Flex Your Head 22: The Replacements - 'Let It Be'

About this episode

Jason Schreurs and Mike Isacson discuss The Replacements and their album 'Let It Be'.

Scream Therapy host Jason Schreurs and Flex Your Head all-star Mike Isacson delve into our favourite fuckups The Replacements and their career defining album, Let It Be. An unusually diverse album, equal parts rollicky punk rock and heart-wrenching ballads, Let It Be found the sweet spot of what would later be called "indie rock." rhino.com/article/the-replacements-let-it-be-deluxe-edition-remastered-expanded-with-unreleased-rarities-out Featured song clips: The Replacements - "I Will Dare" from Let It Be (Twin/Tone Records, 1984) The Replacements - "Sixteen Blue" from Let It Be (Twin/Tone Records, 1984) The Replacements - "Unsatisfied" from Let It Be (Twin/Tone Records, 1984) Goo Goo Dolls - "Iris" from Dizzy Up the Girl (Reprise Records, 1998) The Replacements - "We're Comin' Out" from Let It Be (Twin/Tone Records, 1984) The Replacements - "Black Diamond" from Let It Be (Twin/Tone Records, 1984) Kiss - "Black Diamond" from Kiss (Casablanca Records, 1974) The Replacements - "Unsatisfied" from Let It Be (Twin/Tone Records, 1984) The Replacements - "Answering Machine" from Let It Be (Twin/Tone Records, 1984) About this podcast: Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy…

People in this episode

Host: Jason Schreurs

Guest: Mike Isacson

Topics covered

• The Replacements
• Let It Be
• punk rock
• indie rock
• music analysis

Keywords

• The Replacements
• Let It Be
• punk rock
• indie rock
• music podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Twin/Tone Records, Reprise Records, Casablanca Records

Books & works: Let It Be, I Will Dare, Sixteen Blue, Unsatisfied, We're Comin' Out, Black Diamond, Answering Machine, Iris

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