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| From | "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com> |
| Subject | Re: Big Star in *Rolling Stone* |
| Date | Thu, 04 Aug 2005 06:10:02 -0500 |
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> Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 11:53:15 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Michael Bennett <mrhonorama@ameritech.net>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Big Star in Rolling Stone
> Message-ID: <20050802185315.18260.qmail@web81404.mail.yahoo.com>
>
> The article gives me the impression that this Big Star
> album will be similar to the generally spotty output
> of Alex Chilton.
And, although the article itself wasn't bad, how appropriate that it appeared within the generally spotty output of *Rolling Stone*.
> Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:13:26 -0600
> From: "Larry O Dean" <larryodean@poetrycenter.org>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Big Star in Rolling Stone
> Message-ID: <20050802191326.61808.qmail@ns77.zabco.net>
>
> Actually, I prefer the erratic Chilton oeuvre over this.
> There are a few
> good moments, but also just as many (or more) songs that
> sound like filler.
>
> They're accurate when they say don't expect anything like the
> previous
> albums. I think they were having fun but it doesn't wield
> much weight even
> divorced from the Big Star pedigree and myth.
Almost any new material released by Big Star Mark II will be considered a letdown -- not just because of the intimidating standard set by the band's earlier incarnation, but because the post-*Frosting* Posies have become almost as erratic and prone to disappointing their fans (Ken Stringfellow's generally solid solo work notwithstanding) as has Chilton. As far as I'm concerned, Larry's just confirming the inevitable here.
Problem is, when you put the Big Star moniker on something it practically demands to be judged at a high level, particularly since the two "new" guys in the band were the creative heart of a band that was no slouch itself back in the day.
Gregory Sager
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