Sad news. I don't know if the comments on the attached come through, but it's heartening to see so many comments coming in.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/ ... n-dies/?hp
Alex Chilton
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Re: Alex Chilton
Very sad news indeed! Still hard to fathom that his was a voice of a sixteen year old on that record all those years ago[a most pristine example of pop song writing economy to this day-EC are you reading]. Those first two Big Star records never leave my player- "September Gurls" and "Driving In MY Car" indeed. Like that legendary first Velvet Underground album, they definitely launched a 'thousand' bands in the following years. I feel very mortal today as he was only four years older than me. Oddly enough, I was just playing "Pleased To Meet Me" yesterday with it's ode to him "Alex Chilton" ['what's that song?'] and the equally joyous "Kiss Me on the Bus" in which you can surely hear his influence. Sad day!
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"....there's a merry song that starts in 'I' and ends in 'You', as many famous pop songs do....'
Re: Alex Chilton
I'm pretty gutted by this. Not only was he a huge inspiration, but having lived in Memphis and New Orleans (Alex was a neighbor, but not an acquaintance, of mine), he was pretty omnipresent in the past 18 years of my life.
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Re: Alex Chilton
Very sad.
I don't own any of his records but the songs I've heard are all pure pop gems.
And I'm a fan of Teenage Fanclub, who obviously adore the guy.
One of my favourite songs :
I don't own any of his records but the songs I've heard are all pure pop gems.
And I'm a fan of Teenage Fanclub, who obviously adore the guy.
One of my favourite songs :
If you don't know what is wrong with me
Then you don't know what you've missed
Then you don't know what you've missed
Re: Alex Chilton
Tee Ni Nee Ni Noo
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think that you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt
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A funny and bittersweet remembrance of his 'mentor' by Paul Westerberg in today's Week In Review in The New York Times. You get a real sense of what he meant to him.
"....there's a merry song that starts in 'I' and ends in 'You', as many famous pop songs do....'
Re: Alex Chilton
Chilton/Big Star get some love in a most unexpected place. Great stuff.
http://tennisworld.typepad.com/thewrap/ ... -song.html
http://tennisworld.typepad.com/thewrap/ ... -song.html
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Thank you for calling attention to this piece. It is a heartfelt appreciation of this artist, very well written. You really get a sense of how an artist like Chilton can have a far greater impact on this world than those big selling artists that he so assiduously avoided becoming.
"....there's a merry song that starts in 'I' and ends in 'You', as many famous pop songs do....'
Re: Alex Chilton
If anything, recent events spurred me to write a couple of overdue reviews, which can be accessed below.