I didn't like it the first time I listened to it. I think the first time I was hung up on it not sounding like what the 'Mats "should" sound like. A few months later I gave it a second try and it "clicked". I realized just how good the songwriting is. I didn't like _Talk Talk Talk_ by the Psychedelic Furs the first time I heard it either. Sometimes really great albums need more than one try for you to "get" it. That's kind of a badge of honor - the album's smart enough that you had to listen twice to figure it out.
The Don't Tell a Soul rough tapes that Paul mentions have since been remastered by Matt Wallace and released as Dead Man's Pop. They sounds aaaaamaaazing.
@@roykentseyebrows4196 I Won't might be the only one I'm on the fence about. I like the Wallace drum track better. It's funny because Paul always talked about how the final mix had so much "junk" layered on top of it, but if you listen to the Wallace mix of, say, Talent Show, it actually has MORE junk piled on top of it than the original track. The original just seems to rock harder overall.
And it went from my least favorite Matts albums to one of my fav's. *But I had heard legends and myths of the DTAS recordings before they got vanillafied.
1) John Cale 2) Westerberg 3) Van Morrison 4) Jonathan Richman 5) Lou Reed 6) Tony Joe White 7) Brian Wilson ... I can't see putting Dylan in the Top 10, maybe not in the Top 20.
@@Actor_Brendan_Crash_Burt Funny thing, I found myself absent-mindedly singing 'Better Off Without A Wife' the day before you replied. "Closing Time" will ever remain one of the greatest debut LPs of all time.
I wish there was more footage of Paul talking in settings like this. It still blows my mind on the occasions I remember that I’m from the same place as him, and live in the same town. In a sense; we breathe the same air, watch the same sunsets, and get wet walking through the same rain… Even though I’ve never met the man, I’d like to think that some part of me exists as an NPC, or an extra in one of his songs, simply because my thoughts, feelings, and experiences all occurred in, and helped to create, the physical space his songs were born in.
Wow, some seriously inspiring honesty and no-frills talk about what really made Paul tick here. Been on a Repacements kick recently and I always liked the music but never dug deep into interviews or old performances on UA-cam. The scope of Paul & the Mat's career is truly everything it was made out to be...a real gem wrapped in an enigma that eventually ended up truly finding himself. Props to Zanes for this enlightening interview.
This is such a wonderful interview. I can't quite say how it us wonderful, but it is. I love the questions asked and the intelligence if the two gentlemen. The light humor and the intriguing responses of Westerberg. I suppose I just explained why its wonderful. Lol Thank you for this .
Could listen to Paul talk about bridges and open tunings all day. Great interview, love that theres no "whoa, werent you guys crazy in the 80s?" bullshit
The Replacements gave me the instruction manual on how destroy my literally career. "I only like to play a song twice" - PW Was it that many times ? Rip in peace Bobby . The Mats are still kicking along in spirit if not in reality. Love to Paul , Tommy and the Replacements - you really gave me so friggin much . 🖤💜
Read the Book "Trouble boys" by Bob Mehr. It was almost a day by day account of the very drunken days of the Replacements. It even included the insane day I saw them at the Michigan Theater, right before they kicked Bob out. (Bob was at the bar down the street when the show started and they auditioned guitars players from the crowd while Bob was missing)
@@fumanpoo4725To be fair Bob refused to show up to the studio for more than an hour or so - just played some solos and left without a word - and he would regularly blow off or show up late to gigs. The others were fuckups but Bob was the most fucked up. I think that had more to do with Bob realising he was losing the power struggle with Paul than drugs or alcohol, though. He felt excluded creatively and fought back by sabotaging the band (as if they needed help...). If only they could communicate better, but you know, fuckups...
wow... this is as close as Ive ever gotten to know the essence of Pauls songwriting, Ill be watching this many more times! thank you for uploading this, you are a hero!
Listening to Paul's remarks on sequencing I remember the old days of radio my best friend's father worked for a very big time AOR FM rock station... they later went to AAA and adult contemporary they try to pay you back on Wilco in the 2000's to find an audience and now they are the FM wing of a Sports Talk radio station... when I told them about my record buying habits when I was about 12 or 13 he said well you know what we do in the FM rock radio game we played the 1st and the 5th song then we play the 6th and the 10th song on the record for about 30 seconds each most bands know that DJs like to have songs that they can jump in and out of so you put your best songs on the beginning and the end A, and the beginning and end of side B. Back when album rock radio is just getting started usually one of the DJs was also the program director hard to believe I know. When I got a new record that's what they would do usually records had 10 tracks 5 to a side... the fact that Paul had to go from sequencing records in the beginning of his career and then sequencing CDs is indicative of the times he has operated in... what I love about Paul and The Replacements early records is that even though they were all 10 years older than me I knew they grew up listening to records classic records classic Radio with a high standard of what was good about music especially rock and roll
They were an integral part of me retaining my sanity in the early 80's with albums like 'Hootenanny' when the radio was busy with bands like Men At Work.
@@AnthonyRosas - I understand. But i hear the music first and if i'm not interested, if my ear just does not agree, i don't bother with the rest of the song, such as lyrics, etc. I'm sure they were great musicians, but i was an 18 year old kid who wore pajama tops in public...LOL.
My fav geniuses. Neil Young - 40 great songs Paul Westerberg of the Replacements and solo - 38 Van Morrison - 25 (but enjoy Van's early work more than Dylan) Bob Dylan - 30 Pink Floyd - just 3 songs I like. Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices) - 15 very underrated. Bowie - 12 Elvis Costello - 27 - most before his crooner years starting around 1981 ? Graham Parker and the Rumor and solo -18 Beck -10 Morrissey and Marr (Smiths) - 14 Tweedy/Wilco - 12 Lloyd Cole - 15 (with Commotions and his first two albums I liked) Sex Pistols - 6 on just one album Iggy Pop - 6 Alex Chilton - 7 Sam Cooke - 10 Evan Dando (lemonhead) - 7 Kurt Cobain - 2 Eddie Vedder - 0 (not that his songs are not good) Radiohead - 0 Freddie Mercury - 2 Bono and Edge - 2 Tupac - 2 Guns & Roses - 2 Jonathan Richman - 5 David Byrne - 4 Michael Jackson - 4 Marty Balin - 5 Holland-Dozier-Holland - 10 King and Goffin - 10 Greenwich and Barry - 6 John Lennon mostly with the Beatles - 40 Paul McCarthy with the Beatles - 15 Prolific good but no genius George Harrison - 3 and not the ones you think. (If I needed someone, I need you, and Don't Bother me). All are better than my Guitar Gently Weeps. Burt Bacharach and Hal David - 35 Ray Davies - 8 Currtis Mayfield (all with the Impressions) - 9 James Taylor - 10 Paul Simon - 10 Lou Reed - all with the Velvet Underground - 10 Bruce Springsteen - 15 The formula I used involved subtracting almost every anthem and every song that makes you want to call out "The Boss" and see how many are left Tom Waits - 2 Prince - 7 Raspberry Beret, Little Red Corvette, When Doves Cry are favs Smokey Robinson - he wrote 7 great ones for Mary Wells alone. probably around - 30 Teenage Fanclub - 7 Chrissie Hynde - 7 Jimi Hendrix - 15 Bryan Wilson - 15 Todd Rundgren - 12 (most w/o Utopia . His ballads are best.) Joni Mitchell - 4 (all before 1970) Jagger and Richards - 20 (not much after 1970) Ike and Tina Turner or just Tina - 1 song. Laura Nyro - 8 R.E.M. - 14 Bryan Ferry with Roxy Music - 12 Sonic Youth - 8 Pete Townshend - 9 Most from The Who Sell Out, Who's Next. Just not into concept albums and rock operas .. maybe constraining? Roger's bombastic vocals on Reign on Me are not for me. Stevie Nicks - 5 Lindsey Buckingham - 5 Led Zep - 5 - best songs are Tangerine and Whole Lotta Love and Stairway and a couple of the other 25 songs they stole. solo D Henley 2 (best is Boys of Summer) / G Fry -2 Eagles -4
This band was hyped like they were the next Stones but they were always drunk for live appearancess on TV and were😂 sloppy and dull. They were being pushed as a rock alternative to Prince but Prince had hit songs. They had nothing. So I always ignored them because they were terrible.
These guys were hyped as a great rock band but it was nonsense. They were basically drunks and the music failed to deliver. They didn’t even have one hit song. Where’s their hit? They had nothing. So I always ignored them. They were a fail.
This is as close to a Masterclass from Paul as we’ll ever get.
great interview. All Shook Down is my favorite. I know that is sacrilege.
Not really. It's a fine record.
It's a great album.
I didn't like it the first time I listened to it. I think the first time I was hung up on it not sounding like what the 'Mats "should" sound like. A few months later I gave it a second try and it "clicked". I realized just how good the songwriting is.
I didn't like _Talk Talk Talk_ by the Psychedelic Furs the first time I heard it either. Sometimes really great albums need more than one try for you to "get" it. That's kind of a badge of honor - the album's smart enough that you had to listen twice to figure it out.
The Don't Tell a Soul rough tapes that Paul mentions have since been remastered by Matt Wallace and released as Dead Man's Pop. They sounds aaaaamaaazing.
It's weird, but after all these years of wishing for the unvarnished mix, there's not a single Wallace remaster that I prefer to the original.
@@CasinoClams Different strokes, but I vastly prefer them. I Won't rocks and the whole just sounds like a 'Mats record.
@@roykentseyebrows4196 I Won't might be the only one I'm on the fence about. I like the Wallace drum track better. It's funny because Paul always talked about how the final mix had so much "junk" layered on top of it, but if you listen to the Wallace mix of, say, Talent Show, it actually has MORE junk piled on top of it than the original track. The original just seems to rock harder overall.
Yeah he wasnt lying !
And it went from my least favorite Matts albums to one of my fav's. *But I had heard legends and myths of the DTAS recordings before they got vanillafied.
I repeat; Paul stands shoulder to shoulder as a songwriter with Dylan, etc
Both Minnesota boys.
1) John Cale 2) Westerberg 3) Van Morrison 4) Jonathan Richman 5) Lou Reed 6) Tony Joe White 7) Brian Wilson ... I can't see putting Dylan in the Top 10, maybe not in the Top 20.
@@bconigliaro I'd Put Tom Waits there between 3 and 4 (Or instead of 5 but that may yet be a phase I go through.)
@@Actor_Brendan_Crash_Burt Funny thing, I found myself absent-mindedly singing 'Better Off Without A Wife' the day before you replied. "Closing Time" will ever remain one of the greatest debut LPs of all time.
@@bconigliaro hahahahahhaa
Paul is the King....there is none higher. He needs to return and save music.
My absolute hero, best songwriter and lyricist EVER
So cool to hear this down-to-earth chat with such an awesome tunesmith.
I wish there was more footage of Paul talking in settings like this. It still blows my mind on the occasions I remember that I’m from the same place as him, and live in the same town. In a sense; we breathe the same air, watch the same sunsets, and get wet walking through the same rain… Even though I’ve never met the man, I’d like to think that some part of me exists as an NPC, or an extra in one of his songs, simply because my thoughts, feelings, and experiences all occurred in, and helped to create, the physical space his songs were born in.
Wow, some seriously inspiring honesty and no-frills talk about what really made Paul tick here. Been on a Repacements kick recently and I always liked the music but never dug deep into interviews or old performances on UA-cam. The scope of Paul & the Mat's career is truly everything it was made out to be...a real gem wrapped in an enigma that eventually ended up truly finding himself. Props to Zanes for this enlightening interview.
This is such a wonderful interview. I can't quite say how it us wonderful, but it is. I love the questions asked and the intelligence if the two gentlemen. The light humor and the intriguing responses of Westerberg. I suppose I just explained why its wonderful. Lol Thank you for this .
Thanks for this! I’ve been binging on Westerberg interviews.
Could listen to Paul talk about bridges and open tunings all day. Great interview, love that theres no "whoa, werent you guys crazy in the 80s?" bullshit
The best Westie interview ever. Pls play live Paul. -dean in red wing
The Replacements gave me the instruction manual on how destroy my literally career. "I only like to
play a song twice" - PW Was it that many times ? Rip in peace Bobby . The Mats are still kicking along in spirit if not in reality. Love to Paul , Tommy and the Replacements - you really gave me so friggin much . 🖤💜
Read the Book "Trouble boys" by Bob Mehr. It was almost a day by day account of the very drunken days of the Replacements. It even included the insane day I saw them at the Michigan Theater, right before they kicked Bob out. (Bob was at the bar down the street when the show started and they auditioned guitars players from the crowd while Bob was missing)
Not cool what they did to Bob. Hypocrites.
@@fumanpoo4725To be fair Bob refused to show up to the studio for more than an hour or so - just played some solos and left without a word - and he would regularly blow off or show up late to gigs. The others were fuckups but Bob was the most fucked up.
I think that had more to do with Bob realising he was losing the power struggle with Paul than drugs or alcohol, though. He felt excluded creatively and fought back by sabotaging the band (as if they needed help...). If only they could communicate better, but you know, fuckups...
This is truly wonderful. Thanks for uploading!!
I enjoyed the introduction where the interviewer clearly understands the legend of the guy he's about to interview...
wow... this is as close as Ive ever gotten to know the essence of Pauls songwriting, Ill be watching this many more times! thank you for uploading this, you are a hero!
Del Fuegos and Replacements 😮
Great interview!!! Thanks for posting it!
Thanks Blasty!
Listening to Paul's remarks on sequencing I remember the old days of radio my best friend's father worked for a very big time AOR FM rock station... they later went to AAA and adult contemporary they try to pay you back on Wilco in the 2000's to find an audience and now they are the FM wing of a Sports Talk radio station... when I told them about my record buying habits when I was about 12 or 13 he said well you know what we do in the FM rock radio game we played the 1st and the 5th song then we play the 6th and the 10th song on the record for about 30 seconds each most bands know that DJs like to have songs that they can jump in and out of so you put your best songs on the beginning and the end A, and the beginning and end of side B. Back when album rock radio is just getting started usually one of the DJs was also the program director hard to believe I know. When I got a new record that's what they would do usually records had 10 tracks 5 to a side... the fact that Paul had to go from sequencing records in the beginning of his career and then sequencing CDs is indicative of the times he has operated in... what I love about Paul and The Replacements early records is that even though they were all 10 years older than me I knew they grew up listening to records classic records classic Radio with a high standard of what was good about music especially rock and roll
Thank you for this
He's got a bit of townes van zandt.
He's a brilliant songwriter .
So good!!!! Thanks.
YES thank you
They were an integral part of me retaining my sanity in the early 80's with albums like 'Hootenanny' when the radio was busy with bands like Men At Work.
Colin Hayes is a brilliant songwriter in his own right.
@@AnthonyRosas - I understand. But i hear the music first and if i'm not interested, if my ear just does not agree, i don't bother with the rest of the song, such as lyrics, etc. I'm sure they were great musicians, but i was an 18 year old kid who wore pajama tops in public...LOL.
This was great. Thanks.
Give it up to the interviewer doing a great job. Getting good stuff from Paul and not intruding just asking good questions.
Great questions!
W o W ! Fabulous video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really enjoyed this.
"I always thought it was good to leave a really, really good one at the end."
That rough takes comments suggests a remix! I'm here for that
Your wish was granted, see - Dead Man's Pop
I think the Replacements are as important to rock and roll as the Beatles.
My fav geniuses.
Neil Young - 40 great songs
Paul Westerberg of the Replacements and solo - 38
Van Morrison - 25 (but enjoy Van's early work more than Dylan)
Bob Dylan - 30
Pink Floyd - just 3 songs I like.
Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices) - 15 very underrated.
Bowie - 12
Elvis Costello - 27 - most before his crooner years starting around 1981 ?
Graham Parker and the Rumor and solo -18
Beck -10
Morrissey and Marr (Smiths) - 14
Tweedy/Wilco - 12
Lloyd Cole - 15 (with Commotions and his first two albums I liked)
Sex Pistols - 6 on just one album
Iggy Pop - 6
Alex Chilton - 7
Sam Cooke - 10
Evan Dando (lemonhead) - 7
Kurt Cobain - 2
Eddie Vedder - 0 (not that his songs are not good)
Radiohead - 0
Freddie Mercury - 2
Bono and Edge - 2
Tupac - 2
Guns & Roses - 2
Jonathan Richman - 5
David Byrne - 4
Michael Jackson - 4
Marty Balin - 5
Holland-Dozier-Holland - 10
King and Goffin - 10
Greenwich and Barry - 6
John Lennon mostly with the Beatles - 40
Paul McCarthy with the Beatles - 15 Prolific good but no genius
George Harrison - 3 and not the ones you think. (If I needed someone, I need you, and Don't Bother me). All are better than my Guitar Gently Weeps.
Burt Bacharach and Hal David - 35
Ray Davies - 8
Currtis Mayfield (all with the Impressions) - 9
James Taylor - 10
Paul Simon - 10
Lou Reed - all with the Velvet Underground - 10
Bruce Springsteen - 15 The formula I used involved subtracting almost every anthem and every song that makes you want to call out "The Boss" and see how many are left
Tom Waits - 2
Prince - 7 Raspberry Beret, Little Red Corvette, When Doves Cry are favs
Smokey Robinson - he wrote 7 great ones for Mary Wells alone. probably around - 30
Teenage Fanclub - 7
Chrissie Hynde - 7
Jimi Hendrix - 15
Bryan Wilson - 15
Todd Rundgren - 12 (most w/o Utopia . His ballads are best.)
Joni Mitchell - 4 (all before 1970)
Jagger and Richards - 20 (not much after 1970)
Ike and Tina Turner or just Tina - 1 song.
Laura Nyro - 8
R.E.M. - 14
Bryan Ferry with Roxy Music - 12
Sonic Youth - 8
Pete Townshend - 9 Most from The Who Sell Out, Who's Next. Just not into concept albums and rock operas .. maybe constraining? Roger's bombastic vocals on Reign on Me are not for me.
Stevie Nicks - 5
Lindsey Buckingham - 5
Led Zep - 5 - best songs are Tangerine and Whole Lotta Love and Stairway and a couple of the other 25 songs they stole.
solo D Henley 2 (best is Boys of Summer) / G Fry -2
Eagles -4
You don’t even have Jeff Tweedy of Wilco on your brilliant list.🤦🏻♂️
@@kyzor-sosay6087OK thanks I forgot. It's on there now. But thanks for recognition of my brilliant list 🪠
@@michaelmiller7160 Right on,man
Tweedy/Wilco is on the list…with 12….
@@williamwelshjr.7704 What is your specific complaint?
Thanks
Never met one Replacements fan who liked the Del Fuegos
Nice shout out to Matt Wallace.
You can watch this video only 2 times.....Maybe 3. What you got out of the second viewing is all there is.
Here you go, Talented, one or 2 takes Vs technology, multiple takes over dubbing making up for talent. Elementary.
What year did they do this interview?
2007
What year is this
Who is sponsoring this?
Not sure.....
@@kevinmiramonti8853 It was Miller Beer and the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame
Oh, you're gonna suffer anyway. You might as well use it for something.
17:50
3:17
You don't have to suffer to make art. You just have to suffer to make art that's worth a shit.
3 minutes into this it's like who cares already
This band was hyped like they were the next Stones but they were always drunk for live appearancess on TV and were😂 sloppy and dull. They were being pushed as a rock alternative to Prince but Prince had hit songs. They had nothing. So I always ignored them because they were terrible.
These guys were hyped as a great rock band but it was nonsense. They were basically drunks and the music failed to deliver. They didn’t even have one hit song. Where’s their hit? They had nothing. So I always ignored them. They were a fail.
So you said. I think that may be why people are fascinated by them. They were like the Sex Pistols. The band that blew it.
@@johngalush8790 Sex Pistols had some powerful songs. These guys have nothing and are forgettable. I hate hyped bands.
Hit songs are overrated.
@@christophercasey6775
I disagree. A band has to have that one breakthrough hit song or they get forgotten fast. It’s like an Anchor for their career.
@@dynjarren8355yeah, they’re totally forgotten. I see that.