Comments on: Achin’ To Be.

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Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:46:19 +0000

[...] that would attempt to rehabilitate their excellent but much-maligned Don’t Tell a Soul album. Apparently it’s already been done! ht CM.7. I get the sense I’m coming to the party late, but Brain Pickings may be my favorite [...]

By: hannah

hannah — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:40:20 +0000

iIve read Our Band Could Be Your Life, and it is excellent. That is when it dawned on me that that song was a goodnatured dig at Minor Threat. A friend of mine, and Huskers fanatic, didn’t believe me until she listened to it again and looked at the dates (to make sure the dates the songs were released worked out).

If you want videos of the Mats live, check out http://www.twintone.com/. Click on Video>The Replacements. They have videos of early Mats video. Tommy looks like he was about 10.

By: herman rarebell

herman rarebell — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:26:45 +0000

re: hannah’s hüskers vs. minor threat. in the hüsker dü section of “our band could be your life” they talk about playing a couple of bills w/ minor threat. to screw with ian, they would prop the stage with cigarette butts, beer cans, pill bottles, and other assorted refuse from the backstage area.

By: brd

brd — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:38:49 +0000

That was an enlightening addition to your post. And the complete name of this group is Replacements, shortened to Mats?

By: pinky

pinky — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:08:04 +0000

it works!

By: gorjus

gorjus — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:36:36 +0000

Arrgh! Somebody check! I refuse to install eight gigs of Quicktime to watch it.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:03:33 +0000

I’ve had the SNL appearance bookmarked forever:
http://homepage.mac.com/jdmajaris/QTmovies/iMovieTheater100.html

Been awhile since I’ve checked to see if it still works and because I’m at work I don’t want to do it now. Hopefully it does because it will make your day.

By: gorjus

gorjus — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:50:07 +0000

Gramps! Thanks for jogging my memory. YouTube has tons of ‘Mats videos and live stuff. I couldn’t find the SNL stuff but I found a video for “Achin’ to Be” (embedded above) and tons of other great things.

By: Gramps

Gramps — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:42:09 +0000

“Don’t Tell a Soul” has some good songs, but they’re obscured by a high gloss late 1980s production sheen (done, I would guess, to help make the band more palatable for radio) that’s hard for me to get past. I can’t remember the song, but I always hated the whispered “Don’t Tell a Soul,” that’s somewhere on there.

The band’s high point? performing “Bastards of the Young” on Saturday Night Live.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:42:57 +0000

Gorjus…What about “Darlin’ One?” (the closer on Don’t Tell a Soul)... Yes, the guitars are way overproduced, with none of the gritty tube-amp tone that I love, but it’s a pretty good tune and seems to fit the feel of the record as a whole…