i'll be sad in heaven, if i don't find a hole in the gate

As much as i enjoyed Mr. Earle Junior's plaintive take on 'matsicana, my version of choice remains the brutal Tim-era demo below. By the time Pleased to Meet Me was recorded, the feckless guitarist was long gone and the dark themes were probably too much to bear. Still, even the sanitized base track has got some life to it. After a bit of polish and some Memphis horns, Mr. Westerberg had a genuine gen-x anthem that spawned a million covers. But whenever I pass the CC club on Lyndale, here's the one that haunts me.