# The Replacements perfoming on The Tonight Show tonight!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 10, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041 "2014-09-10T00:53:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/21 "2014-09-11T06:26:06Z")

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Bittorent. It.

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/22 "2014-09-11T10:47:40Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> Missed. It.

Youtube it: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gZi-dw03fE8](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gZi-dw03fE8)

Great job. I love how real it was - a bit of slop, a bit of noise on the chords as fingers moved on strings, hearing Westerberg’s voice squeak a bit when he said Big Star in the bridge. Just fun - and I love the thought of Alex Chilton and Big Star getting a great name-check on the Tonight Show, although 99.9% of those viewing were probably thinking “what the heck is _that_ song about??”

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**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/23 "2014-09-11T10:57:08Z")

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I thought the same thing, **WordMan** - it surprised me that they played _Alex Chilton_ but it was pretty cool to see Westerberg, an elder statesman of alternative rock, sing a song he wrote about one of _his_ biggest influences.

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**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-replacements-perfoming-on-the-tonight-show-tonight/698041/24 "2014-09-13T06:27:42Z")

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A relevant [cartoon.](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202447758371418&set=gm.678118178931042&type=1&theater) 😃

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