I hate ILoveMusic, it's got too many POLLS - Artist Poll #104 - THE REPLACEMENTS - RESULTS

I had it at #12. Not sure why it was so high, see my previous post.

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#57
Kick Your Door Down
from Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash (1981)
Score: 58
Votes: 5 (0)
Youtube: audio track

I couldn’t just post songs from Sorry Ma so that one missed out, but good to see it here.

Some of these images received more thought than others. LOL. That particular photo shoots is fab though.

Pretty sure I didn't vote for any these, but could happily have done so, apart from #59.

^^ voted for this one, feels like a harbinger of what was to come.

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#56
Nowhere is My Home
outtake from Tim-era sessions (1985)
Score: 61
Votes: 4 (0)
Youtube: audio track

Kick Your Door Down was my #8!

sorry ma was totally new to me, so the whole album blew my socks off. i thought this was one of the ones that sounded a lot like Wipers in some ways. westerburg even has a sage-like robotrippin negative vibe ("i wonder what goes on behind closed door"). also sounds a bit like the buzzcocks! and unlike some of the later material, the tempo and feel shifts all over the place throughout the song. by the time they get to the end, they're noticeably faster and more intense, it's lovely

“Nowhere is (Near) My Home” was too new to me to vote for, but it is good.

Spotify list is no longer just a dummy track, btw. Might even serve as a apoiler for 5 minutes depending on which order I do things.

I spent more than enough time praising this track in the other thread I suspect.

Yeah, sure did, but you can cut and paste or put convenience links if you want.

first follower over here, i will never unfollow

I spent more than enough time praising this track in the other thread I suspect.

just be like me and post pretty much the same thing with slightly different words! feels good to have another shot

Haha. Something something something guitar hook is totes rad.

The instinct towards restraint is commendable but the run-up thread and the rollout thread are distinct entities that are presumably exempt from any spamming or related rule so ultimately it’s probably fine to repeat.

Thing is, I'm usually cross-eyed from triple-checking bbcode and can barely think straight during rollouts. :)

Graphics looking good here!

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#55
Lovelines
from Hootenanny (1983)
Score: 65
Votes: 5 (0)
Youtube: audio track

DIdn't get scooped up in my ballot but glad it's here.

What other band is even bringing the shenanigans like The Replacements?

Not too many, or at least not with as much success.

Okay, PTMM bonus tracks not making me feel great.

Pretty sure I did keep this on my ballot. If not, I least muttered a little 'yay' with each email that included it.

The track list on that new boxset did not entice this fan, I must say. Who even was clamoring for it?

* Short break in rollout required. Do talk among yourselves. *

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Dunno, but Dead Man's Pop was good, so it seemed intriguing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9XR5CynN-k

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#54
Don't Ask Why
from Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash (1981)
Score: 70
Votes: 3 (0)
Youtube: audio track

I am enjoying the rollout, I just havent had much to contribute

this was my top vote for solo songs (even though i guess it’s technically a joan jett song & paul first choice & they edited someone else out or something idk)
https://youtu.be/eUKWMOZFTGs

There’s some kinda PTMM interview/round table with Bob Mehr on Facebook right now.

I don't think I'd heard the Joan Jett thingy before I saw the ballots. I learned quite a bit as the 'other' ballots were coming in. :)

That's a decent amount of points from three votes, re: "DAW".

More songs should punctuate their final chorus with bells.

ha, you are right about that! I'm firmly pro-bell (Rocket from the Crypt used the hell outta the bell on Scream Dracula Scream to tremendous success imo)

I like Don't Ask Why a lot, but it sounds a little too close to You Lose, which I slightly prefer for some reason. did they ever combine the 2 into a megasong?

does the PTMM reissue have a remastered version or anything to recommend it for the album songs?

You mean apart from the Jimmy Iovine remix of “Can’t Hardly Wait”?

No

In answer to your question, not mine.

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#53
I'll Buy
from Tim (1985)
Score: 73
Votes: 5 (0)
Youtube: audio track

Even I didn’t vote for “Askin’ Me Lies”

About the new PTMM boxset: “More like Pleased To...meh.”

Lol x 2

No comment on "I'll Buy"? Everyone's over with Bob Mehr? :)

Not I.

i love I’ll Buy!!! #17 on my hit parade

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#52
Anywhere's Better Than Here
from Don't Tell a Soul (1989)
Score: 78
Votes: 6 (0)
Youtube: audio track
Youtube: audio track (Matt Wallace mix)

Curious as to how much of Let It Be, Tim, and Pleased to Meet Me missed the top 60. The only song I really don’t like from those records is the one that Westerberg didn’t write.

to me it’s punk rock Buddy Holly and I’m all for it

“i’ll buy” that is

I quite like "I Buy" myself. I seem to forget it exists though, out the context of the album. Unfairly, I'd say.