Manmachine201's christmas gift to you.

Phil Spector is always going to pop up this time of year. He is as integral to christmas as james Stewart in 'its a wonderful life'. His Christmas gift to You is amazing, there is no doubt. He is the archetypal superproducer with an unmistakable style in the wall of sound. Unfortunately this will always be overshadowed by the fact that he is as dangerous to women as cervical cancer. That is not to say he has killed as many women as cervical cancer, in fact, he has only ever killed one, so maybe we should give him a break.



There is nothing wierd about this picture, its not as if he has his penis out in it, although if he did it would still be pretty harmless if a little bit racey.

However, this picture is a bit freaky...



Spector was well known for an obsession with guns. not the strangest thing for an American. After all Hunter S thompson, Ted Nugent and Charlton Heston were all gun obsessed. however, none of those men have ever been convicted of blowing a womans brains out.



eat this bitch.

The same trade off occurs when you think of Michael Jackson. He made good tracks but probably liked little boys a little bit too much.



If Adolf Hitler's amazing version of 'I want to break free' proves as popular as Jacksons moonwalk or Spectors christmas gift to you, then should it really be a problem if someone with genuine talent commits genocide, molests underage boys or blows a hole in a womans head?



Probably not.

So should we be buying Spectors christmas gift for you? well no, because a) you should own it already, its an amazing album which probably standsup against any of Radiohead, the Chemical Brothers or the Beatles studio albums. The sound is heartwarming and unmistakable. And it is certain that he kept those bitches from the Shangri la's and the Ronettes in check. Which is more than Thom Yorke has managed to do with his band. And b) because the album itself has been completely overshadowed by the fact that he is a murderer with silly wigs. The finest authors in the world wouldn't be able to conjure up a character like Phil Spector, they truly broke the mold with him, which is a good thing otherwise any number of soft porn actresses would be turning up bullet ridden in the front rooms of paranoid maniacs mansions, and there would be no wigs left on the entire planet. There are enough shortages of thngs these days.

Plus, he obviously has a great collection of guns as well as wigs and a talent for studio knob twiddling. It's just a shame that he probably won't make parole in time to produce the new Lady Gaga album, because if ever there is someone who deserves to be shot in the head its her... and while we are on the subject, why do all pop album covers look so similar these days.







He really did create disco.

but he didn't create a bizarre hybrid of human owl.



And he didn't create the wall of sound.



I think that a dead B movie actress every now and again is a small price to pay for some of the warmest sounding hits of the 60s. Let him out, give him a big bag of coke an M16 and some studio time with Tina Turner, whats the worst that can happen?



kiss the gun.



yes he's quirky, but the best ones always are?

Listen to this and get festive, shitbags.