Phil Spector: Legendary Lunatic
June 18, 2007 by Jo Minor
Phil Spector is a name that would incur some raised eyebrows among fans of oldie hits and pop hits of yesteryear, but has recently been launched into hype-fueled media frenzy for the worst possible reason: murder.
He is the prime suspect of the murder of a not-so-famous actress (since she’s unheard of, there’s no reason why I should mention her name here - but for those who care, there’s always Google) and while he’s getting grilled by the cops as we speak, I’d like to pinpoint some of the low points of Spector’s mysterious life:-
It was somewhere in the late 60’s when he acquired a great deal of success by producing hits for The Righteous Brothers and The Ronettes, among others, when Spector’s ego reached an all-time high and he refused to go through the necessary steps to get his new hits some decent airplay. Believing that his songs were beyond the greatness of anything else ever recorded, he even went as far as making negative statements on radio programmers on national television. Needless to say, the music industry boycotted him and Spector was left to ponder on the biggest mistake of his career thus far.
He completely disappeared for two whole years (some say he fled into the desert) sometime after that but when he returned, numerous rumours started spreading about him hiring the services of bodyguards to follow him around everywhere he went. Apparently, four disgraced music fans followed him into the toilet at a show once and after having bundled him into a cubicle proceeded to piss all over him. Spector was outrageously afraid of physical contact with others - his short stature contributed a lot to this phobia of his.
Then came the time where he used to walk around in a trench coat, with his hair kept at extreme lengths (way before the Beatles revolution began worldwide). He even survived a high speed crash that left him banged up and burnt.
A more serious rumour has it that he locked singer Leonard Cohen in his studio and threatening him with a gun until his album ‘Death Of A Ladies Man’ was completed. He pulled the exact same stunt on his then-wife Veronica as well - and refusing her to leave their Hollywood mansion where they lived together - and also pulled the gun on blind crooner Stevie Wonder once too.
It’s no surprise that this nutcase has finally - and officially - been linked to a murder charge.
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