Take Me Down To The Hospital - Music
Take Me Down To The Hospital by The Replacements
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: Take Me Down to the Hospital
The-Replacements - Hootenanny
"Take Me Down To The Hospital" Recounts The Night The Replacements' Frontman Paul Westerberg Spent In An Emergency Room After Taking Pharmaceutical-Grade Amphetamine. It Also Explains Why The Replacements' Dressing Rooms Smelled Like Ben-Gay From 1983 Onwards. The Incident Happened After The Band Played A Show At The St. Croix Boom Company A Refurbished Historic Site In Stillwater Minnesota Where Many Local Acts Performed And Recorded. In A Scene Detailed In Trouble Boys The True Story Of The Replacements The Band Were Driving Home When Westerberg Began Writhing Around And Hyperventilating In The Backseat. His Bandmates Thought Westerberg Was Going To Die But He Eased The Tension A Bit By Croaking "If I Die... Don't Let Bob Sing " Referring To Bassist Bob Stinson. But Concerns Were Still Grave. After Initially Trying To Walk Westerberg Into The Wrong Building His Bandmates Got Him To Hennepin County General's Emergency Room. The Doctor Leveled Westerberg Out With A Sedative And Diagnosed Him With Pleurisy An Inflammation Of The Membrane Around The Lungs. While The Drugs Definitely Played Their Part The Doctor And Westerberg Determined That A Trigger For The Event Was The Strain Of His Singing Style. The Doctor Advised Westerberg To Put Ben-Gay On His Chest Before Performing To Prevent The Problem From Recurring. Westerberg Followed That Advice Leading To The Replacements' Leaving A Ben-Gay Aroma In Dressing Rooms Forever Afterward. "Take Me Down To The Hospital" Appears On The Replacements' Second Studio Album Hootenanny The Album Immediately Preceding The Band's Classic Let It Be And Their Peak In Sales And Popularity. Hootenanny Was The End Of The Band's Beginning The Farewell To Their Wild Irreverent Start. After This Westerberg's Songwriting Became More Mature Focused And Serious. Whether Or Not The "Take Me Down To The Hospital" Brush With Death Played Any Part In Westerberg Wanting To Get More Serious About His Career And His Legacy We Cannot Know But It's An Intriguing Possibility.
50 Similar Tracks:
The Replacements - Willpower The Replacements - Hootenanny Mission Of Burma - That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate Hüsker Dü - Flip Your Wig Hüsker Dü - Terms Of Psychic Warfare Minutemen - My Heart And The Real World Mission Of Burma - Trem Two FIREHOSE - It Matters The Cure - Jumping Someone Else's Train - Single Version The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms Wipers - Youth Of America FIREHOSE - Perfect Pairs The Cure - Grinding Halt - 2005 Remaster Minutemen - The Politics Of Time The Birthday Party - The Friend Catcher The Feelies - Raised Eyebrows Wipers - Taking Too Long The Fall - Powderkex The Birthday Party - Hats On Wrong The Fall - Hit The North - Part 1 R.E.M. - Carnival Of Sorts Boxcars Joy Division - Dead Souls - 2010 Remaster Joy Division - Komakino - 2010 Remaster The Clash - The Right Profile - Remastered Gang Of Four - To Hell With Poverty Wire - Reuters - 2006 Remastered Version Public Image Ltd. - FFF The Gun Club - Sex Beat - Remastered 2020 Devo - Smart Patrol The Chameleons - On The Beach Devo - Smart Patrol / Mr. DNA The Mekons - Born To Choose Gang Of Four - Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time The Chameleons - Miracles And Wonders Echo & The Bunnymen - Heads Will Roll The Gun Club - She’s Like Heroin To Me - Remastered 2020 Pere Ubu - Final Solution Pylon - K - Remastered Wire - Start To Move - 2006 Remastered Version Tom Verlaine - Travelling Pylon - Yo-Yo - Remastered Echo & The Bunnymen - Over The Wall Paul Westerberg - Trumpet Clip The Church - Realm Of Minor Angels The Smiths - Work Is A Four-Letter Word - 2011 Remaster The Psychedelic Furs - All That Money Wants Tom Verlaine - Swim Public Image Ltd. - Swan Lake Talking Heads - Thank You For Sending Me An Angel - 2005 Remaster The Jesus And Mary Chain - Something's Wrong
POPULAR
TRACKS
MIXES
ALBUMS
Video 1 : 50
Music Tags for The Replacements:
Biography - 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.
read less
read more
16 Similar Artists To The Replacements - Frogtoon Music
Paul Westerberg Hüsker Dü Mission Of Burma Minutemen Sugar Superchunk The Hold Steady Wipers Pavement The Feelies R.E.M. Bob Mould The Lemonheads Wire Jawbreaker.
"Take Me Down To The Hospital" recounts the night The Replacements' frontman Paul Westerberg spent in an emergency room after taking pharmaceutical-grade amphetamine. It also explains why The Replacements' dressing rooms smelled like Ben-Gay from 1983 onwards.
The incident happened after the band played a show at the St. Croix Boom Company, a refurbished historic site in Stillwater, Minnesota, where many local acts performed and recorded. In a scene detailed in Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements, the band were driving home when Westerberg began writhing around and hyperventilating in the backseat. His bandmates thought Westerberg was going to die, but he eased the tension a bit by croaking, "If I die... don't let Bob sing," referring to bassist Bob Stinson. But concerns were still grave.
After initially trying to walk Westerberg into the wrong building, his bandmates got him to Hennepin County General's emergency room. The doctor leveled Westerberg out with a sedative and diagnosed him with pleurisy, an inflammation of the membrane around the lungs. While the drugs definitely played their part, the doctor and Westerberg determined that a trigger for the event was the strain of his singing style.
The doctor advised Westerberg to put Ben-Gay on his chest before performing to prevent the problem from recurring. Westerberg followed that advice, leading to The Replacements' leaving a Ben-Gay aroma in dressing rooms forever afterward.
"Take Me Down To The Hospital" appears on The Replacements' second studio album, Hootenanny, the album immediately preceding the band's classic Let It Be and their peak in sales and popularity. Hootenanny was the end of the band's beginning, the farewell to their wild, irreverent start. After this, Westerberg's songwriting became more mature, focused, and serious. Whether or not the "Take Me Down To The Hospital" brush with death played any part in Westerberg wanting to get more serious about his career and his legacy, we cannot know, but it's an intriguing possibility. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.