Big Star -- "O My Soul"
"I can't get a license to drive-a my car, but I don't really need it cause I'm a big star."
Wishful thinking, perhaps, but it seems like the whole idea of Big Star was to have fun pretending to be just that -- big stars.
I can't bring myself to take this song too seriously, but maybe I should. Drink till you drop, stay up all night: rock and roll cliches. The band was on the verge of collapse, but it sounds like they're having a good time. What matters is the sound of Alex Chilton's guitar: a sound he did not have dialled in yet on Big Star's first album. I'm guessing that he's playing through a Vox AC30, but I could be wrong. Any which way, it sounds great.
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