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How do you say I miss you

Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg wrote this song about a love interest who wasn't always there to answer his calls. The book Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements explains that the love interest lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Westerberg lived in Minneapolis and was touring most the time, so their relationship was long distance. He often got her answering machine when he called on the telephone, a common thing in pre-cellphone 1984. "I'm not a modern person," Westerberg says in Trouble Boys. "Technology irritates me." After performing this… read more
Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg wrote this song about a love interest who wasn't always there to answer his calls. The book Trouble Boys: … read more
Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg wrote this song about a love interest who wasn't always there to answer his calls. The book Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements ex… read more

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The Replacements were an American band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979. The band originally started off as a outfit but began to incorporate and influences in their sound. They become one of the leaders of the early alt-folk set and one of the flagship bands of the American scene in the , being a major influence on as well. The band's best known lineup consisted of Paul Westerberg (vocals, guitar), Bob Stinson (guitar), Tommy Stinson (bass) and Chris Mars (drums). They were infam… read more
The Replacements were an American band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979. The band originally started off as a outfit but began to incorporate read more
The Replacements were an American band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979. The band originally started off as a outfit but began to incorporate and influences in their sound. The… read more

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