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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: How does Big Star rate with you? |
| Date | Fri, 11 May 2007 23:10:14 -0400 |
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At Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 15:44:08 Josh wrote:
>I think the thing with Big Star-- whom I also love-- is that much of their
>reputation derives not so much from the quality of the recordings, but from
>the breadth of important bands they influenced subsequently (without going
>into the litany, the list prominently includes REM and the Replacements.)
And especially Cheap Trick.
I had never heard Big Star until a few years ago when my business partner
threw the first album on to see what I thought. Several songs in it became
apparent that the first two Cheap Trick albums were a re-reading of this
stuff -- except that Zander was a better vocalist. But I remain non-plussed.
It was like meeting your hot girlfriend's Mom for the first time and
realizing that the daughter got all the best features. Big Star might be the
progenitor, but Cheap Trick is the hot girlfriend.
Jaimie Vernon,
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