Songs about coming of age and Jesus (and the tangled connections between) delivered as exquisitely recorded perfect power pop gems.

#NowPlaying #ChrisBell #BigStar #PowerPop

Morning, quiz fans

Here’s #NikNak’s #Daily #Teaser for #12thJanuary

Complete with #five #quiz #questions, a #quote from #JohnLasseter and a #song from #ChrisBell

Enjoy your day.

#quiz
#free
#question
#BrainTeaser
#DailyTeaser
#NikNaksDailyTeaser
#NikNaksVideoTeaser
#NikNakOldPeculiar

https://niknaksoldpeculiarblog.blogspot.com/2024/01/nik-naks-daily-teaser-12th-january-2024.html

Wise men (and women) know to “Keep an Eye on the Sky.” https://songwhip.com/big-star

#BigStar #music #PowerPop #RockMusic #AlexChilton #JodyStephens #AndyHummel #ChrisBell #JonAuer #KenStringfellow #ThePosies #StaxRecords #ArdentRecords #ArdentStudios #Memphis #Christmas

#TheMorningLine:

#TheClovers, Don't You Know I Love You
#LetsEatGrandma, Whitewater
#RebeccaTurner, The Song With the Descending Tune
#ChrisBell, Untitled Acoustic Instrumental
#TomLehrer, She's My Girl
#SutherlandBrothersandQuiver, Beat Of The Street
#CountingCrows, Mr. Jones
#AlbertKing, I Love Lucy
Let's Eat Grandma, I Will Be Waiting
#MuddyWaters, 19 Years Old

On this day, December 27, 1978: Chris Bell died when he lost control of his TR-7 and hit a light pole on Poplar Avenue in Memphis, TN; he was 27.

Today’s soundtrack: Big Star and Bell’s solo album, “I Am the Cosmos”

Today’s screening: “Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me”

Today’s sad quote: “I dunno, rock ‘n’ roll just kinda went dead for me.”

Today’s tattoo: http://tinyurl.com/ckwoqd4

#ChrisBell
#BigStar
#OTD
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