The Replacements - "Kiss Me On The Bus" | OGWT | 1986-02-04

[@richardjudethompson6364]

I’ve just discovered The Replacements, I’ve waited a long time for the next band to fall in love with, and I’m very grateful they’ve entered my realm.

[@jacobvarsanyi9779]

They are the most underrated band ever. Enjoy going through all their work. I wish I could hear it all again for the first time

[@erscott13]

I discovered them in the 'teens. Then I found the band Phoenix. Then Generationals. Suggestions you might like.

[@PrincessHarlotte]

Omg! I grew up with them... Welcome to the real thing. Now research the Fastbacks , Young Fresh Fellows and the Squirrels ❤

[@cmdennison]

They have been my favorite band for 35 years... nothing has been so smart, musical, broken, punk and honest ever.

[@oppothumbs1]

@@cmdennison Mine too.

[@binxboi7156]

Paul’s smile when Bob starts popping off that solo. When the Mats were on, no one was better.

[@gregoryschilling5899]

Bob's playing is the highlight of this performance.

[@sirron777]

Gregory Schilling yes, Bob could add a little flash to those lackluster performances.

[@btm380]

"Bob, play the medium speed one"

[@JayyVee41]

That little solo from Bob was freakin magic

[@xxHouseInMotionxx]

he's locked in

[@PatheticHero]

@Noble Failures Yup, in the film "Color Me Obsessed" Tommy Ramone does say that he played the solo on KMOTB. But damnit, Bob's solo here is a work of brilliant spontaneity.

[@richardrouth4790]

Bob’s guitar playing here is just beautiful. The whole band is in great form and I wish there was more footage of them from this era.

[@PatheticHero]

It is a two beer performance, beyond three and it would be a disaster.

[@simohovari6560]

that fucking solo man. short and sweet.

[@rdrrr]

@@PatheticHero I heard Bob needed three or four beers to get good and loose in the studio. Two beers, too stiff to unleash the beast. Five beers, two wasted to hit the right notes. Three or four was the sweet spot.

[@JimmySlattery]

Tommy E said he was great after two beers and uselss after four @@rdrrr

[@rdrrr]

@@JimmySlattery Yeah I guess Tommy would know best! Whatever ya think about Tim's mix, props to Tommy Erdelyi for babysitting the 'Mats through the recording process. That was a hell of a feat!

[@jonahwatts7944]

The Greatest band of all time and yet the most underrated band in the history of music period.

[@oppothumbs1]

Tell me about it. My favorite band too. Their record Let it BE is so much better than the Beatles song or was that an album? ironic huh? Who knows but this band was great from Let it Be to Please to Meet me. And Paul's solo 14 songs is great too even if he removed some gap and goop that he didn't like from Bob Stinson, but Paul was sort of crazy to think that.

[@bedswerver69]

I treasure buried in our own backyard

[@jimeagle5800]

You people are highly delusional

[@lauried.7714]

So underrated. Ahead of their time but we know better:-) kiss me on the bus

[@FerenswayRecords]

Amen to that

[@KomackinoA]

Paul's voice between 84-87 was unbelievable.

[@2kewl4skewlz]

HA! I love the zoom in on the lips to confirm he says, "on the bus.." and he later manages to sing, "butt".

[@PapiMahoney]

Like a three tire car in reverse, headed for a guardrail above a garbage dump. Bob's solo, wow. What a great version of one of the best songs ever written.

[@oppothumbs1]

Lyrics Ink: well well well Cost be 4 let me crawl If I want I Could Dye My Hair Time for decisions to be made Crack up in the sun Dye it in the Shade Razzle dazzle razzle droll Time for this one to come home Razzle dazzle razzle dye Time for this one to come alive And hold my hair in place

[@RatKing1991]

I wish there was more live footage of the Replacements from around this time.

[@PatheticHero]

okay, how about from the 7th Street Entry 1981: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enmldmqllLyKqas

[@cftvdata]

They were actually remarkably well-recorded on audiotape, considering their fairly low profile over those first few years. I think there are close to 100 different live recordings from '80-'86 that have floated around in trader circles. Definitely a shame that more video hasn't surfaced, though.

[@kelseymariel2127]

There is still nothing like this today. Thank God for the Replacements.

[@barokfin]

Remembering Bob... made those guitar licks look so effortless. A legend among legends.

[@Cap683]

I know the Bob Stinson has a history of being a train wreck but when is on, his guitar playing is up there with the best. I believe that Westerburg actually did a lot of the guitar parts in the studio because Bob was MIA during the recording.

[@rdrrr]

@@Cap683 Bob pretty much only played the guitar solos on Tim. If I remember right he showed up at the studio one day for a couple hours, banged out a bunch of solos and went right back to his day job as a line cook. Love the new mix of "Little Mascara" 'cause you get to hear another crazy Bob solo at the end.

[@flyingburritobro68]

Always out of tune and sloppy. If you like that he’s your guy. Slim Dunlap was a Much better player.

[@CC-xu2yz]

@@flyingburritobro68 Not even close really.

[@thebaron8169]

Went to REM and Replacements at state theater in Detroit. Saw Cheap trick earlier in the day got drunk fell asleep in the 6th row.missed the entire concert. .

[@cc65000]

Friend of mine went to Pixies show in the 80s, so drunk he passed out and missed the whole show. I'm like...

[@NYDoll9]

I miss Bobby's hands so much. Thank you for putting this up. Bobby is The Replacements; they'd never exist without him.

[@bodoono]

You are so right!

[@cftvdata]

Bob **was** the band. It couldn't have existed without Paul's songs, but it was Bob that gave the Replacements their soul.

[@CC-xu2yz]

I would say you're in the minority here.

[@machbaby]

Wow- actually sober. Paul in an interview once said he never cared for Bob's guitar sound. I think he's nuts. Bob's unconventional style really gave the Mats their signature sound. Things went down hill quickly once Bob was sacked.

[@mauricegoldner44]

+Eric M when Bob was in the band, it seemed more like a band. After he was fired it was more of a Paul Westerberg solo band. As a guitar player myself I think Bob was great and original sounding

[@lewiscole9135]

well, when bob left, they had two amazing albums, and two less than amazing albums. bob's guitar brought a lot to their early stuff but he also kept them from becoming a more refined act. Also, if you have read any of the newer interviews or books by paul, you'll know that he greatly respected bob's influence on the band in the first few albums but by tim bob just became a drunken bum who wouldn't even show up for their concerts sometimes. his ejection was sadly inevitable.

[@machbaby]

+Lewis Cole I don't doubt why Bob was fired- he was out of control, to put it mildly. Please to Meet Me was a great album, and I suspect most of the songs written at time was with Bob still in the band. Bob played on a demo for "Can't Hardly wait"- superior in many ways to the studio cut. Don't Tell a Soul- well, even Tommy was quoted as saying to Paul, "Where's the rockers?" All Shook Down, which I did like, had the the sound of a band dying a slow, painful death. But lets face it, it was Westerberg's first "solo" album. Most of the musicians were session players. Westerberg is a fantastic song writer, but Bob was the perfect foil. And Westerberg needed him more than he would ever care to admit.

[@jdmo]

I always thought there was a kind of Syd Barrett thing happening there, not that Bob was losing his mind, but maybe Bob couldn't hold his liquor and, well, they were all losing it. They didn't have to do what they did, not by any stretch, but the main songwriter wanted more. Westerberg wanted to break through on some level, and while it was just one of those typical record industry crimes that they couldn't get on the radio or MTV and have hits, Westerberg saw the situation as "oh shit, WE'RE the reason, we gotta get more professional and it ain't gonna happen if Bob's around." Turns out it didn't matter what they did, they weren't going to get on commercial radio in the 1980s, unless it was something like WXRT in Chicago, which doesn't exist in smaller cities such as every city in America except two. It did kinda work in a half-assed sort of way, as the Mats got more sober and bigger, but Paul forgot twice to write good albums. Maybe if Bob had been around that wouldn't have happened, and those records would have been better and ... they would still not have been hits outside of the Midwest, where we love the Mats.

[@sirron777]

JD Mo ++WXRT in the 80's

[@markmcavoy1368]

Great Video... Its nice to find a clip with Bob in it... He was great.. He seems to play effortlessly and sloppy, but awesome..To bad drink & drug did him in..RIP Bob Stinson

[@andrewptob]

Drank himself to death by 35, I believe. So sad.

[@DrawtheCurtains]

Bob's solo in this version is really cool as hell

[@garthkolbeck8674]

Years after he was out of the band, Bob could be seen in different bands, playing everything as perfectly as he could, almost to say, "I can do it"

[@bogonzales672]

Saw him in at least two bands. One was dog 994 at a dive in Chicago if I'm not mistaken. Bobby was a rock star. RIP

[@THEQueeferSutherland]

Jesus, Bob's guitar playing. So much going on but tasteful and lays in the mix well.

[@guadalahonky4002]

Paul tells the story of meeting Bob and remembering him as that weird looking spaced out guy he used to see on the bus.

[@jonahwatts7944]

Bobby Stinson without a doubt a guitar genius underrated to the last drop of any ones imagination, what he did with his guitar with the replacements was not only genius, ahead of his time, moving, tasteful, necessarily needed to create the replacements sound . So much credit is given correctly to all of the other members but it would have never have gotten off the garage without Bobby Stinson.

[@peterzang]

Could Paul get a comb through that mess?

[@peterzang]

He had such a horrible life. So unfair

[@rdrrr]

@@peterzang Yeah. The only consolation is Bob's funeral was extremely well attended. Everyone that got to know Bob loved him. Troubled kids found a kindred spirit in Bob; Bob probably saved a lot of young lives without knowing it, just by being who he was.

[@zippymufo9765]

@@peterzang It's not like Stinson made much of an effort to improve his life.

[@richalderson6069]

Such a real Rockn'Roll band. They had the songs, the swagger,everything!.

[@jrcflaus]

I used to listen to this on WRVU (Vanderbilt U, Nashvegas) around 1986. Great song then and now.

[@Mikem-mq2hh]

Whenever I see Bob play I smile.......then get sad......then smile again

[@ryanmclovin6797]

of all the youtube videos i've found of bob, he is playing a different guitar for every single gig.

[@saharab4431]

greatest band of all time!!!! what a performance. as others have said too, bob really does make this performance even more phenomenal.

[@t-man5196]

Bob’s a freak of nature.

[@marsbeads]

i loved this song. i mean i still do, but back in the day, we had the best music.

[@zazuzazz5419]

My baby loves ‘em, and I love ‘em, too!!❤🔥❤

[@DoubleO711]

Never saw this performance until now. Nice to have more good quality footage of them from this era. Anyway, I think this really shows how different their sound with Bob was. From what I've read Bob did very little playing on the album Tim aside from his solos. This would explain why this live version has a much more bluesy vibe to it as opposed to the more straightforward way it's played on the album. Even the song's guitar solo was played by Tommy Ramone (the producer of Tim) on the album and not by Bob. And it shows as the solo Bob does here is more vibrant and interesting.

[@rdrrr]

Amazing comment. Yeah, the studio cut of this song is power pop - this live version is rough-and-tumble barroom blues rock.

[@brianwood7237]

Bob's role in The Replacements is eerily similar to that of Jeff Beck during his time in The Yardbirds... both just waiting to rip it up with their unpredictable brilliance

[@jerrygilbert6733]

I LOVE this version of KMOTB! I think this is about 2 weeks after the (in)famous SNL appearance, when they played this and "Bastards Of Young". It's really a shame that Bob had gotten so less-than-dependable by this time, and that he didn't play the solo on the "Tim" studio version of this. I mean, sorry to cast aspersions on Tommy Erdelyi, and may he rest in peace, but who WOULDN'T prefer to have had THIS solo on the "Tim" track? And Bob's turd-eating grin throughout the whole performance is just the icing on the cake. Glad we'll have Bob's Replacements music to listen to long after the cows come home. I know you're upstairs, respectfully waiting for Steve Howe to join you, so that y'all can jam together. Thanks, Bob Stinson...

[@chrish9791]

I get that! He loved Steve Howe of Yes. I believe he got into Yes in some reform school or other that he was sent to to get himself together after getting into trouble. Then he was a cook I believe which he stuck with surprisingly long after the "Mats" got popular. I saw the tour with R.E.M. in Cleveland in I think '83. He was in his underwear and Tommy was wearing a t-shirt that was so big it was almost to his knees. When they came out, Paul said "Anybody want to dance? R.E.M. will be out later" Classic.

[@rdrrr]

@@chrish9791 Yeah, Bob grew up on prog rock and spent his unhappy teenage years practicing as much as 12 hours a day. He didn't give a damn if his fingers bled. Bob had crazy chops and a total disregard for what was conventionally considered "wrong" or "right". He had the courage to tear up the rulebook and the talent to make it work. Hope he's tearing it up in heaven right now.

[@pld427]

That descending riff Stinson does coming out of the lead is awesome. Like a shot of high octane. I could see where there were times it could turn into "the Bob show" As lead singer and songwriter I wouldn't mind that, especially when that was partly what the fans came to see, but when you don't show up for gigs it's over. I know what it's like to be dope sick and not be able to do anything until I get straight, but there was a more personal rift going on between Stinson and Westerberg. Like Stinson was saying to himself "I'm not listening to that asshole anymore."

[@timbrown1834]

Paul Lawrence from what I've read he was kind of relieved to be fired from the Replacements. I think it was over for him when they signed to a major. He even took the time to show Bob Dunlap what to play, which means he probably wasn't all that bitter about it.

[@fezoomer3488]

Greatest band of all time

[@esbozzocarrillo4727]

Thanks for share this video, replacements is a very great band!!!

[@martycray495]

I can't decide what's cooler, Tommy or Tommy's Rickenbacker.

[@beattodeath]

The ric. But when he played that jazz bass when he was younger He was cooler.

[@Audioretrograde]

It’s actually Elvis Costellos band’s equipment, they also played at this taping.

[@holakitten63]

His hair is the coolest. I know: I once had to find a hair dryer in a crap hotel where I worked for Tommy to use.

[@jenniferfoxhoven5480]

Paul and his family were my mom's neighbors when they were kids(the Westerbergs,not my mom) 😊🎤🎶❤!!

[@msandiego1]

Love Love Love The Replacements.....soo talented. Such a shame about Bob though. Thanks for posting this!

[@ryanmclovin6797]

damn! see bobs solo?? awesome!

[@allagoon]

I was lucky - got to see tase guys and Husker Du and Soul Asylum ate dive bars, then clubs. Those who cite Bob, right on. He was the soul.

[@alejandrorodriguez-do7rj]

they look and sound as if they are living in the 90s way before its time

[@LeotheOrangeCat]

80s underground > 90s grunge

[@ktpinnacle]

Bob's chugging lead IS this song. Other later versions pale in comparison.

[@tylag8]

Tommy was 19 when this was filmed.

[@NoName-nq8fk]

Tyler Gallagher Probably not even that old. He was 13 when he joined.

[@AnomieTrain]

He was born in 1966 so 19 is about right.

[@Hornwiesel]

Incredible.

[@mndr1983]

And they were already well into there career. It's wild to think about

[@seanbarr7638]

I had turned 18 two days before...

[@jimbothompson6540]

God this is fucking great it's like 80s punk with 50s pop sensibillities, the fuckin topps mate

[@dougsmith7083]

Bob Stinson was an unhinged genius guitar player...kinda like Bob Quine. They both had a phenomenal ability to play parts/solos that should NOT have worked...but, they TOTALLY worked. I was surprised to find out that Tommy Ramone played this solo on the recording...but, Bob's interpretation is far more interesting to my ears, and it is genuine and, from the heart!

[@All1Song]

The date of this performance is wrong. They were playing Maxwells in Hoboken on 2-4-1986. This had to be late May 1986. They were in UK in late May- early June 1986.

[@DSilvergun]

Westerberg - really not a long hair type of guy.

[@holakitten63]

But he looked great with black eyeliner.

[@ellierose6]

Looking good Bob.

[@matthewstetson711]

That was really, really cool. Studio version's too purdy, this is perfect. Hey, Bob wasn't even fxcked up. Different country, tougher to score.

[@summercarey9495]

WOW !! Great to see this!

[@frostyhighway9011]

This song I really loved back when and still do.

[@rockenroe]

Oh my god bobby s.... wish you could have stuck around longer. bless ya

[@TR-yi8up]

Is this the last great moment with Bob? He just shreds this

[@bardicpearl]

True fact: they're playing with Elvis Costello's gear.

[@pranky4]

Your source?

[@TvDaddyAndTheTabloidArmy]

Dunno about westerberg's strat, but the sg was 100% stinson"'s

[@jimeagle5800]

True fact: Who gives a shit

[@VanielDeeform]

Bildoe Clinton What’s got you so grouchy? These comments that you’re negging are a lot more insightful & original than a lot of KZbin comments these days

[@bardicpearl]

@@pranky4 _Trouble Boys_ by Bob Mehr

[@honestpainter]

Saw these dudes in Ann Arbor Michigan in 1994. Michigan Theater.

[@andyprice]

They had broken up by then but they did play the Michigan Theater and Hill Auditorium here in town.

[@petestone6001]

favourite replacements song

[@alvaroramos9069]

Thank you! Thank you! Flipping Thank you! :D

[@chrissmith256]

Love this old stuff with Bob. This had to be shortly before they fired him. Nothing against Slim, but Bob's guitar defined the 'Mats.

[@rdrrr]

Bob and Slim were close friends. They worked at the same place as janitors - Slim gave Bob a lift one day and they hit it off. Bob even said the only guy he'd want playing in the 'Mats if he quit was Slim. I agree that no one could replace Bob, but I do like Slim's playing. Real classy and understated, like the man himself. "The Old New Me" is a killer album.

[@zippymufo9765]

@@rdrrr Slim is way too underrated as a guitarist and a songwriter.

[@rdrrr]

@@zippymufo9765 Yeah, Slim's solo albums are fantastic. "The Old New Me" is so good I rate it higher than "14 Songs".

[@Abegoldhatch]

One of their best songs. Wish I could go back in time, then I could attend all their gigs. They’re legendary.

[@davidburke4041]

"Kiss me, on the butt..."

[@caramason56]

Keep your eye on the Replacements 😊😉👍🎶🎶🎶🎶. Will do 😁

[@ChrisBerlingieri]

Paul playing a Strat?!

[@sanchopanzam8]

Bob seems so confident!

[@sharigeller13]

Great video!

[@matsutep7713]

Shari Geller s

[@matsutep7713]

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[@Tommyd479]

I can’t take my eyes off Paul’s 1980s mullet

[@mandandanmandamayor3511]

Just went to a concert from 80's bands. It was not my choice, but from an adult challenged person that I give care to. It was Def Leopard, Motley Crue and Allice Cooper. Cooper was tolerable the other two were just torture. Anyway the Replacements are just heads above those bands. Well crafted songs with deep lyrics.

[@conorkennedy3304]

Bob just flys it out!

[@charlie.something]

love any video of bob.

[@jimbothompson6540]

Put this song on replay!

[@jimdellavecchia4594]

11 days before my 19th birthday!!!

[@Omega-bb2nn]

is this the same replacements that did 'Sorry Ma, I Forgot to Take Out the Trash'?

[@jimbo-fk4dq]

Yep. As many punk rock bands were in the 80's, they were learning how to be musicians as they were making albums. The albums were a record of their growth as musicians as much as it was good music.

[@Omega-bb2nn]

+jimbo 2346 ehh, I think this is whatever

[@jimbo-fk4dq]

+Omega0891 I enjoy it, but that's me. I like their early stuff too.

[@Omega-bb2nn]

+jimbo 2346 yea their early is great

[@wickedlee664]

jimbo 2346 the b side to their first single is a country tune. They always had this side to them.

[@mitchberg8229]

Wait - Paul, playing a Strat?

[@BoughtASatellite]

There all playing Elvis Costello instruments

[@helterskelter1178]

❤️ The Mats

[@centrist1008]

Great stuff

[@Buck6511]

This was the day i was born

[@PaulYoungMinnesota]

loving Bob's guitar bits

[@shananagainandagain]

oh, everyone already commented on bob's solo, shoot. never saw static taxi but he was great in bleeding hearts too

[@charleycotton3094]

Right on!

[@tomwilson8607]

fuckin brilliant !!!

[@edwardbass]

Bob did give the 'Mats their distinctive sound and style. They were never the same once the morons fired him. Dumbest move they ever made. I'm guessing Paul doesn't realize that, though.

[@Shoethiefking]

They really didn't have a choice, he'd straight up blow rehearsals and repeatedly said he didn't want to go beyond being a small town band, everybody else wanted bigger.

[@matthewstetson711]

Read Trouble Boys and see if you still feel the same way. Loved Bob Stinson but he didn't want to go to the next level. Fair enough for him but Westerberg is a songwriter and so he tried to reach a bigger audience with his songs. Replacements were a complicated band and while I understand that fans of their early stuff didn't like anything after Bob, Westerberg and Tommy Stinson weren't yet ready to retire. Hootenanny's my favorite although I used to truly enjoy PTMM.

[@jimbo-fk4dq]

It's kind of the odd delimma of the Replacements. Bob was lost without them, and they had no edge without Bob.

[@lin2thez341]

But, as I recall, Bob wanted the band to stay HC a la "Stink" and "Sorry Ma..." and didn't want to play the music paul was writing so...

[@jollyfarmer8833]

Had no choice. He was an unreliable junkie.

[@davedavid427]

14 people have never known the joy of playing tonsil hockey on public transit.

[@cloudbullets]

Bob Stinson…one of the greats

[@treatmentbound]

Nice! I've never seen this clip before. When did "Old Grey Whistle Test" become just "Whistle Test"?

[@seanmiller1740]

To the bar?

[@ashleymonday298]

Long hair Paul was somehow both more mature and more juvenile.

[@uncleruckus3149]

What he say at 1:41?

[@blainebauman572]

Bobby reminds me of billy zoom in this video

[@workingboy91607]

Bob!

[@michaelgargano5172]

If these fucking guys could’ve just held his shit together they would’ve been the greatest band of the 80s and 90s piss me off

[@conorkennedy3304]

Rare to see Paul play a Strat.

[@burnlastsunday]

Wow you really can hear the beginning of the Slack Motherfucker guitar solo.

[@katehelfrich9029]

Time transcendental

[@ashleymonday298]

They were nervous and sober. They weren't nervous when they were drunk.

[@geraldhugley3618]

Nice

[@tlava66]

Bob at his best

[@axehound3718]

Did Paul and Bob swap guitars?

[@jamesthomas3150]

He changed the lyrics?

[@yan13federiko]

...Tanner Hall... (Anyone??) Y A N

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

"tellyfone"!!

[@matsutep7713]

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