Paul Westerberg, interviewed by Peter Wolf (REUPLOAD)

This is a re-upload of an interview with former Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg interviewed by fellow musician Peter Wolf in January of 2016. Most of the questions regard his then-new collaborative album 'Wild Stab' with Juliana Hatfield under the name 'The I Don't Cares' which, by the way, is a fantastic album and went severely overlooked. This video is notable in the fact that it's Westerberg's last public interview before going on an unannounced hiatus that he is currently still in. It was deleted off it's original channel but was thankfully salvaged from Westerberg's fan forum 'Man Without Ties' which you can find here - paulwesterberg...
3:25 : How did the collaboration come about?
8:37 : Bringing Sammy Davis Jr. alive
12:54 : Dissecting I Don’t Cares songs, and writing for Juliana Hatfield
16:35 : Let the music do the talking
19:22 : “There’s a certain mystery that sits with this [LP]”
23:27 : Songs from Paul Westerberg’s basement
28:00 : How old Replacements demos became I Don’t Cares songs
31:38 : Westerberg’s first record bought, first concert attended
35:45 : Westerberg’s first guitars, and when music started paying the rent
40:03 : Coming off the Replacements’ reunion tour
43:43 : Hey Peter, what about Magic Dick?
47:10 : Singers in the band are the craziest
50:26 : Let’s get a refill
51:00 : “We teased ourselves… we’re not making a record”
53:35 : Life after the Replacements reunion
56:30 : Where is Juliana?
59:56 : Taking the I Don’t Cares on the road

[@willdenham]

Paul listlessly says 'disconnected but not disenchanted' when Peter is talking about musicians caring. I heard him say, when asked about sharing an elevator with Cobaine 'I was dying to get out of there and he was dying to die'. The man speaks in lyrics.

[@void0094]

True. Great lyricist.

[@owenwilberforce6138]

Glad this is up again. Westerberg is a great interview when the questions aren’t looking into same old topics. He is always fighting boredom it seems and Peter is enough of a legend himself to keep it really interesting. Thanks for posting this.

[@aaronbrizendine2943]

......🎉s. 😊l

[@gibsondrummer]

I played shows with the replacements in the 80’s paul is a nice guy as were the rest of the guys and of course awesome road man billy sullivan

[@morgandevries15]

Holy shit no way

[@geraldhugley3618]

I read Bill Sullivans book - Lemon Jail.

[@willdenham]

2 of the most beautifully underrated rock singers in the same room.

[@aladdinsane7882]

You know it. Very well said.👍

[@jeffkaufman9875]

Paul’s lyrics and songwriting chops are enviable; amidst the barnburning rockers, he came to perfect the ragged, sweet gutter poet ballad like few others before or since…

[@gustavmarie]

Paul should do a podcast...seriously.. I could listen to this type of conversation forever...

[@gibsondrummer]

Paul not getting interviewed but having a conversation about commonality by a guy who knows what he’s talking about rather than a dime a dozen phony mtv rock “writer” is a breath of fresh air , you get to feel what paul means because he’s not just answering ubiquitous rote questions from the same old script

[@DrawtheCurtains]

Man, Westerberg is such a great interview. He talks more like an author or a playwrite than a musician.

[@OhanaFilms]

Was this shot during an FBI sting?

[@KClouisville]

Lol! I half expected Marion Barry to wander across the camera saying "Bitch set me up....I shouldn't have come here...".

[@Riffmaster227]

😂😂😂

[@bs6938]

Classic thought...ha

[@ustheserfs]

Paul only says the words that have to be said, it's an economy of language. You get the sweet with the unsavory in about the sparest most potent way. Love ya Paul.

[@user-lp3ii8ku1i]

Let him smoke and drink. He is just that kind of guy

[@decencywarrior9598]

Paul looks a bit uncomfortable , but not as uncomfortable as when blazing drunk 6'4" 280 lb me ran into him in a stairwell at The Chance in Po' town and demanded that he and the rest of the band change their accommodation plans for that evening , and stay at my house. His horrified look gave me the impression -I didnt color him impressed.

[@scottannett3466]

Thanks for this re ipload!!!

[@surfsup5757]

I Don't Cares is a great record. Westerberg 's gruff pairs well with Julieann's honeysuckle tone.

[@JohnKenneymusic]

Two of the best !!!😀

[@Adulteducation8]

Two of the greatest. I can listen to them all day.

[@gregtthomas]

Paul's liver is like, "Here we go again."

[@kathiemahoney4261]

Right? I think that’s why they broke up again. Paul was hittin the bottle again. And smokin squares!

[@peterjonas4971]

Is that booze Paul's drinking? As a huge fan and an alcoholic in recovery, myself, I wish you peace, Paul!

[@bookwormsurfer]

needed this!

[@refrigeratornoise3046]

Why do these videos keep getting deleted from KZbin? Better than what’s out there now a days 🤐

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Thanks for this great interview.

[@thealleys]

Peter Wolf is like Paul's older brother and Dan Zane is their cousin.

[@willdenham]

I had many of these late night kinds of boozy discussions centered around how the Stones used to do it. Feel right at home.

[@peterlorrequartet6559]

Thanks for this....

[@felipec.santos4370]

Peter Wolf looks like John Cooper Clarke.

[@mdtys]

love

[@wallymarx9646]

75% Wolf, 25% Paul

[@billcarsonalias]

50:28: we should trade spots and talk about monkey island .. lol

[@charold3]

Paul would probably tell me to go fuck myself, but I hate to see him, about my age, still smoking. He is still needed for awhile in the universe. (But maybe he quit! 😊)

[@markronan4230]

Is paul drinking again?

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

Is? This was recorded 6 years ago, and receding. I'd like to know what's he up to musically nowadays.

[@skrtskrt1266]

@@Anthony-hu3rj As long as he's got fingers you know damn well his plucking that guitar or dabbling on the piano.

[@Westernerd1]

Re drinkin...progress, not perfection, its a personal thing. He's doin good.

[@amatingmind7258]

Paul's drunk again. Knock knock knockin' em back...

[@babyirene3188]

PW is no question the greatest songwriter of his generation. Elvis Costello wishes he had his talent. But, sadly, the record they're talking about is just painful. The songs, for the most part, are weak. And the two of them have zero chemistry. Their voices together basically just suck . Jarringly horrible.

[@shinybeast8946]

It's a really fun record, wtf are you talking about? Classic Westerberg.

[@ArmchairRamb0]

Holy cow, is Wolf the worst interviewer of all time? He can NOT shut up and listen. Every answer from Westerberg comes back to Wolf. The worst. This could have been half as long.

[@stacyblue1980]

He always irks me. Gets on my fkn nerves .

[@geraldfrieberg7921]

Wow...OK...so too very drunk and stoned people talking a bunch of bee ess. What else is new ?

[@highwaymaintainer]

Just spotified “the I don’t cares”…….not good

[@postgotham]

Hard disagree. Sounds like fully worked out versions of Paul's basement demos which are personally right up mine and many other Mats fans' alleys. Not sure if I'm a fan of the spontaneity Spotify gives to people to decide if they like a certain type of music or not. It doesn't encourage the listener to take in everything the music has to offer on a wider scale since everything they already like is listenable within seconds at the press of a button.

[@RevenantEternal]

Correct it's not good, it's great.

[@shinybeast8946]

They don't care what you think. Hence the name.

[@no59do56]

👍👍👍👍