Bastards of Young

I was trying to find live versions of The Bastard on YouTube earlier today.

And when I typed in tragically hit Bastard, I found a live version of them playing Bastards of Young by The Replacements at First Avenue in Minneapolis.

So if you're curious, and they kill it.

So if you're curious later on, it's a really great version of the song and played at the First Ave. It's awesome,

So I chose the

song Bastards of Young by The Replacements.

And this started off, Joseph, we had this giant conversation about Jason Isbell and the drive-by truckers and their oeuvre.

He pitched Relatively Easy by Isbell, which I loved and was fantastic.

Yeah.

I knew I had to get a little bit outside of the box with him.

And for some reason, Bastards of Young popped into my head, which, Jared, do you know, are you a Replacements guy at all or too much synth pop in that era

for you? See, you're missing out.

A quick Google search brought up a band with the same name who's done some stuff with the Ugly Dojo out in California, which is close.

But I have yet to find confirmation that any wrestler over the last 40 years has come out to the replacements Bastards of Young.

i

just okay so i just i just checked the cage match database and nothing comes up which is wild to me totally totally wild to me um because this is an entrance theme this is this is this is an entrance theme

But the song itself is a already certified 80s party jam song with all these other things melted on top of it, that becomes this aspirational nostalgia trap.

And I'll only pull the guitar out for one part of this, but I think this is important because this touches on something we saw in both the Isbell song and Bastards of Young when we were talking about it.

Yeah.

So there's this crazy, like, the song is in E.

Again, we don't start...

Like this is, it's basically an E chord, but with an A imposed over the top of it.

So it's again, like Bastards of Young and like Relatively Easy by Jason Isbell, where we do not start in the home key.

We start kind of in the home key, but thinking about how do we get...

I have to think I'm pushing at least your boundary somewhere, maybe a few people at home.

The song I am presenting to you for potential inclusion on the Cultist Creative Playlist is Bastards of Young by The Replacements.

I think this is the quintessential young adult in America song because it sets up the phase post-childhood but pre-midlife crisis like no other song.

And I do think there's an American aspect of this.

We're going to press pause.

The link is below.

If you haven't heard Bastards of Young, just look for that down there.

We're going to go listen to the song.

It was this reputation for unpredictability, amplified by an underground credibility that seemed impossible to tame, that made the network finally nod yes to The Replacements as its next musical guest.

The rehearsals for the SNL appearance took place in a cramped rehearsal space off 31st Street, where the band tried to hone their setlist, which consisted of the two staples they performed at every gig, Bastards of Young and the newer hit Kiss Me on the Bus.

Even though they had a professional backing drummer and studio producer, Tommy Erdelji, on standby, the group decided that alcohol would be the only way to preserve the raw energy they'd earned through relentless touring.

By the time they arrived in Studio eight H, the night shift crew was already setting up cables for a live broadcast, unaware that this one set would become legendary for its self-sabotage rather than musical excellence.

The first song, Bastards of Young, went off with a surprisingly tight performance.

Westerberg sang over the low end of a cheap amp that was feeding into Studio eight H's PA, his voice raw enough to make even the most cynical viewer think this wasn't staged.

The crowd in the studio responded with nervous enthusiasm while Paul tried to keep his hands from shaking too hard.

Bands like Green Day in ’90s and even The Strokes in 2000 used SNL as a springboard, but always with careful staging and sober preparation.