Atticus
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23 minute Your Body Is a Wonderland.
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Why do we put up with bands that quit caring? This would never fly in jazz or classical.
Probably roughly the same logic as to why we put up with thread trolls: some things you can't control, so better to just accept them.
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After many hours of listening and researching the opinions of many on archive.org and headyversion.com and my memory of past listening, I just finished compiling a 1973 composite show for my listening parties. I love the "we-just-landed-on-Pluto" alien/prehistoric meltdown jams and the Dark Stars from '73, but not everybody can get into that at a party (especially if your guests are not dosed), so I left off some of my favorite jams from that year (Playin>meltdown>Mind Left Body>He's Gone>Truckin' from 12-2-73 or Dark Star from 11-11-73, etc). Here's what I came up with for strong performances, also taking into consideration sound quality. In general, I like high energy intense ensemble playing over sweet, pretty and mellow, but I tried to come up with at least a little balance in that sense. I can't believe how hot that Big River is, but how sweet is that Row Jimmy? I leaned pretty heavily on November and December for good reason, they were peaking then, although there was some really good stuff in Feb and March that year, too, and also in May and June. As always, I'm interested in what people here would pick or not pick in a similar kind of project because I know many of you have a lot of listening time
When will you be mailing us our CDs of this?
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I enjoy Pat's work during the verses in Impossible Germany more than Nels' slot.
Nels' sheer athleticism and dexterity in the IG solo is certainly fun to watch but creatively he has better outlets in wilco tunes, in my opinion. (Ashes of American Flags, ALTWYS accompaniment, Side with the Seeds...)
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outstanding. well done.
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that part about moving to Chicago to be Sue's boyfriend is about as good as it gets.
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Saw Mr. Holmes yesterday. Good movie. Focus is certainly on emotions and relationships and aging, as opposed to a who-done-it.
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why doesn't the media function work with youtube videos anymore?
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This will changes 900 times in the next week, but...
1. Jerry Garcia - Althea (either 10/14/83 or 03/15/90)
In the 10/14/83 version, from about 5:47 on puts tears in my eyes just about every time. There is simply no way to reproduce Jerry's timing--the way he seems like he isn't going to get to a note or fit a run of notes in, but always does. The interplay between this solo and Mydland's organ is just phenomenal. You can't teach that. The 03/15/90 version is flawless. Like a bird crying. Outside of Wilco, these two songs have probably brought more comfort to me than any other music.
10/14/83:
03/15/90:
https://youtu.be/S3gaA4r_07Q?t=29m29s
2. J Mascis - Get Me
The easiest to play of my pics, but I've never heard such lovelorn pain out of a guitar. I always feel like giving J a hug when it's over.
3. Trey Anastasio - Harry Hood 10/23/94
From 9:21 on is the most unrehearsed, unbridled, frenetic joy I've ever heard in a live music performance. People can bitch about Phish's noodling all they want but sometimes they just plain nailed it. I have to be careful listening to this one in the car.
4. Jeff Tweedy - At Least That's What You Said (it will take days to pick a version)
As much as I love the album version, some of the interplays between Jeff and Nels over the years live on this song are just haunting. The most compelling expression of angst I've ever heard in a solo. I've never, ever skipped a version of this song on shuffle.
5. Willie Nelson - Whiskey River (live from Honeysuckle Rose)
How someone does that to gut strings on a classical Martin is just craziness.
https://youtu.be/tyHJzuNDI-8?list=PLEDkKKt8DCbFrhW5XSIWvqnRNt-eJ-2l_
Highly honorable mentions:
Marc Ford - Hotel Illness
Chris Whitley - God Thing & Living with the Law from Live at Martyr's
Edge - All I Want Is You
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You're not a curmudgeon,
How dare you, sir/madam?
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That may tell you something
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I would guess that W(TA) and/or Sky Blue Sky are their most accessible albums, based upon the number of fans who joined this site after them who seem not to have the rabid affection for the earlier work that most of us old curmudgeons do.
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Henneman sure uses a LOT of all caps and "quotes."
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Most people are really awful at music.
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end of Where Do I Begin while instrument changes were taking place.
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definitely in open G, from the video.
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Jeff starts with a G barre chord at fret 3. Does the D/F# by moving the low E from G to F#. Plays the first C chord as a barre at 3rd fret (then does a sus on the barre C by hitting the G and B strings at fret 5), then Bm, then a full C chord, then A7. Then chorus is a full G chord (not barre) to a D7 (with a move to the 4th fret of the G string with it looks like his ring finger) then to full chord C.
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I noted Random Name Generator, Pickled Ginger, and Cold Slope/King of You (gray strat) as having some variant of a low D tuning. Forgot to check on You Satellite.
For Cold Slope and King of You Jeff's strat was definitely in an open G (with low E tuned down to a D). You can tell for sure during a part in King of You.
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There's a couple in Drop D.
I noted Random Name Generator, Pickled Ginger, and Cold Slope/King of You (gray strat) as having some variant of a low D tuning. Forgot to check on You Satellite.
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So pat plays guitar on every track and Jeff uses a capo on only 1 tune.
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That song is just heartbreakingly honest and vulnerable. Beautiful.
This Is My Jam
in Someone Else's Song
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Not the foodstuffs thread I was expecting. Or the totally inappropriate thread I was expecting.