Papa John έγραψε: 17 Ιαν 2021, 21:07
Phil Spector - η επιτομή της αμερικανικής μουσικής βιομηχανίας.
Μοναδικός στο είδος του.
Brian Wilson
Wilson is often referred to as a "genius"
Phil Spector's famous sound (and cruelty) drove The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson to wretched obsession
Brian Wilson's sweet vindication: How he finally cracked Phil Spector's Wall of Sound
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicians ... ian_Wilson
https://www.salon.com/2018/05/05/phil-s ... obsession/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiScLYNAoSc
The drift of influence between Brian Wilson and Phil Spector was fraught with one-sided expectation and imbalance of respect. It played out to mortifying effect when Brian offered one of his own songs, “Don’t Hurt My Little Sister,” for the wall of sound treatment, pitching it as an arrangement for Darlene Love in the summer of 1964.
Spector took the gesture as an opportunity to embarrass his eager admirer. At first he humored Brian by taking the time to record an instrumental backing track for the song, even coolly inviting him to participate in a recording session for it. Brian was somewhat taken aback by Spector’s acknowledgment, but he agreed to play piano for a number of takes, nervously, expectantly, before Spector cut him off abruptly and sent him on his way, thanks very much.
Later, he told Brian that his piano playing just maybe wasn’t up to snuff and he had no plans to ever finish the record, so don’t ask.
Wilson fixated on Phil Spector's Wall of Sound technique showcased in "Be My Baby" and similar records. Some of Wilson's stylistic markers include slash chords, key modulations, "stepwise falloffs", the use of minor seventh chords drawn from Burt Bacharach, piano triads "hammered" in eighths, and a tendency for his harmonic progressions to wander far from the tonal center.
Only 21 years old when he received the freedom to produce his own records with total creative autonomy, Wilson ignited an explosion of like-minded California producers, supplanting New York as the center of popular records,[6] and becoming the first rock producer to use the studio as a discrete instrument.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BchXkabxn4A
The work of record producer Phil Spector, who popularized the Wall of Sound, was a focal obsession for Wilson
He used the same Hollywood studios, session musicians, and engineers as Spector. In a 1966 article, he referred to him as "the single most influential producer. He's timeless. He makes a milestone whenever he goes into the studio."
Later, he reflected: "I was unable to really think as a producer up until the time where I really got familiar with Phil Spector's work. That was when I started to design the experience to be a record rather than just a song."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpoNd_YAAPs
He explains: "Before Spector, people recorded all the instruments separately. They got great piano, great guitar, and great bass. But he thought of the song as one giant instrument. It was huge. Size was so important to him, how big everything sounded. And he had the best drums I ever heard."
In 1999, when asked if he was a religious man, Wilson responded: "I believe in Phil Spector."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eab_beh07HU
