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Post by redredwine on Jun 27, 2010 21:28:49 GMT -5
Besides the 4th of July, 1991 being the last Replacements show ever (in Grant Park, Chicago no less), does the 4th have any other significance to the Mats? I don't think of them as very patriotic (actually the opposite). Maybe a song with a patriotic element? Tough one... Here's a link to the show mentioned popheadwound.blogspot.com/2010/02/livebootleg-replacements-grant-park.html |
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Post by hudson99 on Jun 27, 2010 22:29:13 GMT -5
A few shows featured snippets of born in he USA.
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Post by wecantgetanybetter on Jun 27, 2010 22:38:07 GMT -5
"Happy birthday, whosever birthday it is today ... " "Birthday gal, do you wish that there weren't quite as many candles that you had to blow?"  |
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Post by thenewoldme on Jun 30, 2010 1:30:50 GMT -5
Oddly enough, I was listening to their last show from 7/4 Chicago on the way home tonight. During "Someone Take the Wheel", Paul sings what sounds like, "...we're fighting again, in some f*ing land, I ain't proud I was born here, man". I'll have to say that I was disappointed by that last phrase, especially coming from someone whose Father stormed the beaches at Normandy in WWII, lived through it and was able to support Paul's ass as a private school dropout musician.
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Post by raccoon on Jun 30, 2010 6:47:46 GMT -5
But does it make you any less patriotic if you are not always proud of your country? Like say during an unjustified war? I doubt many people were proud during watergate for instance.
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Post by DaveinDK on Jun 30, 2010 8:56:04 GMT -5
Doesn't one gain a sense of pride for accomplishment of something?
Why would anyone be proud to have simply been born in some totally random geographical location? Isn't that just dumb luck? And if anyone can be proud of themselves simply for being born in some spot, well then, doesn't that devalue whatever "pride" is anyway? I mean, i can see why someone might be proud of their country, but gaining that sense of pride because you simply were born there, seems dumb. If Paul's dad hadn't fought in WW2, would it be ok not to be proud? Or if they had lost at Normandy? I can see why Paul would be proud of his father, but not sure why this obligates him to be proud of his country. Can't one be proud of his country for some things, and ashamed of it for others?
I'm just saying.
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Post by FreeRider on Jun 30, 2010 9:52:25 GMT -5
i try not to take Paul's ad libs too seriously!
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Post by hudson99 on Jun 30, 2010 12:33:17 GMT -5
i try not to take Paul's ad libs too seriously! The last few months way too many people on here have taken any and all Paul quotes way too seriously. He's a smart-ass - 90% of what he says means absolutely nothing. |
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Post by FreeRider on Jun 30, 2010 13:08:43 GMT -5
hudson, i think you're dead on: he's a a bit if a wiseass, looking for the joke. you have to take what he says with a grain of salt.
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Post by ih8music on Jun 30, 2010 14:47:48 GMT -5
reminds me of when mammadaddydid came out and he had to explain to his mom that it's just a song.
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Post by A Regular on Jul 3, 2010 21:43:37 GMT -5
Doesn't one gain a sense of pride for accomplishment of something? Why would anyone be proud to have simply been born in some totally random geographical location? Isn't that just dumb luck? And if anyone can be proud of themselves simply for being born in some spot, well then, doesn't that devalue whatever "pride" is anyway? I mean, i can see why someone might be proud of their country, but gaining that sense of pride because you simply were born there, seems dumb. If Paul's dad hadn't fought in WW2, would it be ok not to be proud? Or if they had lost at Normandy? I can see why Paul would be proud of his father, but not sure why this obligates him to be proud of his country. Can't one be proud of his country for some things, and ashamed of it for others? I'm just saying. Bingo. |
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Post by brianlux on Jul 4, 2010 1:44:03 GMT -5
One of the things I like the most about Paul is that if he has anything to be proud of it is about crafting a good song or riding a bicycle instead of running over animals with a car or being a good family man- real things that real people do. He doesn't need to wear anything on his sleave.
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Post by scoOter on Jul 5, 2010 12:48:56 GMT -5
One of the things I like the most about Paul is that if he has anything to be proud of it is about crafting a good song or riding a bicycle instead of running over animals with a car or being a good family man- real things that real people do. He doesn't need to wear anything on his sleave. high oh! yes x 1,000,000. |
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Post by A Regular on Jul 5, 2010 20:46:09 GMT -5
you forgot "my heart on my sleeve"? Maybe it no longer shows?
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Post by brianlux on Jul 6, 2010 23:25:22 GMT -5
you forgot "my heart on my sleeve"? Maybe it no longer shows? Good one!  |
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Post by jd19jd on Jul 7, 2010 19:24:52 GMT -5
I should have posted this sooner, but on the 4th I was working on the homestead. I sent my iTunes to shuffle and three songs in I caught four songs of of five that were 'mats tunes. I always wondered about iTunes shuffle, sometimes there seems to be a hint of intelligence in the shuffle.
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Post by tims on Jul 7, 2010 22:05:47 GMT -5
Ditto. My shuffle setting seems to pick my mood, whether i'm cleaning the kitchen or running. It's uncanny.
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