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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: Gazoo on March 17, 2010, 09:16:42 PM
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A number of tributes will be written in the coming days, doubtless.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/mar/17/memphis-musician-alex-chilton-dies/
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A number of tributes will be written in the coming days, doubtless.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/mar/17/memphis-musician-alex-chilton-dies/
"Children by the millions sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round..."
RIP Alex.
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I don't know much
But I know I dug him so much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqkCotxAueM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD9mCp8SifM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM4xro6MAFA&feature=related
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Offshore just played "Soul Deep" -- a coincidence, I'm sure (since their music is programmed far in advance afaik), but a lovely one..
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a drag to see someone the same age as me pass on!
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A detailed obit with links to photo gallery and to a couple videos:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-alex-chilton19-2010mar19,0,2064023,full.story
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From the Chron -- the least-snarky thing Aidin Vaiziri has ever posted:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/20/DDTU1CHQ4R.DTL&type=music
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like many, I came to know the music of Big Star just recently -- in the past 10 years or so -- and when I heard that Alex Chilton was still actually living at the time, I was surprised. Why wasn't he still out there creating & touring, etc?
It turns out he was, but maybe lightning wasn't going to strike a third time (Box Tops was first time, then Big Star was second), or maybe he had some personal problems that robbed him of reaching that creative level again -- the Replacements' Alex Chilton song wonders "would he feed us with a spoon" and sees him "checkin' his stash by the trash at St. Mark's place." Anyway, I hope he was happy.
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KPOO jock played this one last night: Neon Rainbow by the Box Tops.
It was NTM, but it was their follow-up single to The Letter and charted at #24 in 1967.
It's got a nice, lazy, dreamy feel...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpNKu6VO91k
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KPOO jock played this one last night: Neon Rainbow by the Box Tops.
It was NTM, but it was their follow-up single to The Letter and charted at #24 in 1967.
It's got a nice, lazy, dreamy feel...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpNKu6VO91k
one of my faves. here's the preformance clip I posted earlier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM4xro6MAFA&feature=related
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KPOO jock played this one last night: Neon Rainbow by the Box Tops.
It was NTM, but it was their follow-up single to The Letter and charted at #24 in 1967.
It's got a nice, lazy, dreamy feel...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpNKu6VO91k
one of my faves. here's the preformance clip I posted earlier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM4xro6MAFA&feature=related
ah yes, good one. If there's any doubt that they are lip-synching -- and there should be absolutely no doubt after you hear the few few notes -- check out 1:17 and watch standing guitarist do a double take as he keeps playing when the other musicians have stopped! he's like d'oh!
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I though The Letter was by The Animals - - Alex Chilton sounds a lot like Eric Burdon IMO. I think a lot of people prob thought the same thing. And when I heard that the guy named Alex Chilton was American, I was surprised. (His name sounds so English, too.)
After hearing his bluesy growl on that that song and his soulful take on songs like Soul Deep, it seems Alex was a great mimic early on. He was singing *like* a singer who would sing those songs. Listen to his higher, poppier stuff in Big Star and it's plain he was very aware of exactly how he should be singing on a given song or for a given genre. Perhaps his natural voice is the one he used in Big Star, although it sounds like it's his "head voice" and not his true diaphragm-driven one. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't consider him a "singer" and much as a pop performer who could craft good tunes. Still love his music, listening to "O My Soul" by BS right now, in fact.
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I though The Letter was by The Animals - - Alex Chilton sounds a lot like Eric Burdon IMO. I think a lot of people prob thought the same thing. And when I heard that the guy named Alex Chilton was American, I was surprised. (His name sounds so English, too.)
Folks certainly thought he was a 40-year-old guy who smoked a lot of cigs and drank a lot of scotch. ;) Indeed, I didn't find out until years later that we was 16 when he recorded "The Letter".
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A memorial service is planned for Tues 3/30 in Memphis, with a tribute concert set for May 15 at the city's Levitt Shell in Overton Park. Details in the Memphis Commercial Appeal:
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/mar/25/chilton-memorial-concert-set-tuesday/
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One year ago today: Alex Chilton of the Box Tops and Big Star:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2011/03/one-year-ago-alex-chilton-of-the-box-tops-and-big-star.html
Also one-year ago, Peter Graves:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2011/03/one-year-ago-peter-graves-of-mission-impossible-and-airplane.html