Search - Big Daddy :: Lookout Mountain

Disappointed

Daved Kohls | the West Coast, USA | 01/02/2004

(1 out of 5 stars)

"What is it with so many of the modern generation bands that can't come up with their own ORIGINAL names (ie: People, Damnation, Touch, etc.)? It seems that everytime I turn around I find there is another young group ripping off the name of yet another steller band from yesteryear.I was afraid that THIS "Big Daddy" might not be the same band from Rhino Records' formative years of the early 80's, who issued several albums, taking 'current' songs and cleverly reworking them in the musical styles of the 50's & 60's. (Sadly, very little of their catalogue has been issued in CD format, other than the available "Best of..." disc and the out-of-print reworking of the Sgt. Pepper's album.)Unfortunately, I was right. This is just another unimaginative, late 90's group doing nothing particularly inventive. Least of all, coming up with an original name of their own. And, unfortunately, I had to waste my money to find this out. Hopefully, though, my painful experience will save YOU a few bucks."

A good effort

Daved Kohls | 02/20/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I took a chance and bought a copy. OK so some of the stuff is reminiscent (which is a nice way of saying derivative) of the Beatles and Genesis and the Stones and King Crimson and other somewhat more progressive bands of the late 60s-early 70s, but that was all good music and I applaud this band for borrowing from such cool sources for their muse. Stand outs on this record are the OH SO GEORGE Harrison-ish "Eyes Wide Open", the wanna-be Gabriel "The Exit", and the real classic rocky "5 Weeks Running". Certainly not a bad record for what sounds like a bar band with a low budget and a little production. You could buy a Britney Spears record for $15 and get all the unimaginative derivative music you can handle and it probably wouldn't be as good a value as this."