Re: Big Star - Radio City (1974)

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:04 pm

Kind of Television-ish.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:05 pm

Track 2 - Life Is White. shifty

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:05 pm

Nice, but overlong.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:06 pm

Mouth organ.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:06 pm

Melodically, structurally it's all a bit all over the shop.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:08 pm

I guess you can see why they're considered ahead of their time though.

For good or bad, it's got a distinctively late-'70s new-wave sound.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:09 pm

Track 3 - Way Out West.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:09 pm

A proper tune never really broke out on that last one.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:10 pm

Hints of Grham Parker.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:11 pm

It's only really when there are guitar solos that the songs coalesce into something more coherent and tuneful.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:12 pm

Track 4 - What's Going Ahn? Sly

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:12 pm

What's Going Awwwwwwn.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:13 pm

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:14 pm

Building nicely.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:14 pm

Track 5 - You Get What You Deserve.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:15 pm

I always remember this being the best track on the album.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:15 pm

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:17 pm

Too bad, such a drag, ow
So much pain down the drain
And a lot of us ain't got many friends

pet

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:18 pm

Track 6 - Mod Lang. dunno

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