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Replacements Reissues April 22
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Re: Replacements Reissues April 22
Feb 14, 2008, 21:39
I don't get that at all -- you seem to confuse the 90's major label singer-songwriter version for the real thing!

The original Replacements were the drunkest punks there ever were. They would do ridiculous crap like play "I Got You Babe" out-of-tune for 20 minutes just to piss off the audience -- and regularly attempted to play songs they obviously didn't know, with the guitar and bass playing in different keys and Westerberg making up scatological lyrics.

If the crowd wanted sensitive songs, they'd play Motorhead. If the crowd wanted to mosh, they'd play Hank Williams. If the press was there, they'd get extra stinking drunk and belligerant (1984 CBGB's bootleg is a classic example; in fact they're one of the few bands whose concert tapes are actually worth collecting, because they hardly ever had a set list and were always fucked up -- so every show was truly different.)

In short, nothing like those bands you mentioned!
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