https://paulwesterberg.net/2007/10/01/ryan-adams-and-minneapolis-mojo-a-theory-for-you-to-disregard/ Best Thing That Never Happened Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:14:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://paulwesterberg.net/2007/10/01/ryan-adams-and-minneapolis-mojo-a-theory-for-you-to-disregard/comment-page-1/#comment-439 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:14:05 +0000 http://paulwesterberg.net/wordpress/2007/10/01/ryan-adams-and-minneapolis-mojo-a-theory-for-you-to-disregard/#comment-439 Dont care compare unpredictable early drunken Mats shows to drunken Ryan or Whiskeytown shows. The mats at their worst were a fun loving crew of beer swilling fools. They were lovable at their worst and never hd a mean streak towards the crowd the way Ryan does at times. Ryans drunken sloppy shows were tantrums. I saw him leave a concert with Whiskeytown when someone requested Chicamauga lol. Lighten up. The difference- the Replacements would have actually tried to play the song.
Ryan hasnt put out a solid album since heartbreaker. It kills me cuz his demoes are freaking AMAZING. Memories, Hey there mrs lovely (which he managed to ruin on his last album), and basically all the songs he wrote for Destroyer with Gillian. 48 hours and suicide handbook are incredible. Not sure why he tosses asdide his best work. I hear hes gonna release them all this winter. Lets hope so.
Hes no Westy, but he hasnt been doing it as long, so until then, lets enjoy the train wreck lol.

]]> https://paulwesterberg.net/2007/10/01/ryan-adams-and-minneapolis-mojo-a-theory-for-you-to-disregard/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:29:47 +0000 http://paulwesterberg.net/wordpress/2007/10/01/ryan-adams-and-minneapolis-mojo-a-theory-for-you-to-disregard/#comment-425 I think Ryan just drinks too much and is indisciplined. But he is a great songwriter and performer. I just wish I could see Paul perform as often as I’ve seen Ryan. And I think he is too arrogant to let a Minneapolis vibe affect him.

]]> https://paulwesterberg.net/2007/10/01/ryan-adams-and-minneapolis-mojo-a-theory-for-you-to-disregard/comment-page-1/#comment-423 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:13:00 +0000 http://paulwesterberg.net/wordpress/2007/10/01/ryan-adams-and-minneapolis-mojo-a-theory-for-you-to-disregard/#comment-423 Twenty years(or so) ago, there was a band called The Replacements. When you bought a ticket to their show, you never knew what you were gonna get- the greatest show on earth, or a sloppy set of half-finished cover songs by a band too drunk or drugged to perform, or even care.
Sound familiar?

]]> https://paulwesterberg.net/2007/10/01/ryan-adams-and-minneapolis-mojo-a-theory-for-you-to-disregard/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:41:22 +0000 http://paulwesterberg.net/wordpress/2007/10/01/ryan-adams-and-minneapolis-mojo-a-theory-for-you-to-disregard/#comment-421 Ryan is a legitimately talented artist, albeit an incredibly touchy one who should lighten up on occasion.

]]> https://paulwesterberg.net/2007/10/01/ryan-adams-and-minneapolis-mojo-a-theory-for-you-to-disregard/comment-page-1/#comment-418 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:43:54 +0000 http://paulwesterberg.net/wordpress/2007/10/01/ryan-adams-and-minneapolis-mojo-a-theory-for-you-to-disregard/#comment-418 I think Ryan just got his lil’ feelings hurt a few years back when Paul made his crack. All of Ryan’s best songs are paul rip-offs(Monday Night, Avenues, ther resters of Strangers…) I think it just bummed him out that his number one influence took a little crack at him. Problem is, Ryan doesn’t have the library to back it up like paul does. I thought he was gonna turn into a pretty special musician, but his stuff just gets more and more derivative each week he puts out a new album. Hehehe. He shoulda stuck with Whiskeytown.

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