Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Still on Phil Spector

Since you've heard it 50000 times you take it for granted, and since it's not done by one of his girl groups you don't think of it as a Phil Spector song; therein is it possible that You've Lost That Loving Feeling is actually an UNDER-rated classic? Fucking christ. And Hal Blaine's drums are somehow overlooked here, in what might be his second-best performance behind Then He Kissed Me.

It's hard to imagine as being possible, but are we all sleeping on You've Lost That Loving Feeling? Trite, wedding reception by-the-numbers crap, or desert island slice?

Side Note: in my own version of "athlete takes signing bonus and buys Maserati," the first time I got a big check from my old real estate job ($9,000) I went straight to Times Square and bought the Phil Spector box set, which for some reason heretofor (thentofor?) I had thought out of my reach. Also, I got a tug job from an Asian chick. Okay, that's not true. But woulda been cool. But then, so woulda turning into a werewolf in the middle of a high school basketball game, so. Life, eh? A kick in the vas deferens.

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