September has nearly gotten away from us. Things have been quiet here, I know. I've got a few posts up my sleeve - just no time to do them. So, with a few hours left in the month, a few versions of a simple and perfect pop classic.
Download:
"September Gurls" (Studio Rehearsal) mp3
by Big Star, 1974.
available on Nobody Can Dance
"September Gurls" mp3
by Superdrag, 1996.
available on I Know the Score
"September Gurls" mp3
by Alex Chilton, 1977.
Live at the Ocean Club
available on Beale Street Green
"September Gurls" mp3
by The Bangles, 1986.
available on Different Light
"September Gurls" mp3
by Big Star, 1974.
available on Radio City
Editors note: As pointed out by Will Rigby - Boogie Woogie Flu contributor, and author of our most popular post ever - The dB's did NOT back up Alex Chilton on this live version, as I had originally stated here. Considering that at least two members of the dB's read this blog, I apologize for not checking my facts first. The recording comes from a bootleg, and while they are often less than reputable in their liner notes, song titles, and recording information, I hastily took it for granted.
Here's what Will had to say: "Nope. Not us. No matter what the album says, the dB's did not exist until '78, and never performed that song with or without Alex. It's his 1977 band, Stamey on bass, Lloyd Fonoroff (sp?) on drums (Fran Kowalski was in the band on keys, although I don't think he's on this, sounds like a trio)."
I stand corrected.
Photograph by Garry Winogrand, World's Fair, New York, 1964.
© Estate of Garry Winogrand
