Phil Spector pronounced dead

agreed, dave, this is a case of spector damaging a song.

others work well, though: rnr highschool, rnr radio, danny says (an ok song until spector sprinkles fairy dust on it).

btw, the story that he pulled a gun on the ramones and kept them from leaving are not true (according to marky ramone)

"I've heard it both ways..."

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Some headlines read "famous Beatles producer passed away" nothing famous about his Beatles productions me thinks. John should've said Happiness is a warm gun Phil and pulled the trigger on this nutcase.
He was a fab producer in the early sixties, oh and RDMH remains a great tune to dance to in my opinion
 
dee dee should have just shot his face off and Lana Clarkson would still be alive:yikes::boggle:

nope, because we live in a constitutional state. this is not the wild west.

guys, any opinions on the spectorized leonard cohen lp? that one cut with dylan & ginsberg on it really is something. don't know what exactly, but it is something.
 
My fave is by The Saints on their One Two Three Four EP

That's the only version that I can stomach (and that's probably a bias because I'm a huge fan of early Saints material).

The first time that I recall hearing River Deep Mountain High was in 1973. I was nine years old and spent my money on one of those department store record grab-bags (twenty 45's for $1.79). The 45 showing through the top of the plastic bag was from Deep Purple. Their version of RDMH was *very* disappointing.
 
That's the only version that I can stomach (and that's probably a bias because I'm a huge fan of early Saints material).

The first time that I recall hearing River Deep Mountain High was in 1973. I was nine years old and spent my money on one of those department store record grab-bags (twenty 45's for $1.79). The 45 showing through the top of the plastic bag was from Deep Purple. Their version of RDMH was *very* disappointing.
saints...but of course!
 
I love the Animals last album "Love Is", except RD-MH. It starts off well, enough but midway through, when Burdon starts all that "have you seen Tina Turner" crap, it just disintegrates into ridiculously wretched acid excess (as opposed to the brilliant wretched acid excess of most of the rest of the tracks).
 
I love the Animals last album "Love Is", except RD-MH. It starts off well, enough but midway through, when Burdon starts all that "have you seen Tina Turner" crap, it just disintegrates into ridiculously wretched acid excess (as opposed to the brilliant wretched acid excess of most of the rest of the tracks).

I find most of New Animals LPs as absolutely wretched acid mess. With that constant Burdon rap and name dropping. Give me 1965-1966 Animals any day.
 
I find most of New Animals LPs as absolutely wretched acid mess. With that constant Burdon rap and name dropping. Give me 1965-1966 Animals any day.

I find them wretched acid burnout indulgences, but I love them (Winds, Twain & Love Is). That's a big part of their charm. After all, we can say in a way that's what psychedelic music is meant to be.
I'll take pretty much any Animals from the 60s. Eric Is Here would be the exception. That's just bad pop slop. But then again, it's not really the Animals.
 
I find them wretched acid burnout indulgences, but I love them (Winds, Twain & Love Is). That's a big part of their charm. After all, we can say in a way that's what psychedelic music is meant to be.
I'll take pretty much any Animals from the 60s. Eric Is Here would be the exception. That's just bad pop slop. But then again, it's not really the Animals.

I actually prefer some of the stuff from Eric Is Here to later stuff. To me the real psychedelic music is Floyd circa Barrett, Elevators, Misunderstood and early Soft Machine. But i own all of those Animals stuff. I got Esoteric box set in early 2020.
 
I find them wretched acid burnout indulgences, but I love them (Winds, Twain & Love Is). That's a big part of their charm. After all, we can say in a way that's what psychedelic music is meant to be.
I'll take pretty much any Animals from the 60s. Eric Is Here would be the exception. That's just bad pop slop. But then again, it's not really the Animals.

Gotta admit that every now and then, this vintage Burdon couplet comes to mind:

"The Byrds and the Airplane took flight
Hugh Masekela's music was as black as night"...
 
yeah, Mark, agreed.

I think this clip perfectly shows the huge generation gap of the mid-sixties. Spector comes in and is instantly attacked by the established guys. He retreats to defending himself, sometimes effectively, sometimes not so much.

It's interesting to watch his facial expression as the scene unwinds. In the end, he doesn't even face his "enemy" anymore.

I urge you guys to watch this clip. For anybody with a slight interest in 1960s culture, this is super interesting, no matter what your standpoint on spector is.

I think some of his counter attacks are dead-on:clap: