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sky blue sky is ok but its not a great record. Any record that I listened to enough times I would probbably grow to like on some level. Its not on par with any of their earlier albums (except maybe ghost is born) in my opinion. AM rocks -if you havent seen it theres a sweet youtube clip of tweedy playing with brian henneman recently.

I think this may be one ofthe few songs that I just like the regular old album version the best. or maybe 1997 in south carolina. jeff is not being tongue in cheek, at some level he is thakful for his success but also has to hold on to the punk ethos or it will go away. This is his attempt to do that.

I miss the old band but I also miss the days of my youth. I was struck at how much I miss Jays playing on songs like forget the flowers, someday soon and summerteeth after listening to the chicago shows. That is brilliant lead work that nels can't touch but damn if his playing isnt brilliant on impossible germany. I kind of miss that earlier wilco too. Tweedy deserves to be a millionare-do you think he is? (I mean 1 million dollars free and clear in the bank)

I'm not a big fan of either song but I'm eager to see how it goes

Hate to say it by Ryan Adams is cooler than Jeff on this one and openly allows his shows on the archive. I dont really blame Wilco though

I feel that A Ghost Is Born might be the bands best album. I don't think Bennet's touch was needed much there (esp. with more invovlment from O'Rorke). I feel that Sky Blue Sky would have suited Bennet more then AGIB

I dont like it- the band themselves only recorded the song at the request of the record company to try and have a single and they decided to put it first as it didnt really fit with the rest of the album. I agree with that but I would have put it last. I dont really like most songs where jeff seems to try too hard to "rock out" (kicking television, cant stand it, im a wheel, shake it off, etc) Summerteeth has some great songwriting but this is not one of them.

Yeah the reason I love AM is that it has the best consistant guitar solos of any wilco album. Ou of all their catalog I like the solo in forget the flowers the best. I always think that no wilco solo could top that. Say what you will about jay but that is some damn good guitar playing.

This thread is just a roll call of those attending the 9/12 show in Millennium Park in Chicago. Also, we were talking in the XRT thread about how cool it would be if they took requests since this is a charity show. Even though it is unlikely, Wilco is rumored to read these threads (how else would they know about Froggie?), so lets just put one song you would like to hear if you had your choice. I hope this thread does well. I will be in Sec. 106 row U (I am pretty sure) and I would love to hear them belt out "When The Roses Bloom Again".

I like the record ok but there are some songs on it that make me cringe. There is nothing as lyrically brilliant as many past songs that Jeff has written on this record. I hope I'm wrong, but I think Jeff (like just about everybody else in rock and roll) is past his prime. Theres nothing wrong with this and I really hope I'm wrong but this happens to everyone.

The back half to me is as strong as the first. It slows down on tempo but not quality. Fifteen keys and high water are two of my favorite cuts from the album. Just check out the lyrics for high water.

 

Try to face up to the blinding sun

Racing for the final word to come

Facing up, it's hard to stay devout

I can see the sand and it's running out

And it's running out

We quote each other only when we're wrong

We tear out the threads and move along

We can't seem to find common ground

I can see the sand and it's running out

It was only circumstances

But it's the difference

It gets in the way

No race is run in this direction

You can't break even

You can't even quit the game

The current drags to the bottom

A hemorrhage that moves us around

It pulls and beckons in a strong direction

High water forever bringing us down

I can see the sand and it's running out

It's running out

It was only circumstances

But it's the difference

It gets in the way

No race is run in this direction

You can't break even

You can't even quit the game

 

If that doesn't get ya i'm not sure what will.

spongebob

Didn't like it but only listened to it about twice. This is what I would call "for hardcore fans only"

Impossible germany is my favorite and, I think, the only song on the record capable of standing up to some of their earlier work in later years. The "rockers" make me cringe. I do really like Nels smooth jazz solos and the softer songs are very good but nothing grabs me like all the other albums did. I may just need to listen more (only made it through about 7 times)

So there are many songs on the new album that I really like but there are some that I really don't. You are my face- for the first time in all my listening and studying Jeff Tweedy lyrics these read like he randomly picked phrases from one of those magnetic boards. There is nothing in this song that i realte to and I guess it surprises me because just about every song jeff has written I relate to. This one has no lines that I relate to- that I think about, that resonate with me, that make me think of something from my own life or at least paint a picture or an image. This song does not do it for me.

Yes it is an inferior version of far far away- just listen to the first notes of the guitar solo and you can hear it.

Nope , don't like it at all

I have yet to hear it and would love to

No two ways about it , that just straight up rocked. That band, like most of us, just grew up and got older and still rocks but not in such a youthful abandoned way. Jay needs to watch that more than Jeff does-just to get reinspired. Very cool.

The song will get better with age but it is really very poor. If I told somebody ,who didnt know the band, that this is a band I love and played them this song they would think I had horrible taste. they would be right. Most of us that have been loving this band for a decade will hear the similarity to hesitating rock and will think it is very poorly written. Pretty bad. Just for the record I'm with the group that does not like I'm a wheel either.

Nels does bring some great guitar work but there is no question that Jays influence on wilco was huge.

John Stockton likes pink shirts.

analog man looks like david crosby

I agree AM is an excellent record. Thats one of the things I love about Jeff- he makes different sounding records and they all sound damn good. The thing I love most about AM is the abundance of excellent lead guitar playing.

Ok the song I'm thinking of is "From the beginning" and I think there is a defenite similarity. Nobody else hears this? I really like the tune though.

Ok I only listend to it once but I think impossible germany sounds like a song that I cant quite place. Maybe something by emerson lake and palmer..... Surely you can hear this , theres a resemblence to a song I hear a lot on classic rock radio but cant quite place it..anybody else know........... I do think its a good song and think the resemblece is very slight-just curious if anyone else knows the name of the song I'm thinking of