RIP Alex Chilton

[LoungeMachine]

What is it about GayR that makes him relish the death of other people so much?

To the point that he has even posted news of their death, even though he knew they were still alive?



sick, sick little man.

[PETE'S BROTHER]

To the point that he has even posted news of their death, even though he knew they were still alive?



sick, sick little man.

you're not talkin' about rikk's hagar obit are ya?

[Kristy]

you're an asshole!

Not only am I willing to bet that you're the biggest asshole on this board...I'm also willing to bet that you have the biggest asshole on this board!

Choke on your fucking Google and DIE already!!!!.........

Was waste your time writing anything back to that moron? It's more than obvious GAR is a condescending attention-seeker who suffers from Asperger's syndrome and has way too much time on his hands

[lesfunk]

I always loved "The Letter" . I never knew who the Boxtops actually were.

[FORD]

Big Star Singer and Cult Icon Alex Chilton Dead at 59

3/17/10, 10:32 pm EST


Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty

Alex Chilton, singer and guitarist of Big Star, one of the most influential rock groups to emerge from the early 1970s, has passed away at the age of 59. Chilton reportedly suffered a heart attack today in New Orleans, just days before Big Star were scheduled to perform at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas. Chilton had been complaining about his health earlier in the day, and was eventually taken to a New Orleans hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Big Star drummer Jody Stephens confirmed Chilton’s passing, Memphis’ Commercial Appeal reports. “Alex passed away a couple of hours ago,” Stephens said. “I don’t have a lot of particulars, but they kind of suspect that it was a heart attack.”

Chilton began his musical career in his teens as a member of the Box Tops before returning to his native Memphis to form Big Star with guitarist/co-songwriter Chris Bell, drummer Jody Stephens and bassist Andy Hummel. Blending power pop with the sound of the Beatles and the Beach Boys, Big Star were critically acclaimed but largely ignored commercially. In their short time together in the early-’70s — though Bell exited the band after #1 Record, Hummel after Radio City — Big Star only released three studio albums, but what three incredible albums they were: 1972’s #1 Record, 1974’s Radio City and 1978’s dark but beautiful Third/Sister Lovers all placed on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and their classic tracks “Thirteen” and “September Gurls” both made the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

While they only lasted a few years, Big Star’s impact continues to reverberate decades later. R.E.M. and the Replacements both named Big Star and Alex Chilton as major influences, and the Replacements’ Pleased to Meet Me features a song titled “Alex Chilton.” Chilton became a cult musical icon, and artists as diverse as Beck, Wilco, Elliott Smith, R.E.M., Cheap Trick, Jeff Buckley, Garbage, Bat For Lashes and Whiskeytown have covered Big Star’s songs. Renewed interest in the band’s music led to a reunion of sorts in the early ’90s and a new album in 2005’s In Space, which featured two members of the Posies, Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer. Just last year, a box set celebrating Big Star’s entire catalog, Keep an Eye on the Sky was released.

“It’s not like I’m a ‘big star’ constantly getting noticed, but I do get recognized,” Chilton told Rolling Stone in 2000 of the fame that eluded Big Star during their first years together. “What’s nice is that the people in my neighborhood just know me as Alex. It’s funny, because I spent so much of my life moving from place to place and I went through a few dark periods, but in the last few years I’ve kind of settled down.” Chilton is survived by his wife Laura and son Timothy.

Big Star Singer and Cult Icon Alex Chilton Dead at 59 : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily

[SilvioDante]

G'bye, Alex. Christ this hurts...

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This may be the best love song written in the rock era. Simple and beautiful.

Like the man says, "I never travel far, without a little Big Star..."

[Rikk]

What is it about GayR that makes him relish the death of other people so much?

To the point that he has even posted news of their death, even though he knew they were still alive?



sick, sick little man.

Yeah, you're pretty fucked up, GAR.

[Rikk]

BIG STAR were great. Glad to see a lot of Army people paying their respects for such an overlooked act.