I always remember Hootenanny as a bit too jokey. In reality that's only really a couple of brief tracks and the highs are high. Without giving much away, almost all of it was pretty well represented on tracks ballots.
Also, fun fact: There's a typo in the opening post, as it was written in advance and didn't account for a ballot arriving slightly later. There were in fact 31 album ballots, not 30.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 23:30 (three years ago) link
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#3THE REPLACEMENTS - Pleased to Meet MeApril 1987Score: 82Votes: 28 (4)Youtube excerpt: Red Red Wine
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 23:33 (three years ago) link
hootenanny is definitely transitional, partly still trying to be a punk band, partly shouting no way, partly laughing at the predicament, fully, um, stuck in the middle. but i think "run it" is as good as they ever punked, "color me impressed" is a clear arrow forward, and "mr. whirly" is pretty much a career declaration that they're not going to take this shit seriously, ever, no matter how badly someone wants them to. a weirdly quintessential mats album for me.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 23:35 (three years ago) link
and pttm is where end up deciding to take this shit seriously in spite of their own worst intentions, and is the beginning of their downfall, and is still a fantastic album.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 23:39 (three years ago) link
where *they* end up...
shout-out to whoever had Hootenanny #1, I had it at #2. I feel like it's overlooked, the first classic.No drama left now.
― campreverb, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 23:41 (three years ago) link
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#2THE REPLACEMENTS - TimOctober 1985Score: 107Votes: 31 (4)Youtube excerpt: I'll Buy
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 23:52 (three years ago) link
No drama perhaps, but still interesting that this was the only long-player that everyone voted for.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 23:53 (three years ago) link
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#1Let It Be September 1984Score: 126Votes: 29 (18)Youtube excerpt: Gary's Got a Boner
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 23:54 (three years ago) link
I enjoyed selecting those Youtube tracks just now. Not even particularly representative perhaps, but you might be able to guess why I chose those...
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 23:57 (three years ago) link
In summary... points votes #1's 1 The Replacements - Let It Be (September 1984) 126 29 18 2 The Replacements - Tim (October 1985) 107 31 4 3 The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (April 1987) 82 28 4 4 The Replacements - Hootenanny (April 1983) 50 23 1 5 The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash (August 1981) 37 14 2 6 The Replacements - Stink (June 1982) 23 7 1 7 The Replacements - Don't Tell a Soul (January 1989) 14 5 1 8 The Replacements - Dead Man's Pop (September 2019) 10 6 0 9 The Replacements - The Shit Hits the Fans (January 1985) 5 2 010= The Replacements - All Shook Down (September 1990) 4 2 010= The Replacements - For Sale: Live at Maxwell’s 1986 (October 2017) 4 2 012 Paul Westerberg - Stereo/Mono (April 2002) 3 2 013= Paul Westerberg - Suicaine Gratification (February 1999) 1 1 013= Paul Westerberg - 49:00 (July 2008) 1 1 0
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 00:02 (three years ago) link
I was going to do a top thirty for the solo/other stuff, but I'll expand it slightly and fairly briskly today to 36, partly to get everyone's #1's in, and begin the top 30 proper tomorrow (Thursday morning AEDT, Wednesday for most of you.)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 00:09 (three years ago) link
― Erdős-szám 69 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 00:12 (three years ago) link
SOLO AND OTHER PROJECTS
85 distinct tracks received votes. Here's a seven-track taster before the Top 30 beginning tomorrow, such that everything with 40 points or greater (not least all tracks receiving first-place votes) are accounted for.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 00:47 (three years ago) link
Three way tie for 35...
#35 (TIE)TOMMY STINSON - Light of Day from Village Gorilla Head (2004)Score: 40Votes: 1 (1)Youtube: audio track
#35 (TIE)PAUL WESTERBERG - A Star Is Bored from Melrose Place soundtrack (1995)Score: 40Votes: 1 (1)Youtube: audio track
#35 (TIE)PAUL WESTERBERG - Runaway Wind from 14 Songs (1993)Score: 40Votes: 1 (1)Youtube: original promo video
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 00:50 (three years ago) link
I have sneaking suspicion "A Star Is Bored" existed before Melrose Place used it, but I can't seem to prove it. Anyone?
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 00:52 (three years ago) link
Interest levels seem low right now so I'll keep things even more skeletal than planned. LOL. Last batch before tomorrow:
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 01:17 (three years ago) link
#34 PAUL WESTERBERG - Daydreamfrom Come Feel Me Tremble (2003) Score: 42 2 (0)Youtube: audio track
#33 PAUL WESTERBERG - My Dad from Folker (2004)Score: 432 (0)Youtube: audio track
#32 PAUL WESTERBERG - Dirty Diesel from Come Feel Me Tremble (2003) Score: 452 (0)Youtube: audio track
#31 GRANDPABOY - 2 Days 'Til Tomorrow from Mono (2002)Score: 472 (0)Youtube: audio track
Good to see another vote for My Dad. Folker has a couple of strong tracks.
― campreverb, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 01:23 (three years ago) link
Yay "Days 'Til Tomorrow", great tune
― bunny slopes, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 01:23 (three years ago) link
Nag at what point do you start getting consensus (5 votes?) on solo tracks?
― campreverb, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
It's mostly 3 votes before the top 10, IIRC. The proportion of voters submitting a solo/other list dropped away after a promising surge about half way through the voting period.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 01:45 (three years ago) link
Started populating the Spotify list for this part now. Feel free to add stuff if I fall behind.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 02:16 (three years ago) link
I was the other one. Folker's got plenty of strong tracks, and not just one but two about his dad ("Looking up in Heaven" being the other).
And it's funny, because Folker came out 23 years after Sorry Ma, in which he sang about how he hated his dad but someday he wouldn't ("I Hate Music"), but also in the middle of Folker is an entirely different song about a different kind of regret called "23 Years Ago."
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 02:35 (three years ago) link
A typo has been pointed out: Suicaine Gratifaction, that should be. Sorry about that.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 02:44 (three years ago) link
I have clearly been spelling Suicaine Gratifaction wrong for years! I spelt it wrong on my ballot, so my fault.
― aphoristical, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 04:06 (three years ago) link
hello late to the rollout in true punk fashion alas i am not drunk tho sorry (ma)
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 04:52 (three years ago) link
A typo has been pointed out: _Suicaine Gratif*ac*tion_, that should be. Sorry about that.
― Erdős-szám 69 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 04:58 (three years ago) link
its even worse corrected. wtf paul
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 04:59 (three years ago) link
The self-sabotage takes a multitude of mysterious forms.
― Erdős-szám 69 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 05:06 (three years ago) link
I'll return and endeavor to get through to #16 in about 7 to 8 hours, but I'll drop one now, if only to check the image.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 12:38 (three years ago) link
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#30THE I DON'T CARES – Born For Me from Wild Stab (2016) Score: 53Votes: 2 (0)Youtubet: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 12:39 (three years ago) link
I’m interested in how 2 votes equal 53?
― rattle, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 13:14 (three years ago) link
33 + 20, it seems.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 13:18 (three years ago) link
Anyway, I changed my mind. I'll post this three-way tie before wandering off.
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#27 (TIE)BASH & POP – Friday Night Is Killing Mefrom Friday Night Is Killing Me (1993) Score: 54Votes: 2 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 13:20 (three years ago) link
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#27 (TIE)PAUL WESTERBERG – We May Be the Ones from Stereo (2002)Score: 54Votes: 2 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 13:25 (three years ago) link
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#27 (TIE)PAUL WESTERBERG – Knockin' on Minefrom 14 Songs (1993) Score: 54Votes: 2 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 13:28 (three years ago) link
Enjoying the rollout, thanks Nag. Concur that it’s a good thread title.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 13:40 (three years ago) link
Is it wrong of me to think the solo stuff titles and covers look like artifacts from a fictional or parallel universe?
― Erdős-szám 69 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 14:03 (three years ago) link
Tommy Stinson was a really cute young man.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 14:03 (three years ago) link
Easy, Action!
― Erdős-szám 69 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 14:17 (three years ago) link
That SNL performance of Knockin on Mine just rips.
― campreverb, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 14:17 (three years ago) link
Actually getting curious about the band track results now. Which of the underreleased tracks make the cut, which favorites rise and fall.
― Erdős-szám 69 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 14:20 (three years ago) link
I only voted for two solo songs, but I just remembered one I shoulda voted for, "Silent Film Star".
― All cars are bad (Euler), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 14:39 (three years ago) link
cosign Tommy’s cuteness
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyckP1Sjjoc
― Erdős-szám 69 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
HI DARE!
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 19:34 (three years ago) link
So much Replacements discussion on that other thread! Bless.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
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#26PERFECT - Better Days from Once, Twice, Three Times a Maybe (2004) Score: 55Votes: 2 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 20:14 (three years ago) link
So strictly speaking the Perfect album was recorded in 1997 and went without an official release for years?
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 20:19 (three years ago) link
I like the riff, the rest of the song's fine but the riff is the thing. I like it as a curtain-opener on Let It Be, it's a jaunty way to start. You don't yet know that you're going to hit "Unsatisfied" at the top of side two.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 02:51 (three years ago) link
I love it, it's a great little pop tune. No beating "Unsatisfied" (or "Androgynous" and "Sixteen Blue" for that matter), but it's still a great track.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 03:23 (three years ago) link
Backstage with Tommy Stinso from The Replacements… They called us Tom Petty and Excess Baggage… And we called them The Placements. pic.twitter.com/8LXKh6RHNp— Mike Campbell // The Dirty Knobs (@MikeCampbellHQ) March 16, 2021
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link
https://www.insidehook.com/article/music/the-replacements-got-me-through-pandemic
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 03:34 (two years ago) link
I believe it
― AP Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 03:44 (two years ago) link
They're one of those magical acts that at the right place and time, whatever and whenever that may be, are the Best Band Ever. Could be with friends, could be while driving, could be while sitting on the can. It's totally plausible that it could have been for the duration of the pandemic, too. Per that author, they're just in some ways so much more comforting in their chaos than something like Husker Du (too much rage) or the Minutemen (too agitated).
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 11:17 (two years ago) link
Timely--got in my car after morning coffee and "I Will Dare" was playing. I'm sure there are still college stations that play the Replacements, but I think that might be the first time I've ever heard them off the car radio (CBC in Canada).
― clemenza, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 12:50 (two years ago) link
(I would have pulled over to the side of the road Greil Marcus-style, but I was already in park.)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 2 June 2021 12:52 (two years ago) link