I hate ILoveMusic, it's got too many POLLS - Artist Poll #104 - THE REPLACEMENTS - RESULTS

I like The ‘Mats and I like R.E.M. but I still don’t really rate “I Will Dare,” sorry.

IWD is a fine song, but nowhere near the 'Mats best

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.

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.

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

https://www.insidehook.com/article/music/the-replacements-got-me-through-pandemic

I believe it

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).

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).

(I would have pulled over to the side of the road Greil Marcus-style, but I was already in park.)