Paul Westerberg has an Op-Ed in the NYT about the death of Alex Chilton.
An interesting thing about Westerberg is that every half-assed piece of crap he puts out every coupla years now will only be shining markers as to how incredible Suicane Gratifaction was in 1999. I wore that fucking thing out at Pro-Print. Listening now to how good it is, it's incredible he even bothered to make it in the first place.Yeah, December boys got it bad, as “September Gurls” notes. The great Alex Chilton is gone — folk troubadour, blues shouter, master singer, songwriter and guitarist. Someone should write a tune about him. Then again, nah, that would be impossible. Or just plain stupid.
SUPER Slices:
Actor in the Street
Its a Wonderful Lie
Best Thing That Never Happened
Lookin Out Forever
Fugitive Kind
Self-Defense
Tears Rolling Up Our Sleeves
Slices:
Bookmark
Whatever Makes You Happy
Sunrise always Listens
Born for Me
Blech:
Final Hurrah
Actor in the Street
Its a Wonderful Lie
Best Thing That Never Happened
Lookin Out Forever
Fugitive Kind
Self-Defense
Tears Rolling Up Our Sleeves
Slices:
Bookmark
Whatever Makes You Happy
Sunrise always Listens
Born for Me
Blech:
Final Hurrah
2 comments:
Not a bad album; I've got "It's A Wonderful Lie", "Self-Defense", "Sunrise Always Listens" on my iPod. Although, IMHO his greatest solo track is "Things" off 14 Songs.
That last album, the 49 minute one, wasn't bad, either. Especially the cover of "I Think I Love You".
I thought I was the only one who loved Suicaine Gratifaction.
Interesting read in the new Spin Magazine (seriously...I haven't picked up a Spin Magazine in like 6 years) with Billie Joe Armstrong. Westerberg complain's that half his fan base bitches about his "overproduced" pop stuff and half his fan base bitches about his direct to tape-demo-ey stuff.
Me? I like it all.
zimmy
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