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1. Future Islands - On The Water ("Grease" is my song of the year.) 2. Richard Buckner - Our Blood 3. Drive-By Truckers- Go Go Boots

Lists are kinda fun to debate, as this one will be. If Michael Jackson can get 2 songs (solo and Jackson 5), why not Lennon or McCartney? If pop culture phenoms like "Hey Ya" or "Single Ladies" can get a mention, then why not an 80's nugget like "Don't Stop Believing" or "Don't You Forget About Me"? It seems like a lot of earlier selections cancelled out later selections. Did Neil Young not get a song 'cause Dylan, The Band and Crosby/Stills/Nash got a song? No Replacements because Big Star got one? The 90's and 00's is too heavy on rap and Top 40 pop in my opinion. And the mix of pop

TIME'S ALL-TIME 100 SONGS "Our critics pick the most extraordinary English-language pop recordings since the beginning of TIME magazine in 1923. Here are 100 (unranked) songs of enduring beauty, power and inventiveness" (Should be noted that it was decided to limit an artist to only one song.) 2000s Janelle Monae Tightrope Missy Elliott Get Ur Freak On Outkast Hey Ya! Arcade Fire Wake Up Kanye West Gold Digger Lil Wayne Georgia Bush LCD Soundsystem All My Friends Beyonce Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) Lady Gaga Bad Romance 1990s Sinead OConnor Nothing Compares 2 U Pet S

We're approaching the 20th Anniversary of the recording of "March 16-20, 1992". In my fantasyland, I imagine Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy meeting at Peter Buck's home studio in March, 2012 to record a batch of songs for an album to released later in the year. Heidorn also shows up for percussion. Henneman and Buck offer added musicianship where needed. Buck produces. Whereas "March 16-20, 1992" dealt with struggles of American workers and perhaps foreshadowed Tupelo's break-up (Fatal Wound and Wipe The Clock), "March, 2012" would focus more on acceptance and forgiveness. If anybody knows a

Rolling Stone is streaming a new R.E.M. song to be on their hits package Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth. The song is called "We All Go Back To Where We Belong". It sounds like it was written to be the last song recorded by the group. Really beautiful, I think. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-stream-r-e-m-s-final-single-we-all-go-back-to-where-we-belong-20111018

I'd probably rank "All Things Must Pass" as the best post-Beatles records, though Harrioson had been accumulating most of the songs for years. I'm a huge Paul fan (including Wings), so I think his post-Beatles work in general is the superior of the group. I have a personal love for Back To The Egg...an album that might as well not have been released, 'cause it's hardly ever mentioned. While certainly not on par with "McCartney" or "Ram", I think it's a very energetic, gutsy record. To the basis of the thread, "Maybe I'm Amazed" is at least as good as anything Lennon did post-Beatles.

I can only think of 5 Wilco songs that I'd say "I do not like": - Shake It Off - Walken - Hate It Here - You Never Know - Sonny Feeling

I'd rate that about a 543.

I've scanned this board for many years and have read tons of things I disagreed with to varying degrees. If 1 degree was very slightly disagree, and 100 was massively disagree, the above post would be about a 748.

I too LOVE the Mermaid songs. I'm gonna request Blood Of The Lamb and Another Man's Done Gone for a December show...though I won't expect them to be played. Kind of off topic, but I'm holding out hope that they break out an off-the-wall cover in December. They used to playe Led Zeppelin and other classic songs in the early days. And fairly recently they did Band and Thunderclap Newman. The Whole Love reminds a LOT of McCartney. I'd soil my trousers if they busted out "Hi, Hi, Hi" or "Uncle Albert" one of these nights. How freakin' cool would that be?!

Not sure why, but I always thought it might have been about Roy Orbison (probably because of Orbison's "Only The Lonely" and I believe he had a song with "Lonely One" in the title.) Westerberg makes more sense perhaps. But what about the gold lame? That might hint more towards Neil Young. An interesting thought is if it's about Jay Farrar. The line about hoping to hear an old voice on the machine hints that it's about someone he once had a relationship with. Jeff supposedly idolized Jay at one time. I personally think it's just a brilliant song about the sometimes shared lonliness of a fan

I stumbled on a blog by great sportswriter Joe Posnanski. Below are his thoughts...very well done, I think: "I have this story about R.E.M. that I wrote when the band announced that it was closing down, and I have not had the time to finish it, and by now it’s probably too late to finish it. So I’ll put one R.E.M. thought here. I love R.E.M. It’s pretty close to Springsteen love. My favorite R.E.M. moment happens in a song called The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight. That’s not one of my 40 favorite R.E.M. songs, by the way, but it has what I think is the quintessential R.E.M. moment. See, what m

To me, both of these records enter my mind when I'm going on a long drive. A.M radio used to be a great place to find good music, and it's neat that one record has an old radio on the cover while the other starts off with a song about getting lost in a great A.M. song.I think Son Volt's record is "better"....it's just very classic sounding and deep and doesn't have a track that's even the smallest bit weak. But I find Wilco's record more fun. Tweedy and Wilco have come a long way musically, but listening to A.M. you realize how great most of the songs are. And the simple way they were played m

No offense to Lowe, but I was hoping Wilco would bring along a young/upcoming band like they've done many times over the years. Oh well, they obviously are enjoying playing together.

Maybe a tad off topic, but I think it's a bit unfair for band members to not get some writing credit on some songs and some albums. The songs on "Sky Blue Sky" and "Wilco (The Album)" are more straight-forward, so the credit going mostly or all to Jeff Tweedy seems fine.But, to me, what makes "The Whole Love" so enjoyable (and more enjoyable than the previous 2 records) is the numerous flourishes and contributions by everybody in the band...John's great bass lines, Glenn's incredible drumming, the keyboard sounds, the synthesizers, strings, blips...etc."The Whole Love" would have been a good c

I got mine at a Target at opening time yesterday. Looked like they had about 7 or 8 of them.

1. Summerteeth 2. Being There 3. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 4. The Whole Love 5. A Ghost Is Born 6. A.M. 7. Sky Blue Sky 8. Wilco (The Album)

The Onion's AV Club review IS a bit harsh, but a pretty good take."The Whole Love" does have a "low-stakes feel" (tracks 1 and 2 excepted), as pointed out by the AV Club writer. But for me, that's not a negative. I don't think a band needs to torture themselves on every record to recreate the wheel. Saying that, I would LOVE if Wilco made a whole record that had the vibe of Bull Black Nova or Art of Almost. Both songs sound spontaneous and natural. Same with the Wilco Book disc...I really like the feel of that record.I don't know. I like the varieties of song types on The Whole Love, but it DO

Oh joy. (sarcasm)It's nauseating when singers and bands try "make a difference" and be a part of a Presidential political campaign. Nobody gives a sh*t who Bono or Toby Keith or Stevie Wonder wants us to vote for and it's likely to irritate half of their fans by publicly endorsing somebody. It's just silly. Oh well. I don't have to watch or listen to that crap. I'll just hope and pray Tweedy doesn't sprinkle any pro-Obama bullsh*t into the live show I'll be at in December, (as he did in many live shows the last couple elections).

I concur. Great album. I have the re-issued version from years ago with bonus songs. I really like "Song #4".It's weird, strange and awesome.

Good write-up, but similar raing as Pitchfork (7 out of 10).Music's subjective, but I've decided a rating less than 8 out of 10 for "The Whole Love" is wrong. Case closed.

Ouch. That's a kick in the nuggets. Out Of Time would rank in my R.E.M. top 3. I think I love early R.E.M. as much as most R.E.M. fans, but almost equally like their albums Green-Hi Fi. They're more poppy and less mysterious, but doesn't lessen their greatness.

As a HUGE R.E.M. fan, I have zero interest in the new greatest hits discs. I'll likely pay $3 on iTunes for the new songs. You all think there's any chance they might someday release another Dead Letter Office-type record? Peter Buck has said forever that they have tons of unreleased bits over the years. I'm envisioning songs that never made the cut, alternate versions of album songs, some of their amazing covers, musical bits that never had lyrics....etc.

Pitchfork gets its jollies by being unpredictable and contrary. A 6.9 rating for "The Whole Love" is unfair. Musically, it's an 8+ album EASILY. Having listened to it many times, it just SOUNDS like a great record. It SOUNDS beautiful and fresh and poppy and rockin'. It's got great pacing. I'm very impressed by it. The reviewer might make a decent point about Jeff's lyrics being random one moment and heartfelt the next. I haven't yet "felt" as many lyrics on "The Whole Love" as on Wilco's best records, and I wish I did, but it's not preventing me from liking to listen to it. I STILL have

I recorded "Born Alone" from Lettermen and showed to some people last night. A female, about 40, said "he's a nice looking guy if he cleans up a little." Jeff's been shaggy forever. Never bothered me, nor something I thought about. But he DID look a bit ragged....especially for being on a tv show. His hair many times looks like he just woke up after sleeping on a pillow coated in maple syrup. And I can't tell if he's trying to grow a full beard, or just hasn't shaved for 12 days. Just an observation. If Jeff wants to look like a hobo or a Survivor member, makes no matter to me.