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[Maiden Voyage]

Phil Spector, famed music producer and murderer, dies at 81

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who later was convicted of murder, has died.

apnews.com

 

[jufonuk]

 

[quickwhips]

Thought this was the guy who made epic mickey.

 

[Kreen101]

What a sad day. I had hoped he would live long enough to make it out of prison and die at home in peace.

 

[Slings and Arrows]

From Spector to Spectre.

 

[bucyou]

didnt know the xbox guy was a music producer as well

 

[HE1NZ]

Great producer. Lousy killer. F

 

[Prison Mike]

What a sad day. I had hoped he would live long enough to make it out of prison and die at home in peace.

Sure all killers deserve that at least right.

 

[Rock And Roll]

Terrible human but made countless amazing records. Music would not be the same without his contributions. Its going to be hard to eulogize the man.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Terrible human but made countless amazing records. Music would not be the same without his contributions. Its going to be hard to eulogize the man.

This..
Loved his Wall of Sound stuff. He was a true visionary in the field of sound design.

What a horrible shitty human being, though..

 

[Halo is Back]

I though the title said Phil Spencer for a second

 

[Shadowplay1979]

i was just wondering about if this guy might die in prison and two days later....

 

[Tschumi]

Thank you for the sound which probably lead directly to bands like tool and similar.. couldn't care less about what you did with that success.. feel bad for the woman you killed

 

[The Wheel of Fortune]

What the fuck -- I was just reading about Lana Clarkson's murder yesterday. That's nuts.

 

[Pejo]

That was a really well written article. Answered all of the questions I had about the guy.

 

[TindalosPup]

It appears his soul was finally called for payment

Appreciate the contributions to music greatly, not so much the other stuff, hope he enjoys the afterlife he's built for himself

Great, now "Only the Good Die Young" is stuck in my head

 

[Peggies]

Well, that's a shame. I really really like his christmas album.

 

[West Texas CEO]

 

[LisaMariaMartin]

What does this mean for the bethesda deal?

 

[TriSuit666]

That was a really well written article. Answered all of the questions I had about the guy.

The article glosses over that he died of covid.

 

[Patrick S.]

The Xbox guy.

 

[Kimahri]

Why do some people demonstrate their lack of general knowledge like it's something to be proud of? Genuinely curious.

 

[Tesseract]

Why do some people demonstrate their lack of general knowledge like it's something to be proud of? Genuinely curious.

it's only game

 

[Kreen101]

The greatest music producer of all time. If all of American pop music was lost in a nuclear winter and Phil Spector's records were all that was saved, we'd still have the most important part.

 

[bender]

Tough day for Xbox fans.