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Post by bside on Sept 17, 2011 14:08:35 GMT -5
not necessarily random, but You Am I opened their set last night in Hoboken with I Will Dare... amazing... Saw them in DC Monday night and they worked it in before going into "Gunslingers", although they changes the words from "I will dare" to "You Am I". Great show!
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Post by bside on Sept 14, 2011 7:35:17 GMT -5
I always enjoy the companion to Shit, Shower, and Shave, Lake Compounce CT, from the Tom Petty tour. I know it might not be "Mat's prime," but they were definitely on that night and the recording is one of the best I've heard. Some good banter too, and Tommy being drunk and taking over vocals on "Night Club Jitters" gave me a new appreciation for the song.
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Post by bside on Sept 8, 2011 12:32:33 GMT -5
Wish I was even a few states away. Looks like a great night.
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Post by bside on Sept 5, 2011 12:24:44 GMT -5
We should make "Save Elrod Puce" shirts.
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Post by bside on Sept 3, 2011 13:18:55 GMT -5
Interesting a b-side like "You're Getting Married" gets more love than some of the ones mentioned above. Also, no All Shook Down?
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Post by bside on Sept 2, 2011 9:35:10 GMT -5
Album gets better and better with each spin. I think it has a really strong middle only slightly weighed down by "Zero to Stupid".
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Post by bside on Sept 2, 2011 9:29:27 GMT -5
I think message boards we're meant for discussion and no one on here devolves to simple antagonism. Also, I would think it's pretty encouraging to see a devoted following ready for any recording or hint of activity. Paul definitely has an audience.
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Post by bside on Aug 31, 2011 19:31:13 GMT -5
I love how in one new interview he says he hasn't written anything in a year, just tinkers on the saxophone. Then he comes out and says he's always writing and has plenty of songs.
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Post by bside on Aug 29, 2011 18:28:38 GMT -5
I can see disappointment. For me, I feel like my activism lead me to discovering too much of the album tracks early for a proper run through discovery. That, and the inevitable talk up an album by hinting at a Replacements reunion formula and I'm more juiced on the rumors and the thought of how much Tommy is elevated by Paul and vice versa. Overall I think it's solid on first listen, and I'm excited to dissect it more once I have it digitally and the vinyl (waiting to see if Tommy offers is through his store before I bite on Amazon). "Meant To Be" is the early stand out, and I love the chorus on "Match Made In Hell"--one of the better of Tommy's career in my opinion.
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Post by bside on Aug 28, 2011 16:57:43 GMT -5
A new interview with Tommy re: his new album & label was recently posted. The last minute or so deals with the prospect of a reunion (surprise, surprise - doesn't sound likely). What a terrible video. Forbes interviewing Tommy? When is there going to be a pre-order?
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Post by bside on Aug 24, 2011 23:34:06 GMT -5
Can anyone tell me what album I can find Mr. Cigarette? Grandpaboy's Last Stand -- the digital download offered with the Mr. F 7" single. Paul, not Tommy, released it under his pseudonym Grandpaboy under his pseudonym Mr. F.
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Post by bside on Aug 22, 2011 18:51:49 GMT -5
PW - Things
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Post by bside on Aug 21, 2011 7:23:22 GMT -5
I saw that too. I figured in those years when most of us were learning to drive and getting permits, they we're being driven around to shows and touring.
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Post by bside on Aug 16, 2011 17:30:23 GMT -5
I was just listening to "When It Began" and I really like the solo over the bridge. It's just kind of an extension of the lead riff, which is great to begin with, but it really adds to the tone of the song nicely.
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Post by bside on Aug 11, 2011 17:34:44 GMT -5
Thinking of the b-sides and initial scrapped sessions from DTAS, I always thought you could put together a really strong Mat's album from unused material, one that would stand up better than 2 or 3 albums within their "canon". "Portland", "NWIMH" and "Wake Up" were mentioned, and songs like "Birthday Girl" are top notch. "Beer For Breakfast" has the breakneck tossed-off attitude of "Lay It Down Clown" or "Does of Thunder." "Date To Church" and "All He Wants to do is Fish" have a similar whimsy to "Waitress in the Sky" or "Swinging Party" to me, and let's be honest, the Mat's never really cared about flow or cohesion (just look at Hootenanny). And then you have "We Own The Night" as the "Here Comes A Regular" acoustic ballad. And that's without dipping into alternatives like the electric Tim version of "CHW". It's essentially the rarities disk on All For Nothing/Nothing For All. I think it'd be up there under PTMM and Tim, and would be better than most other artists best offerings.
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Post by bside on Aug 9, 2011 22:40:43 GMT -5
I was just thinking how great Let It Be sounds production-wise compared to every Sire album save All Shook Down. As for DTAS, I just remember that, except for I'll Be You, Talent Show, and to a lesser extent, Achin' to Be and Asking Me Lies, nothing really grabbed me. I was psyched when I heard I'll Be You, but, I felt let down by the album as a whole, especially after how good PTMM was. As for Tim's production, I think it's a testament to the strength of the songs that even with the sktechy production in some spots, (the guitars seem to overwhelm Paul's vocals on the louder songs), Tim is still such an amazing album. One other note on DTAS. I was listening to Mix 1 for We'll Inherit the Earth today, and even that mix doesn't seem to bring out the best in that song. I got the feeling that the drum pattern was part of the problem. I could see this song being a source of Paul's frustration with Chris' drumming at that point in the Mats career. To finish off my critique of DTAS, I never liked I Won't; it always seemed forced. I think if you replace I Won't with Wake Up, drop Back to Back, and add Portland, as well as We Know the Night, while fixing We'll Inherit the Earth, IMO, you end up with a stronger album. I'm glad this is mentioned. I know production is the age old complaint about DTAS, but I really feel like the drumming is too tethered to a click track to really give the danger of implosion--that "punk" factor--the other albums had. One of the many culprits, although the expanded edition shows more promise with the demos and alternate mixes.
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Post by bside on Aug 4, 2011 20:41:44 GMT -5
-Can't Hardly Wait, that Seth Green movie
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Post by bside on Aug 2, 2011 23:06:36 GMT -5
I think he also did "Things" from that session. I like that performance better than the album version, and it's one of my favorite Westerberg tunes.
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Post by bside on Aug 1, 2011 17:26:41 GMT -5
The Chino EP "Mala Leche" is also amazing. Still in print on the above mentioned Mag Wheel Records. This has more of a 90's feel so the production is good, and the songs are amazing. MW also released the compilation Greenfields in Daylight, which is out of print. Sold me! I just picked it up. Whoever does the write-up on their releases sure can evoke a feeling. Makes ever release sound essential.
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Post by bside on Jul 21, 2011 14:02:22 GMT -5
www.avclub.com/articles/the-fivealbums-test,59098/ Apparently(and rightfully so) the Replacements pass the "five album test": "It gets scarcer in the ’80s, with R.E.M. (Murmur to Automatic For The People), U2 (Boy to The Joshua Tree), and The Replacements (Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash to Pleased To Meet Me) passing the test. Prince might also belong on the list, though that depends on whether you think 1981’s Controversy and 1985’s Around The World In A Day belong in a run with Dirty Mind, 1999, and Purple Rain. In the ’90s, the only worthy examples in my mind are Pavement (from Slanted And Enchanted to Terror Twilight) and Yo La Tengo (Fakebook to And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out), as well as two indie-rock institutions that may in fact be the same band: Spoon (A Series Of Sneaks to Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga) and Wilco (Being There to Sky Blue Sky). "
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