Quote Originally Posted by ronsurf View Post
This evening I happened to hear He's a Rebel by the Crystals. This was followed by Da Doo Ron Ron, also by the Crystals. Then came And Then He Kissed Me, again by The Crystals. All these songs were written by Phil Spector, who is currently in prison and hopefully will stay there.

Whether you like the songs or not, I don't care, but to me they are absolute classic, bona fide pop songs and a worthy addition to our pop history. Should I stop listening to these songs because of the awful things Spector did? Should they be erased from history because the writer and producer was an abusive egomaniac?

Should we separate the art from the artist so we can enjoy the simple pleasure of it, or does this enable the artist to continue their unacceptable behaviour?
I think there is a difference, @ronsurf. Phil Spector wrote songs that were sung by people he mistreated. But the songs sit quite separately from how he behaved. They are not about his maltreatment. Mr Hardcore actually filmed some of his abuse. And that's a very different matter.

Was it art…*hmmm.