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Sep 19, 2026
speaker_6UNKNOWN
crazy women there Yeah Oh, they got some crazy women there And I'm gonna get me one
JerryHOST
from the two-LP set released back on Record Store Day in 2016, and that was Big Star with a cover of the Lieber and Stroller song, Kansas City.
JerryHOST
The album is titled Complete, Columbia, live at University of Missouri, 42593.
JerryHOST
And that tells just about all you need to know about it, except, of course, that the posies John Auer and Ken Stringfellow joined the original band that day.
speaker_8UNKNOWN
is Kansas City Wine?
JerryHOST
Not sure.
JerryHOST
Before Big Star, you heard Elvis Costello with the song Uncomplicated from the Blood and Chocolate album of 86.
JerryHOST
I asked for water and they gave me rosé wine.
Zeth LundyHOST
I'm sure it was for him as well, but for me, certainly.
Zeth LundyHOST
This is the guy who introduced me not only to the music of Big Star, The Replacements, Moby Grape, and so many others, but also to the films of Bergman and Fellini and Kurosawa, many of which we watched in his class in the 11th and 12th grade.
Zeth LundyHOST
Shout out to Mr. Ingraham.
Zeth LundyHOST
So all of us being Scorsese fans, Matt, me, Mr. Ingraham, our teacher, myself especially, I mean, again, this is really...
Jeff WoodsHOST
This time, again in the early '70s, a song he came with partly inspired by The Beach Boys and partly inspired by three of the women in Alex Chilton's life, including his ex-wife, because she and the others had September birthdays, compelling him to sing about September Girls.
Jeff WoodsHOST
The band known as Big Star.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
September girls, they say much.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I was your butch until we touched.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
September girls, I don't know why.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
How can I deny what's inside? I feel the love, I'll keep away.
Jeff WoodsHOST
Recorded in the fall of '73, out in early '74, September Girls from the second album by Memphis band Big Star, with Alex Chilton taking the lead on that song that The Bangles would cover a decade later.
Jeff WoodsHOST
Now, we're about to seek water from a much deeper well, thanks to Peter Gabriel.
AdamGUEST
But I definitely like to listen to the... later stuff I don't like it as much if I'm honest so I'm definitely I'm not I'm more heavily weighted to the early stuff so it wasn't as hard as some Lists that we've done.
AdamGUEST
And one thing I wanted to call out before I forget is they always talked in the 90s about how much they were into influence by Big Star, which obviously I'd never heard of Big Star at that point.
AdamGUEST
And when we did the Big Star episode, I actually referred to Tennis Fan Club as being one of their... one of the bands uh there was quite a few others um matthew sweet and other uh artists in america as well that were into uh big star but when you listen to big star now and listen to uh early tennis fan club it's like oh wow it's almost like they ripped ripped off the sound really but uh so um i just wanted to get in there just how uh how
JohnGUEST
great it was that
AdamGUEST
they brought back that big star sound um so yeah i found it wasn't too bad for me to be honest
Justin WilsonHOST
So, you know, as Adam just mentioned, John, like you kind of locked us in on what we were covering.
Justin WilsonHOST
So, I mean, if you wanted to further elaborate on Adam's point and then talk to me about how you collected your 20 for this one.
15 MINS LATER
ChristianGUEST
No, sorry, guys.
James Austin JohnsonGUEST
[laughs]
Jason P. WoodburyHOST
... guitarist of Big Star?
James Austin JohnsonGUEST
I haven't heard that specific song, but I have told Scarlett Johansson in real life how much I love her Tom Waits covers album.
James Austin JohnsonGUEST
I think it's awesome.
James CampionHOST
This episode, number 296.
James CampionHOST
Number one record by Big Star.
James CampionHOST
1972.
James CampionHOST
There ain't no one
James CampionHOST
Or so the story goes.
James CampionHOST
Irrespective of dismal chart success, this album is chock full of wonderfully crafted and enthusiastically performed pop rock that sets the template for the similar 90s into the aught styles to come.
James CampionHOST
Big Star, boasting two of the finest songwriters around, Alex Chilton and Chris Bell, also brings the harmonies like few others.
James CampionHOST
Highlights include The Ballad of El Goodo, 13, and Give Me Another Chance.
JohnGUEST
We had Sublime equal to Bob Marley.
JohnGUEST
rancid equal to the clash that was kind of a bonus one that we did on that episode the deftones uh i gave you deep purple local h we changed to seals and croft because uh alternative is kind of equal to yacht rock in the 70s we kind of like we went down a whole rabbit hole there Not a Surf, I gave you Big Star.
JohnGUEST
Beck, we did Captain Beefheart.
JohnGUEST
The Insane Clown Posse was equal to Kiss, obviously.
JohnGUEST
Oasis, I gave you The Beatles.
JohnGUEST
Gin Blossoms slash Lemonheads, also Big Star.
JohnGUEST
There's also a rule that I can use the same band multiple times.
JohnGUEST
we had a request on the Discord for Tori Amos, and Tori Amos is Carly Simon.
JerryHOST
Okay, let's slow things down a bit.
JerryHOST
So grab your honey and let's head to the back of the car with some Big Star.
speaker_0SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Sam! Time is gone
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And it's gone way too far
9 MINS LATER
JerryHOST
Elastica, Before the Damned, and The Dirty with Car Song from their self-titled debut on the Gaffin label.
JerryHOST
Love that band, led by the one and only Justine Frischman.
JerryHOST
Big Star started to set off with the song Back of a Car from the Radio City album of 74.
JerryHOST
I was lucky enough to snag a sweet reissue of that album back in 2018 at a Newbury Comics store on the East Coast.
Jack RabidHOST
After that, we're going to hear some brand new records from some people like the Hanging Stars and the Young Sinclairs.
Jack RabidHOST
An interesting oldie where Alex Chilton joined Teenage Fan Club in a rehearsal to sing a song that sounded a lot like Big Star to him and everyone else, which I think was probably a big thrill for Teenage Fan Club.
Jack RabidHOST
And some other goodies.
Jack RabidHOST
Let's get it going here from 67.
Steven MichaelHOST
Of course, it can all be traced back to the Beatles or even further to Buddy Holly.
Steven MichaelHOST
Then came bands like Badfinger and Big Star.
Steven MichaelHOST
The sound developed during the 70s.
Steven MichaelHOST
Then came shitty punk rock.
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