HUSKER DU V. Replacements

well, the Replacements WANTED to lose. It fits the profile.

poll otm

This should have been more of a blowout.

This should have been more of a blowout.

Funny, I was thinking it should have been a 45-45 tie.

this is wrong

well, the Replacements WANTED to lose. It fits the profile.

this weirdly makes sense to me

this is wrong

You oppose the results?

ignore him

the cool thing about both bands is that the replacements sound more like mpls and husker du sounds more like st paul to me

also based on seeing grant hart recently i REALLY hope he finally puts out that record he's been working on for years, great songs

http://www.myspace.com/granthart2541

^^"schoolbuses are for children" is off the new one supposedly and on grant's myspace

well, the Replacements WANTED to lose. It fits the profile.

this weirdly makes sense to me

― iatee, Tuesday, August 25, 2009

I am bummed about the endless delay in the release of Grant Hart's record. It was supposed to be out in 2008, then 2009, now . . .?

How does he sustain himself in his primary job if he isn't releasing new material? Does he tour constantly (it doesn't seem like he has enough of a back cataloge to do that forever).

the cool thing about both bands is that the replacements sound more like mpls and husker du sounds more like st paul to me

― the turdlike genius of Jeff Tweete´ (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, August 25, 2009 7:56 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark

Please explain to the few non-Minnesotans here, thanks.

friend's 12-year-old son is becoming big 'Mats fan

Alex Chilton is the jam. This band should have been huge.

well, the Replacements WANTED to lose. It fits the profile.

this weirdly makes sense to me

― iatee, Tuesday, August 25, 2009

― post-contrarian meta-challop 2009 (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:21 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah funny ppl always say that but damn didn't Westerberg make careerist moves the whole way, gradually chasing out Bob and Chris, replacing them with pro dudes and chick from Concrete Blonde cameos....saying "fuck the system" right through his genius punk rants for the acclaimed art film Over The Hedge?

but both bands are great while they were great

probably a better link for a Pleased to Meet Me poll, but in honor of the recently deceased Jim Dickinson:

http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/Content?oid=oid%3A48990

easy tiger, Westerberg did the music for acclaimed art house film Open Season. Ben Folds did Over The Hedge.

lol my bad

also the whole st paul vs mpls thing i can't really put in words but st paul feels different than mpls and the bands fit that

shootin dirty pool

there's tons to be said for either, of course; if forced to chose, my love for "In a Free Land" and my hatred of the last couple Replacements albums would tip me to the Dü.

why can't they both win

― henry s, Saturday, November 17, 2007 4:59 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark

How much rivalry was there between these two? Saw them both play Metro one weekend around 1986 (Replacements Friday, Husker Du Saturday) and Mould made some crack along the lines of, "[sniffing sounds] ... This mike smells like coke ... guess the Replacements were just here ..."

"...Break the Mould!"

Oh, good God, it's an absolute disgrace that Husker Du won this. Husker Du's albums are crap, even the ones that are supposedly great. Bland, boring, and repetitive, they have maybe a handful of good songs, while the Replacements have dozens of great songs and a hell of a lot more variety too. Does anyone even listen to Husker Du anymore? I think they're only revisited because they always end up in critic's choice lists, not because anyone likes or relates to these songs.

are you familiar with the word "challops"?

Sir, I have listened to Husker Du. Husker Du records have come in and out of my record collection. Their albums are tedious, monotonous, and poorly produced. Husker Du, sir, are complete crap.

nuh-uh

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Name one Husker Du song that's better than, say, "Androgynous." ONE!

"Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely"

"Celebrated Summer"

alternately: "Hare Krishna"

"Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill"

"Turn On The News"

"Keep Hanging On"

"Green Eyes"

"The Baby Song"

"She's A Woman"

"She Floated Away"

"Makes No Sense At All"

you guys, he said "one"

"Pink Turns To Blue"

"Too Far Down"

you guys, he said "one"

nah, that was u2 iirc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhbrMgSfR0w

"She Floated Away"

― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, April 18, 2012 10:47 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Okay, let's not get carried away.