History Lesson Part II Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Keterian 

Cover art for History Lesson Part II lyrics by Hold Steady, The

This is, of course, technically a Minutemen cover, but the lyrics are markedly different from the original version--though the lines about Joe Strummer and Bob Dylan are in the Minutemen version too. I guess the most interesting thing about this song is how well the way THS presents themselves aligns with how the Minutemen did.

What else, uh... Westerburg and Pirner (whose name is misspelled in the lyrics) are the lead singers of The Replacements and Soul Asylum, respectively. And Craig Finn is from Edina, not Medina; so that's presumably an error as well.

Yeah, Pirner was an accident, It is Westerberg, not burg. The (M)Edina was an accident as well, I dunno how I messed that up, my uncle lives there.