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Matthew Sweet — Girlfriend
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Zonkers
(Cornfieldville, IL)
Posted: May 15, 2013 - 14:17
 
Just a good rockin' song.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: May 15, 2013 - 14:16
 
 Propayne wrote:
Robert Quine.

Very good. 

 
Robert Quine and Richard LLoyd - even better.....

Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Apr 14, 2013 - 07:18
 
Robert Quine.

Very good. 

DanO-1
(Over a mile high, New Mexico)
Posted: Apr 14, 2013 - 07:17
 
 martinc wrote:
Tight and great guitar licks ... I don't ask for much more

 
{#Bananajam}

Dav3thedog
Posted: Mar 13, 2013 - 20:46
 
'Need somebody to love..'?  Sounds familiar, not good.
martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Feb 10, 2013 - 12:01
 
Tight and great guitar licks ... I don't ask for much more

Grammarcop
(You want an E Class? We got 'em!)
Posted: Jan 10, 2013 - 04:13
 
 Sasha2001 wrote:


...Who managed to craft a few top-tier songs. You forgot this last part.
 
Sashsa:

I'm not alone in my opinion. See what the critic John Pareles said about him in the Nov. 26, 2003, New York Times. 

Best wishes. 

Pedro1874
(Newton-le-Willows, England)
Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 10:11
 
Says 1991 on Amazon - Wow, 21 years  - how time flies when you are having fun and listening to RP! {#Motor}

Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree)
Posted: Sep 06, 2012 - 11:42
 
His KBCO acoustic version is pretty good too.

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Aug 06, 2012 - 00:10
 
Awesome guitar, weak lyrics but they would be totally overcome by a stronger blues voice.  I am imagining this song with the black crowes singing.

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Jul 05, 2012 - 13:32
 
Nice guitar

Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Jan 28, 2012 - 22:43
 
It was going so well... until he started singing.

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Dec 28, 2011 - 04:35
 
i love Matthew Sweet. if you ever get the chance to see him live, do it. such a fun performer. 

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Dec 28, 2011 - 04:34
 
 Boxman wrote:
A fantastic album from beginning to end, but I never would have discovered if not for hearing this song almost 20 years (yikes!) ago.

Driven by the late great Robert Quine on lead guitar, Fred Maher on the drums, Greg Leisz playing the lap steel, and Matthew Sweet on bass, as well as lead and backing vocals, "Girlfriend" is just an awesome track.  Quine's lead guitar on this song is something that puts a smile on my face everytime I hear it, because it sounds like he's about to go careening off the rails at any moment, but he incredibly regains control each time you think he's about to lose it.  Then there's that great rhythm vamp between Maher on drums and Sweet on bass that precedes the end of the song as Quine's guitar lets out these fitful restrained squeals before the song all comes to its somewhat menacing end. {#Music}  Just perfect.  

Still one of my favorite albums from the 1990s, with an incredible guitar line-up throughout featuring Quine, Richard Lloyd, and Leisz (as does Sweet's much darker follow-up album, "Altered Beast"). 

 
This and Altered Beast were probably the most 2 played albums of the 90s for me.{#Yes} Funny this song is probably my least favorite of both albums combined. Still a 7 though.


Xing
Posted: Dec 28, 2011 - 04:22
 
Platidudesque Rick'n-Rock'n-Rolladoodle

SpamNRice
(Northern, Italy)
Posted: Dec 28, 2011 - 04:21
 
 SpamNRice wrote:
Good power-pop every 5 years is quite tolerable
 
OK, OK... make that every 4 years... {#Yes}



Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window)
Posted: Nov 26, 2011 - 10:46
 
What you have to ask yourselves is, if this song is so boilerplate, so nuts and bolts rock n' roll, how come there are so few other songs that sound like it?

rabaak
Posted: Nov 26, 2011 - 10:42
 
What ever happened to Matthew? Did he fall off the earth?

Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window)
Posted: Nov 26, 2011 - 10:41
 
 Grammarcop wrote:
Matthew Sweet is a second-tier songwriter at best. 
 



...Who managed to craft a few top-tier songs.

You forgot this last part.

Grammarcop
(The end of the Pointe)
Posted: Sep 24, 2011 - 04:06
 
Matthew Sweet is a second-tier songwriter at best. 

MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Aug 23, 2011 - 19:10
 
 Antje_Schwahn wrote:
Hackneyed rock cliches encapsulated neatly in a song which souds like so many othersof its ilk
 
                    

 


Canlistener
(Ontario Canada)
Posted: Jul 23, 2011 - 10:00
 
LOVE this tune!!!

hencini
Posted: Jun 21, 2011 - 20:15
 
Good stuff... Not my favorite of his, but I wouldn't really classify myself as a true fan, so my opinion probably doesn't matter as much... : )


vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 16:02
 
this rox!

DD rabbi_phil
(beach)
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 14:49
 
 Boxman wrote:
A fantastic album from beginning to end, but I never would have discovered if not for hearing this song almost 20 years (yikes!) ago.

Driven by the late great Robert Quine on lead guitar, Fred Maher on the drums, Greg Leisz playing the lap steel, and Matthew Sweet on bass, as well as lead and backing vocals, "Girlfriend" is just an awesome track.  Quine's lead guitar on this song is something that puts a smile on my face everytime I hear it, because it sounds like he's about to go careening off the rails at any moment, but he incredibly regains control each time you think he's about to lose it.  Then there's that great rhythm vamp between Maher on drums and Sweet on bass that precedes the end of the song as Quine's guitar lets out these fitful restrained squeals before the song all comes to its somewhat menacing end. {#Music}  Just perfect.  

Still one of my favorite albums from the 1990s, with an incredible guitar line-up throughout featuring Quine, Richard Lloyd, and Leisz (as does Sweet's much darker follow-up album, "Altered Beast"). 

 
too bad Quine and Auerbach never had a chance to do anything together,that would've been something,eh?


Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 14:47
 
 Antje_Schwahn wrote:
Hackneyed rock cliches encapsulated neatly in a song which souds like so many othersof its ilk
 
Can we get a little more redundant please?
Maybe I should send this comment for approval from the office of redundancy office? 

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 14:43
 
I bought this album when it came out,and my friends were like, 'dude this sounds like a friggin' garage band!" 
That's what I love about it; it sounds raw and un-messed with -  but good! 

alaken
(Missoula, MT)
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 14:43
 
8 -> 9   I love me some Matthew Sweet! I remember the brief moment around '93–'94 when stuff like this was getting major airplay.

Would love to hear more MS on RP – maybe 'superdeformed'?

Boxman
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 18:59
 
A fantastic album from beginning to end, but I never would have discovered if not for hearing this song almost 20 years (yikes!) ago.

Driven by the late great Robert Quine on lead guitar, Fred Maher on the drums, Greg Leisz playing the lap steel, and Matthew Sweet on bass, as well as lead and backing vocals, "Girlfriend" is just an awesome track.  Quine's lead guitar on this song is something that puts a smile on my face everytime I hear it, because it sounds like he's about to go careening off the rails at any moment, but he incredibly regains control each time you think he's about to lose it.  Then there's that great rhythm vamp between Maher on drums and Sweet on bass that precedes the end of the song as Quine's guitar lets out these fitful restrained squeals before the song all comes to its somewhat menacing end. {#Music}  Just perfect.  

Still one of my favorite albums from the 1990s, with an incredible guitar line-up throughout featuring Quine, Richard Lloyd, and Leisz (as does Sweet's much darker follow-up album, "Altered Beast"). 


Darkmatter
(the Venice of Scandinavia)
Posted: Nov 13, 2010 - 06:59
 
Any song with a drum solo/break deserves at least a 9! {#Drummer}

hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: Nov 13, 2010 - 06:59
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Oooo - Matthew Sweet. This song is just good for the ears (since romeotuma is conspicuously absent lately!) I'm chair-dancing (not to be confused with pole-dancing, which requires a thong, a hot body, and gymnastic moves. Um, and a pole.) {#Dancingbanana}
 
{#Lol}

{#Hug}


hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: Nov 13, 2010 - 06:58
 
I miss hearing Matthew Sweet.

pauleywalnuts
(Ontario)
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 14:37
 
Great album that holds up today. {#Dancingbanana_2}

Sasha2001
(New York F'n City)
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 14:36
 
Some songs just exist to rock and sound good. Remember first seeing the anime' video for this and thinkin' how cool it was.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 10, 2010 - 20:11
 
 Antje_Schwahn wrote:
Hackneyed rock cliches encapsulated neatly in a song which souds like so many othersof its ilk
 
Those who can, do.
Those who can't, teach.
Those who can't do or teach become critics.
Guessing you're a critic.


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 10, 2010 - 20:10
 
Oooo - Matthew Sweet. This song is just good for the ears (since romeotuma is conspicuously absent lately!) I'm chair-dancing (not to be confused with pole-dancing, which requires a thong, a hot body, and gymnastic moves. Um, and a pole.) {#Dancingbanana}

Derecho
(A Land Without Traffic Lights)
Posted: Aug 09, 2010 - 19:33
 


auraltaffy
(alberta, canada)
Posted: Aug 09, 2010 - 19:31
 
 Hannio wrote:


Gotta agree.
  Hannio's comment is a pre-packaged non-original comment like so many other sheep such color...


Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: May 06, 2010 - 09:03
 
 Antje_Schwahn wrote:
Hackneyed rock cliches encapsulated neatly in a song which souds like so many othersof its ilk
 

Gotta agree.

Antje_Schwahn
Posted: Dec 31, 2009 - 03:18
 
Hackneyed rock cliches encapsulated neatly in a song which souds like so many othersof its ilk

lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: Nov 29, 2009 - 18:11
 
kicks ass

Essbee
(Big Bend Region, Texas)
Posted: Oct 29, 2009 - 08:51
 
Great power pop! Love the urgency in the background vocals, and the percussion fill. Better LOUD! Great album too.


WayUpNorth
(Down on the Farm)
Posted: Aug 27, 2009 - 06:55
 
 velvetglove wrote:
Hey, Bill.  Can you add I've Been Waiting from this album?  Pretty please?
 
Yeah — I like that one too!  Great idea! {#Clap}

okelle
Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 13:02
 
Brings me back to sophomore year in college. I used to play a dubbed copy of this album incessantly on cassette — remember those?

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 13:01
 
 out_to_lunch wrote:
I love that photo he used for the cover. Great song
 
Yeah, Tuesday Weld; she was adorable.  Great song too.



mwaite49
(Vancouver, WA)
Posted: Feb 18, 2009 - 11:07
 
Nice to hear this.  I like a couple of other songs on the album better but Girlfriend deserves some airplay.  I bought this album based on some Amazon reviews (not always a good idea) and was pleased about how good the whole album is. 


velvetglove
(Savage, MD)
Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 05:00
 
Hey, Bill.  Can you add I've Been Waiting from this album?  Pretty please?

coffee-eyes
(Bawstin, Massa2shits)
Posted: Nov 15, 2008 - 14:00
 
Most excellent CD!

moonajohannes
(Bonn/Germany)
Posted: Sep 13, 2008 - 11:15
 
Lovely song - brilliant guitar!

ROSSinDETROIT
(Detroit, more or less. By teh Zoo.)
Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 20:35
 
The prototype for a GREAT pop song.  On the right day that's a fine thing.