rip alex chilton.
the album i know best from chilton is big star’s sister lovers. no great surprise, but i guess if you’re gonna pick one sampling of his output you could do worse.
and i’ll always remember that line – later sung by howard devoto (!) on this mortal coil’s it’ll end in tears – from “holocaust,” which has been posited as the most depressing song ever: “you’re a wasted face / you’re a sad-eyed lie / you’re a holocaust.”
on the version of sister lovers that i have, which features three unreleased tracks, chilton wrote everything except for three songs: two covers (“femme fatale” and “whole lotta shakin’ going on”) and ”big black car,” co-written with chris gage. amazing, really.
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Meh.