Song of the Day-I Will Dare

Minneapolis' The Replacements can lay claim to being one of the finest punk bands America ever produced. Up there, in my humble opinion, with The Stooges and The Ramones. 1984's "Let It Be" album might have been one of their greatest achievements. By the way, clearly 1984 was the best music year of that sometimes misbegotten decade. Besides the release of this album it was the year of "Born In The USA," "Purple Rain" "1984" and a slew of other worthwhile releases. While "I Will Dare" and the album it came from did not hit the chart heights of those other discs, it was the point at which the Mats started to incorporate other instruments besides guitars turned up to 11 into their sonic mix. Paul Westerberg, clearly in charge by this time, started making music that pointed the way to his "post-Replacements" future. Still a great song, "I Will Dare" on the World's Slowest Radio Station!