A formação do grupo se deu em Minneapolis (terra também de Hüsker Dü e Soul Asylum) em 1979 quando Paul Westerberg (guitarra, vocal), Tommy Stinson (baixo), Bob Stinson (guitarra) e Chris Mars (bateria) se reuniram pela primeira vez no porão da casa dos irmãos Stinson. Reza a lenda que o primeiro show foi um desastre, uma verdadeira baderna, farra e bebedeira. A banda ainda usava o nome The Impediments e após a apresentação, o promotor daquele show sentenciou “Vocês nunca mais vão tocar nessa cidade de novo!”.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Mon, 02 Oct 95 15:58:48 0000 From: John Walston
VALENTINE written by Paul Westerberg, Tommy Stinson, and Chris Mars as recorded by the Replacements on Please To Meet Me as transcribed by John Walston ([email protected])
DAG Well you wish upon a star, DAG that turns into a plane DAG and I quess that's right on par, DAG with who is left to blame DA If you were a pill, I'd take a hand ful at my will, G and knock you back with something sweet and strong, DA pretty tired you wake up, in febuary make-up, G like a fool and a lone star your gone AGAG Tonight makes love to all your kind tomorrow's picking valentines
After paul sings "Valentines" the riff is just D A G, hit D with the counting like: D A G (I hope that's clear, you should be able to get the exact strum 1 2 + 3 + 4 + from the record, with the accents)
(second verse, pre-chorus, and chorus the same guitar part) You pop up in some place, so sick and so refined Are you strung out on some face, well I know it ain't mine If you were a pill, I'd take a handful at my will, and knock you back with something sweet and strong. Trouble keeping your head up, when your hungry and your fed up, like a moon and lone star your gone. Tonight makes love to all your kind, tomorrow's picking valentines.
The bridge is just variations on the guitar parts already used, so I'm not going to bother tabing in all out unless someone requests it. The final pre-chorus/chorus is: DA If you were a pill, I'd take a handful at my will, G and knock you back with something sweet as wine DA Yesterday was their's to say, this is their world and their time, G Well if tonight belongs to you, tomorrow's mine! AGAG Tonight makes love to all your kind, tomorrow's picking Valentines (2x) DAG 1 2 + 3 + 4 +
The outro, apparently one of Westerberg's favorite songwriting tools(Think "Kiss Me On The Bus") is just straight eighth note strums, like so: DAG 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
The main riff, if you want to get fancy, when you play A hammer on then pull off to the 6th(E). When you play G, add in the 2nd(A). So the riff looks like this: