How many times do you surf videos late at night?!  Not at work, right?  I get locked in a groove of stuff I like, and was checking out New York Dolls, Ramones, Replacements videos, and came across one I hadn't heard in a long time. 

Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory. 

Johnny was a member of the New York Dolls, and then did his solo gig.  He died a freaky unsolved death in 1991 in New Orleans.

Guns and Roses covered this one on the Spaghetti Incident.

The Replacements were a Minneapolis band following in all the chaotic footsteps of the above bands.  Paul Westerberg was the frontman/writer/force behind that band.

I saw them open for Tom Petty at Starwood.  They came out wearing dresses, played about 5 songs and walked off stage!  Needless to say, they didn't last on that Tom Petty tour.

This one is from later in their career after they 'cleaned up' a bit.  Always a great one from The Replacements.

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My final tour of band disaster on the vid's was Badfinger.  They were destined to be the Beatles lite; signed to Apple Records, songs co-written and produced by McCartney, the whole world in front of them, except for a horrible management deal that left them broke. 

Pete Ham would take his own life he was so distraught, followed by Tom Evans committing suicide years later, still followed by the dark business cloud of Badfinger.

Their songs were great!  This is one of the best.