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| From | "Greg York" <yorkgreg@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: How does Big Star rate with you? |
| Date | Mon, 14 May 2007 09:31:11 -0500 |
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>From: "Donnie" <largro13@yahoo.com>
>It would be interesting to know if Cheap Trick was familiar with Big
>Star or not. They came a few years after Big Star had released "#1
>Record" and "Radio City", and broken up, so it's possible that they
>could have been, if Rockford had been one of the few hot spots where
>Big Star had some 'reputation'.
I can assure you that Rockford was not a Big Star hotspot. And remember
that pre CT, Nielsen had already put in a fair amount of time slogging
around as Fuse and Sick Man of Europe (not to mention the Nazz aborted
reunion attempt)...so in that sense he was a contemporary of Big Star, and
not really a follower.
I really don't hear Big Star in Cheap Trick. Now the Move....that's another
story.
I came to Big Star in the late 70's via the 2fer LP import reissue. In the
midst of the punk revolution, at the time it sounded a bit "dated" to me.
Took me several years to really get it, but I love them now. That big old
double gatefold sleeve really came in handy at the time though....really
high gloss and the seeds and stems just slid down to the fold.....
Greg
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