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defrogSo Alex Chilton is gone. Which is especially bad news for those of you who had hoped to catch Big Star at SXSW this weekend.
At first I wasn’t sure if I would post something about it, because it would mean admitting to all here that when it comes right down to it, I was never really into Big Star.
Sorry. But it’s true. Not that Big Star were bad, or deserved to remain an obscure indie cult favorite rather than become as big as, say, REM (or at least The Replacements). But I never really connected with them emotionally, for some reason.
On the other hand, it’s not as though Chilton hadn’t touched my life in other ways. He was a good record producer, for a start. And his production credits include the first album from The Cramps, which included this song here.
Also, Chilton did co-found and play guitar in at least one other band I liked: Tav Falco’s Panther Burns.
Like so.
Oh, and there was that one song by the Box Tops, of course.
Respect.
If he was from Mars, wouldn't that be cool,
This is dF
At first I wasn’t sure if I would post something about it, because it would mean admitting to all here that when it comes right down to it, I was never really into Big Star.
Sorry. But it’s true. Not that Big Star were bad, or deserved to remain an obscure indie cult favorite rather than become as big as, say, REM (or at least The Replacements). But I never really connected with them emotionally, for some reason.
On the other hand, it’s not as though Chilton hadn’t touched my life in other ways. He was a good record producer, for a start. And his production credits include the first album from The Cramps, which included this song here.
Also, Chilton did co-found and play guitar in at least one other band I liked: Tav Falco’s Panther Burns.
Like so.
Oh, and there was that one song by the Box Tops, of course.
Respect.
If he was from Mars, wouldn't that be cool,
This is dF
