I just listened to Let it Be and am now listening to Tim.
So, what's the best Replacements album? I'd rank Tim slightly ahead of Let it Be. And then Hootenanny, with Pleased to Meet Me right behind....
I hope you don't think that I just come over for the spells and everything. I mean, I really like just talking and hanging out with you and stuff.
Willow ,'First Date'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
tommyrot - Dec 17, 2009 5:30:12 am PST #2165 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
DavidS - Dec 17, 2009 6:23:47 am PST #2166 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Let It Be is their most Replacements-like album, and I think it has their definitive high points -- "Androgynous," "Answering Machine," "I Will Dare." But it's also more uneven and has some dopier songs. Tim is stronger on a track to track basis and I listen to it more often.
But I think Zen Arcade, Reckoning, The Smiths and Meat Pups II are all better albums.
sumi - Dec 17, 2009 6:35:27 am PST #2167 of 6436
Art Crawl!!!
I Love Let it Be.
Also: Hootenanny.
It's an irrational thing.
Fred Pete - Dec 17, 2009 6:44:07 am PST #2168 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.
Peter G. Filene
Not Dr. Kasson? He was the pop culture guy when I was there. Of course, that was mumblety-mumble years ago.
And while he didn't get a Ph.D. out of it, my favorite bit of rock musician-education trivia is that Mick Jagger studied at the London School of Economics.
Hayden - Dec 17, 2009 8:22:09 am PST #2169 of 6436
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Mick Jagger studied at the London School of Economics
Which of course led to their famous lyric "but what can a poor boy do?/except analyze the deadweight loss when the supply curve modulates downward following the marginal rate of change in the futures market?"
So, what's the best Replacements album? I'd rank Tim slightly ahead of Let it Be. And then Hootenanny, with Pleased to Meet Me right behind....
I'd go Let It Be > Tim > Pleased To Meet Me > Hootenanny. The dopey songs on Let It Be are just part of the "we don't give a fuck" aesthetic. Plus their cover of "Black Diamond" rules.
DavidS - Dec 17, 2009 8:43:22 am PST #2170 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The dopey songs on Let It Be are just part of the "we don't give a fuck" aesthetic.
That's true, which is why I think it's their most Replacements-like album. As an expression of who they were, Let it Be wins. On a track by track basis, Tim wins.
Fred Pete - Dec 17, 2009 9:16:06 am PST #2171 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.
Which of course led to their famous lyric "but what can a poor boy do?/except analyze the deadweight loss when the supply curve modulates downward following the marginal rate of change in the futures market?"
Which is why I'm convinced that, when Mick decided to devote his life to the Rolling Stones, he made the right decision for rock 'n' roll and the British economy.
Laga - Dec 17, 2009 10:24:49 am PST #2172 of 6436
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Mick Jagger studied at the London School of Economics.
I learned that from a David Bowie song. Something about a strolling gnome. It escapes me now... I think it was on Hunky Dory.
tommyrot - Dec 17, 2009 10:25:36 am PST #2173 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ha ha ha. Hee hee... hee?
tommyrot - Dec 17, 2009 12:27:30 pm PST #2174 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
After reading that Replacements thing about all the good albums of 1984, today I have only listened to albums released that year. (Oh, and Tim.)
Wow, that playlist is 346 songs. Now playing: Laurie Anderson's Big Science.