This refers to when the Johns kept finding themselves often booked at the exact same venues The Replacements played the night before. They would introduce the band as The Replacements instead of They Might Be Giants as a joke, and this song came out of it. There are subtle jokes in these lyrics pertaining to The Replacements' reputation of performing belligerently drunk.
This refers to when the Johns kept finding themselves often booked at the exact same venues The Replacements played the night before. They would introduce the band as The Replacements instead of They Might Be Giants as a joke, and this song came out of it. There are subtle jokes in these lyrics pertaining to The Replacements' reputation of performing belligerently drunk.