WHATS YOUR FAVORITE ALBUM OF ALL TIME
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Just read an oral history about the 'mats a few weeks ago. In the center of the book there is a picture of them playing at a bar in Iowa City, circa 1984. I was there...
http://www.amazon.com/Replacements-Over-Shouting-Oral-History/dp/076033062X
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Just read an oral history about the 'mats a few weeks ago. In the center of the book there is a picture of them playing at a bar in Iowa City, circa 1984. I was there...
http://www.amazon.com/Replacements-Over-Shouting-Oral-History/dp/076033062X
That's awesome ... you're lucky. I didn't get to see them until much later (opening for Tom Petty, of all people). By then, they'd pretty much lost their way. It looked like Tommy was having a hard time staying awake. :sadwave:
And Bob Stinson had already been kicked out of the band by then, right? But he was still alive then, I think...
They talk about that tour in the book I mention here. As you say, its was all but over for them by then.
With the 'Mats being from Minneapolis, they and the other Twin Cities bands of that time--Soul Asylum and Husker Du for the most part--always seemed to be touring the Midwest playing college towns.
One time we road-tripped to Decorah(Luther College) to see the 'Mats on a Friday night then saw them back home on Saturday.
Had the luck to see the 'Mats 8 times between '84 and '88 when I graduated from college. Crazy(and hazy) days, indeed.
Yeah, Bob was long gone from the band by then. I think you're right that he was still alive ... if not, I'm sure he was rolling over in his grave as they went through the motions (barely) the night I saw them. I'll have to pick up that book ... I haven't read much about them other than the chapter in
Our Band Could Be Your Life (which you should check out if you haven't already) ... thanks for the link!
Now you've got me thinking. lol. I'll try a top ten.
1) Before These Crowded Streets - Dave Matthews
2) Led Zeppelin I
3) The Wall - Pink Floyd
4) Legalize It - Peter Tosh
5) Exile On Main Street - Rolling Stones
6) Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
7) Sublime
8) Springsteen - Born To Run
9) Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
10) Radiohead - OK Computer
1) Before These Crowded Streets - Dave Matthews
2) Led Zeppelin I
3) The Wall - Pink Floyd
4) Legalize It - Peter Tosh
5) Exile On Main Street - Rolling Stones
6) Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
7) Sublime
8) Springsteen - Born To Run
9) Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
10) Radiohead - OK Computer
Not that Slim Dunlop can't handle a guitar, though..
LOVED "Our band could be your life" saw a LOT of the bands mentioned in that book. Actually own a copy-- Black Flag blew me away every time I saw them. Glad to see Henry Rollins is still angry and pissed off--his show on IFC is great.
I was a bit disappointed in the book...its really is just an oral history--just fans reminiscing about their memories of the band--a lot of it from the early days in Minneapolis before anyone had ever heard of them--very little from the band members themselves. Worth checking out of the library if yours has a copy, which is where I found it. If not, just buy the cheapest used copy you can find...
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agree..great album...loved cs & n...
btw eddie...you're showing your age...:142smilie
there are too many for me to list...
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Don't really have a #1, but if I was stuck on a deserted island and could only have one album:
either
Bob Marley- Legend
or
The Who- Tommy
either
Bob Marley- Legend
or
The Who- Tommy
Ratt Invasion of Your Privacy
Steve Vai Passion and welfare
David Lee Roth Skyscraper...... (gotta love Vai, Sheean, Bissonette and Roth all together),
Ozzy Crazy Babies (Demon Alcohol song)
Ozzy Bark at the Moon
Black Sabbath Mob Rules and Heaven and Hell
Mercyful Fate Melissa and Dont Break the Oath
Slayer Seasons of the Abyss
Megadeth Peace Sells & Countdown to Extinction
King Diamond Abigail
AC/DC For those About to Rock.....
And a few more albums I forget right now are my #1 album of all time.... (they all tie)
Steve Vai Passion and welfare
David Lee Roth Skyscraper...... (gotta love Vai, Sheean, Bissonette and Roth all together),
Ozzy Crazy Babies (Demon Alcohol song)
Ozzy Bark at the Moon
Black Sabbath Mob Rules and Heaven and Hell
Mercyful Fate Melissa and Dont Break the Oath
Slayer Seasons of the Abyss
Megadeth Peace Sells & Countdown to Extinction
King Diamond Abigail
AC/DC For those About to Rock.....
And a few more albums I forget right now are my #1 album of all time.... (they all tie)
