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Post by scoOter on Nov 1, 2006 9:14:21 GMT -5
Ah, but have you forgotten about those great records that Slim released? I still listen to those. And Paul has been writing some good stuff the last three of four years, so I don't think I would agree that Bash & Pop is the best solo work. CF in fact, no, i haven't forgotten slim's records. or chris's. i still do definitely think that bash & pop is the best, most consistent, concise album from the replacements members. has paul released great songs? absolutely. has he been consistent? not at all to my ears. stereo comes close to unseating fnikm, stereo taken with mono is pretty much on par with fnikm, but i maintain that fnikm stands on its own, free of filler, and is the best solo work. i know this is dangerous territory, but i will say for the record that i prefer tommy's solo work to paul's overall. i think he is just more consistent. keep in mind that i adore paul, and rank him as one of my favorite songwriters of all time (over tommy). i just think tommy is better at recording, and consistency. plus, tommy rocks on a more regular basis. paul has recorded songs which flat out amaze me: first glimmer even here we are down love let's not belong together let the bad times roll etc. etc. it's just that most of tommy's work has been more consistent from start to finish. b & p - no filler perfect ep - MAYBE alternative monkey is filler, but a welcome blast of rock perfect album - while i MUCH prefer my napster version, 7daw is ridiculously great. vgh - some songs in the middle that i do not care for, but damn, the bulk of it is incredibly tight rock & roll action. even the songs i don't care for are consistent. well except for the title track. still, paul is the better songwriter. all of this leads to the unavoidable conclusion that paul & tommy should, by god, get back together & make sweet sweet music. |
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Post by scoOter on Oct 30, 2006 7:41:53 GMT -5
I still think that Bash & Pop album is the best solo album from any ex-Replacement. Yes, including Paul. overall, yes, i agree. |
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Post by scoOter on Oct 14, 2006 8:06:53 GMT -5
that video will always have a spot in my heart. it was definitely the visual introduction to the band for me, and largely, the audio intro as well. there are some of my all time favorite "music video moments" (if there can be such a thing) in iby: tommy vamping for the camera looking A LOT like (minus the bow tie) he belonged in poison. paul smashing the shit out of tommy's bass. paul looking like he genuinely hurt himself when he falls off the bass drum. |
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Post by scoOter on Sept 21, 2006 17:14:10 GMT -5
The Mats taking a ride
Paul Westerberg/Grandpaboy [the CIA is hip to his many alter egos] let the bad times roll
Tommy Stinson without a view
Perfect peg song
Bash & Pop loose ends
Chris Mars i, me, we, us, them
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Post by scoOter on Oct 17, 2006 7:43:34 GMT -5
well, i'm not sure i would call it a "westerberg project". |
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Post by scoOter on Oct 3, 2006 14:21:43 GMT -5
I'm trying to hold off my opinion on I Belong until I can hear the other version, but I think I kinda hate it. I remember when I first heard Good Day and I was torn because I thought it sounded like a showtune, which is basically what it's been retrofitted to be now. Well, I'm really getting that showtune vibe from I Belong and I just can't get past it. I can totally see why the producers think it has Oscar potential, but that's precisely why it rubs me the wrong way. there is no doubt that both good day & i belong are showtunes. i am one of the weird ones who doesn't mind good day all that much. i never did. i have a theory on it. if no one had read or heard or whatever that it was a tribute to bob stinson, fewer fans would despise it. the sentimentality of the tune i can see rubbing people the wrong way, but i think it was the overtness of the statement (".... a tribute to fallen bandmate, bob stinson...") that made it that much worse for us. as for i belong, clams, the 10" version is NOT going to make a believer out of you, but it is better than what you hear on cd. i couldn't listen to a whole album of "paul's showtunes", but i don't want to begrudge him one now & then. in fact, i think this is one reason why the open season soundtrack works. it is NOT a whole album of showtunes. even at its most cartoony, paul still stabs it with genuine rock & roll effort. |
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Post by scoOter on Oct 3, 2006 8:13:40 GMT -5
there certainly is some cartoonyness to the songs, but i think that much shouldn't surprise anyone. if he turned in a batch of songs like stereo, the studio would have told him to take a walk.
to my ears, there are only two songs that are overtly cartoony: any better than this & right to arm bears.
i agree with clams about all about me & love you in the fall. those are my favorites, too. on first listen, i didn't like i belong much... but after hearing the 10" version, i am smitten like a kitten.
oh, i can hear the cartoon overtones on meet me in the meadow, but i think it that song existed on, say, eventually it would have sounded great in that context.
basically, i think paul did a bang up job of doing what he was paid to do; while still churning out some absolute fucking gems.
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Post by scoOter on Sept 29, 2006 18:19:46 GMT -5
i'm interested & horrified how every single review points out "... the former leader of the replacements...". a movie review is supposed to be about the movie, right. i mean, again, i am defending paul because i love him, and i think his new songs are pretty great, but his songs do not equal the movie. and the movie does not equal his songs.
it's funny because i love paul i have always approached this movie as a method of getting the songs. i haven't really cared two shits about the movie itself. i never even thought about the movie, and whether or not it is going to be any good. now that i hear more about about, i realize how bad the movie has the potential to be, but that isn't paul's fault, reviewers.
i just think some of them are having a difficult time separating the two.
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Post by scoOter on Sept 29, 2006 12:05:55 GMT -5
San Francisco Chronicle: And any goodwill the movie accumulates is negated by the fact that former "The Replacements" front man Paul Westerberg contributes to the soundtrack and score -- thus confirming that rock is dead. flag on the goddamned play! unecessary roughness!!! |
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Post by scoOter on Sept 17, 2006 10:17:33 GMT -5
question (and it may have been answered already):
did paul write the 2 deathray songs as well? i'm pretty sure i read that he wrote "wild as i wanna be", but what about the other one? if so, i would love to hear paul's versions.
edit: i just wanted to chime in & say the new songs are exciting. the arming bears songs is fucking great, but it is, as has been mentioned before, very "punny". a little too cutesy. this one, good as it is, musically, can only exist on this soundtrack, and that is unfortunate. still, overall, i am impressed by the new output, and i hope it is very successful for our little engine who up until now could not.
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Post by scoOter on Aug 3, 2006 8:52:18 GMT -5
that story is pretty awesome.
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Post by scoOter on Aug 3, 2006 8:58:29 GMT -5
here's mine. it's the cat's pajamas:  |
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Post by scoOter on Aug 3, 2006 9:32:43 GMT -5
This might sound odd at first, but "Asking Me Lies" reminds me somewhat of "Lost in the Supermarket" or "Rock the Casbah", or some of the other forrays into funk that the Clash would take on occasion. In any event, I've long maintained that the easiest way to explain rock'n'roll to martians would be to play "London Calling" for them front to back. It had everything: The uncompromising punk of the title track; the rockabilly of "Brand New Cadillac"; the reggae of "Rudy Can't Fail"; the hard heavy clobber of "Clampdown"; the samba of "Revolution Rock"; and not to forget the Merseyside power pop of "Train in Vain." Somehow, "London Calling" is all over the place, yet a tight piece of work at the same time. IMO, the greatest rock album ever - raw, ragged, gutsy, adventurous, politically savvy, intellectually challenging, but always fresh every time I give it a spin. I wanna bust up my Fender bass everytime I hear it. amen! |
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Post by scoOter on Aug 3, 2006 10:02:09 GMT -5
bollocks!
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Post by scoOter on Jun 27, 2006 13:23:50 GMT -5
Surprised they don't need to include a disclaimer along the lines of "House may be subject to periodic drive-bys by roving packs of Westernerds." buyer beware! |
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Post by scoOter on Jun 27, 2006 9:29:11 GMT -5
funny, funny stuff. the westerberg comment, though? ouch, very ouch.
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Post by scoOter on Jun 27, 2006 9:17:58 GMT -5
empty as your heart.
awesome, awesome song.
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Post by scoOter on Jun 25, 2006 9:25:04 GMT -5
i always thought it was tommy singing on "trouble on the way". "satellite" & "make this your home" are both great tunes. shit, they ALL are for the most part. the obscure ones, i mean.
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Post by scoOter on Jun 19, 2006 8:08:31 GMT -5
i don't want that one. no offense.
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Post by scoOter on May 31, 2006 19:11:44 GMT -5
pool & dive is shit hot!
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