I don't really care how much the latest superhero film took at the box office, although I'd probably know if you asked me. When I watch a film the main thing I am looking for is a good story. I like it when I look up at the big screen and can see a part of me staring back at me. More than anything, I am still looking for Jimmy Stewart and Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder in every film I see.
Friday, 19 March 2010
Alex Chilton, RIP.
I don't know a great deal of Alex Chilton music - but this song, 'The Ballad Of El Goodo' from him and his band BIG STAR, is one of my favorite songs.
Another part of my past leaves us. Alex stayed true to his music, even during the lean years. I remember a New York Times article in the 1980's talking about Chilton, then working as a dishwasher in a restaurant to make ends meet.
You'd think the royalties from "The Letter" and "Cry Like A Baby"- staples of the oldies library- would have provided some kind of steady income in those days.
Even so, he never stopped recording and performing, with reunions of Big Star and The Box Tops, plus some solo stuff.
His epitaph should read "Alex Chilton- 1950-2010...He Never Sold Out".
Another part of my past leaves us. Alex stayed true to his music, even during the lean years. I remember a New York Times article in the 1980's talking about Chilton, then working as a dishwasher in a restaurant to make ends meet.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think the royalties from "The Letter" and "Cry Like A Baby"- staples of the oldies library- would have provided some kind of steady income in those days.
Even so, he never stopped recording and performing, with reunions of Big Star and The Box Tops, plus some solo stuff.
His epitaph should read "Alex Chilton- 1950-2010...He Never Sold Out".
I am unfamiliar with his work, but that's certainly a nice song.
ReplyDeleteHugh, thank you so much for writing that. That's really moving.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with the epitaph, it should read:
ReplyDeleteAlex Chilton 1950 -- 2010
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