I watched the documentary about The Replacements, "Color Me Obsessed" (you can see it on youtube, fyi) several months ago. Unlike most music documentaries, there's, uh..., no music in the film. Nor are there any interviews with the band. Instead, it's just 2 hours of folks (mostly fans, but also people who knew 'em way back when, musicians who were influenced by them, etc.) reminiscing about The Replacements (also known as The Mats to their legions of Gen X fans) and talking about their music. The film could have used some tighter editing, but I think the conceit still works (it works even better in All Over But the Shouting, the book that would seem to have inspired the
documentary). Seeing it also inspired me to put together a couple of Replacements mixtapes using my usual formula - obscurities, a cut from each formal release, and lots of live tracks - especially the covers the Replacements were so known for. I don't think I necessarily captured the ineffable essence of the band (notwithstanding the title), but I tried. Oh, and if you're just now discovering The Replacements and want more - go buy Let It Be, Tim, and Pleased to Meet Me (and then Hootenanny, Stink, etc.....).
p.s. By the by, I've re-upped most of the links on the site over the last couple of months.
pps. I neglected to mention when I first posted this that The Replacements (Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson) recently put out a 5 song ep "Songs for Slim". All the proceeds go to help pay Slim Dunlap's (the guitarist who replaced Bob Stinson) medical bills. So go out and get it if you haven't - it's pretty damn good!!! (Busted Up from Side A is from Songs for Slim just in case you were wondering.)
Side A
Side B
pps. I neglected to mention when I first posted this that The Replacements (Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson) recently put out a 5 song ep "Songs for Slim". All the proceeds go to help pay Slim Dunlap's (the guitarist who replaced Bob Stinson) medical bills. So go out and get it if you haven't - it's pretty damn good!!! (Busted Up from Side A is from Songs for Slim just in case you were wondering.)
Side A
| Hey, Good Lookin' |
| Busted Up |
| Ought To Get Love |
| I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man |
| Kissing in Action |
| Cool Water |
| Nightclub Jitters |
| Route 66 |
| No More the Moon Shines on Loreena |
| Chasing the Night |
| Gary's Got A Boner |
| More Cigarettes |
| California Sun |
| Little GTO |
| Bundle Up |
| Cruella DeVille |
| Date to Church |
| Back To Back |
| If Only You Were Lonely |
Side B
| Hold My Life |
| Perfectly Lethal |
| Jungle Rock |
| 'Round and 'Round |
| 20th Century |
| Heartbeat, It's a Love Beat |
| Stuck in the Middle |
| My Little Problem |
| Ain't No Crime |
| Left Here In The Dark |
| Till We're Nude |
| empty is your heart |
| Another Girl, Another Planet |
| I Wanna Destroy You |
| Street Girl |
| Pool & Dive |
| Time Is Killing Us |
| We Know the Night |
| Within Your Reach |
4 comments:
been trying for ever to make a definitive Mats collection. always undone by the horrible sound of some of their releases, esp 'Tim". looking forward to this to see if u did better. thanks
@anonymous,
Well, the sound of some of the live cuts isn't great, but I tried to leave off the really low quality live tracks. I also tried to minimize the jumps in volume from one song to another, but I'm not sure how well I did.
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