The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

[Nee Lewman]

Who would be an example of bands that were trying to sound like Big Star. I didn't get any sense of one album of any obvious "oh yeah, this sounds a lot like...."

The Replacements recorded Please To Meet Me (and the song “Alex Chilton”) in Memphis primarily due to Paul Westerberg’s love of the band.

I am sure this is correct but personally I would rather listen to Fountains Of Wayne, The Posies, or Redd Kross than Big Star. I enjoy Big Star but they aren’t my favorite.

 

[Nee Lewman]

They were also a big influence on REM and Tom Petty.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

I think Teenage Fanclub and The Posies are 2 of the most obvious children of Big Star

 

[Nee Lewman]

Also:

 

[dbarila]

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So basically any indie leaning band with the slightest country tinge?

 

[jamieanderson1968]

I am pretty sure The Scruffs’ She Says Yea is just a lost Big Star Song

 

[Nee Lewman]

So basically any indie leaning band with the slightest country tinge?

I don’t really hear that much country in them honestly. It’s the prototype for the whole jangly guitar thing and the indie/alternative movement.

 

[Nee Lewman]

I think Teenage Fanclub and The Posies are 2 of the most obvious children of Big Star

I think Robyn Hitchcock and Matthew Sweet belong in that conversation.

 

[dbarila]

Apparently, with the exception of a few, bands inspired by Big Star are just as big of a blind spot as Big Star for me. Beside REM who is a top 5 band for me, most of that list falls into the "I've heard of that guy/band" territory for me.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Apparently, with the exception of a few, bands inspired by Big Star are just as big of a blind spot as Big Star for me. Beside REM who is a top 5 band for me, most of that list falls into the "I've heard of that guy/band" territory for me.

I’ve never heard of The High Llamas but now that I have…

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I think Teenage Fanclub and The Posies are 2 of the most obvious children of Big Star

I almost included Teenage Fanclub but I always thought they were a bit more crunchy sounding and the through line wasn’t as obvious as some of those others. TF was certainly heavily influenced by Big Star though and another band that I enjoy more than Big Star themselves.

 

[Joe Mac]

I’ve never heard of The High Llamas but now that I have…

They’re Irish! One of the guys from Microdisney founded them!

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I’ve never heard of The High Llamas but now that I have…

Bro, Drag City just reissued their back catalogue on wax. You should check out Hawaii at the very least heavily influenced by Pet Sounds but refracted through the lens of Stereolab if that makes sense at all.

The High Llamas - Hawaii | Drag City

Drag City: making records since the second death of "Paul McCartney," also covered up. In it for the music, hoping you will use it. The power and the poverty, in one good right jab - what's left? Glass houses, people - not to mention glass jaws! A home to bands that actually smells like home -...

www.dragcity.com

 

[Joe Mac]

Bro, Drag City just reissued their back catalogue on wax. You should check out Hawaii at the very least heavily influenced by Pet Sounds but refracted through the lens of Stereolab if that makes sense at all.

The High Llamas - Hawaii | Drag City

Drag City: making records since the second death of "Paul McCartney," also covered up. In it for the music, hoping you will use it. The power and the poverty, in one good right jab - what's left? Glass houses, people - not to mention glass jaws! A home to bands that actually smells like home -...

www.dragcity.com

That makes sense, Sean O’Hagan was in Stereolab as a keyboardist for a time.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

They’re Irish! One of the guys from Microdisney founded them!

@Joe Mac , probably you, me and one other person on the forum know who the fuck Microdisney were

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Not to derail the greatness of Big Star, but @Nee Lewman you need to give The High Llamas a stream when you get a moment

 

[Nee Lewman]

@Joe Mac , probably you, me and one other person on the forum know who the fuck Microdisney were

This is also an amazing name for a band that compels me to check them out.

 

[Joe Mac]

This is also an amazing name for a band that compels me to check them out.

The Clock Comes Down The Stairs was their biggest album.

 

[Nee Lewman]

3/12/25

The Rolling Stones



The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hit Maker... | AllMusic *


*stupid fucking yanks. The British version is the one in the book. British starts with Route 66 and includes I Need You Baby. US version inserts Not Fade Away as song 1 and omits I Need You Baby.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

3/12/25
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The Rolling Stones



The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hit Maker... | AllMusic *


*stupid fucking yanks. The British version is the one in the book. British starts with Route 66 and includes I Need You Baby. US version inserts Not Fade Away as song 1 and omits I Need You Baby.

I love the Stones but my guess is there are probably approximately 327 Rolling Stones on this list and this would be one that they coulda replaced with something else. It’s not a bad album but not an essential album either.