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Post by holeinthedrapes on Oct 29, 2010 20:42:45 GMT -5
Well, this is kind of neat but completely useless for me since I haven't had a record player for about 20 years. Oh well, I'm sure I will hear it somehow. So, are people really paying 8 bucks for two songe?
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Oct 8, 2010 15:19:08 GMT -5
In both versions of this song, Paul says something that sounds like the letters "E , M" at the very start of the song. Anyone know what he saying? I always thought he was saying "BM", like he need to make a bowel movement.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Oct 4, 2010 21:34:51 GMT -5
This is interesting. I have always heard it as "got no ward to name us", as in a ward of the state or a ward of the court. I think it goes along with the idea of nobody wanting them. No one will claim them, nobody cares enough about them to even give them to somebody else.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Oct 3, 2010 22:21:41 GMT -5
From 49:00- "No one can run downhill fast as a thoroughbred" Also, "Good as the Cat". Cat is also in the title of the album (electronic release? What the hell do we call it?).
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Aug 14, 2010 11:37:06 GMT -5
Wilco- Bull Black Nova
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Aug 6, 2010 23:16:18 GMT -5
I know I'll get skewered for this, but All Shook Down was the first Replacements tape I had and I love it to death, so that's my vote.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Jun 26, 2010 20:52:18 GMT -5
No. It's very difficult to beat Born To Run in my book.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Jun 15, 2010 23:01:00 GMT -5
I never got Actor in the Street either. I find it an irritating song. On the other hand, from the same album, I love Bookmark. That song has brought me to tears in the past. It is an insightful look into the world of many children I have worked with.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on May 24, 2010 22:18:53 GMT -5
I would like to Eddie Vedder do some Westerberg/Replacements songs.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Apr 29, 2010 23:09:47 GMT -5
Waterloo Sunset is, in my opinion, one of the ten best songs ever written.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Feb 27, 2010 6:29:14 GMT -5
I think Bookmark is one of the most poignant songs ever written by anybody.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Feb 24, 2010 22:08:32 GMT -5
Dead Man Shake was unlistenable to me.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Jan 28, 2010 21:33:53 GMT -5
What is the line he drops in the DVD when he's stuck in an elevator with Curt Cobain, without either acknowledging the other? "I was dying to be anywhere else, and he was just dying to die." Or something along those lines. I know it's not exactly a reccomendation for Nirvana, but it is damn funny. Anybody remember exactly?
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Jan 18, 2010 2:46:39 GMT -5
Are we including Grandpaboy? If so. here goes, in no particular order:
Lush and Green Even Here We Are (Alternate) Crackel and Drag Love Untold My Dad Lookin' Up In Heaven Love Me In The Fall Eyes Like Sparks (Best song ever written with only 20 or so words) AAA We May Be the Ones I'll throw in Goodnight Swet Prince and Kentucky Rising to make 12 (originally I only had 10)
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Nov 30, 2009 20:49:21 GMT -5
Am I the only one that read the title of this thread wrong? like interchanging the st from stunts with the c from cunning?
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Nov 1, 2009 20:33:11 GMT -5
Love You in the Fall. Beautiful weather today where I am at and that song always pops in my head on a nice fall day.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Oct 28, 2009 22:55:04 GMT -5
I started listening to the Replacements/Westerberg in my early 20's and still to listen now. I've got to admit that songs that resonate with me are different now than they were then but they have equal power.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Oct 27, 2009 20:17:28 GMT -5
Nice to see some talk of Todd Snider in this thread, though I must say I don't see a strong connection between his and Paul's music beyond a superficial level. To me Todd is more akin to John Prine, Robert Earl Keen, Jerry Jeff Walker (as Phil mentioned), and Loudon Wainwright III. His music is more whimsical, humorous and rootsy than Paul's; he's also more of a straightforward storytelling songwriter than Paul. The biggest similarities I see between the two is their attitudes towards the music industry, and their determination to stay true to their musical vision, regardless of record sales. I know a lot of Todd fans that are Paul fans too so they both seem to appeal to similar music fans. I for one would love to see a double bill with these two. I agree in general that Westerberg and Snider are different types of performers and usually different styles of songwriters. But the thread title was about Westerberg and specific albums and I think the one I've mentioned by Snider has a Westerberg feel to it. I would travel a long way to see a double billing with the two of them on it.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Oct 26, 2009 20:59:48 GMT -5
In general I agreee with you, but The Devil You Know has a very strong Westerberg link to it in his writing more than sound. Looking For a Job could have been written by Westerberg. Thin Wild Mercury, Unbreakable, Just Like Old Times. Give it another listen and see what you think. Both are great song writers.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Oct 26, 2009 20:13:51 GMT -5
Hey everybody, this is my first post in here. Has anybody listened to Todd Snider, in particular The Devil You Know? Very Westerbergian. He has a great sense of humor and an ability to turn a phrase like Paul. It's worth a listen.
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