cathy has a big-ass painting of the cover to Let it Be hanging in her living room.
I do. It is awesome. It was a wedding gift from a friend on the same internet list where I ment my husband - it was a 'mats email list. So it only seems appropriate.
And then there is the framed promo poster from the Let It Be Era. Great band shot, all the TT albums pictured at the bottom with the caption “Tommy Says So..”
Last time Westerberg toured, we went to one of the in-stores and Chris told him we met on a mats discussion list and were getting married. He looked up at us, smiled and said “You know, I’ve been hearing more and more of that lately. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.”
I do. It is awesome. It was a wedding gift from a friend on the same internet list where I ment my husband - it was a 'mats email list. So it only seems appropriate.
Damn, I thought y'all were kidding. That rocks.
I got a copy of The Shit Hits the Fans back when I was doing a lot of bootleg trades in high school, but I failed to properly appreciate it and now have no idea where it is.
I wish I had been old enough to see the 'mats all drunk and doing weird covers, but I was not.
I have a cassette of the Shit Hits the Fans too. I also love that version of Can't Hardly Wait.
Jon, I, um... forget where you're from. Were you in Minneapolis in the '80s? Or were you so cool that you were into the Replacements from the beginning while not living in Minneapolis?
Grew up in NYC. Moved to Boston for college. Let It Be was the first 'Mats record I was aware of. They were huge at my radio station. I got the stamped Stink copy second-hand a few years later.
I am with hayden on the kooky goodness that is the released "Can't Hardly Wait." Also, I saw the 'mats live once, with amych, and enjoyed it muchly.
Question born of ignorance: why the 'mats? Why not the 'ments?
It's short for Placemats.
