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| From | ronald and karen sanchez <eldeluxe@mcn.net> |
| Subject | Re: Thoughts on Badfinger |
| Date | Fri, 30 Jan 2004 13:42:41 -0800 |
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Bobby
I never got to see them, even though they opened for the Kinks at BCT. I do
like Straight Up. I'd Die Babe is one of my all time fave songs. I can play
this one through, especially the cd with the original versions. I do like
Wish You Were Here as well. An old girl friend of mine loved that one, and
probably got me to listen to it a lot more than I might have. I don't know
if I've listened to Ass since it came out.
I just think they fell between too many cracks at the time. At least they
had hits, can't say that about Big Star. I think they didn't have enough
identity to make it in a big way.
From the live stuff I've heard, they were pretty heavy. Don't forget they
came from that South Wales scene like Man and Edmunds. I had a fun night
drinking with Micky Gibbons at the Tenby in Swansea, way back in '75. There
are times when they truck along in the best of ways.
RS
Robert Sutliff wrote:
> I loved Badfinger back then - still do. I saw the original band live and
> they were tremendous. I bought all the singles and lps as they were
> released. But in my worthless opinion their problem was writing mediocre
> album tracks. In fact, to this day their only record I usually play from
> start to finish is Wish You Were Here - their last disc. In fact I don't
> think I ever managed to get all the way through Ass at one sitting even
> once.
>
> Bobby Sutliff
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