The Replacements are a band I've loved since my love of music started, around 1986-87. I'm always surprised when fellow music lovers haven't heard their stuff or don't remember them, because the Mats were simply fabulous. Paul Westerberg has one of the best rock and roll voices around and he wrote some great tunes back in the day.
Here are a few of my faves, starting with "Achin' to Be."
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And this is the demo (better) version of "Can't Hardly Wait."
"I'll Be You" is a great song (watch the video quick! WMG is taking down the original vid faster than you can say Westerberg!). I played this record OUT in '89. Yes, I said record. "I'll Be You" is from the fantastic album Don't Tell a Soul. Westerberg sings the line "I'm dressin' sharp and feelin' dull" which I love, as well as "rebel without a clue," which Tom Petty heard and borrowed the line for "Into the Great Wide Open." My favorite lyric is "a dream too tired to come true," which is sad and lovely all at the same time. Anyway, have a beautiful Sunday and I'll tell you what we should do, you be me for a while and I'll be you.
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