tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360486056983018949.post3694999309591653551..comments2024-01-31T09:10:18.662-07:00Comments on "One Poor Correspondent": Straight UpTom Nawrockihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766845038505392731noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360486056983018949.post-72836631530079080902007-06-15T12:29:00.000-06:002007-06-15T12:29:00.000-06:00I like Badfinger. But I think this shows the limit...I like Badfinger. But I think this shows the limitations of a Bill James approach to rock history, because you could never argue that having as many top tens as Jerry Lee Lewis makes Badfinger as good or as important as the Killer. They were a good-enough pop band made better by the wish for another Beatles, or something that sounded enough like that, in the years immediately following the Beatles split. Not as good as, say, Brinsley Schwarz, who had no U.S. top ten hits. Or, so long as I’m talking about acceptable post-Beatles substitutes, Big Star. <BR/><BR/>That said, please keep the Bill James analysis coming. I suggest a new power-hitting formula of some sort. How old were Badfinger when they scored their top tens compared to Jerry Lee Lewis?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com