Sweet discussion on Can’t Hardly Wait
By Jodi | Filed under Can't Hardly Wait, In the Blogs | Comments (2)
Aquarium Drunkard has an awesome, awesome discussion of Can’t Hardly Wait (and even a Part II). Read all the comments, and prepare to lose a chunk of your afternoon.
I love Can’t Hardly Wait (I have 26 versions of it in my iTunes, and that’s only because I am too lazy to go cherry pick the song out of the rest of the bootlegs laying around). It’s in the all-time top three Holy Triumvirate of iconic ‘Mats songs (along with Left of the Dial and a song that I usually slot in depending on my mood).
Go read the discussion, you’ll be happy you did.
Tags: Can't Hardly Wait, Left of the Dial
Can’t Hardly Wait the ‘Mats most overrated song? Wrong, Magnet
By Jodi | Filed under In the News | Comments (39)
So Magnet has this piece on the ‘Mats most overrated and underrated songs. Can’t Hardly Wait holds 3 of the five spots on the overrated list. WRONG.
Of course I should have known the list would be incredibly wrong when the first line of the piece starts out like this, “Tim is arguably the best Replacements record, so given the quality of its greatest songs. . .” We all know that “Let it Be” is the best ‘Mats album.
I don’t think any version of Can’t Hardly Wait can be rated highly enough. The song is brilliant. If I were gonna place bets on an overrated song, I’d put my money on something like, oh, I don’t know, Answering Machine maybe.
Of course the songs the author chose don’t seem to overrated so much as just duds smooshed between really fucking good songs. Is that what makes them overrated? I don’t think so. Overrated would seem to me unworthy of the acclaim lavished upon the subject (like the Watchmen comic).
So what do you think of the list? Total BS right?
Tags: 'Mats, Can't Hardly Wait, overrated, underrated
Video Tuesday — More Cowbell
By Jodi | Filed under Seen Your Video | Comments (16)
How much awesomness can one video of a cover of “Can’t Hardly Wait” contain? Let me count the ways:
1. An accordian
2. Someone playing cowbell
3. Gold lame pants
4. It seems as though the stage is the short cut to the bathroom or something
5. A trumpet (like that original version)
6. Dude with cowbell at about 1:48 is really passionate about the cowbell playing
7. At about 2:22 a drunk girl appears to mimic jacking off aforementioned trumpet player
8. Loads of cell-phone-camera photographers
Tags: Can't Hardly Wait, Cover Songs, Surreal McCoy
The Holy Triumvirate
By Jodi | Filed under Holy Triumvirate | Comments (38)
I’ve pondered this idea for about seven minutes so you know it is right and true and well-thought out. But here are three most iconic ‘Mats songs of all time. Are you ready for this:
1. Can’t Hardly Wait
2. Bastards of Young
3. Here Comes a Regular
Shocked? Appalled? Yeah me too, because I Will Dare didn’t make the list. That would be number four. However, there are no fours in the triumvirates.
Do you disagree? Or am I totally right on the money?
Tags: Bastards of Young, Can't Hardly Wait, Here Comes a Regular
Video Tuesday — I don’t know about you but I found this oddly charming
By Jodi | Filed under Seen Your Video | Comments (2)
Tags: Can't Hardly Wait, Cover Songs, the replacements
Video Tuesday — A woman covering ‘Can’t Hardly Wait’
By Jodi | Filed under Cover Songs, Seen Your Video | Comments (3)
Aside from the plinky, plinky Casio Keyboard, this isn’t a bad cover at all. I think more chicks need to cover the ‘Mats.
Tags: 'Mats, Can't Hardly Wait, Cover Songs, the replacements
Video Tuesday — Sometimes awesome cannot be quantified
By Jodi | Filed under Seen Your Video | Comments (7)
So, a Japanese band takes to the stage in Tokyo on December 29, 2007 and what do they cover?
Can’t Hardly Wait, of course.
You can hear more from Saddles on MySpace.
Tags: 'Mats, Can't Hardly Wait, Cover Songs, the replacements
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