With Jespersen would Mats be more Beatlesque?

[torethatbridgeout]

If the Replacements had stayed with Peter Jespersen, would their last three or four albums have been decidedly different? More Beatlesy? Could they still be together?

I ask because I was just reading how much Jespersen disliked Tim.

[adamapple]

jesperson was still with the mats during 'tim'...he got let go into the touring

[ClamsCasino]

Where did you read that he disliked Tim?

[claypigeon]

I think Jesperson wasn't happy with the production, but still thought the songs were great.

[torethatbridgeout]

ClamsCasino said:

Where did you read that he disliked Tim?

www.22designs.com/foshaytower2/articles/goldmine.html
Brats in Babylon:
THE REPLACEMENTS
By Ralph Heibutzki
I know you've read the Goldmine article, CC ... he actually says "distaste" so "dislike" might have been overstating it:

Work began on Tim (Sire 25330) in June/July 1985, with still another anthem in the chain, “Bastards of Young,”which salutes prisoners of rock ‘n roll everywhere, in biting line after biting line: “God, what a mess, on the ladder of success/You take one step and miss the whole first rung,” is just the start. Westerberg snarls ambivalence throughout: “It beats picking cotton, waiting to be forgiven”. “The ones who love us least are the ones we’re trying to please.” By the end, as if in a self-fulfilling prophecy, the song’s mid temp romp collapses into white noise anarchy.

For Bob Stinson and Peter Jesperson, however, the work began to seem like work in the worst sense. While many Replacements fans cite Tim as the band’s high-water mark (“It rocks in the best way, of all the records,” notes Tommy Stinson), both men feel differently about the album.

Jesperson cites “Bastards Of Young,” “Left of the Dial,” “Swinging Party,” “Waitress In The Sky,” and “Here Comes A Regular” as Tim’s pick hits, noting, “It’s a harder record for me to listen to. By that time, the band was getting more and more frustrated with things, and though they should have been further along than they were, I was the scapegoat at that point of their career, so that was where things started to get sticky for me, personally”.

Jesperson’s distaste for Tim extends to its Robert Longo cover: “I think the package is the worst cover on any Replacements record ever - not to say Robert Longo’s artwork wasn’t cool, but it didn’t make any sense. They could have put it into a context, in a package that made it look better.”

[ILoveBobStinson]

Thanks for digging that gem up, torethatbridgeout.

[ClamsCasino]

Thanks. It sounds like a lot of his distaste may have more to do with the bitter feelings he has about the breakup than it does with the actual songs. That said, I doubt anyone with ears would disagree with the charge that the production quality on the album is terrible.