Alex Chilton dead at 59

SuperCreep · 03.17.2010, 10:12 PM

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...-chilton-dies/

loss for words. this hits hard, probably even more than ron for me.

RIP. :'7(

akprodr · 03.18.2010, 07:11 AM

They were talking about this on NPR just as I was reading the article. wierd

radarmaker · 03.18.2010, 07:37 AM

Fuck.

Bertrand · 03.18.2010, 08:18 AM

Damn!
He was younger than I thought; no age for passing.
He made beautiful music and had a fine fine voice.

Genteel Death · 03.18.2010, 05:10 PM

I only know two songs by them (September Gurls and Holocaust), and they didn't really live up to all the ''legendary band'' talk I've always heard about them. Is there an album that merits a listen, and why?
Oh and RIP.

the ikara cult · 03.18.2010, 07:39 PM

Thirteen is superb. If i could write a song as lovely as that I would be able to rest easy myself. Ive not explored Big Star beyond that despite being well aware of the name for the the best part of 10 years. Perhaps nows the time to do so. RIP

Pax Americana · 03.18.2010, 08:35 PM

Heard about it this morning. Sad. I always loved his vocals. RIP.

the ikara cult · 03.18.2010, 08:48 PM

As a a black-hearted cynic and angry human being, this song makes me lay down my arms every time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pte3Jg-2Ax4

demonrail666 · 03.18.2010, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Genteel Death

I only know two songs by them (September Gurls and Holocaust), and they didn't really live up to all the ''legendary band'' talk I've always heard about them. Is there an album that merits a listen, and why?
Oh and RIP.

I'd recommend any of their original three lps but if you're not that into either September Gurls or Holocaust I doubt you'd be that into the albums.

Anyway, RIP. I think I'll go off and listen to Sister Lovers now and have a little cry.

Dead-Air · 03.19.2010, 12:01 AM

I've been shaken by this severely all day. Alex wrote songs I wished I could have had the ability to write. Sister Lovers is the best Velvets third album influenced record ever and genius in it's own right. Live in London is a brilliant fucking noise rock album years before the genre came into being. He was arguably my favorite pop song writer in many ways, not to mention the garage rock stuff he did with the Cramps and Panther Burns.

I'd been religiously listening to a comp of his best songs all week long, so the news struck doubly hard. My ex who'd been in the car yesterday when I was playing it texted me the news this morning all weirded out.

First Lux, now Alex. Such a sad recent stretch for rock music.

Florya · 03.19.2010, 08:01 AM

Messrs. Chiltern and Bell are and will be sorely missed. At least the old team is back together again. R.I.P. gentlemen.

demonrail666 · 03.19.2010, 12:57 PM

It took a while to sink in but I think I feel worse over this than I did about Lux Interior. That was more just shock, this somehow seems sadder. It feels closer for me to the death of Grant McLennan. Two musicians who deserved far better rewards for their talents than they ever received during their lifetimes.

akprodr · 03.21.2010, 07:18 AM

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/op...html?th&emc=th

dazedcola · 03.22.2010, 07:17 PM

This sucks i had just come around again to Mr.Chilton's first solo album Like Flies on Sherbert (I knew westerberg loved it) that has him with arudimentary punk band fronting material he wrote on an eternal bender. It's got a fucked up charm that I know can be appreciated here.

download now
http://rapidshare.com/files/275386560/LikeSher.zip

the ikara cult · 04.20.2010, 03:47 PM

Torn Curtain · 07.24.2010, 07:03 AM

R.I.P. Big Star bassist Andy Hummel

03.17.2010, 10:12 PM	#1
SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...-chilton-dies/ loss for words. this hits hard, probably even more than ron for me. RIP. :'7( __________________
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03.18.2010, 07:11 AM	#2
akprodr the end of the ugly Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mt Clair Posts: 1,129	They were talking about this on NPR just as I was reading the article. wierd __________________ Odi profanum vulgus et arceo
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03.18.2010, 07:37 AM	#3
radarmaker the end of the ugly Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,123	Fuck.
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03.18.2010, 08:18 AM	#4
Bertrand expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rennes, France Posts: 1,268	Damn! He was younger than I thought; no age for passing. He made beautiful music and had a fine fine voice.
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03.18.2010, 05:10 PM	#5
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	I only know two songs by them (September Gurls and Holocaust), and they didn't really live up to all the ''legendary band'' talk I've always heard about them. Is there an album that merits a listen, and why? Oh and RIP.
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03.18.2010, 07:39 PM	#6
the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	Thirteen is superb. If i could write a song as lovely as that I would be able to rest easy myself. Ive not explored Big Star beyond that despite being well aware of the name for the the best part of 10 years. Perhaps nows the time to do so. RIP __________________ "It is absolutely ridiculous, they are behaving like a cult" - The Vatican
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03.18.2010, 08:35 PM	#7
Pax Americana expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,187	Heard about it this morning. Sad. I always loved his vocals. RIP.
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03.18.2010, 08:48 PM	#8
the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	As a a black-hearted cynic and angry human being, this song makes me lay down my arms every time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pte3Jg-2Ax4 __________________ "It is absolutely ridiculous, they are behaving like a cult" - The Vatican
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03.19.2010, 12:01 AM	#10
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	I've been shaken by this severely all day. Alex wrote songs I wished I could have had the ability to write. Sister Lovers is the best Velvets third album influenced record ever and genius in it's own right. Live in London is a brilliant fucking noise rock album years before the genre came into being. He was arguably my favorite pop song writer in many ways, not to mention the garage rock stuff he did with the Cramps and Panther Burns. I'd been religiously listening to a comp of his best songs all week long, so the news struck doubly hard. My ex who'd been in the car yesterday when I was playing it texted me the news this morning all weirded out. First Lux, now Alex. Such a sad recent stretch for rock music. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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03.19.2010, 08:01 AM	#11
Florya expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: a little world, all of my own. Posts: 1,668	Messrs. Chiltern and Bell are and will be sorely missed. At least the old team is back together again. R.I.P. gentlemen. __________________ it takes an old guy like bloodbeach'85 to get anything right - atari 2600 listening mirror @ Soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/listening-mirror
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03.19.2010, 12:57 PM	#12
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	It took a while to sink in but I think I feel worse over this than I did about Lux Interior. That was more just shock, this somehow seems sadder. It feels closer for me to the death of Grant McLennan. Two musicians who deserved far better rewards for their talents than they ever received during their lifetimes.
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03.21.2010, 07:18 AM	#13
akprodr the end of the ugly Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mt Clair Posts: 1,129	http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/op...html?th&emc=th __________________ Odi profanum vulgus et arceo
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03.22.2010, 07:17 PM	#14
dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	This sucks i had just come around again to Mr.Chilton's first solo album Like Flies on Sherbert (I knew westerberg loved it) that has him with arudimentary punk band fronting material he wrote on an eternal bender. It's got a fucked up charm that I know can be appreciated here. download now http://rapidshare.com/files/275386560/LikeSher.zip __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	bump __________________ "It is absolutely ridiculous, they are behaving like a cult" - The Vatican
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Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	R.I.P. Big Star bassist Andy Hummel __________________ "Si seulement nous avions le courage des oiseaux qui chantent dans le vent glacé"
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