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Holocaust was originally released by 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒐𝒏’s band 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 on their 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒅 album in 1978 (first recorded in 1971).
𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 - 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭
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This song is “𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒃𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒐, 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆.” (𝐽𝑜𝑒 𝑇𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑖 𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑘)
Placebo couldn’t go wrong with this one: Brian’s vocals contributed a lot to the heartbreaking atmosphere of the track.
Placebo started performing Holocaust live since 1999. In 2000, it appeared as B-side on the 𝑺𝒍𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒈𝒆 single and in 2003, was included into a compilation album 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬.
Holocaust was only played 10 times on stage. Placebo tried it out live on February 12, 1999, at Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland; the last time they played it on December 1, 2003 at House of Blues, Anaheim, CA, USA.
The shared version was recorded at the 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝟐𝟏 𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒔, 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒈𝒊𝒖𝒎, 𝒐𝒏 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆 𝟐𝒏𝒅, 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗.
📍Chilton was age 16 when he began his musical career as the lead singer of the Memphis blue-eyed soul group the DeVilles. The quintet achieved a measure of local fame that brought them to the producers’ attention. The band was renamed the Box Tops and released their famous song “The Letter” which became a surprise hit, spending four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1967. The Box Tops experienced quite a big success over the following years before disbanding in 1970.
📍In 1971, Alex Chilton joined fellow songwriter Chris Bell to form the core of Big Star. The quartet released #1 Record in 1972, and the album’s exquisitely crafted power pop met with critical acclaim. Melancholy lyrics, sweet harmonies, and jangly guitars combined to create a sound that was described as ahead of its time. “September Gurls” from the band’s follow-up, Radio City (1974) considered to be Chilton’s masterpiece. Big Star’s final album, Third (also released as Sister Lovers; 1978), offered a glimpse of the noise-pop sound that would emerge in the 1980s with groups such as the Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine.
📍Chilton embarked on a solo career in the late 1970s and worked as a producer. Chilton’s solo albums met with mixed reviews, and the legacy of Big Star overshadowed much of his work throughout the 1980s and 1990s. After a battle with alcoholism in the early 1980s, he moved to New Orleans, where he worked different unrelated to music jobs to support himself.
📍Such alternative rock bands as R.E.M., Teenage Fanclub, and the Replacements appreciated Chilton’s groundbreaking work and admitted Big Star’s influence in their music. Alex Chilton retired from recording new material in the 21st century, but he remained a prolific live performer until his death.
📍Chilton was taken to the hospital in New Orleans on March 17, 2010, complaining of health problems, and died the same day of a heart attack.
In the 2012 documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me a lot of alternative rock musicians shared their memories of Alex Chilton’s seminal career.
📜 𝐋𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐒
Your eyes are almost dead
Can't get out of bed
And you can't sleep
You're sitting down to dress
And you're a mess
You look in the mirror
You look in your eyes
Say you realize
Everybody goes
Leaving those who fall behind
Everybody goes
As far as they can,
They don't just care.
They stood on the stairs
Laughing at your errors
Your mother's dead
She said, "Don't be afraid."
Your mother's dead
You're on your own
She's in her bed
Everybody goes
Leaving those who fall behind
Everybody goes
As far as they can
They don't just care
You're a wasted face
You're a sad-eyed lie
You're a holocaust.
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