2021, 12:12:35 PM »
Definitely an icon of 60s rock.   He lost me when he pulled a gun on John Lennon.   Crazy genius.

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Re: That other wall of sound
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2021, 04:08:28 PM »
Crazy genius for sure. The gun was there for the Ramones, too.  As well as the murder, I assume...

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Re: That other wall of sound
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2021, 12:37:57 AM »
how do you think that pulling out a gun is helping the creative process?

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Re: That other wall of sound
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2021, 09:09:55 AM »
I could not find the issue it was in to remember the name, but _Vintage Guitar_ recently had an article about a Guitarist whose name most of us here would recognize; he was a hunter & firearms enthusiast - and, like most such, a fanatic about gun safety.  He was working a Spector session when Phil started waving his piece around, and accidentally put one into the ceiling.  He walked off he date mid-session & refused to ever work with Spector again.  Every one told him he had just ended his career; this was not, I'm glad to report, the case.
It's a shame more people didn't follow his lead.

Peter
"Is not Hypnocracy no other than the aspiration to discover the meaning of Hypnocracy?  Have you heard the one about the yellow dog yet?"
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"If I could explain it in prose, i wouldn't have had to write the song."
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