Lester Bangs and the Delinquents, “I Just Want to Be a Movie Star”

Facebook friend Darren Viola posted some Christgau clips of 1977 live show previews of the B-52s and Fleshtones shows at Max’s, which are fun, but down in the comments was a link to this tune from 1980.

I didn’t know this one, which is great fun.

Listening to the whole album. Good!

2 thoughts on “Lester Bangs and the Delinquents, “I Just Want to Be a Movie Star”

  1. Never heard this album but I saw half a set Lester played at CB’s that was rockier than this. The music is pretty corny and so is his delivery. I can’t catch all the words but those I hear are good, which figures. He had a career in novelty hits cut short. Lester had a good soul but convinced himself that he didn’t have a soul at all, like many a talented existentialist before him. Norman Mailer, Truman Capote and Gore Vidal come to mind. They all hit a wall in their art. What they all were is great journalists: great eyes and a way with the truth, or the truth as they saw it.

    Buit that’s not rocknroll. This is:

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