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Sorry, I just don't see it. LNGCA was a much better received "rocker" based on the reactions of the live shows when they played it, and it got left off the record. I imagine Shake It Off made the cut instead because of the lyrics but I zapped the whole first verse to try to make it not suck the life out of the record and the last part of the chorus bugs the shit out of me, how is that going to go over better live? Plus it sounds like he's saying "when I'm wankin' off, I like to shake it off", so, um, yeah. Also LNGCA made all the sensitive nancys cry because it was too bombastic, so that just

F the lovers, I got your back on the On & On & On hate. Worst Wilco song in recent memory, though Shake It Off is running a close second. I look forward to the inevitable bonus tracks that will let me make Shake It Off go away permanently. It doesn't sound much like that song fragment and it's easily my favorite moment on the record, but it being based on an older song (didn't make the connection until your post) is a little... Impossible Germany got a bit neutered for the record, it's yet another in a now long line of songs that come across much better live. Someday Wilco will ma

This sounds like bullshit, sorry. I don't think Jeff was being any more fake then than he is now, those records just represented what he was interested in then. It's not like anyone had him in a headlock and was forcing him to listen to the Conet Project. That's what was true to Jeff Tweedy circa 2001. I would say that this is the most unadorned his songs have been in a while, and that's a good thing. You know a song like Far, Far Away was probably pretty close to how he brought it to the studio and so is a song like Sky Blue Sky or Please Be Patient. I think the band is better when it's mor

True dat. It's not a bad song but it's not a good way to open the record. I realize others disagree but I'll just say I'm much happier with the record now that it's gone.

After quite a few listens I am ready to proclaim my revised tracklist a success (for me, before people get their panties in a wad). If you find yourself kinda, sorta disappointed in the final version as well then my suggestion is to: 1) Ditch Either Way as the opener. You Are My Face is a much better opening track and gets things off in a positive rather than limpwristed way. Defenders of the status quo need not apply, though you might be surprised if you tried this as well. I suppose you could find a place for it somewhere else but I don't find myself missing it all that much. 2) Edit dow

I like it more than I thought I would. I like some parts of it a lot. All the previously unheard songs are pretty great, but... The record starts off awkwardly with Either Way. It's not really a bad song, certainly inoffensive, but it's a poor opener. The next three songs are all really strong, though Impossible Germany suffered a bit more than most in the translation from live -> studio (and it's not Nels solo that I don't like). In general most of the songs would have benefited from a little edge and grit, but Impossible Germany is like the poster child for that. I know there's a good s

I actually think the opposite, it's a song that would have benefitted from some harsh love in the editing room..., editing room..., editing room..., editing room..., editing room. Then again I'm also kind of bored with 57 nothings, as heretical as that might sound on the Wilcoboard. I also find it troubling that you were hoping for an epic jam.

Haha, oh man. Only on the Wilco board. This wasn't really meant as a critique of Jeff, just a reminder of how much he really did rock once upon a time. I didn't know he was posting them on here, the mods might want to lock this one in favor of the official thread where I'll make any other comments about the videos.

I'm subscribed to Postcard for some reason, I never read it, there are like 500 unread digests in my in-box waiting until they get mass deleted, but for some reason I opened one today and there was a bunch of early Uncle Tupelo videos posted by Chris Constance. I don't know the backstory since I don't read it much, sorry if this was supposed to be a postcard exclusive, but we (and by we I mean people who wish Wilco was less of a piano band) need it more than they do. I think they're all covers, from most rocking to least... http://www.urflick.com/scripts/videoplayer.php?vid=1002177 http://

Aw yeah. I don't have a problem with hopeful, but the line to corny seems to have been crossed some time ago. I feel like art got pushed over the side in favor of... not commerce, because I'm scared the sales will be awful... safety, maybe? What's the Dylan record everyone hates on where he was "born again"? That's the fate I fear for this one. Now I know you're kidding, their last record was 12 tracks and something like 67 minutes long. Wilco has never been that kind of band, though I agree with your sentiment of it being better. LNGCA renamed being back in the mix would be a welcome a

I've been trying not to be so negative about the new record, which mostly means not hanging out on VC, but... wuss..|.................rock

My problem with Let's Fight (among others) is they're so lifeless... At least with Walken (which I'm not a huge fan of due to the dumbed down more direct lyrics) there's some passion, it's almost like the band half gives a shit. This could be solved by a good producer, Wilco songs have been known to change in the studio after all, but since they're self-producing again the odds are that nobody will come right out and say what needs to be said. Oh well, we'll see soon enough. Hasn't leaked yet, that I know of, but it should be soon if they're going to release it in March - April.

It's not jazz, it's more like 60s/70s pop. It makes me think of a modern American version of late 60s French pop. The new record is all pretty much more upbeat than the mp3 posted earlier, I think they have some of the songs on their myspace page. It'd be in my top 10 of the year so far but that doesn't mean much at the moment.

It'd be a good opener, but I think it'll probably be Impossible Germany since that's the sort of song that Wilco tends to open records with. What Light sounds like a #5 song to me. I'm not sure what rule of record making it is to put your most "fan friendly" song #5 but it apparently exists and Wilco follows it pretty diligently. Be Patient is different enough from the rest of the material that it'll probably be the closer if it's on the record. No idea on the rest since we don't even really know what songs will be there.

Yeah, I really liked the AGIB songs pre-studio for the most part, and aside from lopping off a few of the songs I wouldn't change it much. That's my problem with most of the new songs, there's a distinct lack of edge. Nels is a great guitar player but he's been pretty smooth jazzy with the new stuff. Technically I appreciate it, aesthetically I want to sneak on stage and plug in a superfuzz pedal. I thought Jeff's guitar tone (and playing) on AGIB was pretty close to perfect, but they definitely needed another guitar to balance out the two keyboard attack. Of course for every person like

I can't believe anyone said Millionaire. The original Panthers and My Words are both really good but we've only heard them (as far as I know anyway) in the context of Jeff as a solo performer so I'd have to go with Venus as my favorite unreleased song. Say what you want about Jay and Jeff's relationship with him but they made some pretty great songs together.

Who knows what the studio version ended up sounding like though. I mean, look at Panthers. I was amazed that one didn't make the record, until I heard it on the EP. Suddenly all was made clear. We've had this discussion about a million times so far. It'll be interesting. I'm kind of morbidly fascinated by what could be a trainwreck of epic proportions by one of my favorite all-time bands. All Shook Down stylee. What we've heard so far has been pretty bland and uninspired compared to their earlier material so that doesn't bode well, but the songs we heard towards the end tended to be much bet

Pretentious band vs. pretentious weekly shockah If only a fiery meteor would crash down from the heavens and take them both out. And please take Sufjan with them. Amen.

These are pretty awesome, I'm going to catch up on Heroes before Los Federales shut it down.

If you'd qualified it with "some of the" then I'd agree with you. I like the added guitar that Nels brings with some of the songs live and Late Greats is just flat out much, much better now. The other thing that's hard to discount is Jeff is usually much more engaged at a live show than he seems on the last few records. I'd rather hear most of the AGIB songs on Kicking TV, though I really like most of the album versions of the songs. The exceptions are stuff like Wishful Thinking or ALTWYS where the album version is either hard to do live because of the fragility or pretty close to perfect a

You just want the crease lines removed? Anybody with Photoshop and some time could use the clone tool to do this pretty easily. If nobody more timely offers I can do it for you later tonight or so.

The new show is out now, if you have Azureus or a bt client that can download specific files then this should be pretty easy to grab on your own. I just finished with it, if nobody gets around to upping it by tonight I'll put it up on sendspace for the torrent challenged.

I just don't see how it's possible for someone to enjoy the lifeless studio version when they've heard the one live rendition. It's like: this is your brain; this is your brain on gorilla tranquilizers. If they're going to do a Handshake Drugs treatment on a song for the new record then going by that model (where the song changed almost not at all) then I'd choose This Is New though it's by no means the best song that they have sitting on a demo reel. Won't Let You Down FTW. I'm kind of scared what sort of over-the-top piano they'd add to that one though, maybe it's just as well it'll probab

LNGCA has become one of my favorites of the new batch because Jeff is so into it, but the drum solo just makes me wish it was over with already. I get the intent, and it is funny in a Spinal Tap kind of way, but meh. Hopefully it'll be a live only thing, or they cut it way, way, way back for the record.

I like the song but it just doesn't seem like Jeff's heart is really in it anymore, he sounds bored. Kind of like every time I've heard him sing Pot Kettle Black live. Good show so far. Well... not the best version of Walken I've ever heard. Maybe it's just that it sounds so generic compared to the really good Impossible Germany earlier in the set or the slowish start. The ending is still pretty sweet though.