Friday, March 29, 2013

Leonard Cohen's Highly Embellished Good Rock & Roll Comments Have Helped Caused Phil Spector Cross The Line From Tolerable To Dangerous Eccentric



From: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2010@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 1:34 PM
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Mr. Riordan,

Nearly every single article mentions Leonard Cohen.  Of course, Leonard Cohen's good rock and roll stories are ever-changing and always in flux - see my trial testimony and the email prosecutor Sandra Jo Streeter continues to conceal.  My lawyer and I are addressing this and Phil Spector was raised as an issue in my appeal - as is the fact that Leonard Cohen owes me millions.  The perjury and fraud is excessive so my lawyer would like to address everything in as concise a manner as possible.

In any event, due to Cohen's good rock and roll stories (the Ramones have recanted theirs) Phil Spector's behavior grew increasingly erratic and he crossed a line from tolerable to dangerously eccentric.  That's very clear.  And, Cohen understood this - journalists wanted to talk to him about Phil Spector and enjoyed his highly embellished good rock and roll stories.

Love,
Kelley

But his behaviour grew increasingly erratic  as he crossed the line from tolerable to dangerous eccentric. Subsequent records by acts  as varied  as Leonard Cohen and The Ramones tanked and he was characterized as a scarey gun nut. 

March 29, 2013. 1:25 pm • Section: Entertainment, Movies

That’s the question asked by HBO Films’ Phil Spector. The film stars Al Pacino as Spector and Helen Mirren as his defender and aired March 24.  At first, she is convinced that he murdered b-movie actress, Lana Clarkson.  “He’s a freak,” she scoffs.
“He’s a genius,” counters her boss, convinced that Clarkson’s death by gunshot was suicide.
Soon enough, the roles change. The evidence, and Spector’s intelligence accompanied by an almost avuncular consideration, convinces her that Spector is innocent. Her boss, though, plays the devil’s advocate as he anticipates a jury’s reaction to Spector. The  quick reversal mirrors how quickly the point of view also can change.
The murder trial of Phil Spector is compelling and continues to intrigue because it offers no easy answer to a question of what separates the freak from the genius. Both are misfits and one easily could be the other. Phil Spector symbolizes that duality.
At his height, Phil Spector was called the tycoon of teen, the creator of the wall of sound. His stable of acts included The Ronettes, Crystals, Righteous Brothers, Darlene Love and the Ike And Tina Turner Revue. He had an amazing string of hits that included the equally amazing Be My Baby, You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling and (less so, but ambitious) River Deep, Mountain High. Later, he worked with The Beatles and, separately, with John Lennon and George Harrison.
But his behaviour grew increasingly erratic  as he crossed the line from tolerable to dangerous eccentric. Subsequent records by acts  as varied  as Leonard Cohen and The Ramones tanked and he was characterized as a scarey gun nut. Spector also developed a history of violence against women. By the time he was convicted, Spector was fighting on two fronts – what he was and what he became.
As played by Pacino, and written by playwright David Mamet, Phil Spector is vulnerable but contradictory, and a viewer doesn’t have to know the record producer’s long story. Just that he once was great but he doesn’t fit now. The jury obviously didn’t like him. Spector is serving time in jail, genius or freak.

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