remphish1 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 FYI... http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/36087 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 No Bob = no real interest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 No Bob = no real interest. We'll miss you there. Of all bands to reunite, this is the band that should do it. The real kicker is that Westerberg rarely tours anymore. If it takes a reunion to get him out, I'll take it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Sometimes, I feel invisible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 We'll miss you there. Of all bands to reunite, this is the band that should do it. The real kicker is that Westerberg rarely tours anymore. If it takes a reunion to get him out, I'll take it. Not saying that they're not worth seeing, but I've seen them twice already without Bob (once at the final show at Grant Park) and, they were good. Really good. But Bob added that element of teetering on the edge (and sometimes pushed them over), that made them truly exciting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 Sometimes, I feel invisible. Didn't see it burried in the other thread...sorry! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Didn't see it burried in the other thread...sorry! Joke - I wish someone would post in that thread regarding the merits of the re-issues though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
epm Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 The Replacements getting back together would be bitter sweet. No Chris Mars. Certainly no Bob...not even Slim Dunlap. Don't get me wrong, the 'Mats are one of my favorite bands of all time and if they actually did this, I'd try and see them as many times as I could (granted they put a full tour together). To see Tommy and Paul on a stage together again would be a dream come true, a bitter sweet one, but a great dream come true all the same. They'd either blow everyone away and create a whole new chapter to their mystique and history and acquire a new fan base or totally suck by being incredibly inconsistent, piss off people going to see them for the first time and simply reconfirm to the older fans that they were the quintessential "one foot in the door, the other foot in the gutter" band of all time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Please let this happen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 i'd obviously go if it happened, but part of me kinda hopes it doesn't Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouisvilleGreg Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 How about a new album while we're at it. I mean Dinosaur JR nailed it with "Beyond." Surely the Mats could deliver a worthwhile release. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
embiggen Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Please let this happen. I knew this would bring you out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I totally encourage them to cash the big checks (filthy lucre), but I doubt it would be anything noteworthy. Their time has come and gone even more than the Pixies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I totally encourage them to cash the big checks (filthy lucre), but I doubt it would be anything noteworthy. Their time has come and gone even more than the Pixies. First, the Pixies reunion was ridiculously successful and lucrative. They were playing bigger venues than when they were in their prime. Second, with as little as Paul tours, and the influence that the Replacement's have had, I'm sure it would be "noteworthy". Not sure how you are defining that but, if I understand correctly, you are trying to tie to whether the tour would be successful or not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Not sure how you are defining that but, if I understand correctly, you are trying to tie to whether the tour would be successful or not. I hope, for their sake it would be financially successful. They never got their due. I do not think it would be musically noteworthy. From what I saw of the Pixies reunion, it wasn't musically noteworthy either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I hope, for their sake it would be financially successful. They never got their due. I do not think it would be musically noteworthy. From what I saw of the Pixies reunion, it wasn't musically noteworthy either. ah, gotcha. I agree that they are due financially. How musically noteworthy is probably indifferent to most of us Replacements fans. It would just be great to see them play again. I think Slim should be in the mix. I know Chris isn't interested and I can appreciate that. I've seen the Replacements & Westerberg in all of their incarnations on numerous occasions. Two of my top 3 shows have been Paul solo. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I'll believe it when I see it. It seems like the Replacements reunion rumors are a yearly ritual, and they never materialize into anything. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I hope, for their sake it would be financially successful. They never got their due. I do not think it would be musically noteworthy. From what I saw of the Pixies reunion, it wasn't musically noteworthy either.i saw the Pixies 4x on the reunion tour (the very first 2 shows back and latter on the fall tour), it was very much noteworthy musically. in fact they often played better than they did back then (which i'm betting the Mats' most certainly would too, all things considered) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
renic Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 i guess josh won't be playing with nine inch nails this tour. though i know he's been recording with them lately. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 i'd obviously go if it happened, but part of me kinda hopes it doesn'tThat's pretty much how I feel about it. They're one of my favorite bands (if not my favorite) but I'm not sure I want to see them do the Mats 2.0 thing as the possibility for disappointment is too great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjpuczko Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 i never saw the pixies back in the day but did get to see them a few years ago (thanks to kyle!) and it was amazing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Great interview with Paul in Billboard: billboard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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