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Post by nowwesayitoutloud on Jan 3, 2007 1:48:40 GMT -5
What song have you been most surprised to hear PW play?
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Post by FreeRider on Jan 3, 2007 15:56:20 GMT -5
Doing a cover of "I Think I Love You". I know he likes that early 70's pop, but I didn't think he would cover the Partridge Family.
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Post by kgp on Jan 3, 2007 19:00:03 GMT -5
* Full band version of 'If Only You Were Lonely"
*That blues/R&B song he did at the First Act store.
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Post by A Regular on Jan 4, 2007 10:35:14 GMT -5
* Full band version of 'If Only You Were Lonely" *That blues/R&B song he did at the First Act store. The Roger Troutman song or the unidentified one? |
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Post by kgp on Jan 4, 2007 12:45:13 GMT -5
* Full band version of 'If Only You Were Lonely" *That blues/R&B song he did at the First Act store. The Roger Troutman song or the unidentified one? Yeah, the Roger Troutman song. There's another unidentified one? Is it the B.B. King song he did at Pantages? |
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Post by A Regular on Jan 4, 2007 13:45:38 GMT -5
and what was that blues rocker about leaving home with your bags empty? They cooked that one.
From a post back in September, 05. I didn't recognize it as a BB King #, though I'm no expert. I just remember it as an angry kiss-off # to a woman that was moving out, sang with some venom. I thought it was great....but too obscure for my knowledge.
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Post by FreeRider on Jan 4, 2007 14:56:30 GMT -5
In a way, I thought it surprising for Paul to cover "If I Had a Hammer", but in some ways not. It [was the Folker tour, afterall....
I always wondered if he felt that song was the right one to cover, given its themes still apply to today's political environment. I know Paul doesn't care for politics in rock and roll. But Pete Seeger is a pretty activist kind of guy.
Perhaps it is my own projection into that song choice. I'd have thought he would choose to do a Dylan song to go along with the theme of a "Folker" tour.
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Post by cford on Jan 4, 2007 16:04:51 GMT -5
In a way, I thought it surprising for Paul to cover "If I Had a Hammer", but in some ways not. It [ was the Folker tour, afterall.... Yes, I also didn't really understand Paul doing "If I Had a Hammer"... I assumed he may have got the idea from his 1993 guitarist Dave Minehan who used to do the song in his old band The Neighborhoods. Paul may not have taken into account the politics of the song. CF |
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Post by scoOter on Jan 4, 2007 17:01:28 GMT -5
when he did "looking out forever" solo, electric at the guthrie, i about lost my shit.
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Post by Kathy on Jan 4, 2007 19:07:06 GMT -5
What song have you been most surprised to hear PW play? "Black Diamond" at the HOB in Orlando. That was a hoot! |
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Post by nowwesayitoutloud on Jan 4, 2007 21:24:54 GMT -5
In a way, I thought it surprising for Paul to cover "If I Had a Hammer", but in some ways not. It [ was the Folker tour, afterall.... Yes, I also didn't really understand Paul doing "If I Had a Hammer"... I assumed he may have got the idea from his 1993 guitarist Dave Minehan who used to do the song in his old band The Neighborhoods. Paul may not have taken into account the politics of the song. CF I thought there might have been a stray interview comment from Paul on "Hammer" ... didn't find one, but here's a possible insight: i swear i heard him sing it like this in chicago... "im hammered in the morning...im hammered..." etc that might explain it a bit better? its also used on dan the common man sports talk show int he cities here...big twins fan so im guessing he may have heard it on there...alot... |
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Post by barry on Jan 5, 2007 8:58:20 GMT -5
It might not have been a rare tune for him to play, but when he played "Black Eyed Susan" in Milwaukee during the Eventually tour I was really surprised. It was doubly fun to hear because with a full band it sounds quite different and I didn't even know what song it was until he started singing.
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Post by vtate on Jan 5, 2007 18:00:36 GMT -5
"C'mon C'mon C'mon"--it's so incredible--but it's so poppy.
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Post by randolph500 on Jan 8, 2007 8:16:56 GMT -5
At the end of "Valentine" on Sunday 7th November 2004 at the Pantages he plays some notes of a Tony Hatch tune - something we in Britain would know as the theme from the old soap opera "Crossroads". Verily, my chin didst hit the floor. I was gobsmacked.
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Post by nowwesayitoutloud on Jan 8, 2007 8:31:50 GMT -5
At the end of "Valentine" on Sunday 7th November 2004 at the Pantages he plays some notes of a Tony Hatch tune - something we in Britain would know as the theme from the old soap opera "Crossroads". Verily, my chin didst hit the floor. I was gobsmacked. You made me day, randolph500. The Crossroads theme may be well known in the UK but it is completely and totally unknown in the States. Even a Tony Hatch fan here would have to search it out. Which apparently one did. Anyone who wants a copy of "Batten the Hatches: The Songs of Paul Westerberg and Tony Hatch," send me a PM. It's the only place you'll hear PW's "33rd of July" back-to-back with Hatch's "The 31st of June." |
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Post by nazareth on Jan 8, 2007 12:47:03 GMT -5
I was a bit surprised to hear that he played "Borstal Breakout." It seems that the 'Mats had a love/hate relationship with punk. Sometimes they embraced it, other times they were trying to break away from it. I remember in some interview Paul mentions the first cd's he brought to a 'Mats practice to show everybody what he wanted to sound like. New York Dolls, Buzzcocks and Dave Edmunds (not punk, but certainly linked to it).
Also, I heard Tommy was in the documentary "American Hardcore" talking about how the 'mats were kinda posers haha.
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Post by nowwesayitoutloud on Jan 8, 2007 15:04:56 GMT -5
I was a bit surprised to hear that he played "Borstal Breakout." It seems that the 'Mats had a love/hate relationship with punk. Sometimes they embraced it, other times they were trying to break away from it. Borstal Breakout is also political, like If I Had a Hammer. |
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Post by FreeRider on Jan 8, 2007 15:08:43 GMT -5
I was a bit surprised to hear that he played "Borstal Breakout." It seems that the 'Mats had a love/hate relationship with punk. Sometimes they embraced it, other times they were trying to break away from it.... Also, I heard Tommy was in the documentary "American Hardcore" talking about how the 'mats were kinda posers haha. Excerpt from an interview found this on the old skyway.net: Replacements Autodiscography
from _The Bob_ 1990
The Bob: " The next record STINK was all-out, hard, hard-core."
Paul: "Well, yeah, that one rang the falsest of them all. It's funny that a lot of people still like that one the best. It was done in two nights. We recorded it on Saturday and mixed it on Sunday afternoon. That was kind of our way of making a demo tape to send out to the clubs to say: 'See we can play this stuff too. Can we have a gig?'. And then we did like a full year of touring with Husker Du and Black Flag and Suicidal Tendencies, whoever. I think that was the short-lived period when we thought we were a hard-core band. And then we'd go back to the van and listen to Ted Nugent [laughter]. |
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Post by kgp on Jan 9, 2007 10:30:43 GMT -5
Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll." Actually, it was kind of perfect, and not surprising at all.
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Post by nazareth on Jan 9, 2007 13:23:44 GMT -5
Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll." Actually, it was kind of perfect, and not surprising at all. This sort of surprised me too. Paul never seemed like a Zeppelin fan to me. They were epic 10 minute song performers while Paul seems to prefer the ramshackle fall to pieces two minute rocker. He rocked the fuck out of this song though.  |
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