[HMS Surprise]

If you have heard of Big Star you get an automatic "A" in rock history.

[Lucas McCain]

How many times were you planning to post this?

[PzLdr]

Alex Chilton was the driving force/ front man /songwriter of the “BOX TOPS”. He’s the guy you hear singing on “The Letter” and their other hits. “BIG STAR” wasn’t his first rodeo. And “Sweet Cream Ladies” doesn’t quite fit with the author’s narrative.

[the invisib1e hand]

you make a convincing pitch, and you sure know how to pepper it with hooks. but the name "Jesus" was all over music in the 60's and 70's. The list of bands that included it would probably be longer than the list of ones that didn't.

Furthermore, the list of excellent acts that got nowhere has to be as endless as a list gets, esp. since it's always growing. It's true in every field.

I think your draw to Big Star was that they were clever and confident promoters, like yourself.

[spankalib]

Why would jimfunkyguy write this in his ‘about me’ bio;

Howdy, my name is Jim Funkhouser and I write almost as well as Sarah Palin (verified at 7th grade level).

& why is THAT on the Tribune site?

I smell a rat - oh! and there’s the nice mittens pop-ups there as well.

[aruanan]

How about Glass Harp?

[GSWarrior]

The Hidden Supernova of Music (Did Christian references keep a rock band from making it big?

More likely it was creative differences between Alex Chilton and Chris Bell.

[Yardstick]

I’ve heard of Big Star but couldn’t name a song.

[Joe 6-pack]

U2 had plenty of Christian references in their music, especially early on.

It didn't keep them from, "making it big."

[dmz]

Hilarious.

Did not inhibit the Doobie Brothers and they had a pretty big hit with “Jesus is just all right with me”.

The Byrds (who also recorded Jesus is just all right) also had a huge hit with a song with lyrics pulled from the Bible (by way of Pete Seeger).

Methinks there were other reasons for Big Star not making it big.