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Post by ClamsCasino on Apr 2, 2004 15:11:01 GMT -5
listen to me. don't be half assed about it...get all the old Replacements records and have a complete set....you'll be glad you did. before you do that, get Stereo and Mono. You like Stereo and Mono better than the other Mats records? (Not a challenge, but a genuine question.)
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Post by ClamsCasino on Apr 2, 2004 5:32:21 GMT -5
I'd recommend Hootenany or All Shook Down as the next purchase, depending on which direction you want to go in the timeline.
The live "Unsatisfied" on CFMT is actually one of the lowpoints in the movie for me. It's a terrible performance and the glasses gag just shows that he knows it's a terrible performance. He stopped playing that song live a long time ago, and for a good reason: he just doesn't feel it anymore. He whined out the chorus at the L.A. Amoeba, sorta half-faked one verse, and then to punctuate his disinterest in the song he actually slowed down the tempo as he played. The goofy bit with the glasses was just a jokey way of backing his way out of a potentially embarrassing situation--a common Westerberg ploy. I saw him play "Unsatisfied" in Chicago on the "Don't Tell a Soul" tour and after a ho-hum rendition (although it was ten times better than the CFMT performance) he admitted, "That's why we don't do that one anymore."
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Post by ClamsCasino on Apr 1, 2004 2:31:49 GMT -5
The full version of "Never Felt Like This Before"? Explain, please. There's a full version?
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 26, 2004 1:41:30 GMT -5
It was Conan O'Brien. The one tv show he did wearing normal clothes. Did he seem really nervous during that performance, more that the other late-night shows? I don't know if I'd call them "normal clothes," since it was obviously a Woody Guthrie/Bob Dylan costume. The song was "We May Be the Ones."
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 26, 2004 14:42:42 GMT -5
No joke. The "F ucker" demos are widely available as a boot and Tommy's credit appears on "Pneumonia." It's great stuff.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 26, 2004 1:43:45 GMT -5
Thanks for the info. Come on Tommy! Let's go! Let's call the record F*ucker and be done with it! Tommy already recorded an album called "F ucker" with Ryan Adams. It's great. A couple of the tunes popped up on Whiskeytown's last album Pneumonia. Tommy plays the dobro, of all things, on one of the songs.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 28, 2004 21:14:23 GMT -5
I think his label should have really pushed this song. Don't understand why it was overlooked. Well, they did make a really expensive looking video for it.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 27, 2004 15:07:12 GMT -5
It was a B-side to something, World Class Fad probably. It was on a Sire/Reprise promo CD with "Knockin' On Mine (album version)", "Man Without Ties" and "Seein' Her." It came in a slimline jewel case with no cover art, just a backing card listing the tunes.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 28, 2004 21:11:55 GMT -5
I think a better question might be "Has Fat Possum ever made a dollar of profit ever?" I wonder if DMS was turned on any new listeners. There's that whole Fat Possum Alligator records crowd, I wonder if they picked it up out of curiosity... That was a mean thing to say about FP records, I think it's awesome that GB is on the same label as two of my other faves, Hasil Adkins and the Jellyroll Kings. There was a great article on Fat Possum in the New Yorker last year. They experienced constant cash flow problems up until they struck that deal with Epitaph. Somebody's making dough off of R.L. Burnside's numerous soundtrack deals, but it probably ain't Fat Possum and it sure as hell isn't Burnside. Burnside, along with T-Model Ford, Paul "Wine" Jones and the late Junior Kimbrough remain the crown jewels of the label. None of the white boy imitators--like the Black Keys (who are really good) or even Grandpaboy himself (I still find DMS to be almost entirely unlistenable)--can hold a candle to the real deal.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 22, 2004 19:55:14 GMT -5
I've got:
All the UK solo singles w/ extra tracks "Knockin on Mine" promo single with "Man Without Ties", "Seein Her" and " Dice (Festicle version)" PTMM vinyl interview promo 14 Songs "book" edition "Make Your Own Kind of Music" flexi-disc Shit Hits The Fans original cassette release Grandpaboy vinyl single and EP Don't Buy or Sell, It's Crap Inconcerated All the soundtrack stuff and duets like "Let's Do It" and "Backlash" with Joan Jett (video too--yes, Paul's in the video). tons of CD and video boots and almost every Mats release on vinyl even though I no longer own a record player.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 26, 2004 1:47:03 GMT -5
He also mentioned that the whole record resembles either Love Untold or First Glimmer (I forget which). He said "First Glimmer" and added that the album was made up of the type of songs that the fans like, whatever that means. From my chair, I definitely wouldn't say that the fans like "First Glimmer."
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Post by ClamsCasino on Apr 2, 2004 15:07:37 GMT -5
To be fair though, Paul himself says that the only reason he toured was because Vagrant paid him a lot of money. He even says this in CFMT. And I'm sure we'd all go see him on another solo tour and love it, but there are still a lot of people who prefer to see him with a band. He just seems to sound better and he also seems to have a lot more fun with a band onstage. As much as he complained about "feeling like a stone on a grave" during the Eventually tour, he certainly looked and sounded like he was having a blast. I can't say the same for the recent solo tour. He really didn't look like he was having much fun at the shows I saw. He cracked a smile and a joke now and then, but I don't think anyone can deny that there was something missing...and I don't just mean other musicians. If Paul says he toured for the money, then I'm inclined to believe him. He sure didn't look like he was doing it for kicks.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Apr 1, 2004 2:27:33 GMT -5
CC: I'm not sure it's laziness that keeps him from having a band and not remembering lyrics. Between his ADHD, dyslexia, psychiatry, psychopharmachology, and whatever, I ain't so sure he can do much better. Well, he's certainly been able to get it together in the past. Unless he's only recently contracted ADHD, dyslexia, and all these supposedly debilitating social anxieties, then I'd say that he's still capable of re-learning his songs and rehearsing. I know the guy's got a few problems, but he may just need a kick in the ass. It wasn't that long ago that he was performing incredible shows with a band. I think his guitar playing, his singing and his energy levels all seem to have waned since he stopped playing with others. I love all his recent records, but he's at his best when he has other musicians in the room (or on the stage).
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 19, 2004 2:09:41 GMT -5
It must be so much work and so complicated to tour with a band. Especially for Paul. In particular the getting along with people concept. But also the idea of running a business (paying people etc.). But it wouldn't really be Paul who'd be running the business. There'd be managers and label people to handle all that. I just think that Paul decided somewhere along the way that he doesn't like to rehearse. He didn't even bother to learn his songs when he went out by himself, so you know he wouldn't have the patience to deal with rehearsing with a whole band. Hopefully that attitude will have changed by the time the Folker tour is set to happen. The solo tour was fine, but it was nothing compared to how he sounds with a band.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 16, 2004 15:18:38 GMT -5
The Mats covered "Never Take the Place of Your Man" before the Goos ever did.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 15, 2004 18:55:46 GMT -5
"When You Were Mine" definitely. What's "Billy Jack Bitch"? I'[ve been out of the Prince loop for quite a while.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 14, 2004 17:36:55 GMT -5
i think that clams & i used to fight on "another message board"... Probably not. I posted to alt.music.replacements a handful of times a couple years ago, but that's about it. Maybe there's another opinionated Clams out there somwhere? not sure why as he ages he starts singing in a higher range. it's usually just the opposite. My theory is that it's sort of like using a new tuning on your guitar. It tends to spark some fresh creativity when you try to write outside your comfort zone. Since Stereo/Mono he's been singing in a higher register than usual, which may have something to do with the suddenly prolific output. Unfortunately, it also means that we get a thin, reedy (sometimes even whiny) Westerberg as opposed to the full roar that we're used to. But I've been whining about his whine for a while now, so I'll shut up about it.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 13, 2004 21:55:21 GMT -5
Wow, I love the slightly Country & Western re-imagining of "These Days". The version he sang on XRT was great, but it was too close to Nico's version.
I do agree that the album version of "Souvenirs" sounds terrible though. I don't know why he chose to record it in such a high register when he was clearly more comfortable singing it in a lower voice on tour. But then again I think that's a problem with many of his own recent songs. The higher he sings these days, the weaker his voice sounds.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 15, 2004 0:59:37 GMT -5
btw, if you don't like twang, you might not like "Folker." You're not implying that you've heard "Folker", are you? Has Paul hinted that it's going to twang? I'd love an album dominated by "Things"/"Achin' To Be" style twang.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 11, 2004 1:28:48 GMT -5
They're all negative. Even the positive sounding ones are meant ironically (e.g. "Happy Town" ).
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