The Box Tops - The Letter (live 2001)

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PUNKCAST0076 The Box Tops performing live at the World Trade Center Plaza NYC on Jul 17 2001
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@johnnyman2268 22 күн бұрын

So many years ago. Where has the time gone? Busy with life I guess.

@Anotherroom 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, Alex sounds really good here!

@patsygroves3812 Ай бұрын

I Love this Song !!!

@-Skookie- 5 ай бұрын

I stumbled on this video, I was there that day back on July 28, 2001. I worked a couple of blocks from the World Trade Center and came on over to hear them for this concert at lunch. Little did I know at the time that six weeks later, the trade center would be no longer. I even have a few pictures from that day, I just bought a new digital camera and was trying it out.

@LiuLoki Ай бұрын

Should've take the fast train

@exjazzer Ай бұрын

I'm almost 70...I remember.

@andytaylor5476 3 жыл бұрын

RIP Alex Chilton

@bandicoot5412 6 ай бұрын

Badass sixties soundtrack

@luckyyslady 3 жыл бұрын

So handsome!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

@Tessie51 2 күн бұрын

He sound so good just as good as when the sing came out

@valeriecheersbrown4829 11 ай бұрын

1967 "The Letter" is a song written by Wayne Carson that was first recorded by the American rock band the Box Tops in 1967.

@Angel4UTwo Ай бұрын

Yep and he was 16 years old too 😊

@timwalker2458 3 күн бұрын

Watch professor of rock, to find out why they were called the box tops

@sharyndoyle6362 3 жыл бұрын

Is this the same guy that did this song in the late 60s ? One of my favorites. I am now in my 60s and still remember every word. It was big here in Australia. Still bloody love it.

@zachsmith3 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@hobbygamer6220 2 жыл бұрын

yes. sadly he passed in 2010 and I'm happy they still do this song. he was young. shouldn't have gone 😔

@comediangusarredondo4708 Жыл бұрын

He was only 16 years old when they recorded this song.

@johnhefter3815 Жыл бұрын

Same guy. He was 16 years old when he did the original.

@melodymakermark 4 ай бұрын

@sharyndoyle6362, as already stated, yes, that’s Alex Chilton. There’s a whole story behind “the voice” that he used on the smash #1 hit of 1967. Take the deep dive. Alex’s is an interesting story.

@XxSTAR1977WARSxX 4 жыл бұрын

I’m just getting into Alex Chilton’s music. I don’t understand why he was pegged as such a grumpy guy. In almost every video I’ve seen he looks happy to be there, and engaged generously with the audience. Seemed like a nice and gracious guy.

@jasonedenilson 4 жыл бұрын

Whaaaat? I just realized the same Alex chilton of big star was in this band. That’s crazy. But yeah his music is amazing. Covers so much ground

@hobbygamer6220 2 жыл бұрын

the letter video videoers are signaling the band to smile

@jeffvargon Жыл бұрын

@@hobbygamer6220 Actually I took a number of still photos at that gig and Alex was smiling most of the time. He did have his moments when he could be temperamental, but then again doesn't everyone?

@hobbygamer6220 Жыл бұрын

@@jeffvargon what was the event ? It looks like it might be a festival

@jeffvargon Жыл бұрын

@@hobbygamer6220 That was an outdoor performance at the former site of the Twin Towers in New York City. It was their third there in three years, although the one in 2000 had gotten rained out. Even so, other than one (out of five) Box Tops shows I was fortunate enough to have attended, Alex was always cheerful during the shows, and it was only after the 1999 Coney Island High gig that due to an argument he'd gotten into with one of the other band members, outside after that one he was a bit abrupt when spoken too. Out of all of those I'd seen him perform at (and there were dozens) he seemed to enjoy those with the Box Tops the most.

@soniapoggi1438 2 жыл бұрын

Dopo 1 anno ho scooerto Alex Chilton era un grande! Bravissimo!

@BradOrok 15 күн бұрын

Sick

@ashratempel5094 7 ай бұрын

Never gets old.

@Cristian-1990 5 ай бұрын

Asuuuuuu mecha, que voz 😳💥💥💥💥💥

@grahamgray2421 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!!! Great song!!!!

@stratboy518 3 жыл бұрын

Alex Chilton - gotta love him #BigStar (Covid watching in Hawaii 01/21/21) 😷🤙🏼

@brandonjanuhowskimusic3034 3 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace!

@user_ym7xr7mq5-fe6dm 9 ай бұрын

love this song .. Thank you very much🥰

@jonathannieto4343 Жыл бұрын

Excellent! 🏆🎖️✌️👍🎸☮️

@albertollamax 2 жыл бұрын

Increible canción, gracias 😍

@user-fd6rj6su7y 4 жыл бұрын

이노래가 좋아서 어릴때 열심불럿던 ᆢ모두들 모습 세월따라가지만 멋진노래 즐거워집니다

@markwilliamwestonwilson1503 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic recording , sounds great

@ThePANZERBAR 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent!!!

@carollipton4584 2 жыл бұрын

This concert series, which used to be held every summer at the WTC, was of course the last. I'm so sorry I missed this. I did get to see Janis Ian, who played on August 27, 2001.

@9cripnation9_23 5 жыл бұрын

*Vietnam Flashbacks 'Intensifies*

@helgahaller7364 3 жыл бұрын

Der BESTE SONG ALLER ZEITEN!

@impalaman9707 4 ай бұрын

Looks like a such a happy reunion of the Box Tops---they look really happy playing together

@melodymakermark 4 ай бұрын

@impalaman9707, yeah, I get the impression Alex was happy playing anything that wasn’t. Big Star.

@impalaman9707 4 ай бұрын

@@melodymakermark I think he finally made peace with at least the "Box Tops" portion of his past

@videoseconds 6 ай бұрын

I was a teen and grew up with this song. Didn't they play along with the Richard Black Project at some time? I was England doing the 12 Bar and Bull & Gate updates until mid August so missed this.

@ricardoleyton4913 3 жыл бұрын

Linda cancion..exelente

@Hstout 4 жыл бұрын

How come his voice sound so different when he got older, I kinda like the old raspy voice he had in the 60s

@TR-yi8up 3 жыл бұрын

They had to shoot him full of speed to get that sound on the record

@nonameman7114 3 жыл бұрын

T R heroin ?

@wieprzu98 3 жыл бұрын

Actually he was asked to sung in a raspy manner on the record, that's his natural voice

@Anotherroom 3 жыл бұрын

All of these response are incorrect. The Box Tops or their record label (can't remember which - probably the label) said they wanted a "black sounding singer." The band saw Alex singing with some garage band and asked him to join. That was just how he sang back then.

@666dynomax Жыл бұрын

You can’t keep doing that vocal distortion forever. Dave mustaine is the exception

@unARTigNYC 15 жыл бұрын

awesome stuff

@Justice822 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome singer!

@zachsmith3 2 жыл бұрын

Alex Chilton!

@teresagonzalez1582 Жыл бұрын

Verry ,verry good love

@mfuton 14 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting! I saw that show and remember Alex Chilton was really hamming it up. Should've tried to meet him when he was smoking Marlboro reds offstage after the show. I really didn't know anything about his musical career other than Big Star, so I didn't want to put him off. I'm pretty sure the Troggs played that pavilion that summer, too. (Didn't talk to Reg Presley, either.) Can't remember if they did "With a Girl Like You."

@annas.5676 Жыл бұрын

Alex was a Cutie.❤

@Markusokw 8 ай бұрын

It was great vocalist and song...

@joseherisandoval1469 Жыл бұрын

Alex Chilton 1950-2010

@mariajosedasilvasilva5588 3 жыл бұрын

Brother você postou uma obra prima de música que clássico thank you my dear good times

@shanenichols1052 11 ай бұрын

Alex sounds great here/hear!

@lidiarompler2949 Жыл бұрын

lov Alex

@JustAnotherBlader 2 жыл бұрын

Damn he couldn’t have more straight edged dad vibes here lol! Compared to that badass swagger he had in the 1967 video. It’s that same voice though and that’s what matters.

@carollipton4584 2 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing.

@tomsenick2033p Жыл бұрын

Well it was a hundred years ago

@rickbort7875 Жыл бұрын

Big Star's Radio City album is in my top 10 of all time, right up there with The Beatles, The Who, The Stones, Miles Davis, etc. But it always strikes me funny that Alex seemed to enjoy himself more playing these Box Top shows than his Big Star reunion ones. I do know that he almost loathed playing Big Star songs, yet he appears to still have a fondness for the Box Top stuff.

@suzieparis6821 Жыл бұрын

Aged well

@teresagonzalez1582 Жыл бұрын

Verry goût, Nice

@teresagonzalez1582 Жыл бұрын

Good Alex ❤❤❤❤❤

@Punkcast 14 жыл бұрын

@mfuton Thanks. It was such a beautiful day. I didn't miss The Troggs - no way! But I only managed to kludge up a halfway decent version of Wild Thing by smushing together the versions from each set - see punkcast / 79

@jonathanbirch2022 Жыл бұрын

This concert was on my 8th birthday, just a couple months before 9/11 and the world went to sh*t

@frankgoodwell1261 6 ай бұрын

R.I.P. Alex.

@junegirl9378 Жыл бұрын

Any other great songs besides this? (That they performed).

@Punkcast Жыл бұрын

Well, I did shoot the whole set IIRC, but less is more, right?

@feliciakidd9358 Жыл бұрын

🙂👍

@soniapoggi1438 4 жыл бұрын

Dopo piu' di 50 anni era il 1967 ..continuare a cantare la stessa canzone..che beninteso amo..dev essere un incubo..chi mi risponde?

@missgoldie6257 5 жыл бұрын

National Treasures.

@user-zb2zw4my1h 4 жыл бұрын

멋지네요 cool

@80sruler Жыл бұрын

Alex using his 16 yr old voice which sounded like his 50 yr old voice when it was recorded

@impalaman9707 4 ай бұрын

He was so much older then---he was younger than that in 2001🤣🤣🤣

@Punkcast 15 жыл бұрын

Uh, check the date Hamish.

@h808 15 жыл бұрын

Alex Chilton's a genius....I loved cocker's version with Leon Russell....what was this, a memorial gig ?

@fanatp0stpanka 3 жыл бұрын

Read the date, this was before 9/11

@donmoore7785 Жыл бұрын

A memorial to HIMSELF?

@lukehallinan9966 3 жыл бұрын

Soul Deep is on a par with this. 👍

@Dead_or_Alive_70 Ай бұрын

Чилтон легенда жаль что он скончался спустя 16 дней после моего дня рождения

@melodymakermark Жыл бұрын

Was that Gary Talley next to him, playing the Strat?

@impalaman9707 4 ай бұрын

Looks like him to me---Gary looks like my Uncle Chuck

@jamesmurphy186 5 ай бұрын

Alex looks like he's AI generated in most of this.

@passingthroughtime3033 Жыл бұрын

Hippy turned yuppie

@user-wn1lo6zg6s 3 жыл бұрын

дааа, ребята опопсели! где былая энергетика? слащавое нытье кастратов. пойду еще раз послушаю "правильный вариант"

@patsygroves3812 Ай бұрын

I Love this Song !!!