Keeping things short and sweet, I love me some Replacements. Sure, particularly the early stuff but I thought it’d be fun to pick a couple of the later “hits” to do a remote session with Dillo and Roady. “Can’t Hardly Wait”, true, was a transitional release but we couldn’t refuse, it being one of their stone cold classics. One could argue that it was better in its early “Tim” form than the eventual release on “Pleased To Meet Me” but we can discuss merits offline. “Achin’ To Be” is a slab of heartbreak from the next album that fell kinda flat on initial release… because the “Don’t Tell a Soul” album underdelivered and overproduced across the board, that is… My sentimental favorite, and the ball that started these others rollin’, “Portland” was a B-side sleeper cut that I loved from the moment I heard it. I’d love to share the JJ Foley’s story sometime if you wanna hear it.
After the ‘Mats dissipated themselves in ‘91, the members’ output was spotty at best, I assume all would agree. My fave release among them is “Friday Night Is Killing Me” (1993) from Tommy Stinson’s “band” Bash & Pop, really a solo studio effort, for the most part, with hired guns. I was upstairs shopping for some styles (smoking jackets always at the top of the list) at the Garment District in Cambridge, MA when I first heard it, and made darn sure to check out the “now playing” rack when I checked out to find out what it was. Anyway, figured I’d cherry pick the three best cuts and do my own little solo studio effort.
Not everybody’s cuppa tea but thanks for the listening, my friends!
JK
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