Re: Big Star - Radio City (1974)

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:27 pm

Studio noises.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:28 pm

Quite a throw back to '60s garage rock now.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:29 pm

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:30 pm

Descending into aimlessness now.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:30 pm

Track 10 - September Gurls.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:31 pm

Shrill guitars.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:31 pm

Nice tune at least.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:31 pm

So far, this whole album makes me imagine there's an album that's exactly the same but better.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:32 pm

The bridges are usually quite jarring.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:33 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:33 pm

Track 11 - Morpha Too.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:33 pm

A bit George Harrison.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:34 pm

Beatles-y.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:35 pm

Last track - I'm in Love with a Girl. gasp

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:35 pm

Full Beatles now.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:37 pm

Subtly abrupt ending.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:39 pm

It is over.

As Nightie said, it often sounded like something from the late 1970s or even mid 1990s, which was intriguing. However, it wasn't very good, with unwise chord changes and melodic cul de sacs, as well as general untidiness and lack of efficiency.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everybody else made of it. Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:39 pm

I shall give it 3 stars.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:42 pm

I liked it.

It meandered and was frequently angular and choppy, but that was the thing that made it ultimately what it was.

If you know what I mean.

I kind of get what Wendi-Pops is saying re: there being a potential, strangely superior 'ghost' version of the album floating about in the aether of compossible worlds though.

It's a rough - if not a diamond - gem that could still do with some editing and further polish.

Still...

★★★★

by Nightjar Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:46 pm

Weirdly enough, Christgau actually hits the nail on the head this time (IMO at least):

Christgau calls the album "Brilliant, addictive", observing meanwhile that "The harmonies sound like the lead sheets are upside down and backwards, the guitar solos sound like screwball readymade pastiches, and the lyrics sound like love is strange," concluding his review with, "Can an album be catchy and twisted at the same time?

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