Agreed -- Stewart and Greg had great responses. 
However, I'm going to go back to one of my questions,
and answer differently then they did.  That question
was -- do Big Star fans have a right to be
disappointed in an album that doesn't fully conform to
Big Star's classic sound?

Stewart's answer targeted my notion that Alex isn't
writing pop songs by noting that he is, but not
necessarily Big Star-like pop songs -- my language was
a bit loose, because Stewart is right -- but by pop
songs, I meant pop songs in the Big Star mode.  Greg
was more in the vein of, if that's what Alex and Co.
want to do, fine with me.

Both make valid points.  But I do think that fans have
a right to carp a bit if a record branded Big Star
strays from what made Big Star Big Star.  I don't
think it's an indictment of Big Star fans to have that
expectation.  If you're going to call it Big Star,
then you accept the brand name benefits and must
accept the backlash consequences.

Just my opinion...

Mike Bennett

NP:  The 88 - Over and Over

--- floatingunder <Steven.Durben@cignabehavioral.com>
wrote:


> I'm really enjoying this discussion. Many great
> points and counter 
> points.  

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