I’m sure I won’t be the only person posting Paul Westerberg’s classic tribute today, but the death of Alex Chilton yesterday of a heart attack at age 59 is indeed sad news.

While Big Star was never really commercially successful,  “In the Streets,”  more widely referred to as the theme to That 70′s Show, is an easily-recognizable  cultural reference point of the last decade or so, and is a pretty good encapsulation of the power pop sound the band pioneered.  Despite an early career as a teen singing sensation with the Boxtops, Chilton was never afraid to work with edgy artists, including Television’s Richard Lloyd or the Cramps.