The Replacements: Classic or Dud?

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?

yah i'm confused on that too

it was a joke upthread about tim kaine (remember him?) being a Replacements fan

oh ok
i got that one

seems so long ago :'(

not as long ago as the time when i genuinely felt feelings about the replacements

funny thing

i never get sick of this band no matter how many times i listen to them and it's still a lot

timeless songs that fall apart if you look too closely at them

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2017/07/18/replacements-for-sale-live-at-maxwells-1986/

awesome show, probably my fave 'mats bootleg — excited to hear it cleaned up ... I wrote about it way back when over here: http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/514-invisible-hits-the-replacements-at-their-bestand-worst/

Hmm, this would have been less than a week after I saw them for the first time. (In Providence — still maybe the best show I've ever been to.)

hmmm...i didn't think i could get excited about the replacements again but this might do it

hmmm...i didn't think i could get excited about the replacements again but this might do it

also I'm sorry but as a MN dude this is one of the most o_O opinion lol djp

LIMITED WARRANTY was a more vital, entertaining and coherent band than The Replacements ever were.
― Dan Perry, Wednesday, February 14, 2001 7:00 PM (sixteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

damn, the hottest take

Live at Maxwells is an incredible recording, having suffering through so many cassette bootlegs. You can actually hear all the parts. And they sound competent.

Ah it is isn't it. mastered beautifully and caught at the perfect time too.

I wasn't at that show but a few nights earlier at the Ritz NYC i think

I have that Ritz show somewhere on a cassette Morbs. It's probably on the Internets someplace too.