Is there a thread yet for Phil Spector's vicious attack on Brian Wilson and other pop stars?

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April 26, 2007 -- NOT a single music superstar came forward to support "Wall of Sound" producer Phil Spector as his trial for the murder of blond B-movie actress Lara Clarkson kicked off yesterday - and it's not surprising, considering how he bitterly trashes many of them in an upcoming biography.

Mick Brown, author of "Tearing Down the Wall of Sound," out in June from Knopf , interviewed Spector - who produced The Beatles, the Ramones, Ike and Tina Turner and the Righteous Brothers - just weeks before Clarkson was shot in the face at his sprawling mansion outside L.A. And Spector didn't mince words about the biggest acts in pop and rock history.

* Michael Jackson is "the most depressing, heinous thing," Spector said. "Starting out life as a black man and ending up as a white woman. What's that all about? But the King [of Pop]? He's no King . . "

* On Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys leader and songwriting legend who battled mental illness for years, Spector declared, "I don't feel sorry for Brian Wilson. I never thought he was that talented to begin with . . . I'd be more impressed if somebody with a brain idolized me."

* Oasis, the British band fronted by Liam and Noel Gallagher, are "jerks."

* On Tina Turner: "I made her famous, and she resents that . . . But give it up, for God's sake . . . Why say, '[Bleep] you.' Just leave me alone."

* Bruce Springsteen, who borrowed the "Wall of Sound" technique for his breakthrough hit "Born to Run" in the 1970s, "should have paid me royalties . . . Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery until it becomes plagiarism." Spector also said the Boss' career is stale: "He's protected himself with three new songs and 25 old ones."

* On Motown founder Berry Gordy: "I don't see Berry doing very much. Wrote some good songs, 'Money' and all of that. But beyond that I feel there were more talented people in the organization."

* And on "American Bandstand" legend Dick Clark: "That's where payola started. Everybody around Dick Clark went to jail, except for Dick Clark."

When Brown asked Spector who his closest friends were, he presciently replied, "My attorneys."

The big question now is: will Sean O'Hagan come to Wilson's defense on this?

― Cunga, Thursday, 17 May 2007 00:22 (nineteen years ago)

He's totally right about the Dick Clark, Berry Gordy and Oasis things. I agree with him on Jackson and Springsteen, but those are somwaht debatable views. Tina was famous before his (relative flop) album with her, but it's probably her artistic highpoint. Disagree about Brian Wilson completely, but Spector's still right more than he's wrong.

― deedeedeextrovert, Thursday, 17 May 2007 00:31 (nineteen years ago)

The Gallagher bros are jerks? Michael Jackson is a white woman? Someone book this guy in a comedy club ASAP.

― musically, Thursday, 17 May 2007 00:33 (nineteen years ago)

i agree with everything he said.

― funny farm, Thursday, 17 May 2007 05:21 (nineteen years ago)

especially the things about brian wilson and springsteen.

― funny farm, Thursday, 17 May 2007 05:22 (nineteen years ago)

* Oasis, the British band fronted by Liam and Noel Gallagher, are "jerks."

Zing!

― Tape Store, Thursday, 17 May 2007 05:25 (nineteen years ago)

vicious!

― s1ocki, Thursday, 17 May 2007 05:26 (nineteen years ago)

Presumably none of those folks are going to be charaacter witnesses.

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 17 May 2007 06:56 (nineteen years ago)

Gawd. I just read the biography. He's like Varg, one feels conflicted enjoying such great music from such an egregious jerk.

― moley, Thursday, 17 May 2007 08:57 (nineteen years ago)

How desperate would you have to be to call Liam Gallagher as a character witness.

― Billy Dods, Thursday, 17 May 2007 09:02 (nineteen years ago)

i agree with everything he said.

How can you say that? Tina Turner probably has every reason to badmouth Phil Spector.

― braveclub, Thursday, 17 May 2007 09:06 (nineteen years ago)

The Berry Gordy one isn't an attack! It's a recognition of someone who stood back and let the talent do what they do best.

In other perspectives: Why should 'pop stars' defend someone accused of murder? It's not like he'd want the Starsailor album to be taken into consideration!

― Mark G, Thursday, 17 May 2007 09:13 (nineteen years ago)

i'm amazed oasis are even on his radar.

― That one guy that quit, Thursday, 17 May 2007 09:26 (nineteen years ago)

What does he think of Mike Love?

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 17 May 2007 10:27 (nineteen years ago)

"To know him is to Love him"

― Mark G, Thursday, 17 May 2007 11:12 (nineteen years ago)

When Brown asked Spector who his closest friends were, he presciently replied, "My attorneys."

This explains his rant quite well, I guess....

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 17 May 2007 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

it does? Beats me!

― Mark G, Thursday, 17 May 2007 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

So, this guy stuck a gun in the face of several women while threatening physical and sexual abuse. And then a woman ends up dead in his house, with a gunshot wound to the head. Hmmm. Don't think 'Surfin Safari' is going to help this dude out.

― humansuit, Thursday, 17 May 2007 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

He's like Varg

Better hair, though.

― novaheat, Thursday, 17 May 2007 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

what's with all the jerk bashing these days?

― PappaWheelie V, Thursday, 17 May 2007 21:50 (nineteen years ago)

it beats berk jashing.

― byebyepride, Friday, 18 May 2007 03:28 (nineteen years ago)

But at least Spector didn't fuck with the formula, and it's a relatable boy-girl thing.

― Marcello Carlin, Friday, 18 May 2007 07:26 (nineteen years ago)

Phil Spector is barely a boy my friend.

― humansuit, Friday, 18 May 2007 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

But at least Spector didn't fuck with the formula, and it's a relatable boy-girl thing.

*kowtows resoundingly to Marcello*

― Jon Lewis, Friday, 18 May 2007 14:51 (nineteen years ago)

this crime was only reported by the media becuz phil spector is white!!! :D

― deej, Friday, 18 May 2007 14:57 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, just wait for the heavily color-filtered Time Magazine cover...

― Jon Lewis, Friday, 18 May 2007 15:13 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know how Oasis will recover from such a savage denunciation.

― Bill Magill, Friday, 18 May 2007 15:25 (nineteen years ago)

Apparently no one thought to ask Spector what he thought of Eddie Money's "Take Me Home Tonight."

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 18 May 2007 15:33 (nineteen years ago)

Apparently no one thought to ask Spector what he thought of Eddie Money's "Take Me Home Tonight."

Did you know the director caught Phil hiding in the noise-bleed seats during the making of that video???

― QuantumNoise, Friday, 18 May 2007 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

this crime was only reported by the media becuz phil spector is white!!! :D

Phil Spector is barely white my friend.

― humansuit, Friday, 18 May 2007 15:45 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

He does plenty o' lambasting in this BBC-produced doc.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100626&content_id=11627708

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 28 June 2010 17:55 (fifteen years ago)

wait really? I didn't have phil pegged for a baseball man

― get your bucket of free wings (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 28 June 2010 18:04 (fifteen years ago)

lol

― insert your favorite discriminatory practice here (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 28 June 2010 18:07 (fifteen years ago)

I iz dum.

http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy/4876

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 28 June 2010 18:23 (fifteen years ago)

BBC gets all the good docs :(

― insert your favorite discriminatory practice here (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 28 June 2010 18:23 (fifteen years ago)

added to my netflix queue, awesome

― get your bucket of free wings (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 28 June 2010 18:30 (fifteen years ago)

oh wait availability unknown

dammit

― get your bucket of free wings (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 28 June 2010 18:31 (fifteen years ago)

I didn't mention that he goes on a rant about Tony Bennett never being asked about his '60s coke habit.

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 28 June 2010 18:39 (fifteen years ago)

what more could I ask for of a Phil Spector doc

― insert your favorite discriminatory practice here (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 28 June 2010 18:45 (fifteen years ago)

If you could ask that it include Phil comparing himself to Galileo, that's also in it.

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 16:22 (fifteen years ago)

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