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    Sky Blue Sky Tracklisting

    in Just A Fan

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    By the way, anyone surprised to see On and On and On make the cut? I think it's a really beautiful song, but they only played it a few times and the general opinon here was that it wasn't that stellar--not that what we say goes, but I'm a little surprised to see it on the record.

     

    I always liked that one best of the new songs I've heard. I think it'll make a great closer.

     

    As good as AGIB is, I felt the ending was a little muddled (2 singles, 12 minutes of noise, and a 2 minute sing a long.) Hopefully this record will be really tight.

     

    I'm stoked. It'd best be great, because I doubt at this point we'll get another one before the decade's end.

     

    edit: which means it'll probably be the last one before I enter the later half of my 20s...ew. :no

    One album

    in Someone Else's Song

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    More than any other album, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea has made a more lasting impression than any other album I have or have heard. I can say a million things about it but I will hold.

     

    (weezer's pinkerton would be a close second though).

     

     

    Aeroplane is probably in my top 20. Gorgeous Gorgeous album. I cried in a corner after I heard it the first time, and couldn't think straight for days.

    One album

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Preamble: It's so easy for threads like this to turn into big free for alls, so as the thread originator, I'm going to say one thing. Keep it to one album :-). All

     

     

    So what is your favorite album of all time.

     

    For me, the answer is three simple words. Blonde on Blonde. No album fits all of my moods quite like this one. I adore the production on it. The brassy sounding guitar, the church organ, the drums, and most of all Dylan all sound amazing. His vocals sound a lot less nasally than they did on Bringing it All Back Home, and even more powerful than they did on Highway 61, Revisited.

     

    For all it's surrealistic imagery, and witt, I feel like people lose sight of what Blonde on Blonde really is; it's a Love album. So much of the album deals with Dylan's own problems relating to the fairer sex, and how to relate to his lover on that level. He dismisses her (Just Like a Woman, One of Us Must Know) makes fun of her (and the Beatles on "4th Time Around") Lusts after her (I Want You), and in the end praises her with one of the greatest songs of love & praise I've ever heard (Sad-Eyed Lady of The Lowlands) all without losing his classic Bob Dylan scowl, and surreal hippness.

     

    I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't get into Dylan until I was 18, but in the 5 years since I did, BoB has been on a steady repeat. It gets, and always will get, at least 2-3 spins a week.

     

    So what's your favorite record ever.

    May be unneccesary, but it sure would be fun.

    in Just A Fan

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    The big money aspect would be minimal seeing how neither incarnation does the arena circuit anyway. Playing large clubs and theaters will not do much for them at this stage. Let it go.

     

     

    Well let's be honest...Wilco's a bigger draw anyway. So the only one who would be making any extra off of it would be Farrar. So if Jeff was going to do it, it wouldn't be about the cash.

     

    I'd go see Uncle Tupelo. That being said, I got into Wilco first, so the affect wouldn't be nearly as life altering for me as it would be for the old UT fans who saw them in shitty little dumps through out the mid-west, clawing their way up in the world. I never saw that legend; I read about it in books, and heard 10 year old records of it. So unfortunately seeing UT would never have the same affect on me as it would some people on this board.

    Wilco on the Radio

    in Just A Fan

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    I was just thinking today, and realized that I've only heard 3 Wilco songs on the Radio and it made me :-(. Anyone else have better luck?

     

    I've heard "Can't Stand It", "California Stars", "Jesus, Etc;". Oddly, I've never heard HMD or Outtasite.

    what is the saddest song you know?

    in Someone Else's Song

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    The Following come to mind:

     

    "Pale Blue Eyes" by The Velvet Underground

    "Hot Burrito #1" by Flying Burito Brothers

    "God" by John Lennon

    "Tired Eyes" by Neil Young

    "If You See Her, Say Hello" by Bob Dylan

    "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division

    "Time" by Tom Waits

    "All Apologies" by Nirvana

    "Butterfly" by Weezer

    "Not Dark Yet" by Bob Dylan

    "Waltz #2 (XO)" by Elliott Smith

    "Oh, Comely" by Neutral Milk Hotel

    "Hurt" as Performed by Johnny Cash

    "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" by The Arcade Fire

    Best. Song. Ever.

    in Someone Else's Song

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    This is major cliche, but I really can't think of a song that's better than "A Day in The Life" by The Beatles. It's not even my favorite Beatles song (that would be "Strawberry Fields Forever.") but "A Day in The Life" is just wow.

     

    I know the lyrics are sort of incomprehensible, but to me that song has so much meaning which I can't describe. Every section is an incredible piece of art onto itself; the initial folk strum and John's world weary voice, the first crescendo, Paul's little twee middle section, the transition back into John's original section, done now with a sort of Sinatraesque gusto, followed by the final crescendo.

    In My Opinion the greatest song. Ever.

    Does Wilco turn your kids gay ?

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    :lol :lol :lol Might've known this wouldn't escape his eagle eye! :lol

     

    The whole show was amazing. the highlights were "Spiders" (the old version), "Jesus, Etc;" (the one song where EVERY drunk shut up and sang :-P), "Acuff Rose", and "Dreamer in My Dreams" (both done completely unplugged.)

     

    He was as funny as ever though tonight. The gay joke, impressions of audience members, taking requests from only people who raised their hand...Jeff was on fire.

     

    I could've gone for "Wishful Thinking" though ::Sigh:: oh well :-)

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