The RIP thread - Progressive Rock Music Forum

The Dark Elf wrote:

Definitely bizarre but technically brilliant music producer Phil Spector has died. Known for his "wall of sound", Spector was as loathsome on a personal level as well as smart in his producing techniques.

Just about the finest obituary I have seen in quite some time. Sums the man up precisely.

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^ Not a dumb question at all, but his tragic death was first mentioned here recently. His alias on here was Slartibartfast and he was liked or loved (leastways not hated) by all of us here; at least by the ones who have (thus far) reacted to the sad news.

Brian occasionally mentioned that he was homeless here, but he never went into detail. However, I was his friend on Facebook, and his plight was one of the few reasons that kept me using this "antisocial" medium, as I like to call it. He posted detailed updates of what was going on with him, and I and another handful of people tried to give him encouragement, and show that we cared about what was going on with him. Those updates were often hard to read. He had lost everything, and was not in good health (besides his drinking problem), but tried to stay hopeful.

When he finally found a job at one of the Amazon fulfillment centres, we believed things were looking up for him. Unfortunately, he was fired from that job just as he was about to finally enter transitional housing, after over a year of homelessness. In one of his last updates (the one Olav posted a few pages back), he admitted he'd relapsed into drinking after being fired. His last post on FB was at the end of October. Then, silence. His brother, who learned about Brian's passing just last week, does not now when or how he died, but he suspects it happened some time in December.

As I said before, whatever his shortcomings, Brian did not deserve what happened to him. I hope those people who contributed to his demise can sleep at night. I surely wouldn't. For me, one more reason not to shop on Amazon.

Rip Phil Spector, revolutionary for development of wall of sound.

Atavachron wrote:

SteveG wrote:

Phil Spector RIP.

I never liked him.

Neither did I, but all recording engineers, record producers and artists like Brian Wilson owed him an incalculable debt.

Edited by SteveG - January 17 2021 at 12:28

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Not me. I loved the Montivani strings in The long And Winding Road.

Edited by SteveG - January 17 2021 at 13:10

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I believe I read the account was closed?

Here is what his posts show now

And as a final tribute (I just love this). Anyone know if he created it?

Thank you for supporting independently produced music

Very sad news about Brian, and I had not realized how rough things were for him.

Various music I am very into: a youtube playlist with two tracks per act

Atavachron wrote:

SteveG wrote:

Atavachron wrote:

SteveG wrote:

Phil Spector RIP.

I never liked him.

Neither did I, but all recording engineers, record producers and artists like Brian Wilson owed him an incalculable debt.

No-- Specter owes them an incalculable debt for letting him produce their music, and in some cases ruin it.

I'm surprised that a Brian Wilson fan would not know that he was primarily influenced by Spector's production technics and went as far hiring Spector's Wrecking Crew and Spector's main studio Gold Star Studios to record both Good Vibrations and the entire Pet Sounds album. That Wilson was infatuated with Spector's talent is a well known fact by often saying that the Spector produced single by The Ronetts "Be My Baby" was the greatest record ever recorded. Sometimes you have give credit where credit is due David.

Edited by SteveG - January 17 2021 at 17:09

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Sadly, the US does not have a lot of help for people in Brian's situation, we can thank the "saintly" (can you hear my sarcasm) Ronald Reagan in large part for that trend. We really need some serious reform in my country.

"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp