Tag: Tilted

As most of you know, I’m a huge Replacements fan and the Minneapolis Music Scene they came from in the 1980s. The one band I haven’t listened to enough from that scene was Hüsker Dü formed by Bob Mould. I’ve seen and heard more of his solo career than I’ve heard from either one of his bands. He covers a lot of ground…from punk rock to power pop. 

He formed Hüsker Dü with drummer Grant Hart and bassist Greg Norton. At first, they were just another punk band, but something was different…Mould and Hart were more punk/pop songwriters. They had a melodic edge to their punk sound. 

Hüsker Dü split up in 1988. Mould’s first solo outing, Workbook, in 1989, took a different turn. Unlike his previous band, it featured acoustic-driven songs. In 1992, he formed Sugar with David Barbe (bassist) and Malcolm Travis (drummer), a trio in which he could release his aggressive music with a little more polish and refinement.

I can see why Husker Du might not have regularly made the charts, but this band gave you a little bit of everything. Their songs were catchy and good. 

This song came out in 1993 on their second album Beaster. It came out of the same recording sessions as their debut album, Copper Blue, but had a darker, heavier, and more intense sound. Mould has said that he didn’t expect Beaster to be as widely embraced as Copper Blue but was pleased that fans appreciated it.

Beaster peaked at #130 on the Billboard Charts, #18 in New Zealand, and #3 in the UK in 1993. Tilted peaked at #48 in the UK. 

This song is another off of Beaster called Come Around. 

Tilted

I only do these things to freak you out
I never wanted you to doubt me
I believe you/ Do I believe you
I try to block you out to hear myself
I can’t believe I’m thinking to myself
Would I leave you/ In such suspense

I let it go and go and go
But what you’re thinking through the silence
I really wish you understood
A couple of words get so much mileage

I never felt an urge to say a word
I’d rather listen to the din of
Other people closing in one me/ I lay in bed
And think of words that you should hear
I fall asleep and then they disappear
A fall from grace/ From memory

I hear a voice inside the silence
Speak your peace and all’s forgotten
I hear the static on the line
Remember how this all got started

Remember/ Remember/ It’s tilted

I turn away a minute disappears
I turn away in shame when I don’t hear
What you’re thinking/ Tell me what you’re thinking
You take it out on me
You’re not flaking out on me, are you
Turn it tilted/ Hey wait a minute

I never wanted you to be upset
But I can see you’re trying to forget
What was said/ What was said
Don’t try to hang me up again
Don’t try to hang up on me wait up

Turn it tilted/ I need help it’s

Remember/ Remember/ It’s tilted

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