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The Replacements – It Ain’t Over ‘Til the Fat Roadie Plays!

Posted by Infonistacrat on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

On July 4th, 1991, The Replacements took the stage at the Taste of Chicago, and jammed out 19 songs to an enthusiastic crowd. By the time that 19th song was finished, history had been made. And not in a good way. In what has since been labeled the “It Ain’t Over ‘Til the Fat Roadie Plays” concert, each member of The Replacements walked off stage and was replaced by their roadie. When Paul Westerberg walked off after that 19th song, The Replacements were no more. A great chapter in American the punk/indie scene was finished.

Here is that amazing concert in all it’s glory. If your a Replacements fan, I’m sure it’s a bittersweet thing to actually hear the breakup of the band. But it is one hell of a recording, and shouldn’t be missed for anything.

Oh, and if you look hard enough, you might find the booze soaked performance by The Replacements on Saturday Night Live. The guys decided to get drunk, rip the green room to shreds, switch clothes in between songs, and get impermanently banned from NBC. Not a bad nights work. Too bad it over shadowed great performances of Bastards of Young and Kiss Me On The Bus.

1. The Replacements – I Will Dare
2. The Replacements – Bent Out Of Shape
3. The Replacements – Achin’ To Be
4. The Replacements – Merry Go Round
5. The Replacements – Happy Town
6. The Replacements – Swingin’ Party
7. The Replacements – One Wink At A Time
8. The Replacements – Waitress In The Sky
9. The Replacements – When It Began
10. The Replacements – Someone Take The Wheel
11. The Replacements – Talant Show Send In The Clowns
12. The Replacements – Nobody
13. The Replacements – Another Girl, Another Planet
14. The Replacements – Hey Good Lookin’
15. The Replacements – I’ll Be You
16. The Replacements – I Don’t Know
17. The Replacements – Within’ Your Reach
18. The Replacements – Can’t Hardly Wait
19. The Replacements – Hootenanny
20. The Replacements – Meet Me On The Bus

Posted in: Punk.

7 Responses to “The Replacements – It Ain’t Over ‘Til the Fat Roadie Plays!”

1. TWDM Says:
   August 22nd, 2007 at 8:13 am

   thanks for the replacements! Where can one find the SNL performances….youtube?

   TWDM

2. Infonistacrat Says:
   August 22nd, 2007 at 8:21 am

   They used to be on Youtube, but I think they got taken down. Let me see if I can find them, and I will post the links in a comment here when I do.

3. Infonistacrat Says:
   August 22nd, 2007 at 8:56 am

   http://homepage.mac.com/jdmajaris/QTmovies/iMovieTheater100.html

   The only one I can find out there. SNL must have been forcing their removal lately.

   Not a bad performance of Bastards of Young, considering how drunk they were!

4. It ain’t over until the Fat Roadie plays at Paul Westerberg.net Says:
   August 22nd, 2007 at 4:42 pm

   [...] has the very last Replacements’ concert from the Taste of Chicago in 1991 available for you to [...]

5. ROCKNROLLPIMP Says:
   August 23rd, 2007 at 7:03 pm

   where r the last 2 songs?

6. G Says:
   August 28th, 2007 at 12:02 am

   Hi – great to see the mp3’s on the site, I will dare isn’t there…thanks!

7. BHTLNXI4 Says:
   September 28th, 2007 at 1:31 am

   Hello. BHTLNXI5 [url=http://www.tBHTLNXI3.com] BHTLNXI6 [/url] Thanks

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