TS: Big Star - Third vs. Portishead - Third vs. Soft Machine - Third
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 25 March 2010 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I've got the KUT session, but only 128kbps on AAC format - just so you know
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 25 March 2010 18:56 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.mediafire.com/?yiitzyk2wdz
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 25 March 2010 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
nice, thanks! just would like to hear it, regardless of quality ...
― tylerw, Thursday, 25 March 2010 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
He really does sing the word 'nazis' beautifully, doesn't he?
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 25 March 2010 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link
thanking u xxp
― sleeve, Thursday, 25 March 2010 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
beale street breakdown / beale street green are a pretty jaw dropping twosome, thanks for the links! favourites at the mo are the preamble to o dana and jesus christ and the stunning she might look my way/Windows Hote/All The Time. i'm glad i'm hearing this stuff for the first time now in a weird way.
― cw, Thursday, 25 March 2010 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm not articulate enough to add to this thread.
I've listened to nothing but Big Star all week.
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Thursday, 25 March 2010 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
just want to say one thing
years ago, i was all set to live, oh yeah
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 25 March 2010 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
In this town, television shuts off at twoWhat can a lonely rock 'n' roller do?The bed's so big, the sheets are cleanYour girlfriend said you were nineteen
The Styrofoam ice bucket's full of iceCome up to my motel room and treat me nice
I don't wanna make no late night New York callsI don't wanna stare at those ugly grass mat wallsChronologically I know you're youngBut when you kissed me in the club you bit my tongue
I'll write a song for you and put it on my next LPCome up to my motel room and sleep with me
There's a Bible in the drawer, don't be afraidI'll put up a sign to warn the maidWe can steal all the soap and towelsAnd never mind the way the desk clerk scowls
I'll buy your breakfast, they'll think you're my wifeCome up to my motel room and save my life
― sleeve, Thursday, 25 March 2010 22:29 (fourteen years ago) link
that's a cover iirc
― Whats with all the littering? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 25 March 2010 22:40 (fourteen years ago) link
it's loudon wainwright ... chilton's version is fab though.
― tylerw, Thursday, 25 March 2010 22:45 (fourteen years ago) link
wow I never knew that, damn bootlegs
― sleeve, Thursday, 25 March 2010 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
If only:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BIG-STAR-3-ORIGINAL-ARDENT-PRESS-ALEX-CHILTON-PSYCH_W0QQitemZ120549693091QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item1c115256a3
― PaulTMA, Monday, 29 March 2010 15:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Robyn Hitchcock weighs in. I like the idea of these guys hanging out.
It's difficult to accept that Alex Chilton is gone and won't be back.He was always around, in his wry, low-key way, decorating the musicworld with his casual brilliance. From Norway to San Francisco to Milanhe would be standing out there by the flight cases to greet you withhis quizzical smile. He had something of the ex-patriot in him: even athome in the US, he seemed like a gentleman visiting from the past, mostcomfortable on the fringe of things. His refusal to stand centre-stagein Big Star was typical of this: he was too big a star to need to proveit, perhaps. The fount of indie-rock stems from him as much as from Arthur Lee, TheVelvet Underground, and Syd Barrett. His lack of interest in stardomand all the steps up to it was, and will be, a constant inspiration tomany of us, as much as his sweet, dark, soulful music. Myriad musicalroads met in Alex, and he diverted their course to his own artisticpurposes with much grace and few illusions. All of us who knew of himwill want to join me in sending our thoughts and condolences to Laura,his wife, and Jody Stephens, his collaborator of 40-odd years. He and I enjoyed many smoky moments over the years. it's sad andperplexing to think that there'll be no more. Last time I saw him wewere exhaling out of a window in Shepherd's Bush after the triumphantBig Star gig there in 2008. I can't believe he's not here any more.Alex? Alex?
― tylerw, Monday, 29 March 2010 15:40 (fourteen years ago) link
that tracklist on that Ardent/Stax pressing is totally bizarre:
Side 1:1. Stroke it, Noel2. Take Downs 3. Femme Fatale (Lou Reed)4. Thank You Friends5. Holocaust6. Jesus Christ 7. Blue MoonSIDE 2 :1. Kizza Me 2. For You (Jody Stephens) 3. O, Dana 4. Nighttime5. Whole lot of shakin' goin' on (David / Williams) 6. Kanga Roo 7. Take Care
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Monday, 29 March 2010 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
second side seems solid -- except that they've got "whole lotta shakin" smack dab in the middle. Inappropriate!
― tylerw, Monday, 29 March 2010 16:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i guess i'm just mystified by the variety of odd sequences available and Alex never committed to one either...
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Monday, 29 March 2010 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
that tracklist is pretty much the same as my copy
― just sayin, Monday, 29 March 2010 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Hey, this 1978 KUT session almost definitely isn't 1978, right? He talks about Chris Bell in the past tense ("Chris was a homosexual. That's why we had to break up.") but Chris died at the very end of 1978. Also the people heard laughing at his comments couldn't possibly have been comfortable with this so soon after his death. When is this from?
― Melvin van Osterlow, Jr. (res), Monday, 29 March 2010 23:16 (fourteen years ago) link
it's referred to in the Big Star Jovanovic book, which, unfortunately I do not have at hand at the moment
― Whats with all the littering? (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 29 March 2010 23:36 (fourteen years ago) link
it's from 1978. i think he's just talking in the past tense about Big Star -- Bell was still alive at that point ...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 00:23 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2010/04/post_7.html
― iiiijjjj, Thursday, 8 April 2010 03:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Great story. And this part!
He tuned in to deejay Joe Hastings on classical station WWNO 89.9 FM and stayed up all night watching television. “Walker, Texas Ranger” and “Touched by an Angel” fascinated him; he taught himself the “Walker” theme music on guitar.
The power of Chuck Norris (who IIRC wrote said theme).
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 03:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow, Keith Spera did a great job with that piece. Lots of fascinating anecdotes and also some sad ones.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 8 April 2010 21:32 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, nice article! thanks for posting.
― tylerw, Thursday, 8 April 2010 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Nice piece - the detail about not having insurance hurts.
― sonofstan, Thursday, 8 April 2010 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
That's what stuck with me too. But I wonder if it was that he couldn't afford it, which would be appalling, or that he didn't prioritize it or chose to accept whatever came.
― dad a, Thursday, 8 April 2010 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I guess - but you have to understand that, from a European perspective, not going to hospital with chest pains because you couldn't afford it simply wouldn't arise.
― sonofstan, Thursday, 8 April 2010 23:13 (fourteen years ago) link
and that's the grim truth
― robert bly is mrs. doubtfire? (Matt P), Thursday, 8 April 2010 23:14 (fourteen years ago) link
via @KenStringfellow Another sad loss for Big Star fans as Andy Hummel passes away after long illness.
RIP if true!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 19 July 2010 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link
ugh, really? that sucks. amazing bass player imo.
― tylerw, Monday, 19 July 2010 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
WTFFFFFFUCK
― Major Lolzer (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 19 July 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
It's almost like long married couples passing one shortly after the other. If I were Jody Stephens I would take it easy on the beach and enjoy life.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 19 July 2010 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
This reminds me of when the Ramones started dropping off in rapid succession. :(
I really hope Jody lives to be about 110 years old.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 19 July 2010 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
anyone going to this? http://www.citywinery.com/events/93429seems kind of cool. Lesa Aldridge ... !
― tylerw, Friday, 23 July 2010 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Did anyone mention that Tommy Hoehn died in Memphis a few weeks ago? Another power-popper from down there. "Blow Yourself Up" is one one of those Rhino power-pop comps, and he also wrote "She Might Look My Way" with Alex.
The KUT interview is great. I've also been checking out a lot of live stuff that's popped up after Alex's death. The Teenage Fanclub show from 1996 is pretty good, good version of the Everlys' "Walk Right Back" and also a Joe Meek medley. Some '88 stuff from Germany has some good moments on it too. There's a Memphis WYLX show from '75 that includes Alex doing "I Will Always Love You." There are some CBGB tapes out there too that aren't the same as the stuff on One Day in New York.
I hear that Jon Tiven has been shopping the complete 1975 sessions he did with Alex and released a couple times as Bach's Bottom. Maybe there's some good stuff. I hope someone is facilitating a good overview which up until now has been difficult--release those Elektra demos with some of the stuff he did at Ardent in '75, cull through a few things, perhaps include some of that CBGB show. Viola, the lost decade explicated.
― ebbjunior, Saturday, 24 July 2010 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
There will never be another Alex Chilton!!
― .. help? (admrl), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Sad to think about
his there will never be another you is something else :(
― baby i know that you think i'm just a lion (schlump), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i just listened to that song yesterday in the car and it made me super sad. :(
― i am giving you the caesar salad of compliments (Nijoli), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 23:23 (thirteen years ago) link
This popped up on the Big Star facebook page: It's alex appeaering on Conan in '95. Good guitar solos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg5Qc8xumUM&feature=player_embedded
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 2 January 2011 04:53 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-eVsH49_2U
alex doing my rival, filmed by william eggleston, via the always excellent dust congress blog
― your LiveJournal experience (schlump), Thursday, 24 February 2011 10:34 (thirteen years ago) link
one year later
the nightime->blue moon->take care sequencing on the ryko cd issue of third/sister lovers is crushing right now
― Bastards of Young Dro, Thursday, 17 March 2011 05:22 (thirteen years ago) link
gosh feels like this happened last week
― iatee, Thursday, 17 March 2011 05:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Saw some of the tribute to Alex Chilton at Jazzfest over the weekend:
Bassist Rene Coman, best known for his work in the Iguanas, is the mastermind behind the project. Coman played with Chilton intermittently, including gigs opening for the Clash and a very short run on Bourbon Street. The lineup for the tribute includes drummer Doug Garrison (Iguanas), guitarists Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum) and Alex McMurray (Tin Men/Valparaiso Men's Chorus) and singer Susan Cowsill.
"We're going to draw from the core of the live set that Alex would do: Big Star songs he liked, solo act stuff that he would do," Coman says. "Like Alex, we're not being pedantic about it. I don't want to do anything he would make a face at."
http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/alex-chilton-tribute/Content?oid=1993089
They also had another vocalist. Not sure who the guy was. A nice version of "Banghok" plus "Like Flies..." songs
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
Looks pretty good.
― Stars on 45 Fell on Alabama (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
sounds cool. as nice as those recent orchestrated Third/Sister Lovers shows may be, i kind of get the feeling Chilton would *not* be into such a museum-y performance of his stuff. dude liked to fuck things up.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
Chilton/Coman/Garrison was the core of one of my favorite solo Alex periods, No Sex/Feudalist Tarts/High Priest.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
i always really wanted to see alex play a show on his own, playing a bunch of standards & whatever else he felt like (the time i saw big star they did an elgar cover). i love cliches so much. did anyone here ever see him like that?
― *buffs lens* (schlump), Friday, 12 October 2012 04:20 (eleven years ago) link