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Christina

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RIP Alex Chilton
« on: March 17, 2010, 09:43:33 PM »
Just heard.
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Re: RIP Alex Chilton
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2010, 09:45:10 PM »
Makes me want to put on the Icewater demos.
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Re: RIP Alex Chilton
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2010, 09:45:23 PM »
I can't believe it. I left work, came home, and saw the news all over twitter.

staying in tonight.  worst st. patrick's day ever. EVER.

Goes without saying, but my best to Chilton's family, friends, and family of musicians. R.I.P.
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Re: RIP Alex Chilton
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2010, 09:50:47 PM »
SUCKS
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Re: RIP Alex Chilton
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2010, 10:35:24 PM »
This sucks.

Condolences to his wife and son.

RIP
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Re: RIP Alex Chilton
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2010, 12:50:05 AM »
I'm taking this one to heart in a big way.
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daveB from Oakland

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Re: RIP Alex Chilton
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2010, 02:14:39 AM »
Fare thee well, El Goodo.
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Re: RIP Alex Chilton
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2010, 02:34:34 AM »
Quote from: daveB from Oakland on March 18, 2010, 02:14:39 AM
Fare thee well, El Goodo.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcQyEYYGho0[/youtube]
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Re: RIP Alex Chilton
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2010, 03:59:46 AM »
This is so sad. I'm listening to a bunch of Big Star now. But some of the tracks I can't even listen to (I had to skip "Watch the Sunrise.")  It's just so sad. This is the only "celebrity" death that I can recall that has actually made me cry. His music has meant so much to me for so long.
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Re: RIP Alex Chilton
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2010, 04:04:52 AM »
Big Star is so important to me in so many ways, and yet I can't fully articulate why. The death of public figures rarely moves me, but I cried tonight when I heard the news.
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Re: RIP Alex Chilton
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2010, 07:15:48 AM »
What a shitty fucking day. First I find out about Chilton, and a few hours later I hear about Nujabes. Hope they both rest in peace.
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Re: RIP Alex Chilton
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2010, 10:17:38 AM »
I think I'm a like a lot of people that were big fans of the Replacements and their song "Alex Chilton" when some other people turned me on to Big Star's first two albums.  Those albums are so damn good. 

It's crazy to think about what he and Chris Bell could have done if things just broke a different way. This does suck. RIP.
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Re: RIP Alex Chilton
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2010, 07:28:37 PM »
Eulogized in Congress:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9LGwzGnx5w&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2010/03/18/alex-chilton-in-the-halls-of-congress/
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Re: RIP Alex Chilton
« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2010, 07:50:37 PM »
The Box Tops were one of the few groups my step-dad and I could agree on.
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iAmBaronVonTito

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Re: RIP Alex Chilton
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2010, 07:25:23 PM »
i know i'm late on this, but i'd have to say that losing Alex Chilton was a huge hit to Memphis for me.  Not a lot of people have great things to say about our city; nonetheless, I consider Alex Chilton one of the people who make/made this city magical for me.

Sure, once you get out of midtown it's shady and not the most aesthetic place in Tennessee, but the history involved with Memphis is truly fascinating to me and Alex Chilton was one of the head figures that brought me to this town again when i had the chance to go anywhere i wanted.  It can be hard to make it here, but when i look at my heroes, they came from these same streets.

i wasn't born or raised here, but there have been many times i wish i was.  truly a loss to the world.  lots of memories of listening to big star records over and over again on humid summer days, or the live album on repeat while we read books together on the couch. 

anyway, i'm rambling.  i share all of your sentiments regarding this loss.
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