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Post by dee on Jun 22, 2010 16:42:21 GMT -5
Seems Paul has been hinting at a Mats reunion since Mono came out.It seems to coincide with things he's promoting.Do you think he's turned that age old question of the Mats reuniting/touring into something that works to his advantage by stirring up a little interest while promoting something,when in actuality he has no interest at all in ever putting the band back together?Maybe it's his way of letting all the people who would love a Replacements reunion down lightly.Or do you think they've almost gone through with it?Maybe it's all of the above depending on what mood he was in.
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Post by hudson99 on Jun 22, 2010 17:13:15 GMT -5
No, I think it's a matter of having to endure questions about it whenever he has a new release to promote...just like the solo Beatles were forced to answer the same questions after their breakup (even after Lennon died).
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Post by scoOter on Jun 23, 2010 6:55:09 GMT -5
Seems Paul has been hinting at a Mats reunion since Mono came out.It seems to coincide with things he's promoting.Do you think he's turned that age old question of the Mats reuniting/touring into something that works to his advantage by stirring up a little interest while promoting something,when in actuality he has no interest at all in ever putting the band back together?Maybe it's his way of letting all the people who would love a Replacements reunion down lightly.Or do you think they've almost gone through with it?Maybe it's all of the above depending on what mood he was in. that is a very, very cynical, and shockingly plausible concept. |
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Post by FreeRider on Jun 23, 2010 9:07:04 GMT -5
but when he does publicity interviews and all, is it the reporter bringing it up or does Paul bring it up himself?
i still think he has some unresolved issues with the way the band just sort of....dissolved. like they disintegrated rather than went out with a huge bang or something.
so when a reporter does get him talking about a reunion or his feelings about the break up, he certainly has a lot to say. in one interview, i recall Paul saying something along the lines of him having dreams about a reunion, waking up in cold sweats. it seems like he's still intrigued by the "what if's".....
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Post by hudson99 on Jun 23, 2010 11:23:58 GMT -5
but when he does publicity interviews and all, is it the reporter bringing it up or does Paul bring it up himself? That's exactly the case, as I noted earlier. |
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Post by dee on Jun 24, 2010 5:23:50 GMT -5
It was Paul that wanted Slim and Tommy to finish the Buddy Holly tour.That never happened.
It was Paul that mentioned him and Chris Mars talking about getting the band back together.That never happened.
Pics of Paul and Tommy jamming.Nothing became of that.
Paul saying he's in the best shape he's ever been in and his voice is able to belt out the classic mats songs again and he's ready if it happens.No proof.No reunion.
A "closed to the world" non-reunion reunion at the Open Season premier.No "real" shows to follow.
Two new songs for the Mats "best of" but PW mentions they recorded more than just two songs and Tommy wanted to put out an album and go on the road.It didn't happen.
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Post by FreeRider on Jun 24, 2010 15:07:23 GMT -5
ooops, sorry hudson; i skimmed thru the thread and didn't see you had already brought up that salient point. But how serious was Paul about picking up where the Buddy Holly tour ended and finishing it? And that mention was on the old Vagrant site, I think. Here, he talks about it: R: I was reading the Vagrant bio - and you wanting to do that (Buddy Holly) tour with Tommy. Even though it's hard to remember songs do you still want to do it? With or without Tommy?
PW: With Tommy it would have made a world of difference because he is the other half of my brain, he functions where I can't. That's where we work really well as a team. The (tour) was literally four days away. I said 'I've got this crazy ideas, I've got these songs we should play, we should just wing it. We'll get Big Mike to play drums and Chris Robinson or someone to shake the tambourine - or Axl (Rose) if he wants to do it. And we'll just go and raise hell.' And then he called back and had changed his mind. He had obligations. I can't blame him - he might have thought 'do I really want to ride in the van in February? Be in Iowa for five nights?' And after I thought about it, frankly I didn't want to do it either. But it was my way to force (Vagrant) to get the Grandpaboy record out on the 2nd of February. They were dragging their heels and it was pushed back - I wanted to do something to make them release it and that was the first thing I thought of. Then a couple of promoters in Chicago got a hold of the idea and then it started to stink like 'well it's a Replacements reunion' and then the rooms started to get bigger and then it started to get scarier.....
I'll tell you one thing, I've talked to Slim - I called him up last week to sort of say 'OK, here you go - we're going, do you want to come?" And in five minutes, after not talking to him in five years, I got such a sense of negativity. He came up with every conceivable thing that could go wrong and why it shouldn't be done and what could be expected …" And it was like 'you old fucking man…." I just didn't have the heart to meet with him the next day.
R: Is that just the place he's in right now?
PW: He's always been like that - he's older than the rest of us, he's eight years older than me. He's turned into a crotchety old man but it's like don't you want to tour and raise some hell? He didn't. He works at a music store and he plays solo acoustic. He said something to the effect of 'I'll help you out again this time Paulie if you really want me to." And I thought 'help me out?' I've seen tapes and we were a band of three-and-a-half guys as far as I'm concerned. I'm saying do you want to go and have fun and ride the bus and listen to music? Go break some rules and whoop it up - even if we both end up in the hospital - which we both have. It's not out of the cards but he wasn't there.
C: How is your relationship with Chris?
PW: See, there you go. Chris is so well-adjusted to being a clean and sober successful visual artist. I think he works in film and backdrops - I don't think he would have, I don't think he would want to play the drums or have the stamina. He passed by my house by accident. He was driving by - I thought who's this creep and he came up 'how ya doing!?' Happy as can be, smiling. I said, "what do you think, should we put it together?" He goes "for a week." He was serious and he laughed but I really think that's all he can take. If it ever does come to be, we would have to do it - me and Tommy would have to do it - gas up the van. Get ready, go to his house and ring the bell and say 'come on, we're going for a week". And he would do it but it wouldn't be… www.writegrrrl.com/paul_qanda2.htmlso, was it just a whim? was it calculated? I just don't see him being the calculating type. If he were, he'd have made a lot more money by now. He always acknowledges in interviews that he doesn't care much for the business end of being a musician. again, like hudson mentioned, i think it's the interviewers probing him for his thoughts about reunions and all. he just so happens that he told someone, well, i'm in shape, my voice is good, so he's in a good place physically for it to happen. not that it WILL happen or that he's even been in serious talks with Tommy and Chris to do it. sems like he's saying that he's in a good place for it to happen if it comes to fruition. I dont' see him being a tease about it, really. |
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Post by raccoon on Jun 25, 2010 8:38:02 GMT -5
It's gonna happen one way or another. It would be kinda neat if Tommy and Paul both had a solo record to promote. They could each play 45 minutes seperately and then get on stage together with Slim and Chris for 90 minutes of Mats.
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Post by FreeRider on Jun 25, 2010 9:46:16 GMT -5
ah, who knows? it'd probably be something cool for some fans to see happen. some might be indifferent to a reunion.
perhaps Paul is just playing up to the whole "will-we-or-won't-we" everytime an interviewer brings it up by discussing these kinds of things. but if what he says is true, that he does broach the subject with the Tommy and Chris on occasion, even if it's just joking around like, 'well, should we do it?', it seems like it's in the back of his mind anyway. regardless of whether or not an interviewer brings it up.
didn't he say that if it did happen that it would be a wondrous disaster? or something along those words....but then again, he's said so many things about it in the past. like "we'd do it only for the right amount of money" and if it happened they'd show up and just play cards on stage or something. or that the karl mueller benefit would've been the best time to do it, that they'd never done anything good for someone else as a band, that that was the time to have done it.
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Post by thepogo on Jun 25, 2010 14:34:19 GMT -5
I dont see why Paul always has to bring up the past. Damn just get the band together with or without Tommy and hit the road. I would say to him, "Move forward Paul, get on with it". As Joe Strummer put it, "you're either moving foward or moving backward". All the talk about shuold we or should'nt we. Screw that! Get your amps, guitars, and mics and get on with it.
Its there for the taking, now take it.....Paul!!!!
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Post by ClamsCasino on Jun 26, 2010 0:22:55 GMT -5
Not be a defeatist or anything, but I'd say that ship has sailed. At least for the time being. Seeing as how the latest quote we have from Paul about playing live is that he won't be playing live anytime soon, I'd say that chances of anything happening, let alone a reunion, are pretty slim.
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Post by wecantgetanybetter on Jun 27, 2010 22:30:41 GMT -5
... I'd say that chances of anything happening, let alone a reunion, are pretty slim. I get it! Slim! |
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Post by Philip Garcia on Jun 28, 2010 22:56:47 GMT -5
I think it's an interesting question, but honestly I agree, I don't care if he brings the 'mats back together or not, I just want to see him play some shows on the road. Hell, I understand he has a family and doesn't want to go do the whole touring thing again. I wouldn't want him to, as that would likely be hell on his personal life. But he could always do what Soul Asylum's been doing the past 5 year or so, and play a handful of one-off gigs a year. Maybe 15-20 a year scattered out, possibly at festivals, or clubs. It would bring in some income I'm sure, and not really be a huge commitment as he can choose when to do them, and make a weekend out of it or whatever.
As for the 'mats reuniting, and paul's feelings toward it, obviously him and tommy still get along, and the jam sessions a few years back really show that. They enjoy playing with each other, but would likely be nervous about ever going out together as that brings up that whole can of worms thing... What are they, paul and tommy, the replacements, or paul and tommy with the replacements...
Phil
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Post by brianlux on Jun 30, 2010 0:57:02 GMT -5
Just based on what's in print my guess is Paul doesn't really expect a reunion to happen but at the same time doesn't want to- or can't get himself to- count it out. And even more likely, he's probably more focused on writing current songs, coaching little league and figuring out what shoes to wear next.
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