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February 27, 2003 Can this reputation be saved? Phil Spector The
short answer: By the age of twenty-one, music producer Phil Spector was a millionaire, and in 1964 Tom Wolfe profiled Spector, dubbing him “The first tycoon of teen.” In the early '60s, Spector developed his Wall of Sound to produce not only 20 consecutive hit records, but a new, more soulful slant on pop music that replaced cheery innocence with the desire and fever of love’s tribulations. But that was back then. Over the past couple of decades, Phil Spector’s star has faded and he has become increasingly odd and isolated. Now his reputation has suffered what must be a mortal blow: He was recently charged with the murder of Lana Clarkson, a House of Blues waitress and B-movie actress. Face it, if someone has been exhibiting bizarre and occasionally violent behavior for 20 years, who’s going to argue that he’s actually a really swell guy. Unlike what happened in the wake of Pete Townshend’s recent problems (see this article in our last issue), when well-respected buddies stepped up and publicly defended his reputation, Phil Spector got the opposite treatment. The media immediately dredged up tales of Spector pulling a gun on Dee Dee Ramone in a recording session, as well as numerous reports of ferocious battles with ex-wives and former recording clients, including Paul McCartney. And they didn’t have to dig very deep: Four weeks before he was arrested on murder charges, Mr. Spector himself told a British journalist that his parents were cousins and that he was “relatively insane.” A tip
to PR stylists everywhere: Remember the maxim that bad guys wear
black hats and good guys wear white. Dark glasses, black turtleneck
and black jeans don’t cut it when one is trying to look innocent.
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