Follow the spirit: 50s US blues to England, returned via the 60s British Invasion, reflected by 70s Big Star, bounced back via 90s Teenage Fan Club and spun into the vortex of this video :)
Aww gosh ... please make it stop. RUclips keeps serving me all these incredible Alex Chilton songs. ALEX IMPROVES EDDIE FLOYD. Didnt think it was possible! H/t to TF too! So tight!
The arrangement of "My Heart Stood Still" is from the 1962 version by Bernadette Carroll, which takes the Rodgers and Hart standard and turns it into teen pop. Tip of the hat to the blogger at the web site adioslounge for pointing this out to me, plus also discussing some of the finer points of the original version of "Never Found Me a Girl".
I have only recently been listening to Teenage Fanclub and immediately I thought there was a link to Alex and Big Star. I imagine they were fans of his! I don't think much of this song though am a huge fan of both bands!
Think it's 1993 [same year they played together in the 13th Note], TV show was "NB" on Scottish Television. Janice Forsyth I think introduced this (thinking back when it was actually on the telly, last time I saw this!)
Low volume recording nice sounding of #AlexChilton and the #Teenagefanclub band in #Scotland it's not in stereo at this point in #AlexChilton career got big money from BMG to do a live recoding he even toured Japan
@@irish66 Ok - if you knew anything about Alex Chilton and TFC you’d know that whilst there was a mutual admiration thing going on it wouldn’t have been so obvious to both set of folks as to JUST cover Big Star or old Box Tops/Alex Chilton solo material. I think there is footage of the playing September Gurls. Alex wouldn’t have wanted to do that and TFC, whilst being fans wouldn’t have wanted to be so gauche about it. If Alex Chilton wants to rock up and play some old soul or show tunes - then cool - that’s what they’ll do. From contemporary accounts when this meeting took place they barely talked about Big Star and just cracked on with working out what they were gonna play. Alex wasn’t solely tied to his past and whilst yes he got Big Star (sort of) together again (the Posies etc) he also played Box Tops shows and liked to perform old jazz standards.
PAULisDEADMANnumber9/peterpowerpop: Alex is playing a 1958 Gibson ES-225 w/ Bigsby tremolo tailpiece. The ES-135 was a somewhat similar model that was released in the early 1990s.
Well, ironic to me personally, because I've heard the song for 30 years and have never paid attn to the lyrics until Bill Cosby, and ironic in general because it's such a catchy pop innocent melody.
How in any possible way is “Crystal Blue Persuasion” a date rape song? Look up the lyrics, it’s just strait forward “love the world and everyone in it because there’s a new age dawning” psychedelic pop,…. You have to read in, ENTIRELY ON YOUR OWN anything like something that advocates “date rape”,….
Alex was one of three acts whose taste in covers were as hip as mine.
Follow the spirit: 50s US blues to England, returned via the 60s British Invasion, reflected by 70s Big Star, bounced back via 90s Teenage Fan Club and spun into the vortex of this video :)
Listen to the solo in Never found me a girl. Alex knows the power of a good tune!
I remember watching this on scottish television, my favourite band with one of my heroes. A treasured memory!!!
On the show when it went out there was a brief chat where Alex sang a little bit of our BMX Bandits song Disco Girl.
No one like Alex, ever.
thats the truth
Such a sweetie. His personality always come across so clearly.
Total ledge
Agreed, the guy was so horribly underrated.
Aww gosh ... please make it stop. RUclips keeps serving me all these incredible Alex Chilton songs. ALEX IMPROVES EDDIE FLOYD. Didnt think it was possible! H/t to TF too! So tight!
Wow. He was a great chordsmith and great tone
The arrangement of "My Heart Stood Still" is from the 1962 version by Bernadette Carroll, which takes the Rodgers and Hart standard and turns it into teen pop. Tip of the hat to the blogger at the web site adioslounge for pointing this out to me, plus also discussing some of the finer points of the original version of "Never Found Me a Girl".
Love Alex and TFC. Thanks for posting!
Oh my god! Finally I found this video! Thank you so much @lx43vr!
Sweet! It's really nice to see this. Thanks.
Amazing.
Good stuff, thanks for the upload
Everyone comes to hear Big Star tunes and Alex tosses out Eddie Floyd and Rodgers and Hart covers!
Ross T and NOBODY should be going home disappointed with that, this is just lovely :)
I love it.
YES! thats the genius of Alex
Ross you are spot on
I have only recently been listening to Teenage Fanclub and immediately I thought there was a link to Alex and Big Star. I imagine they were fans of his! I don't think much of this song though am a huge fan of both bands!
Do it baby we aint got much tape left!
Think it's 1993 [same year they played together in the 13th Note], TV show was "NB" on Scottish Television. Janice Forsyth I think introduced this (thinking back when it was actually on the telly, last time I saw this!)
Sick
Have bout 40 Adkins, Chilton songs to record.
Summit of the Gods.
always dug this cat
Low volume recording nice sounding of #AlexChilton and the #Teenagefanclub band in #Scotland it's not in stereo at this point in #AlexChilton career got big money from BMG to do a live recoding he even toured Japan
Alex had definitely heard the Teddy Bears' (Phil Spector) version of MHSS.
Teenage fanclub would probably rather have been singing Big Star numbers.
I doubt it man. I really doubt it. You're missing the point.
@@timhall3575 which is?
@@irish66 Ok - if you knew anything about Alex Chilton and TFC you’d know that whilst there was a mutual admiration thing going on it wouldn’t have been so obvious to both set of folks as to JUST cover Big Star or old Box Tops/Alex Chilton solo material.
I think there is footage of the playing September Gurls.
Alex wouldn’t have wanted to do that and TFC, whilst being fans wouldn’t have wanted to be so gauche about it. If Alex Chilton wants to rock up and play some old soul or show tunes - then cool - that’s what they’ll do.
From contemporary accounts when this meeting took place they barely talked about Big Star and just cracked on with working out what they were gonna play. Alex wasn’t solely tied to his past and whilst yes he got Big Star (sort of) together again (the Posies etc) he also played Box Tops shows and liked to perform old jazz standards.
@@timhall3575 Thank you.
El sueño del pibe!
PAULisDEADMANnumber9/peterpowerpop: Alex is playing a 1958 Gibson ES-225 w/ Bigsby tremolo tailpiece. The ES-135 was a somewhat similar model that was released in the early 1990s.
nae much of a crowd in that night.
Alex would’ve been what, about 41 here? Only 18 years to go. That sucks. I’d have liked to have heard a 74 year old Alex coving his eclectic sets.
Alex liked his soul songs by the sound of it. I preferred his own power pop stuff than this
Gerard Loves bass playing is most excellent on this trickier than usual fair than TFC stuff!
Anybody know what chord he ends 'I've Never Found a Girl' on?
What guitar is Chilton playing here?
It's a Gibson ES-225 with a Bigsby tremolo arm.
what a loss.
Dude. what?! 2fer.
The arrangement sounds a lot like "Crystal blue persuasion", ironically, a date rape song
+Jerome Goverman How is that ironic?
Well, ironic to me personally, because I've heard the song for 30 years and have never paid attn to the lyrics until Bill Cosby, and ironic in general because it's such a catchy pop innocent melody.
How in any possible way is “Crystal Blue Persuasion” a date rape song? Look up the lyrics, it’s just strait forward “love the world and everyone in it because there’s a new age dawning” psychedelic pop,…. You have to read in, ENTIRELY ON YOUR OWN anything like something that advocates “date rape”,….
Great talent but terrible song choices. His song were better
When Alex is singing songs he didn't write - yawn....
But he sings them with such tenderness and sincerity I love it.