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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: How does Big Star rate with you? |
| Date | Fri, 11 May 2007 14:31:41 -0400 |
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I'm gonna go with "overrated through no fault of their own." I love
Big Star, but they have been so deified on the power pop scene over
the last 20 years that I can understand it when people who have only
been exposed to their music in recent years (say, since That 70s Show
went on the air) say that they don't quite get what all the fuss is
about. Even at their most accessible, Chris and Alex had tendencies
towards willful weirdness in their lyrics, song titles, arrangements
and tunes that I think someone who expected them to be Memphis' answer
to the Raspberries would be mildly dissatisfied. But at the same
time, someone who's heard all the hype about THIRD/SISTER LOVERS and
expected it to be the American precursor to Joy Division (a common
expectation for those whose first exposure to the band was via the
covers by This Mortal Coil) would be equally confused.
S
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