GOOD GRIEF TERRIBLE SHOW
No one said yes, but GOOD MOVE
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 02:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
ha, really? what was so bad about it?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 02:09 (11 months ago) Permalink
Ach, just way too "tasteful". I love Third - hearing the songs live made me bawl - but it was so bloodless. Made me realise what an underrated vocalist Alex was. Jody looked AMAZING though.
Sole redeeming moment was Robyn Hitchcock turning up to do "Downs" and dedicating the song to Tom Hibbert.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 02:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great.
Those songs just don't lend themselves to that treatment – on the record they are tearing the songs are being pulled apart from the inside. On stage, with revolving musicians, they necessarily have to be anchored. That meant that too much of it plodded, as a result of imposed order. The slow ones were miles better than the rockers.
John Bramwell opened with Nature Boy, then obviously just went and got pissed. He all but missed his cue for Thank You Friends, running back to the stage late, and through the second half he was sitting behind me, chuntering on at conversational volume through the show. Twat.
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 09:42 (11 months ago) Permalink
Although, arguably that's totally in the spirit of Third!
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 12:03 (11 months ago) Permalink
ha, yeah, that sounds about right. they should open the shows with "whole lotta shakin'".
― tylerw, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 14:44 (11 months ago) Permalink
gotta say, this looks pretty fun
― tylerw, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 16:20 (11 months ago) Permalink
Can anyone provide a basic guide to the chords of 'I am the Cosmos?' I can tell it's capo-ed. Is the first chord just a straight up D-formation? Can't really tell with all the layering and phasing.
― calstars, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 01:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
http://www.bigstarreference.com/tabs/cosmos/cosmostab.html
― skip, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 02:13 (11 months ago) Permalink
http://www.docnyc.net/film/big-star-nothing-can-hurt-me/#.UJhIg1H4Ia6
my friend co-produced this, go see it
― Knut Horowitz, Able-Bodied Investment Banker and Ladies Man (Hurting 2), Monday, 5 November 2012 23:58 (6 months ago) Permalink
That looks amazing.
― 5-Hour Enmity (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 00:25 (6 months ago) Permalink
want
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 00:29 (6 months ago) Permalink
there are only 2 events on that showings calendar! :(
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 00:30 (6 months ago) Permalink
looks great
― Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 00:39 (6 months ago) Permalink
would love to see this
― calstars, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 04:32 (6 months ago) Permalink
Won best doc at Indie Memphis film festival.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 14:58 (6 months ago) Permalink
will try if i'm feelin OK.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Friday, 9 November 2012 09:38 (6 months ago) Permalink
Saw it at the London Film Fest (& contributed to the Kickstarter). Fantastic.
― Wandering Boy Poet, Saturday, 10 November 2012 19:55 (6 months ago) Permalink
playing again IFC Center Thursday 7:30. Can't make it, but y'all should go.
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Monday, 12 November 2012 22:07 (6 months ago) Permalink
the butts band!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 16:37 (5 months ago) Permalink
and ed begley jr.!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 16:38 (5 months ago) Permalink
Don't forget the two one-hit wonders appearing in the coming weeks.
― Roadside Prisunic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 17:25 (5 months ago) Permalink
i had to look up chi coltrane, i thought maybe it was like john coltrane's younger brother or something
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 18:55 (5 months ago) Permalink
Was Ed Begley Jr. doing music or stand-up or what?
― Moodles, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 19:08 (5 months ago) Permalink
He was the drummer in the Thamesmen.
― and I scream Fieri Eiffel Tower High (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 19:12 (5 months ago) Permalink
RIP
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 19:13 (5 months ago) Permalink
Didn't realize the documentary would be playing here next week until my friend alerted me. (Not having read this thread closely enough, didn't even know it existed.) Anyway, got a ticket and looking forward to it.
― clemenza, Friday, 15 March 2013 21:45 (2 months ago) Permalink
so want to see that
― his girlfriend was all 'ugh and he wears a solar backpack' (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 March 2013 21:47 (2 months ago) Permalink
anyone know a good way to track a movie to see when it will come to a certain city? something akin to songkick for films, I guess.
― calstars, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 12:17 (2 months ago) Permalink
They've got a site with a calendar--this may help.
http://www.bigstarstory.com/events.html
― clemenza, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 12:20 (2 months ago) Permalink
The documentary's really great. I think it'll get great reviews, win awards, be a big deal.
The director must have gotten some grief over the Replacements movie, because this time the music's front and center. (I'm going to henceforth view that film as a practice run, a chance to learn about how to interview people.) Lots of time given to specific songs--"September Gurls," "I Am the Cosmos," others. The film really honors Chris Bell's part in the story; it's almost as much a film about him as it is about Chilton. As I've said before, I've never been a Big Star worshipper--I have their albums, love a few songs, but couldn't name more than six or seven. I will spend some time with them now, and listen closer.
Two great comic-relief detours: the inaugural (and last--geez, it was such a good idea) Rock Writers Convention in 1973--I think you see Mike Saunders and his Oscar Gamble-size afro flash by--and the brief section on the Cramps. Lots of good interview footage with Billy Altman, whom I'd never seen before. One surprising omission: Christgau, who was probably the band's highest-profile supporter. I've seen lots of Christgau, so I didn't mind. (Maybe he disliked the Replacements movie so much that he declined this time.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 24 March 2013 04:28 (1 month ago) Permalink
is there any good footage, clemenza? I can sorta imagine/recall from the bio that there could be some that eggleston shot
― schlump, Sunday, 24 March 2013 04:54 (1 month ago) Permalink
That's probably the best stuff: a documentary Eggleston (I'd never heard of him before) made in '74 about local crazies. There's not a whole lot of Big Star footage, but there are some great clips from when Chilton was bouncing around in the late '70s and early '80s. There's one photograph of Chilton's girlfriend during those days--very beautiful.
― clemenza, Sunday, 24 March 2013 05:15 (1 month ago) Permalink
Eggleston doc = "Stranded in Canton" and i believe it's still up on youtube in its entirety.
― Hector. Hector the Booty Inpsector. (will), Sunday, 24 March 2013 13:55 (1 month ago) Permalink
Will be checking that out thanks.
― Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 March 2013 14:09 (1 month ago) Permalink
There's a brief shot of Robert Fricke with his arm around Jody Stephens, which has no need to be included
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Sunday, 24 March 2013 16:14 (1 month ago) Permalink
Robert Fricke, the five-star dentist in Los Altos, California? Honestly, not sure who that is.
Stranded in Canton, that's it--thanks.
― clemenza, Sunday, 24 March 2013 16:38 (1 month ago) Permalink
looks like there's a soundtrack to the doc coming out too, with "21 unissued tracks"... which seems a little bit astounding, considering that box set was packed with unissued stuff. can't imagine there'll be anything totally amazing, but, i guess i want to hear it!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 18:02 (1 month ago) Permalink
http://floweringtoilet.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/record-store-day-2013-big-star-nothing.html
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 18:07 (1 month ago) Permalink
ah ok -- alternate mixes, "movie mixes"! pretty much what i figured.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 18:09 (1 month ago) Permalink
Did any of the other (ie, not what ended up on Radio City) Dolby Fuckers stuff get a legit release? Or were those tapes erased?
― Vol. 3: The Life & Times of E. "Boom" Carter (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 18:29 (1 month ago) Permalink
Big Star's Third: An Orchestrated Live Performance of the Legendary AlbumFeaturing Mike Mills, Jody Stephens, Sharon Van Etten, Kurt Vile, Pete Yorn, Marshall Crenshaw, Pete Yorn, Reeve Carney and many moreSunday, June 30, 2013Central Park, MN7:00 PM – 10:00PM -- FREE EVENT - Arrive Early for guaranteed admissionArtist Website: http://bigstarthird.com/
Big Star's Third is a full performance of the iconic album by an astonishing who's who of rock music featuring famed vocalists including Sharon Van Etten, Kurt Vile, Marshall Crenshaw, Pete Yorn, Reeve Carney (Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark), Jonathan Carney (Mercury Rev) and Beck Stark (Lavender Diamond), supported by an all-star band including Mike Mills (R.E.M.) on bass; Mitch Easter (Lets Active) and Chris Stamey (The dB's) and Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, Big Star) on guitar; Charles Cleaver on keys; Django Haskins (of The Old Ceremony), Brett Harris and Skylar Gudasz on harmony and guitar; and original Big Star member Jody Stephens on drums, all backed with a twenty- piece chamber orchestra including the famed cellist Jane Scarpantoni. In addition, the concert will feature a selection of earlier songs, including the much-hailed “September Gurls” and “In The Streets” (which was used as the theme of the popular TV sitcom “That ‘70s Show, performed by Cheap Trick).
― brb buying poppers w/my employee discount (forksclovetofu), Friday, 26 April 2013 02:57 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
pete yorn and...pete yorn!
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Friday, 26 April 2013 02:58 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
i remember admitting to my high school crush that i liked the pete yorn song that was on the radio at the time. things did not go well.
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Friday, 26 April 2013 02:59 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
good catch on Pete Yorn, I'll ask them to fix that action.
― brb buying poppers w/my employee discount (forksclovetofu), Friday, 26 April 2013 03:00 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
pete yorn...you OWE me now!
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Friday, 26 April 2013 03:01 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
!!!
Reeve Carney (Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark)
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Friday, 26 April 2013 03:16 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Today was the 20th anniversary of their first show back together, live in the Hearnes Center parking lot at the University of Missouri.
― pplains, Friday, 26 April 2013 03:17 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
i mean, thank you, friends!
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Friday, 26 April 2013 03:17 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
so...we've never polled "third"?
― brony james (k3vin k.), Friday, 26 April 2013 03:18 (3 weeks ago) Permalink