I just looked up Jack Rabid. It's amusing in light of Wallace's remarks, because Rabid has indeed gotten married, bought a house and settled down in the stroller haven known as Park Slope, Brooklyn. (For example, he specifically mentions Southpaw which would be replaced by a daycare center the same year this interview was published.) https://www.brooklynpaper.com/meet-jack-rabid-the-godfather-of-punk-rock-journalism/
― birdistheword, Saturday, 26 December 2020 05:51 (three years ago) link
I like The ‘Mats and I like R.E.M. but I still don’t really rate “I Will Dare,” sorry.
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 02:29 (three years ago) link
IWD is a fine song, but nowhere near the 'Mats best
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 16:43 (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