# Alex Chilton **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chilton/653151 "2013-03-17T04:35:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chilton/653151/1 "2013-03-17T04:35:09Z")
I saw Alex at the long, gone venue the Bottom Line, in New York City. He played so many songs that night, including an amazing version of Michael Jackson’s “Rock with You.” Unexpected? Sure. But knowing what little I do about him, it was just in line with him as an artist. We all wanted to hear “September Gurls”, and he instead played “What’s Your Sign, Girl?” Instead of “Thirteen”, he played, oh what was it? Why can’t I remember the song? It’s because it didn’t matter what the song was, it was only about hearing that ethereal voice, the one that I loved, and continue to love, so much. “I’m In Love with a Girl”, indeed. I’m in love with Alex Chilton, and I always will be. Rest in peace, Alex. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIfPIwWn-vg) ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chilton/653151/2 "2013-03-17T04:39:07Z")
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/opinion/21westerberg.html?scp=1&sq=westerberg&st=cse](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/opinion/21westerberg.html?scp=1&sq=westerberg&st=cse) Paul Westerberg’s NYT eulogy. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chilton/653151/3 "2013-03-17T04:49:30Z")
Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chilton/653151/4 "2013-03-17T04:53:44Z")
[If he was from Mars wouldn’t that be cool?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSJYZyouek) ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chilton/653151/5 "2013-03-17T05:34:14Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton. They sing “I’m in love. What’s that song? I’m in love with that song.” ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chilton/653151/6 "2013-03-17T09:01:51Z")
I never travel far without a little Big Star, and “The Ballad of El Goodo” is one of my favorite songs of all time. For my money the best version ever recorded was Trip Shakespeare’s cover from their **Volt** EP. Sadly that one’s not on youtube, and the live version from one of their recent reunion shows that is linkable doesn’t quite live up. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chilton/653151/7 "2013-03-17T12:15:51Z")
Any thread that wants to shine a light on Alex Chilton is great by me. The songs off Radio City like Mod Lang, Back of a Car, She’s a Mover and September Gurls - wow… ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chilton/653151/8 "2013-03-17T18:05:28Z")
His big hit with The Box Tops, “The Letter,” is one of the all-time classics. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chilton/653151/9 "2013-03-17T19:50:41Z")
From Big Star’s last album _Third/Sister Lovers_, _Kangaroo_ is one of my all time favourite songs: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fP2t6flTmyY/hqdefault.jpg "Big Star "Kangaroo"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP2t6flTmyY)