I really love this song. It's so melancholic. I don't really know what it means.
I'm surprised nobody has pointed out that it's one of the few instances where Westerberg reuses lyrics - specifically "It's too late to turn back, here we go" was in "Talent Show".
Anyway, recently, it seems that a few articles have been published about The Replacements and Portland. The short version is this:
the Mats had a particularly infamous drunk and/or awful show in Portland at the end of the PTMM tour on Dec 7 1987 supported by Young Fresh Fellows,
later wrote the song "Portland"
and etched an apology to Portland in the run-out groove of "Don't Tell a Soul".
I really love this song. It's so melancholic. I don't really know what it means.
I'm surprised nobody has pointed out that it's one of the few instances where Westerberg reuses lyrics - specifically "It's too late to turn back, here we go" was in "Talent Show".
Anyway, recently, it seems that a few articles have been published about The Replacements and Portland. The short version is this:
These articles have more details and actual first-hand accounts and even an adorable comic: http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2013/04/23/sevens-the-replacements-portland/ is an older article from 2013
More recent articles from April 2015 when The Replacements returned to Portland for the "Back by Unpopular Demand" tour and with Young Fresh Fellows as support act again: http://www.dailyemerald.com/2015/04/08/the-replacements/ http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/a-match-made-in-hell/Content?oid=15342689