{"id":22230,"date":"2014-09-10T08:18:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T16:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=22230"},"modified":"2014-09-10T08:18:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T16:18:46","slug":"surprise-surprise-the-replacements-played-on-fallon-and-they-were-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-09\/surprise-surprise-the-replacements-played-on-fallon-and-they-were-great\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise, Surprise:  The Replacements Played on Fallon&#8211;And They Were Great!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/svg1t7ChPe\/embed\/\" width=\"525\" height=\"625\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Back in the day, you never knew what you were going to get with a concert by <strong>The Replacements<\/strong>.\u00a0 Though they were always near-perfection on record, their live shows could either yield sloppy-shambolics or spot-on revelation, or both.\u00a0 Frankly it was oft-times more of the former (though we&#8217;ll never forget those mid-80s <em><strong>Here Comes A Regular<\/strong> <\/em>singalongs).\u00a0 After a near-20 year hiatus, the &#8220;band&#8221; (survivors <strong>Paul Westerberg<\/strong> and bassist <strong>Tommy Stinson, <\/strong>with newcomers<strong> Dave Minehan<\/strong> and <strong>Josh Freese<\/strong>) got back together, and have been out on<a href=\"http:\/\/thereplacementsofficial.com\/pages\/home\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> tour for a while now<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last night, the band showed up on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/the-tonight-show\/filters\/music\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, and the Minneapolis mavens ripped through a rousing performance of their 1987 homage to late <strong>Big Star<\/strong> leader <em><strong>Alex Chilton<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 <strong>Jimmy Fallon<\/strong> introduced them as a &#8220;massively beloved and influential rock band in the midst of their first tour since 1991,&#8221; and off they went.\u00a0 Unlike many of the old shows, the band played tightly on <strong>Fallon<\/strong> with nary a note out of place.\u00a0 <strong>Westerberg&#8217;s<\/strong> vocals were fantastically gravelly, and <strong>Stinson<\/strong> held down the bottom-end while adopting his best <strong>Simonon\/Vicious<\/strong> stances.\u00a0 Thankfully <strong>Minehan<\/strong> played in and with the plaid and abandon of yore.\u00a0 Check it out below.\u00a0 Long live the &#8216;Mats!<\/p>\n<p>Now please excuse us while we go put<em><strong> Tim<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Big Star<\/strong><\/em> on our turntables.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sidenote<\/strong>:\u00a0 Sadly earlier Tonight Show guest <strong>Keith Richards<\/strong> (hawking a children&#8217;s book&#8211;huh?) missed the opportunity to come out and join <strong>The Replacements<\/strong> in what would have been a historic combo.\u00a0 See above, though.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gZi-dw03fE8\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in the day, you never knew what you were going to get with a concert by The Replacements.\u00a0 Though they were always near-perfection on record, their live shows could either yield sloppy-shambolics or spot-on revelation, or both.\u00a0 Frankly it was oft-times more of the former (though we&#8217;ll never forget those mid-80s Here Comes A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lefort\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-09\/surprise-surprise-the-replacements-played-on-fallon-and-they-were-great\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Lefort Report |\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Surprise, Surprise: The Replacements Played on Fallon\u2013And They Were Great! 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