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RIP Phil Spector


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River Deep, Mountain High might be the most underrated masterpiece of all time. Tina's vocals were on fire, and the string arrangement just explodes into the universe.

Little Steven Van Zandt tweeted the truth soon after Spector's death. Said he was the perfect example of "trust the art, not the artist." And that he helped create some of the greatest songs about love while being personally incapable of giving or receiving love. 

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John Prine has a interesting story about what a genius he was to write with but what a complete lunatic he was in every other aspect. 

They wrote enough of this one together for Prine to give him co-write credits.  

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/18/621022949/john-prine-on-music-cancer-and-why-he-never-thought-hed-be-a-recording-artist

Full story in the link above:

And the whole evening kind of went like that. It was a big circus - sort of a show. You know, Phil had a couple of bodyguards with him all the time. Your drink never got past - lower than half full. And these guys - one looked like a squirrelly, sort of skinny guy. And the other guy looked like Chewbacca. And they were with him everywhere. And Phil had a three-piece suit on with a shoulder holster. All of them were carrying pistols, you know. And it was a pretty crazy evening.

 

 

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