The Replacements: Classic or Dud?

it was a fun show! didn't transport me to another dimension like some ppl are saying but they played really well (shout out to josh freese a pro's pro)....

did some cool things like "if only you were lonely" and "nowhere is my home"..."tommy gets his tonsils out"

The idea that a member of the Replacements can be lauded as "a pro's pro" makes me sad.

I feel like 90% of the people I know in the Twin Cities area were at that show

singalongs at pricey shows = must to avoid

a complete impossibility

Doesn't look super-pricey though.

it only costs you your youth

The idea that a member of the Replacements can be lauded as "a pro's pro" makes me sad.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, September 15, 2014 12:52 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

honestly after all these years of being in GnR and other stuff, Tommy is pretty dang pro himself...Westerberg was the only one who was kinda sloppy at times...

on a base level, they sounded great....they played and sang some song that mean a lot to me and it sounded good. i dunno, i don't buy that heavily into the mythos of the 'mats anyway, so yeah it wasn't some rapturous event but it was a fun night, they did good....but whatever it was meant to signify or whatever old magic from the 7th street entry 30 years ago it was supposed to conjur up were likely out of reach in a baseball stadium with 15,000 ppl

having seen them twice, 1. they play drunk 2. they play a lot of old songs and occasionally cover something out of nowhere 3. it's a good time

this doesn't seem to me tremendously distinct from the experience of seeing the mats back in the day except for venue size, but i wasn't there

RS piece hints at new album:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-replacements-the-greatest-band-that-never-was-20140922?page=2

Now, the Replacements say they'll likely make an album at some point in the future. Westerberg, who often writes on piano as well as guitar, has plenty of songs in the hopper. One candidate for inclusion might be called "Are You in It for the Money?"; another is titled "Dead Guitar Player" (which he says was written before Dunlap's illness).

Eh, I guess it'll be as much of a 'mats record as All Shook Down was (likely moreso, in spots).

snarkiest Paul interview comment from old days: "They've ALL been solo records"

Mostly fun and good gig in DC last night. Paul did get bored at times and turned "Treatment Bound" and another one into slowed down faux-country numbers with twangy vocals, and he forgot a verse of "Skyway" but I was happy to hear "Within Your Reach", and energetic versions of most of the big #s-"Alex Chilton", "Can't hardly Wait", "Bastards of Young" etc.

A friend who had also seen 'em at that NY Forest Hills gig with Hold Steady opening, said that Paul seemed less into the DC show than that one. Plus he didn't give DC "Unsatisfied" or "16 Blue". Some of his criticisms said to me it was just Paul being Paul after being on tour for a bit.

Oh, they also did a goofy fake blues/blues-rock number about "going to Whole Foods" and getting "a premium shake to keep my girlish figure"

this doesn't seem to me tremendously distinct from the experience of seeing the mats back in the day except for venue size, but i wasn't there

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, September 15, 2014

In some ways it was the same (old guy me did see 'em in early 8os), but now you have so many more people there and so many who who know the songs, band membership is slightly different, and the band's status is different as relaxed vets versus left of the dial underdog screwups who might become stars if they get the right break. Also, now you also have people attending based on the band's name who are just standing there gawking after having paid the big bucks ticket.

Saw an ilxor referring to Replacements as problematic on twitter; eh, I will deal with that, as long as they have that great catalog I eard parts of friday night.

heard

"problematic" whut

I guess the song lyric phrase "you ain't nothing but a waitress in the sky"

“‘Waitress In The Sky’ has been misconstrued since day one. It came from my sister, who was a flight attendant, and she used the phrase in disgust, explaining that she was treated like a waitress in the sky. So I took the role of the demanding bastard in the aeroplane who expects the flight attendant to be a nurse and a maid. Some took it as a slam, but it was me trying to speak through her experiences. Nobody ever threw a drink on me over it."

...paul westerberg said aeroplane?

The interview is from Uncut. I notice UK publications tend to Britishize not just spellings but idioms, even in direct quotes that were obviously not said that way. (I don't think US pubs do the same, but it may be a partly unconscious process, so maybe it does happen.)

(xp) that's the way alex chilton pronounced it in "the letter," so i would expect nothing less from westerberg!

ha, both hoos and fcc otm

(xp) that's the way alex chilton pronounced it in "the letter," so i would expect nothing less from westerberg!

― fact checking cuz, Thursday, May 14, 2015 10:44 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

otm, and pvmic for a fact checking cuz

there are plenty of other things to be offended by, i'll give paul a pass. i don't think i would have liked them as much as i did when i was a teen if they were hella offensive, considering it was the early 90s and there was plenty of other stuff around that was way more gross than "waitress in the sky"

http://pitchfork.com/news/59854-paul-westerberg-says-the-replacements-just-played-their-final-show/

We will see

what song did the roadies play?

"Hi We're the Replacements"

paul is being so fucking annoying

He's certainly honoring his passive-aggressive MN roots!

for me, they played their last show in '91 so bon soir

dunno seems like the right amount of time for a reunion...probably everyone who wanted to catch them has had the chance?

omg at that "waitress in the sky" bit - "I was trying to sympathize with the plight of the flight attendant by writing a jaunty jingle from the pov of someone who disrespects them". Probably not the best way to write your "Angel From Montgomery," Paul!

This news has been met with much Mpls based hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing, calls for the Governor to pull the state congress into a special session for hearings on the matter. Driving to work today the highways were lined with people raising signs saying "we love you Paul!!!".

I'm kidding but not really.

Is "Left Of The Dial" an attempt to sympathize with the plight of mainstream rock radio programmers who have to hear the whines of college rock fans?

Being a music fan in MN is like living under a dual religious oligarchy: half Prince, half Replacements. Neither of which are half as cool as Man-Sized Action.

You would likely find a big shoulder to cry on in Memphis.

"seen yr video" is an attempt to sympathize with the plight of pop bands who have videos on mtv by writing a jaunty jingle from the pov of beavis.

"tommy gets his tonsils out" clearly sympathizing with the good doctor who's gonna rip 'em out now.

During the Replacements’ reunion tour over the past two months, Paul Westerberg has worn a white t-shirt every night with a letter spray painted onto the front and back, spelling out two different sentences with each side. Fans have pieced together the sentences on the Facebook page Paul’s Shirt, according to which the message reads: “I have always loved you. Now I must whore my past.”

To paraphrase Courtney Love, "Well Paul, the worst crime I can think of is for you to just continue being a rock star when you fucking hate it, just fucking stop."

By the way Chr1s, thanks for the new dn.

sorry I made you whore your past by spending $60 on a ticket to your show Paul! keep being punk by photoshopping beer rings and sarcastic remarks in a "pen font" on your press releases!

i know it must have been hard to stoop to playing songs for lots of money with tommy and two pro session dudes in front of adoring fans especially for a guy who once scaled the heights of the Open Season soundtrack!

^^^harsh mpls ownage

Edina recently had a pretty steep property tax spike, Paul knows the struggle dude.

ive been to Bloomington and Eden Prairie
but ive never been to
Edina

eden prairie is gauche "new money" compared to edina
bloomington is pretty much just 60s/70s standard middle class burb

well, i respectively went (1994) to MST3K studio and MoE.

EP in 1994 was basically still an ex-burb, it's all crazy built up now. Bloomington is I don't, whatever.

Edina is the real.

Spent a week in Edina once.

I loved the Mats and they still hold a special place in my heart, but c'mon. Paul's been playing those songs for years. This has just been the first time in 24 that he's had the bass player from Guns N' Roses playing with him.

Wow ppl bitter in this thread. Do whatever u want paul