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I Will Dare 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: I Will Dare

U2's "I Will Follow" Irritated Replacements Frontman Paul Westerberg So Badly That He Wrote Two Songs About It. The First Was "Kids Don't Follow " The Second Was "I Will Dare." Westerberg Saw U2 Perform At Uncle Sam's Nightclub In Minneapolis In April 1981 On The Backend Of U2's First International Tour. Named The Boy Tour In Promotion Of The Band's First Studio Album It Started September 6 1980 And Ended June 9 1981. U2 Played "I Will Follow" Twice The Night Westerberg Saw Them. He Appreciated The Sound But Took Umbrage With Lyrics He Interpreted As A Statement About Youth In General. This Was A Misinterpretation On His Part Because Bono Wrote "I Will Follow" For His Deceased Mother But Songfacts Didn't Exist In 1981 So There Was No Way For Him To Know That. Westerberg Immediately Wrote "Kids Don't Follow" In Response To The Show. The Song Leads Off Stink The 1982 EP They Made Following Their Debut Album Sorry Ma Forgot To Take Out The Trash. He Wrote "I Will Dare" A Couple Years Later In 1983 As The Replacements' Second Studio Album Hootenanny Was Being Mastered. He Felt It Was The Best Song He Ever Wrote And Wanted To Get It On The Album But It Was Too Late In The Process So It Ended Up On Their Next One Let It Be. "I Will Dare" Has A Few Layers Of Meaning. In Addition To Sniping At Bono It's A Statement About The Replacements Themselves. In Trouble Boys The True Story Of The Replacements Westerberg Says "Part Of It Has To Do With The Band We'll Dare To Flop We'll Dare To Do Anything." It Was Also "a Kind Of Love Song " According To Westerberg. An Unnamed Confidant In Trouble Boys Says They Believe That Westerberg Might Have Been Messing Around With Some Ladies That He Shouldn't Have At The Time. The Timing Worked Out Well Because "I Will Dare" Wound Up Being The Opening Track On Let It Be The Band's 1984 Breakthrough Album.
The Words "I Will Follow" Are Contained Entirely Between The Titles Of The Two Response Songs "I Will Dare" And "Kids Don't Follow " Though Westerberg Never Claimed To Have Intended This. Westerberg Plays Mandolin On This Song.
The Replacements 2017 Album For Sale Live At Maxwell's 1986 Includes A Performance Of "I Will Dare." Peter Buck Of R.E.M. Hung Out With The Band During Recording Of Let It Be. They Spent Much Of The Time Getting Drunk Together But Buck Also Helped Out With The Record. The Band Used Buck's 12-String Electric Rickenbacker On The Song. Bob Stinson Came Up With The Riff That Was Played But He Struggled To Get Out The Solo So Buck Did It. Buck Based The Feel Of His Performance On Zal Yanovsky Of The Loving' Spoonful. While Buck's Contributions To This Song Didn't Raise Any Obvious Resistance From Stinson The General Direction Of Let It Be Did. Westerberg's Songwriting Was Tending Towards More Melodic Accessible Songs With No Room For Stinson's Characteristic Thrashing Solos. Stinson's Resistance To The Band's Evolution Was Quiet For Now But A Rift Had Been Opened. Two Years Later Following The Release Of Their Next Album Tim 1985 He Left The Band For Good. The Replacements Released "I Will Dare" Before The Rest Of Let It Be. The Song Was Wildly Popular On College Radio Stations Across The Country And Got Some Play On Big-City Commercial Stations. It Wasn't Enough To Crack Any Charts But Indie Music Getting Mainstream Play Was Rare In Those Days. Part Of The Song's Success Was Due To Its Promotion. The Replacements' Label Twin/Tone Was In A Significant Upward Transition. Using Money Earned After Their Act The Suburbs Took Off Earlier That Year They Moved Out Of Cofounder Paul Starks' Basement And Into A Set Of Offices In South Minneapolis. They Were Able To Bring In New Staff And To Devote More Time To The Business Which Led To A Proper Promotional Buildup For The Single And Its Attendant Album. It Was A New Thing For The Replacements. "I Will Dare" Remains A Favorite For Replacements Fans. Many Consider It Their Signature Song. It's Highly Acclaimed Among Music Journalists As Well The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Included This Song On Their 500 Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll List.

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