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Okay. So usually during finals week I listen to a shit ton of music to get me through the week. Even more than usual because I just have like no motivation at all.
So far, I’ve been listening to Green Day (duhhhh lmao), The White Stripes, The Strokes, The Replacements, Eminem, The Beatles, Bomb the Music Industry!, Andrew Jackson Jihad, R.E.M., Nirvana, Fleet Foxes, My Chemical Romance, and I’ll stop before someone on here kills me.
It’s a little game I like to play called stuff as much music into finals week as possible so you have something to help you through and you don’t completely break down and go nuts.
It’s fun. Everyone should try it.
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I really like Husker Du. Listened to Candy Apple Grey awhile ago and really fell in love with the album then. But listened to Zen Arcade for the first time last night and it literally blew me away. I think I might be a bigger Replacements fan (they’re more of my style) but man Husker Du can really go deep. Love that about them.
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this interview between Billie and Paul Westerberg was what first got me interested in listening to the Replacements!! :D
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Portland by The Replacements - In the Replacements canon, the album that gets most passed over is Don’t Tell a Soul. Coming right off of the greatness of Pleased to Meet Me and the first album where Slim Dunlap was a full-fledged member, there was certainly the potential for a letdown. Add in the polished 80’s production stylings and this had the makings of an awful record.
While it might not be my favorite album, it is by no means terrible. I’ll Be You was their big hit (their first and only Billboard charting song), though the song I like most was not even on the album, only added later for a reissue. As the story goes, their Portland show in December 87 was one of their most notoriously worst shows ever, thus the inspiration for this song. In truth, it was not so bad based on first hand accounts, but legend often has a way of taking over. Regardless of the discrepancy in accounts, it has to be one of my favorite Replacements lyrics.
Predicting a delay on landing
Well I predict we’ll have a drink
Lost my money on the first hand
Got burned on a big fat kingThis album, and this song in particular is amazing. I’m getting really sick of people saying this album is rubbish because it isn’t. Everyone I’ve seen post about it on tumblr preface posts by saying that it was received poorly but finish by stating that they particularly like it. But if everyone is saying that, then it’s not a poor album. If you like it, talk about how great it is, not about how other people don’t like it. I don’t talk about other bands I like by saying I particularly like them when most people don’t. Have an original opinion.
STOP SAYING DON’T TELL A SOUL IS SHIT BECAUSE IT’S NOT SHIT, IT’S THE SHIT.
Hey! Just listened to this album for the first time recently. Really liked it. Tim is my favorite of theirs so far. But this one had a different feel to it. It was nice. Definitely liked it. And definitely wanna take another listen.
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Hey! Guys so my guitar teacher wants me to find a super easy song that’s originally acoustic for an artist I like. Something like 2 chords that I can strum easily. Like C or G7 and things like that. Beatles, Green Day, Nirvana, Replacements, whatever???
Anyone know a song like tat? If so, please let me know! I’m still looking!
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The Replacements - “I’ll Be You” (music video)
If it’s a temporary lull
why’m I bored right outta my skull?
Man, I’m dressin’ sharp an’ feelin’ dull
Lonely, I guess that’s where I’m from
If I was from Canada
then I’d best be called lonesome
And if it’s just a game
Then I’ll break down just in case
Oh yeah, we’re runnin’ in our last race
Well, I laughed half the way to Tokyo
I dreamt I was Surfer Joe
An’ what that means, I don’t know
A dream too tired to come true
Left a rebel without a clue
And I’m searching for somethin’ to do
And if it’s just a game
Then we’ll hold hands just the same
So what, we’re bleeding but we ain’t cut
And I could purge my soul perhaps
For the imminent collapse
Oh yeah, I’ll tell you what we could do
You be me for a while
I’ll be you
A dream too tired to come true
Left a rebel without a clue
Won’t you tell me what I should do?
And if it’s just a lull
why’m I bored right outta my skull?
Oh yeah, keep me from feeling so dull
And if it’s just a game
Then we’ll break down just in case
Then again, I’ll tell you what we could do
You be me for a while
You be me for a while
and I’ll be you
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Its weird. When I was a first semester freshman, I honestly thought at my final semester senior year I’d be a mess. I wouldn’t want to graduate. I’d try failing classes on purpose. But I honestly feel really calm about the whole thing. (Which is weird in and of itself, because I should be having panic attacks left and right about graduation.) But I just feel ready. I’m ready to go out and explore the world. And meet new people. I think I’m ready to move on from this place.
I kind of go to a really small college that’s literally in the middle of nowhere. (The closest big city is New York City and that’s about two hours away. Or Philadelphia, which I think is about two or three hours.) And everyone knows everyone here and word gets around pretty fast. So I’ve been pretty much been seeing the same faces for the past four years. And its not a very diverse school. Lots of rich white kids go here. (Not a bad thing, I guess. I’m one of them, I guess you can say. But, you know, I need something different.) And its pretty hard to get off campus a lot of the time unless you have a car. (I have friends luckily who are pretty much willing to drive me off campus.)
But, looking back on it, I think I’m pretty happy with how my college years went. I’ve just gotten a little bit of everything. Drank illegally. (Starting second semester freshmen year!) Have had nights where I literally barely remember what I’ve done or said. Smoked some pot. Had quiet movie nights. Or just nights where I’ve ordered in and talked with friends. Went to dumb parties. Good parties. Joined a sorority. had tons of good nights of just drinking and talking with close friends. Studied abroad. Now learning the guitar. Got into some new cool music. Discovered myself way more than I ever did in high school. Got Billie Joe’s autograph in person! Did as well as I could in all my classes. Had classes I loved. Classes I’ve hated. Skipped a few as well. Dated a few people. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Went to the local bars with friends. Joined a sorority. And probably more that I’m forgetting. But that’s a lot to do in three and a half years.
But, talking to a lot of my friends, we’re all kind of getting a little farther apart and ready to move on. Even when we’re having fun together and talking and drinking and everything, I can tell that some of them are ready to move on. One of my close friends has a new boyfriend so doesn’t really hang with our group anymore. Another one is getting ready to teach in Spain so is excited about leaving college. A few of my friends are gearing up for grad school. And I’m kind of one of them. I’m excited about the prospect of living in a city. (Boston or San Francisco are my top choices now!) Having a good job. Living in a cheap apartment. Going to underground shows on weekends. Practicing guitar. (Hopefully by this time I’ll have an acoustic and an electric.) And just meeting a whole bunch of new people. Hopefully some who have felt the same way as me over the years. Some people who might consider themselves outsiders and losers and are looking for a like-minded person to talk to.
Really, I’m just having a whole “Good Riddance” vibe right now. Like I loved college: its been good to me, bad on some occasions, and a whole mess of other things. But I’m ready to move on. Been listening to a lot of young Green Day (like before Dookie), Replacements and Amy Winehouse and Husker Du recently. Just reflecting on my time spent here and everything. I’m gonna miss a whole lot of things about this place. And already planning on visiting some of my friends in grad school when I get the chance.
But, overall, I’m ready. Let’s see what the world can show me after I leave college.
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My guitar lesson went really well today! Actually learned how music works. And what flat and sharp actually mean. And why a guitar is the way it is, which was pretty awesome.
And my teacher is cool! He likes a little bit of everything. And when I told him I wanted to learn “Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)” and have been wanting to since like eighth grade, he said it was possible! So happy! Gonna ask him about “All Apologies” too!
He said that the stuff he taught me today - and the stuff I’ll be learning over the next few weeks - I’ll pretty much be able to play anything I want. (Well, maybe not progressive rock stuff. But I don’t want to play that anyway, so its cool.)
And now all I want to do is get high and play Green Day and Replacements songs on the guitar!! And, once I’m ready, get my own cheap electric guitar. (Fender!! Hell yeah!!)
Okay. I’m excited.
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Billie Joe Armstrong Behind the Scenes Spin Interview ☠
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Billie and The Replacements! Two of my favorite things in the world! :D
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can’t believe I’m doing this. let’s see what shit happens now.
single college-age senior looking for a fellow Green Day fan to share life with. Warning: I talk a lot about Billie Joe, Mike and Tre, so please don’t think that doesn’t mean I don’t like you. Especially Billie. Because, well, I’ve been mentally married to him since eighth grade.
But…to continue. If you love other really cool bands like The Beatles, Nirvana and The Replacements (plus more!) I’m sure we’ll get along fine.
And if you don’t mind a girl with a lot of problems, then I’m sure will get along fine too. Yeah. just posting this because tired of guys that I’ve known so far and seeing where this gets me.
fuck. I’m done.
and I just lost what little dignity I had left.
yay.
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people don’t introduce new music to me anymore because they’re afraid I’ll like it
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