Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Oh Look a Replacements List!!!

I stumbled into some random 50 BEST REPLACEMENTS SONGS list, and I will now offer two probably-brilliant opinions:

THE SONG TRAGICALLY RANKED TOO LOW

If Only You Were Lonely (47) - while not exactly breaking the record for originality musically, this is a masterpiece of young, Midwestern Hank Williams set in the early 80's. Typical of the best of Westerberg, in that the lines when taken by themselves reveal the weariness of a much older man.

THE SONG TRAGICALLY RANKED TOO HIGH

We're Coming Out (15) - 15??!!! What? A thoroughly forgettable song from the triumphant Let it Be that is a Westerbergian rote "here's a song about the band that's kinda hardcore but kinda not and kinda features us putting a stamp down about our cultural relevance but kinda doesn't too". Ugh. 15?!?!?!??

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Is there a way to read Williamsburg Rats if you don’t have Kindle Maximum?