The Replacements: Classic or Dud?

never knew "Lay It Down Clown" was about Pete Buck's speed habit

or that it was "Wait on the sons of no one" (did not have lyrics sites in '80s)

"wait" on? Really? That's not what it says here

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/replacements/bastardsofyoung.html

how could an internet lyrics site possibly be wrong

I'm sure www.azlyrics did more research than Bob Mehr.

exactly

Mehr calls the chorus "often misheard"

wow at "flop pop video" in "Alex Chilton," never figured that one out

how could an internet lyrics site possibly be wrong

It doesn't matter.

oh I reviewed the bio: http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/trouble-boys-true-story-replacements-review-bob-mehr/Content?oid=21825333

"Now you're wondering to yourself / if you might be gay."

It doesn't matter.

I'm sorry, but it's not "wait on" and I don't care what Paul says. Anyone with ears can hear the line, which is sung clearly both live and in studio. Not sure why he's decided to be cute about this, but it seems par for the course as far as his passive/aggressive side.

I'm imagining that Jimi Hendrix lived, and started insisting in interviews that it was "while I kiss this guy" and everyone who read the interview started lording it over everyone who hadn't.

i just put the Tim version on, and I can genuinely hear it as "wait on" now. It's pronounced kind of weirdly for "we are," though plausible.

katy goodman and greta morgan come down on the side of "we are":

http://www.stereogum.com/1883307/katy-goodman-greta-morgan-bastards-of-young-the-replacements-cover-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/

What does "bastards of young" mean anyway?

Reagan-era lost generation/"sons of no one"/general figures of alienation and dispossession, I always assumed

i thought it was about ramsay bolton and jon snow

It's "Wait on" on the record, live it was whatever Paul felt bothered to sing. That's kinda how punk bands used to do stuff, you know?

"Some have speculated that the chorus is actually, "We are the sons of Norway" (somewhat fitting, given the Minnesota birthplace of all members) but, (famously) as no lyric sheet was ever provided by the band, it remains speculation." -- SongFacts

It's obviously a song about the children of Neil Young groupies

It's obviously a riff on No-man from The Odyssey. The Replacements are the proverbial songs of No Man, sticking their spears into the eye of the Man.

"Bastards of youth" makes more sense.

but "bastards of young" sings better, and that's what really counts

born and raised in south Detroit

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CozP2G2WYAAeNUT.jpg

Ardent Studios ‏@ArdentStudios 21m21 minutes ago
Tmrw night Tommy Stinson (@TheReplacements) performs in Studio A! Tix are $15 at the door, bring your own drinks

frankie lee is p mediocre

That dude is famous cuz of his hat

And he and Judas Priest were the best of friends.

Don stole my line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQOK36-mnbo

Vocal very slurred but band performance is interesting.

From a Green Day interview (that also notes Billie Joe Armstrong "played guitar on several dates for one of his all-time favorite bands, the Replacements")

There were plenty of other drunken nights that seemed harmless, where Malin and Armstrong stayed up all night geeking out on music: "We'd just be yakking away about songs, like, did the Replacements steal that one part of 'Little Mascara' from the Clash's 'Death or Glory'?"

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/inside-green-days-revolutionary-rebirth-w438197

Tim Kaine's fandom is now well known, but turns out he likes the Mehr book too:

I just read a great biography of them called Trouble Boys, by Bob Mehr. One of my sons and I are trading it around since [he's] a huge Replacements fan – he actually lives in Minneapolis. It's a cool book, but it's also a sad book, because they all had their own demons from how they came up.

"God Damn Job" would sound good at the inaugural ball.

he actually lives in Minneapolis

oh god help us, the local press will have a raging boner over this 'local connection'

Purple Kaine, Purple Kaaaaaaaaine

Kainedy Apple Gray

Kaine't Hardly Wait

Tim

Timmy Gets His Tonsils Out

'16 Blue

omg '16 blue
yes

lol we have a winner

The rest of you can just grab your things and go home.

Daymn, Tafumes.

I'm sorry, I had to tweet that. I was about to explode.

as celebrities-still-repping-for-the-replacements-in-2017 goes, kudos to bob odenkirk for "most of all I play Stink! and Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take out the Trash."

The Last Word: Bob Odenkirk on Catholic Guilt, the Replacements and Late-Breaking Fame

I'm embarrassed to admit how long it took '16 Blue above to dawn on me, I was missing the apostrophe. A+

Nice to see him down with the Mehr book too.

i thought it was about being 16 and blue
it's not?