Post by thomas on Apr 6, 2017 4:29:24 GMT -5
What music still moves you the most?
There's no question it's the Replacements. Nothing comes close. I play it still them all the time – most of all I play Stink! and Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take out the Trash. And I play it for my kids! My daughter especially likes it.Their music has a lot of anger in it. A pissed-off, teenage, youthful anger. There is something vampiric about listening and reaching back into your past for a jolt in the present. Also, there's a lot of pain. It's interesting that Bob [Stinson] was the one with the most aggrieved background, but Paul [Westerberg] wrote those lyrics that are really heartbreaking. "Go" is a great song, from Stink, that is full of alienation and sadness that I still find easy to access and probably always will.
Did you read the Replacements bio that came out last year, Trouble Boys by Bob Mehr?
Such a great book. What a moving, sad, funny story. He's got Bob Stinson's story for the first part, which is just heartbreaking. Then, after Bob leaves the band, you've got the Paul Westerberg mystery: Who is this guy, and why can't he finish as good as he starts? He goes in with great intention – "I'm gonna do it this time, I'm gonna play by the rules" – and then he sabotages himself every single fucking time. And yet there's such brilliance there. It's a great book, man. A great book.
Bob Odenkirk Interview Rolling Stone
There's no question it's the Replacements. Nothing comes close. I play it still them all the time – most of all I play Stink! and Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take out the Trash. And I play it for my kids! My daughter especially likes it.Their music has a lot of anger in it. A pissed-off, teenage, youthful anger. There is something vampiric about listening and reaching back into your past for a jolt in the present. Also, there's a lot of pain. It's interesting that Bob [Stinson] was the one with the most aggrieved background, but Paul [Westerberg] wrote those lyrics that are really heartbreaking. "Go" is a great song, from Stink, that is full of alienation and sadness that I still find easy to access and probably always will.
Did you read the Replacements bio that came out last year, Trouble Boys by Bob Mehr?
Such a great book. What a moving, sad, funny story. He's got Bob Stinson's story for the first part, which is just heartbreaking. Then, after Bob leaves the band, you've got the Paul Westerberg mystery: Who is this guy, and why can't he finish as good as he starts? He goes in with great intention – "I'm gonna do it this time, I'm gonna play by the rules" – and then he sabotages himself every single fucking time. And yet there's such brilliance there. It's a great book, man. A great book.
Bob Odenkirk Interview Rolling Stone
