{"id":2261,"date":"2018-09-23T12:01:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T11:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2018-09-24T08:48:15","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T07:48:15","slug":"let-me-whisper-in-your-era-big-stars-advocates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=2261","title":{"rendered":"Let Me Whisper In Your Ear \u2013 Big Star&#8217;s advocates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CAMILLA AISA surveys, and compiles a playlist of, the ladies and gentlemen who made it all so probable for us to rediscover <\/strong><strong>Chris <\/strong><strong>Bell,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Alex\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Chilton and Big Star<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Let Me Whisper in Your Ear\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/2UsolQwJmyA42fT2vNpx9n?si=Eg9beHUXSVSjugW8DWRGLg&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2262 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/71nPad128sL._SY355_-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/71nPad128sL._SY355_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/71nPad128sL._SY355_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/71nPad128sL._SY355_-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/71nPad128sL._SY355_-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/71nPad128sL._SY355_-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/71nPad128sL._SY355_-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/71nPad128sL._SY355_-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/71nPad128sL._SY355_.jpg 355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BIG STAR<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I Am the Cosmos (live) (Chilton, Stephens, Posies)<\/strong><br \/>\nRecorded live in a Chicago Summer night, back in 1994 when second-era Big Star was made of Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens and Posies Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow. A rousing cover of Chris Bell\u2019s only solo single, with Chilton paying homage to the McCartney to his Lennon (or viceversa, depends on where you\u2019re standing). Consider this, and you\u2019ll find that there\u2019s something intensely moving about hearing him sing \u201cI&#8217;d really like to see you again\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2263 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1200x630bb-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1200x630bb-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1200x630bb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1200x630bb-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1200x630bb-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1200x630bb-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1200x630bb-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1200x630bb-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1200x630bb-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1200x630bb-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1200x630bb.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TOMMY KEENE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Nighttime\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nTalking about emotional situations triggered by great songs, for us proud fan(atic)s it rarely gets more gripping than this: cult heroes of reclaimed powerpop glory honouring one another. Here the late Tommy Keene reaches into the <em>Third <\/em>material and finds \u2018Nighttime\u2019. As he proceeds with his earnest cover, he\u2019s gently reminding us all why, deep down, we\u2019ll always stubbornly think of guitar strumming as the most poetic act a human being is capable of.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2264 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a3345098611_16-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a3345098611_16-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a3345098611_16-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a3345098611_16-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a3345098611_16-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a3345098611_16-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a3345098611_16-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a3345098611_16-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a3345098611_16-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a3345098611_16-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a3345098611_16.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SQUIRE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>September Gurls\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nThe <em>Radio City <\/em>gem is not only a fan favourite but a peer favourite, too. The Searchers recorded \u2018September Gurls\u2019 for the second of their acclaimed comeback albums, 1981\u2019s <em>Love\u2019s Melodies<\/em>, while five years later The Bangles would welcome the Big Star classic into a world of indebted jangle pop and eager new wave (and the song would also prove irresistible to fellow nostalgics Absolute Grey). Meanwhile, in the UK mod revivalists Squire released it as a single in 1984. Listening back to all these tales of December boys and desired girls a pattern is made clear: all covers are inescapably <em>reverent<\/em>. And yes, it almost makes you want to complain about lack of imagination. But then think about the original for a moment\u2026who would change a thing of perfection?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2265 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/51b7UmlSHL._SY355_-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/51b7UmlSHL._SY355_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/51b7UmlSHL._SY355_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/51b7UmlSHL._SY355_-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/51b7UmlSHL._SY355_-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/51b7UmlSHL._SY355_-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/51b7UmlSHL._SY355_-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/51b7UmlSHL._SY355_-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/51b7UmlSHL._SY355_.jpg 355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TEENAGE FANCLUB<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Free Again\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is not the clever rework some might expect. This is, quite simply, what it sounds like to pick up some instruments and play an Alex Chilton song: a blast. Back in 1992, the Teenage Fanclub guys already knew it better than anybody else. Norman Blake would later explain: \u201cI think Alex saw something of himself in us, in our attitude and approach to making music. I think he passed it on to us and we\u2019ve passed it on to another group of musicians. Alex was definitely a kindred spirit of ours.\u201d So much so that <em>Free Again <\/em>could easily pass for a Fannies original.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2266 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2920341-1385737155-5155-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2920341-1385737155-5155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2920341-1385737155-5155-100x95.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2920341-1385737155-5155-150x143.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2920341-1385737155-5155-200x190.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2920341-1385737155-5155-24x24.jpg 24w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE WALKABOUTS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Big Black Car\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nIn which the Northwest alt-country rockers pick up a <em>Third <\/em>favourite, make it their own and keep driving towards an impalpable \u2013 and often desolated \u2013 American horizon. Including the cover in the 1991 EP <em>Where The Deep Water Goes<\/em>, the Walkabouts treat \u2018Big Black Car\u2019 as if it was a lost Georgia O\u2019Keeffe landscape, or a naked confession to whisper at summer\u2019s end. \u201cNothing can hurt me\u201d, Chris Eckman and Carla Torgerson sing, and it\u2019s a vision both comforting and ominous.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2267 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/61yen8p7-L._SS500-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/61yen8p7-L._SS500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/61yen8p7-L._SS500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/61yen8p7-L._SS500-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/61yen8p7-L._SS500-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/61yen8p7-L._SS500-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/61yen8p7-L._SS500-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/61yen8p7-L._SS500-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/61yen8p7-L._SS500-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/61yen8p7-L._SS500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE POSIES<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>What\u2019s Goin\u2019 Ahn<\/strong><br \/>\nCould a Big Star tribute album lack a Posies contribution? Certainly not. For the 2006 collection of covers <em>Big Star Small World <\/em>Auer and Stringfellow choose a\u00a0<em>Radio City <\/em>gem that Alex Chilton had written with a little help from friend and Big Star original bass player Andy Hummell (replaced by Stringfellow himself in the second-era Big Star lineup). The one band that never shies away from singing its influences loud (remember when they named a song after Grant Hart?) always ends up gracing its homages and covers with a passionate candour that others can only dream of: \u2018What\u2019s Goin\u2019 Ahn\u2019 proves it once and for all.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2268 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-389194-1107646446-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-389194-1107646446-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-389194-1107646446-100x101.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-389194-1107646446-150x152.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-389194-1107646446-200x202.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-389194-1107646446.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-389194-1107646446-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-389194-1107646446-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-389194-1107646446-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE DAMBUILDERS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>St 100\/6\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s unforgivably easy to overlook <em>#1 Record <\/em>closer \u2018St 100\/6\u2019. Fortunately, at the beginning of the \u201990s The Dambuilders decided to step up and put things right with this Bell\/Chilton gem \u2013 opting for an atmospheric extension instead of a simple cover, with Joan Wasser\u2019s violin highlighting the haunting melody. \u201cChris was a driving kind of guy \u2013 he had a very clear vision in his head of what music ought to sound like and that\u2019s what Big Star sounded like,\u201d Andy Hummell once said. \u2018St 100\/6\u2019 might be the very sonic embodiment of that clear vision, one that a longer, passionate exploration would finally emphasize almost 20 years later.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2269 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-3624263-1388270839-8298-300x265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-3624263-1388270839-8298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-3624263-1388270839-8298-100x88.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-3624263-1388270839-8298-150x133.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-3624263-1388270839-8298-200x177.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MATTHEW SWEET &amp; SUSANNAH HOFFS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Back Of A Car\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo questions: 1) Could a powerpop fuelled playlist do without at least one Matthew Sweet appearance?; 2) Could a Matthew Sweet selection of beloved classics do without at least one Big Star song? They both seem to lean towards the same answer: probably not. Friend and accomplice Susanna Hoffs certainly agrees and so here it is, \u2018Back Of A Car\u2019, from the second volume of their <em>Under The Covers <\/em>series. Deep down it might be just an exercise in paying homage. But, perhaps, this cover of the <em>Radio City <\/em>tune encapsulates the very meaning of the duo\u2019s devoted collection of favourites. After all, have you noticed? You can\u2019t help but sing along.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2270 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-12020451-1526693998-6548-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-12020451-1526693998-6548-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-12020451-1526693998-6548-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-12020451-1526693998-6548-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-12020451-1526693998-6548-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-12020451-1526693998-6548-450x449.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-12020451-1526693998-6548.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-12020451-1526693998-6548-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-12020451-1526693998-6548-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-12020451-1526693998-6548-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LOW CUT CONNIE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Hey! Little Child\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nThe simple truth? You\u2019re never done rediscovering the Big Star universe. So here\u2019s a 2018 cover. \u2018Hey! Little Child\u2019, the infectious vigour of a treasured Alex Chilton gem \u2013 it was one of the highlights of 1979 solo debut <em>Like Flies On Sherbert \u2013<\/em>\u00a0still incapable of surrendering to the passing of time. The song closes Low Cut Connie\u2019s new record <em>Dirty Pictures, Pt.2<\/em>, an album interestingly cut at Ardent Studios in Memphis, TN \u2013 right where the Big Star magic happened.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2271 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/A-1893454-1280272275-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/A-1893454-1280272275-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/A-1893454-1280272275-100x74.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/A-1893454-1280272275-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/A-1893454-1280272275-200x148.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/A-1893454-1280272275-450x333.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/A-1893454-1280272275.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BEDSIT POETS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I\u2019m in Love with A Girl\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Radio City<\/em>\u2019s favourite \u2018I\u2019m in Love With A Girl&#8217; gets electrified and harmonised \u2013 none of the sweet innocence and extemporaneous feel of the original getting lost in the process. Bedsit Poets reimagine the powerpop classic as the essential cornerstone of a timeless pop sound: think Alex Chilton via \u2018The Man in Me\u2019 Dylan, with \u2013 why not \u2013 a hint of Faces thrown in the mix.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2272 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TheHolySingle-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TheHolySingle-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TheHolySingle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TheHolySingle-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TheHolySingle-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TheHolySingle-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TheHolySingle.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TheHolySingle-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TheHolySingle-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TheHolySingle-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>KRISTIN HERSH<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Jesus Christ <\/strong><br \/>\nAlex Chilton gave rock \u2019n\u2019 roll the jangly, tastefully sardonic Christmas song it deserved. Big Star\u2019s alternative scions would later cherish the odd <em>Third <\/em>track (but \u2013 after all \u2013 what\u2019s not odd about <em>Third <\/em>and <em>Sister Lovers<\/em>?) and give it new lives: Kristin Hersh did so in 1995, while R.E.M. included a cover of \u2018Jesus Christ\u2019 (with bassist Mike Mills on vocal duties) in their 2002 fanclub holiday single. Hersh\u2019s version opens one of her first solo releases, <em>The Holy Single<\/em>, channelling Chilton\u2019s inherently caustic lyrics through a folk-rock sensibility. She adds bells in the mix, willingly embodying the \u201cfine and pure of voice\u201d feeling described in the song. \u201cAnd the wrong shall fail, and the right prevail\u201d she sings, and it finally sounds like Chilton\u2019s prediction has somehow come true: in musical terms at least, as the once ill-fated <em>Third <\/em>was just about to become the critically acclaimed cult masterpiece it deserved to be.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2273 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-374460-1317329542-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-374460-1317329542-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-374460-1317329542-100x89.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-374460-1317329542-150x134.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-374460-1317329542-200x178.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-374460-1317329542-450x401.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-374460-1317329542.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>YO LA TENGO<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Take Care\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nThe last track on the 2003 Yo La Tengo <em>Summer Sun<\/em>\u00a0album is a cover of \u2018Take Care\u2019, the song that Alex Chilton had wanted as <em>Third<\/em>\u2019s closer. The trio trades the gloomily elegant Carl Marsh string arrangement of the Big Star version for a pensive slide guitar played by Paul Niehaus. It\u2019s a wistful affair; less dramatic, more confidential perhaps, but definitely as melancholic as the original. Georgia Hubley treats Chilton\u2019s words as they were a parting lullaby, and so the song becomes a haunting presence. Farewell for now, and who knows for how long. Yo La Tengo seem to know it: it\u2019s the kind of favourite track you often find yourself skipping\u2026 damn beautiful tearjerker.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2274 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1393249-1354455608-9216-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1393249-1354455608-9216-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1393249-1354455608-9216-150x149.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1393249-1354455608-9216-100x99.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1393249-1354455608-9216-200x198.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1393249-1354455608-9216-450x446.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1393249-1354455608-9216-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1393249-1354455608-9216-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1393249-1354455608-9216-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1393249-1354455608-9216.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GAME THEORY<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You Can\u2019t Have Me<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s 1985, Game Theory grace The Paisley Underground canon with their sophomore LP and the chosen second to last track is a gloomy rework of one of Alex Chilton\u2019s most enigmatic and ominous songs. Hey, what were you expecting from <em>Real Nighttime<\/em>, the pop record that came with <em>Finnegans Wake<\/em>-inspired liner notes? On their version of \u2018You Can\u2019t Have Me\u2019 Game Theory bid farewell to the saxophones of the original and introduce an atmospheric slide guitar, allowing Chilton\u2019s cryptic lyrics (a mix of music business weariness and self-destructive disbelief) to \u2013 so to speak \u2013 shine. Ultimately, the Californians pull the song out of the <em>Third\u00a0<\/em>context and reimagine it as an earlier Big Star gem, an ideal Chilton\/Bell collaboration, or a <em>Radio City <\/em>early outtake. In a way, they manage to out-Big Star Big Star.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2275 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-378683-1125353735-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-378683-1125353735-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-378683-1125353735-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-378683-1125353735-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-378683-1125353735-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-378683-1125353735-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-378683-1125353735.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-378683-1125353735-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-378683-1125353735-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-378683-1125353735-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JEFF BUCKLEY<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Kanga-Roo\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nRecorded during a Sydney show in September 1995, Jeff Buckley\u2019s rendition of the <em>Third\u00a0<\/em>highlight would be included in the posthumous <em>Real Nighttime\u00a0<\/em>live album. Ever doubted \u2018Kanga-Roo\u2019 could become more haunting and brooding than it already was? Doubt no more. Sit down, close your eyes and follow Jeff Buckley on his long dark trip. A 14-minute long musical exorcism, where the young musician exposes his own demons by borrowing Chilton\u2019s notes and words. The rabbit hole has never looked so seductively bleak.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2276 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1795594-1477773668-1891-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1795594-1477773668-1891-300x301.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1795594-1477773668-1891-150x151.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1795594-1477773668-1891-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1795594-1477773668-1891-200x201.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1795594-1477773668-1891-450x452.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1795594-1477773668-1891-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1795594-1477773668-1891-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1795594-1477773668-1891-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1795594-1477773668-1891.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SON VOLT<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Holocaust\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2018Kanga-Roo\u2019\u2019s twin sister, \u2018Holocaust\u2019, is another favourite of Big Star devotees \u2013 like \u2018Kanga-Roo\u2019, it was offered a second life when in 1984 the rotating collective known as This Mortal Coil, led by visionary 4AD founder Ivo Watts-Russell, included it in its debut LP <em>It\u2019ll End In Tears<\/em>. More than a decade later the song\u2019s dark charm wasn\u2019t lost: it travelled back to the US and found a new messenger in Jay Farrar\u2019s Son Volt. The alternative-country champions offer an atmospheric, somehow measured, interpretation of a song originally made of pristine anguish \u2013 Farrar showing us the gutsy side of melancholia. The horizon has indeed changed but what you\u2019re looking into, you realize as the last notes play, is just another side of desolation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2277 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1165124-1396675561-1756-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1165124-1396675561-1756-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1165124-1396675561-1756-100x89.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1165124-1396675561-1756-150x133.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1165124-1396675561-1756-200x178.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1165124-1396675561-1756-450x400.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-1165124-1396675561-1756.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELLIOTT SMITH<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Thirteen<\/strong><br \/>\nNo wonder the most covered song on the list is \u2018Thirteen\u2019, everybody\u2019s Big Star favourite. But perhaps the only voice capable of portraying the inherent sadness of what is way more \u2013 but inexplicably so \u2013 than a love song is that of Elliott Smith. I remember talking to somebody a while ago, and being asked what songs always make me weep. While others were busy naming every tune about breakups or death you can think of, I thought about it for a minute or so, and then came back with my answer. \u201cThirteen.\u201d A sweet love song made of simple pleasures and set in the age of hope. It\u2019s something else, actually. I don\u2019t shed tears over teenagers getting tickets for a dance, believe me. It\u2019s all because of a tricky passage that comes in the second verse: \u201cWon&#8217;t you tell your dad, get off my back\/Tell him what we said &#8217;bout &#8216;Paint It Black\u2019\/ rock &#8216;n roll is here to stay\u2026\u201d Doesn\u2019t it encapsulate our entire existence as bohemian losers? Still favouring our Bells and Chiltons and Smiths over winning superheroes? I think it does \u2013 it did so in 1972, it did so decades later when Elliott Smith decided to cover some Big Star songs and write his own. Hearing him sing those lines &#8211; I find it eerily comforting. We\u2019ll keep losing, but we will still have \u2018Thirteen\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2278 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2172361-1324385809-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2172361-1324385809-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2172361-1324385809-100x102.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2172361-1324385809-150x153.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2172361-1324385809-200x204.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2172361-1324385809-300x307.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2172361-1324385809-450x460.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2172361-1324385809-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2172361-1324385809-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-2172361-1324385809.jpg 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAMON &amp; NAOMI<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Blue Moon\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nIncluded in the 2000 collaborative record <em>Damon &amp; Naomi With Ghost<\/em>, here\u2019s a soothing rendition of \u2018Blue Moon\u2019(no, not <em>that <\/em>\u2018Blue Moon\u2019, the mighty classic &#8211; but the Alex-Chilton-makes-you-bawl-again one). In the hands of the former Galaxie 500 dreamers, the song turns into a blissed-out \u2018Strawberry Fields\u2019. No context needed: it\u2019s the sound of the gentle power of song and the gentle power of beauty coming together. As simple as that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2279 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-3044098-1328436113-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-3044098-1328436113-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-3044098-1328436113-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-3044098-1328436113-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-3044098-1328436113-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-3044098-1328436113-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-3044098-1328436113.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-3044098-1328436113-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-3044098-1328436113-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/R-3044098-1328436113-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS MORTAL COIL<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You and Your Sister\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd now it\u2019s confession time. I\u2019ve always cherished my oh-so-fashionable preference of every Big Star\/Chris Bell\/Alex Chilton original to its respective covers (even when the covers, as those selected here, proved to be terribly captivating). That is \u2013 until I heard this version of &#8216;You And Your Sister&#8217;. Not just an already gorgeous Bell song, but possibly my favourite Bell song. Blame it on the gorgeous visions of Ivo Watts-Russell, who orchestrated two more Big Star related delights on This Mortal Coil\u2019s third LP <em>Blood<\/em>, released in 1991. Or, better yet, blame it on Kim Deal\u00a0(here sharing vocal duties with then Breeder accomplice Tanya Donnelly). The situation is akin to that of the\u00a0above-mentioned \u2018Thirteen\u2019 passage &#8211; just more otherworldly, if possible. I recall listening to the This Mortal Coil version of \u2018You And Your Sister\u2019 on a cloudy morning, and suddenly feeling as if I was about to pass out. Not the usual goosebumps triggered by gorgeous music \u2013 proper fainting. It has happened again and again since that morning, and always when this line comes: \u201cLet me whisper in your ear \/ don\u2019t you worry, they can&#8217;t hear\u201d. It\u2019s a tricky combination for me: some words that make me believe that Chris Bell had unlocked the final, mysterious and tragic, meaning of dedicating your life to music, plus the most beautiful voice I\u2019ve ever encountered \u2013 one that can sound innocent and mischievous at the same time. We\u2019ll keep playing and singing, she\u2019s suggesting, and they won\u2019t hear any of it, again and again. They won\u2019t understand. But that won\u2019t make us stop. It will make the playing and singing more adventurous, more enticing even. \u201cI\u2019d never even heard [the backing track] before I got to the studio. So I was very out of my comfort zone. But I really enjoyed it,\u201dKim Deal would recall years later. \u201cThe music was so perfect, and the song was so gorgeous, I chocked up.\u201d Well, you\u2019re telling me.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris Bell is featured in<\/em> Shindig! <em>Issue #83. 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