Head in a Guillotine

Via Chicago- It fits the guidelines and will be fun for them to dissect.

You could also use Hotel Arizona or Lonely 1.

The Fleet Foxes are playing a free show, along with four other bands, at the Jay Pritzker Pavillion (Chicago) this Thursday as a part of Pitchfork Music Festival Preview Night.

The show begins at 6:30 PM, and I was wondering if anyone had any information on what time Fleet Foxes are expected to come on.

I'd love to see them live.

Has anyone seen Backyard Tire Fire live?

And if so, how was the show? I've never heard of the band until today, but a friend of mine highly recommended them. I'm considering driving to Summerfest to see them in about a week.

Normally I wouldn't reply to a statement like this since everyone can have an opinion but since I'm causing you physical discomfort already I'd figured I might as well easy the pain with an explantation........

 

 

Its because Modern Times is one of the most forgettable records Dylan's ever released. Just because Rolling Stone gave it a good write up doesn't make it a classic. Sure Dylan is going to talk about the album and the shite band he is touring with, he is a businessman (see the commercials). He's just making sure you buy the next one (as if we all wouldn't anyway).....

 

Love and Theft was cleaver, Modern Times is mostly just plain lazy. Find one song one Modern Times comparable to anything on Brining It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisted, Blonde On Blonde, Blood On The Tracks, or Time Out Of Mind.

Workingman's Blues #2 is comparable to Dylan's songs on those records IMO.

I think I can help you out. E-mail me at jdubray@nd.edu if you still want the ticket.

I'm really not sure, but I'll just tell you what I hear when I usually listen to the song.

I think that its about how a person's relationships trump anything else in his life, which is really a theme that spans all of Jeff's writing. Its about how despite the forces surround you in life (the wind and sun in this song) what your happiness always comes back to is the one person who really matters to you, that one person who gives your life any sort of meaning. Without that person, you seem to be completly aliented from all of society (the "muzzle of bees") and all of nature (the "sun" and "wind") again.

Just a guess...

A response I posted:

David-

Your analysis of 5 of the 6 six Wilco albums was pretty good, representing the basic views of music reviewers for popular newspapers.

Yet, your comments about SBS, and your linked review, have serious flaws. First of all, you probably only listened to SBS once, or a couple times. The first time that I listened to SBS, I was somewhat disappointed. Yet, after multiple listens I saw the brilliance of the record. Maybe you could argue that a record ought to hit you over the head the first time you listen to it, but I don't think that's true. SBS is Tweedy's Blood on the Tracks. It represents a giant step forward in an artist's maturity level, both personally and musically.

Here are some problems with your analysis:

"On every album to date there were at least a few songs on which Tweedy and his cohorts simply rocked."

How about "Walken?" Listen to it a few more times. Listen to it live. Tell me that song doesn't simply rock.

""What Light" does the best job of synthesizing Wilco's new aesthetic with Tweedy's classic, Americana songwriting style."

"What Light" is the worst song on the record. It is borderline disingenuous lyrically, and doesn't do anything that hasn't been done before.

SBS has some great lyrical insights that you do not acknowledge. How about, "Nothing more important than to know someone's listening." If that doesn't remind an individual of a close relationship, than he/she should probably get out of it now. The line, "Ceiling fan is on/Chopping up my dreams," is a good a lyrical turn as any of Tweedy's in the past. Also, you could try, "I will try to understand/Everything has its plan/Either way." So many people (Tweedy included) struggle because of their inability to come to terms with the fact that they cannot change their own reality. Tweedy's insight here is a brilliant one, especially for his fans, who have felt his past angst with lines like, "Maybe all I need is a shot in the arm."

Finally, SBS is as instrumentally rich as any past Wilco album. Some of this is attributable to Cline, as you assert, Yet, some is also attributable to the members of Wilco feeling comfortable with each other. Maybe the album does sound like yacht rock when your listening to it at low-medium volume driving fifteen miles an hour in your Jetta, but if you turned up the volume a bit, and gave the record a few listens, you may realize that it belongs in the same breath as YHF and Summerteeth, not due to its experimentation, but its musical beauty.

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Bump...I didn't just get on this site for this...I'm just a post less, read more type of person.

I'm a college student in DC and would like up to 5 Wilco tickets (For my friends and myself).

I'll take one if that's all you have, and go by myself.

Thanks in advance.

jdubray@nd.edu

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Did Tweedy participate on their 1998 release, "Weird Tales"?

I need 2 9:30 Club Tickets to either night. E-mail @ jdubray@nd.edu.

I tried for RSVD but was unsuccessful...I was actually able to get 1 lawn ticket at some point in clicking back and forth, but I would prefer to wait until Saturday and see what happens then

This is my first post and therefore my opinions on this issue reflect that of a relatively new Wilco fan (Saw my first concert Summerfest in '06 and also saw them at Lollapalooza)...I am only ranking the studio albums.

ST

AGIB

YHT

AM

SBS

BT

I guess this ranking reflects the view of a fan who likes Wilco first and foremost for Tweedy's lyrics and secondly for their ability to provide originality in both their studio albums and live shows.