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TeddyB1018
Mono the album rules. It's the best Keith inspired album since Talk is Cheap, and it has better lyrics.
Sure is, Teddy. Here's a little open-G sample:
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GOO
Total Keith rip off, about as original as the monkees
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ab
I saw them a bunch of times, including once with Bob Stinson (who burned the setlist about five songs in). When they were relatively sober and felt like being it, they were as good as any band in the world at the time. But booze made them erratic. Sets ranged from shambolic covers cut off midsong to Westerberg's big rock anthems.
Warners had them do a summer shed tour in 1989 warming up for Petty and the Heartbreakers. The experience really soured them and contributed to their demise, along with Westerberg's unwillingness to play Mars' songs. At the time, Westerberg said something along the lines of Mars wants his job, but he doesn't want Mars'.
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shattered
I heard on the radio yesterday AM it was all the original members.
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Goldsmith
I'm listening to "Shit, Shower and Shave" right now. Paul introduces "Around and Around" with "The Rolling Stones are playing Philadelphia tonight but we're better...so @#$%& 'em!"
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Goldsmith
I'm listening to "Shit, Shower and Shave" right now. Paul introduces "Around and Around" with "The Rolling Stones are playing Philadelphia tonight but we're better...so @#$%& 'em!"
Yep. A little bravado from Paul. I think at that time they were better, actually. If you get a chance pick up the "Come Feel Me Tremble" DVD. Paul talks about his admiration for Keith and meeting him.
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71Tele
The last club tour Paul did was amazing. Two-guitar/bass/drums line-up, and he did a bunch of Mats stuff. Really incredible.
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andrewm
I got Paul to sign my ticket stub after their show in Vancouver, 7/4/87. He signed it "Paul Homely".
I always felt his solo stuff got kind of short shrift, especially Eventually, which I really love. The consensus from the critics seems to be that he's a shadow of his former self as a songwriter. I don't agree. Also, after watching the Color Me Obsessed doc. I felt miffed by the argument put forth by the critics, especially Jim DeRogatis, that the band were never the same without Bob, and that the quality of the material declined starting with Tim. Are you kidding me? As much as I love the early stuff, and loved 'em the one time I saw 'em with Bob, I feel like Paul started to peak as a songwriter with Tim and Pleased to Meet Me. That dismissal of the later stuff smacks of indie rock elitism to me.