Paul Westerberg

Evensolo05
Evensolo05 Posts: 118
edited February 2006 in Other Music
What are your thoughts on Mr Westerberg, I dig some of his solo stuff but reading some reviews he seems to get crapped on. Anyone else like him?
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  • dont_go_on_me
    dont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    fuck yes.

    when i first got into him i was only so-so on him...loved some stuff and wasn't overly impressed with other stuff. He sure grows on you though...once you get used to some shaky vocals and lo-fi recordings :). His songwriting sounds simple but the man is a genius once you break him down and try to figure out his chord structures and changes, oddball tunings, etc etc. Honestly over the last year he's become one of my biggest musical influences and i just can't get enough of him.

    The Replacements stuff has really really grown on me lately too...especially after hearing recordings of Paul playing those songs live last year, totally kick ass.

    What albums do you have of Paul's/the 'Mats?


    and i should thank my "mentor" Strat for forcing me to get into him...glad i have such a wise eldor to make me listen to great rock n roll :). He'll post on this thread shortly, just you wait...
    "I'll do whatever the song dictates - if it doesn't need a real lead, then I won't do one. But if it does, then I'll fuckin' go off." - Mike

    "Japan is awesome; the fans there knew all the words to all the songs...at least phonetically." - Stone

    "I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version." - EV
  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    he's kind of like the morrisey of punk.

    i really WANT to like The Replacements,
    I really really do.

    But i dunno ...
    it's SOOooOoooo SLOW ...
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • Evensolo05
    Evensolo05 Posts: 118
    i've got 14 songs, stereo mono and folker. its kinda hard deciding what to buy next, any reviews i've read on Paul do seem quite harsh, i think besterberg might be the next album on the menu though!
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  • dont_go_on_me
    dont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    he's kind of like the morrisey of punk.

    i really WANT to like The Replacements,
    I really really do.

    But i dunno ...
    it's SOOooOoooo SLOW ...
    slow? how so?
    Evensolo05 wrote:
    i've got 14 songs, stereo mono and folker. its kinda hard deciding what to buy next, any reviews i've read on Paul do seem quite harsh, i think besterberg might be the next album on the menu though!
    stereo/mono is my favorite record.

    Eventually or Come Feel Me Tremble should be your next choice as far as an actuall album goes. Besterberg is pretty sweet too.


    and don't pay attention to reviews...why the fuck should anyone (other than me of course;)) tell you what album is good and what to buy/not to buy.
    "I'll do whatever the song dictates - if it doesn't need a real lead, then I won't do one. But if it does, then I'll fuckin' go off." - Mike

    "Japan is awesome; the fans there knew all the words to all the songs...at least phonetically." - Stone

    "I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version." - EV
  • throwingcopper
    throwingcopper Posts: 96
    "westerberg is my hero."

    cool as shit. he's the man.
    music. love. life.

    the stickman's ghost: www.myspace.com/yield1914
  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    don't_go_on_me wrote:
    slow? how so?

    like The beatles meets the worst of modern Soul Assylum slow, with maybe a little of the most downtempo Violent Femmes thrown in ...

    I downloaded like the whole discography,
    and I've really been trying to get in to it ...

    but most of it may as well be acoustic.
    what little is "fuzzed up" is still pretty jangly, and definately reminiscent of The Smiths, imho ... not their style, per se ... just the whole affected, depresso kind've Rock-But-Not-Rock thing ...

    fuck, i'll say it ...
    The Replacements quite possibly could be
    the godfathers of EMO

    ::ducks all objects thrown::

    i try man, i try to like it.
    don't get me wrong.
    but WHERE IS THE ROCK !!??!!
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • embrace
    embrace Posts: 849
    eyes like sparks - hell yeah
    got a car...got some gas...oh let's get out of here-get out of here fast...
    I hope you get this message but your not home...I will be there in just a minute or so...
    I want to go but I want to go with you.

    Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. -MT

    I've had enough, said enough, felt enough. I'm fine, still in it.
  • dont_go_on_me
    dont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    but WHERE IS THE ROCK !!??!!
    I Will Dare
    Left of the Dial
    Hold My Life
    Dose of the Thunder
    Bastards of Young
    IOU
    Alex Chilton
    Valentine


    just a few that rock. Remember, really only the early 'Mats stuff was punk. After that Westerberg started going in a different direction to really showcase their songwriting.
    "I'll do whatever the song dictates - if it doesn't need a real lead, then I won't do one. But if it does, then I'll fuckin' go off." - Mike

    "Japan is awesome; the fans there knew all the words to all the songs...at least phonetically." - Stone

    "I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version." - EV

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