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| From | "Robert Sutliff" <rsutliff@columbus.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Big Star - In Space |
| Date | Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:08:02 -0400 |
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(removing foot from mouth) Umm... Stewart, guess I should have said none of
us would ever write a song as good as Stroke It Noel. I didn't mean to send
that barb directly at you.
As for me writing a song as good as the ones you mention - I dunno, you're
probably right. I don't particularly rate myself as that great of a lyricist
anyway. I do play guitar fairly well. And I've done Hey Little Child in my
rare live sets ever since I bought Like Flies On Sherbert (which is imho a
masterpiece and as much fun for me as anything by Big Star).
I actually know Chilton pretty well and I know his feelings about Big Star's
legacy. He's more than a bit bemused by the awe we wimpy pop fans have for
their ouvre.
Bob
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> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 03:17:43 -0400
> From: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
> To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Subject: Re: Big Star - In Space
> Message-ID: <004a01c5c3fc$b8984910$1d02a8c0@Sparky>
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> I'm not going to claim that he's written three dozen great pop songs
> since the days of Big Star, but since Bobby Sutliff has already told
> me that I'll never write a song as good as "Stroke It Noel" -- a fact
> that would be patently obvious to anyone who has ever heard me sing or
> attempt to play an instrument, much less write a song -- I'll simply
> say that as far as I'm concerned, Bobby Sutliff will never write a
> song as good as "Free Again," "Bangkok," "Hey! Little Child," "My
> Rival" or "Guantanamerika." (And incidentally? That's five songs.
> Alex Chilton wrote a total of six songs by himself on the first two
> Big Star albums. Perhaps the question isn't "How many songs has he
> written since Big Star?" so much as it is "How many songs has he
> written, period?")
>
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