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never thought of that - could just be a coincidence? eh - i'm sure they'd heard of the replacements by that point. nice catch there

Jeff Tweedy is a big fan of the Replacements; he even does a cover of Color Me Impressed.

"I sold my guitar to the girl next door She asked me if I knew how I told her I don't think so anymore"

i always liked that line. kind of a double meaning.

Tweedy's first foray into writing a REAL rock song about real things. He originally wasnt the strongest songwriter on the block Kind of a coming out expression that threatened Jay a little. Up until here it was clear that Farrar was the writer of the meaningful songs whereas Tweedy wrote decent, yet, fairly unspectacular songs. Its is very Westerberg like actually in the way a an unsure individual is questioning what the things that he is doing and why bother because its going to backfire on him anyways. Never seen Wilco do this in concert and they have done it often in the past. Less unlikely with each passing year unfortunately.

Another possible musical allusion - Bob Dylan's "Romance in Durango."

Sold my guitar to the baker's son For a few crumbs and a place to hide,

possibly a reference to the replacements bastards of young? "God, what a mess, on the ladder of success Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung"