Asymmetric Music

Proving once again that being an artist, especially a Rock star, is no guarantor of personal virtue, Phil Spector was convicted of second degree murder for killing actress Lana Clarkson.

Phil Spector is a Rock and Roll legend, having been involved in a series of early sixties girl group songs as well as having collaborated with the Righteous Brothers and the Beatles. According to Wikipedia, Cuban and Caribbean music was a big influence.

Phil Spector's famous for his "wall of sound" technique which means, to me, that there's a lot of instruments and you can't quite tell what they are.

The most prescient song is "He Hit Me and it Felt Like a Kiss" (above).

Ronnie Spector of the hyper-cleverly named group, the Ronettes, was his suffering, secluded wife. "Be My Baby" is the Ronettes' best song.

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