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Post by Archie on May 3, 2021 20:11:16 GMT
My two favorite bands of all time. Simply life-changing. What say you?
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Post by SZilla on May 3, 2021 21:07:20 GMT
The 'Mats are great, but I have to go with Husker Du, as they're one of my all-time faves. There's nothing quite as cathartic as New Day Rising.
Favorite Husker songs: The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill, Diane, New Day Rising, Ice Cold Ice, Something I Learned Today, Turn on the News, Don't Want to Know if You are Lonely, Pink Turns to Blue, & Broken Heart, Broken Home.
Favorite Replacements songs: Takin' a Ride, Staples in Her Stomach, Left of the Dial, Alex Chilton, Kick Your Door Down, & Skyway.
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Post by pacinoyes on May 3, 2021 21:11:19 GMT
Well you know, um....love 'em both so this is like "air or water" to me - The 'Mats are my favorite band ever, Husker Du (easily) is in my top 10 American bands. I saw them both in their peaks - yeah, being old has its advantages - life changing sounds about right. The Replacements always were a lot more "like me" - I mean....we're jovial contrarian pricks  .........Husker Du is almost impossible to comprehend at all: From 1984-87, 5 fascinating records (the first 3 of those are all-timers), 2 of those 5 were double albums, and all sound somewhat unique. I mean they didn't just grow......they mutated and shape-shifted at superhuman speed...... Amen. |
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Post by Mattsby on May 3, 2021 22:01:43 GMT
I like Du a lot - especially New Day Rising, and the underrated Candy Apple Grey. Some fav songs that come to mind (forgetting a lot) - Sunshine Superman, I Apologize, Psychic Warfare, Books about UFOs, Sorry Somehow, Dead Set on Destruction.
But..... Not even close for me. Music wise, all I need is The Mats and some Bob Dylan and some old Blues and I'm good for life. They're the only band I feel all sorts of invested in - obsession has become permanent state. And my Trouble Boys book is always....within my reach.
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Post by countjohn on May 4, 2021 0:41:02 GMT
I haven't really talked about this much because I know how popular they are on here but I am just not that into The Replacements. I just don't care for Westerberg's voice and they kind of fall into the "in between" category in rock music that I don't care for. Either be punk rock or full on power pop or something, but don't try to straddle the line between the two. At least not on the same song, you want to include different kinds of songs on your albums, fine, but make them distinct from each other. This is the problem I have with Nirvana too. It's more of a personal preference thing, I don't think they're "bad".
I really like Husker Du, though. Zen Arcade is a masterpiece or at least very close to one and the later more mainstream albums are all good too. They kind of fall into the category I talked about before, Zen Arcade had full on noise rock and hardcore punk and also the pretty piano songs, while on the later stuff they eventually just became a pop rock band in my book (Makes No Sense At All could be a Beatles song), but they didn't really try to drift in between, they picked one or the other.
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Post by Joaquim on May 4, 2021 2:23:07 GMT
The mats just do it for me more
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Post by themoviesinner on May 4, 2021 16:43:21 GMT
I'm not a big fan of either, but I'm not a big fan of this type of rock music in general. I'll take bands like Rush or Eloy or Camel over them any day.
But if I had to choose I'd go with The Replacements, because I actually like their album "Let It Be" quite a bit and consider it among the strongest albums of alternative rock I've heard (and among the few I really enjoy all the way through).
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Post by pacinoyes on May 19, 2021 21:56:19 GMT
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Post by DaleCooper on May 30, 2021 21:05:19 GMT
Not really a fan of either, but I probably have enjoyed what I've heard from Husker Du a little more.
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 16, 2021 18:06:55 GMT
10 minute clip of a documentary made back in the 80s on Mpls music scene and here's the Husker Du/'Mats section - they were linked even back then.......the best parts: Husker Du: "They used to be the worst band in Mpls.......but now they're one of the best..if not THE" (says the roadie in a cool Wire shirt)
Replacements: "Oh I hate them.......why? You really want to know why? Are any of you guys The Replacements? They don't know how to play guitars........they don't know how to sing.......they don't know how to do anything.......they're just guys who picked up guitars and got famous, I wish that would happen to me"
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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 19, 2023 16:29:35 GMT
Released 35 years ago - today, January 19th 1987 - Husker Du: Warehouse: Songs and Stories:
Their 5th classic in 2 and 1/2 years and 2 of them, including this one - were double albums ffs........One of the great runs in Rock history......... and done simultaneously to their 2 rivals REM / The Replacements .......if you know........then you know........
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 6, 2023 23:34:51 GMT
With Tim - getting the big reissue this year - and Let it Be getting it in 2024 - I'm just going to mention - yet again - that Husker Du's catalog is treated the worst of any great band I can think of - and they are a no-shit top 10 American band of all time ffs. The Mats and Husker Du's catalogs are just treated so differently....... I guess Bob doesn't care, Grant has passed and Greg isn't going to talk to Bob anyway .........and the early stuff got that cool Savage Young Dü release and 1 posthumous live album on Warners - The Living End - and a new 1 I haven't heard yet - Tonight Longhorn........but nothing from that '83-'87 period. Kind of ridiculous...... The Replacements I guess will get in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and if they do these reissues will be a big part of it - and maybe they drag Husker Du in at some point too if Dave Grohl advocates for them - but it would be so much easier if Husker Du had somebody doing that reissue campaign for them to help.....The Replacements reissue series might be the best reissue series I've ever seen over this many records (2 remixed albums now, really? A new live show every time?) - apart from like Dylan or Neil Young and stuff - it's pretty hard to have your catalog treated with such reverence......that sold so little Husker Du played more shows than The Replacements, have more bootlegs floating around, have a shit hot video (Live at Camden Palace) that could easily be upgraded / expanded........ I mean it's not like there's not a ton of stuff there to capitalize on.....  |
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.........Husker Du is almost impossible to comprehend at all: 
