Phil Spector Got Critically 'Destroyed' Over The Beatles' 'The Long and Winding Road'

Phil Spector said critics hated his work on The Beatles’ “The Long and Winding Road.” He said it was fun to read critics say he “took all the guts out of” The Beatles. Spector gave fans insight into Paul McCartney’s role in recording the album Let It Be.

Phil Spector produced The Beatles‘ “The Long and Winding Road.” Subsequently, critics “destroyed” him for his contributions to the song. Critics took issue with one specific element of the ballad’s production.

The 2003 book Phil Spector: Out of His Head says The Beatles’ “The Long and Winding Road” received negative reviews from critics. Reviewers disliked the string section Spector added to the track, claiming it made the song sound too sentimental.

“Critically, I was destroyed,” Spector recalled. “They just panned the s*** out of me. It was fun to see people getting into it … ‘how Spector ruined The Beatles’ and how I took all the guts out of them.”

Spector discussed how people should think about “The Long and Winding Road” in retrospect. “Now that it’s sold 3 million, and it’s all over and done with, they should listen to what was there beforehand, I mean really listen to it,” he said.

Source: Matthew Trzcinski/
cheatsheet.com

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