The Sparks Brothers

Never listened to them, but they inspired my all time favorite music review.

Somebody -- I wish I could remember who -- wrote the entry on them for The Rolling Stone Record Guide, briefly sketching their history and rating their various albums. The review concluded with this sentence:

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"Docked one star per album for being partially responsible for Queen."

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I was going to watch it. But Patton Oswalt's name in the credits was a deal breaker. That fricking guy shows up everywhere.

Whatched it last night and thoroughly enjoyed it! How could anyone not like Ron and Russell Mael? I literally knew nothing about them but you don't even need to. Such an interesting career told in a very entertaining way. Two very genuine guys who did what they loved musically and artistically, regardless of whether or not it fit into what was popular. Just a feel good story all around. Funny too!

I loved "cool places" back in the day, a song they did with Jane Weidiln of the Go Gos. If that song never existed, I would have never heard of Sparks