The Replacements: Classic or Dud?

would lol if Paul demanded that Tommy give him some reggae mid-set

Or something like around 1:10 here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ughVE2JKQ5o

Close enough?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmrXI3rXd_Q

David Minehan in the band! nice.

p4rn33's piece on them for mauramag is killer: http://www.mauramagazine.com/article/5220bc50c873d929805a3724/within_their_reach

Does that mean it's time to subscribe?

One friend went to the Toronto show, another was thinking about it. $140--I'm sure it was great, but the idea of paying that much to see anyone pretty much stops and starts at Bob Dylan or the Velvet Underground in 1966 for me.

Hmm, friends I know only paid $80 - guess 140 was the two-day price? And I was prepared to pay 80 but got in for $0 thanks to a friend winning a NOW magazine contest. (Said friend and myself spun "I Bought A Headache" and "If Only You Were Lonely" and so many others on CJAM-FM back in '87-88 Tuesdays from 1-6am)

Anyway, it occurs to me now - typing "replacements" in google and seeing "riot fest Toronto" come up, seeing the many youtubes posted - that this was the closest thing to a genuwine historical concert I've ever attended, and one of the most enjoyable (Stooges great too of course; Rocket/Crypt were OK). So I guess I finally have a "Losing My Edge" moment for real. And was thoroughly rocked as well. Hurray!

(Too bad you missed it, LL) :(

Was there maybe a VIP area? (Whatever that means--lap dances from Paul Westerberg, I'm guessing no.) I think I heard "VIP" mentioned when my friend was across the table talking about how he came by a ticket.

No idea, sorry. I was in the VUP area myself.

I did earn a $5 Tim Horton's card for participating in an on-the-spot 2-question cigarette survey, though!

Mystery solved:

"Day 1 tickets for August 24 will run you $35.98 to $49.98 (plus service charges) and can be bought here. Day 2 tickets for August 25 will cost $49.98 to $69.98 and can be purchased here. And an entire weekend pass will set you back $69.98 to $99.98, and you can buy that here. There are also VIP packages available."

If you want someone to whisper in your ear that you're important, you gotta pay for it. ("VUP"--excellent.)

So they're playing Coachella. Makes me at least a little hopeful they might wind up at Bonnaroo too.

Has this been posted here yet? If not, enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmcjFu0yXmY

Never forget

Oh wait it was released on some comp a while back. Never mind.

thanks anyway

I was gonna say it was on Shit Shower & Shave, but that wasn't even a real comp.

RIP weird bootlegs that you'd have to sniff out when you'd visit record stores in major North American cities.

First NBC performance since getting banned:

http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/segments/11506

"I'm in love ... with daffodil."

It's...good. It's fine. But I still think of this "Replacements" as being Westerberg solo with Tommy on bass.

If Axl had shown up, it could just as well been a GNR reunion.

ha

"I'm in love ... with daffodil."

One of the most endearing things about Paul to me is that he writes good lyrics and then seems unwilling/unable to spit out half of them, and does stuff like this. I miss the other guys too, but this had just enough slop to conjure up the old days for me.

Yesterday saw poster for upcoming show in Brooklyn.

Sorry, I was in Brooklyn, show is in Queens.

the fact that i'm missing the show with the hold steady hurts my heart a little bit

i should find out if my friend's son (b 1997), a huge fan, is going

his old man, a CBGB punk, pretty much has always hated live shows that are "crowded."

http://oi61.tinypic.com/2u9mr9g.jpg

I have a picture somewhere of me with Paul Westerberg, and it just reminds me how disappointing the experience was. Better to cherish my memories and leave it at that.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6718436027_a8c0ffb9ee_n.jpg

^ cutecelsior

Wonder what happened. Heard he was friendlier and easier to deal with than, say, Alex Clinton, but...

i still wish they could be called stinson/westerberg overdrive but they were fun at bumbershoot

Yikes, that was awful.

stinson/westerberg overdrive

would pay for this

New drummer is fine, but don't really care for the lead guitarist.

New drummer is a session pro who has played with Devo, NIN, GNR, A Perfect Circle. Weezer.

i assumed Keef was new guitarist

Ha.

(xp)
Josh Freese, no?

Josh in Chicago, you aren't Josh Freese, are you?

oh, the guitarist is the guy from the Neighborhoods! Such a new-wave pinup when he was 20.

Wow yeah, David Minehan. I had no idea.

Keith Richards was very affable and enjoyable - and his daughter is vv pretty.

Dave Minehan rules!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Mia0yvVmw

No Keef tho

Nice, that Neighborhoods video ended up making my night! I didn't realize that the version of "Prettiest Girl" I know is a cover. I have it on the lone 45 from Jimmy Zero's short-lived post-Dead Boys band, Club Wow, given to me by Jimmy himself when I was in high school. A Cleveland college radio station let me have a show during the summer when there weren't a lot of students around to host. Following my show there was an hour-long pre-recorded program, so after getting the tape started I would go into another studio and play records for myself until the next DJ showed up. One afternoon I was listening Night of the Living Dead Boys when I heard the door to the station open and the DJ say "Hey Jimmy, he's playing the Dead Boys!" JZ was super nice and autographed a copy of the Club Wow 7 inch for me.

I wish I could remember the name of the DJ, or her show. She was a super-cool punk college girl so a bit intimidating to me, but really friendly. I started Googling around trying to figure out who she was. I remember Cheetah Chrome being arrested at the same station and think it might've been during her show, but couldn't find any references to the event that mentioned her. But I did find a lot of online reminiscence of '80s Cleveland college radio and the scene in general which made for great reading. Between that and some Club Wow on YouTube it was a very nostalgic evening.

So thanks! And sorry for the hijack . . . back to The Replacements.

scored a ticket to the midway stadium show on saturday should be pretty fun

josh freese is also pvnk he was originally from the Vandals

but anyway he kinda rules, i saw DEVO with him and he really made the older stuff tense and awesome

I saw the Neighborhoods open for Husker Du, Jan '85

Didn't they kick starter a reunion album?

david minehan and josh freese = westerberg's original post-mats band, more or less.

I used to see the Neighborhoods on a regular basis in the mid- to late-'80s in Providence/Newport, RI. That video I posted was actually made a few years before I first saw them, when they had a different bass player. They were simply fantastic live. When I first saw Westerberg solo, Dave Minehan was in his band and they were playing Providence. Some people in the crowd were screaming for “No Place Like Home” or “Prettiest Girl” and Westerberg turned to a mortified Minehan: “Is that one of yours, Dave?”

Man twin cities media is replacements crazy!

It's so bad I am travelling to a remote cabin deep in Wisconsin woods to think about my feelings!