As revealed on this website: a static video featuring The Ronettes singing “Baby I Love You” – but without Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound surrounding them.
Wall of Sound: good, bad, or in-between? Discuss. This is your Weekend Open Thread. Talk about what you’d like, within reasonable bounds of discretion.
Be My Baby I Love You
Dang, that cold snap sure pushed up my electric and gas bills.
The Grateful Dead also had The Wall of Sound, which was comprised of 586 JBL speakers and 54 Electrovoice tweeters powered by 48 MacIntosh 2300 Amps (48 X 600 = 28,800 Watts of continuous (RMS) power). It was loud when it was on 1. Those old MacIntosh amps are collectors items, with a warm rich sound, powered by vacuum tubes.
That was back in the mid 70′s, and my ears are still ringing from that show.
When you fill an entire track of a song with layers of sound, it can be really good whether it’s at a concert or in your car. It envelops your whole body, and even white guys can feel the beat.
That said, I really liked hearing the Ronettes by themselves. There’s music in those spaces.
And Johnny Ramone, while expressing his band’s admiration for Phil Spector’s work, said, “We want to build our own Wall of Sound!”
*Aw yes….those good old days……we liked South Street….but then….there were so many cool girls bands we liked.
Meanwhile; Yes, the ’60s……when gas was 34 cents a gallon and the girls didn’t wear bras!
1968… janis joplin…. hollywood bowl….
*1964 ….the Beatles….hollywood bowl…