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Let It Be is the third studio album by American rock band the Replacements.It was released on October 2, 1984, by Twin/Tone Records.A post-punk album with coming-of-age themes, Let It Be was recorded by the band after they had grown tired of playing loud and fast exclusively as on their 1983 Hootenanny album; the group decided to write songs that were, according to vocalist Paul Westerberg, "a ...
"Bastards of Young" is a song written by Paul Westerberg and recorded by his band The Replacements for their fourth studio album Tim (1985). Inspired by Westerberg's sister Mary and the band's feelings of alienation, the song has been described as an "anthem" and features a Who-inspired guitar intro.
He’s a 22-year-old trapped in a retiree’s body on “Take Me to the Hospital” (“I don’t wanna die before my time / already used eight of my lives”), and on the campfire sing-a-long ...
The band recorded a four-song demo tape in Mars's basement; [23] Westerberg handed it to Peter Jesperson in May 1980. [24] Jesperson was the manager of Oar Folkjokeopus, a punk rock record store in Minneapolis; [25] he also founded Twin/Tone Records with Paul Stark (a local recording engineer) and Charley Hallman.
Lyrically, the song is sung from the perspective of a "rebel without a clue," a line quoted by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on their 1991 song "Into the Great Wide Open." Petty and the Heartbreakers had toured with the Replacements after the release of Don't Tell a Soul and keyboardist Benmont Tench , who had been a fan of the band, often ...
"Unsatisfied" is a song written by Paul Westerberg and recorded by his band the Replacements for their third studio album Let It Be (1984). Revolving around the central lyric "I'm so unsatisfied," the song was largely fleshed out in the studio and featured improvised guitar lines from guitarist Bob Stinson.
"Can't Hardly Wait" is a song by American rock band the Replacements from their fifth studio album Pleased to Meet Me. Written shortly after the sessions for Let It Be, the song was attempted for the 1985 Tim album but ultimately went unreleased until Pleased to Meet Me.
Tim is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band The Replacements.It was released in September 1985 on Sire Records.It was their first major label release and also the last album made by the original line-up of the band: guitarist Bob Stinson was kicked out of the band towards the end of 1986.