When you always stumble into a name that seems to have had great impact on a lot of bands, you get curious and want to check it out. Right? Well, then you also know that it is quite disappointing when you hear the band and don't understand how they became so influential.

I have that problem with Big Star. Tonight I am listening to #1 Record and Radio City for the billionth time and I'm still not getting it. Yeah, they do have good songs and all, but it just sounds like a mishmash of the sixties. Maybe some day I will buy The Third Album/Sister Lovers and I will see a big shining light in the sky revealing all the secrets. Until then they will just remain a good popband in my world.