Wednesday, March 12, 2025

"Star Collector"

Recently, I listened to the deluxe edition of Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. and remembered a small point about "Star Collector" that I realized last summer but forgot to write about.  This may be just a coincidence, but there's some resemblance between it and Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen," particularly the first half of the choruses of "Star Collector":
Yeah, she's a star collector
She only aims to please
Young celebrities
and the second verse of "Sweet Little Sixteen":
Sweet little sixteen, she just got to have
About a half a million famed autographs
Her wallet filled with pictures; she gets 'em one by one
Become so excited; watch her; look at her run, boy
Both are about girls who are obsessed with famous people and collect their autographs (as the first verse of "Star Collector" mentions:  "Give her my autograph and tell her, / 'It's been nice knowin' you'").