Comments on: Phil Spector: Rock and Roll’s Norma Desmond?

By: Phil Spector: Caught Somewhere Between Sunset Boulevard and the Valley of the Dolls - Movie reviews - Spout

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:57:25 +0000

[...] The first story, posted by The Shamus (AKA The Artist Formerly Known As That Little Round Headed Boy) at NewCritics, is more or less a review of a new biography written by the last journalist to interview Spector before the shooting incident that landed him in court. The Shamus describes that interview as particularly evocative of Spector’s overall state of mind: You get the sense of a man desperately trying to get through each day without slipping over the edge, a rock Ã‚â€˜nÃ‚â€™ roll Norma Desmond alone in his creepy castle in an unfashionable section of Los Angeles, wondering how the times have passed him by…You also could argue that he was a one-trick pony and didnÃ‚â€™t know how to vary his production techniques, which made him quickly obsolete when his sound went out of fashion (Did you know he was on the same plane with the Beatles when they came to America? Flying in with his conquerors: Delicious irony.) [...]

By: the shamus

the shamus — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:44:00 +0000

Kevin, I’ve read both. So I sympathize.

By: Kevin Wolf

Kevin Wolf — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:37:53 +0000

I’m interested enough in the Spector mystique to give this book a try — if I survive the Warren Zevon book, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead. (And I like Zevon more than Spector.) Sometimes too much is really just too much.

By: Kit Stolz

Kit Stolz — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:15:13 +0000

Reading the coverage of the Clarkson murder trial on a daily basis, I have the distinct impression that Spector is in deep trouble…and deservedly so.

By: blue girl

blue girl — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:30:24 +0000

Great, great post.

That picture above says it all, doesnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t it?

Um. That picture kills me — kills me! every time I see it.

I’m looking for a good read right now. This goes on the list.