I discovered Big Star through a friend of mine who was obsessed with them. To him they were the greatest band of all time. I didn't really have a choice but to get to know them as they were about the only band he seemed to play. This is their first song to catch my ear, and one of their best known songs. September Gurls is Pure POP. Characterized by the bittersweet melodies that was their...

What can I say? Brian Ritchie's bass is unbelievable on this incredibly intense, much over-looked, stomach-in-a-knot catharsis of a song. How do you write a song like that? What must Gano have been thinking? The whole Hallowed ground album has some great tension in it, but Never Tell is the pinnacle.  Enjoy!