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

“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.

my ballot mostly comes from a place of crushing deeply on paul

god damn job was my #5. the pinnacle of punk mats for me. play a blues song fast and loud. swing it a little. drink a lot. shout out loud some of the most basic complaints of human existence. that song has been a lifelong companion, and not only at times when i did in fact need a god damn job and/or a god damn girl, but it was definitely there for me at those times, of which there have been a few.

In other words, it's almost a LFR version of a Shaggs song.

lovelines is a terrible idea for what do at band rehearsal when you've run out of other ideas, and they commit themselves to that terrible idea way beyond what anyone should. over the course of thirty plus years it's gotten better with every single listen. i adore it.

(xp) haha. it's a shaggs song played in tune.

This is safe space for DTAS enthusiasts. I for one would appreciate treatises on each DTAS track that places.

I might do that! But I didn’t vote for either of its placements so far. I like sad Replacements.