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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: How does Big Star rate with you? |
| Date | Sat, 12 May 2007 10:56:27 -0400 |
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AT Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 23:46:43 Michael wrote:
>Not only do I not hear much Big Star in early Cheap Trick, but I would be
>willing to bet that they weren't cognizant of Big Star's work when they
>were crafting their early material. Cheap Trick's early work is much more
>steeped in The Move/ELO, The Beatles, The Yardbirds, and, so they claim,
>Patto.
>
>Jaimie -- what songs do you hear that are Big Star influenced?
Couldn't tell you unless I went back and listened to the Big Star record
again and then compared it to the Cheap Trick records. It was just my first
gut reaction when I heard the album. I think it was the FIRST album but I
can't be sure. All I know is that when it came on it was like a big light
bulb went off and I though to myself...."Now I get where Cheap Trick came
from". Not even sure that listening to Cheap Trick would invoke someone to
say "Hey, that's Big Star"....but the other way around did.
Now I may have to go out and buy some Big Star just to figure out what the
hell it was I heard that day. See? This list works...
Jaimie Vernon,
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