I've Been Crying All the Time: RIP Alex Chilton

Growing up in the South in the '70s Alex Chilton & Big Star were RELEVANT! I can't explain. You had to be there. That first album didn't sell much, but I had a copy and I absolutely wore out the grooves on the first side. There was nothing—NOTHING—else like it. Did it change my life? Not saying. Was it a thing of beauty by someone from my own generation? Absolutely.



Thanks, Alex. And goodbye.



"Hanging out.
Down the street.
The same old thing
We did last week.
Not a thing to do
But talk to you.

Steal your car
And bring it down.
Pick me up.
We'll drive around.
Wish we had a joint so bad.

Bust a streetlight.
Out past midnight.."