[Glice]

There's an additional problem of when you hear a record that's influenced everyone. I couldn't get VU for a while because it sounded pretty average. It did click eventually, but I think if I hadn't've bothered listening to it loads because of the kudos it has, I mightn't like it as I do. Funnily enough though, the Monks and the Shaggs were instantaneous 'fuck me, why don't more people do this?'.

I've been let down by loads of bands. I managed to completely bypass Nirvana in my youth... I never watched a great deal of TV, and I don't remember Lamo and Whiley or Peely playing them when I was growing up... when I finally got to hear them at 17, it just sounded like a complete let down especially as by that point I was into Merzbow and had got bored of Pavement. All in the days before t'interknob, I might add. There're still bands I scratch my head at... pretty much any of the legion of boys with guitars-type 'influential' bands, apart from Beck-era Yardbirds and very ocassionally Led Zep. Hendrix really doesn't make any sense to me.

I don't think it's a problem though. It's not really going to affect my life any if I don't get any of that lot. Not as important as every home worldwide owning a copy of philosophy of the world.