Phil Spector verdict

[PRR]

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

[G._Hoffman]

...19 years to life...

At this point, is there really a difference?


Gabriel

[EL34]

Loved his music productions.
Won't be no sleigh bells ringing in the joint, eh?

[Dynaflow]

 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

[G._Hoffman]

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

[Megachunk]

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...

[RicharD]

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.

[rafe]

Everybody in the whole cell block, was dancing to the jailhouse rock :o

[RicharD]

Stolen from another board:

"From wall of sound to sound of wall."

[jhadhar65]

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.

[EL34]

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.

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This version is really good

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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.

[mackie2]

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

[EL34]

Hmm, don't know what year that was.
Hendersonville is about 15 miles away from me
Brevard is about 6 miles.

[tablewine]

Perhaps had he been a king rather than a king maker, things would have turned out differently for him.

[G._Hoffman]

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

[Frankenamp]

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.

[Megachunk]

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!

[Bassmanster]

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.

[RicharD]

Did he go to San Quintin?  Maybe he can produce the long awaited Charlie Manson record?   :D

[G._Hoffman]

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

[jerryjg]

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.

[G._Hoffman]

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

[panhead]

I though he deserved to do time just for his hairdos. He was good in the beginning of "Easy Rider".

[bnwitt]

Those are wigs fellows   And he isn't allowed to wear them in the joint.

[RicharD]

[tubetwang]

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...

[DummyLoad]

Those are wigs fellows   And he isn't allowed to wear them in the joint.

kind of looks like an older dwight yoakam

[billcreller]

It's a wonder someone didn't do HIM in a long time ago, considering his crazy behavior.

[bigdaddy]

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.