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But you and I will be undefeated By agreeing to disagree No one wins but the theives So I why side with anything? That's how I hear it... and it makes more sense to me. Also: I will try to understand Everything has it's plan Either way I'm gonna stay right here for you I think they took out the "here" for the studio version.

Clapton wasn't awestruck. Robertson had feeling behind his solo, but it wasn't technically impressive, especially when compared to Clapton's playing. But, yeah, I can agree that most were humbled including Clapton (Ron Wood, Ringo Starr, Neil Diamond, and Van Morrison seemed happy to be there, but I don't think humbled is the word for it). It wasn't because of their instrumental talent though. Like I said, instrumental talent isn't really that important. It is aptitude for making good music, it doesn't mean you can't make great music with a mediocre amount of it.

Umm... Little Feat is still around. I see them on lists of bands playing festivals and things a lot and they still are releasing material. How is it suprising they are talked about more? If Little Feat ended at the same time as The Band it wouldn't be true (even though they kinda did for a while), but it is unfair to say The Band is talked about more than Little Feat is at this point in time. Where the hell did that come from? I've talked about The Band fairly in depth and barely mentioned Little Feat and have only elaborated because people keep going back to it. edit: sorry, I misunder

lol I actually enjoyed watching The Information's DVD quite a bit. What can I say? It makes me laugh.

Umm... not really. Little Feat is still talked about and probably moreso than The Band. Then again, they are still around so that isn't a fair comparison. Yeah, I think that's what I'm trying to get at.

I guess my point there is that that is one of the reasons I find their music to be fake. This guy is a huge douche and took advantage of his bandmates. Personality does come across in music and Wilco is proof of that. The fact that Robbie Robertson did that kind of thing and then wrote lyrics like he did makes me feel like there was more pretentiousness and dishonesty to it than you would suspect just by hearing it. Wilco's music is absolutely honest and that is pretty much one of the main reasons they appeal to me. I lost that feeling with The Band, hence the antipathy.

Correlation doesn't imply causation. edit: sorry, I think I've entered my asshole mood. I'm really not this much of a douchebag under normal circumstances!

No, it means they are on the same level. And Little Feat was popular around the same time as The Band (its really only a difference of a few years and there was plenty of overlap). I really was never a huge fan of Jawbone for some reason... But I Shall Be Released raises the hair on the back of my neck every damn time. Then again, so does At Least That's What You Said to an even greater degree. Umm... Robbie Robertson is the only one in The Band that actually made royalties on their music. He made a deal with the record company behind the backs of his bandmantes and made sure he was name

20. I Shall Be Released is still one of my favorite songs and I adore the way Richard Manuel sings it. It's an absolutely beautiful song. Lets not forget it was written by Bob Dylan though.

Well, that comment on their stance on online music isn't a direct comparison, it's just an example of something that Wilco has done that is important. The Band wasn't the first to try to bring back that sound. They added a bit more soul and cheese than the others doing it at the time did, but that's it. My Mom was a pretty big music fan when The Band was at their peak and she doesn't remember hearing any of their music yet she remembers Little Feat, and they weren't excessively popular. Garth's organ work is just straight up cheesy a lot of the time too. His sax work does get me off thoug

I think Beck and Radiohead are on the same level as Wilco and Spoon is like... a third of a notch below. I'm not sure why I think that, because Spoon is possibly the only band I listen to as much as Wilco, but they don't really seem to ever reach that next level completely.

I think you guys are overrating The Band a little. Wilco is easily one of the most popular bands without radio-play ever and they have a really progressive stance on online music stuff. Don't underestimate their impact. I used to be a huge fan of the band and still enjoy watching The Last Waltz quite a bit, but they've seemed kind of fake and drunk/drugged up to me lately. Watching the Last Waltz you can see it very easily. Richard Manuel is definitely one of the best rock vocalists ever though. Its too bad his voiced started getting messed up after the Brown Album, especially his falset

Here's what I'd like the set list to be like: Off of... AM: Passenger Side BT: Kingpin, Forget the Flowers ST: Shot in the Arm, Via Chicago, ELT, Summerteeth YHF: Jesus Etc., Ashes of American Flags, IaTtBYH AGiB: ALTWYS, Spiders, Company In My Back, Wishful Thinking SBS: Hate it Here, Side With The Seeds, Impossible Germany, On and On and On Covers: Comment

One think I think helps get to the "core" is listening to the album loudly on a nice, big set of speakers. This album really needs some air between you and the source, and the tom hits feel so much better with the extra force. I listened to it this way first, and I started listening to it on my headphones this morning and it doesn't sound as good, although I enjoy listening for the little details that you miss with speakers.

Yeah, this is probably the first album I've listened to where I rated every song a 5 after listening it through once. The album really appeals to me as a whole.