The Replacements - Left Of The Dial (Official Promo Video)
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- The Replacements - Left Of The Dial (Video) from the album 'Tim' (1985)
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Lost my dad about a month ago and he was obsessed with The Replacements since he first heard Let It Be as a twenty-something year old. The 3 CD's you could always bank on him having in his car was Tim, The Only Ones and I'm Stranded by The Saints. After he died, me and my mum searched through his house and found about 20 lists of "funeral songs" but Left Of the Dial was the only song on every list. Thank you for introducing me to such great music, it's because of you that the 'Mats are now my favourite band ever, and thank you for not only being a great dad, but a best friend also.
masterfully evokes late nights, lonely highways, and missed connections - without actually saying much about them at all.
One of the greatest songs of the 1980s, written about Let's Active, another 80s great.
Mitch Easter and Drive In Studio MADE bands
Probably my favorite mats song, and the song by ANY band that evokes the late 80s more than any for me. It gets so much across, in a few stanzas. A masterpiece.
TIm is one of the greatest albums of the 80s hands down
IMO nowhere near as great as "Let it Be"
When your video budget is under $100 and you still have money for beer after the shoot.
they had a budget, they just did this so it wouldn't get played on TV
@@tinnitusthenight5545 They ended up playing Bastards anyway. Kicking the shit out of that speaker didn't hurt I guess.
Real punk whatever that means
they didn't do it out out of cheapness
I love how in many of their up tempo songs you can really hear the bass playing the tune!
For anyone who doesn't know, "Left of the Dial" means radio stations below 92.1 which the FCC reserved for public and educational radio. It's where all the beloved US college radio stations lived.
Reminds me of hot summer cold beers great friends (some still around soome in the ground) I could use one if those nights.
Tim is one of the best albums of the 80s.
got me though high school! lived in my car stereo for 6 months when I discovered it
Honestly, all of the Replacements first five albums are some of the best albums of the eighties, especially Let It Be and Tim.
@@tannerboyle7719 when did you discover it?
This guy knows what’s up.
...ever.
Just heard this for first time and instantly like it!
That’s great 😃!
That happens with good music
growing up in the 80's midwest, hearing about bands from a friend, and the college station at the low end. Loved the replacements, even though live I never heard them get through a song without major mistakes or inter-band arguments
Only saw them live once--Cleveland in '88, I believe--but they did not manifest the legendary mayhem. Unless I forgot. Then again, Bob was out by then, so it was a different phase.
This song is like a time capsule now with all the streaming and MP3s comprising so much of the airwaves. I'm glad I can always find the Replacements left of the dial though.
Reminds of playing in bands and loving every song my buddies bands wrote. Great times.
god knows that if i had that speaker playing this song in my room i would never leave. This song is already too powerful.
The story behind this video is that they had to film a video for the record company - but they found in the contract that they didn't actually have to appear in the video. So instead of doing some cool rockstar thing they just filmed a speaker... Which pissed a lot of people off... But actually fits them perfectly - it's not about them, it's about how the music makes you feel.
Youth generation should know music like this.
True, but then the gatekeepers would show up and go ‘you knew about this from TikTok while I found it on cassette, stop trying to steal our stuff’
Like Sir, don’t you have a mortgage to pay?
I mean idk if at 33 I’m considered “youth generation” but I heard this in Moe’s last week & now I’m obsessed and in a rabbit hole. My mom was a teen in the 80s and I’m still floored that she didn’t know this gem
still holds up like the greatness it is
this may be my fav Replacements song.
'Tis mine!
It holds up
maybe debated as one of the greatest rock songs ever
source?
@@aubreylear I made it up
@@classicpinball9873 classic kevin hart
@@aubreylear Me.
Maybe THE most influential song ever
Video is so in tune with the point of the song. As i've red somewhere, Paul was in love with a girl, with whom he broke up recently. She was a singer in a band, and only way he could hear her voice was if he left radio playing, hoping her song would come up on. So single frame camera, pointing to the speaker is him waiting for the song to come on.
this is what Westerberg had to say about it to Rolling Stone:
Left of the Dial is the story of this girl, a guitar player, Lynn Blakey, who toured with Mitch Easter’s Let’s Active. We got to be friends. She wanted me to write her a letter, but I never write letters. I figured the only way I’d hear her voice was with her band on the radio, left of the dial on a college station. And one night we did. We were passing through a town somewhere, and she was doing an interview on the radio, left of the dial. I heard her voice for the first time in six months for about a minute. Then the station faded out.
@@david_bernhardtawesome story, tnx for sharing it!
Love the Mats and their anti-video videos!
LOVE The Replacements!! Especially their live bits ❤️❤️❤️
Hard to believe this came out when hair metal was the thing
Whats so hard to believe about it? Rap Music also came out when Hair Metal was a thing. Weird comment.
@@alisonmcsecret4225That any record company would even take a chance with it. Motley Crue and Bon Jovi was your rock bands that were selling millions at that time
@@alanmalczewski8631 record companies kept artists on the payroll for years who couldn't sell in hopes of cultivating them for a breaththrough. Bruce Springsteen is a great example. The hair metal artists just helped keep legitimate songwriters signed by their record sales. Hair Metal helped record companies afford to sign alternative acts.
@@alisonmcsecret4225 The Ramones got the Talking Heads, Madonna, and the Smith signed on Sire. All of them outsold them in a heartbeat. Thanks for the comments 🙂
@@alanmalczewski8631 Ive known all of them, including Seymour.
re Madonna, (and I get your logic that the Ramones begat the ability to get the others through): the Ramones had Nothing to do w getting Madonna out there.
Seymour would be the first to admit it.
Tim is one of the greatest albums of all time. It’s also the last albums with the original line up. Bob left the band after this album. If he could’ve stayed… .
What a band and to think most folks will live and die unaware of the greatness that was the MATS! ❤
Perfect Replacements! Love it!
kxk
Me encanta esta banda, es jodidamente legendaria ❤
I love the concept of this video. Every young dreamer can relate.
the beginning of Little Mascara is a nice touch
Left of the dial was where you went to look for alt rock college music stations.
I need this to be louder!!!
EXACTLY
Playing makeup wearing guitar!
Mystery Fingerstyle Guitarist: I always loved Paul's gift for wordplay in the phrasing of his lyrics!
Fantastic song
The replacements Ruled. Along with the Del Fuegos. Video truly did kill the radio star
Discovered this from the book Rules of the Road by CB Jones. Holy shit this is amazing.
I have the entire catalog. And that is not enough.
my god this is proto pop punk. When I was growing up in the 90's downloading wav or mp3 whatever was first on dialup. Many bands were imitating this sound.
Sigh....this song is still amazing after all of these years
Love how the woofer is properly placed at ear level.
Very cool, I like when the cat runs by.
These days I watch this video and wonder what might have happened if the band weren't driven by ODD (oppositional-defiance-disorder). They repeatably shot themselves in the foot. If that didn't work they went for the cranium shot. True, they were somewhat ahead of the times, but this could have caught fire. Or Bastards of Young or even Little Mascara. They deserved millions and got.... a few bucks. I'm glad they've at least received the recognition they deserve.
Best music video ever made.
good times, reminds of hanging out at uptown and the west bank of the U of MN.
I found about The Mats after watch the episode of Seven Ages of Rock called... Left Of The Dial, and then become one of my all time favorite bands.
Same 'ere
Funny thing: all these Replacements videos just showing the stereo (didn’t they do a few like this?) make more sense on CZcams than most 80s music vids do.
Paul Westerberg is the all-time king of drunken punk poets! The guy could write.
Indeed, he should be up there with Richey James Edwards and Ian Curtis.
He can still write. When he chooses to. Sadly its far to infrequent.
Least of concerns, best of listening plus. Flush non essentials, take all sounds with all the best you've got - eye, ear, etc..... YEAH!
Notice the Tim lp has a drill hole in the cover? It was from the cut-out bin. More Mats humor!
Btw, this is originally the video for Bastards of Young.
its a nice thought but that's actually a promo hole, not a cutout drillhole.
but that makes sense, no one in the band or company was gonna spend money to buy a copy for themselves when they could get freebies
I'm really love with the line, "Pretty girl keep growin' up; playin' make up, wearin' guitar."
It's seems Paul playing by twisting the verbs, i might be wrong bcs my english not that good, but it seems so to me.
Awesome band 😊❤️🌈🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Definitely hearing The Replacements as an influence on Kurt Cobain and Goo Goo Dolls guy.
Yep
And Gaslight Anthem most definitely
The Goo Goo Dolls acknowledge this.
Does this version sound sped up compared to the album, or is it me?
Yeah. I noticed it too.
Definitely not just you. Unlistenable.
Yes
Thank you Rhino for making such an authentic Replacements video. (Proud owner of the entire catalog.)
Spectacular! 👏
Fr
Perhaps the greatest video ever made
I love these anti-video videos of them, so artistic.
I loved it when I saw it the first time. Now I lament the shoot yourself in the foot and then shoot yourself in the head attitude. When I saw them at the end of their career they left Elvis Costello in the dirt. When I saw them re-united I could tell that people who'd never heard of them dug them deeply. It does seem a waste. They deserved better, but worked hard to make sure they didn't achieve it.
@@robertmcmanus9185 some bands like to stay underground, out of sight. This even makes them more precious than their good songs or albums. I think they were just some ordinary guys, except Bob. He was too wasted to be a pro rock n roll star. Rest of them were not that self destructive or wasted that you might think.
Can you treat it like an oil well, where it's underground out of site. Great line from Pavement and I like the idea of bands wanting to stay out of site. I think The Replacements, however, simultaneously wanted success and obscurity. Of course you can't do both at the same time. That said, I'd say I agree, Bob was totally out of control. Mind you, the others weren't that far behind. Read Trouble Boys. It's pretty disturbing. I don't think they were ordinary guys either. I've met Tommy a few times. He's extraordinarily quick on his feet. Snappy comebacks that would make a stand-up comedian jealous and if you see his lyrics he's got a way with words that convinces me he's very bright. Paul is also very bright from my perspective. Not such ordinary guys in my opinion.
@@robertmcmanus9185 Pavement could sign a huge label back then but they decided to stay with the matador records, that’s why they’re best band ever in my opinion. I agree, Paul had the eager for a huge fame and he also wanted that money so much. Tommy is my favorite member. He was really beautiful and handsome back then, he still is. I always thought he’s the quite guy but it’s now very interesting for me that you say he’s a hyperactive guy. But unlike his brother, he wasn’t that much wasted. I always thought Paul was the naughty guy and the hyperactive one, maybe because of I’ll Be You music video. His lyrics are intellectually punk and rebellious. Bastard of Young’s lyric should be the Punk Scene’s anthem. I really like to read that book but I never really decided to start reading it. I should read it as soon as possible… .
@@Abegoldhatch It's a disturbing book to be sure. Reading about them broke and hungry, but burning the little bit of money that they made, or just how far the drinking/drugs got out of hand. Tommy's not so hyperactive. He's just so mentally quick, he has a joke at the ready immediately. You can see how much he loves laugh. He's a special guy to be sure.
Classic
Generational anthem.
This used to be on the WRVU commercial. Vanderbilt University radio station FM 91.1.
Read about your band in some local page
Didn't mention your name, didn't mention your name
The sweet Georgia breezes, safe, cool and warm
I headed up north, you headed north
On and on and on and on
What side are you on?
On and on and on and on
What side are you on?
Weary voice that's laughin', on the radio once
We sounded drunk, never made it on
Passin' through and it's late, the station started to fade
Picked another one up in the very next state
On and on and on and on
What side are you on?
On and on and on and on and
Pretty girl keep growin' up, playin' make-up, wearin' guitar
Growin' old in a bar, ya grow old in a bar
Headed out to San Francisco, definitely not L.A.
Didn't mention your name, didn't mention your name
And if I don't see ya, in a long, long while
I'll try to find you
Left of the dial
Left of the dial
Left of the dial
Left of the dial
Left of the dial
Left of the dial
Left of the dial
Left of the dial
Dude thank you, I always wondered what some lines were but never quite got around to looking into it.
@@9eyeh8chu9 So good
The Replacements were one of the 10 greatest groups from the 80's through to the implosion of The Libertines in 2004. In no particular order add, The Smiths, Stone Roses, Nirvana, Oasis, The Strokes, The Go-Betweens, Fugazi, and Pavement. Love them all on different days.
Yup.
Definitely not L.A.
didn't mentioned your name ...
I was told this was about Sara, from the Circle Bar NOLA!
❤️
i luv that it is a cut out..
promo, not a cut out.
They wanted videos that were absolutely unplayable. The failed in the most amazing way.
I can’t resist stories about rock musicians fucking over their handlers. Lou Reed’s “Metal Machine Music” is one great example, and this video is another. Making a cheesy video is absolutely the last thing these guys wanted to do, so they came up with this. Nothing more rock & roll than that.
The reason why this doesnt even have at least half a million views and it's been 8 years since it's been uploaded. People really have lost the plot.
SOMEONE PUSHED the KNOB ON THE SL-1200 UP TOO FAR. Joder.
To 11?
I think this is higher than I heard it on the original?
100%
Wish the video included the full track of 'Little Mascara" at the end, can't find it online
It's like listening to Goo Goo Dolls 7 years before the Goo Goo Dolls went major lable.
David Partridge and much better the goo goos
@@IsaacAllison hell of a lot better
And eight years earlier.
Ladies and gentlemen, if you believe this to be the original video for this song, please investigate the work of the Nils.
In reality, a seminal video.
This is the Bastards of the Young video... Still fits
It’s the same but different
I want this song played at my funeral.
Why make such a stupid comment? You're living. Stop worrying about death and enjoy the music.
@@monsieurlaguillotine3481 Enjoy my balls.
@@monsieurlaguillotine3481 Hahahaha. You're living until you're not. I've seen it happen. Too many times for my taste. Tell 'em what you want before your gone. It's tough to communicate after that. Generally.
@@monsieurlaguillotine3481 I hope you can learn to live with yourself and your anger. All the best.
The “actor” clearly not a member of the band. If he was, there would have been way more than one beer on the speaker.
This is one of those "Love the song, Hate the video" for me.
Are you kidding? The video is simple genius: at the time, MTV was growing in popularity and promo videos were becoming increasingly common for bands to do. The videos were eventually going to overtake the music. This was The Replacements "fuck you" statement, much like their song "Seen Your Video" it's a critique of the new trend. The music is the important thing, the music video concept is just a shallow marketing tool, that's why it's so basic.
Love how the woofer is properly placed at ear level...
2:28
Great song! Are those HPM-100s?
Yes they are
Saint Paul sales beer on the boulevard. SF/
Their label must have hated them after this video.
A Jim Jarmusch project?
Tag yourself, I’m the dog at 1:27
I don't mean to beat a dead horse but when I was a lil kid I was looking for what was cool and 20 years later I found it . I'm a fucking loser.
This vid had to have been made before Bastards of Young.
pioneer hpm 200 not 100 you can tell by the plastic ring around the port 200 watts instead of 100 I think all of the drivers are the same just more powerful crossovers I think.
does this sound pitched too fast to anyone else
Yes,I guess I didn't scroll down the comments far enough to see yours before I posted the same
Yeah, it's way different than the album version.
I saw the video before getting the album and I was initially disappointed that the song was not in the key it was in the video.
Why does Westerberg use Dawn soap?
It was Left of the Dial.
get out
Remix Version
I'm not crazy, the song is playing too fast, right?
Kevin Stetz yeah, it's too fast, and also the video is actually the video for Bastards of Young. Still, it's a cool video, and it works just as well for this song as it does for Bastards of Young.
Actually, they shot videos for Bastards of Young, Hold My Life, Left of the Dial, and Little Mascara, all in this similar format (black and white, speaker shots, guy smoking cigs).
All of these official vids are fast for some reason. Maybe they recorded them on an out of sync video player?
Pat wow, I had no idea of that about the videos. thanks for enlightening me on that ☺️
They're all on youtube except Little Mascara
Louder please
*VIVA Michael Jackson and Cher*
Few feelings are as good as 3:09
song at the end?!?!?
"Little Mascara". Each video from Tim features the intro to the next album track in the closing seconds.
OK- read down. I got mine at Best Appliances, not Best Buy.
this song or too
You grow old in a bar
So dissapointed that The Replacements forgot to mention PNW Region (Seattle) to this song
That's because its about their friends REM.