“I was drumming with my old band BMX Bandits when we opened for him at the Glasgow College Of Technology sometime around 1990. Alex’s music had been a big, big influence on a range of bands from Glasgow in particular including Teenage Fanclub and Primal Scream.

At the end of a powerful live set which included tracks from his then new album “High Priest” and a glorious rendition of Big Star’s “September Gurls”, a fan yelled that he should play his mum’s favourite song. “My mom’s favourite song?”, drawled Alex, before sliding into a beautiful, slow-burning jazz rendition of “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)” to close the night.

Afterwards in the dressing room he seemed a little jaded but amiable enough; happy to let some of us acolytes come and hang out with him and his band. I was 19 and nervous but keen to try and converse so I asked if that was really his mum’s favourite song. Came the languorous response: “Oh…I don’t know..[pause]…Mom’s dead actually”. Silence. Boy did I feel awkward. And boy did he probably have some harmless fun in making me feel awkward”

Francis Macdonald, baterista do Teenage Fanclub, lembra de Alex Chilton no Herald Scotland. Continua lá. Paul Westerberg, dos Replacements, também lembra de nosso herói no New York Times:

It was some years back, the last time I saw Alex Chilton. We miraculously bumped into each other one autumn evening in New York, he in a Memphis Minnie T-shirt, with take-out Thai, en route to his hotel. He invited me along to watch the World Series on TV, and I immediately discarded whatever flimsy obligation I may have had. We watched baseball, talked and laughed, especially about his current residence — he was living in, get this, a tent in Tennessee.

Because we were musicians, our talk inevitably turned toward women, and Al, ever the Southern gentleman, was having a hard time between bites communicating to me the difficulty in … you see, the difficulty in (me taking my last swig that didn’t end up on the wall, as I boldly supplied the punch line) “… in asking a young lady if she’d like to come back to your tent?” We both darn near died there in a fit of laughter.

E o papo segue aqui.

Mais uma roubada da Babee: a banda nova do J. Mascis tocando “Everything Flows” e “Range Life”. Agora sim os anos 90 podem voltar.

Precisa falar alguma coisa?

Teenage Fanclub – “Christmas Eve“

Ou seja: só falo no começo do programa. O resto, desce macio e reanima.

Isley Brothers – “Work to Do”
Teenage Fanclub – “Going Places”
Television – “See No Evil”
Supercordas – “Ruradélica”
Boo Radleys – “Wishing I Was Skinny”
Frank Jorge – “Elvis”
Supergrass – “Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others”
Royksopp – “Eple (Shakedown Club Mix)”
Cut Copy – “Lights & Music”
Ladyhawke – “Back of the Van”
Little Joy – “The Next Time Around”
R.E.M. – “Wake-Up Bomb”
Pulp – “Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down)”
Vampire Weekend – “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Radioclit Mix)”
Gabriel Muzak – “Estética Terceiro Mundo”
Vanguart – “Los Chicos de Ayer (João Brasil Remix)”

Esqueci de fazer qualquer comentário a respeito do número maldito do Lost, mas paciência. O programa de hoje tem demos, mashup, remixes, covers, hits e clássicos. E eu falo por cima das músicas que têm asterisco do lado do nome.

Bo Diddley – “Who Do You Love?”
Wire – “Ex-Lion Tamer” (*)
Darryl Hall & John Oates – “Private Eyes”
Mark Ronson – “The Only One I Know (feat. Robbie Williams)”
Marvin Gaye – “Got to Give it Up”
Martha & the Vandellas – “Dancing in the Streets” (*)
Mutantes – “Jogo de Calçada”
Chico Science & Nação Zumbi – “Amor de Muito (Mario Caldato Mix)”
Lionrock – “Rude Boy Rock”
Teenage Fanclub – “Starsign (demo)” (*)
MGMT vs. Daft Punk – “One More Time to Pretend (Immuzikation Remix)”
MGMT – “Kids (demo)”
MGMT – “Electric Feel (Justice Remix)”
Jamie Lidell – “You Got Me Up” (*)
Cut Copy – “Hearts on Fire (Calvin Harris Remix)”
Cut Copy – “Hearts on Fire (Midnight Juggernauts Remix)”
Kanye West – “Flashing Lights (Diplo Remix)”
Estelle – “American Boy (feat. Kanye West) (Kill the Noise Remix)”
Supergrass – “Coffee in the Pot” (*)
DJ Shadow – “Six Days (Soulwax Mix)”

Novos VF na área, já que tu não assina o RSS…

– Vida Fodona 9: Supergrass na movimentação, demo do Flaming Lips, Céu, a namoradinha da crítica de MPB do Brasil, Walverdes brusco, Jesus & Mary Chain tocando Pink Floyd, Def Squad visitando Beastie Boys, Preza na íntegra, a banda de rock do Nego Moçambique, Mutantes clássico, música nova do TFC e set do Camilo Rocha com Jimi Hendrix e INXS.

– “Moving” – Supergrass
– “Body Movin’” – Def Squad vs. Beastie Boys
– “Capitão Presença” – Instituto
– “Jogo de Calçada” – Mutantes
– “It’s All in My Mind” – Teenage Fanclub
– “Assim Sou Eu” – Odair José
– “Seja Mais Certo” – Walverdes
– “Lenda” – Céu
– “Feeling Yourself Disintegrate (Eve Session)” – Flaming Lips
– “A Man is a Man” – Oz
– DJ Set do Camilo Rocha
– “Vegetable Man” – Jesus & Mary Chain

– Vida Fodona 10:
Entrevista e dois sons do Bonde do Rolê, Jack Johnson, Digitaldubs inédito com o Mr. Catra, o fim do surfe dos Beach Boys, Bad Folks, Kanye West sampleando Curtis Mayfield, Stretch, Four Tet ao vivo, Asian Dub Foundation + Racionais MCs, demo do Exile on Main Street, Takara, Headhunters e a única música lançada (até agora) do projeto Maquinado, do Lucio Maia.

– “Máquina de Ricota” – Bonde do Rolê
– “Sutura” – Maquinado
– “Good People” – Jack Johnson
– “6? – M. Takara
– “Coyotte Girl Revisited” – Bad Folks
– “She Moves She” (ao vivo) – Four Tet
– “Ventilator Blues (demo)” – Rolling Stones
– “I Remember I Made You Cry” – Headhunters
– “Why Did You Do It” – Stretch
– “Touch the Sky” – Kanye West
– “Dança da Ventoinha” – Bonde do Rolê
– “19 Rebellions” – Asian Dub Foundation e Edy Rock
– “Se Liga Nelas” – Digitaldubs e Mr. Catra
– “Surf’s Up” – Beach Boys

– Vida Fodona 11: Músicas novas do Edu K, Chico Correa, D2, Repolho e De Leve, sessão motorik com Can, Stereolab e Wilco, Flaming Lips tocando Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem e Pink Floyd no mesmo clima, Sérgio Mendes no hip hop, Satanique Samba Trio e Jorge Ben clássico.

– “Toda Colorida” – Jorge Ben
– “Never As Tired As When I’m Waking Up” – LCD Soundsystem
– “Burning Bridges” – Pink Floyd
– “Knives Out” – Flaming Lips
– “Mother Sky” – Can
– “Spiders (Kidsmoke)” – Wilco
– “Metronomic Underground” – Stereolab
– “Gueto” – Marcelo D2
– “Samba Da Bênção (Samba Of The Blessing)” – Sergio Mendes e Marcelo D2
– “México” – De Leve
– “Baile Muderno” – Chico Correa & the Electronic Band
– “Teletransputa” – Satanique Samba Trio
– “Gatas” – Edu K
– “Definhando Lentamente ou Emagrecimento Definitivo” – Repolho

Agora vai. Dobradinha entre a Slag e o Coquetel Molotov garantem a vinda dos escoceses mais legais do planeta ao Brasil. A notícia saiu do Diário de Pernambuco, vê lá. A data marcada é 27 de março do ano que vem e deve ter shows da PELVs e do Hurtmold, ao menos na etapa de Recife. Claro que o show deve descer pro Rio e pra São Paulo (e, talvez, além), mas não tem nada confirmado, por enquanto.