tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20443115207766610.post870911750827543515..comments2024-03-03T23:39:06.689-06:00Comments on Rockaliser Baby: Quality Decline RecordsAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389566303984348920noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20443115207766610.post-23827672677690015322012-01-08T19:06:48.835-06:002012-01-08T19:06:48.835-06:00Yeah, I recall you once listing "Pleased"...Yeah, I recall you once listing "Pleased" as one of your Top 10. (On, umm, a previous blogging platform)<br /><br />It's never stood up as well for me. I like "Don't Tell A Soul" more than most, but it's still the worst Mats album.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17389566303984348920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20443115207766610.post-86162170759441929332012-01-06T07:16:57.741-06:002012-01-06T07:16:57.741-06:00Disagree about Pleased To Meet Me not being up to ...Disagree about Pleased To Meet Me not being up to Tim/Let It Be standard--then again Don't Tell a Soul is a favorite of mine as well. "Valentine" is great alsoNathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390942478204415875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20443115207766610.post-80739169753429950312011-10-21T00:58:38.714-05:002011-10-21T00:58:38.714-05:00Hmm...it's a good song, but after three listen...Hmm...it's a good song, but after three listens today I still can't see why anyone would rank it so high. I love Dave Bry though, he is basically my model of masculinity.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17389566303984348920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20443115207766610.post-11022033132921895722011-10-20T16:07:32.353-05:002011-10-20T16:07:32.353-05:00http://www.theawl.com/2011/07/the-replacements-198...http://www.theawl.com/2011/07/the-replacements-1984-1987-in-order<br /><br />A lot of this Awl list I don't agree with, but it at least made me listen to "Valentine" with new ears. Rewards repeat listens.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04420863199082217649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20443115207766610.post-19289183922780313202011-10-20T15:25:39.040-05:002011-10-20T15:25:39.040-05:00Shortly after writing this post (finished a while ...Shortly after writing this post (finished a while before it went up, thanks to this borderline unworkable blogging platform), I stumbled across this:<br />http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-fivealbums-test,59098/<br /><br />which strikes me as similar in some respects to this post.<br /><br />Anyways, I'm basically in agreement about "Pleased To Meet Me" being good but not in the league of the albums it follows. I'm not sure the decline is protracted enough for it be a model QDR, especially if you, like me, think "All Shook Down" is pretty good. In the context of Westerberg's entire career it fits into the rubric pretty comfortably, though.<br /><br />I think we have different favorite songs from PMM. I like "Nightclub Jitters" a lot, as well as "Skyway" and "Chilton," but prefer the Tim version of "Can't Hardly Wait" and wouldn't call "Valentine" a favorite.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17389566303984348920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20443115207766610.post-48890896862739043362011-10-20T13:44:28.660-05:002011-10-20T13:44:28.660-05:00http://www.avclub.com/articles/noel-gallaghers-rev...http://www.avclub.com/articles/noel-gallaghers-reversechronology-comparison-stand,63527/<br /><br />Your post reminds me of the ‘reverse standard’ described in this AV Club post and the Klosterman article to which it links. The QDR makes for an interesting entry in the artist-career timeline that the ‘reverse standard’ lets us conceive. <br /><br />I’d agree that Physical Graffiti is a QDR record, even if it has a few of Zeppelin’s best tracks. Maybe more controversial: The Replacement’s Pleased to Meet Me. (With Don’t Tell a Soul being the lowest point to which the band descended. Like Phys Graffiti, PMM has some of the best ‘Mats songs (Valentine, Can’t Hardly Wait), as well as some lousy or just forgettable ones (Nightclub Jitters, Red Red Wine, etc).Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04420863199082217649noreply@blogger.com