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December Boy: On Alex Chilton
- atwebb 8y agoThis appears to be the video referenced in the article, thanks for the post! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIWY8UyW9bw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIWY8UyW9bw @ 1:35 the keyboardist gives a good reaction... Reminds me of another TV performance, Roger Miller... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI-Y0CMGwxo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI-Y0CMGwxo
- klenwell 8y agoGreat article. What a life. I enjoyed the Big Star documentary from a few years ago but had no idea how extraordinary his life was. I always loved this Alex Chilton line from a Rolling Stone interview years ago (as article notes, Chilton wrote the theme song that Cheap Trick covered for That 70’s Show): > What do you think of Cheap Trick’s take on “In the Street” [used as the theme to the Fox-TV sitcom That 70’s Show]? I haven’t heard it. > Really? Is it true that you only get $70 in royalties per airing? Yeah. It’s actually ironic that the amount is $70. To me it’s “That $70 Show.” https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/alex-chilton-set-to-go-243920/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/alex-chilton-s...
- jzl 8y agoThat documentary, "Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me" is currently free on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuU23sDT6hY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuU23sDT6hY Obligatory link to The Replacements song "Alex Chilton", which is how I and I'm sure many others of a certain generation first heard of him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSJYZyouek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSJYZyouek Fun to see a distinctly non-tech-related article make its way on to the front page of HN!
- batbomb 8y agoIf you haven't heard it, the Ork Records compilation is really good: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21203-ork-records-new-york-new-york/ https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21203-ork-records-new-y... (Of course, all the Big Star albums are great too)