Part One: The Phil Spector Episodes
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Who is Phil Spector and why is he considered a controversial figure?
Call zone media. Welcome back to Behind the Bastards, ladies, gentlemen, gentle-thems, and all points in between. This is a podcast about the very worst people in all of history.
And normally, it's a podcast where I, the host, Robert Evans, read a story about the very worst people in all of history to a guest who generally comes in cold, not always, yada, yada. We've been doing this eight years. You know the drill, folks. You've figured it out by now. Even I know the drill by now. And regular listeners will recognize the voice of my dear friend, Greasy Will. The Grammy award winning Greasy Will. Hey, buddy. What's up? How's it going? I'm very excited to be here. I know. Because today, we are going to flip the roles here. That's right, baby. And I'm going to tell you about somebody who's very near and dear to my heart, a bastard of the music industry, and I'm very excited about this.
Yeah, but I have a question first. Yeah? Yeah, Greasy Will Who I Love, my buddy. Do you know where this is being streamed right now? Oh, are we on Netflix? We're on Netflix. Yeah, our good buddy Greasy Will here, the second we announced that we were going to be streaming video episodes on Netflix, commented, sellouts. So what does that make you? That's what I have to say.
My friend of 15 years. Look, when I was a kid, being a sellout was an insult. But now as an adult, the world that we're in, being a sellout just means you're successful. You know, it's exciting for me.
Just means you get to buy the good produce.
Are there other ways I made money in the past that I might have preferred more? Are there different ways to, you know, this is the future we've been given. Look, you're talking to a guy who, all right, so I have a course, a recording course that I made. And recently I posted this ad that I had made with a high quality camera, like the one you're viewing me on right now, if you are in fact viewing me. I have a high quality camera and all the comments where people are like, greasy and high def is weird, I don't like it. Welcome to our lives. You specifically? Like I do not do high quality in anything I do. In music, in anything.
It's perfect, Will, because I reached the peak of my success as a professional in an audio medium. And you also reached the peak of your success as a professional in an audio medium.
Yes. And the powers that be in their wisdom decided we got to put these guys on TV.
What childhood experiences shaped Phil Spector's personality?
People need to see their faces for some reason. I don't know. When we moved to Netflix, a surprising number of people were just based on confusion or based on the fact that it changed from YouTube were like, I didn't realize that many people were watching the podcast. Yes. Right, right. We've been working on it. We have gotten it to where audio episodes of the show are back on YouTube Music. So if you listen to the show that way, I know there was confusion. Things got disrupted there for a while. But from now on, that should be normal. And initially, a lot of our international listeners viewers were cut out because it was netflix wasn't letting it wasn't our show wasn't available internationally damn region specific broadcasts yeah now our show is available on most of the places that netflix serves worldwide baby minus uh vietnam and korea for reasons i don't know
So the Aussies out there, you can watch now if you've got Netflix. I don't know. Again, 90% of the audience listens because it's a fucking podcast. So hopefully none of this should be changing for most of you. Who are we hearing about today, Will? What piece of shit are you going to tell me about? I know. All right. So let me ask you this. Let me ask you this first. If you had a Mount Rushmore of... horrible music people, right? Like, whoever you could think of. Who's your George Washington? It's gotta be Michael Jackson, because Michael's the perfect mix of that man's music. You simply can't cut his music out of popular culture and have it make sense. There's too big a gap. The impact he made is there, and a bunch of his music is immortal.
And also, definitely raped a bunch of kids.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Phil Spector and why is he considered a controversial figure?
0:00–2:45
2
What childhood experiences shaped Phil Spector's personality?
2:45–5:03
3
How did Phil Spector's family dynamics influence his career?
5:03–8:21
4
What was Phil Spector's rise to fame in the music industry?
8:21–13:25
5
How did Phil Spector's recording techniques revolutionize music?
13:25–16:56
6
What was the impact of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound?
16:56–21:12
7
How did Phil Spector's relationships with artists evolve over time?
21:12–24:47
8
What controversies surrounded Phil Spector's later career?
24:47–1:18:18