Although I like the album Please To Meet Me best, Bastards of Young and Left of the Dial are probably their two best songs. Any Gnr fan who is interested in the band should first listen to those two songs and go from there. The Best of the Replacements is a very good compilation that will show you how they changed throughout their career.

I really wish while Tommy is sitting on his ass waiting on Chinese takeout that The Replacements would put together a small tour to promote their reissues and Best Of album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EGTpRFXcc4 Left of the Dial speaker video.:cool:

Hands down Madagascar at Rio 2001....I thought I was gonna have a heart attack the first time I heard it. It was that good to me. At that point, it could not have described Axl's feelings and detachment over the past 6 years any better. I truly thought he was back and the album was coming soon. Personally, I don't like the way the song is played now as much as that first vesion. I hope there is a studio version similar to that with the more melodic guitar solo. Bucket just owns that tune when you actually see the video. Plus, Robin's licks are so soulful and are a perfect compliment to Bucket. Not sure what Axl and Huge are doing on guitar though....:laugh:

what's amazing is that Mysteron or someone hasn't completely called this bullshit yet.:|

The three big bands were Rem, U2, and The Mats....obviously, 2 of them made it big. The Replacements were just Minnesota white cracker odd....they had just as many great songs and albums as U2 and REM, but they were never produced for mainstream radio because the band was so anti establishment. The years when they were at their peak, 84-87, they just had too much punk spirit to give in and conform. By the time they gave in, 1988-1990 after Tommy's brother got kicked out, they were a shell of their former selves. The funny thing is, at that time, they were still getting Rolling Stone artist of the year awards and were all over MTV in the alternative, 120 minutes shows. Tommy's brother was a kickass lead guitarist and was completely out of control. From 81-86, he gave them the edge that was a perfect compliment to Westerberg's songwriting. If you don't like this song, you probably will never be a fan. It describes my generation and high school in the 80's, better than any other song I can recall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tZO94Mhfzk

God, what a mess, on the ladder of success   
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung             
Dreams unfulfilled, graduate unskilled         
It beats pickin' cotton and waitin' to be forgotten

We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young       
The daughters and the sons

Clean your baby's room, trash that baby boom
Elvis in the ground, there will be no beer tonight
Income tax deduction, one hell of a function
It beats pickin' cotton and waitin' to be forgotten

We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
The daughters and the sons

Unwillingness to claim us, ya got no war to name us

The ones who love us best are the ones we'll lay to rest
And visit their graves on holidays at best           
The ones who love us least are the ones we'll die to please
If it's any consolation, I don't begin to understand them

We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
The daughters and the sons