His [Phil Spector's] big stumbling block has been the problem that every major pop success faces and hardly anyone solves: when you've made your million, when you've cut your monsters. when your peak has just been passed, what happens next? What about the fifty years before you die?
N. Cohn, Awopbopaloobop, Awopamboom (1969), 93
Reading about early pop this question keeps recurring. What were pop stars supposes to do next? It's why so many made TV shows. There was no other template. Of course, they didn't imagine what did happen to Phil Spector.
No comments:
Post a Comment