Scorsese86
Likeable conservative
All right, I haven't seen anything being posted about Phil Spector, and the recent outcome on the trial... I know that a couple of days ago, the jury found him guilty for killing actress Lana Clarkson in 2003. All right, I have followed the case since then, and it's been a bumpy ride, for sure, since the first trial was declared a mistrial, and now he has been found guilty. I'm honestly not sure if he killed her or not, if it was an accident, or whatever... what I do know is that Phil Spector is one of my idols.
All right, let me finish: Spector is, by most reports, crazy, eccentric... yeah, a good old rich weirdo. This is not why I admire him, though! I admire the professional Phil Spector, the musician, the writer, the producer... seriously, have you heard To Know Him Is to Love Him, (written about Spector's late father, recorded in 1957, when Spector was 17), all the classic Ronettes and Crystals singles, The Righteous Brothers' You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' and Unchained Melody? Ike & Tina's River Deep, Mountain High? Not to mention George Harrison's All Things Must Pass (the first ever triple rock album)... and I could go on, with Lennon, Ramones, hell, I even liked the Leonard Cohen album he produced.
Anyway, with the jury finding him guilty, I would just have to say that there is little chance for Spector to ever do any music again, but does anyone share my admiration for his music? Has anyone else followed the case? And does this belong in The Lounge?
All right, let me finish: Spector is, by most reports, crazy, eccentric... yeah, a good old rich weirdo. This is not why I admire him, though! I admire the professional Phil Spector, the musician, the writer, the producer... seriously, have you heard To Know Him Is to Love Him, (written about Spector's late father, recorded in 1957, when Spector was 17), all the classic Ronettes and Crystals singles, The Righteous Brothers' You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' and Unchained Melody? Ike & Tina's River Deep, Mountain High? Not to mention George Harrison's All Things Must Pass (the first ever triple rock album)... and I could go on, with Lennon, Ramones, hell, I even liked the Leonard Cohen album he produced.
Anyway, with the jury finding him guilty, I would just have to say that there is little chance for Spector to ever do any music again, but does anyone share my admiration for his music? Has anyone else followed the case? And does this belong in The Lounge?
