Phil Spector, Dead at 81

[Harper]

I am confident you do not mean to condone any of the below behavior through your choice of avatar. Presumably you admire Pryor as a comic and social critic and satirist.
Nor do I mean to directly conflate the behaviors of Pryor and Spector, or to suggest one justifies the other.
My only contention is that many creatives are deeply troubled, and often sociopathic. As my friend Mike The Junkie used to say, "Art is not always nice."



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I am confident you do not mean to condone any of the below behavior through your choice of avatar. Presumably you admire Pryor as a comic and social critic and satirist.
Nor do I mean to directly conflate the behaviors of Pryor and Spector, or to suggest one justifies the other.
My only contention is that many creatives are deeply troubled, and often sociopathic. As my friend Mike The Junkie used to say, "Art is not always nice."

Yay for whataboutism. Pryor certainly had his moments as well, but the jump from “not always nice” to, well, straight murdering a woman is a big one. Also, Pryor at least appeared to have some remorse for his behavior.

 

[Koshchei]

An awful human being who was relevant for a brief moment in time.

While occasionally brilliant, his contribution to music was more often the addition of overwrought baroque muzak embellishment that trampled the original idea.

 

[chazolson]

I wonder what Darlene Love is thinking right now.

She said that all she is feeling right now is sadness. The guy made her a star while treating her like trash. She got out of her contract with him. Then he bought back the contract from her new manager. Then he refused to produce any sides with her, forcing her to clean other people’s houses for a living. One of the premier jerks of the record business; he made Allen Klein and Don Arden seem like nice guys.

 

[levis76]

Who is this?

Oh yeah....

Although, people still celebrate Michael Jackson, but at least he wasn’t actually convicted.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

can not be forgiven

So you take my post stating that my comments will just get twisted & tag this onto it, the irony is palpable.
I feel like the folks in this thread are righteous with indignation, that is all!

 

[Keyser Soze]

Spector was well known for pointing firearms at musicians in the studio.

Jerry Lee Lewis shot his bass player.

 

[Quinn Roberts]

All I can say is may God rest his soul. I wish not to speak ill of the deceased, especially the recently so. A man of great highs and great lows; unfortunately for many the shadows will always block out the light of one's life.

 

[Eddie LeBlanc]

The entire entertainment industry is littered with Tragic Stories. And it has been that way since the dawn of time. And I doubt things will change anytime soon.



And was in the Easy Rider movie

 

[Texican]

There are some pretty funny comments in this thread… And what makes them even more hilarious is that the authors weren’t trying to be funny.

 

[Hypocrite]

All I can say is may God rest his soul. I wish not to speak ill of the deceased, especially the recently so. A man of great highs and great lows; unfortunately for many the shadows will always block out the light of one's life.

"The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones."
- William Shakespeare

"People don't become better when they're dead; you just talk about them as if they are. People are still arseholes, they're just dead arseholes!"
- Lemmy

 

[beaglesandbass]

Do better. smh.