Littlebear

Ah, you finally got it, great! Never took the time to go to the post service, sorry!

ditto

Peace, bro. And peace and love to Beating Hippies, too.

yeah, and he was right to say "unless you don't count WG as a member of Wilco" to mean what he meant. Right?

Oh, I see the misunderstanding now. At least you're making it clear, Beating Hippies. The other Sarchi opposers are fucking the flies here. They could have pointed that *directly* thing before. To boot, Sarchi was pretty clear in what he meant. I personally often use "preceding" as "directly preceding", especially in this Wilco albums context. Same for "succeed". When I say the album "that succeeds", I understand "directly". Otherwise it's obviously not precise enough.

You did misread it. He said : "Being There ISN'T the album that ...precedes Summerteeth, unless you don't count Woody Guthrie as a member of Wilco." You and your friend look like idiots now. edited

Eh, no, Sarchi got it right.

With Sam Phillips's A Boot & a Shoe, Patty Griffin's Impossible Dream and Jill Sobule's Underdog Victorious.

I could tell from her fashion that Wonder Woman had no taste already ---> little bear is just joking, no offense intended

I'm currently playing all his albums in a row (no kidding - that makes twenty albums or so). I purchased Strange Weirdos (his new one). To those willing to know more about the guy, a great start is the documentary One Man Guy, you can watch it on You Tube (in six parts). It's really interesting, with interviews of family members (Kate McGarrigle, Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, etc...). And of course Loudon all along.

is the album that preceeds a row of six great ones

Actually when the label asked Wilco to put a hit and the band wrote it in the plane, it happened to be a great opener. Sometime it's good to be urged to write hits. Ask the Beatles (well, two of them, if you ever see them while buying your baguette - wait, are you in France?) writing their early ones in hotel rooms betweens shows.

There are some good songs yeah ("Tearing Down This Place", "Sincere", "California Thing"), but if I had to recommend starters to those not knowing Freedy, it would be The Trouble Tree (he never rocked as much, it's close to Costello or Graham Parker) and Never Home (his best album). Those albums CANNOT disappoint imo.

There can be places that rock pretty hard in the quiet bliss kingdom. What I mean is that the band reached a perfect control of their game. It's so masterful that it doesn't make you jump of joy, but makes you smile above.

and of course it's my favourite. No kidding.

... is Wilco's best album, the most rich in melodies, and anyone not getting it as a whole wonder is simply deaf.

okay : so let's say that most of those underrating it are pricks. the almost-insulting thread is starting right now. EDITED TOO!

Ditto. Quiet bliss.

I'm Tweedy years old or something.

...is Wilco's second masterpiece, right after Summerteeth. I give 5 stars out of 5 to both, and those who hate "Less Than You Think" totally miss the point. I say.

Try this album: Songs like "Life in Vain" are as addictive as anything the Beatles ever did. Pure genius. Sometime he reminds me of Frank Black, too.

To Danelectro : there's absolutely no point between A.M. and Sky Blue Sky. The huge difference between these two albums measure the incredible musical progress of Tweedy and band. With Sky Blue Sky, you do hear a GREAT band.

Certainly, and you can say that for everything Tweedy did before. There's just a step when he and the band become really great, and that incredible step is Being There. All what's been done before is "beginning", of document value. The least we could say!

I didn't even know about what Tweedy said of A.M. If Wilco had done that only, they would have stayed one of those empathic but average bands simply copying their fave musics of the past.

That's my current take. The soul of Uncle Tupelo was Jay Farrar, and I realized lately while listening to all my UT CDs that I favour Farrar to Tweedy - easily - from the early years (which would surprise those who know me, as I always said the opposite so far, but hey... anyone evolves!), Farrar's voice, music and lyrics. Tweedy had to make a thing of his own. And even with A.M., that still wasn't *that*. You get the feeling he just plays and runs ahead, looking for his own way. Wilco was born with Being There. That album is a so huge step beyond everything Tweedy did before, certainly with