I've probably listened to Tim side B more than any other single side of a record. But the Let it Bleed version is superior in every way, imo....hence the "nearly".....also, I'm a bit pedantic 😁
Thanks for this. I was in my second year of med school when Tim was released. Read a review in Creem and bought it. First time I ever heard the Replacements. I knew right away they were something special. Helped me get through that year. Thanks.
Thanks for stopping by. Seems like that's a common story for certain kinds of '80s music lovers. I'm guessing a lot of other Mats fans here can relate.
Love it; listening again to my mix with Tim, Pleased to Meet Me, and surrounding outtakes/outcasts. A few small thoughts from these: Westerberg’s short essay on the Faces in their Five Guys Walk into a Bar box set helped cement my love of that band. And I’d quibble that Skyway is his greatest ballad. Last, I fell for the new mixes.
Thanks! Interesting thoughts all around. I'm deep enough into Mats fandom that I don't think I've ever considered "Regular" and "Skyway" in the same thought. They feel like different kinds of songs to me somehow, while obviously both being ballads.
I don’t think I’d put them together, either, but I’d never considered the question before. :) I agree with you, and it connects well with your thoughts on their preternatural ability to play with genres. Skyway is like Chris Bell teleported from Memphis to a Minneapolis winter.
"Try as I might to have made the 'Mats in their image, we were just too damn angry. Faces-that's my band. They had fun. Humor. Stewart bellows in velvet. Jones pounds and thumps. Wood explodes almost in time. Lane grins then confesses, plays low. McLagan boogies, tinkles, and drinks. One of a kind they were. They make The Beatles sound like The Fleetwoods."
Thank you for inviting me! Loved side a and the others on side b. What a brilliant band. What a brilliant album. Happy Friday and here’s to a brilliant weekend
Wonderful writing about a nearly perfect record side. Thanks to all who participated in this!!
Thanks! All 11 writers knocked it outta the park. "Nearly perfect..." is doing a lot of heavy lifting here... 🤘🤣
I've probably listened to Tim side B more than any other single side of a record. But the Let it Bleed version is superior in every way, imo....hence the "nearly".....also, I'm a bit pedantic 😁
Fair enough!
Thanks for this. I was in my second year of med school when Tim was released. Read a review in Creem and bought it. First time I ever heard the Replacements. I knew right away they were something special. Helped me get through that year. Thanks.
Thanks for stopping by. Seems like that's a common story for certain kinds of '80s music lovers. I'm guessing a lot of other Mats fans here can relate.
Love it; listening again to my mix with Tim, Pleased to Meet Me, and surrounding outtakes/outcasts. A few small thoughts from these: Westerberg’s short essay on the Faces in their Five Guys Walk into a Bar box set helped cement my love of that band. And I’d quibble that Skyway is his greatest ballad. Last, I fell for the new mixes.
Thanks! Interesting thoughts all around. I'm deep enough into Mats fandom that I don't think I've ever considered "Regular" and "Skyway" in the same thought. They feel like different kinds of songs to me somehow, while obviously both being ballads.
I don’t think I’d put them together, either, but I’d never considered the question before. :) I agree with you, and it connects well with your thoughts on their preternatural ability to play with genres. Skyway is like Chris Bell teleported from Memphis to a Minneapolis winter.
Beautifully put!
I need to find that essay. Thank you
Found it! Holy balls that was brilliant. On so many levels.
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https://americanamusic.ca/BB/viewtopic.php?t=13838
Hot damn!
Thank you for sharing that.
I cannot get over this:
"Try as I might to have made the 'Mats in their image, we were just too damn angry. Faces-that's my band. They had fun. Humor. Stewart bellows in velvet. Jones pounds and thumps. Wood explodes almost in time. Lane grins then confesses, plays low. McLagan boogies, tinkles, and drinks. One of a kind they were. They make The Beatles sound like The Fleetwoods."
Mercy, that's great writing.
“Jones pounds and thumps.”
Thank you for inviting me! Loved side a and the others on side b. What a brilliant band. What a brilliant album. Happy Friday and here’s to a brilliant weekend
Stoked you could join the (swingin) party! Great write up about a legendary track.
Too kind. Thank you again.
Another great collection of writing. The 3-song run to close the album is my favorite 3-song stretch of their career.
It's a tremendous 3-song run at the tail end of an extraordinary 11-song run.
"Clown" always sounded more like Aerosmith to me than the Faces.
Hard to edge out "Bastards" and "Left of the Dial" but I gotta go with "Here Comes A Regular". That's a once-in-a-lifetime song right there.
“Regular” is one that’s often imitated, but never replicated.