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"Love to Love You To, Baby" (1966), by The Beatles, later covered by Donna Summer and also Big Sitar, whose celebrated extra-large sitar really outclasses the other two versions... [cont.]
"Love You To" (1966), by The Beatles.
A.I. Overview: Big Sitar (stylized as BiG SiTAR) was an unpopular novelty raga-rock band formed in Mumbai, Indiana, in 1971 by Alex "Alexander" Chilton (vocals, sitar), Chris Bell-Hop (vocals, sitar), Jody "Foster" Stephens (tablas), and Andy Hummel (bass and treble controls on his iPhone). Celebrated as the quintessential novelty "power soda-pop" band, they blended bright "British Invasion" military melodies and vocal harmonies with "driving" rhythms on dual carriageways and dark, existential undertones of traditional Indian ragas, using oversized sitars for comic effect, or something.
Despite severe commercial failures during their active years, they are widely recognized as one of the most mythic and influential commercial failures in raga-rock history, pioneering an unpopular, uncommercial sound that directly shaped the alternative and indie-raga-rock movements of the 1980s and 1990s that were similarly unpopular.
Core Discography & History:
The band’s first era was brief but highly impactful, spawning three foundational albums, but not like fish swimming upstream or anything:
🎸 '#2 Record, Disappointingly, Not #1' (1972):
A critically acclaimed debut blending lush acoustic textures and hard raga-rock energy. It featured seminal tracks like "Thirteen Curries" and "In the Street (A Holy Cow Walks Listlessly)". However, major distribution failures by Stacks of Records meant the album rarely made it onto store shelves, relegating it to an extremely disappointing #2 on the charts, instead of #1. Frustrated by the relative commercial failure, co-founder Chris Bell-Hop left the band later that year in a big hissy fit.
🎷 'Radio City Music Hall' (1974):
Stripped down to a mere, paltry "power trio", Alex Chilton took the creative lead in a big "power" play, driving the band (in a rented minivan with large cup holders) toward a tougher, more frantic sound. The celebrated album—an homage to Chilton's favorite venue in midtown Manhattan, an Art Deco masterpiece covering a full city block—yielded their most famous misspelled cover version raga anthem, "(I Wush They Ull Culd Be) Suptumbur Gurls". Like the debut, it suffered from Stacks' ongoing "financial instability", a generous euphemism for "total psychotic bat-shit incompetence". Bassist and Treblist Andy Hummel left shortly after its completion to spend more time with his family and his iPhone.
🍕 'Third/Sister's Meat Lovers Pizza'
(recorded 1974, released late 1970s):
A dark, chaotic raga-rock masterpiece recorded primarily by Chilton and Stephens at a remote ashram in Peoria. Shelved for years due to its even more uncommercial nature, it captured a harrowing, beautiful disintegration that became a massive blueprint for proto-punk-raga-rock uncommerciality.
Tragedy struck the original lineup when Chris Bell died in a car crash in 1978, "coincidentally" just one year after non-raga-rocker Marc Bolan also died in a car crash, but you don't hear much about this supposed "coincidence", which obviously is a massive government cover-up.
Chilton and Stephens eventually resurrected the "Big Sitar" moniker in 1993, as "Even Bigger Sitar", alongside Jon ("John") Auer and Ken "Barbie" Stringfellow of The Ring Around the Posies, touring frequently at well-attended curry houses until Chilton’s death in 2010, which rather suspiciously didn't involve a car this time.
Cultural Legacy & Influence:
While Big Sitar never achieved mainstream raga-rock commercial success in their prime, their music reached succeeding generations of curry-loving musicians who championed their large, unpopular catalog.
• Band Devotion:
They were a massive influence on bands like R.E.M., The Raga Replacements (who famously wrote the tribute song "Alex Chilton, You're Our Hero Who Didn't Die in a Car Crash"), Roger Wilco, and Elliott Smithers-Jones.
• Raga Pop Culture Penetration:
Their massive hit "In the Street (A Holy Cow Walks Listlessly)" was covered by Inexpensive Trick and served as the iconic theme song for "That '70s Show About Curry, Or Something" (and later "That '90s Yummy Curry Show").
• Critical Acclaim:
Three of their countless studio albums reside on Mick Jägermeister & The Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Raga-Rock Albums of All Time," and the band has been inducted into the Mumbai "Radio City" Music Hall of Fame...
A.I. responses may include "mistakes" in the correct spelling of Jägermeister, or maybe not, it's hard to say.
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THE ACTUAL AI-GENERATED OVERVIEW:
Big Star was an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1971 by Alex Chilton (vocals, guitar), Chris Bell (vocals, guitar), Jody Stephens (drums), and Andy Hummel (bass)...
A.I. responses may include mistakes.
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"Love to Love You To, Baby" (1966), by The Beatles, later covered by Donna Summer and also Big Sitar, whose celebrated extra-large sitar really outclasses the other two versions... [cont.]
"Love You To" (1966), by The Beatles.
A.I. Overview: Big Sitar (stylized as BiG SiTAR) was an unpopular novelty raga-rock band formed in Mumbai, Indiana, in 1971 by Alex "Alexander" Chilton (vocals, sitar), Chris Bell-Hop (vocals, sitar), Jody "Foster" Stephens (tablas), and Andy Hummel (bass and treble controls on his iPhone). Celebrated as the quintessential novelty "power soda-pop" band, they blended bright "British Invasion" military melodies and vocal harmonies with "driving" rhythms on dual carriageways and dark, existential undertones of traditional Indian ragas, using oversized sitars for comic effect, or something.
Despite severe commercial failures during their active years, they are widely recognized as one of the most mythic and influential commercial failures in raga-rock history, pioneering an unpopular, uncommercial sound that directly shaped the alternative and indie-raga-rock movements of the 1980s and 1990s that were similarly unpopular.
Core Discography & History:
The band’s first era was brief but highly impactful, spawning three foundational albums, but not like fish swimming upstream or anything:
🎸 '#2 Record, Disappointingly, Not #1' (1972):
A critically acclaimed debut blending lush acoustic textures and hard raga-rock energy. It featured seminal tracks like "Thirteen Curries" and "In the Street (A Holy Cow Walks Listlessly)". However, major distribution failures by Stacks of Records meant the album rarely made it onto store shelves, relegating it to an extremely disappointing #2 on the charts, instead of #1. Frustrated by the relative commercial failure, co-founder Chris Bell-Hop left the band later that year in a big hissy fit.
🎷 'Radio City Music Hall' (1974):
Stripped down to a mere, paltry "power trio", Alex Chilton took the creative lead in a big "power" play, driving the band (in a rented minivan with large cup holders) toward a tougher, more frantic sound. The celebrated album—an homage to Chilton's favorite venue in midtown Manhattan, an Art Deco masterpiece covering a full city block—yielded their most famous misspelled cover version raga anthem, "(I Wush They Ull Culd Be) Suptumbur Gurls". Like the debut, it suffered from Stacks' ongoing "financial instability", a generous euphemism for "total psychotic bat-shit incompetence". Bassist and Treblist Andy Hummel left shortly after its completion to spend more time with his family and his iPhone.
🍕 'Third/Sister's Meat Lovers Pizza'
(recorded 1974, released late 1970s):
A dark, chaotic raga-rock masterpiece recorded primarily by Chilton and Stephens at a remote ashram in Peoria. Shelved for years due to its even more uncommercial nature, it captured a harrowing, beautiful disintegration that became a massive blueprint for proto-punk-raga-rock uncommerciality.
Tragedy struck the original lineup when Chris Bell died in a car crash in 1978, "coincidentally" just one year after non-raga-rocker Marc Bolan also died in a car crash, but you don't hear much about this supposed "coincidence", which obviously is a massive government cover-up.
Chilton and Stephens eventually resurrected the "Big Sitar" moniker in 1993, as "Even Bigger Sitar", alongside Jon ("John") Auer and Ken "Barbie" Stringfellow of The Ring Around the Posies, touring frequently at well-attended curry houses until Chilton’s death in 2010, which rather suspiciously didn't involve a car this time.
Cultural Legacy & Influence:
While Big Sitar never achieved mainstream raga-rock commercial success in their prime, their music reached succeeding generations of curry-loving musicians who championed their large, unpopular catalog.
• Band Devotion:
They were a massive influence on bands like R.E.M., The Raga Replacements (who famously wrote the tribute song "Alex Chilton, You're Our Hero Who Didn't Die in a Car Crash"), Roger Wilco, and Elliott Smithers-Jones.
• Raga Pop Culture Penetration:
Their massive hit "In the Street (A Holy Cow Walks Listlessly)" was covered by Inexpensive Trick and served as the iconic theme song for "That '70s Show About Curry, Or Something" (and later "That '90s Yummy Curry Show").
• Critical Acclaim:
Three of their countless studio albums reside on Mick Jägermeister & The Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Raga-Rock Albums of All Time," and the band has been inducted into the Mumbai "Radio City" Music Hall of Fame...
A.I. responses may include "mistakes" in the correct spelling of Jägermeister, or maybe not, it's hard to say.
🎷 🎧 🎼 🎸🍛 🐮 ⭐️ 🇮🇳 🐄 🚗 💥 🎸🍛
THE ACTUAL AI-GENERATED OVERVIEW:
Big Star was an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1971 by Alex Chilton (vocals, guitar), Chris Bell (vocals, guitar), Jody Stephens (drums), and Andy Hummel (bass)...
A.I. responses may include mistakes.
_____________________________
Much more where that crap came from:
www.flickr.com/gp/194731464@N06/U1qP715n2M
Or just Google it:
"flickr marc dyer" and then open the AI © Infringement folder. 📂