Monkees do Big Star!

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Monkees do Big Star!

Postby naughty boy » 12 Oct 2018, 19:13

Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.

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Re: Monkees do Big Star!

Postby Charlie O. » 12 Oct 2018, 19:35

I kept waiting for the drummer (drum machine?) to move on from the "Be My Baby" beat, the string synth is cheesy, and I don't know why there's so much slapback/reverb on the vocals.

Otherwise: nice enough.
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Re: Monkees do Big Star!

Postby Brickyard Jack » 12 Oct 2018, 19:35

I thought you had written Five Star for a moment.

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Re: Monkees do Big Star!

Postby toomanyhatz » 12 Oct 2018, 21:02

Don't think much of the production, which is a bit too drenched and ploddy.

This one suffers a bit for it too, but is lovely:



Nez's voice has aged very gracefully.
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