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Blahblahblahblahblah again [M@] : "This is my first post to the Skyway..." [Logand, Elaine, Scott Wickman, Mark 'Fish' Fisher] ; The story of the name 'The Replacements' [Derek Brown] | Liner notes for a 'Mats compilation [Jim Connelly] ! Slim live in Minneapolis n' stuff [Rhonda Mattson] / Westerberg's backup band's new band ['Kathy'] % Within' Your Reach verse correction (oops...duh) [David Bastow] + All those hilarious MST3K references [Ranjit Dighe] { Boots for sale (bootlegs, not footwear) [Dean Roe] [ Boot trade trade (see above) [Elliot Hilton] + ...the lyrics to HOOTENNANNY! (courtesy of Mark Timmins) ...the lyrics to 14 SONGS (courtesy of Van Heins) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All fucked up with no place to go. I'm gonna make this short and sweet because I'm tryin to get this sucker out before I leave for Spring Break on Friday. So here goes nuthin'. First: Mark Timmins and Van Heins. Just look up about 15 lines. Big time BRAVO. THANKS GUYS!!!! Second: Mark Timmins is still in the process of compiling a tape of bands of people who are on the //Skyway\\. Write him at "timmins@polysci.umass.edu" so we can get this baby accomplished. Third: The Musical List of Lists has the address for the //Skyway\\ wrong, or so I've heard. Anybody out there got the administrative address? Fourth: I'm been compiling a list of 'slacker quotes'. I really don't know what I could use to describe what holds these together, except that it generally empathsizes with a middle-class young adult of the Western world who exists in the best living conditions in the history of the human race and doesn't have a clue what the fuck to do. Here's what I have so far. Please send me more. "You can't be late when you've got no place to go." -- Me "I love you but you can't move my ass from this couch." -- Me "You're not the one who let me down, but thanks for offering." -- Archers of Loaf, 'Web in Front' ...and of course... "Whadda gonna do with your life? NUTHIN'!" -- The 'Mats, 'I Don't Know' I know there's plenty more out there, but I just can't think of them right now. I just started this list at about 2:30 p.m. today, so its still pretty young... I saw the Village People. In concert. Wasn't as good as Superchunk, but it didn't suck! Okay, one final thing. I called up a friend last night around midnight. Her roommates answered the phone and said that she was gone. I said, "Hey, did I wake you up?" And she said, "No, no..." And I said, "Okay, well, just tell her that I called..." Well, it turns out that I did wake her up. (Who the hell goes to bed at midnight?) And so as a prank/revenge/whatever, she writes my friend a note: "Matt called. Said call him back before your 7:30 [a.m.] class." Needless/sorry to say, my friend called at 7:00 a.m. So I'm looking at a way to harmlessly get back at her roommate. I've thought of a few things, but I've done them before. So I'm canvassing for ideas. Send me your prank ideas. Nothing malicious, nothing harmful...just something maybe embarassing. I'll tell yah how it goes. This is my favorite issue in a long time. Not that I didn't like the other ones...oh, hell no! But some people out there really said it all in this one. I'll be back in a week. THANK YOU ALL. -- Matt [M@] P.S. Regarding the above quotes: I don't think there's anything necessarily cool with sitting on your ass and being a couch potato, but it is definitely part of modern culture. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 03 Feb 1994 12:50:35 -0500 (CDT) From: LOGAND@carleton.edu Subject: stuff the replacements are the best band in the world. when i was a freshman i saw them play one of their last concerts, at the orpheum in mpls. the summer before my senior year "14 songs" came out and paul played at the reading festival in england where i was also. i was actually at the dinosaur jr show when he was playing, but it was good to know he was even in the same part of the world as me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 04 Feb 94 15:46:43 EST From: elaine6232@aol.com Matt- Loved it, loved it, loved it. Anyway, here's a little background for you to mull over: I graduated from Fordham University (in NYC) last May with a degree in English. I have a job in marketing for a home health care agency that I LOATHE about 58% of the time. I'm 22 and I have no idea what I'm going to do with the rest of my life. I have a boyfriend who thinks Paul Westerberg is the name of my dentist. Such is my life. My parents are in the middle of a fairly amicable divorce, and I live with my mother. She's starting to slowly drive me inane, and some days I think she's doing it on purpose. I got into the Replacements my senior year of high school, when I was in limbo between black-wearing, Depeche Mode-listening, world-weary eurocentricity and dope-smoking, flannel-wearing (this was 5 years ago, mind you), patchouli-smelling hippiedom. I had only ever heard one of their songs- ''Alex Chilton"- when I went to see them play at a dive called Airport Music Hall, in scenic Allentown, PA. (Don't Tell a Soul tour) Paul was cursing out the audience and throwing stuff at us. Tommy looked about ten. Slim Dunlap looked dead. They didn't play very well. It wasn't a Mat show that will go down in history. But it was still, at least for me, a revelation. I never felt real comfortable in either one of those universes, and the Replacements hit me right between the eyes with the fact that I KNEW THESE GUYS. and they knew me. They made sense to me, and it saved my soul to know that I wasn't the only person on the planet who felt like that. Is this making sense? College would not have been survivable if it wasn't for the Replacements, and the other members of the Minneapolis Holy Trinity, Husker Du and Soul Asylum. But Paul was always the one that seemed to best capture the way that I felt during those bizarre (and often wonderful, and often horrible) days... I'll never forget going to White Castle at six in the morning after a long night of drinking with my best friend Matthew (again, small world!), singing "six o' clock, batten the hatches, we got cigarettes but we ain't got no matches..." *************** Oh wow, I guess I did just give you something for //SKYWAY\. I must've been more inspired than I thought... Well, that's some of my life story-maybe not the most interesting part, but a part nonetheless... Take care Matt! Erin *************** P.S. for Heather: I was front row at the TROC too! Greatest show I've ever been to in my life, bordering on a religious experience... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 94 18:54:23 CST From: "Scott A. Wickman" Subject: new subscriber Hi all. I've never posted before, but I have received the past few Skyways, just kind of lurking in the wings and checking things out. I had heard of the Replacements long before I'd heard them. My first true exposure to the Mats was on New Years Eve, 1990/1. My partying buddy Robert L. and I were messed up out of our minds and both had recently been broken up with. All of a sudden Robert screamed there's a song you have *got* to hear. He put on "The Last" -- *still* my favorite song -- and it just fit in so perfectly. We were wasted (don't do *that* anymore), we were drunk, we were broken-hearted romantics, bumming on a New Year's Eve. There was a blue moon -- an *extreme* rarity, especially on New Year's. We sang it over and over. "Does it hurt to fall in love so easy; does it hurt to fall in love so fast?" YES!!!!!!!!!!!! There was pain, there was even humor ("...32nd hand"), there were clever plays on words ("You been swearin' to God; now maybe if you'd *ask*. . ."), there was even a wink of the eye in the almost-mocking lounge style it was being sung in. This song understood what I was going through then and it stayed with me as I moved forward in relationships, realizing the fatalism in always thinking that "last one was your last." We also listened to "Nobody," "Unsatisfied," "Hootenany," "Alex Chilton," etc. that night. Within a few months I had every disc and was trying with varying degrees of success to convert everyone I knew. That summer, the Mats were playing a free concert in Grant Park in Chicago. Did anyone else on this list attend? I loved it and recorded it, as it was being simulcast on WXRT. It turned out to be my first Replacements show and the last one they would ever do. The Swan Song. I have a review of that show from the Chicago Tribune, which was mixed. I might post it, if any are interested. It was ironic that the review talked about how Paul and Tommy weren't really into the show, because from the point of view of being in the audience, everybody was really enjoying it, judging from what I saw during the show and what I heard people say immediately afterward. Says something about points of view. Basically, the Replacements are my all time favorite band, and I am *really* into music. It's the attitude, the songs, the underdog/rebel without a clue. I got into the net to *find* a Replacements list and here I am. Thanks to Heather Chakris for telling me about Skyway. Personal information: I'm 29 years old -- hitting the big three-oh on June 29. Hope that's not too old for this list. I grew up in Waukegan, IL with Chicago around the corner about 30 miles south. I graduated from Northern Illinois with a BA in Journalism and Spanish, taught Spanish for several years, got a Master's in Counseling from Eastern Illinois, and now I'm at Southern Illinois working on my Ph.D. in Counseling Supervision. I also listen to Neil Young, Arlo Guthrie, Tori Amos, Gipsy Kings, REM, U2, Waterboys, John Coltrane, Cure, Gin Blossoms, Counting Crowes, etc. I play guitar and write a lot of songs, even releasing a cassette titled _Vast Deferenz_ and having a song played on the local radio station called "The Bug Song." I'm very interested in trading boots, getting tab music, and copies of lyrics. Matt seems to be doing an unbelievable job with this list and deserves a lot of credit! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What else? If you are interested in chatting, look me up, especially but not limited to people with BITNET addresses. --Scott Wickman /***********************************************************************\ | | | Scott A. Wickman | BitNet : swickman @ siucvmb | | Southern Illinois University | Internet: swickman @ siucvmb.siu.edu | | Carbondale, Il 62901 | | | \***********************************************************************/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 2 Mar 94 09:37:00 EST From: Mark Fisher Subject: My first post to the //Skyway\\ Hello everybody-- Well, I've finally gotten around to making a post to the all-mighty //Skyway\\. I've been on the list for several months now, but alas, I'm extremely lazy and haven't found time 'til now to write up some stuff I've been thinking about. Thanks, Matt, for doing all the crap you have to do to keep this party rollin', and thanks to all youse guys who have posted stuff before. I had a great time reading the back issues. It's snowing right now--very pretty. I'm sitting at my Mac at home with a pack of Camel Lights and some cheap Natural Light beers. The Grammy's are on right now. All the performers are so lame. Paul should be getting the lifetime achievement award--not Sinatra. Oh well, maybe someday. (It was nice to see that Dave Pirner won a Grammy, though. I love the guy.) OK, here we go. My Mats history: A friend in high school bought "Pleased to Meet Me". Loved it. Bought all the other stuff. Saw 'em live four times. Paul & Slim autographed my ticket stub. Favorite band ever. Enough of that--time to get specific. It's funny how much I grow to love these guys more and more as time passes. When I first got into the mats in high school, I loved the songs, but the lyrics didn't really hit home as much as they do now. For example, at first I thought that "Here Comes a Regular" was just a nice pretty song; "Used to live at home, now I stay at the house," didn't mean that much to me. Now it means everything. I've heard through the grapevine that some people are going to be taking a stab at the lyrics to "Hootenanny" and "14 Songs." That's great. I love to see the lyrics typed out. One point I must make about the lyrics to "Tim" that Matt sent to me: In "Left of the Dial," (Paul's greatest song ever), there's a big mistake. In the second or third section of the lyrics, it says "Passin' through a nismade," or some mumbo-jumbo like that. I recently got a copy of the "World Class Fad" import CD-single, and it has a killer live version of "Dial" on it and the lyrics are startlingly clear. The line is "Passin' through it is late, station's starting to fade. Picked another one up, in the very next state." Just wanted to clear that up. I had a lot of fun reading the "best of" Skyway stuff. It's good to know that there are others out there who love the guys as much as me. Here's some specific notes about what I read: To Heather: You mentioned you enjoyed the tune "Last Love" on Slim's album. Did you know that the Mats used to play that? They played at least once-- at the Beacon Theatre in '87. Does anyone else have a bootleg of this show? It is, IMHO, their best show ever. To Tim Blankenbaker: You mentioned your bootleg from a show in '84 at CBGB's in which our friends are extremely inebriated. I have this boot too, and if you wade through the extremely sloppy set, there's some tape of their soundcheck at the end (which, presumably, was taped before they got ripped.) There's a beautiful version of "Sixteen Blue"--complete with piano. It's worth the whole tape. That bootleg also contains a priceless Mats version of "Walk on the Wild Side" with the following lyrics: "Replacements came from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Thought they could put one over on all a ya. By the look, of the crowd, I'd say we made some money tonight. Take a walk to the bank." Love the guys. Anyone have any info on Golden Smog? Where can I get a copy of their release? And now for some random thoughts. (Sorry if this is getting too long. But if I don't get it out now, I'll never do it.) I think the best of the four former Mats' current albums is definitely Tommy's. When I first heard Bash & Pop I couldn't believe it. It really blew me away. Went to see 'em at the 9:30 Club in DC--amazing show. Tommy was up there just singing his heart out. He's the future of Rock and Roll. I lost one of my favorite bootlegs. It was an '89 show taped in St. Paul. They did a great cover an oldie called "Nobody Knows 'Bout Me." Anyone know who did that tune originally? The Spin piece on Bob was one of the best reported stories I've read in the rock and roll press in a long, long time. The poor guy. I cringed when he asked the author if he wanted to get some heroin. My heart goes out to the guy. It's cool how his is the only face you can see on the cover of Tim. I don't really care for Chris Mars' albums. Slim's is ok. I'm very interested in getting copies of Mats bootlegss. In particular, I'd like to get copies of "Inconcerated," "The Shit Hits the Screen," "Live and Drunk," and any others (including Bash & Pop stuff.) I'm willing to trade, pay, whatever. Anyone interested? Just eem me at "fisher@ns.case.org" and we can work something out. I wonder if I'm the only married //Skyway\\ member. Yes, that's right. I'm 23 and I work in DC and I'm married to the best girl in the world. It's fun. I work at a non-profit education association on Dupont Circle in DC. (That's how I'm connected to the 'net). The one bad thing I can think to say about marriage: I missed an incredible Westerberg show at the 9:30 this summer because I was in Bermuda on my honeymoon. (Not that that's the worst thing I could have been doing.) I'd love to see posts of //Skyway\\ members' favorite albums--not necessarily the Mats. A friend of mine and me were bored one day, so we worked out lists of our top ten favorite albums ever. (Kind of like Tower Records' Pulse magazine does with its Desert Island Discs section.) Here are mine: 10. Slanted & Enchanted, pavement. 9. Friday Night, Bash & Pop. 8. Paul's Boutique, Beastie Boys. 7. Let it Be, Mats. 6. Hang Time, Soul Asylum. 5. Worker's Playtime, Billy Bragg. 4. Let Me Come Over, Buffalo Tom. 3. ...And the Horse They Rode in on, Soul Asylum. 2. Tim, Mats. 1. On the Mouth, Superchunk. Now for some cerebral closing thoughts on Paul. What would the music world be like without him? It's funny how sometimes a song can just hit you in that certain spot and you just know exactly what he's talking about. Take "Androgynous" for example. On the surface, it's a clever little tune about guys and gals who look the same, but when he tears into a line like "He might be a father, but he sure ain't a dad," it just rings so true. I can't believe that "If Only You were Lonely," was the b-side to "I'm in Trouble" way back in like 1981. Even though it's basically a silly drunk tune, it shows what talents Paul had as a gifted songwriter way back then. I must say I wish I never had bothered to wait around backstage one time to get Paul's autograph. It was so anticlimactic. There was a whole bunch of people crowded around him, so when I got to speak to him, all I could say while he was signing my ticket was, "Thanks so much for all the great songs you've written." His reply: "Thanks." I had more I wanted to say, but this is getting a bit long. I love the //Skyway\\--thanks to everyone who's posted stuff. No matter how seemingly insignificant a post may seem, I appreciate it. I love hearing obscure facts or tales of the guys' shenanigans. I love hearing concert reports or other goofy tales. (That reminds me: Anyone ever hear of some Mats show where they got tired and just sat down on the stage and talked to the audience? Oh, and another thing I forgot to mention: I remember reading in the aforementioned Pulse magazine about a Mats show in LA that was nothing but covers. Anyone go to that show? What were some of the tunes?) That's enough for now. I'm sure sometime I'll get around to posting something a little more coherent (and better organized). Thanks for listening. O _ _____ o | \/ @\ fish |_/\_____/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 05 Feb 1994 17:18:56 -0500 (cdt) From: the Capitalist pig Subject: The Replacements' name I thought I saw some stuff on the last Skyway asking about how the 'Mats got their name. This comes straight from a book called "Rock Names," written by Adam Dolgins. -- Derek S. Brown, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA THE REPLACEMENTS The Replacements formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in late 1979. Peter Jesperson, who managed and produced the group for the first six years, recalls: "They were originally called the Impediments, which was a dumb name so I'm glad they changed it. They were playing at a chemically-free coffee house in south Minneapolis and showed up intoxicated. They were thrown out by the manger before they had a chance to play -- the manager or whoever the camp couselor was at this coffee house said, 'I'll make sure you never play this town again,' so the next day they changed their name to the Replacements. They were replacing themselves. The only other time I heard Paul specifically refer to it, someone said, 'Well, if you are the Replacements, who are you replacing?' and he said, 'Everyone.' But that was just a glib answer for some reporter. It was a good name because it had a slightly cheeky air to it and they were a slightly cheeky band. They weren't really a punk rock band, but they had a lot of punky attitude. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 21:00:37 -0500 (EST) From: JIMCONNELLY@delphi.com 2-4-94 Hello everybody! Thanks for the reaction I've gotten from the "Novel" and my Tommy story. It's so cool that 'Mats fans are so cool across the country. At some point I'll reiterate my own personal "how I got into the 'Mats" story, but right now I'm having too much fun sharing all of the various and sundry 'Mats related things I've already written over the years (not necessarily for publication, but mostly for myself) (though maybe this will spur me to go see if my alma mater's microfiche library has my review of LET IT BE published in April of '94--same day as the "Tommieee" story.) Soooooooo . . . here are the unfinished liner notes I wrote as I was making a tape for a future ex- girlfriend who had heard The Replacements but hadn't really listened to them. I had to encapsulate everything I loved about them in 90 minutes. 'Mats fans who share Prodigy w/me might recognize some of these sentiments, which date from the Autumn of 1991. ---------------------------------------------------------- SIDE THE FIRST 1. "I Will Dare" -- The story of every relationship I will ever have. "If you will dare I will dare" sums it all up in a nutshell, as does "how smart are you?/how dumb am I?" A #1 hit single in some other part of the Metaverse. From LET IT BE. 2. "Nobody" -- Shows Paul's penchant for what my English teachers used to call "telling detail:" "still in love with nobody/and I won't tell nobody/and I used to be nobody." Also, note his classic song structure: verse chorus verse chorus bridge solo verse chorus. From ALL SHOOK DOWN. 3. "Little Mascara" -- Story of reality slapping somebody hard in the face. Great riff, too. From TIM. 4. "Willpower" -- Pretty self-explanatory from the deep, dark echoy death-rock sound and "I don't wanna stop it." >From HOOTENANNY! 5. "Alex Chilton" -- Another #1 hit single in that other dimension. What a superb chorus! "Children by the millions wait for Alex Chilton" just sounds good. [at this point I made a note for myself to 'explain Big Star', which I won't do for you //Skyway\\ people, cos you know all about them, I'm sure] Great production touch on the last chorus w/ just the acoustic guitar and percussion. From PLEASED TO MEET ME. 6. "I'm in Trouble" -- 1st single, and a very typical Paul Westerberg hook. At the time, they were lumped in the "hardcore" morass, but this shows the intelligence even through the drunkenness. What was that math property, you know: "IF I'm in love, THEN you're in trouble?" The If/Then theory or something??? From SORRY MA, FORGOT TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH 7. "Achin' To Be" -- The story of a slacker girl. Another bridge into solo arrangement, which my band, Sedan Delivery covered. Despite the fact our singer had barely heard of the Replacements--he was into Billie Holiday and crack at the time. From DON'T TELL A SOUL. 8. "Hold My Life" -- Speaking of slack. This is an anthem, inn't it. And it starts TIM off exactly where LET IT BE ended--Paul down on the floor, begging for whatever he can get. And dig the Tutor Turtle reference: "razzle dazzle drazzle drone/time for this one to come home." Reminds me of Babe Ruth league in Jr. High--when a pitcher would get in trouble, the opposing dugout would yell "help me, Mr. Wizard!" From TIM. 9. "Never Mind" -- I just like this one cos its purty. (Listen, are those sleigh bells?) And Chris Mars' bad fills. From PLEASED TO MEET ME. 10. "Androgynous" -- Some serious genius at work here. For a band making its rep at being falling-down drunk, a piano ballad w/ inyourface words. And, oh god, that "mirror image/see no damage/see no evil at all" was light- years ahead on the maturity tip. From LET IT BE. 11. "Happy Town" -- L.A.? Maybe. Hollywood, probably. >From ALL SHOOK DOWN. 12. "Within Your Reach" -- Drum Machine? Phased Guitar? Synth?!!????? An unabashed love song?? Well, maybe. Really, at this time, only Paul could have made it work without making it seem like some sort of sell-out. In 1983 we were incredibly synthophobic, and for "Within Your Reach" to be definitive was really due to its garage feel: it was always on the verge of falling apart, which kept it from being slick and produced. And his singing. "Sun keeps rising in the west." Resignation. "Die within your reeee-each." When this showed up unannounced in "Say Anything" I just about fell over. Much better of a love song than that lame-o "In Your Eyes." From HOOTENANNY! 13. "Darlin' One" -- Another unabashed love song. Sounds almost like a wedding song. And hooray for Tommy's "heyyyyyyyyyy's." From DON'T TELL A SOUL. 14. "Skyway" -- Not much about anything really, just a series of observations. And some nice acoustic guitar. >From PLEASED TO MEET ME. 15. "Unsatisfied" -- Well, yeah, of course, we know what it is -- an anthem, the only true answer song to "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" but without the outside annoyances that troubled ole Mick. Paul's unsatisfied from within. And one of the all-time great sing-alongs. "Look me in the eye and tell me I'm satisfied." As the song progresses he gets more and more desperate--will satisfaction never come? "I'm so I'm so UNsatisfied." I don't know how many times I've sang that coda at full volume with Paul, sometimes with tears streaming down my face until he finally collapses with that last, resigned "I'm so . . ." >From LET IT BE. =========================================================== SIDE THE SECOND 1. "Talent Show" [the live INCONCERATED version] -- [my notes tell me to tell the story about the tv show appearance w/ the "from the pills we took" erased out and Paul's wonderful "fuck you" in "too late to take pills here we go" which leads into this version's "but we won't say nothing bad on TV at the breakdown, but I'll assume most of you know about this] This version captures the rock n roll anarchy that compelled me to see them 5 times--sometimes travelling a couple of hundred miles to do it. From INCONCERATED. 2. "Kiss Me on the Bus" -- "Ok, don't say 'hi' then" A simple lil ditty about Gratuitous Displays of Public Affection, or at least the need for such. One of the "Saturday Night Live" songs. From TIM. 3. "The Ledge" -- A deep dark powerful song about teen suicide. Probably one of the reasons the high school in "Heathers" is called Westerburg (sic!) High. A great touch. Thanks, Winona. Also, Paul's guitar duet with himself and Chris' drums is major in a Clash-like way. >From PLEASED TO MEET ME. 4. "If Only You Were Lonely" -- Buried on the B-side of an obscure (supposedly) hardcore 7" is this complete gem. An acoustic country goof studded with great line. "I ain't very good/but I get practice by myself." B-side of "I'm in Trouble" 7". 5. "Torture" -- For the en masse background "tor-tuurre oooh" vocals. From ALL SHOOK DOWN. 6. "Color Me Impressed" -- A punk-pop story about a really fun night where Paul musta been about 17 sheets to the wind. From HOOTENANNY! 7. "Sixteen Blue" -- It took me years to like this song. Maybe cos I was still too close to the adolescent state it so perfectly describes, "brag about things you don't understand" or maybe because it was the weakest of the "big songs" of LET IT BE. Or maybe it just took me that long to appreciate the sheer perfection of Paul's guitar lead at the end. From LET IT BE. 8. "Attitude" -- "When you open that bottle of wine/you open a cans of worms each time." And yeah, I like the falsetto. And the "not me" ad-lib. From ALL SHOOK DOWN. 9. "Hayday" -- Yeah!! "Goin' to the party that we weren't invited." What does this song mean?? Who gives a fuck? Jeeze it's got this much power and Chris' really bad drumming. Cool. From HOOTENANNY! 10. "Favorite Thing" -- BAR NOTHING!!!!! >From LET IT BE. 11. "Here Comes a Regular" -- The real "Cheers" theme. The thinking man's drinking song; or is it the drinking man's thinking song? "I used to live at home/now I stay at their house." The piano solo is one thing but the way the strings swell up and envelope a weary Paul with their sweet sadness is quite another, isn't it? 12. "Valentine" -- "When you wish upon a star/And it turns into a plane" is one of my most favorite opening line ever. Tommy's great bassline propel it along quite nicely. 13. "I'll Be You" -- Another massive hit single somewheres. Don't know what any of it means, but he used "rebel without a clew" before Tom Petty, who I've always liked a lot, appropriated it. Nice call and response hook and of course "bored right out of my skullllllllllllll." 14. "Left of the Dial" -- Best song ever about college radio? And (sigh) "growin old in a bar/you grow old in a bar." More cool bass parts from Tommy at the end. 15. "Can't Hardly Wait" -- Would work for the riff alone. (In fact the SHIT HITS THE FANS version did.) So count the wonderful words as an extry special bonus: "hurry up hurry up, aintcha had enough of that stuff?/ashtray floors dirty clothes and filthy jokes." Then the strings and horns kick in, driving by and overtaking that turning and churning riff. It doesn't go away, it just bides its time and waits until Paul's last "Can't hardly wayyyeeeaaaiiiit" when even the horns (wait, can't hardly) are compelled to play it, too. 16. "Answering Machine" -- What does one say about what's been his all-time favorite song for, jesus, nearly a decade? I've deconstructed it so many times, wondering why. The way the guitar echos Paul? The lyrics about the futility of his long- distance commitment? (If it was a movie it would be called "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Caller" hee hee.) The way he sings "How do you say 'I'm lonely' to an answering machine?" When I interviewed Paul, in addition to asking him about the "needs some ices" line, I asked him why nobody else played on it. He muttered something about being the only person to come into the studio that day. It's more likely he didn't want his band anywhere near it to fuck it up. Not even having his band for support dramatizes his predicament, as his personal despair becomes universal: not just a answering machine--how do you say "I'm lonely" to ANYBODY? How come technology designed to enhance communication becomes just one more barrier? The song becomes larger than just his story. Then, to really take the piss out of him, the phone lady barges in. At first, "if you'd like to make a call, please dial your operator" she's being helpful. Near the end, she turns on him and taunts him "ifyouneedhelp ifyouneedhelp ifyouneedhelp, as the percussion comes up and Paul's screams of frustration recede in the background. It's a brilliant, brilliant recording. And yes, just once, only once, I used it for my answering machine message. Duh. ----------------------------------------------------------------- So that was the tape I made for a friend. She liked it. --barefoot jim jimconnelly@delphi.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 1994 10:03:13 +0600 From: Rhonda Mattson - Sun Minneapolis SSE Hi All, Guess I have been lurking for long enough... Went to see Alex Chilton the other night. Slim Dunlap opened for him. Pat and I were hoping for something interesting to happen. Of course nothing did that night. I can see why there was a parting of the ways. Slim's music is very "hayseed". I listen to Tommy and I hear "Mats". I listen to Slim and I hear nothing familiar. I have been trying to get my husband to post to this group. He has been a fan forever and has lots of funny stories, like the way the Mats used to open for cover bands that did 38 Special songs. They were always mean to the other bands, but then they were drunk most of the time. They did not like to leave the stage when the bar closed either. Living in Mpls you tend to be reminded of the mats everywhere. Downtown, I cross Nicollet Mall and hum a few bars of Skyway. And of course, I live two miles from Buck Hill. Somehow, I can't picture any of those guys on a slope;^) Cheers RJ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 20:19:27 EST From: kathms@aol.com Subject: //up in the skyway\\ Hi Matt and everyone: I read some stuff in the local weekly paper here in snowy, snowy Boston about the guys from Paul's touring band - thought you all might be interested. Dave Minihan - ex-Neighbohoods - is back in Boston after recording with Jeffrey Gaines. He has a new band that will be playing out soon called The Star Darts. The band will also include Paul's bassist Darren Hill - ex-Raindogs. Also, according to the article, Paul is at home in snowy Minneapolis writing songs and molesting innocent women (I made up that last part but I've been hearing some NASTY stories about randy old Paul lately) and it is "possible" that Dave will play on the new record but nothing definite yet. In other news, if anyone has a really good collection of Mats singles, I would kill for a tape of the B-sides I don't have - I have a videotape of some neat Mats stuff to trade....anyways email me if you are interested. More MST3K stuff - In "The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman" - one of the bots says "Razzle dazzle drazzle drone, time for this one to come home" . I think the "Paul Westerberg to the rescue" line from "Alien from LA" was mentioned - but also in that movie, Kathy Ireland says (squeaks?) "Why doesn't he call me anymore" and her friend says "Cause he hates your answering machine" . Finally - my local record store (Newbury Comics) has Paul's last name spelled wrong on that stupid little divider - Westerburg - do you guys think I should steal it or just bring a big, indelible marker for corrections next time I go??? Kathy ==One foot in the door, the other one in the gutter== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 15:55:30 CST From: David Bastow hey- while we're talking about additional verses to within your reach, i saw the mats live in 91 when paul added the third verse I was born on christmas day I was born on new years day think it sounds like seven days feels like 362 to me .... anyway, i thought it was cool. dave. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 08 Feb 94 00:27:15 EST From: Ranjit Dighe Subject: Replacements miscellany M@, That first verse of "W/in your reach" ends: "Sun keeps rising in the West/ I keep on WAKING FULLY CONFUSED" (caps added, of course. Makes a lot more sense, don't it?) Two more, and most subtle, 'Mats references on MST3K, in that horrid "Batwoman" movie that aired the last weekend in January: * one of the 'bots, apropos of I'm-not-sure-what, in high falsetto voice: "Oh, razzle dazzle drazzle drone, time for this one to come home." (But acc. to my girlfriend, that line in "Hold my life" orig. came from an old cartoon, so that cartoon might have been MST's inspiration, too. I 'spect they got it from the 'Mats, tho.) * after someone says the word "hootenanny," Crow, in his most guttural voice, sings, "Hootenanny!" Best damn show on television, there's no doubting it. rsd in ct ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 14:11:20 -0600 (CST) From: Dean T Roe-1 Subject: Skyway stuff Hello 'mats fans! Due to my unfortunate financial situation, I am selling a bootleg Replacements video I bought about a year ago at a record convention. The sound and visual quality is ok: not glamorous MTV-style stuff, but not horrible either. It was shot on a tripod, so it's pretty stable camera work. It stays on Westerberg for most of the show. I've only watched it a few times, so it's in great condition. I bought it for $22, I'm asking $12 for it (that includes shipping charges). Here's a full desciption: The Replacements: Rotterdam 4/10/91 bootleg video. From 'All Shook Down' tour. 117 minutes, 33 songs: Nightclub Jitters, I Will Dare, Achin' To Be The Ledge, Another Girl Another Planet, Satellite Merry Go Round, Waitress In The Sky, One Wink At A Time Skyway, When It Began, Bastards Of Young, Asking Me Lies Androgynous, Nobody, Someone Take The Wheel, Talent Show Customer, Kiss Me On The Bus, Can't Hardly Wait Route 66, If Only You Were Lonely, Raw Ramp, Be My Lover I'll Be You, Hey Good Lookin', Within Your Reach Never Mind, I.O.U., Hello Dolly, Roadhouse Blues/Hootenanny Alex Chilton, Kissin' In Action I'm looking for copies of the b-sides "Tossing and Turning" and "Jungle Rock", as well as a copy of the "Inconcerated" promo. I have the following to trade for copies of these: Boink! (original LP) Live And Drunk (original LP) Aragon Ballroom 6/10/89 (cassette bootleg) The Shit Hits The Fans (cassette copy) Live At Lingerie (cassette copy) A 90-minute compilation of b-sides/bootlegs/etc. Let me know if you are interested. Also, does anyone know how many of the Westerberg "14 Songs" promo 'books' were made? Can't wait for the Replacements tribute album! Dean roex0006@gold.tc.umn.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 13:58:40 -0600 (CST) From: EMHILTON@stthomas.edu Subject: BOINK! i just recently purchased a copy of BOINK! at Oarfolk over the weekend. they were selling it for 38 bucks, and i figured what the hell! Nowhere is My Home is the only song on it that i didn't have....it is pretty damn cool... if anybody would like to work out some trades...let me know. here's a list of stuff i have...(at least this is what i can remember right now) THE REPLACEMENTS audios 1982 madison, wisc. 1982 duluth, mn (opening for the suburbs) 1981 i'm in trouble/if only you were lonley 1984 i will dare/20th century boy/hey good lookin 1984 shit hits the fans 1985 live at lingerie 1987 beacon theatre, new york (very drunk and funny) 1989 inconcerated CD milwaukee, wisc. 1989 roy wilkins auditorium, st paul (i was at this show) 1989 aragon ballroom chicago (the best sounding audience recording i've ever heard! also the last night of dtas tour...) 1991 orpheum theatre minneapolis (i was at this show too!) 1991 final show chicago grant park (fm broadcast) videos live new york 1989 (pretty bad show) pleased to meet me interviews 1989 rock awards (perfoming talent show...) dtas videos saturday night live 1986 (bastards of young, kiss me on the bus) paul on SNL (knockin on mine, cant hardly wait...)_ i think this is all i have..... write me! later, elliot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 07 Feb 1994 17:37:16 -0500 From: timmins@polysci.umass.edu Subject: Hootenanny lyrics (well, some of them anyway) Matt: Your inclusion in the last //Skyway\\ of "Within Your Reach" reminded me that at one point I had typed up a first stab at the lyrics to the whole _Hootenanny_ album. On some songs I'm very clueless, but others were fairly easy to decipher. I thought you might want to add this to the archives, and see if people want to help try to decipher the rest. -Mark T. -P.S. Please plug that compilation tape I'm supposedly in charge of, since I've yet to receive anyone's tapes. Yes, I'm still here and still willing to help out. SONG: Hootenanny Hootenanny in E Well, it's a hootenanny It's a hootenanny It's a hootenanny It's a hootenanny It's a hootenanny Boy, the candy It's a hootenanny Hootenanny Hootenanny Hootenanny Hootenanny It's a hoot It's a hoot Chris, Chris Mars (?) Hootenanny Hootenanny Hootenanny Hootenanny All night long SONG: Run it Red light red light run it Red light red light run it Greenkill (?) Garfield (?) Back up now 'cept engine stopped runnin' There ain't nobody watchin' -- run it There ain't nobody watchin' -- run it Greenkill (?) Garfield (?) Back up now 'cept engine stopped runnin' ______________________ Ain't no truth -- run it Ain't no good -- run it Greenkill (?) Garfield (?) Back up now 'cept (?) engine stopped runnin' (?) Run it Run run run it @SONG: Color Me Impressed Everybody at your party They don't look depressed Everybody dressin' funny Color me impressed Stayin' out late tonight Won't be gettin' any sleep Givin' out their word Cuz that's all that they won't keep Like a monkey on the mirror Won't you pass the bill to Chris Intoxicated Another in-and-out French kiss Can you stand me on my feet? (2x) (Everybody) (many x) Everybody at your party They don't look depressed And everybody's dressin' funny Color me impressed Color me impressed (4x) I call it out (?) SONG: Willpower Willpower changed my mind Willpower changed my mind Stop it Stop it Stop it ___________ Stop it Stop it Stop it just in time Willpower changed your mind (my life) Minutes seems like hours Take yours don't take mine Stop it Stop it Stop it here it comes (?) Stop it Stop it Stop it drink and drive (?) Willpower changed my mind Willpower Stop it Stop it Stop it here it comes (?) Stop it Stop it Stop it drink and drive (?) I don't wanna stop it (repeat to fade) SONG: Take me Down to the Hospital Well I can't breathe I can't swallow Here today Don't bet tomorrow Lyin' in back With your heart attack In the front seat With Pete Pete Pete Red light _____ Drag me in Move the seat back It's Saturday night Take me down -- hospital Take me down -- hospital Wrap me up Throw me out Jockey the phones Fill out these forms Take off your shirt It doesn't hurt Get outta them slacks outta them slacks -- cut the belt Take me to -- hospital Take me to -- hospital Take me down -- hospital Take me down -- hospital Oh. oww. oww. no-ho-ho. I don't wanna Ride no car Makin' love in my own backyard Take me to -- hospital Take me to -- hospital Take me down -- hospital Take me down -- hospital Hospital I don't wanna Die before my time Or to use 8 of my lives (3x) Take me to -- hospital Take me to -- hospital Take me down -- hospital Take me down -- hospital SONG: Mr. Whirly (Wait wait wait do the whole thing) Now come on baby do the twist (2x) Shake it around It goes like this Now come on baby do the twist (2x) Shake it around Mr. Whirly Please don't call me I've been drinkin' alone Whirly Please don't follow me home Mr. Whirly Please don't call me I've been waitin' with the CC Whirly Surely you know by now Come on, Whirly Whoooo Go on baby You're cool Shake it around 1,2,3 strikes and you are I said you're the SONG: Within Your Reach I could live without so much I can die without a clue Sun keeps risin' in the west I keep on wakin' fully confused I never seen no mountain Never swam no sea City got me drownin' I guess it's up to me I can't live without your touch (2x) Cold without so much Can die without a dream Live without your touch I'll die within your reach Reach Reach I never seen no mountain Never swam no sea Drownin' in this city Well, it's really up to me I can't live without your touch (3x) Die within your reach Die within your reach Die within your reach Die within your reach Reach Die within your Reach Die within your Reach Reach ... for the sky SONG: Buck Hill Buck Hill! Buck Hill! SONG: Lovelines Stop it (sniffs) Slightly overweight girls need sex also Send your note and desires Means of contact P.O. Box 8941 Baby you have been along I'll read another As soon as it comes around Feeling pressure? Call Lovelines JD if you need a fishing partner please let me know Visitors welcome instruction 5 generation mess you give for naught Hey Ellen Mark says hi Tom what else can I say I love you very much I'm glad we're together miss you a lot Love kitten Ooh yeah ooh yeah Kitten Ooh yeah ooh yeah Lurkin' lizards lyin' in the tanners (?) under an oral fix waiting for the return of the crawling kingsnake John Lee okay grin & bear it Fantasy Phone Swingers' Hotline Pure silk, pure seduction G-strings in petal pink Hell Attract some women scientific formulated spray the conductive male hormone work turn the lights off ooh baby, let's turn a page Person-to-person And it's all a bunch of shit Wednesday, October 13th, 1982 volume 4, number 79 SONG: You Lose (Are we gonna record this one I see well actually) Yeah You lose You lose Yeah You lose You lose It's a game show or a video It's all the same don'tcha know Spend your money doin' that You'll lose your mind you won't get it back Yeah You lose You lose Yeah You lose You lose Hypnotize them VHO (?) Even still your mind's on hold Reaction distraction Win or loss and I don't even know how much I cost Yeah You lose You lose Yeah You lose You lose Winner losers all the same Make your bet that's my degeneration Oh no Winner losers Kodachrome (?) __________________________ Yeah You lose You lose Yeah You lose You lose sucker Yeah You lose SONG: Hayday (Hit it ... Bob) Pick that home and I'm so excited [Sittin' at home, I'm so excited (?) - M@] Going to the party let me worry about it [Goin' to the party tho' we weren't invited (?) - M@] Times ain't tough that's _____ Get up -- hayday _______ hayday Dont' hate it Mamamama hayday __________________ __________________ Hayday My hayday Hayday Mamamama hayday Ain't gonna laugh Ain't yo ________ Ain't gonna laugh It's my hayday my little hayday it's your hayday babadaba hayday my hayday your hayday my hayday mamamama hayday It's your hayday It's your hayday SONG: Treatment Bound We're gettin' no place fast as we can Get a noseful from our so-called friends We're gettin' nowhere quick as we know how We whirl from town to town treatment bound First thing we do when we finally pull up Get shitface drunk try to sober up There'll be no pose tonight no money in sight Label wants a hit and we don't give a shit Cuz where gettin' no place as fast as we can We get a noseful from our so-called friends We're gettin' nowhere quick as we know how We whirl from town to town Duluth to Madison Treatment bound Gettin' nowhere (keep goin') Second thing we do is walk around Goto the job or try to hold one down There's no mass appeal carton's asleep at the wheel Yesterday's trash too bored to thrash We're gettin' nowhere fast as we can We got a noseful of them so-called friends We're gettin no place as quick as we know how We're gettin' nowhere what will we do now? Take it, Scotty Tommy: one of the chords at that one part you just fucked it up Paul: fucked 'im up ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 94 15:54:19 CST From: Van Heins Subject: 14 Songs Back during the holiday season the band I'm in decided to learn "World Class Fad." It was acceptable because it was getting airplay. I sat down and tried to figure out the lyrics. I'm rather fond of "Things" so I transcribed it too. Then I found myself ignoring responsibilities, forgetting that I hadn't begun my X-mas shopping, ignoring the fact I still had many songs to learn for the band. (Many of them I weren't fond of anyway) and spending time trying to figure out the rest of the lyrics. Anyway, here is the end result. As I guess is always the case, I can't guarantee that any of these are correct so please ignore any misspellings, grammatical errors, and/or my ignorance. KNOCKIN ON MINE Allright Read common analyis stock pile your brain You get burned in the sun you get wet in the rain The TGO fix needs to be broke I say he who laughs first didn't get the joke Wanna tap your mind Quit knocking on mine An English teacher from Vancouver She asked me to write something for her students. I wrote knowledge adds wisdom let slide She says now really? I wanna tell ya Quit knockin' on mine Walkin on knockin' on mine Knowledge is power got your books go read 'em Mysteries, ignorance, stupidity: I call freedom. Knockin' on mine Get out Comic books, the Bible, roadmaps, pornography Anything you wanna read Go out and sit in a field sometime Quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) Quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) ... power got your books go read 'em Mysteries, ignorance, stupidity: I call freedom Quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) You read common knowledge every day. You're as common as that newspaper you throw away You get burned in the sun you get wet in the rain Won't you ever change Won't you ever Learn Quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) Yes sir Quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) Quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) Knock knock knockin' on mine Knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) Knock knock knockin' on mine Quit knocking on mine (knockin' on mine) Knock knock knockin' on mine Knock knock knockin' on mine FIRST GLIMMER Do you remember me long ago Used to wear my heart on my sleave I guess it still shows We watched the sun fall down and I hop on my bike; still that night You're my first glimmer of light You were my. You was my first Glimmer of light And the leaves were burning up in the street I guess they tore that bridge out Where we used to meet And no one can see there You're my first glimmer of light You were my. You was my first glimmer of light Wore my jacket and I wore your sweater Underneath the bridge was an indian summer Burnt? mascara, safety pins kickin' the dirt Took off your jacket took off my sweater And we made a wish things would never be better Train whistle blew my wish won't come. Oh no. You were the first glimmer of light You was my first glimmer of light You're my first glimmer of light You was my first, You was my first Wore my jacket and I wore your sweater Underneath the bridge was an indian summer Burnt? mascara, safety pins God did it hurt Took off my jacket took off your sweater And we made a wish things would never be better Train whistle blew my wish came true. You was my first glimmer of light You was my first glimmer of light You was my first glimmer of light You was my first glimmer of light Oh baby now Yes you were (3 times) Oh baby now Yes you were (3 times) Oh baby now Yes you were etc... WORLD CLASS FAD Well you look fantastic in your caster casket At least the thing still runs This 9 to 5 bullshit don't let you forget Suicide you're on. I'm the one you trust and the world owes you nothing You really really want it that bad You gotta come get it It shut off you're livid 'Round the corner give it some gas You want it that bad Be a world class fad Never leave a trail of crumbs You want it that bad You're a world class fad Remember where you started from don't be sad You're a world class fad You wax poetic about things pathetic As long as you look so cute Believe these hills are starting to roll Believe these stars are starting to shoot You want it that bad Be a world class fad Never leave a trail of crumbs You want it that bad You're a world class fad Remember where you started from don't be sad You're a world class fad And the pressures gonna build yeah Higher and higher Something's gotta move here Ain't Knocking on wood You're Foxin' the cove? Oh yeah. Don't be sad you're a world class fad Look fantastic in your caster casket At least the thing still flies. I believe this road is starting to wind And where we're going, starting to hide You want it that bad You're a world class fad Never leave a trail of crumb If want it that bad Be a world class fad Remember where you started from If you want it that bad A world class fad If you want it that bad You're a world class fad Don't be sad You're a world class fad Don't be sad You're a world class fad Don't be sad That you're a world class fad RUNAWAY WIND You don't blow like the breeze you were born to be You die down in the trees and try to hide Will you witness the dark All you need is a spark The cathedral of tortures light the night On your mark here I am I'm your spark Runaway wind Run run away wind You trade your telescope for a keyhole Make way for the gray that's in your brown Dreams made way for plans See ya watch life from the stands Come on I'll help you burn 'em to the ground On your mark here I am I'm your spark Runaway wind He sees ya like a river Deep and silent And he runs to you like A shallow noisy stream I see what you've become and try to hide it You need someone who sees What you were born to be Here I am You don't. blow like the breeze You were born to be You don't know what to do with your life As day return to dark Flame returns to spark Come on I feel I'm blowing out tonight I'm your spark here I am I'm your spark here I am I'm your spark here I am On your mark run away wind Watch you run Watch you run Watch you run DICE BEHIND YOUR SHADES Dice behind your shades Roll the dice behind your shades Everybody's trying to make you feel stupid And you know they're lyin' 'Cause their lips are moving Bet this one is twice your age Come on Roll the dice behind your shades Roll the dice behind your shades Safer way to be strange Roll the dice behind your shades The avant garde unlock the door You're takin' notes and nothing more A guy snaps your picture on roller blades Come on roll the dice behind your shades Roll the dice behind your shades Safest way to be strange Roll the dice behind your shades Take it to a higher place Where this world ain't in your face You and me causing the colors Take it to a higher plain Take me where the action laid Open windows Open shutters wooh yeah Bet this one is twice your age Ohhhh... The avante gardes unlock your cage And you're sick to death of the latest rage Afraid of love it always fades. Come on Roll the dice behind your shades (4 times) EVEN HERE Beautiful flowers your garden But the most beautiful by far The one growing wild in the garbage dump Even here even here we are Even here even here we are Song of the bird lived in the sky But the most beautiful by far Scream of the man who never learned to fly Even here even here we are Even here even here we are Sun shines bright its a beautiful sight But the most beautiful by far Is the blind girl alone with the angel of the night Even here even here we are Even here even here we are SILVER NAKED LADIES 1-2-3-4 Road maps and bra staps 8 tracks and mud flaps I don't give a damn Cause I'm a free old man Pulled it right up Shoot her the shadey All that I want Is silver naked lady I sink and I swim Down the road again I hook; I cook What you doing tonight Pulled it right up Pulled her nice caddie All that I want Is silver naked lady Lets please please please please Silver naked lady Road maps and bra staps 8 tracks and mud flaps Don't give a damn Cause I'm a free I'm a free I'm a free old man Pull her right here Put her nice caddie All that I want Is silver naked lady Silver naked lady (4 times) All right (10 times) A FEW MINUTES OF SILENCE Play me what I want to hear Don't make me have to come down there Fotgot how, thinkin' I don't wanna dance I wanna hear few minutes, few minutes, few minutes, of silence Few minutes few minutes few minutes of silence Its me I'm back for my request cut me some slack and give it a rest Sex and money and violence I wanna hear few minutes, few minutes, few minutes, of silence Few minutes few minutes few minutes of silence Silence Silence You know the reason I'm listening for One more note and I'm out that door Is it too much to ask for my request Silence Few minutes few minutes few minutes of silence Few just a few few minutes come on come on just give me some silence Few just a few few minutes all I ever wanna hear is silence Few just a few few minutes few minutes of SOMEONE I ONCE KNEW I was smoking a roundie Thank God you found me All by myself And then you bounced through the door like nobody else Hey you someone I once knew sit your butt down Hey you someone I once knew sit your butt down Watchin' my Japanese TV With my six string buddy I was barely tickin' And then you bounced through the door come alive and kickin' Hey you someone I once knew sit your butt down Hey you someone I once knew sit your butt down You got brains, all the way down You never changed I just never got past The ones you sit on Hey you someone I once knew sit your butt down You got brains all the way down You've never changed I just never got past Your little rock & roll ass Shot bolt upright When you mention the whole night I was on the mend when You let a smile crack and it all came back Hey you someone I once knew (2 times) Hey you someone I once knew sit your butt down (4 times) BLACK EYED SUSAN Two. Beads of sweat glimmer to the ground Golden tears shimmer soft and round Throwing small shadows I catch those that fall at my feet Well I've got Susan dancing in the breeze See your slight body relax Soon your young veins will collapse Still throwing small shadows Catch those that fall at my feet I've got Susan dancing in the breeze Well I've got Susan dancing in the breeze Painted you curb they know where to park Painted your face can find you in the dark Goodnight girl come on dance with me See the bright pearls sink in the sky of ebony Throwing small shadows I catch those that fall at my feet Well I've got Susan dancing in the breeze I've got Susan dancing in the breeze Throwing small shadows God knows you move with ease Throwing small shadows Catch those that fall at my feet I've got Susan dancing in the breeze I've got Susan dancing just for me Well I've got Susan dancing in the breeze Mmm just for me Mmm just for me Mmm THINGS Things I wanna tell you How you make me feel How you look to me And how good it feels Things I don't wanna tell you Every little thing's all right What I was before And where I was last night Always things All these things Always things Things I try to tell you but come out oh so wrong Seem to feel pretty good seem to last pretty long Things I don't wanna tell you Now there ain't no doubt you lit a fire in me can't seem to put out Always things All these things Things I long to tell you but I don't know how Things I don't wanna tell you but I have to now Pack my things Things I'm bound to tell you like that dress looks great on ya I could use some breathing room but I'm still in love with you Things I'd never tell you down the line someday You'll be a song I sing a thing I give away Pack my things today I packed my things today SOMETHING IS ME You've gotta get something off of your chest Well Something is me and let me guess Something always changes eventually Well something is me (something is me) Now something is me (something is me) Through the top of the porch through the top of the wall Something went wrong my name is Paul Something always happens eventually Well something is me (something is me) Something is me (something is me) Something something something something Something something something something Eventually Something is me (something is me) Woooh is me (something is me) Something something something something Something something something something Who's suicide are you on Take a left turn you hop on my lawn Something's got to grow eventually I know something is me (something is me) Something is me (something is me) Something something something something Something something something something Gotta take something to make you feel good Something ain't me but I wish it could Finally find something to believe Something is me (something is me) Something is me (something is me) Something is me (something is me) Something something something something Something something something something Something something something something Something something something something something something something something MANNEQUIN SHOP You look fine a little strange been working out? losing weight? You got that hunger and I can see You're looking younger than your supposed to be One little nit one little tuck ohhh your looking hip You never never stop Chop chop mannequin shop The mannequin shop You look bitching you look tart I'm a itchin to know what falls a part Are those yours? Are those mine? Are they paid for? Its a lie. One little nit one little tuck ohhh your looking hip You never never stop Chop chop mannequin shop The mannequin shop You're looking great You're losing face You're looking fine My little Frankenstein Mannequin shop Chop chop mannequin shop You've got the face that you chose. Honey can you spare a nose You're looking great You're losing face You look fine a little strange been working out? losing weight? Are those yours? Are those mine? Are they paid for? Its a lie. One little nit one little tuck ohhh your looking hip Good enough to Mannequin shop Chop chop mannequin shop You're looking great You're losing face My little Frankenstein Mannequin shop Chop chop Mannequin shop Mannequin shop Chop chop Mannequin shop Mannequin shop Chop chop Mannequin shop DOWN LOVE I'd love to turn you way way down I've got to turn you way way down If I could only find you're volume If I could only find you're volume knob You're always up to no damn good Up to my neck in hollywood I'd love to turn you way way on Only find your volume knob Keep it down down down love down Keep it down love I hear ya Keep it down love down down love Keep it down love I hear ya Oh yeah (etc..) Beat me on the top Keep it down love down down down Keep it down love I hear ya Keep it down love down down love Keep it down love I hear ya When its free if I right if I left Don't ask me Love is deaf Love is deaf Love is deaf If I could only find you're volume knob Love to turn turn you back down Keep it down love down down love Keep it down love I hear ya Keep it down love down down love Keep it down love I hear ya Keep it down love down down love Keep it down love I hear ya Keep it down love down down love Keep it down love I hear ya Keep it down love down down love Keep it down love I hear ya Keep it down love down down love Keep it down love I hear ya ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fin. --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- || Matthew Tomich || <<>> || || 1111 S. Mullanix #258 || ----> skyway@phoenix.creighton.edu <---- || || Kirksville, Missouri 63501 ||(administrative, contribution, all purpose)|| || (816)-785-5220 ||--==--==--==--==--==-*-==--==--==--==--==--|| || "You are not what you own." || ** Non-Skyway address: ** || || /\\/\\/\ - Fugazi /\\/\\/\\ || i261%nemomus@academic.nemostate.edu || --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- "What the fuck is 'Driver 8'? A golf club?" -- Jim Connelly