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Holocaust was originally released by ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐’s band ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ on their ๐ป๐๐๐๐ album in 1978 (first recorded in 1971).
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This song is “๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.” (๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐โ๐๐๐๐)
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 ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ single and in 2003, was included into a compilation album ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ.
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 ๐น๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐.
๐Chilton 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.
๐In 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.
๐Chilton 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.
๐Such 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.
๐Chilton 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.
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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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