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agreed

If you want to go through torrents, i'd recommend the william and mary one.

Agreed. I wish Tweedy would play his solo from the studio version live; make no mistake, Nels' solos in songs like "Ashes of American Flags" bring down the effing house! but I dunno, it just doesn't have the fuzz of Tweedy's solo, removing it from the context of the song, and it sounds more like a bebop solo than anything; so it seems a little too difficult for the sake of it. Yet judging by the setlists, I don't know if they're even playing "Muzzle" anymore =(

It's my favorite album too; it was the one that got me into Wilco. It was the first album that taught me the importance of not taking a song for face value, and giving it repeated listens, and the immense rewards that come from such a thing. "ALTWYS" is the greatest curve ball opener since "everything in its right place". The album evolves, too. Originally, my favorite songs were "Hummingbird" and "Theologians". Such amazing songs, po from the cosmos. Now I'm just in love with "Handshake Drugs". The song is a subtle, rich, detailed masterpiece. I love how John and Glenn add so much groove to i

It seems like there's reems worth of material on the contextual backdrop of the first three albums, yet nothing on YHF and especially "A Ghost Is Born"

The same with "Wanted". Besides sounding exactly like Hummingbird, it's got just as much pain in it.

I think there's sometimes a misconception about Illinoise, if not the 50 states thing, from the standpoint that it's pretentious. There's a lot of talk about how it seems like the album's just dropping a bunch of names and dates and so fourth; but most of the songs, like the stuff from Michigan, all deal with the humanity and experiences of a certain area, rather than a backstory. "Casimir Pularski Day" is about a girl dying of bone cancer, not about Casimir Pularski Day. I guess that's a rather obvious point, but still, it applies to many other songs on the album. And while the music is prett

Good call; it also pretty much screamed out most of the accoustic stuff in Led Zeppelin III, especially "that's the way" This is the first time they've done 6/8 in *quite* awhile too.

Erlewine said that? Aw man. I thought he was cool.

Miles Davis was pretty much clean as a whistle when he did "Bitches Brew", and that album was one of the most bold and experimental statements in music. So anything's possible, really.

I think just because of the collaboration and good communication we've heard about, this album is going to be kick-ass no matter what. judging by the tours, there's a sense of egolessness. glenn has always been about serving the song instead of flourishes, pat and mike will stick to the board parts if need be, and there seems to be no wankery-solo-hogging between nels and jeff. it's like the early '70s heyday of floyd, where pretty much all four members contributed equally, no one above the over. maybe i'm exaggerating a little, but you get the point.

this is what's so great about moving to seattle; it's pretty much a mandatory stop for any west coast, or north american tour!

is that the thanks i get foreshadowed!

hahaha! yes!

hoodoo voodoo would be awesome

oh... shit... sweet.

what new atonal nightmare has tweedy come up with?

i hope they keep that massive crescendo from charlottesville, as well as mikael's dissonant piano strike

yes!!!!!!1

nels, you's the man!

this one is one of the top 5 live / nels > studio / bennett cuts imho

gotta love the encore kidsmokes =)

well, i think hell is chrome is definately on the outs tonight

i hope he sings to a 6 year old girl on stage ala every north carolina show