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AllSussedOut

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From Big Star to...
« on: May 31, 2011, 05:41:21 PM »
I love the Big Star bit.  Love it.

But I was wondering who would take Big Star's place, were Tom to hit the big time that he so richly deserves.  Who is that band-- the one that after years of touring and toiling in relative obscurity, with only critical acclaim and respect on it's side, somehow achieved legitimate financial success?

Um... Pulp?

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Re: From Big Star to...
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2011, 07:13:21 PM »
Fountains of Wayne.

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Re: From Big Star to...
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2011, 07:46:03 PM »
Spoon and Wilco come to mind. 

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Re: From Big Star to...
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2011, 08:06:21 PM »
Greenberry Woods?

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Re: From Big Star to...
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2011, 09:00:31 PM »
My Morning Jacket.

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Re: From Big Star to...
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2011, 09:37:37 AM »
George Harrison?

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Re: From Big Star to...
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2011, 10:33:05 AM »
Sugar Ray's first album might as well have never come out!
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Re: From Big Star to...
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2011, 11:13:00 AM »
The Replacements or Soul Asylum. In the case of The Replacements, Tom's output would lack the magic of the material that never achieved mainstream success and it would also have that awful 80's production sound. In the case of Soul Asylum, Tom would quickly fade back into obscurity after his moment in the sun. I second Wilco as a band of this description, but that would mean that Tom would eventually lose all of his collaborators through personality and artistic conflicts, except the bass player (which in this metaphor would be AP Mike?).

In any case, none of these stories have happy endings, unfortunately.

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Re: From Big Star to...
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2011, 10:57:45 PM »
I wonder what stage in the Big Star progression Tom thinks the show is in.

What would the Best Show sound like when it's firmly in the Third era? Are we already there? Don't think I want to hear the talk radio equivalent of "Holocaust."

I would enjoy hearing the Best Show when it hits Feudalist Tarts territory though.

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Re: From Big Star to...
« Reply #9 on: June 08, 2011, 05:48:53 AM »
I like to dream that we are in the Box Tops stage of the Big Star progression.

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Re: From Big Star to...
« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2011, 07:57:14 AM »
I love the Big Star bit.  Love it.

But I was wondering who would take Big Star's place, were Tom to hit the big time that he so richly deserves.  Who is that band-- the one that after years of touring and toiling in relative obscurity, with only critical acclaim and respect on it's side, somehow achieved legitimate financial success?

Um... Pulp?

*ducks for cover*

Pulp we're always pretty popular in the UK so I'm not sure that really applies to their whole career, maybe just the US part of it?

Jack White/The White Stripes, they had a fair few years pre-success, so could be a good suggestion. But he does have a reputation for being a giant douche so maybe not so much
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Re: From Big Star to...
« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2011, 08:52:52 AM »
Re: Pulp... I studied in the U.K. in 1994, and the impression I gotwas that they'd been around for about 10-15 years doing a whole lot of nothing before "His 'N Hers" hit.

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Re: From Big Star to...
« Reply #12 on: June 08, 2011, 10:21:52 AM »
Re: Pulp... I studied in the U.K. in 1994, and the impression I gotwas that they'd been around for about 10-15 years doing a whole lot of nothing before "His 'N Hers" hit.

True enough but they had a fair few different line-up and a few different sounds for a lot of that time and not much in the way of critical adoration.

In fairness, that I can;t think of a better comparison, so maybe you were on the money with that.

Sidebar: Where did you study and have you been back to the UK much since then? Much of it is a lot nicer than back then....
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Re: From Big Star to...
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2011, 04:14:24 PM »
Guided By Voices? Or were they too obscure before they became well known for the analogy to work? It's not like Tom is doing this in his basement, Rupert Pupkin style.

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Re: From Big Star to...
« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2011, 04:19:18 PM »
I wonder what stage in the Big Star progression Tom thinks the show is in.

What would the Best Show sound like when it's firmly in the Third era? Are we already there? Don't think I want to hear the talk radio equivalent of "Holocaust."

I would enjoy hearing the Best Show when it hits Feudalist Tarts territory though.

I think we're in the Radio City ear, right now. Tom's bad mood shows/hiatus shows were the equivalent of Chris Bell's destroying master tapes and quitting the band. We're now in the stretch where the Phoenix rises from the ashes to the opening chords of 'O My Soul.'