jak
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The crowd keeping Radio Cure moving was awesome! Other highlights that come to mind:
1. Watching Glenn's solo performance up close. Seeing him in action is amazing, and the eye candy on display behind made for an awesome sensory experience.
2. The exhibits about the labor movement. Very touching.
3. Being at a festival with free, very-nearby parking, no crowds and my favorite band playing.
4. The Friday night set. The rain sucked, but it seemed to add some energy once it finally let up. And that Poor places -> Reservations -> Kidsmoke was off the charts!
5. California Stars with guest vocals from Woody Guthrie's grand-daughter. I don't know if it meant as much to Jeff as he led on, but it seemed a touching tribute to one of the greatest songwriters the world has ever known.
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P.M.
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Not too sure on this. These guys haven't made a good album since Kid A.
In Rainbows is a remarkable collection of songs, some of their best work in my humble opinion.(noting that I also thought SBS was a remarkable album...)
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Well now that I heard that song - yeah, kinda. Pretty good stuff.
But my screen name comes form another forum for another band...Jack, Jack the Necrophiliac of Old 97's fame (with the "c" dropped for no good reason).
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Well, that's embarrassing! I get home, start to search out the September 4, 2003 show to download....
Only to discover I already have it! I don't think I've ever listened to it top-to-bottom. Certainly don't remember this Kraut-free version of Spiders. Really great stuff.
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Jak I recommend the April 27, 2002 version for the earliest incarnation, the Sept 2, 2002 and Jan. 12, 2003 shows feature great versions of a slightly different arrangement with Leroy on acoustic and then the Sept. 4, 2003 is the best of the 03, pre Kraut versions. All are available at the owl and bear Wilco live archive.
Many thanks, mpolak. Very kind of you. I will pull those off the site and give them a listen (but not before I catch Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings tonight!)
Like many of you I suppose, I really enjoy hearing how songs evolved over time - which is why I especially treasure all of the various demos from YHF.
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There are several options out there, best place to get them in one place is the Owl & Bear archive. You can hear the song in-the-works in a lot of shows from '02 and '03.
ah! Thank you. I have a few shows from that era but haven't noticed versions of it. Off to dig I go...
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"Check out both versions of "Spiders (Kidsmoke)". There really isn't to much going on with the actual melody: an "A" part, four lines of simple melody, and cryptic lyric, a "B" part that doesn't appear until the end, but there still isn't much going on there: a melody confined to four notes, and no "lift", and no real chorus. And yet, and I totally dig both versions of the song, as do most of you, from what I can discern. But the arrangements in both versions aren't mainstream pop. One is Krautrock, the other folk."
Can I ask what this "other" version of Spiders is? I'm only aware of the version that ended up on AGIB. is there an alternative arrangement floating around out there? Or are you simply referring to the solo acoustic Tweedy version from his various shows?
if there's another full-band version of Spiders out there somewhere, I'd love to get my grubby hands on it!
Thanks.
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As a collection of songs, I think WTA is pretty remarkable. it just doesn't have an overall theme or structure that lures me in to the whole thing - When I listen to Summerteeth or AGIB, the album seems to be a complete work from start to finish. With a couple exception, WTA feels like you could put the songs on shuffle and not disturb the continuity.
Which is fine, really. There are some fantastic songs. It's just different from their previous efforts in that regard.
And while we're picking nits: I really, really wish they blew out One Wing at the end. it screams for a long guitar section - if you listen to the Lollapalooza 12008 (or perhaps other early versions) the band stretches out the end a bit and it's really quite fantastic.
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I used to hear "I will always die so you can remember me" in Company in My Back as "I will always die so fucking remember me."
--Mike
That's exactly how I heard it the first time, and I thought it was a very powerful lyric...so that's still how I hear it. It puts quite an edge on the song!
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Thanks to everyone who taped this show. I've learned my lesson about texting during a concert - I had no idea it could disturb the recording. My apologies for whatever part I played in harming others' hard work.
It was a really fantastic show and I look forward to hearing it.
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Everybody Knows this is Nowhere (or whatever the real name is...)
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I love AGIB. YHF is great and nice - a nice, brilliant piece of work that lacks any real tension in my opinion (except for the opening).
I've always felt that AGIB is very high tension. Many of the songs build up from beautiful melodies to really intense portions, and it feels like one more distorted chord or heavy drum beat and the string would snap into sonic chaos. Pure brillliance, imho. And very moving.
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Give back the Key to my pants
Steal the Pants
(Pants) Fall Down Easy
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Wow...I guess I'm out of the norm here. There are certainly no bad ones! Using only what the WP listed:
1. AGIB
2. SBS
3. Summerteeth
4. Being There
4. YHF
5. AM.....and I love me some AM - the others are just more loveable.
I also think Kicking Television is probably their best "album", and I think SBS is a masterpiece disquised as simplicity
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Anyone curious about what they will end with? I don't recommend it, but I could see them driving the crowd out after the last song by playing Less Than You Think.....pushing a few minutes of distortion until people just can't take it anymore
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where the heck is your landlord?!
Finding his way home from the Riviera?
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A couple/few thousand of us saw them play a fantastic outdoor show at Shelburne Museum earlier this season.
Welcome to Burlington. I hope you love it as much as we do!
Highlights from 2011 SSF
in Just A Fan
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I didn't see Hodgemen. Thurston Moore was very good, in the "adult, acoustic singer-songwriter, who-is-Sonic-Youth-and-why-do-people-keep-asking-me-about-them" kinda way. His new songs are beautiful and he played them well...and i kept hoping for some electric.
The Thurston and Nels Cline set was 60 minutes of noise - one continuous improvisation as far as I could tell. Every so often the first hints of a melody or rhythm would appear above the noise, but it died away each time. Mainly, it was just fun to watch two absolute legends of guitar up there beating on their guitars (and I do mean beating on their guitars!).