The best music documentary I have ever seen.

I am a lover of Big Star, but that didn't automatically mean I would enjoy this movie. As it turned out, I did - I found it amazing, uplifting and heartbreaking. At times funny (Chilton's ornery nature is bleakly hilarious in its self-destructiveness - "You keep buyin' 'em and I'll keep signin' 'em"), at times devastatingly sad (Chris Bell's brother and sister seem such wonderful, decent people, and their love for Chris shines out).

I don't know why I love Big Star so much - I'm a child of the Seventies (I became a teenager in 1970) and they seem to embody that decade, or at least the first six years of it when everything seemed to be colourful, exciting and vital. Their music is perfect - pop with a rock edge, rock with just enough sweetness in the mix not to be sickly. The streak of melancholia that runs through their story appeals to me as well - it's a classic Greek tragedy.

I can't compliment the makers and the participants enough - they have created a tribute to a great band that is worthy of them, a solid 1 hr 50 minute movie that left me wanting more. Kudos to them for making a tiny amount of actual FOOTAGE of the band go so far!



Awight we're The Daamned we're a punk baand and this is called Carn't Be Appy T'day!