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post #16 of 23
3/18/10 at 10:44pm
Big Star was a great little power pop band from Memphis. Sounded a lot like Badfinger.


The only footage of the original lineup. Chilton is the guy in the red sweater



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post #17 of 23
3/19/10 at 12:58am
September Gurls is an all time fave. Sad news indeed.
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post #18 of 23
3/19/10 at 10:15am
The powerpop stuff was great but there was great but i really like the direction they were headed with stuff like
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post #19 of 23
3/19/10 at 12:12pm
^ + 1000 It's an incredible song. I also love the cover by This Mortal Coil:
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post #20 of 23
3/19/10 at 12:13pm
^yes, that cover is awesome.
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post #21 of 23
3/19/10 at 12:58pm
roscoe's blog has a little tribute and cover (chilton does 'sugar sugar'): http://knuckleheadnyc.blogspot.com/
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post #22 of 23
3/19/10 at 8:53pm
I saw Jeff Buckley do an amazing cover on Kangaroo when he was touring for Grace.
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post #23 of 23
3/20/10 at 1:57pm
This story made me laugh:

Quote:
Choire: What is your favorite Alex Chilton video, song or tale?

Paul: My favorite tale is from Our Band Could Be Your Life, when he shut down Gibby Haynes's rampage through the Netherlands:

Moments later a man entered the dressing room and asked if he could borrow a guitar. "BORROW A GUITAR??!!! WELL, WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU???!!! [Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers] screamed, eyes flashing in delirious anticpation of forthcoming violence. But the man was totally unfazed.

"I'm Alex Chilton," the man answered calmly.

Haynes was flabbergasted. After a long pause, he methodically opened the remaining guitar cases one by one and gestured at them as if to say, "Take anything you want."

http://www.theawl.com/2010/03/a-conv...rpers-magazine
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