40-Year-Old Songs: I Will Dare

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Ah, so you didn’t care for the 1954 country song featured today? That’s okay. I have such a weird list of music interest that this will eliminate the hayseed from your ears. Not that you’ve ever heard this one, either, but…. Anyway, here’s today’s song that’s turning 40 this year. I Will Dare - The Replacements This was the turning point for Minneapolis’ other contribution to 80s music. (Quick side note: I did see a concert in First Avenue, where a lot of the live music scenes in Purple Rain were filmed. Not Prince, and not The Replacements…saw the BoDeans there.) They moved out of that snotty punk sound and into a more…I don’t want to say “pop” (because there’s nothing “pop” about this song [although the song “Androgynous,” later on the album, definitely has that feel), but maybe more “adult” feel to their music. The lyrics didn’t change a bit, though. I really hate it that these guys didn’t get past the college rock/“cult following” circuit. It made it easier to see them live (once they sobered up a little they were fabulous live, but I pity people who saw them on this tour [I had a bootleg tape of a show on this tour, and it’s funny…but woeful]), but it’s not good for the prosperity. Although most Replacements fans wouldn’t have had it any other way. Cool additional trivia: the guitar on this song is played by R.E.M.’s Peter Buck. I Will Dare Written by Paul Westerberg Recorded by The Replacements From Let It Be, 1984 How young are you? How old am I?