You've made no secret
about how big an influence The Replacements were on you. I know that you saw
one of last fall's reunion shows. What did you think?
I loved it. I thought it was great. I mean, I saw them with
Bob Stinson [original guitarist who was dismissed from the band in 1986 and
died in 1995], so it was obviously not going to be the same, but it was
ultimately a celebration of these songs. And I loved the fact that [band leader
Paul] Westerberg looked like he was having a blast at the show I saw, and was
really excited about that.
I saw them in
Colorado on the night they came out in orange skirts. It was, um, transcendent.
Yeah, I've seen video of that. That looked pretty amazing.
There are these songs, and they haven't run themselves into the ground, they
haven't made, you know, a techno album or anything, so for them to come out and
play rock and roll, obviously, they're down a few members, but I don't begrudge
them that. I just had a fantastic time and I thought they sounded great.
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