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Billy Corgan gets an A- for melodies and a D+ for lyrics, and an uhh I dunno.. He's a good guitar player. The pumpkins were one of the three first bands I liked; Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, and STP. I still love Nirvana, and can't stand STP; my feelings about the Pumpkins are somewhere in the middle. Siamese Dream is always excellent; everything else they did is a mixed bag imo.

My favs: 01. The Beatles 02. Bob Dylan 03. The Rolling Stones 04. Neil Young 05. David Bowie 06. The Velvet Underground 07. Van Morrison 08. R.E.M. 09. Wilco 10. The Clash 11. Radiohead 12. Nirvana 13. The Band 14. Led Zeppelin 15. Elvis Costello 16. Bruce Springsteen 17. Sonic Youth 18. Gram Parsons 19. Stevie Wonder 20. Jimi Hendrix

I hated the album at first. But the past few days I've listened to it constantly. It's not the masterpiece people are proclaiming it as; a lot of the lyrics are kind of trite and straight forward, and I'm sorry "Shake It Off" is still a terrible song, and the rockers are corny as hell. That being said, it's not a terrible album. There are some beautiful melodies, and some of the songs do have heh a lot of emotional depth. the title track is great, "What Light" is great, and "On and On and On", though a bit sentimental, is moving in it's own way. Even a lot of the songs with terrible

well...I'm giving it more spins. I'll be honest. I hated AGIB at first; now it's gone up about a star and half for me. I've been spinning it all day to try to get into it. The first 4 songs are growing on me, and the last two as well. The middle, isn't doing it for me; I still think Walken and Shake it Off are lame... and that the lyrics as a whole are a step down, but there's some beauty in this record in particular the title track and "What Light". I'm really hoping this will grow on me, as I imagine it'll be the last Wilco album of the decade. Sorry if I was a pretentious prick

Wilco has never been to me, just about feel good music. Wilco has always been about the layers of complexity, intellectually stimulating and emotionally gripping. In the five years since YHF came out, I still find a sound on it I've never heard before each time I play it; same with Summer Teeth, and AGIB. Being There, though lacking that complexity, was just a great Exile on Main St cum Gilded Palace of Sin style record. There's no such greatness on SBS. Sky Blue Sky is Wilco's first product; it's not a piece of art as Summer Teeth, YHF or AGIB were. There's nothing challenging about it, a

Dust Bowl Ballads Pet Sounds Gilded Palace of Sin Loaded Exile on Main Street Neu!! The Basement Tapes Metal Machine Music 3rd/ Sister Lovers Rust Never Sleeps Armed Forces Tim ooooh I'm so clever!

and Madame George. Wow. If you're a Sky Blue Sky fan, I really suggest you hear this. Great stuff.

I seriously...cackled.....

Though I do see it going top 10 before Critics start to sour public reception with their "Uhhh...I dunno about this...it's okay..." reviews.

At this point my opinion on the record has been well stated. I don't like it. But even being objective, I don't see how really smooth serene music made by middle age men will light rolling stone and MTV on fire. If anything this is one of their least marketable albums. The first 3 appealed to both classic rock and indie sensibilities. YHF and AGIB were indie wet dreams. This? Well, I don't know how man. I see it selling very low numbers.

I actually see SBS getting universally mediocre reviews from critics, and selling only about A.M. numbers, but that's me.

Thanks for always spoiling the shit out of us, guys.

You know...and this sounds like hipster bullshit. But the drone somehow works with the album. Like if I skip the drone, the album seems far less effective. The drone gives it a sort of character. It could've been a little shorter (I get the itch to hit the >> button at about 9 minutes into the track) but I still enjoy it.

Better hurry up. Only 100 are made. Remember, the handles are made out of the mortal remains of fired band members so the supplies are always limited.

Eh...if you're on a Wilco board, you'll wind up getting them all anyway. I'm not too thrilled with Sky Blue Sky, but I'm still probably going to buy every version including the Lunch box tin version with the Tony trading card.

Wilco did demos? Dear God, I hope they're smooth...

Keep the fire.

Keep the fire boys.

I'm a big Bennett fan...but God...can you say that thing about Unicorns again? It was amazing...a youtube link maybe?

Television is actually rocking though, and raw. Television isn't airbrushed easy listening. How you could compare this record to Television is beyond me.

I like your signature too btw! "Carrot Rope" is one of those songs that I could get my leg blown off and it would still put a smile on my face. great tune.

HAHAHA it just came to me one day when I was making breakfast...I went FRENCH TOAST IS BORN! and my roommate went:

I lost my focus after that. I thought everyone knew that smooth jazz was heh...not a good thing. I would've rather had more of a free jazz type Wilco record then a smooth jazz one.

Nah. I'm not hardcore; I don't like elevator music, that's all.

My thoughts exactly. There's a lot of smooth jazz sounds on here. Which explains a big part of why I don't like it.