― -Vest, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 21:57 (eighteen years ago) link
I used to love the 'Mats, but they haven't really aged well for me. Let it Be is one of those albums that's going to have a following amongst high-school juniors forever, but it sounds pretty played out to me now. Shockingly, Soul Asylum's Hang Time actually holds up better. I never really liked Tim, although I think that's a function of the production more than anything else. Stink and Sorry Ma still have some great moments, but (although I would never have said this at the time), I think that Flip Your Wig stands out the masterpiece of this particular twin cities subgenre.
― J (Jay), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 22:48 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 25 August 2005 15:31 (eighteen years ago) link
which is why i nominated them on the "bands that have declined with each and every album" thread, or whatever that thread was.
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 25 August 2005 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link
Sorry Ma isn't that great, even in the context of when it came out. A handful of very good songs, but Hootenanny's handful of good songs are actually great.
Pleased To Meet Me is great, it's the apex of Paul's career as far as consistency in writing goes (though I'll never think that the horns on "Can't Hardly Wait" sound good.)
BTW--who knows the release date on the expanded reissues?
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― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link
I remember the first time I was in the CC and how I'd heard the juke was so kickass and how it was this legendary joint and but I was only there because I was silly drunk and it was 1989 and I was still pretending that the Replacements mattered. Totally a let down, just like OarFolk. They say never meet your heroes because you'll only be disappointed.
The thing about the Mats is that their legend is way better than the reality, which is kinda like above--it's better to experience them when you're young/loaded, and then just not listen to them 15 years (or fuck, 20) after the fact because you will realize that your heroes were not that good. As in, every other band currently in my rearview mirror. They only sound good when I drop all my pretensions and enjoy the salve of nostalgia.
― don weiner (don weiner), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:32 (eighteen years ago) link
Ah, this store. Which I only know about through MST3K of course.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link
eh, that may be true for you, but not for me. When I go back to those records I'm still pretty taken with the songwriting and weirdo guitar playing. and the lyrics are sharp, funny, and economical - I don't invest the stuff with the same emotional intensity I did as a teenager, but it isn't just nostalgia that makes me appreciate a completely perfect tune like "If Only You Were Lonely".
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― J (Jay), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:48 (eighteen years ago) link
IOYWL is so completely awesome. I was listening to it JUST LAST NIGHT.
― don weiner (don weiner), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link
i like the cc club, but it's weird now that there's no smoking in mpls...smells funny.
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 25 August 2005 20:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 August 2005 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link
Smoking room at a decrepit Motel 6+deep fryer+bathroom cleaner=yum!
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 25 August 2005 20:03 (eighteen years ago) link