Another first-place vote there.
Incidentally, there was another off-by-one error in the opening post. 12 voters in this category, not 11.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link
I'm really digging this part of the roll out, it puts a spotlight on lesser known gems
Thanks again Nag
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 21:02 (three years ago) link
I'll dash away briefly for breakfast. In the meantime here's Tommy demonstrating a flagrant disregard for occupational health and safety.
https://images2.imgbox.com/cd/da/OD7b9O5O_o.jpg
#24BASH & POP – Fast & Hard from Friday Night Is Killing Me (1993) Score: 59Votes: 3 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 21:14 (three years ago) link
^ That was #23; trust the image.
https://images2.imgbox.com/e8/10/eUgsJaNK_o.jpg
#22TOMMY STINSON – Not a Moment Too Soon from Village Gorilla Head (2004)Score: 62Votes: 2 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 21:35 (three years ago) link
I've had "Noooot a moment... too soon" swimming around inside my head all week.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 21:37 (three years ago) link
https://images2.imgbox.com/42/4d/6BERyZDc_o.jpg
#22PAUL WESTERBERG – Things from 14 Songs (1993) Score: 62Votes: 2 (1)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:01 (three years ago) link
^ #21, dammit.
I believe I was the first-place vote here, fairly lazily. It feels like I've dug the pretty yet kinda morose vibe since I was a baby.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
An enlightened (?) attitude towards “errors”, flubs, “mistakes”, and perfection for me was part of their charm and part of what made them unique. The anti-Steely Dan maybe? Something like that anyway.
― rattle, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link
Let's say that my incessant typos are a crucial extension of that.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:32 (three years ago) link
A slightly tricky one...
https://images2.imgbox.com/d4/4f/YRcbAXzj_o.jpg
#20PAUL WESTERBERG – Outta My System (2008) / THE I DON'T CARES - Outta My System (2016)from 49:00 (2008) and Wild Stab (1993) Score: 64Votes: 2 (0)Youtube: Paul Westerberg / The I Don't Cares
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:37 (three years ago) link
The only merger I ended up going ahead with. One vote for The I Don't Cares and another for "49:00" where the 'Outta My System' segment was explicitly cited as a major reason for its appearance.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:42 (three years ago) link
I couldn't find an suitable index within "49:00" just now. Maybe one of you has such information at hand? LOL
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:45 (three years ago) link
Okay, it starts just before the 26:00 minute mark.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link
http://www.paulwesterberg.com/music/solo-albums/4900-505-mp3-2008/
― aphoristical, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:49 (three years ago) link
:)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 22:50 (three years ago) link
I demand typos and randomly ranked 70s AM Radio staples for the remainder of the rollout!
― campreverb, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:01 (three years ago) link
Very well then, hopefully there's a bbcode error in this markup, for starters...
https://images2.imgbox.com/c3/5b/DPM7VNGC_o.jpg
#19PAUL WESTERBERG – Best Thing That Never Happenedfrom Suicaine Gratifaction (1999)Score: 64Votes: 2 (1)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:05 (three years ago) link
*triple-checks spelling of the album title*
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:06 (three years ago) link
“My Dad” sounds like “Positively 4th Street,” no?
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:10 (three years ago) link
I can definitely hear that now that you mention it.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:12 (three years ago) link
"Outta My System" actually first appeared on Peter Gammons's 2004 jock rock compilation album Hot Stove, Cool Music Volume 1 alongside fellow jock rockers The Pearl Jam, The Allan Brothers Band, and The Little Feats. So technically Paul got it outta his system 3 times (49:00 version's the best though)
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:29 (three years ago) link
Jock rock!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:32 (three years ago) link
https://images2.imgbox.com/f4/de/B0qFdu4z_o.jpg
#18GRANDPABOY – Silent Film Star from Mono (2002)Score: 66Votes: 3 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:33 (three years ago) link
^ I like it but it's not exactly a #metoo anthem ("you oughta be a silent film star / keep that pretty little trap shut")
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:35 (three years ago) link
typical jock rocker
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:36 (three years ago) link
🖼*#26PERFECT - Better Days from _Once, Twice, Three Times a Maybe_ (2004) Score: 55Votes: 2 (0)Youtube:* audio track🕸
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:44 (three years ago) link
https://images2.imgbox.com/89/bd/RYhQAyNU_o.jpg
#17PAUL WESTERBERG – Waiting for Somebodyfrom Singles soundtrack (2002)Score: 67Votes: 3 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:54 (three years ago) link
Obviously Singles wasn't 2002. Grrrr.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 23:55 (three years ago) link
Westerberg felt properly famous in my neck of the woods at this point. I'd probably heard maybe two Replacements songs by then but I doubt this song made further exploration seem an urgent necessity.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:09 (three years ago) link
I really like both his tracks from Singles soundtrack even though they are v cornybut also: i first heard them when i was 16 and didnt know who Paul Westerberg even was
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:14 (three years ago) link
https://images2.imgbox.com/1e/f8/d9xtPHPt_o.jpg
#16GRANDPABOY - Let’s Not Belong Togetherfrom Mono (2002)Score: 69Votes: 3 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:20 (three years ago) link
XP: It's possible my juvenile perceptions of "properly famous" are skewed. Might just mean "on high rotation on JJJ and RRR for [what I misremember as] a full year." :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:31 (three years ago) link
I cannot STAND Westerberg's Singles singles. At the time the mythos around him had swelled such that by the time I heard it and "Dyslexic Heart" I couldn't believe he was supposed to be this Master Songwriter.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:36 (three years ago) link
Okay, I shall stop for now. I'll hopefully post the remainder of this bit at a similar time tomorrow.
I sense that folks are keen to get to the Replacements proper. I'll a make slow start on that on the weekend, but I suspect that will mostly be next week. I don't think I've even seen the final numbers there yet. No idea what ultimately made it the lowest placings in the top 50. (Top 60?)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:08 (three years ago) link
Great rollout and graphics Nag! Excited for the rest.
― Psychocandles (Pyschocandles), Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:46 (three years ago) link
* extracts Replacements numbers and selfishly considers whether there are enough personal favourites between #50 to #60 to warrant a longer rollout, lol *
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 02:10 (three years ago) link
That is totally the polltaker's prerogative. Go to 70 if you want!
Alfred, I agree about "Dyslexic Heart," which is a not very good song with a terrible core metaphor. But I like "Waiting for Somebody," it's catchy and breezy despite the angst.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 8 October 2020 02:49 (three years ago) link
Also, I like "Let's Not Belong Together," glad two other voters did too!
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 8 October 2020 03:00 (three years ago) link
I'll drop a couple of tracks now and return for the thrilling conclusion about 7 hours from now.
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#15PAUL WESTERBERG - Baby Learns to Crawl from Stereo (2002)Score: 76Votes: 3 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 13:35 (three years ago) link
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#14GRANDPABOY - AAAfrom Mono (2002)Score: 76Votes: 3 (1)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 8 October 2020 13:38 (three years ago) link
Meanwhile:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdaXTSseXHc
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 October 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
Short, amusing thread of mostly haters. Contains the lyrics to "Left of the Dial" some of which I never could decipher. jON r U viewing the CA-REER TrAjEcToRy of THE REPLACEMENTS within proper CONTEXT?
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 October 2020 14:52 (three years ago) link
"I headed up north"? I always thought it was "Cadillac Walk," in a nod to Mink DeVille.
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 October 2020 14:55 (three years ago) link
Just noticed this, DeRo and Craig Finn's lists are heavy on the Sorry Ma. https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2016/07/04/the-replacements-best-songs-according-to-those-who-knew-them-critics-the-current-staff-an
― campreverb, Thursday, 8 October 2020 15:19 (three years ago) link
Wow, that thread. I love a “boring“ record as much as I love anything in this big dumb, chintz-worshipping world, evidently. “You’re all wrong and I’m right” ‘til the day I die.
― rattle, Thursday, 8 October 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
shoot, i glanced at that list and wish i wouldn't have. i don't really have a good idea of what the consensus Replacements fan fave songs are. some of them i can guess (the big PTMM songs, anthems like Bastards of Young that were played on SNL and radio and such), but i always enjoy the element of surprise
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Thursday, 8 October 2020 15:27 (three years ago) link
xxpInteresting. Thinking that Paul’s songwriting chops were there from the beginning, he didn’t get better, he just widened his subject matter, became more “sensitive,” presumably learned a couple of chords, etc. Compare, say, The Go-Betweens.
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 October 2020 15:40 (three years ago) link
*ducks* maybe
― She Thinks I Will Dare (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 8 October 2020 15:41 (three years ago) link
AAA was my #1. Absolutely beautiful song, three perfect minutes for rolling end credits over. Dreamy washy echoey reverb. Whiny harmonies with himself in those soaring "all I know" background vocals. Even has a clattery noise breakdown and one of those one-note style guitar solos that's actually a couple of notes but feels like one. It rules! Cannot write a blurb of anything less than corny effusive praise for it. Only three votes? Ain't got anything to say to anyone anymore.
― the burrito that defined a generation, Thursday, 8 October 2020 15:47 (three years ago) link
That The Current article is fascinating. The lack of hardly any consensual, plus the fact that last night I was regretting not placing “Gary’s got a boner” in my Top 5 when not a single of the panelists or fans even placed it on their list. And again, that thread of haters? Just as a student of the diversity in the way people hear and interpret music, it’s providing endless fascination to me.
― rattle, Thursday, 8 October 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link