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Screw that travel crap. I just had to drive all the way from the east side of Cincinnati to downtown Cincinnati to see a show. Why does Wilco hate my front yard, and when are they gonna get their shizz together and do a show there?

Give me W(TA). SBS has its share of great songs, but it also has a couple songs that I listened to once or twice and that was enough to last me the rest of my life (to put it diplomatically). While there are a couple songs on W(TA) that I'm not totally into (I'll Fight, Sonny Feeling) there are none that I will go out of my way to skip on my iPod like there are on SBS.

I can't wait to get to the record store to buy this, so I can finally have a lossless rip and hear it at full quality.

I think the SBS review was just a bad one. This one was reviewed by a different critic - and while he did exactly what some people have complained about by carrying on a bit of a dialogue with the previous critic, I think most of us will let it slide in this case. On the whole, Pitchfork is pretty good to Wilco. I think 7.3 is about right. Like another poster said, I don't think it would've been right for this one to get a higher score than AGIB. 7.3 is a good solid score for an album on Pitchfork. They use their entire scale (and then some), unlike publications like Rolling Stone wh

Why don't you just move to a city that Wilco doesn't hate?

I'm amused that someone who thinks YNK is "the worst Wilco song ever" would think that "I'll Fight" is so awesome. That song is like the Carson Daly of Wilco songs - average in every way possible. Nobody plays their songs on late night TV to blow peoples minds - they go to move product and get people to pay attention who otherwise wouldn't. YNK isn't the best song on the album, but it's the best one for that purpose.

It's not a highlight per se, but it's probably the best entry point to the album for people who aren't message board superfans.

There isn't always a show poster. I have been collecting posters from shows I've attended, and it doesn't appear there was a show poster for the Tall Stacks show in Cincy in '06. There was a tour poster that included that show though - which was available thru MusicToday but not Kung Fu. It really just depends on the show/tour I guess. The reverse was true for the very first show I went to - there was a show poster but no tour poster. The last three I've gone to have had both. Lately I've tried to pick up at least one of the two at the show - if for no other reason than the fact that shi

I think You Never Know is a solid song. Are there others I'd rather see them play? Sure. I'd bet anything on You Never Know vs. the field though.

Did they finally sell out of all of the older posters that they used to have on MusicToday, or are they just not being offered anymore? I seem to remember there being a greater selection before the switch to Kung Fu. I had been thinking of picking up a couple - I hope they'll be available again.

You Never Know sounds as much like an homage to Jeff Lynne as it is to Harrison himself.

It's weird. That's one song on the album I still haven't quite gotten into yet, but I liked it better at the show than I have so far on my iPod.

You just ripped on an entire city - now who's obnoxious? I think that when you buy a ticket for a rock concert you do so with the understanding that you might have to stand to be able to see the stage. I also think that if you go to a rock concert hoping to sit through the whole thing - and get your wish - then you just went to a pretty mediocre concert. I'm not a very tall guy - I've gone to some shows where I could barely see even when I stood. It's something that you just understand is part of being in that setting. The key is to take the corn cob out of your rear end and find a

Good for you! I was on crutches this time b/c of knee surgery - stood for the whole show in the Orchestra Level. Somebody came up to me afterward (when mercifully I was able to take a seat) and said it made their night to see me hoisting my crutches in the air during the rockin' parts of "Spiders". Crowd-wise, it was the most fun Wilco show (out of five to date) that I've been to.

My fiancee and I saw a couple babies/toddlers at the Cincy show. She asked why anybody would bring them to a show like that. My response? Wilco will love you "baby"!

That stuff was dope when you listened to it on a Teddy Ruxpin like I did.

Positives: - The vocals at the end of Bull Black Nova - The lyrics of Deeper Down. I hear them as the opposite reaction to the lyrics in She's a Jar. The central figure in Deeper Down look internally, handles the situation passively. The central figure in a She's a Jar looks externally, handles it voilently. It reminds me of the difference between myself and my father. Also, I think the turn of phrase at the end of Deeper Down is a similar "surprise" to the one that occurs at the end of She's a Jar. - You Never Know is just a fun song for me. - I like the double-tracked vocals and pre

I introduced my fiancee to Wilco when we started dating and she's into 'em. Not as much as I am, but they're probably in her top 5-10. I don't think we would've worked out if she didn't like Wilco and the Ohio State Buckeyes.

I did see them at the Aronoff their last time thru. My seats were in the loge level though - good seats but not as high up or far back as what you say is left. When it comes to Wilco though is there really a bad seat? As long as I'm in the same room it's good.

We're spoiled around here. In addition to Athens and Cincy, there are also often shows in L'ville, Bloomington, Indy, C-bus. The upcoming show at the Aronoff Center will be my third Cincy show. Strangely enough though I drove nine hours to Philly the first time I saw Wilco. I was a broke grad student at the time so I don't think a six-figure salary is required. I think you just have to want it enough.

Disagree, Agree respectively. Let me guess, you're not an Art Brut fan either. I kinda like the sing/speak thing - plus a lot of great bands have had one or more people who looked like fairies on stage. You obviously don't think they're one of them and that's fine. I love me some Hold Steady, but they're no Wilco.

For the people wringing their hands over "You Never Know" sounding like "My Sweet Lord": "My Sweet Lord" actually ripped off The Chiffons' "He's So Fine", so it's not as if "My Sweet Lord" is some sacred cow. The links are undeniable, but I don't think that detracts from any of those songs. I like them all. George Harrison eventually bought the rights to "He's So Fine" - maybe Jeff Tweedy will one day buy the rights to both songs from the Harrison estate.

I'm really liking this thing so far. I was scared about the duet w/ Feist. I was half expecting an indie version of "Islands in the Stream". I'm glad it doesn't suck. I'm glad that it kinda sounds like her contributions are something between a "real" duet and backing vocals. Bull Black Nova is my favorite song so far. I can understand the comparisons w/ Spiders, but that's not what I think of when I hear it. I think of "The Ghost of You Lingers" by Spoon - ga ga ga ga ga ga ga ga... The best part of that song for me though are the vocals. They're sung with the same kind of urgency a

If you think that was bad, you should've seen my CD collection 2-1/2 years before that. Mercifully, that CD collection was stolen from me. I began rebuilding with different music - some of the stuff that you said sucked so bad were actually stepping stones from the even crappier stuff to Wilco to what I like today. Most people don't start off with impeccable taste. The right crappy music though can serve as a stepping stone to something better or more meaningful.