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Post by Chris on Apr 25, 2015 5:31:51 GMT -5
Paul wore one while taking pics with fans and I saw one and I NEED one just because. Edit: I knew Paul LOVED the Twins!, but Paul being a hockey fan is a little much...: Watch your step, or tonight we're gonna drop them gloves....
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Post by Chris on Apr 21, 2015 8:46:17 GMT -5
Did Paul have the Dan Armstrong guitar before this current tour? I can't recall seeing it. I wonder which guitar is the "cream" one. From an old article on the recording of Pleased To Meet Me: "For the whole record, Paul was playing a black Les Paul with P-90s. Then, one day, they got their artist advance from Warner Bros. Across the street from Ardent was this place called Pyramid Guitars, owned by my friend Rick Rayburn, who was a collector. He sold some really sweet pieces—he had some killer vintage stuff, and Paul went over there and got a clear plexiglas Dan Armstrong with the replaceable pickups, so he came back over with one of those. So the guitar was mostly Les Paul on the tracks, but he picked up the See-Through a few times for coloration." www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/torn-and-frayed-the-story-of-.aspx
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Post by Chris on Mar 6, 2015 6:36:54 GMT -5
Agreed. Most listeners today aren't accustomed to such raw performance, and to think this was 1986, the year that gave us "Papa Don't Preach," "Rock Me Amadeus" and the chart topping hit by Eddie Murphy "Party All the Time".... Some bands still played rock music, but these guys breathed it, and that performance exudes it in naked and glorious fashion.
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Post by Chris on Jan 9, 2015 18:10:24 GMT -5
Perhaps the rumored Philly club show is part of a run of warmup dates this spring?
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Post by Chris on Dec 27, 2014 23:38:10 GMT -5
On closer listen, that sure sounds like Tommy on the guitar - some noodling reminiscent of his lead work on 'Hootenanny' from Grant Park. Anyone else hear a second guitar? I don't, which makes me think this was some loosening up while Dave was working the board. Remember, in Dave the boys have an ace guitarist and engineer. . . .
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Post by Chris on Dec 20, 2014 8:29:32 GMT -5
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Post by Chris on Oct 30, 2014 6:11:37 GMT -5
I want to hear this band as a four piece captured on record. Having Josh & Dave augmenting him & Tommy hopefully will be exactly the motivation Paul needs to get in the studio and rock like murder.....
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Post by Chris on Oct 13, 2014 6:50:20 GMT -5
From this review of yesterday's show in Austin: Ultimately it was the hammock-centric moments that defined the performance. Westerberg returned to the prone position for the ramshackle ballad “If Only You Were Lonely,” and remained there for the definitive number “I Will Dare,” with bassist Tommy Stinson joining him in the hammock halfway through. They struggled to keep playing but made it through the song, finally rolling out onto the stage together at the end and laughing hard through it all. “We’re just trying this out for Europe, you see,” Westerberg explained. music.blog.austin360.com/2014/10/12/replacements-replaced-by-replacements-at-acl-fest/
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Post by Chris on Sept 29, 2014 7:41:35 GMT -5
I was thinking it could be that it's seasonal fitting, plus Tommy and Josh played on the actual recording. That, and the fact that this tune absolutely ROCKS! Those guitars are so full of life hearing it live, fits perfectly in the set. Plus, amidst all the classics, this must feel like one of the new songs for the guys....
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Post by Chris on Sept 24, 2014 14:34:11 GMT -5
Forest Hills stadium blasting, turn that shit off....
But kids don't follow what you're saying, we can't hear what you say.
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Post by Chris on Sept 21, 2014 8:15:16 GMT -5
Amen, Scottie. The perfect replace-Mats.
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Post by Chris on Sept 20, 2014 11:57:28 GMT -5
I am out of words for this show. It just couldn't have been better. It was joyful and I mean that sincerely. Couldn't agree more. If I had to use only two words to describe this show, they would be joyous and triumphant.
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Post by Chris on Sept 20, 2014 10:04:11 GMT -5
From the NY Daily News:
They're known as one of rock's greatest misses. Since their hey-day in the '80s, The Replacements have become mythologized as much for their status as overlooked geniuses as for that genius itself. Such a perverse dynamic has given fans an especially emotional connection to the band - a bond the Replacements tacitly acknowledged with their choice of intro music to their super-rare reunion show at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium Friday.
Before the band took the stage, speakers swelled with the sounds of "When You're A Jet," from "West Side Story." The song expresses the unending loyalty of the outsider, that crazy sense of mission that drives the misunderstood and the marginalized.
The music that followed not only fulfilled a dream of the band's longtime loyalists, it far exceeded it. In their main active years - 1979 to '91 - The Replacements were known as classic screw-ups, fumbling their way through too-many concerts with drunken abandon. Here, they sounded tight, attuned and fully ready to give their legacy the ten-gun-salute it deserves.
The group has had some time to hone their comeback-attack. They first performed under The Replacements banner for a few dates in 2012, followed by just a smattering of shows since. The Forest Hills performance represented the band's first in the New York area in 23 years. It featured just two original members - leader Paul Westerberg, and bassist Tommy Stinton. The latter has, for years, been cashing a pay-check with Guns n Roses. Filling out the ranks Friday were guitarist Dave Minehan and drummer Josh Freese.
A faithful Replacements reunion isn't possible, given the death of guitarist Bob Stinton back in 1995. Easing the absence is the fact that Westerberg wrote the great majority of the band's material and always represented their intellectual lynchpin. Westerberg, now 54, has recorded increasingly deep solo albums since the band's break-up in the early '90s - ending right before they had the chance to enjoy the fruits of the alterna-rock revolution they helped inspire. Regardless, the material displayed at Forest Hills proved The Replacements could never be contained by any particular movement or genre.
At Forest Hills, the group emphasized their hardest and most brisk material, those songs that most closely connected them to '70s punk. At the same time, they reveled in elements of rockabilly, glam-rock, power-pop, and even country. Rarely did they speed-break the pace, breaking things down only with songs like "All Shook Down" or "Swinging Party." More commonly they slammed through blistering rockers like the opening songs "Favorite Thing" and "Takin' A Ride." Along the way they threw in some interesting covers, like a punky slam on The Jackson 5's "I Want You Back," or a triple-timed plow through Chuck Berry's "Maybellene." Throughout, Minehan's guitar solos spun tight rings around Westerberg's riffs, elaborating them while adding witty asides. Yet, they never risked the slick. For all the fresh discipline of the music, it retained its ramshackle charm.
In contrast to the music's bluster, their lyrics show great breadth. They veered from flip and snooty blurts to earnest disclosures and pleas. It all built to the inevitable peak of classics like "Can't Hardly Wait" and "Bastards of Young," two of the most urgent, and hilarious, expressions of rock-fueled youth ever written. Yet, it was the penultimate song - "Alex Chilton" - which nailed the peculiar passion that connects this band to their fans. It's an ode from one overlooked star (Westerberg) to another (the late leader of Big Star), somehow imagining the latter as a seer to millions.
A significantly smaller group turned out at Forest Hills - roughly 11,000 of the 15,000 capacity. Yet, given the depth of the music, and the identification of the audience, it felt like everyone in the world that mattered was there.
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Post by Chris on Sept 20, 2014 0:03:44 GMT -5
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Post by Chris on Sept 19, 2014 23:00:38 GMT -5
It was All Shook Down
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Post by Chris on Sept 19, 2014 9:52:59 GMT -5
The scheduled start times are Deer tick 6:30 Hold steady 7:25 Mats 8:35 With a little luck, the mats could start a bit earlier, but the end time is firm unfortunately. I love the Hold Steady and am excited they are on this bill. But someone needs to tell Craig Finn that the boys and girls in America want as much Replacements as we can get before 10pm!
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Post by Chris on Sept 19, 2014 6:27:03 GMT -5
I love the idea of them as brothers who are there for each other when things get tough. Don't love the thought of their respective personal relationships deteriorating, and really don't care to know about such matters.
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Post by Chris on Sept 18, 2014 18:47:53 GMT -5
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Post by Chris on Sept 17, 2014 21:01:16 GMT -5
The stadium's capacity is listed as 17,000. I believe all but what they call the " upper bowl" have sold out.
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Post by Chris on Sept 17, 2014 18:36:44 GMT -5
A few bits from the RS article: Westerberg says it hasn’t been a huge windfall,because the band had some old financial obligations. “We owe the Mob,” he says. “Dead rats in the mail.” Well that settles it - the boys just have to keep these high-profile shows going for the next few years. Hopefully with some new tunes in tow.
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