The Replacements - The Ledge (Official Promo Video)

The Replacements - The Ledge (Video) from the album 'Pleased To Meet Me' (1987)
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[@indiemixtape]

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[@spiralscratch7823]

The one I'm listening to.

[@kevindonovan5670]

Bastards of Young

[@oppothumbs1]

"Alex Chilton" off of Pleased to Meet Me.

[@DateTwoRelate]

It could be nothing but this. One reason? I believe it is their only recorded bridged solo.

[@pookiemartinez1745]

That riff the damned life goes on, killing joke eighties, Nirvana cone as you are.. banger

[@alexfranzak9806]

The switch of lyrics at the end to "For the last time in my life" is chilling and the voice crack like the emotion hits Paul. amazing song

[@jessemullen9083]

This song saved my life when I was younger, but there's another thing I wanna say here; I love that little lead that Paul plays over the last chorus starting at 2:44. It's only four notes, but it's so, so beautiful

[@iamvav]

They saved my life, in a manner of speaking, when I was in my forties. I’d played this in cover bands, but later in life it meant something else.

[@anodyneforever3996]

@@iamvav Hang in there. Have a great safe 2024.

[@TheNoniebaloney]

that song gives me chills

[@jasonpeters9716]

The Replacements were def tp3 most influential bands in 80s that helped spawn the early 90s music revolution

[@lyonslaforet]

I'm French and the Replacements are totally unknown in my country. They're one of my favorite bands of all time. In 2014, I went on the TV Game Going For Gold and during the last phase, I aped the Mats' behavior in this video. It probably helped me to win!

[@alexanderhardie873]

They're pretty much unknown here in the US too. Unless you're a skateboarder from the late 1980s who listened to uncool music. Like myself.

[@Sebadoh1994]

@@alexanderhardie873 I’m 24 and they are my favorite band. I’m a professional cheerleader. I’ve loved them since middle school.

[@ginalynn4493]

I live in Minnesota use to go see them at first ave second stage 5 st entry . Love them !!

[@oppothumbs1]

@@alexanderhardie873 Reflective, more introspective people who never skateboard actually like The Replacements more. Unless you are talking about their first punk record which I think is not very good except for Johnny's Gonna Die.

[@markobuenrostro8977]

They're unknown in the United States, all of my friends like crap. None of them know about this band. And I'm 29

[@carysraymond5846]

All eyes look up to me High above the filthy streets Heed no bullhorn when it calls Watch me fly and die, watch me fall I'm the boy they can't ignore, For the first time in my life, I'm sure All the love sent up high to pledge Won't reach the ledge Wind blows cold from the west I smell coffee, I smell doughnuts for the press (on their breath?) A girl that I knew once years ago Is tryin' to be reached on the phone I'm the boy she can't ignore, For the first time in my life, I'm sure All the love sent up high to pledge... Priest kneels silent, all is still Policeman reaches from the sill Watch him, watch him try his best There'll be no medal pinned to his chest I'm the boy they couldn't ignore, For the first time in my life, I'm sure Priest kneels silent, all is still Policeman reaches from the sill Watch him, watch him try his best There'll be no medal pinned to his chest I'm the boy for the last time in my life All the love that they pledge For the last time will not reach the ledge

[@ih8music]

I've always heard it as "I smell coffee, I smell doughnuts over the grass"

[@brianlytle1702]

Oh the grass

[@MrPioneerlight2011]

@@ih8music for the press.....listen to some live shows....

[@applescruff1969]

Amazing lyrics.

[@TheIkaraCult]

They wrote many great songs, but this is the song that comes into my head when I think of The Replacements

[@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu]

I believe this is my favorite Replacement song. But the ONLY band I know that I can't pick a favorite song. I was seriously depressed and an a addict my whole high school career. These lyrics are so correct, when he yells "I am the boy the the last time in my life"

[@unicornsandrainbowsandchic2336]

The last 25 seconds of this song is some of my favorite music ever.

[@matthewsolina4920]

I feel like these guys don’t sound like their era at all. This doesn’t sound like mid- eighties music. There’s something very concrete and real about The Replacements. It makes the music timeless.

[@dj-um7el]

Exactly! They were anti-eighties.

[@timbuk1126]

Sounds like 80s alternative to me..

[@mikehoben7341]

They sound 80s as fuck lol

[@dj-um7el]

@@mikehoben7341 Eh, some do, most don't.

[@electricblanket1]

Haha, especially this song. So fucking 80's.

[@user-jb7ie4pg5h]

This song gives me the shivers.

[@jasonpeters9716]

This is The Replacements at their best

[@IzzyECole]

Wish that solo was longer. That was badass

[@user-iv6yu4qk4o]

My Favorite 80s band!!!!

[@dogmazone]

2:44 one of the bests chorus ever!

[@mike196212]

One of the most underrated bands of all time. They were,I think,getting there. Did silly MTV initially ban this video? I hope I imagined that.

[@oppothumbs1]

MTV banded it. Even though it was an anti-suicide video - they don't like show any videos of actual problems in the world.

[@sirfizz6518]

@@oppothumbs1 this is the video for Can't Hardly Wait. For some reason this channel has published it as the video for this and Alex Chilton

[@sirfizz6518]

This video wasn't banned but actual one for The Ledge was. MTV gave plenty off airtime to music with serious subject matter... See RATM, Pubic Enemy... It's not about avoiding any life or social issues, it's simply that many songs about suicide draw concern about possibly encouraging it.

[@hannahanderson5067]

@@sirfizz6518 it was originally the video for the ledge, they put it to alex chilton later on. there were a string of teen group suicides in the late 80s that cause the song to basically be black listed

[@psychedelicfright85]

​@sirfizz6518 interesting that you chose those two artists.

[@GaspardHausers]

Nice companion to better save yourself by chris bell.

[@jjstraka1982]

The way Paul changes his voice at the end of the last voice to emulate finally jumping and falling. Chilling.

[@TheRocketLombax]

shot and directed by Bill Pope. Director of Photography for Spider-Man 2, The Matrix, and Scott Pilgrim vs The World.

[@TheNoniebaloney]

i love this song, so sad and heartwrenching

[@maxinesun6111]

Powerful and sad, the song makes me want to cry

[@Gloomydaysny]

When you’ve been listening to this album for a couple years and you find out that this song is actually a single??! That just blew my fucking mind

[@marisollechon5714]

LOVE the replacements!

[@bonusman]

Good tunes brought me here, no copycat style.

[@travis2333]

Their music videos were iconic lmao

[@ericcarlson1709]

they were like "yeah we don't really want to make a video.... yeah ok"

[@BarksdaleLaw]

greatest band ever

[@oppothumbs1]

It's them or Neil Young with Crazy Horse.

[@ryangrimm429]

Great and brutally honest song. Slight valentine musically to Blue Oyster Cult and Blackfoot.

[@ronchapman6525]

How this band did not become HUGE is beyond me.

[@WillJL20]

they didnt want to be huge

[@ronchapman6525]

@@WillJL20 Sure they did, read the book "Trouble Boys" by Bob Wehr. The lead single, "I'll Be You" from the album "Don't Tell a Soul" was a final attempt to create a hit single. They were envious of their contemporaries R.E.M.'s commercial and critical success. You really shouldn't talk about things you don't know anything about.

[@Jamie-pm7we]

@@ronchapman6525 They sabotaged themselves every step of the way. It definitely wasn't a case like Big Star, who were fucked over by record label problems - the Mats were serious fucking alcoholics and that always ended up getting in the way of their success. To be honest, I'm glad they didn't become huge, they're more of a well kept secret.

[@ronchapman6525]

@@Jamie-pm7we Plenty of successful bands have had hardcore alcoholics and that didn't stop them from commercial success. As a matter of fact, sober bands would be the exception to the rule. And the comment I was addressing claimed "they didn't want to be huge." That's completely untrue.

[@Jamie-pm7we]

@@ronchapman6525 I don't know, having read Trouble Boys I'm inclined to think their focus on achieving a hit wasn't something they were particularly passionate about, but instead pursued because they thought it was what they should be doing. If they really wanted to be huge then I doubt they'd have dropped F-bombs on SNL, shown up to industry insider events completely drunk playing parody sets, or do music videos that didn't even show their faces. It was self sabotage

[@paulblack8887]

Take a moment to try and understand someone else's perspective and struggles. Start with listening before you speak, you might save a life. At least you will show true value and character.

[@SneedyKetler]

This song evokes memories of the 1980s teen-suicide film _Permanent Record_. Poor Keanu would wonder if there was something he should’ve said.

[@charcoalblanc]

Agreed.

[@jamiegustkey2573]

This is the same video for EVERY replacements song... 👏🏻👏🏻😂 Now THAT'S Smart marketing... One and done. Use it for every song- Long live the MATS

[@ashleymonday298]

They got a lot of mileage out of this footage.

[@vritomos]

Discovered this song / band thanks to Billions. This show has really a great soundtrack.

[@pawelchorazyczewski1704]

Billions brought me here :)

[@Lampsadvice]

Got this from Billions :)

[@jasonpeters9716]

This is the best song

[@jasonpeters9716]

Jeans & t-shirt rock! Simple, and the best. Not about shit u have on..

[@davidnelson6874]

Cuz I couldn’t comment on I Don’t Know. The backup vocals are so much fun on this record. It tells people all they need to know about The Mats in 1987.

[@sdustin7986]

One of the best 80s bands. Paul Westerberg.

[@koollegged5739]

"A girl I knew once years ago, is trying to reached on the phone..."

[@gmansi]

Wikipedia: "A music video was made for "The Ledge", but it was banned from airplay on MTV due to its lyrical content about suicide. " Is this version of the video? Or this is the video for The Replacements - Alex Chilton?

[@blahmarduk]

It was originally shot for this song, but they reused it for Alex Chilton after MTV decided not to air The Ledge.

[@gmansi]

@@blahmarduk Thanks for the info

[@blahmarduk]

@@gmansi np, there's a pretty solid biography of the band called Trouble Boys if you want some good drunk reading

[@gmansi]

@@blahmarduk Thanks, I will search for the biography.

[@binxboi7156]

Read Troubled Boys. The chapter on this song is great.

[@mansize6622]

Capital f yes.

[@59xthepain87]

this is the same vid as alex chilton.

[@TheBrianDevitt]

They're Babies. Fuck, I didn't know they were still so young

[@jasonpeters9716]

My fav Mats song

[@playlistismo]

@ > The Replacements 🎶> The Ledge 💿> Pleased To Meet Me p > 1987 🎬︎ > Bill Pope & Randy Skinner

[@lawrencefeldman7744]

Who said " Every book is a postponed suicide" Can that be applied to music as well?

[@blahmarduk]

Emil Cioran, and he had similar opinions towards music - "music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness"

[@lawrencefeldman7744]

I will investigate further, Thanks

[@vanderleimiranda7868]

Awesome!!!!!

[@xrezzerreckedx4226]

Two white tees two flannels and 4 guys that clearly didn't eat that much. Lol

[@patrickwhite1826]

Too busy drinking at the CC Club.

[@jasonpeters9716]

1:48-2:00. Genius

[@caramason56]

👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹awesome band

[@cavecave-rg9hh]

Great- Song ! As i Listen ⊙

[@jasonpeters9716]

AMERICAN MUSIC Middle Class suburban rawk

[@ericcarlson1709]

This is a "we can't be arsed making a video" video

[@SeedOfElijah]

Another song you played if you had a working cover band :-)

[@bjscorpio4041]

They beat Nirvana to the flannel.

[@lawrencefeldman7744]

As far as suicide songs go.

[@mungofinalfi4480]

Reminds me of Nirvana (or well, the other way around).

[@genscolberg6557]

Nirvana took the Replacements sound. All their music sounds like the Mats

[@MrOctober44]

The Replacements were around long before Nirvana.

[@rdrrr]

​@J Westerberg's lyrics are way more direct and honest. Cobain always buried the meanings of his words, like he didn't want anyone else to understand them.

[@coreyedwards5395]

Hey! This video is the same as the one for Alex Chilton

[@porkinwitz]

Does the music in this song sound almost identical to Ramones "I wanna Live"? One song is about wanting to "live", the other is about wanting to die. But same music. Or maybe it's just me.

[@isiahfriedlander5559]

I can see the resemblance, like “eighties” and “come as you are”, but I’m sure this is the best version

[@pamela8329]

❤️🎸

[@GVike]

This song is about... suicide??? Damn...

[@lawrencefeldman7744]

This song is far better than Billy Joel's Second Wind whatever, what if yr. second wind done gone? Don't Die by Richard Hell and The Voidoids is another good one like that. The Joel song elicits much scorn.

[@johnnymfan5065]

Another great song that got little attention due to the crappy video.

[@quantumleap17]

I got pixies vibes

[@marcusbalthazar5267]

This vídeo was they worst sin?

[@wrs6565]

Bass flute? The liner notes say someone named "Teenage Steve Douglas" is playing "bass flute" on this song. Where's the bass flute, I can't hear it?

[@kivanctanriyar3944]

I am your boy..

[@DateTwoRelate]

Banned from MTV for "lyrical content." For a bunch of drunk guys, they sure could tackle a taboo subject.

[@kivanctanriyar3944]

hadi bakalım hayıılısı halayığımsı...

[@jasonnolan9697]

same as the other

[@codyquick7145]

This isn’t the music video to this song. The only did one music video and it was a long shot of a turn table

[@psyconetwork951]

This will probably be my suicide song.

[@blakehewitt237]

Asleep by the Smith's will be mine.

[@psyconetwork951]

@@blakehewitt237 solid band but I stopped caring for Morrissey after he came out as a white supremacist :/ Anyway, I hope you get through all the hardships and pain in your life, I know how hard it is but try to keep your chin up and think of the ones that love you ❤️

[@stacyhohler5593]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmmxXqGen7tpg68 mine

[@lehleg-kp6qe]

@psyconetwork951 you just making up shit

[@ruthdixon7807]

fantastic song...banned by MTV as likely to encourage teen suicide.

[@FricKing1]

#mpraccoon

[@kivanctanriyar3944]

sırttan sıvalar...

[@barryrahn5957]

Odd.

[@kivanctanriyar3944]

sadece.. müzisyenler yeşil saçlar...

[@ddellwo]

Somebody get this band a sandwich…….!!!!!! 😂

[@stevenclayton9725]

So... what's up with this video?

[@blakehewitt237]

The Replacements were a true rock and roll band....absolutely hated that the label forced them to do videos, most of their videos were like this...most they would do...its not about the video, it's about the music.

[@bbeaup]

The Ledge should’ve never been chosen as the lead single by Warner Bros on this album in my opinion. Even outside the unfortunate political atmosphere around the song during time of the teenage suicide pacts that the label couldn’t have predicted, it’s just a bad choice. It’s melancholy and honestly kinda a weak song. Never Mind should’ve been the single and i think the album would’ve done much better regardless of the mess of political baggage that came with The Ledge.

[@wyethmiller281]

This is one of the best songs ever written.

[@bbeaup]

@@wyethmiller281 highly disagree. Very meh Replacements. But we all have our preferences.

[@wyethmiller281]

@@bbeaup Name a better guitar solo. I don't even like guitar solo but that one gives me chills.

[@johnsmith-wk2tb]

very nice, however the chorus, I find to be way too annoying to be acceptable, which is unfortunate cuz the rest of the song is great.

[@shinybeast8946]

"Way too annoying to be acceptable".Who the fuck are you?

[@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu]

I believe this is my favorite Replacement song. But the ONLY band I know that I can't pick a favorite song. I was seriously depressed and an a addict my whole high school career. These lyrics are so correct, when he yells "I am the boy the the last time in my life"