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Alex Chilton, man
« on: March 18, 2010, 02:12:48 am »
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Re: Alex Chilton, man
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2010, 02:34:24 am »
-pours homebrew on the floor- RIP Alex
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Re: Alex Chilton, man
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2010, 03:28:42 am »
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Re: Alex Chilton, man
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2010, 04:59:06 am »
My dad saw the Monks when they were playing on Air Force Bases in Germany and today he sent me a message asking if I knew of Big Star.  I was all, oh hell yeah, who hasn't they're great e.t.c.  Well, along with living on an air force base in germany, he went to military school in Tennessee, and apparently hung out with Chilton when he was in the Box Tops, I guess they were a teen band?  It was weird, I had never heard of the Box Tops and he had never heard of Big Star.
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Re: Alex Chilton, man
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2010, 05:24:26 am »
It's funny, I dismissed Big Star for several years because I knew it was the dude from the Box Tops.  I like The Letter and all, but I couldn't see that dude as being such a major figure.

I've been listening to Big Star a lot the past couple of days.  I wish I had more of Alex's music.
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Re: Alex Chilton, man
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2010, 10:18:20 pm »
Quote from: KeithHernandez on March 20, 2010, 04:59:06 am
he went to military school in Tennessee, and apparently hung out with Chilton when he was in the Box Tops, I guess they were a teen band?  It was weird, I had never heard of the Box Tops and he had never heard of Big Star.

You recognize this, right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD9mCp8SifM

I think it's really their only hit.

Edit: Right, so I read Inev's edit where he posted this same video after I posted it, so, sorry for the unnecessary post.
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Re: Alex Chilton, man
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2010, 07:50:04 am »
Quote from: miles on March 20, 2010, 10:18:20 pm
I think it's really their only hit.

Yeah, but it was a huge hit and then it was a hit again.
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