If you have heard Big Star's music, chances are that you're a fan. If you haven't but love Cheap Trick or REM or the Replacements or the Plimsouls or the Go-Go's or Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers chances are that you're a fan but just don't know it yet. They were that good. In this, our first episode discussing the Power Pop geniuses, we deep dive record #1.
RIP Chris Bell
RIP Alex Chilton
RIP Andy Hummel
RIP Wayne Kramer
RIP Mojo Nixon
Recommended Listening
The Box Tops "The Letter"
https://open.spotify.com/track/6RJK553YhstRzyKA4mug09?si=87b3201939374987
Chris Bell "I Am the Cosmos"
https://open.spotify.com/album/7a7Lzqu4AuMHVtCPkxASay?si=baGet3soSZWVtYuGcy4caw
The Replacements "Alex Chilton"
https://open.spotify.com/track/2g9EvzLR2sYscJQubwKGqu?si=6e2aaee1a7cb46c6
Movie
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Star:_Nothing_Can_Hurt_Me
HHPP Spotify Track: "The Ballad of El Goodo"
https://open.spotify.com/track/1B5kQto4k99RG67TJEwwS5?si=cef86b8f1665466b
