Putting Paul Westerberg behind a piano is often a recipe for some of his most moving work - and he's deft at mixing humor with his pathos. Early in his career - with piano-driven songs like "Androgynous" - the laughs were a way to disguise the more emotional insight. "Androgynous," despite its jokey lines, is at its heart about the freedom you feel from just being allowed to be and how, well, to borrow from Dan Savage, it gets better.
As Westerberg has gotten older . . .
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