One of my favorite bands.

Not Crap.

The new Westerberg album on the other hand?

Angus Jung wrote:Back in the day, Steve Albini went against virtually everybody in the indie rock world when he called out this band as being overrated CRAP, and he was right.

CRAP.

Negative points for name checking Steve in your reason.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3dSVtKGu3M


NOT CRAP.

sleepkid wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3dSVtKGu3M

This and the other videos from this show are amazing.

garble wrote:
This and the other videos from this show are amazing.

Agreed. I saw them be rubbish once or twice, but when they were good, they were very, very good.

No way could the Replacemnts be crap! Probably my favorite band growing up, all the albums are great up to Don't Tell a Soul. They raised the roof or stunk up the joint, but were always entertaining. The fact that they didn't really seem to give a shit was rather refreshing as well.

Bob Stinson in a dress was very funny...

They had a few great songs within the first half dozen or so records that could be collected on a single CD.. and Let It Be was their most solid record of that bunch... but I can't buy the "most real" or "there were just these four guys, and each had their own personality, hence they were the greatest!" defense, which I often hear. They had a few "could give a fuck" moments that occasionally resulted in fun, but most often in just that.

Their chapter in the Our Band Could Be Your Life book was very entertaining, but it turned tiresome whenever the stories stopped and the veneration started.. also the "it's not worth bothering continuing after Bobby was kicked out" vibe of that chapter was a bit nauseating, as they didn't just become relatively pointless after that moment, with all respect to Bob Stinson.

They are, though, the most overrated band in the canon.. and this was from hearing all the fawning back in 1989 when Don't Tell A Soul came out.. I just didn't get it, but went back, heard a few great moments thanks to fellow worshipping college radio DJs, otherwise *shrug* If you want to talk about an "inept" band that had transcendental moments, tell me about Flipper, or Godz, or Half Japanese, or any of a multitude of other bands that could qualify.

I'd hate to think Minneapolis is equated with these guys often when it comes to great bands from the city. Hopefully, Husker Du, Lifter Puller, Tod Dockstader (ok, he's from St. Paul), and the Prince empire are the bands/artists namechecked instead.

Crap. 3

sleepkid wrote:Negative points for name checking Steve in your reason.

I'll take 1,000,000 negative points, and you can have, keep, and cherish your shitty Replacements records.

Angus Jung wrote:I'll take 1,000,000 negative points, and you can have, keep, and cherish your shitty Replacements records.

Alphabetically speaking, I have, keep, and cherish them right next to my shitty Rapeman records.
















...Real Life gets filed in "New Wave".

two amazing albums and one of the best rock singers ever. not crap.

NOT CRAP !