THey sounded like everybody else. You're just trying to jump on the bandwagon because it's cool to like them and pretend you have obscure tastes. Poser.
It’s very sad. Alex Chilton, even with Big Star and solo, was never ever to replicate the same success of the number one hit single The Letter with The Box Tops.
THey sounded like everybody else. You're just trying to jump on the bandwagon because it's cool to like them and pretend you have obscure tastes. Poser.
A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton. Sang The # 1 Hit "The Letter" by The Boxtops in 1967 at age 16. Pop's Original Iconoclast
When you’re an unknown band working on your first album, and the Memphis freakin’ Horns join in !!! If I heard the story correctly, they just happened to be at Ardent over-dubbing some STAX stuff and Chris Bell was like, “hey fellas, got a minute?”.
"Feel" Wond’ring what are you doing You're driving me to ruin The love that you've been stealing Has given me a feeling I feel like I'm dying I'm never gonna live again You just ain't been trying It's getting very near the end Feel like I'm dying I'm never gonna live again You just ain't been trying It's getting very near the end Wond’ring what are you doing You're driving me to ruin The love that you've been stealing Has given me a feeling Feel like I'm dying I'm never gonna live again You just ain't been trying It's getting very near the end Feel like I'm dying Feel like I'm dying
I just heard the intro to FEEL on an microphone placement video. It was unmistakable BIG STAR! I was so happy to hear someone playing Alex or Chris's lick. I am sure they nicked it from something they heard...but who cares. They brought it to life with Ardent and their cool staff. Really nice! Love all the good times at T.G.I.F. The ones I can remember...🥴
If you think that this album is difficult to find on vinyl, try looking for Radio City, their second album! Good luck with that! I've been trying to get ahold of a copy of the latter album for half a decade now, and it's even more difficult to find than #1 Record is, original vinyl or a reprint 😭
I question myself how in the hell I had never listen to or heard about Big Star (although the name Alex Chilton was not strange to me)? I discovered this band in the early 2000s and their music never left my mp3 player (yep, I still keep 'em).
I’m an 80’s kid, so I guess I can’t really be held too responsible for missing the boat on Big Star. I became aware of them because of all the Record Store Day releases I saw. Didn’t really know they were a 70’s band. I was very aware of The Boxtops and The Letter and AlexChilton, though. The thing that finally pulled me in was seeing covers on RUclips and reaction videos. Better Lateran never.
@Nightrelic, don’t feel bad. I was a 10 year old living in Memphis when the band formed in 1970, and I didn’t hear them till the RUclips age. Actually, I discovered them the year Alex Chilton and Andy Hummel died, in 2010. I suppose I could have heard them on local radio as they got plenty of airplay, but I don’t recall.
@@melodymakermark I was born in ‘62, so not much different. I didn’t really get drawn into music listening on a conscious level until 1976 and very quickly gravitated from Power Pop to Hard Rock to New Wave and Alt Rock. So, 80’s music was more my jam, with the exception of maybe 2 or 3 formative years. Not really enough time to absorb anything like them.
@Nightrelic, gotcha. Yeah, I was born in ‘60, and due to an older brother and such, I was into the ‘60’s and ‘70’s stuff. By the time the ‘80’s hit, I was into a career and other things beside music, so was not really into the hard rocking hair bands of the ‘80’s, but I appreciate some of them, like Def Leopard and the Crue, but for the most part, I’d checked out in the ‘80’s. When Nirvana hit in the ‘90’s, I kinda got sucked back in. Something about the grunge thing appealed to me. I’ll tell you though, in the last 25 years, I’ve heard very little I’ve liked, with a few exceptions. Having said that, I’m sure there’s great stuff out there, I just haven’t been searching.
@@return2sender791historically, that quote is attributed to Brian Eno who said "The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band."
@@return2sender791 Yeah it's a pretty good quote that's applicable to just about any influential band that didn't find commercial success. I was just letting you know who originally said it & the album they were talkin about since you had asked :)
The soundtrack of the 70's most of us never heard except in our everyday experience, and then found at some point, like a perfect time capsule.
I love this comment
THey sounded like everybody else. You're just trying to jump on the bandwagon because it's cool to like them and pretend you have obscure tastes. Poser.
The fact that Big Star was not one of, if not, the biggest band of the '70s borders on the criminal.
It’s very sad. Alex Chilton, even with Big Star and solo, was never ever to replicate the same success of the number one hit single The Letter with The Box Tops.
THey sounded like everybody else. You're just trying to jump on the bandwagon because it's cool to like them and pretend you have obscure tastes. Poser.
High quality song that BOTH immediately brings back a feel of the 1970's (when I was a kid) AND demonstrates timelessness of great rock/pop music.
I’m a second hand fan. I discovered Big Star by hearing some of my favorite artists talk about how they were influenced by them.
A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton. Sang The # 1 Hit "The Letter" by The Boxtops in 1967 at age 16. Pop's Original Iconoclast
Big star the band that influenced your favorite band
When you whiddle it down, that may be true. The Replacments and Paul Westerberg got me into playing loud guitar and writing songs.
Paul McCartney: the man who inspired Big Star that influenced your favorite band.
@@lewistasso8866 I would say The Byrds and The Beatles, not just Paul.
When you’re an unknown band working on your first album, and the Memphis freakin’ Horns join in !!!
If I heard the story correctly, they just happened to be at Ardent over-dubbing some STAX stuff and Chris Bell was like, “hey fellas, got a minute?”.
"Feel"
Wond’ring what are you doing
You're driving me to ruin
The love that you've been stealing
Has given me a feeling
I feel like I'm dying
I'm never gonna live again
You just ain't been trying
It's getting very near the end
Feel like I'm dying
I'm never gonna live again
You just ain't been trying
It's getting very near the end
Wond’ring what are you doing
You're driving me to ruin
The love that you've been stealing
Has given me a feeling
Feel like I'm dying
I'm never gonna live again
You just ain't been trying
It's getting very near the end
Feel like I'm dying
Feel like I'm dying
I just heard the intro to FEEL on an microphone placement video. It was unmistakable BIG STAR! I was so happy to hear someone playing Alex or Chris's lick. I am sure they nicked it from something they heard...but who cares. They brought it to life with Ardent and their cool staff. Really nice! Love all the good times at T.G.I.F. The ones I can remember...🥴
Chris Bell wrote this song not Alex
I’ve heard it in quite a few songs
If you think that this album is difficult to find on vinyl, try looking for Radio City, their second album! Good luck with that! I've been trying to get ahold of a copy of the latter album for half a decade now, and it's even more difficult to find than #1 Record is, original vinyl or a reprint 😭
There's modern re-issues 😊 but the original/reprint of the originals are difficult to find, it's a shame really for such a good album
Majestic!!! Dave west London ❤x
GREAT!
I question myself how in the hell I had never listen to or heard about Big Star (although the name Alex Chilton was not strange to me)? I discovered this band in the early 2000s and their music never left my mp3 player (yep, I still keep 'em).
Wow... 139 likes and 9 thousand views? and... Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass, 2.5 billion views? WTF is wrong with people?
Everything. That's what's wrong with people.
@@benbrownjr.7626 Amen
I don't even know who Megan Trainor is, if that helps you any
I’m an 80’s kid, so I guess I can’t really be held too responsible for missing the boat on Big Star. I became aware of them because of all the Record Store Day releases I saw. Didn’t really know they were a 70’s band. I was very aware of The Boxtops and The Letter and AlexChilton, though. The thing that finally pulled me in was seeing covers on RUclips and reaction videos. Better Lateran never.
Chances are big star influenced your favorite bands
@Nightrelic, don’t feel bad. I was a 10 year old living in Memphis when the band formed in 1970, and I didn’t hear them till the RUclips age. Actually, I discovered them the year Alex Chilton and Andy Hummel died, in 2010. I suppose I could have heard them on local radio as they got plenty of airplay, but I don’t recall.
@@melodymakermark I was born in ‘62, so not much different. I didn’t really get drawn into music listening on a conscious level until 1976 and very quickly gravitated from Power Pop to Hard Rock to New Wave and Alt Rock. So, 80’s music was more my jam, with the exception of maybe 2 or 3 formative years. Not really enough time to absorb anything like them.
@Nightrelic, gotcha. Yeah, I was born in ‘60, and due to an older brother and such, I was into the ‘60’s and ‘70’s stuff. By the time the ‘80’s hit, I was into a career and other things beside music, so was not really into the hard rocking hair bands of the ‘80’s, but I appreciate some of them, like Def Leopard and the Crue, but for the most part, I’d checked out in the ‘80’s. When Nirvana hit in the ‘90’s, I kinda got sucked back in. Something about the grunge thing appealed to me. I’ll tell you though, in the last 25 years, I’ve heard very little I’ve liked, with a few exceptions. Having said that, I’m sure there’s great stuff out there, I just haven’t been searching.
It’s been said that #1 Record didn’t sell a lot of copies, but everybody that did buy one started a band.
that quote was not said about this album
@@standrew131but it’s seemingly true though. And hearing this, I see why.
@@return2sender791 how is it a joke the quote was just said about a different album 😭
@@return2sender791historically, that quote is attributed to Brian Eno who said "The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band."
@@return2sender791 Yeah it's a pretty good quote that's applicable to just about any influential band that didn't find commercial success. I was just letting you know who originally said it & the album they were talkin about since you had asked :)
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A shame that Chris Bell got sidetracked by his personal demons, as the man was a monster talent.
Fuck yea 🤘
How weird is it that Dogstar got me into Bigstar ?
Sounds like England Dan and John Ford Coley.