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Title: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: PRR on May 29, 2009, 02:51:28 pm
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Spector gets 19 years to life for Clarkson's death

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Music producer Phil Spector has been sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ik5pa7VefNfBxsKkfKVQWE9QET4wD98G2KHG0
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/05/phil-spector-sentenced-to-19-years.html

(http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef011570b04307970b-800wi)
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: G._Hoffman on May 29, 2009, 03:21:16 pm
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...19 years to life...


At this point, is there really a difference?


Gabriel
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: EL34 on May 29, 2009, 03:35:32 pm
Loved his music productions.
Won't be no sleigh bells ringing in the joint, eh?
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: Dynaflow on May 29, 2009, 04:21:05 pm
 He was a legend in earlier music for sure. I've never been a huge fan, some of the stuff he did kinda was over done (I.E. the long and winding road, Beatles). That said I read a few things about him and he had a violent streak to him, (John Lennon for one was scared of him) so perhaps justice was truly served. But I agree, if 19 years is the minimum he may not make it.

Regards,

Dyna
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: G._Hoffman on May 29, 2009, 05:13:07 pm
He was a legend in earlier music for sure. I've never been a huge fan, some of the stuff he did kinda was over done (I.E. the long and winding road, Beatles). That said I read a few things about him and he had a violent streak to him, (John Lennon for one was scared of him) so perhaps justice was truly served. But I agree, if 19 years is the minimum he may not make it.

Regards,

Dyna

Mind you, I'm not saying the sentence is undeserved - even if you don't intend to pull the trigger, it's a really bad idea to point a gun at someone, much less put it in their mouth - just that at this point 19 years is as good as life.


Gabriel
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: Megachunk on May 29, 2009, 05:59:56 pm
The Ramones have well-documented stories of Phil holding them at gunpoint and made them listen to him play Baby I love You on the piano all night.

It was a matter of time...
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: RicharD on May 29, 2009, 06:12:24 pm
The Ramones have well-documented stories of Phil holding them at gunpoint and made them listen to him play Baby I love You on the piano all night.

It was a matter of time...

... and he deserved 19 to life for End of the Century.  He completely ruined the Ramones.
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: rafe on May 30, 2009, 12:20:53 am
Everybody in the whole cell block, was dancing to the jailhouse rock :o
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: RicharD on May 30, 2009, 12:45:44 am
Stolen from another board:

"From wall of sound to sound of wall."
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: jhadhar65 on May 30, 2009, 07:32:09 am
I guess that power tie and power hankie combo didn't help for some extremely odd reason.  Maybe his karma was thrown off by the 'Klinger' rash he developed from having to wear generally normal clothes.  Or it could have been his decision to have the Bay City Rollers do his hair for court.  Either way, something must have gone terribly wrong in Hollywood that allowed one of the rich-n-famous to actually be held accountable for his/her actions.  It's about time.
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: EL34 on May 31, 2009, 02:00:17 pm
Be my Baby.
The song that drove Brian Wilson even deeper in cookoo land.
I could listen to this song 100 times back to back.
I am up to about 15 so far, shooting for 100.

This one is lipsync'd and is the original tune.
&feature=related

This version is really good
&feature=related

I don't confuse the work Phil Spector did with his personal life.
yes, he's an evil man, I don't condone his behavior.

You have no idea what people do behind the scenes until it is on the 6 O'clock news.
If you did that, you would hate just about everyone in the world and not be able to enjoy anything.
People are doing nasty things in secret all day long and you love them until you find out.
Oh, I don't like the way he treats his cousin, or his aunt.
That girl pushed down Susie Lumquist in the third grade.
He treats hampsters mean.

I just enjoy the sounds and don't think about all the other crap.
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: mackie2 on May 31, 2009, 03:45:38 pm
EL34

Mackie2 here--What year was the B&W "Be My Baby"?

Do you know where Hendersonville is?  I was in the 2nd  grade there-- I remember going to a Brevard  football  game with my uncle when I was 7.

Mackie2
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: EL34 on May 31, 2009, 05:37:16 pm
Hmm, don't know what year that was.
Hendersonville is about 15 miles away from me
Brevard is about 6 miles.
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: tablewine on June 01, 2009, 12:43:31 am
Perhaps had he been a king rather than a king maker, things would have turned out differently for him.

Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: G._Hoffman on June 01, 2009, 01:28:05 am
I just enjoy the sounds and don't think about all the other crap.




Oh, for sure.  Hell, messed up personal lives is kind of normal in Rock and Roll.  Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13 year old niece.  Chuck Berry's prediliction for underage girls is rather less than savory.  I can think of more Rockers who have had drug problems of some kind than haven't.  And I'm certainly not going to think any less of Phil Spector's musical catalog because of this (though, to be sure, his was kind of spotty at times - he royally screwed up with Ike and Tina.  Hey!  There's another one - Ike Turner was a bastard among bastards!)  I'm still damn glad he's in jail.

Then again, even if I liked his music, I would never buy a damn thing by Gary Glitter.  Some people's actions are just too damn sick.


Gabriel
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: Frankenamp on June 01, 2009, 02:15:06 am
Gary Glitter? now I'm gonna have to go wash my monitor and take a shower- (shudder) one of the worst 'pieces of work' in modern history. right down there with A C Clarke. Maybe he should move to Sri lanka too.
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: Megachunk on June 01, 2009, 08:08:36 am
Gary Glitter is a bad word, he is a bad man, and I wish they would stop playing his F**king song at sports events!
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: Bassmanster on June 02, 2009, 08:38:51 am
Chuck Berry is both an a-hole and a genius.  But I also think being an a-hole helped him achieve that level of success in that type of music (the anti-Nat King Cole) as a black man in the 50s.
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: RicharD on June 07, 2009, 04:10:27 pm
Did he go to San Quintin?  Maybe he can produce the long awaited Charlie Manson record?   :D
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: G._Hoffman on June 07, 2009, 07:14:38 pm
Did he go to San Quintin?  Maybe he can produce the long awaited Charlie Manson record?   :D

He could probably get the reverb he likes there!


Gabriel
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: jerryjg on June 07, 2009, 07:45:56 pm
Not to be contrary here, but 7 years( after parole) for murder? Isnt that more of that "all the justice you can afford " OJ southern California style stuff?
I'd be on death row right now here in TX( if i were a murderous lunatic).
Anyway..he better cut that hair..he's gonna  look like a hot ol' cougar to someone there in the can.
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: G._Hoffman on June 07, 2009, 09:48:17 pm
Not to be contrary here, but 7 years( after parole) for murder? Isnt that more of that "all the justice you can afford " OJ southern California style stuff?
I'd be on death row right now here in TX( if i were a murderous lunatic).
Anyway..he better cut that hair..he's gonna  look like a hot ol' cougar to someone there in the can.


At his age, it's a life sentence.


Gabriel
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: panhead on June 26, 2009, 01:42:29 pm
I though he deserved to do time just for his hairdos. He was good in the beginning of "Easy Rider".
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: bnwitt on June 27, 2009, 09:29:54 am
Those are wigs fellows :laugh:  And he isn't allowed to wear them in the joint.
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: RicharD on June 27, 2009, 09:48:40 am
(http://i552.photobucket.com/albums/jj340/joeyaltruda/RichardOBrien.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v18/davedecay/goosnargh/phil-hair.jpg)
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: tubetwang on August 13, 2009, 04:54:23 pm
Be my Baby.
The song that drove Brian Wilson even deeper in cookoo land.
I could listen to this song 100 times back to back.
I am up to about 15 so far, shooting for 100.

This one is lipsync'd and is the original tune.
&feature=related

This version is really good
&feature=related

I don't confuse the work Phil Spector did with his personal life.
yes, he's an evil man, I don't condone his behavior.

You have no idea what people do behind the scenes until it is on the 6 O'clock news.
If you did that, you would hate just about everyone in the world and not be able to enjoy anything.
People are doing nasty things in secret all day long and you love them until you find out.
Oh, I don't like the way he treats his cousin, or his aunt.
That girl pushed down Susie Lumquist in the third grade.
He treats hampsters mean.

I just enjoy the sounds and don't think about all the other crap.


exactly how i feel...

i freaked on The Ronettes when "Be my baby" came on the scene...

Tuff song...

Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: DummyLoad on August 13, 2009, 11:26:58 pm
Those are wigs fellows :laugh:  And he isn't allowed to wear them in the joint.

kind of looks like an older dwight yoakam
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: billcreller on August 14, 2009, 12:11:17 am
It's a wonder someone didn't do HIM in a long time ago, considering his crazy behavior.
Title: Re: Phil Spector verdict
Post by: bigdaddy on August 15, 2009, 02:09:17 pm
The Ramones have well-documented stories of Phil holding them at gunpoint and made them listen to him play Baby I love You on the piano all night.

It was a matter of time...

If that was me when he put down the gun he would have got the ass kicking of his life. I would have left him within one inch of death just so that he could have been arrested and put in jail. He is were he belongs, too bad it took the life some innocent has been wannabe woman to put him there. She did nothing to deserve that fate. I'm glad some rich guy did not get away with it like OJ did. But as with OJ and Phil who is now a woman in jail what comes around goes around......it's all karma man.