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Hold My Life by The Replacements

Artist Biography For The Replacements

The Replacements Were An Alternative Rock Group That Formed In Minneapolis Minnesota In 1979. The Band Originally Started Off As A Hardcore Punk Outfit But Began To Incorporate Folk And Power Pop Influences In Their Sound. They Become One Of The Leaders Of The Early Alt-Folk Set And One Of The Flagship Bands Of The American Post-Punk Scene In The 80s Being A Major Influence On 90s Indie Rock As Well. The Band's Best Known Lineup Consisted Of Paul Westerberg Vocals Guitar Bob Stinson Guitar Tommy Stinson Bass And Chris Mars Drums . They Were Infamous For Their Abrasive Hard Drinking Lifestyles And Their Ragged Stage Performances Notorious For Coming To Some Shows Too Drunk To Play Very Well At All. Sometimes They Just Performed Entire Sets Of Covers Their Picks Showing Their Debt To 70s Hard Rock Outfits. The Sound Of This Band Showed Off What Their Many Fans Saw As The Very Best Of Independent Rock N' Roll. More Than Possibly Any Other Band Since The Rolling Stones And The The Ramones The Replacements Embodied The Spirit Of Rock From Their Raucous Performances Drug Addictions Charismatic And Romantic Frontman And Wild Sometimes Basic And Sometimes Powerfully Confessional Songs. At Any Given Time Almost Any List Of 'The Best Rock Albums Of All Time' Will Include Either The Album 'Let It Be' Or 'Tim' Sometimes Both. Their Sound Started Off As A Classic Rock Influenced Shade Of Punk Mutating To A Melodic Hardcore Sound Reminiscent Of Local Buddies Hüsker Dü. They Also Progressed Into A Relatively Straightforward But Heartfelt Rock Style With A Number Of Highly Soulful Ballads From The Heart Of Westerberg To Round Out The Mix. The Band Broke Up In 1991. Bob Stinson Who Was Fired From The Band In 1986 And Was Subsequently Replaced By Slim Dunlap Died In 1995. Westerberg And Mars Both Have Solo Careers And Tommy Stinson Formed Several Bands Like Perfect And Bash And Pop And Now Plays Bass For Guns And Roses And Soul Asylum. In 2012 Paul Westerberg And Tommy Stinson Reformed The Replacements And Recorded An EP "Songs For Slim" As A Benefit For Former Member Slim Dunlap Who Had Suffered A Stroke. The Band Played Their First Show Since 1991 On August 24 2013 At RiotFest In Toronto And Has Since Played At Several Festivals Since. The Band Also Currently Includes Josh Freese On Drums And Dave Minehan On Guitar. The Band Played Its Final Show In June 2015.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Hold My Life

The Lyrics For "Hold My Life" Read Like Postmodern Poetry They Don't Make Much Rational Sense At Least On The Surface Yet They Create A Definite Ambiance Of Alienation And Despair. The One Place Where Their Meaning Comes Through Loud And Clear Is In The Chorus “Hold My Life
Because I Just Might Lose It
Because I Just Might Lose It
Because I Just Might Lose It” The Refrain "Razzle Dazzle Drazzle Drone" Is A Modification Of A Phrase From The Cartoon Tooter Turtle. Replacements Frontman Paul Westerberg May Have Had A Poetic Meaning To His Allusion. Tooter Turtle Ran From 1960 To 1961 And Involved A Cartoon Turtle That Would Have A Wizard Transport Him Back In Time Or Into Another Location So He Could Adopt A New Identity In Every Episode. Each Time Tooter Would Encounter Some Inescapable Disaster And Be Forced To Ask The Wizard To Save Him. The Wizard Would Say "Treezle Trazle Trozle Trome Time For This One To Come Home." And Then "Be Just What You Is Not What You Is Not. Folks What Do This Has The Happiest Lot." Judging By The Song's Sense Of Personal Alienation And The Early Line "If I Want A Good Dye Oh My Hair" The Tooter Turtle Line May Be A Comment On The Reality Of Human Identity As Well As A Key Into The Otherwise Opaque Lyrics. Ultimately We Can Only Be Ourselves. The Song Has Been Quoted Several Times On The Comedic Science-Fiction Film Review Show Mystery Science Theater 3000. Before Moving Onto A National Platform With Comedy Central In 1989 Mystery Science Theater 3000 Broadcast From KTMA-TV In The Replacements' Hometown Of Minneapolis Minnesota. "Hold My Life" Is The Opening Track On Tim The Replacements' Fourth Studio Album And Second To Feature The Raw-Yet-Harmonious Melodies That Are Now Considered Trademarks Of The Band. Only Two Years Earlier With Hootenanny They'd Been Making Music With Very Limited Appeal To Anyone Other Than Angst-Ridden Suburban Males. With Let It Be In 1984 Westerberg Started Exerting More Creative Control And More Serious Songwriting. By The Time Of Tim 1985 The Band Had Hit Their Stride.

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