The Replacements: Classic or Dud?

Every girl I've ever had an unrequited crush on has liked the Replacements. and Jonathan Richman and the Smiths. They know too well what to do with guys like me. They know too well.

Nothing anyone can do to me on ILX to ruin it when Let It Be makes me feel like a teenager again. Not a thing. Not a damn thing you can do. Forget it.

xpost sorry to hear that Burt. Really, that's horrible. If girls who like the Smiths don't get you, that's bad.

haha, they do "get me", but they know all the ways to make you miserable with the helpful guide of the lyrics. Curse them!

Did the Replacements ever play the sax on stage ? Not like Soul Asylum. they played the sax.

hahahahahaha

"I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour/but heaven knows I'm miserable now"

xpost

One of the "best" performances The Replacements gave was on their first (and only) appearance on SNL (11/23/85). They did "Bastards of Young" and "Kiss Me On the Bus", but the best part was that between songs, all the bandmembers (save Bob, who was wearing a dress) switched clothes. It took a sharp eye to catch it the first time it was on! (I've got the tape.)

http://www.bsideblog.com/images/2008/07/bb1004_0150.jpg

Haha, oops.

http://i42.tinypic.com/2vv9qas.jpg

hahahah waht?

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this thread just got GOOD.

yes, i'm reviving this thread on purpose

Just downloaded a comp of rarities and it's fucking killing me, these are their fuckin castoffs and they're SO GOOD

"PO Box" should have been on Let It Be it's too fuckin good to be orphaned

I'M THE BOY THEY COULDN'T IGNORE
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I'M SURE

i've been deliberately ignoring this elephant in the room but

LOOK ME IN THE EYE

― Bimble, Sunday, May 4, 2008 3:26 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark

fuck me

they were my favorite band in high school
whenever i hear paul westerberg's voice it's like hearing an old friend, for real (though i don't hear it much because i listened to all of these albums SO MANY TIMES)

still love singing "shiftless when idle" in the shower a whole hell of a lot

Just downloaded a comp of rarities
link? i'm in need of replacements boots

http://fuelfriends.blogspot.com/2006/03/paul-westerberg-replacements-b-sides.html

it's more b-sides and orphans than bootlegs but it's dope

If Only You Were Lonely = their finest moment

"Shiftless When Idle" is their best song IMO. Diminishing returns as the albums get along in the chronology. I never bought them as more than 19 year old snots and they got further away from that with each passing album. One of the all time greats, though. Classic.

'shiftless when idle' is such a great turn of phrase, and bounces around in my head all the time. the song too.

LL huskers or mats?

mats!

If Only You Were Lonely = their finest moment

nah:

• unsatisfied
• answering machine
• alex chilton
• skyway

srsly imo their best BAND moment is easily unsatisfied, best westerfield moment is answering machine

Saul Westerfield, a great guitarist.

i like unsatisfied, ans machine, alex chltn, skyway and especially if only u were lonely just fine fine fine but they were not not not the replacements' best moments. they were some good paul late-night drunken sad moments. i liked my placemats drunken happy and being an actual band. i'm in trouble, run it, favorite thing and IOU blow all those songs out of the lake. for starters.

I think "I Will Dare" is my quintessential 'Mats tune. Literate and cheeky lyrics with such a lack of faith in their own abilities that a hired gun is brought in on guitar. Too self-effacing to see their own majesty or even believe it's possible. He can't even take the lead in his own lyrics - If you will dare, I will dare.

srsly imo their best BAND moment is easily unsatisfied, best westerfield moment is answering machine

my wife heard me listening to unsatisfied yesterday and said "wow, that's good! what is that song?"

"Favorite Thing" will always be my favorite Mats song.

favorite thing or iou or i won't are prob my ~faves~

"left of the dial" is missing from the list of best songs imo

everybody's seen that full set from 81 on youtube, right? soooo fuckin good, quality ridic amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_W4csFiQx8

yeah that's like one of the greatest thing on all of youtube. and that song in particular is like MY JAM every once in a while (i.e. whenever i've been fucked up jobless)

also now i think of those youtubes every time i'm at the 7th st.

Wow, thanks Hoos!

53 views ?

They've been up on the TwinTone site for years and years. I wish they'd just put it out for suckers like me to buy.

That is amazing footage. What's doubly cool is how timeless they sound. It's almost 30 years old and sounds like it could have come out last week.

wowwwwwwwwwwwww just seeing this now for the first time, thanking u!

is there a youtube playlist for this??

nahh you just gotta follow dude's trail but he has the whole set on his channel on yt

http://www.youtube.com/user/chriss999

Another guy named SquirrelBait also posted them and somebody said they were on the Twin Tone website.

Thanks.

Friend posted this on FB tonight. (Was there really a Replacements/3 o'Clock/R.E.M. triple bill? 11th-grade me would have died.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWwJNm7q2cs&feature=player_embedded

something about 1986 d-bags prancing about brings out the modulation and chorus that's all over the guitar.

^^ More compelling evidence of why "Bastards of Young" was such a great video.

(Was there really a Replacements/3 o'Clock/R.E.M. triple bill? 11th-grade me would have died.)

Yeah, and here's a review of the show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_vRF_prXJs

(So many great clips on their yt channel -- one live one of scratch acid from 1985)

I found a remaindered copy of their Rhino best-of for $2.50 this afternoon. I think I have most everything on there--possibly even everything--but obviously I couldn't pass it up. I love compilations where you get different labels co-operating. Anyway, my only quibbles with the choices would be the omission of "Johnny's Gonna Die," "Go," and "Hayday." Looks like they got everything else that I love. Maybe "Favorite Thing" should be on there too.

they only had one decent song ("Within Your Reach"), and that relied on a drum machine!

o_O @ 9 years ago

Maybe "Favorite Thing" should be on there too

yeah, that one's great