The way he lets the last word in "Now you're wondering to yourself/That you might be gay" drop in a frightened whisper kills me. Stinson's last solo exteriorizes the kid's inner torment.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:02 (three years ago) link
I never connected with this one as much as the other serious tracks on Let It Be. Always felt a little ponderous to me. Also realised last night that it was going to make the top twenty at the expense of Gary’s Got a Boner.
― aphoristical, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:04 (three years ago) link
Alfred otm.I had it at #2.
― Garu’s Got a Rona (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
I always say that it was something to hear "Sixteen Blue" for the first time when I was actually 16. Talk about feeling seen. Gorgeous song, beautiful guitar solo, top 10 for me.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:09 (three years ago) link
― aphoristical
Aphorisital's Got a Bone (To Pick)
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:10 (three years ago) link
Tom Petty liked it so much he stole a line.
i have no issue with the long tradition of songwriters steeling lines from each other, but steeling a joke is a little more unseemly, and this was pretty close to that.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:12 (three years ago) link
Sixteen Blue really beautiful, gets me in all my feels every time. my #14
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:14 (three years ago) link
That final section *is* ridiculously affecting innit. Unfortunately I like "16B" some 43.8% more than I realised I did even a few weeks ago, such that I think I contributed an inadequate number of points.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:14 (three years ago) link
"Kiss Me On the Bus" is too low for the most romantic song ever written about mass transit
Didn't Paul often famously change the lyrics to "kiss me on the butt" when they played it live?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
"say anything" pretty much cemented "within your reach" as one of the replacements' signature songs, no? i thought it would place higher here!
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
Speaking of Petty, the interviews w/Benmont Tench in Trouble Boys fascinated me.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
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#13 Here Comes a Regularfrom Tim (1985) Score: 540Votes: 28 (2)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:20 (three years ago) link
I've long imagined that the song started as that, but I have no evidence for it.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:21 (three years ago) link
Oh man, "Regular." Pretty much a perfect song.
The echo works -- a tip of the hat to Third/Sister Lovers?
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:23 (three years ago) link
I had "Here Comes A Regular" at #30 because it was a closer, get it?
― Garu’s Got a Rona (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:24 (three years ago) link
Always connect this one to ‘The Last’ - the final song on their final album.
― aphoristical, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
Here Comes a Regular is so sad and downtrodden. "I used to live at home, now I stay at the house."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
"even if you're in the arms of someone's baby now / i'll take a great big whiskey too ya anyway" is so cheesy and weird ("take"?) and perfect. i always assumed paul's entire solo career would be this and i think i'm still disappointed that it wasn't. the guitar sound is a little much for me; i long for dry. the song is fantastic.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:31 (three years ago) link
Good post.
― Garu’s Got a Rona (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:35 (three years ago) link
Lol I think this song was responsible for me swearing off alcohol when I was 17
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:35 (three years ago) link
how long did you stick with it?
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:37 (three years ago) link
TOOOOO LOWmy #1 everything about this song is so perfect & sad & excellent & ughhhhhhh <3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:39 (three years ago) link
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#12Skyway from Pleased to Meet Me (1987) Score: 549 Votes: 28 (0)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
i like how the whole song has that quiet lonely confessional feel, like even the chorus doesnt build much over the lyrics
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:42 (three years ago) link
ah! i love skyway too! in my top 10
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:43 (three years ago) link
The "Skyway" linking the Lifehouse to the Boathouse was ranked #19 on our ballot.
― Garu’s Got a Rona (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:43 (three years ago) link
It's perfect though. Could have been way higher.
― Garu’s Got a Rona (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:44 (three years ago) link
xxxpost 6 years
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:49 (three years ago) link
Absentmindedly running through various ‘Mats songs in my head and what do you know: “Gary’s Got A Boner” meshes perfectly with “One Good Dose of Thunder”. Due to the same tempo and basic rhythm I suppose, but also maybe same key? Regardless, that’s just a tip I guess for any DJ’s lurking out there looking for trax that lead into the other easily.
― rattle, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:50 (three years ago) link
"skyway" is just so goddamn lovely and evocative and sad and may be the closest he/they ever came to alex chilton/big star. the phrase "my stupid hat and gloves" has been seared into my brain for 30-plus years.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
Yes, there’s a “September Gurls” quality to it.
― rattle, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:52 (three years ago) link
I think I have 5 of my top 10 left. Guessing 'I Will Dare' is the safe #1?
― campreverb, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:52 (three years ago) link
Maybe. I don't like that one so much, despite my recent screenname.
― Garu’s Got a Rona (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
re: Here Comes a Regular - here's the interior of the CC Club where it all takes place, expect it looks like you imagined
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― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
"Skyway" is maybe the cloest thing to "Thirteen" he ever wrote, vibewise, although maybe somebody else already said something similar about another song.
― Garu’s Got a Rona (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:56 (three years ago) link
Ha, that's not quite what I would have imagined it looked like, not even the half-timber exterior.
― Garu’s Got a Rona (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:57 (three years ago) link
Or is the proper term faux-timber?
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#11Hold My Lifefrom Tim (1985) Score: 598 Votes: 27 (0)Youtube: original promo video
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:57 (three years ago) link
everything about "hold my life" -- the excitement of those opening chords, the fact that not a single lyric (besides "well well well") is even remotely intelligible until he gets around to "time for decision to be made," the heroic change into the big anthemic chorus, the casual acknowledgment at the end of that chorus that he's probably gonna lose it -- makes it soooooo good as the first track on this particular band's first major label album. so well played.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link
It got stranded in the Lifemoat, but I still like it fine.
― Garu’s Got a Rona (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 22:06 (three years ago) link
ah shoot, missed a few cause i was busy working.
"sixteen blue" was my #2, one of those songs where paul's frayed vocals cut straight to the bone--the fact that he can't reach the notes he's striving for just adds to the goosebumpiness of it all. chord changes are really interesting, and as much attention that the ending guitar solo gets, the little lyrical bit in the middle hits right, too. but of course, that ending guitar solo deserves all the attention it gets.
"here comes a regular," i voted for. i think it was the first replacements song i ever heard, and while i appreciated it, i didn't quite get the fuss until i heard the rest of the album, then let it be. the piano break near the 2/3rds mark is the piano equivalent of the "sixteen blue" guitar solo.
"skyway," i debated not voting for. it's a little hokey, isn't it? but i always get drawn in by that beautiful melody.
― covidiot wind, blowin every time you lift your mask (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 22:09 (three years ago) link
i understand and appreciate "skyway" as a mats version of those big star ballads, but those big star ballads run circles around "skyway," imo
― covidiot wind, blowin every time you lift your mask (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 22:10 (three years ago) link
What ffc said re "Hold My Life" basically. I was 'singing' it to myself while doing other things just now. Wordless singing, but I was totes feeling it.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 22:13 (three years ago) link
Ahem (clears throat)..."Sixteen Blue" WAY TOOOO LOOOOOOOOOW
― bunny slopes, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
I don't know that there's much I would change on the sequencing for Let It Be/Tim/PTMM. Skyway works so well because of where it falls, the Gordon Lightfoot at the end of a night you are still piecing together.
― campreverb, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 22:15 (three years ago) link
This thread making me want to finally read Seymour Stein’s book.
― Garu’s Got a Rona (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 22:16 (three years ago) link
Last three were all in my top ten - love FCC's thoughts on Hold My Life.
― aphoristical, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 22:21 (three years ago) link
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#10Androgynous from Let It Be (1984) Score: 600Votes: 30 (1)Youtube: audio track
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 22:22 (three years ago) link
xxposts to umsbar looks different than i pictured. much nicer!i was picturing old galley-style dive bar, linoleum floor, just one long bar & a handful of tables along the wall
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 22:22 (three years ago) link