I met Paul at a Mats show at the Boathouse in Norfolk Va back in the late 80s when I was in high school. He was just standing there watching the opening band and I said "Hey Paul!" I was baffled that he was just hanging out in the crowd. He bummed a cigarette from me and we talked for a bit about his appearance on the local radio station WNOR and the stupid questions he had been asked. "Sometimes ya gotta do that shit" he told me with a laugh. I asked him if they were gonna do any old stuff and mentioned that I loved the song "I'm in Trouble." He said "Maybe" and when they went on stage, after the third song Paul says to the crowd "I got a request from some guy" and sure enough they blasted into "I'm in Trouble" and I was laughing with my friends saying "I told him to do that!!" The Replacements will always be my favorite band of all time - they have been since I first heard them.
I wish Paul would come out of the basement and visit us again for a while. Time is finite, we’re getting older, and I’m not full yet…. too much space remains in me that his music could fill. With Paul it’s not the rockstar hero worship bulllshit and wanting to be, or be like him….it’s an appreciation for what he’s given. It’s gratitude for finding the words that you never could, and it’s the shared sense of wonder his music draws out that makes you think “oh, he’s felt it too.”
One of the great wits of our day. The wit is nakedly entwined with a sadness or melancholy or disappointment. Self-pity, too, to some degree. He seems happy enough here -- happier than the early solos. Reconciled. Resigned, maybe. Could be worse. (A Midwestern sentiment.) When you choose to be an artist, you're an artist for a loooooooong time. They don't tell you that part. Eventually the art outlasts your reasons for doing it. When you reach that point it's harrowing and demanding but you're also free. Somehow he's telling that story too. He's honest about what his talent has asked of him. Thanks, Paul.
"When you choose to be an artist" I wonder some time if one chooses it ,or it chooses them .I thanked Paul for the music and he said "its all know how to do "
Saw this a while ago before I became familiar with the album, and now that it’s quickly become one of my favorites this just radiates with a new strength. A lot of my favorite albums don’t hit me immediately. I remember taking about a year to “get” Rain Dogs by Tom Waits, for example. Needless to say I love both albums now.
Easter 2022. Love the alternate takes, Bluesy “Bookmark” and “Wonderful Lie,” Acoustic “Best Thing That Never Happened,” and “Whatever Makes You Happy” on piano. Paul can rearrange his songs to be soft or energetic or whatever else and it’s always great. Just ordered the Japanese import a couple weeks back that has the “33rd of July” bonus track. Love this guy.
This is a great look into his thinking. I just got back from Minneapolis and was hoping I would just bump into him. He is the realest musician from the 80’s. Totally not looking to be anything but genuine. Not interested in trying too hard to be something he doesn’t want to be. He makes it look easy, but to write music and stay irony or cliche free is the greatest feat of all. We need his music to remind us that it really matters -but then sometimes it doesn’t. That is the best trick of all.
I’ve lived in the Twin Cities all of my life and have imagined that possibility many times, but it has yet to happen. Closest I’ve been is hearing a few second hand tales from acquaintances: My ex worked as a Merry Maid in college and was once assigned to clean Paul’s house…when I met her a few years later she told me the story, and she mostly recalled that his basement (which they were not allowed to enter, but which she peeked into) was full of guitars and recording equipment, and that there was a photo of Frank Sinatra hanging on the bathroom wall. Paul was not present though…. About 15 years ago, while I was bullshitting with a co-worker one day, the subject of P.W, and the Mats came up, and I mentioned that I was a massive fan. She then mentioned nonchalantly that her son was currently playing on a Little League baseball team, and that one his teammates was Johnny Westerberg, and his dad Paul was an assistant coach. It turned out that she lived in the same South Minneapolis/Edina neighborhood in which Paul also resides, and with them both having young sons around the same age, were assigned to the same LL team. Mind blown. She’d been to his house before, and as an huge fan of his, I badly wanted to find out where us was so I could at least do a drive by. I recognized how creepy that could be seen as though, and I forgot about it and left it up to fate. She’s yet to get in touch with me though.
@@mnmade9062 - I drove around Edina, had lunch there and was impressed with how nice a neighborhood it is. I figure growing up in Minneapolis must have been both interesting for the music but perhaps sort of a suburban sprawl like any other big city. It seems like if both Prince and The Mats and others sprang out out of it there must be lots of people jamming in basements during the snowy winters. I think the normalcy of the area must breed lots of people wanting to put it on the map. It seems cool enough, it sure isn’t the insanity of LA with its traffic/ car congestion. I think it must have lots of interesting parties/ artists/ and scenesters, but I have no idea what it was like growing up there. My guess is fun.
Except that Warren didn’t spiral down. He died from mesothelioma but was creating to the very end, with his final album being written and recorded after receiving his terminal diagnosis. Paul, on the other hand, is still with us, and we all hold out hope that he’ll re-emerge and be inspired again.
@@zootsoot2006 Nah, they'd have found some other way to screw it up later. Way too messy to keep their shit together. Paul didn't get sober until _All Shook Down_ and by that point the band was basically done.
@@bradleyheck7204 I played Crocodile Rock so many times on the radio in High School I can still remember that the song starts at 2:58 mark following Don’t Need to Know Where.
The irony of him talking about the "depression of the road which every guy gets and what if it followers you home?", because I must be a freak: The only time I got out of the darkness was on the road and it was always waiting when I got 'home'. Still there. Which is why the follow up to my 3rd album is 25 years late and will never be.
@@ironflazambat5815 Except Westerberg actually has a great voice. In fact, he's got the perfect rock voice. He can do the pretty one minute and snarl the next.
@@surfsup5757 I’ve definitely got a deep appreciation for both of them, they’ve been the respective soundtracks for years gone by, along with Strummer, MacGowan, and Waits. I definitely count raw emotion and passionate performance over a conventional singing voice.
Not sure if UA-cam recommended this because recently watched a Westerberg clip or because you and I have the same name (I am also Justin Martin), but figured I should definitely pop in and say hi and thanks for sharing this. What part of the world are you in?
Became absorbed with his own myth. Saw him solo, on a public radio tour. Patti Smith. Sonic Youth. John Cale. Yet Paul wazs the most self absorbed and pretentious. I was totally disappointed. I still love his music, some of it, but he is done. Done.
At end of day all you got is yourself, I don’t mind him being self absorbed he already gave all of us so much with his music. He just cant be bothered to please people 24/7
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I met Paul at a Mats show at the Boathouse in Norfolk Va back in the late 80s when I was in high school. He was just standing there watching the opening band and I said "Hey Paul!" I was baffled that he was just hanging out in the crowd. He bummed a cigarette from me and we talked for a bit about his appearance on the local radio station WNOR and the stupid questions he had been asked. "Sometimes ya gotta do that shit" he told me with a laugh. I asked him if they were gonna do any old stuff and mentioned that I loved the song "I'm in Trouble." He said "Maybe" and when they went on stage, after the third song Paul says to the crowd "I got a request from some guy" and sure enough they blasted into "I'm in Trouble" and I was laughing with my friends saying "I told him to do that!!" The Replacements will always be my favorite band of all time - they have been since I first heard them.
I wish Paul would come out of the basement and visit us again for a while. Time is finite, we’re getting older, and I’m not full yet…. too much space remains in me that his music could fill. With Paul it’s not the rockstar hero worship bulllshit and wanting to be, or be like him….it’s an appreciation for what he’s given. It’s gratitude for finding the words that you never could, and it’s the shared sense of wonder his music draws out that makes you think “oh, he’s felt it too.”
I discovered The Replacements in January of 2022 and I'm a fan of Paul's music now. I agree, I hope to see him live one day.
It's been about 7-8 years since that I Don't Cares album
Too many talentless look at me people out there...Paul does it cuz he wants too, when he wants...respect
We need him
He’s given so much of himself. If he wants to stay home, we wish him peace
I love Paul Westerberg
In 1999 I was living in Thailand and waited two hours for this film to download.
Paul's great then and always. Great work by Ondi Timoner. It was my honor to do the photos. I still have the 1939 Rock-ola jukebox!
One of the great wits of our day. The wit is nakedly entwined with a sadness or melancholy or disappointment. Self-pity, too, to some degree. He seems happy enough here -- happier than the early solos. Reconciled. Resigned, maybe. Could be worse. (A Midwestern sentiment.) When you choose to be an artist, you're an artist for a loooooooong time. They don't tell you that part. Eventually the art outlasts your reasons for doing it. When you reach that point it's harrowing and demanding but you're also free. Somehow he's telling that story too. He's honest about what his talent has asked of him. Thanks, Paul.
Painfully true
"When you choose to be an artist" I wonder some time if one chooses it ,or it chooses them .I thanked Paul for the music and he said "its all know how to do "
Was in my late 20’s feeling betrayed by Sui/Grat. Now I’m in my 40’s & I wish I wrote it.
Saw him at the Variety Playhouse 2002.
He had the stage set up like a living room. Also, invited people to sit on the couch while he played.
Where would I be without Paul's wonderful lies. High strung lonesome soul.
Paul is so sincere and real! Man I would love to sit with him for a moment and have a coffee and talk about shit!
Saw this a while ago before I became familiar with the album, and now that it’s quickly become one of my favorites this just radiates with a new strength. A lot of my favorite albums don’t hit me immediately. I remember taking about a year to “get” Rain Dogs by Tom Waits, for example. Needless to say I love both albums now.
Easter 2022. Love the alternate takes, Bluesy “Bookmark” and “Wonderful Lie,” Acoustic “Best Thing That Never Happened,” and “Whatever Makes You Happy” on piano. Paul can rearrange his songs to be soft or energetic or whatever else and it’s always great. Just ordered the Japanese import a couple weeks back that has the “33rd of July” bonus track. Love this guy.
8:35 Lookin' Out Forever
14:25 Fugitive Kind (intro)
17:27 Whatever Makes You Happy
23:35 Best Thing That Never Happened
26:05 It's a Wonderful Lie
Best riddum guitarist
thanks for sharing. that was a whole lot of fun to watch.
Ah man thanks for sharing this. I only ever saw the chopped up versions a decade ago. He’s my favourite bunch of guys.
This is a great look into his thinking. I just got back from Minneapolis and was hoping I would just bump into him. He is the realest musician from the 80’s. Totally not looking to be anything but genuine. Not interested in trying too hard to be something he doesn’t want to be. He makes it look easy, but to write music and stay irony or cliche free is the greatest feat of all. We need his music to remind us that it really matters -but then sometimes it doesn’t. That is the best trick of all.
I’ve lived in the Twin Cities all of my life and have imagined that possibility many times, but it has yet to happen. Closest I’ve been is hearing a few second hand tales from acquaintances: My ex worked as a Merry Maid in college and was once assigned to clean Paul’s house…when I met her a few years later she told me the story, and she mostly recalled that his basement (which they were not allowed to enter, but which she peeked into) was full of guitars and recording equipment, and that there was a photo of Frank Sinatra hanging on the bathroom wall. Paul was not present though…. About 15 years ago, while I was bullshitting with a co-worker one day, the subject of P.W, and the Mats came up, and I mentioned that I was a massive fan. She then mentioned nonchalantly that her son was currently playing on a Little League baseball team, and that one his teammates was Johnny Westerberg, and his dad Paul was an assistant coach. It turned out that she lived in the same South Minneapolis/Edina neighborhood in which Paul also resides, and with them both having young sons around the same age, were assigned to the same LL team. Mind blown. She’d been to his house before, and as an huge fan of his, I badly wanted to find out where us was so I could at least do a drive by. I recognized how creepy that could be seen as though, and I forgot about it and left it up to fate. She’s yet to get in touch with me though.
@@mnmade9062 - I drove around Edina, had lunch there and was impressed with how nice a neighborhood it is. I figure growing up in Minneapolis must have been both interesting for the music but perhaps sort of a suburban sprawl like any other big city. It seems like if both Prince and The Mats and others sprang out out of it there must be lots of people jamming in basements during the snowy winters. I think the normalcy of the area must breed lots of people wanting to put it on the map. It seems cool enough, it sure isn’t the insanity of LA with its traffic/ car congestion. I think it must have lots of interesting parties/ artists/ and scenesters, but I have no idea what it was like growing up there. My guess is fun.
Thanks for posting this!
Thanks for posting this, how awesome!
This is outstanding!! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for posting this 👍👍
This was really fascinating, and the album featured here was one of the best albums I ever heard.
Thanks for sharing! Noice throw back of Paul!
That was awesome!! I never knew it existed, thanks.
Suicaine Grat is a good album, but after you fully absorb it, you will need to walk away to fully decompress. Still, it is among my favorites.
o rock in rio é 1 COCOZÃO ..muito obrigada por postar esse vídeo.. adoro o Paul Westerberg ... s2 s2
Being tobacco sick for the first time at the Uptown Theater during the Rocky Horror Picture Show made it that much weirder.
He reminds me a lot of Warren Zevon in terms of his humor, demeanor, and even musical taste. Good thing he escaped Zevon's downward spiral.
Except that Warren didn’t spiral down. He died from mesothelioma but was creating to the very end, with his final album being written and recorded after receiving his terminal diagnosis. Paul, on the other hand, is still with us, and we all hold out hope that he’ll re-emerge and be inspired again.
THANKS FOR ALL -LOTS OF LOVE -TIMOTHY
Too genuine for the commercial world of make believe.
Absolutely. Perfectly stated.
If they hadn't screwed up the SNL gig, who knows what could have happened? Bigger than REM probably.
@@zootsoot2006 Nah, they'd have found some other way to screw it up later. Way too messy to keep their shit together. Paul didn't get sober until _All Shook Down_ and by that point the band was basically done.
thanks!
...allHEARTallSOULallthetime...THANKS
Whatever Makes You Happy
That’s Perfect
@@TR-yi8up Dat solo was retarded!
@@bradleyheck7204 I played Crocodile Rock so many times on the radio in High School I can still remember that the song starts at 2:58 mark following Don’t Need to Know Where.
Please teaches us how to flip the bird with every chord (17:00). This is an extremely charming video.
The irony of him talking about the "depression of the road which every guy gets and what if it followers you home?", because I must be a freak: The only time I got out of the darkness was on the road and it was always waiting when I got 'home'.
Still there.
Which is why the follow up to my 3rd album is 25 years late and will never be.
I put Paul with Neil Young and Bob Dylan.
Hell, I'll pit him against Lennon and Bowie
@@surfsup5757 I don’t know, to me Dylan’s already as good a comparison as you can get
@@ironflazambat5815 Except Westerberg actually has a great voice. In fact, he's got the perfect rock voice. He can do the pretty one minute and snarl the next.
@@surfsup5757 I’ve definitely got a deep appreciation for both of them, they’ve been the respective soundtracks for years gone by, along with Strummer, MacGowan, and Waits. I definitely count raw emotion and passionate performance over a conventional singing voice.
Nah hes in his own league way above those amateurs
Not sure if UA-cam recommended this because recently watched a Westerberg clip or because you and I have the same name (I am also Justin Martin), but figured I should definitely pop in and say hi and thanks for sharing this. What part of the world are you in?
Well, shit, hello, name brother :) I'm in a fairly large city on the eastern seaboard that's not New York
early Timoni using all the editing tricks
What does he say at 28:40?
Sounds like Ondi filming
Don Was knows.
It’s always the teeth. Take care of them when you’re young.
Funny, that would be one of my top answers if someone asked about my regrets. Thankfully I stepped into action before they got too bad.
Don Was WILDLY OVERINDULGED PW on Suicane Gratification. It is a good album, but you can still tell.
Always a danger when the producer's a fan of the artist...
Became absorbed with his own myth. Saw him solo, on a public radio tour. Patti Smith. Sonic Youth. John Cale. Yet Paul wazs the most self absorbed and pretentious. I was totally disappointed. I still love his music, some of it, but he is done. Done.
At end of day all you got is yourself, I don’t mind him being self absorbed he already gave all of us so much with his music. He just cant be bothered to please people 24/7
Paul has abnormally long fingers, which probably explains why he’s a guitar genus
What is a guitar genus?
If Heath ledger didn’t get his inspiration for his joker from this guy, I don’t know who he got it from. Johnny had his Keith Richard, but…..