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

Love these images Nag. Happy to see Hayday place, I had it top 20.

One for aphoristical, then!

https://images2.imgbox.com/18/1d/RrHvxVBn_o.jpg

#41
Merry Go Round
from All Shook Down (1990)
Score: 103
Votes: 11 (0)
Youtube: original promo clip

That glare at the start of the video is hilarious methinks. Didn't quite capture it there, unfortunately.

I voted for that one, probably the only one from All Shook Down.

So #41 was where I was aiming, for the weekend. Was planning 20 each from the remainder, for each of Mon and Tues. Starting in about 20 hours.

i have nothing much to say about "merry go round" except that westerberg inadvertently namechecks my band within, therefore classic.

YOU'RE EMITT RHODES!?!?!?!

In summary...
                                                             pts     pts    #1s 
41  Merry Go Round          All Shook Down (September 1990)  103      11      0
42  Hayday                  Hootenanny (April 1983)          101       7      1
43  Customer                SMFTTTOTT (August 1981)          100       6      0
44  Tommy Gets His Tonsils  Let It Be (September 1984)        99       8      0
45  Run It                  Hootenanny (April 1983)           99       7      0
46  I'm in Trouble	    SMFTTTOTT (August 1981)           94       6      0
47  Treatment Bound         Hootenanny (April 1983)           90       8      0
48  Sadly Beautiful         All Shook Down (September 1990)   87       7      0
49  Nightclub Jitters       Pleased to Meet Me (April 1987)   81       6      0
50  We'll Inherit the Earth Don't Tell a Soul (January 1989)  79       6      0
51  Fuck School             Stink (June 1982)                 79       4      1
52  Anywhere's Better Than  Don't Tell a Soul (January 1989)  78       6      0
53  I'll Buy                Tim (October 1985)                73       5      0
54  Don't Ask Why           SMFTTTOTT (August 1981)           70       3      0
55  Love Lines              Hootenanny (April 1983)           65       5      0
56  Nowhere Is My Home      Tim era miscellany                61       4      0
57  Kick Your Door Down     SMFTTTOTT (August 1981)           58       5      0
58  God Damn Job            Stink (June 1982)                 58       4      0
59  Asking Me Lies          Don't Tell a Soul (January 1989)  58       3      0
60  Buck Hill               Hootenanny (April 1983)           57       6      0

I voted ‘One Wink At A Time’. I love that ‘magazine she flips through/is the special double issue’ line. Wasn’t ‘Happy Town’ the last song they all played on?

YOU'RE EMITT RHODES!?!?!?!

lol

XXP: One too many T's in 'SMFTTTOTT' there! #SecretSpreadsheetShame

only three from my ballot so far: "God Damn Job," "Love Lines," and "Run It"

I *thought* I saw you chowing down at The Proud Bird, fcc.

that wasn't me being emitt rhodes. that was me stalking emitt rhodes.

Poor guy just couldn’t catch a break.

I changed my mind. I'll post a couple more so it's less frantic later...

https://images2.imgbox.com/80/d9/cvB06mX5_o.jpg

#40
I Hate Music
from Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash (1981)
Score: 104
Votes: 8 (0)
Youtube: audio track

https://images2.imgbox.com/06/26/r0oo2Td4_o.jpg

#39
Careless
from Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash (1981)
Score: 106
Votes: 7 (0)
Youtube: audio track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQLeR0G1cyM

OTM.

Support for Sorry Ma tracks is wide and varied, apparently. They might even be best appreciated peppered amongst other stuff like this.

In a way it’s their most consistent album.

But on the other hand almost too dense to unpack, which is maybe what you are saying.

Yeah, the latter. I think like the record better than I did even a couple of weeks ago, having been to forced to think about isolated songs. I've been doing a fair bit of "wait, which is that one again?" etc.

_Let It Be_, _Time_ and _Pleased To Meet Me_

Hey, Ellen, Time says hi.

Sorry Ma very nearly made my top 5. If Don't Tell a Soul hadn't been remixed (yet) into Dead Man's Pop, Sorry Ma would have nudged past it. Anyway, the Rhino reissue is probably my favorite of those 2008 reissues, and it's too bad that particular edition is out of print because everything from the mastering to the bonus tracks to the artwork/presentation made it definitive.

Bob Odenkirk's a huge fan and talks about it in this great interview from the My Favorite Album podcaast.

“I Hate Music” is my first TOO LOW. Was top 10 for me.

I hate music, not too many votes?

One day, well, I won't

Kuleshov Replacement

May as well post another one methinks. I'll hopefully post 37-21 starting in about 7 hours...

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#38
Black Diamond
from Let It Be (1984)
Score: 112
Votes: 8 (0)
Youtube: audio track

I had it at number 8. Maybe their best hard rock performance, hardest best. A big improvement on the original, which I have barely heard *ducks*

Oh wait, maybe I am thinking of "Black Diamond Bay."

Tommy is a 10^x better bass player than Gene Simmons for one thing. Bob is a more interesting player than Ace. /challops4u

One of my favorite of Bob's many squealing leads. How to describe, like Johnny Thunders trying to be Prince?

*waits for Bob backlash*

I liked this from Xgau's review of PTTM:
https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=The+Replacements
Stinson's perpetually broken promise to harness the power of naked anarchy

Wonder where the other 7 BD voters are.

How to describe, like Johnny Thunders trying to be Prince?

omigod

and failing, hence its beauty

i'm late here and i didn't vote but i see "angels walk" didn't place among the solo tracks, which is ridiculous

Gotta love the 'Hard Luck Woman' rip on 'Unsatisfied' too.

the rhythm section is really tight on this one, which makes bob's solo even funnier

like Johnny Thunders trying to be Prince? and failing, hence its beauty...

Trouble Boys has a Westerberg quote along the lines of "Bob's fingers were fast, if not always accurate" and lauds his ability to occasionally fuck up gloriously; can't remember which song has a solo that Bob starts in the wrong key, then bends and mangles to make it work.

I laugh with Bob, not at him
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Black Diamond was #15 with a bullet on my ballot. I love their cover so much! Also the slightly moody (?) intro is a good fakeout

but i guess the orig song is kinda that way too

The original has some weird outro that they, um, wisely dispensed with.

Been dipping back into Trouble Boys because of this poll. So good. Had to avoid it for a long time because it was ultimately depressing.

I laugh with Bob, not at him
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of course