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Post by rwinder on Mar 29, 2008 9:50:32 GMT -5
The new - May 2008 - issue of Classic Rock magazine has a buyer's guide to Paul Westerberg, written by Mats fan Phil Wilding
The format is the same each issue for a different artist - 2 essential albums, 4 superior, 3 goog and one to avoid, along with an "essential playlist"
The "Essential" albums are 14 Songs and Let it Be
Superior: Pleased to meet me; Folker; All Shook Down; and Suicaine Gratifaction
Good: Stereo/Mono; Tim; and Don't Tell A Soul
Avoid: Sorry Ma...
Playlist... Things; Achin to be; Lets Do it; Waiting for somebody; Alex Chilton; It's A Wonderful Lie (incidentally also the name of Wilding's rarely updated blog); Mamadaddydid; Can't hardly Wait; Bastards of Young; What about mine; Love you in the fall; Within your reach; GOod day; Nobody; Answering machine; Message to the boys; Let the bad times roll; What a day (for a night); Runaway wind; and Here comes a regular.
I'm sure we can all disagree with some of Phil's choices, but a double page spread in the fastest growing music mag in the UK is good - especially a few weeks before the reissues come out.
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Post by scoOter on Mar 29, 2008 9:57:20 GMT -5
I'm sure we can all disagree with some of Phil's choices, but a double page spread in the fastest growing music mag in the UK is good - especially a few weeks before the reissues come out. yes, it is good to hear about paul in a magazine, but wowie wow wow, it is an understatement to saw we can all disagree with this guy's choices! |
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Post by ih8music on Mar 29, 2008 15:44:11 GMT -5
yes, it is good to hear about paul in a magazine, but wowie wow wow, it is an understatement to saw we can all disagree with this guy's choices! no kidding. where to begin? |
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Post by TomT on Mar 29, 2008 17:51:08 GMT -5
I can name at least 5 songs on Tim that are superior to anything on all Shook Down. Maybe it's the tinny cd sound of Tim that turns some people off. Hopefully the reissue will fix that problem.
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Post by Placemat on Mar 29, 2008 20:38:59 GMT -5
I can name at least 5 songs on Tim that are superior to anything on all Shook Down. Maybe it's the tinny6 cd sound of Tim that turns some people off. Hopefully the reissue will fix that problem. Yeah, that list is interesting. Avoid Sorry Ma? Tim & DTAS side-by-side? I'm a big fan of ASD, but agree Tim is superior. The thing about Tim, even the filler is good. |
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Post by bhelm on Mar 30, 2008 14:04:14 GMT -5
swwweeeeet!!!! is it on the stands yet??
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Post by cford on Mar 31, 2008 11:46:50 GMT -5
The new - May 2008 - issue of Classic Rock magazine has a buyer's guide to Paul Westerberg, written by Mats fan Phil Wilding The format is the same each issue for a different artist - 2 essential albums, 4 superior, 3 goog and one to avoid, along with an "essential playlist" The "Essential" albums are 14 Songs and Let it Be Superior: Pleased to meet me; Folker; All Shook Down; and Suicaine Gratifaction Good: Stereo/Mono; Tim; and Don't Tell A Soul Avoid: Sorry Ma... Playlist... Things; Achin to be; Lets Do it; Waiting for somebody; Alex Chilton; It's A Wonderful Lie (incidentally also the name of Wilding's rarely updated blog); Mamadaddydid; Can't hardly Wait; Bastards of Young; What about mine; Love you in the fall; Within your reach; GOod day; Nobody; Answering machine; Message to the boys; Let the bad times roll; What a day (for a night); Runaway wind; and Here comes a regular. I'm sure we can all disagree with some of Phil's choices, but a double page spread in the fastest growing music mag in the UK is good - especially a few weeks before the reissues come out. Based on what I know about Westerberg fans, this seems like a somewhat unusual ranking.. CF |
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Post by bhelm on Mar 31, 2008 23:28:15 GMT -5
how pleased to meet me and tim are not at the top of the list is mindblowing! and i know i'm going to get alot of crap for this, but i think both tim and ptmm are way better than let it be. don't get me wrong, i love all their albums but on a given day i'd much rather listen to an album like tim.
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Post by rwinder on Apr 1, 2008 15:19:11 GMT -5
swwweeeeet!!!! is it on the stands yet?? It was due on the stands here - in the UK - today. I know stores like borders in the US sometimes stock it. |
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Post by TomT on Apr 1, 2008 18:54:05 GMT -5
how pleased to meet me and tim are not at the top of the list is mindblowing! and i know i'm going to get alot of crap for this, but i think both tim and ptmm are way better than let it be. don't get me wrong, i love all their albums but on a given day i'd much rather listen to an album like tim. I think for some people it's which one you heard first. Let It Be was the first Mats I ever heard and I played the crap out of songs like I Will Dare and Answering Machine. I loved Tim's good songs but not so much for the filler. PTMM - I played the crap out of the whole thing and it's probably the one I listen to most. But I will say LIB is the best album as a whole. At the time it just rocked my world because before that I was coming out of a classic/progressive rock phase. LIB was just so emotional and raw. I heard nothing like it before. |
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Post by rwinder on Apr 2, 2008 16:12:54 GMT -5
Hi scanned the article at work - PDF in black and white. Won't be there for ever... |
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Post by GtrPlyr on Apr 3, 2008 22:32:54 GMT -5
Thanks for the article rwinder. It's always interesting to see how other fans rank the records.
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Post by DaveinDK on Apr 4, 2008 0:08:41 GMT -5
I actually find it hard to believe that the author of that article is a "true" fan.
All in all, i think that's one of the worst articles I've ever read on Paul or the 'Mats.
That stuff about disdain for his audience...and the song and album suggestions.
Just too far off to be sincere recommendtions from a seasoned Paul fan, if you ask me.
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Post by nowwesayitoutloud on Apr 4, 2008 1:29:16 GMT -5
The thing about Tim, even the filler is good. Lay It Down Clown just left me a message on my Answering Machine and he says to thank you. |
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Post by Stegman on Apr 11, 2008 14:56:43 GMT -5
I can name at least 5 songs on Tim that are superior to anything on all Shook Down. Maybe it's the tinny6 cd sound of Tim that turns some people off. Hopefully the reissue will fix that problem. That's been a dream of mine for 23 years - that someone could right the wrong Tommy Ramone foisted upon Mats fans. |
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Post by Stegman on Apr 11, 2008 14:57:48 GMT -5
The thing about Tim, even the filler is good. Lay It Down Clown just left me a message on my Answering Machine and he says to thank you. Your phone line must have been busy when Dose of Thunder was trying to get through. |
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