The RIP thread...

R.I.P.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3rBW94EPyc

Poor Ping ping has died;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8569166.stm

Noooooooooooooo! ^

RIP little man :-(

RIP

beat me to it andy

ahh never heard about him. seems like a really charming (little) dude.

ahh never heard about him. seems like a really charming (little) dude.

Wait 'til you see his successor...

Charlie Gillett RIP

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8573682.stm

Charlie Gillett RIP

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8573682.stm

One of the good guys. A real pioneer of world music. I can even forgive him Dire Straits...

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/03/17/big-star-singer-and-cult-icon-alex-chilton-dead-at-59/

Alex Chilton. Proper music fan, as was Charlie Gillett.

LX dead... Fuck... I'm broken hearted... :(

Fuck :( only really got into Big Star three or four years ago.
Very sad..

RIP mate, thanks for everything...

YouTube- Thank You Friends

"I never travel far without a little Big Star..." Paul Westerberg... Another big Alex fan...

YouTube- Paul Westerberg-Alex Chilton

RIP Alex.

"I never travel far without a little Big Star..." Paul Westerberg... Another big Alex fan...

This is not turning out to be a good year. Already. Fuck. Really? Somehow I always imagine Alex was still young.Thats always been one of my favourite replacements songs, incidentally. Guess thats Big Star on repeat for a while. I only ever saw them live once though (jesus, was it really 1993? Damn..) but I was hoping there'd be more chances..

[QUOTE=TheCrane;1271962]RIP He Ping Ping

had to rep you just to see his smile ..i like him in the black though looked wicked in his traditional robes.

his feet!!!

Alex even got a tribute on the floor of the House of Representatives... Bizarre, but cute... Still reeling from this news...

YouTube- Congressman Cohen Commemorates the Life of Alex Chilton

me too man. me too. meeting him last year really made my summer. seriously. i'm that much of a fan (my solo incarnation is "december boy" as "december boy's got it bad"). he still sounded great too. such a shame. bless you alex.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNKSs1J38EA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn1t6l7UUPc

i'll be playing the ballad of el goodo for him tomorrow night.

[QUOTE=TheCrane;1271962]

I'll miss Pisti...

Since this is RIP, I may as well get Alex and Elliott Smith into the same post. Another all-time favourite Big Star song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpgjAMahdko

Although I just worked out that this was probably my Big Star introduction..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL67lMDNzp0

there's a sweet suzanna hoffs live version of it on youtube.

RIP Davey Crockett

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/03/18/arts/AP-US-Obit-Fess-Parker.html?_r=1

See ya, Alex... Just beginning to sink in now... :[

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD9mCp8SifM

Harry Carpenter, sports commentator and presenter of the highest order, has died at the age of 84.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/8580058.stm