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Post by Kathy on Jun 13, 2006 8:28:37 GMT -5
A generally favorable review, although the reviewer refers to some chap named 'Paul Westerburg' thru out the article and thinks ""I'll Be You" might be Westerburg's peak". Interesting to me that someone can listen to this and think "I'll Be You" bests "I Will Dare" and "Alex Chilton" and "Left Of The Dial" and "Skyway" and "Can't Hardly Wait".........different strokes I guess. www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/r/replacements/dont-you-know-who-i-think-i-was.shtml |
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Post by headlightbeams on Jun 13, 2006 8:51:58 GMT -5
Makes up for EW's sidebar that said Heathers was set at "Westerberg High."
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Post by GoddamnJob290 on Jun 13, 2006 16:11:24 GMT -5
Eh, I would very much take to task his point about the Replacements being not that influential any more or less important to the underground. That might be true, but there's several things that need pointing out:
1) Lucero, for one, are very influenced by them, so it's not like the underground is devoid of ballsy, no pretentions, heart felt rock and roll.
2) Uncle Tupelo wasn't mentioned. They were pretty clearly influenced by the Replacements on their first two LPs.
3)As a music director at a college radio station, I can attest that there's plenty of traditional rock and roll pumping through the veins of the underground. Unfortunately, the majority of it just sucks and isn't worth listening to.
4)If the Replacements influence on the underground has waned (and I would say it probably has), so have the other bands covered in Azzerad's book. I don't hear much Mudhoneyish stuff nowadays (that doesn't suck or isn't a complete emulation) and there certainly hasn't been another Greg Ginn or a D.Boon. I don't hear much Dinosaur Jr.-esque stuff or Butthole Surfers type weirdness. I would say only Sonic Youth and, to lesser extents, Big Black, and Beat Happening have continued to be strongly influential and the last two only somewhat. I would say the most influential things right now are classic rock artists, currently popular indie rock bands (Death Cab, Shins, Bright Eyes, etc.) and the more popular indie groups from the 90s.
5) I'm going to touch the Westerberg/Cobain thing with a ten foot pole. You could say that Cobain was more radical than the more laidback Westerberg, but how much of that is actually a major factor in his music?
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