solo Bob Mould vs. solo Paul Westerberg

I'd pick Tommy Stinson or Grant Hart over either ...

I really like the grandpaboy stuff, so Westerberg.

Chris Mars had a couple of decent tracks way back when too iirc

are you including Mould's Sugar work?

No -I think we should go with the strictly defined solo stuff

Mould, exclusively on the throatiness of his scream.

Chris Mars had a couple of decent tracks way back when too iirc

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No -I think we should go with the strictly defined solo stuff

In that case, Westerberg by light years.

yeah I would pick Chris Mars too, based on my memories of his first solo album, which I stupidly sold and have never been able to find a download of

i dunno workbook and black sheets of rain are aight.

yeah both of those first two Mould albums are pretty strong

Chris Mars was the proto-Grohl.

I revisited Workbook and Black Sheets recently and uh just couldn't take it. threw the tapes out.

Mould. I've never heard the dude sound like he's desperately like he's trying to remember how to do what used to come easily.

workbook and black sheets of rain are awesome, so bob (like the 3rd one too )

i know some dont like black sheets of rain as its too depressing but its a fucking great album. Just dug out my cd to put it on actually

Awesome song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgYwmCjaNig

Mould's first 3 or 4 solo albums are mostly great. Westerberg lost me after the first single or two. More's the pity.

I like this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDnNr6lNxvc

I haven't heard enough of either to vote. The two Westerberg albums I have aren't great, but I love this one song (weird set-up here...):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOl8VKHDjcM

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Aw c'mon, Loud Bomb were...................

This time I'm siding with Westerberg. Workbook was great and his last one so so but Mould solo is average at best

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worst poll results ever you guys are fucking kidding rite?

suicaine gratification is the worst fucking title in the history of anything, not very good musically either

first Westerberg solo was the only one I bothered with, had enough. also, he rather nastily remarked at the time that all the 'Mats records were solo albums.

suicaine gratifaction is secretly a really great record

^ co-sign. listening through his solo stuff for the first proper time and 5 tracks in i'm really enjoying it

feels like a very bright day in autumn walking record though, rather than a summer one

Tears Rolling Up and Born For Me are two of my favourite Paul Westerberg songs, sappy as they are.

This is probably not a popular take, but I kind of wish he'd just gotten better at being middle-of-the-road Q magazine guy, instead of becoming Mr Scratchy Home Recordings

I think if he’d stayed the middle of the road Q magazine we would have gotten a few great, decently produced ballads (I don’t rate much of his attempts to rock in the last 25 years) rather than pretending it was 1983 again.

Just listen to Runaway Wind a few times to get it out of your system. That song is all the middle-of-the-road sonic elements and the sweet & sappy lyrics u love 💕

This stuff is kind of tolerable I guess but not sure why I should actively listen to it.

But will give it another try, I guess

This poll got it right, IMHO.

I agree. Westerberg's recent dormancy as a recording artist puts him at a greater disadvantage, but regardless the only solo Westerberg I ever listen to is Stereo/Mono. Excellent pair of records, but Mould's already put out several with his current trio alone.

My favorite Westerberg solo thing after 13 Songs — which I still mostly like — was 49:00.

‘Things” and a couple others are a bit dull, but I’m very fond of that record, especially Runaway Wind and Even Here We Are.

Knocking On Mine never fails to make me smile - it’s so irresistibly cheerful like “I will dare”

I had no idea this happened - Bob Mould joined the encore for a Paul Westerberg show in Austin, TX in 1993. (Paul sang lead vocals without a guitar while Mould handled lead guitar during these numbers.) They reportedly did the Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog" too.

https://soundcloud.com/oppositecar/paul-westerbergbob-mould-ace-of-spades-live

I cannot love Bob Mould's music.

But can you like it?

Thanks, birdistheword!

xp Not much, and I have tried.

Westerberg, on the other hand, I cannot help but love.